The Cesena-based band, known for its introspective nature and a discography steeped in
darkness and intensity, continues to follow a coherent path of growth, distant from trends,
deadlines, and external expectations. Since their inception, the group has always taken the
necessary time to create music that feels authentic, essential, and deeply lived.
With this record, the band embraces a more violent and aggressive sound, shortening song
lengths to achieve a sharper, more immediate impact on the listener, while still preserving their
experimental vein. This approach reaches its peak in the closing track “Sedna”, dedicated to the
sea goddess and featuring S. D. Ramirez of PSYCHONAUT 4 and Agnese Alteri as guest vocalists.
The album was recorded by Mirko Abà in Ravenna (guitarist of Stygian and now bassist of SEDNA)
and mixed and mastered by Jack Shirley.
With this work, SEDNA reach a new synthesis of their sonic language. The album reveals a sound
that is raw and instinctive yet more self-aware, one that merges the ferocity of black metal and
the weight of sludge and post-metal with a refined melodic sensibility. It is an album that feels like
both an open wound and a catharsis: visceral, direct, yet contemplative and profoundly human.
While atmospheric black metal remains the most accurate label, to confine SEDNA within a
single genre would be limiting. Their music is made of nuances and deviations, a sonic flow that
crosses darkness in search of balance between aggression and introspection. “Sila Nuna” stands
as the testimony of a fully matured vision, from a band that has learned to turn chaos into form
and tension into language.
