FURIA

Furia biography
Furia are a Polish post-black metal band from Katowice, active since 2003. Polish for "fury," the group began as the solo project of Massemord multi-instrumentalist Michał Kuźniak (aka Nihil; of Morowe, FDS and Cssaba), the leader of the Let the World Burn Coalition, a collective of Silesian black metal artists centered around Katowice and comprised of unorthodox, experimental bands such as Odraza, Massemord, Wędrowcy~Tułacze~Zbiegi and Morowe. Signed to Pagan Records, Furia have released five albums and six EPs across their tenure, crafting their self-described "nekrofolk" style which blends post-punk, folk, psychedelic rock and atmospheric sludge into an idiosyncratic progressive black metal.

Furia's first demo, 2004's I spokój, was entirely composed, performed and produced by Kuźniak. He recruited Massemord bandmates Przemysław Muchowski (aka Voldtekt) on guitar, bassist Kamil Staszalek (aka Sars) and drummer Grzegorz Kantor (aka Namtar; also of FDS), and together the quartet recorded and released their follow-up demo I krzyk in 2005 and their critically-acclaimed debut LP Martwa polska jesień in 2007. Artur Rumiński (of Thaw and Gruzja) joined by 2013's W melancholii EP, completely replacing Muchowski by the time of the 2014 album Nocel. Furia's most popular and well-received LP, Księżyc milczy luty, arrived in 2016, showing the ever-evolving band performing beyond the confines of black metal and featuring the influence of seminal post-rock group Swans. In 2017, Furia were commissioned by director Jan Klata to play as the wedding band in a series of performances of Stanisław Wyspiański's Wesele, and the quartet would also embark on a brief tour of Japan later that year with fellow Polish black metal group Besatt. Furia returned four years later with 2021's W śnialni LP, an oddball recording even by their standards, fusing spoken word and sound collage into a trippy, avant-garde mixture.

Furia's forward-thinking sound will enthrall fans of Odraza, Shining, Fleurety, Entropia, Oranssi Pazuzu and Mgła.


- Gordy, April 2022