It has been quite some time since I first encountered Zeegang. Back then, I picked up two tapes from the project: the debut Dialectica Oceanus and Een Morgenstond, door mist verhuld.
In 2021, the second album De Poëzie van Vallende Sneeuw followed, and now Robbert van Rumund returns with a third full-length record. Van Rumund , also known for his work with Faceless Entity and Alburum , released this album last July, though it was largely buried beneath the sheer volume of new releases at the time.
With this third offering, Zeegang once again confirms its quiet yet steadfast presence within a musical landscape shaped by melancholy, introspection, and stillness.
Where Van Rumund explores chaos and raw aggression with Faceless Entity, and follows a more folk-oriented path with Alburum, Zeegang reveals a far more atmospheric and melancholic side of his creative output.
After four years of silence, Zeegang returns with a record that delves deeply into the inevitability of despair. It captures the moment when the abyss feels uncomfortably close, where hope is no longer a given, but something that must be wrestled for. The album serves as a stark reminder that despondency can strike at any moment, and that amid the coldness of this world, it is up to us to find a fire by which we can keep ourselves warm.
Van niets uit deze wereld feels like a resigned acceptance of overwhelming weight. Within that acceptance, space is created for beauty to re-emerge, as agony slowly begins to fade. Musically, the album unfolds through long, dreamlike auditory mantras, atmospheric black metal that does not seek to overwhelm, but to bear witness: to inner struggle, to stillness, and to a hard-won sense of clarity.
Once again, Zeegang delivers a beautiful atmospheric black metal album, marked by a deep focus on mood and depth. The record is structured around two lengthy compositions that serve as its gravitational core, with several shorter pieces orbiting them, further expanding the album’s emotional and thematic layers.
85/100
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