In a world where the term “goth” has become folklore and aesthetics are easily misunderstood, BLAX appear as a reminder that darkness is not a pose – it’s language.
With their new album, “Certesia”, the Italian band delves even deeper into the funereal harmonies of gothic rock, mixing industrial textures, doom rhythms and post-punk neuroses in a sound that brings to mind Lycia, early Clan of Xymox, but with the cold gaze of Swans.

The album builds like a liturgy through fragments: “Blax” sounds like the song that will sweep you away after midnight, while “Doctor Love” freezes time with tones that drip darkness and a voice that doesn’t sing – it laments.
The production is intentionally special. BLAX aren’t trying to caress your ears – they lead you through a maze of reverb and dark poetry.
They move through hooks, and radio flirtations, while the whole shows their quality. “Certesia” is a mirror for shadows, not reflection.

Special mention to “Mr. Graceful”, the lead single, which is accompanied by a video, which starts out as a gothic dirge and ends in a post-apocalyptic industrial trance.
It’s the point where goth is no longer a genre – it’s a ritual.
For those who still find refuge on forgotten goth club floors, under strobes that flicker at a tempo of 68 bpm, Certesia is an album that is not heard – experienced.