FYRNASK
Íosir

digipack with booklet

"VII - Kenoma" is the 4th full-length release of the German Black Metal band FYRNASK. While remaining committed to its foundation of Second Wave Black Metal, the aural experience of "VII - Kenoma" is also deeply rooted in Ritual Ambient and Drone as well as world music by exploring synthesized sounds, neoclassical and traditional instrumentation and vocalization.

Embedded in these sonic spheres, the recording conceptually traces the depths of Musibatname, the Book of Suffering, written by the thirteenth-century Persian poet and mystic Fariduddin Attar. In his lyrical work, Attar elaborates on the questions of theodicy, the contradictory nature of the idea of an all-powerful good God and the human experience of sorrow, suffering and injustice. In the center of Attar’s mystical telling is the pilgrim of “the heart’s thought” who explores the physical and metaphysical spheres. The spiritual seeker learns about the Two Worlds, the material and the ethereal existence, and the suffering and failure in both. A crucial depiction of this agony is the scene in which the pilgrim meets the mourning and dethroned Iblis in the ruins of his former realm. The album ties in with these pictures and ambiences, exploring the meanings of sacrifice and suffering on a metaphysical level.

"VII - Kenoma" was written and recorded between 2016 and 2019. The album was mixed by Fabian Schulz at Sunsetter Recording Studio and mastered by V. Santura at Woodshed Studio.
FYRNASK are the collective of Fyrnd, Alghol, Exord, Fhez, and Rune.

Founded in 2008, Fyrnask emerged as a solitary vision exploring the intersections of black metal, ritual soundscapes, drones and ambient texture — a body of work that treats the genre less as aggression than as rite.

What began as a solo endeavour grew into a full live entity in 2014, allowing the project's dense and immersive atmosphere to unfold on stage. Performances across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Poland and Norway have established Fyrnask as a singular voice within the European underground.

The forthcoming fifth full-length, Íosir (Ván Records, 2026), was produced by Fabian Schulz at Sunsetter Recording Studio and mastered by Victor "V. Santura" Bullok (Triptykon) at Woodshed Studio. It continues the project's pursuit of sonic intensity and ritualistic depth, combining raw black metal with expansive ambient passages and unsettling drone layers.

The album follows a single consciousness through the realm of the dead — across burning gates, wrathful and luminous forces, and a final dissolution. On stage, Fyrnask's performances evoke atmospheres of death, suffering and sacrifice: an experience that is at once confrontational and transcendent.