Photo credit: Linnea Vestre

Norwegian post black-metal trio, Rosa Faenskap, have revealed their latest single, “Bygg til himmelen” (“Build to the Heavens”). The track is the second taken from their upcoming sophomore album, Ingenting forblir (“Nothing Endures”), due out March 6, via the Fysisk Format record label. Check it out below.

Pre-order Ingenting forblir here: https://tigernet.no/releases/1003042-ingenting-forblir

The band had this to say about the new single: “The song explores the immensely destructive power of capitalism and colonialism, where those at the top blindly build toward the heavens with no regard for the hell they create beneath them. All that is beautiful and meaningful in nature and humanity is cast aside in the name of progress. Young people who wish to create change are mocked and infantilized: “Sleep now, dear child. The time for action is over.””

With “Bygg til himmelen,” Rosa Faenskap lean fully into hypnotic black-metal tremolo patterns and bleak, decaying soundscapes. Long, icy melodic lines stretch across the song like winter horizons, wrapped in menacing yet strangely beautiful chords. Lyrically, it takes aim at the destructive hubris of systems built on greed and power and imagines something stronger that could rise from the ashes.

With their roots in the autonomous culture house Blitz, the same 80s breeding ground that produced legendary bands like So Much Hate and Kafka Process — Rosa Faenskap carry the fight against prejudice and repression into a new millennium. Building on a foundation of political hardcore, the band fold in elements of black metal, post-rock, prog, and shoegaze, mixing the ugliest and the prettiest that music has to offer into a cauldron that tastes both sweet and horrifying. To the best of their ability, Rosa Faenskap intend to drive black metal purists completely insane.

Rosa Faenskap’s origin story is as chaotic as their sound. The band was born on a drunken night in 2021, when guitarist Emil and bassist Håvard found drummer Anders passed out in a garbage can, knocked out cold, but perfectly balancing a hot dog in each hand. “Right there we knew we’d found the perfect guy to handle the sticks,” Emil and Håvard recall.

Line-Up:
Håvard Solli – Bass/Vocals
Emil Vestre – Guitar/Backing Vocals
Anders Jansvik – Drums

Follow Rosa Faenskap:
https://www.rosafaenskap.com
https://www.facebook.com/rosafaenskap
https://rosafaenskap.bandcamp.com