I'm not gay, but ...
Nice interview though

Written by Mehrad on 23.10.2021 at 10:19

I'm not gay, but ...

And other lies we keep telling ourselves

So, since the video format means that I cannot sprinkle links throughout the text, I'll just add additional context and links here.

Here are SSUS' reviews of E-an-na's stuff: Jiana EP, Nesfârşite, Fascinathanatango EP, and M.L.R. EP. The last one also contains some context on my part about why it's controversial in the comments.

Here's more stuff by Bogdan de la Vâlcea. Here's Ionica Minune. Here's Marian Mexicanu. Here's that song with Florin Salam and Goran Bregovic. Here's where I took that "7 Rings" bit. Here's Nicolae Guta's early music. Here's some Astor Piazolla. Here's that Lochrian Poem that I reviewed. Here's Ovidiu's solo album. Here's the newest Prohod song.

I think I mentioned this in my Nesfârşite review, but Andrei really does have a huge number of projects and I'm glad that E-an-na is getting so much of his attention, because they're quickly becoming one of my favorite folk metal bands. Jiana was a cut above the rest even in a fairly straightforward style with a Romanian spin, and then Nesfârşite added a lot of new ideas to that - but Fascinathanatango and M.L.R. push a lot of boundaries, and I wish that E-an-na got more credit as innovators within and without metal. I can't wait to hear what other projects they were hinting at. Can we get a ska crossover?

Also, I'm tickled to learn that this Bogdan character is not, in fact, some famous manele artist, as was my natural assumption from seeing him listed as a collaborator. I'm glad that that came up in the interview, because I was stumped by my inability to find much about him when I was reviewing the EP.

Written by RaduP on 23.10.2021 at 10:24

Written by Mehrad on 23.10.2021 at 10:19

I'm not gay, but ...

And other lies we keep telling ourselves

Someone is in love whit you man.... Don't dropp a prison soap