Forged in bronze
Baduwenna is a deafening beast of thundering epic-doom metal hymns, cloaked in the shadows and mysteries of Europe's Bronze Age past, reviving tales of wisdom almost lost to time. Our music is an undeniable ode to the true metal forefathers, but daringly delves further into uncharted territory.
Witnessing the many grotesque historical appropriations and childish reenactments on the rise, Baduwenna resolutely decide to turn their heads away from the cheap and wimpish posercircus displayed on new media, rather exploring paths of deeper philosophical questions revealed to us by the lesser known sides of our distant history. Don't just expect a metal act; Baduwenna is a time-capsule of harmonic mysticism, a stampede reminding us of the fragmented lore and cults of our ancestors.
Primeval Thunder
In Baduwenna’s formative years of the 1980s and 1990s came the revelations of Venom and Motörhead, Celtic Frost, Black Sabbath and Pentagram - names that struck us like iron upon an anvil. As if around since the dark ages, those founding fathers carried a magical formula for eternal bedlam and were soon followed by Bathory and Carnivore, who pushed the boundaries even further.
Yet unlike the earliest fans, what Baduwenna picked up, lay far beyond the brutal aggression or the funereal tone of their music. It was the almost fantastical aura that suffused their later works - a diluvian vastness of windswept atmospheres that seemed to rumble from distant places of legend. It was this grand and otherworldly current, flowing through the more mature chapters of their music, that truly lit Baduwenna’s flame.
Steering by the stars behind us
Too often in the arts have historical episodes been reduced to ornament. Baduwenna refuses to treat the past as a costume jewel. History demands continuous study as discoveries are made. Baduwenna have sought to root their entire artistic vision in a deeper engagement with the historical world, approaching it not as plunderers of symbols but as interpreters. We wrestle with the philosophical and philological complexity of history by letting it resonate within our music and language.
A grain of sand…
on heaven’s shores
The founding fathers may have been musical pioneers, but only a couple of successive waves managed to carry that initial flame of defiance and originality to the next level, resulting a few decades later in the exact opposite of the foundational spirit: an abundant mass of cabaret parrots. We resolutely sever all ties from this soulless mimicry to drink from our inner chalice. No boundaries of genre or scene shall cage our stubborn spirit. We fare by our own compass, regardless of the storm.
F. Battorix’s first contact with heavy music began at an early age, when his parents spun 12-inch vinyl by Hendrix and Cream. It was only around the end of the 90s he started taking up drumming tasks in his first metal band, while cultivating a deep fascination with philology, philosophy, and history. Those are the ingredients that have since then matured into the late Baduwenna. As the band’s songwriter and lyricist he’s forged the anvil on which musical landscapes and historical wanderings are hammered together.
V. Barritus’s first musical encounters with heavier genres trace back to the time of synth-pop epics like The Final Countdown, but it was MTV’s Headbangers Ball that set him on a path toward darker territory, where the bass soon emerged as his calling. In Baduwenna, he channels that grounding force, giving the songs their thundering dynamics.