In the small hours of a Kyiv dawn, when the city’s quiet is broken only by the distant thrum of trains and the hush of the Dnipro’s slow breath, Morwan returns with a vision both personal and apocalyptic. The band’s new single, “Bez oblichchya” (Faceless), arrives with a striking music video alongside the release of their fourth studio album, Vse po kolu, znovu (All in a Circle, Again)—an eight-track opus recorded between 2023 and 2024.
Directed by Nastya Platinova, the video descends into an infernal, red-lit underground rave—a feverish vision of anonymity as salvation, underscored by a sound recalling Killing Joke’s most apocalyptic moments, where ritual and rage become indistinguishable. Figures move through the haze as if surrendering to rhythm were the only prayer left. It’s a harrowing yet hypnotic portrayal of the song’s central desire: to be stripped of identity, to start again at zero, to find purity in disappearance. “Bez oblichchya” unfolds like a cry for obliteration, its relentless beat echoing the suffocating loop of existence.
Watch the premiere of “Bez oblichchya (Faceless)” below:
Vse po kolu, znovu (All in a Circle, Again) marks the culmination of years of creative exploration for Morwan, the project helmed by Alex Ashtaui. The record channels a heavier, more aggressive energy, shifting from post-punk toward avant-garde rock and even shoegaze. Its sound is both ritualistic and raw—a visceral evolution from the band’s earlier, more meditative works.
“Vse po kolu, znovu is a story about fears tearing you apart from within and conflicts that give you no peace,” Ashtaui explains. “It’s about the endless cycle of existence, pulling you into the vortex of inevitable dread… the moment when control over yourself slips away, and you become a helpless observer, forced to watch your life crumble before your very eyes.”
Across its eight tracks, Ashtaui fuses the ceremonial weight of pounding percussion with shimmering guitars and a low current of electronic disquiet that hums like machinery dreaming of humanity. The Arabic tonalities that have long defined Morwan’s music return—less as embellishment than invocation—merging seamlessly with Ukrainian cadence until the languages of grief and endurance become one.
If “Bez oblichchya” is the album’s confession, then the title track, written in 2020, is its eternal prayer. Vse po kolu, znovu moves forward while spiraling inward, collapsing under its own repetition. It’s a song of fatigue and fragile resolve—a hymn for the eternal return.
Ultimately, the record breathes and bleeds like the city it was born from—battered yet unbroken, flickering with the faint but unextinguished light of creation. In Morwan’s world, even ruin has rhythm, and even silence keeps time.
Listen to Vse po kolu, znovu below and order the album here.
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