Nattfly

Nattfly is the vessel of Swedish Black Metal artist Ask.

The music is uncompromisingly ritualistic, rooted in the second wave and inspired by classical harmonies as well as Scandinavian tradition.  Fuelled by animistic belief and spiritual struggles, every Nattfly album is a ritual grounded in earth and underworld. The use of distorted violin allows for unique texture and expression. 

Nattfly is a type of moth in Swedish. They flicker around in the summer nights, drawn to any light during their short lives.  They represent the cycle of life and the meaning of death, the futile attempts to fly towards something better during a life-time both short and endless. The fragile, broken moth wings resemble the fragile, broken sound of the acoustic violin, imperfectly played, alone in a forest of blastbeats and distortion.

Nattfly will evolve with every album, but the roots will remain the same.