Zeal & Ardor – release “Devil Is Fine x Carpenter Brut”

Zeal & Ardor release “Devil Is Fine x Carpenter Brut” via MVKA, a defining moment in the band’s history reimagined with brutal precision as Carpenter Brut unleashes his trademark nightmare fuel on their most iconic anthem. It’s a collision of two of extreme music’s most fearless minds, pushing the song into territory it has never touched before. 

“Devil Is Fine” is the title track of Zeal & Ardor‘s breakthrough 2016 record, the release that first fused black metal aggression with the rhythms and history of African American spirituals and work songs, introducing Manuel Gagneux‘s project to a global audience. Carpenter Brut, the French producer whose synth driven, horror soaked sound has become a genre unto itself, has now taken the track apart and rebuilt it.

Manuel Gagneux of Zeal & Ardor says, “Imagine if one of the most capable electronic musicians out there remixed a song of ours. Imagine if that would result in a track that might eclipse the original. Imagine if you could listen to such a thing right now. We give you Devil Is Fine x Carpenter Brut.”

Carpenter Brut adds, “Zeal & Ardor have such a distinctive sound so it was a real pleasure to take ‘Devil Is Fine’ into my own world while keeping the spirit of the original.“

Zeal & Ardor‘s most recent album, GREIF (2024), remains in heavy rotation  and saw the group headline Switzerland’s Up In Smoke festival last week. The band also recently released Devil Is Fine X, a remastered reissue of their 2016 debut which now includes five previously unreleased bonus tracks.

Carpenter Brut‘s Leather Temple, the closing chapter of his Leather trilogy, is out now via No Quarter Prod / Virgin Records, and he remains on the road worldwide throughout 2026.

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