Polish dark folk/post-black metal solo project Ols to release new album »Poświaty« on May 29th via Pagan Records!
Polish dark folk/post-black metal solo project Ols is gearing up to release new album »Poświaty« on May 29th, 2025 via Pagan Records.
Ols is an one-woman band, entirely created by Anna Maria Olchawa who composes, arranges, writes lyrics, sings and plays instruments. The songs are based on polyphonic vocal harmonies, complemented with instrumental parts which build a ritual, hypnotic character.
Tracklist:
01. O niej
02. Proch kość liść
03. Światło III
04. Pierwszy mit
05. Mów do mnie
06. Marzec
07. Matka krew
08. Bez nas
Courtesy of 3nation PR:
One-woman project Ols announces »Poświaty« pre-order! This is the fifth album from the dark neofolk, gothic, atmospheric post-black metal project from Poland. Listen to latest singles »Światło III«, »O niej« and »Proch kość liść«!
Polish artist Ols will release her fifth album on 29 May 2025 via Pagan Records and it is now available for pre-order.
Anna of Ols said: “»Poświaty« (“Afterglows”) is an album full of music that draws inspiration from various sources, connected perhaps only by dark atmosphere and strong emotions. There you will find classic acoustic neofolk (although with a particular twist), mystical journeys through the landscapes of atmospheric post-black, strange tales from the forest interwoven with urban, almost trip-hop hypnosis, and hybrids of dark folk with heavy sounds, seen through a gothic lens and filtered by my specific sensitivity.
Photo by Weronika Reiko Kapusta
On »Poświaty« I sew together seemingly incompatible musical realities to create my own patchwork darkness, a melancholic, dark kaleidoscope that draws you into its embrace. From such scraps of darkness, melancholy and nostalgia, collected from music, books, nature and life itself, I create my own peculiar reality that I want to share.”
The album will be available in a jewelcase CD format with a 20-page booklet that includes lyrics and translations.
Pre-order now: pagan-records.com.
In the lead up to the album’s release, Ols released three singles: »Światło III«, »O niej« and »Proch kość liść«.
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well