A Sonic Monolith of Power and Dread: Urstaat’s ‘Mitra-Varuna’ Is a Ritual You Won’t Escape From

Urstaat arrives with Mitra-Varuna, a crushing instrumental vision steeped in myth, modernity, and dread. Drawing from Georges Dumézil’s theory of sovereign duality, the track channels stoner metal, sludge, and ritualistic ambient doom to portray the clash between order and violence, law and chaos, assimilation and annihilation.

Dark, raw, and relentless, Mitra-Varuna is more than a song—it’s a soundscape of collapse. The instrumental unfolds like an ancient rite hijacked by modern decay, capturing the grotesque balance of power in a world devoured by capitalist extraction and surveillance. Every riff is deliberate, every shift is tectonic. This is sovereignty rendered as sonic architecture.

As the world teeters on the edge of its next great reckoning, Urstaat provides the perfect soundtrack: an apocalyptic meditation carved into heavy, meditative slabs of stoner-sludge ritual. Mitra-Varuna is the first transmission from their upcoming LP Autophagia, a concept forged in the fire of philosophical critique and doom-laden grooves.

Enter Urstaat’s domain—where power isn’t just heard, it’s felt.

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Biography

Urstaat is a four-piece instrumental post-metal/sludge band hailing from Athens, Greece. Blending diverse musical influences, the band crafts sprawling compositions built on crushing riffs, dynamic tempo shifts, intricate melodic layers, and evolving song structures. Their sound is designed to evoke powerful emotional landscapes and cinematic imagery, creating an immersive and visceral experience—both in recordings and on stage. Following the release of their self-titled EP in 2022, Urstaat has been an active force in Athens’ underground music scene, performing in a wide range of venues and DIY spaces. In 2024, they launched their first national tour across Greece in collaboration with Sevengill. That same year, they were featured on Noise from Above #01, the inaugural vinyl compilation from Rooftop Jam Sessions, appearing alongside key acts from the Greek underground including Last Rizla, Blame Kandinsky, Half Gramme of Soma, and Godsleep. The record includes a live version of Urstaat’s unreleased track “Misha 039.”

Urstaat is:

Dimitris Loupetis – Guitar

Chrissanthi Mourti – Guitar

Greg Zampelis – Bass

Nikos Koutantos – Drums

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