그슨대 (Gsndae)
그슨대 (Gsndae) is a South Korean avant-garde depressive black metal project from Pocheon-si, active since 2018, released via the black metal circle 'Black Poets.' Its sole full-length, 傳說 (Korean Tales) (2018), fuses DSBM/atmospheric black metal with Korean traditional instrumentation and pansori narrative-singing technique, framed as a journey through Korean dark folklore. The project is written, produced and mostly performed by a single artist under the alias 아체 (Arche), with session musicians on guitar and bass.
SCORE PROFILE
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WHY THOSE SCORES
- Theatrical 3 — Built around pansori, a dramatic Korean narrative-singing tradition, across a concept release framed as 'a journey in middle age of Korea's dark fantasy world.'
- Folk 7 — Core writing credit for 'traditional instruments programming'; tagged pagan folk metal / traditional folk / fusion gugak, built explicitly on Korean traditional music.
- Ambient 3 — Tagged 'atmospheric black metal' alongside the DSBM/avant-garde classification.
MEMBERS
- 아체 (Arche)composition, vocals, drums, traditional-instrument programming, mixing/mastering/production
- 헛깨비 (Hutkkabi)guitar (session)
- 도깨비 (Tokkabi)bass (session)
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