Reviews | bela
Co-released by Unsound and Subtext, Noise and Cries finds Seoul-raised but Berlin-based bela taking elements of death metal – specifically the guttural growl – and merging it with traditional Korean folk styles and industrial electronic eruptions. It straddles dual juxtaposing states: simultaneously informed by Berlin club culture and by Pungmul, a traditional Korean folk music that includes drumming, dancing and singing.