WYATT E.

Belgium’s WYATT E. plays drone and doom that feels like the soundtrack to a lost civilisation, and seeing them live is more of a journey than a concert. Their music is built around a concept rooted in the ancient Middle East. The debut album, Exile to Beyn Neharot, came out in 2017, followed in 2022 by the second album, āl bēlūti dārû, which means “The Eternal City” in Akkadian.

January 2025 saw the release of Zamāru ultu qereb ziqquratu Part 1, “music from within the ziggurat”. It is the first chapter of a double release about Babylon and the band’s first album with vocals: Iranian singer Nina Saeidi sings in Akkadian, and Jerusalem-based choir leader Tomer Damsky sings in Aramaic. Saz, viola, sitar and trumpet merge with analogue and digital layers, and the album was mixed by Tim De Gieter, who has also worked with Amenra and Brutus.

Expect heavy, hypnotic soundscapes, two drummers and an atmosphere that takes you 2,600 years back in time.