CoreChaos x Höllenfrau present: TRISTWICH Y FENYWOOD

In the organizer's words:

Ticket prices at the box office will be flexible on a pay-what-you-can basis: 0€, 10€, or 16€.

* 0€ (Social Price) - only available at the door
* 10€ (Mid Price) - available both in presale and at the door
* 16€ (Supporter Price) - available both in presale and at the door

Why Three Prices?

Our goal is to make sure everyone can enjoy live music and culture. We want you to choose a price that matches your current means. While cultural funding helps, the support of those who can pay a bit more makes these events possible for everyone. Whatever you choose to pay, we ask you to make an informed decision. If you're unable to contribute at the moment, this show is on us.

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Singing black-lit liturgies of bog bodies caked in mud, entranced by nocturnal landscapes flickering in the moon-glow and powered by queer enchantment, Tristwch y Fenywod are a Welsh-language gothic avant-rock power-coven. Exhumed from the depths of Leeds' experimental underground, the trio consist of Gwretsien Ferch Lisbeth (Guttersnipe, The Ephemeron Loop), Leila Lygad (Hawthonn) and Sidni Sarffwraig (Slaylor Moon, The Courtneys).

Formed in 2022, Tristwch y Fenywod ("The Sadness of Women") record exclusively in the Welsh language, conjuring an eldritch, subterranean, alien folk music played on dual zither, electronic drums and bass guitar. With towering, siren-like vocals curling around the Welsh consonants, accompanied by strong, martial rhythms and swirling claw-plucked strings, Tristwch y Fenywod feels like an early 4AD recording dredged from the waters of an Anglesey swamp. The effect is simultaneously chilling and stirring.

The eight tracks on the record constitute what feels like a recently rediscovered, unholy grail of edgy, atmospheric, occult feminist goth emissions. Gwretsien's dual-zither playing scatters melodic fragments and spirals of harmony around the decimated space opened up by the lugubrious bass playing and pounding, brooding drum pads. Coupled with the Welsh vocal, Tristwch y Fenywod embody a new, unique Celtic darkwave sound, equal parts Pornography-era The Cure, Svitlana Nianio's haunted hammered string-work and the dark beauty of Dead Can Dance or This Mortal Coil.

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"...Together the trio conjure a witchy vision of gothic avant-pop sung entirely in Welsh, the type of music for which the word "eldritch" was created: coolly eccentric but also just cool and honestly quite groovy in parts-avant and pop, after all. With crisp electronic drums cutting through tingly, trebly plucks of double zither and cavernous vocals, the vibes are fitting for our fractured times, both sleekly modern and intriguingly ancient (by which I mean the 1980s)." - Mariana Timony for BANDCAMP DAILY

"An utterly addictive masterpiece of Welsh-sung queer goth folk, the debut recording by Gwretsien Ferch Lisbeth (Guttersnipe, The Ephemeron Loop), Leila Lygad (Hawthonn) and Sidni Sarffwraig (Slaylor Moon, The Courtneys) is among this decade's most bewitching albums, bar none - unmissable for fans of Cranes, Dead Can Dance, Svitlana Nianio, Cocteau Twins' 'Head Over Heels', The Cure's 'The Top' era." - BOOMKAT