A decade ago, Dávid György Makó started The Devil’s Trade as a solitary journey between him and his banjo. But once he started working on his latest album, his stark and doomy meditations on folk music spawned into something even more cavernous, something that sounded like the inner workings of a fully electrified band.

Since the release of Vidékek Vannak Idebenn, Makó and his band mates have toured across Europe with kindred spirits like Alcest. Watch them deliver a thunderous performance of the album’s epic title track at Budapest’s famously free-spirited Kolorádó Festival.

“Vidékek Vannak Idebenn” (Live at Kolorádó)

https://youtu.be/XZYzJvUuU_Y?si=o-JGleDSB7Tn1-KY

The Devil’s Trade also stopped by this year’s Hellfest to perform the album’s spine-tingling, bone-crushing lead single “Flashing Through the Lack of Light”. Later this week, the band will shake the stage at Hungary’s Campus Festival alongside their fellow countrymen Thy Catafalque.

“Flashing Through the Lack of Light” (Live at Hellfest)

https://youtu.be/XPg2W96dyAc?si=RJ4L2cvmwJ2mDUzf

“A powerful set of dark, atmospheric, melancholic metal, driven by mainman Dávid Makó’s impressive, sonorous vocals” – Bristol 24/7

“A sonic triumph…the trio cast their own spell over the audience” – Ever Metal

“An almost quasi-religious experience that I never wanted to end. I think I have found my new favourite band” – Rockflesh