NEWS: Besra search for balance in the force?

Mixed and mastered by Magnus Lindberg (Cult of Luna, Russian Circles, Converge) and set to arrive on 1st November via Suicide Records, Finnish Progressive Post-Metal band Besra have announced a new EP called “Equilibrium” with a music video for the title track. The promise is of a more intense, straightforward, and darker musical experience compared to their 2023 full length album “Transitions” in an evolution of their sound. Pre-orders are available over at bandcamp.

Guitarist Johannes Nygård shares insights into the creative process behind the new EP: “There was some material left over from the last album that we decided not to release. At the same time, we felt that new ideas were bubbling up, so we tore open those old drafts and composed new material alongside them. This created a continuation that felt right following the album, and at the same time, it points towards a slightly darker Besra, which is where we seem to be right now. While the previous album took nearly five years to refine, we decided to take a more straightforward approach with this EP and intentionally composed the tracks on a fast schedule to challenge the endless overthinking that’s been a part of our band. The tight production schedule caused some anxiety, but it also brought a new kind of creativity and unity; we had to trust our intuition and each other’s ideas more than ever. In the end, the EP was completed in five months instead of five years, which is probably some kind of record for us. A certain straightforwardness can also be heard in the sound – this material is likely less progressive but all the more intense and darker.”