IGNEA ft Britta Görtz – Harmony Manufactured
Mere days away from the release, Monumental, Ukrainian modern metal architects IGNEA open another door to their upcoming studio album. ”Harmony Manufactured” is fast and heavy and features guest vocals from Britta Görtz of melodic death metal band HIRAES who recently floored audiences as an interim front woman for Heaven Shall Burn. On IGNEA’s new single, her vocals create intense harmonies with Helle Bohdanova’s vocals to unfold another facet of Monumental.
IGNEA’s new record is set around the concept of nostalgia and draws from architecture in its aesthetics. ”Harmony Manufactured” draws its brutal sound from Bauhaus buildings. Monumental releases this coming Friday via Napalm Records.
Helle Bohdanova about “Harmony Manufactured”:
‘”The song ‘Harmony Manufactured’ is a tribute to industrial design, the Bauhaus school, and the birth of technical aesthetics, celebrating objects in which function and beauty coexist perfectly. The Bauhaus believed in the unity of art, craft, and technology, and that well-made things shouldn’t be a privilege but part of everyday life. In this song, the mechanical intensity is combined with a melody that reflects the elegance of everyday products emerging from the production line: stylish, timeless, and capable of evoking nostalgia, like a tubular-steel chair that has outlived three generations of owners.
“In the video, though, it is the human body that is treated as the peak of design. After all, it is humans who carry the most beauty and enduring memory. We’re extremely grateful to have Britta as a guest on ‘Harmony Manufactured.’ Her voice is the technical aesthetics of extreme vocals, and she has elevated this song enormously. I hope we’ll be able to perform it live together someday.”
Britta Görtz adds:
”Helle and I have a lot of mutual respect and appreciation for each other, so joining forces on a song felt like a very natural thing to do. I love the strong artistic vision that she and IGNEA brought to ‘Harmony Manufactured,’ especially the way they explore the themes of nostalgia and Bauhaus through their music. It’s always inspiring to work with artists who have such a clear creative identity, and it was a pleasure to become part of their musical world for this song. Having Helle come all the way from Ukraine to my hometown Hannover for the video shoot made the whole experience even more special!”
Monumental is IGNEA’s second full-length album that was written during the full-scale war in Ukraine. The recording process mostly took place in the winter of 2025-2026, during icy temperatures and long power outages in Kyiv.
Helle Bohdanova says about Monumental:
”Back in the 17th century, nostalgia was considered a deadly disease—and in many ways, it still is. It’s a universal feeling experienced by every human being, pulling us toward a past that felt gentler than it truly was, especially during the bitter moments of the present. Much of this album was inspired by modernist architecture—concrete giants built to signal progress and a brighter future, now slowly decaying. They’ve become a sort of memory box: monuments to unrealized dreams, where the future that was once imagined never arrived, yet continues to echo through the ruins and bright mosaics.”
IGNEA LIVE 2026:
WITH EVERGREY + STELLAR CIRCUITS:
11/11 — Lund, SE — Mejeriet
11/12 — Stockholm, SE — Kollektivet Livet
11/13 — Linköping, SE — Palatset
11/14 — Gothenburg, SE — Filmstudion 2
11/15 — Oslo, NO — Salt
11/17 — Hamburg, DE — Logo
11/18 — Berlin, DE — Hole44
11/19 — Munich, DE — Feierwerk
11/20 — Vienna, AT — Weberknecht
11/21 — Milan, IT — Slaughter Club
11/22 — Aarau, CH — KiFF
11/23 — Antwerp, BE — Zappa
11/25 — Southampton, UK — The Brook
11/26 — Birmingham, UK — Asylum
11/27 — London, UK — The Underworld
11/28 — Leeds, UK — The Key Club
11/29 — Dublin, IE — Opium
11/30 — Belfast, UK — Limelight 2
12/1 — Glasgow, UK — G2
12/2 — Newcastle, UK — Anarchy Brew
12/3 — Manchester, UK — Rebellion
12/4 — Bristol, UK — Strange Brew
12/5 — Nottingham, UK — Saltbox
12/7 — Paris, FR — Petit Bain
12/8 — Trier, DE — Mergener Hof
12/9 — Karlsruhe, DE — Substage
12/10 — Dortmund, DE — Junkyard
12/11 — Rotterdam, NL — Baroeg
12/12 — Maastricht, NL — Muziekgieterij
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