Dávid Makó began The Devil’s Trade in 2014. His early solo work, often performed with only an acoustic guitar or banjo, quickly garnered attention for its emotional depth and stark beauty. Drawing on Appalachian folk, dark Americana, and Hungarian folk traditions, Makó's music has been praised for its haunting vocals, minimalist arrangements, and profound emotional honesty. Recently, and especially in this new release, elements of post-metal and doom have taken Makó's sound into new, exciting territory, whilst retaining his unique intimacy.
'Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép', translated as “there is no uncontaminated beauty”, is a record forged in grief and the unflinching confession. Fans of The Devil’s Trade will immediately recognize Makó’s signature elements: the deep, rugged baritone, the uncanny ability to transmit raw emotion and melodies drenched in melancholia. With his fifth studio album however, Makó reclaims the heaviness of his early years, pushing his sound into new, atmospheric territory. “Nincs szennyezetlen szép is much darker and heavier and more complex than anything I have done”, says Makó.
Working within a larger, more dynamic canvas, Mako’s confessional power is met with metal-wrought anguish, reborn as an intimate, haunting journey toward authenticity. ‘Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép’ is an elegy to his late mother. “Between the death of my mother and the birth of my son we only had two weeks” explains Makó, and this complexity of emotion is felt in every beat and breath of the album. Survival, suffering, isolation, the endless human turmoil that hangs over our shared and personal grief. All this is expressed defiantly, through a voice that is devastatingly vulnerable and resilient.
“My music is a pure and uncalculated reflection of my progression as a musician and always a gut reaction to what is happening to in and around me.” (Makó)
Against this atmospheric spine, Makó has woven percussive muscle and electric weight in which archaic drums feature prominently as a driving, emotional force. The result is a soundscape of swinging moods: eruptions of doom, passages of plaintive lament — the volatility of grief itself captured.
6-panel CD Digisleeve
Tracklisting:
1. The Sleep That Dragged You Away
2. Weltschmerz
3. All This Sadness
4. All This Sadness Will Be Gone
5. Your Pieces Scattered
6. Nincs Szennyezetlen Szép
7. Idegen Minden
