TROUNCE – The Seven Crowns + Live at Roadburn – 2xCD

TROUNCE is a project spearheaded by Jonathan Nido (Coilguns), the founder and CEO of Hummus Records. He wrote the songs in 2020 while working on Coilguns’ fourth album and decided to create a side project to balance this meticulous process. Originally inspired by Dark Funeral’s album “Diabolis Interium,” Nido programmed fast drums and added riffs without overthinking. After demoing the songs and recording drums, he assembled a band for a special show commissioned by Roadburn Festival. What might have looked like a black-metal parade has turned into hybrid and epic reckless rock, merging ferocious blastbeats with shoegaze, doom, noise and refreshing punkness. The band includes Anna Sauter-McDowell (Yrre) on noise and satanic whispers, Lea Martinez (Etienne Machine) on synth and vocals, Luc Hess (Coilguns) on drums, and Naser Sulejmani (Yrre) on guitar. Renaud Meichtry (Kruger), also CFO at Hummus Records, provides lyrics and vocals. Kevin Galland, who is the bass player in Coilguns and a sound engineer for various bands on the label, handles recording, mixing, and live sound. Guillaume Ducommun acts as the 8th band member, bringing his drastic and minimalist light skills to enhance the live production. The project serves as a playground for Jonathan Nido’s artistic deviations, and the band aims to deliver a complete experience from the studio to the live environment. With photographs by Roberto Romano and illustrations by Bryan Maita, Trounce also offers a very bleak yet beautiful visual landscape to complement their work.