They never bought into the idea that everything is already lost. Bezette Stad walked in loud, distorted, and fully convinced that people can still change the world they’re stuck inside. Their new record, “F.A.N.O.N.” — out now digitally, with a 12” coming November 15, 2025 through Shield Recordings and Loner Cult Records — keeps that stance front and center. It’s not utopian, it’s not naive. It’s a refusal to give cynicism the final word.
The band says it plainly: “We find it very important to emphasize our belief that humans are inherently good and social beings. It’s no coincidence that the first track we ever wrote is called ‘Mutual Aid’ and the theme of instigating change by collective action clearly is a motive throughout the new record as well. This is somewhat contrary to the nihilistic/dystopian views that are often present in other d-beat like bands.”
That contrast defines them. Their bio describes a band that’s been accused of being too loud, too distorted, but never too hopeless: “Bezette Stad refuses to give in to dystopian tendencies and rather aims to instigate some change in a world that is currently in the hands of oligarchs, mercantilists and fascists.”
“F.A.N.O.N.” was recorded the same way they did their 2020 demo — all together, one day in Majestic Studios with Nico Vedts — and mastered by Will Killingsworth at Dead Air Studios. They keep it immediate because that’s the point: “we used the same ‘record everything together in a day’ approach like with the demo, because it gives you that sense of urgency and, if I’m honest, it’s just more fun to do it together.”
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Musically, they pull from Conflict and Catharsis, but also Bad Breeding and Ceremony. Still, they push against being reduced to a checklist: “We tend to pull inspiration from a lot of different places and try to avoid being a ‘sounds just like’-type of band.”
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Their name-check goes deeper with the album title — a nod to Frantz Fanon, but intentionally open-ended:
“We choose the person of Fanon given his views on colonialism and collective action, where F.A.N.O.N. is meant as somewhat of a backronym, its initial meaning being Free All Nations Of N…, to be filled in by the listener, but like M.D.C. it’s a fluent thing.”
The record carries one idea through every track: “The idea that we are the ones who stagnate the world, and we are the ones who move it forward is present throughout the entire record, hopefully inspiring action.”
Bezette Stad started fast: a handful of rehearsals before their first demo in early 2020, followed by the 2022 split “About Desouffle” with Detruire, and the 2025 promo tape “Prélude des damnés de la terre.” Through it all — same urgency, same direction.
The lineup is Davy De Decker on vocals, samples, and electronics, Pieter Ackerman and Christophe Vanheygen on guitars, Davy Nijssen on drums, and Pieter Petit on bass.
Their collective history runs deep — Ammoniak, Below The Belt, Chainsaw Gutsfuck, Die …My Demon, Rich Widows, Silvester Anfang, Sunpower, and many more. It’s the sound of people who’ve been around long enough to know what collapse looks like — and still refuse to accept it as fate.
“F.A.N.O.N.” is out now via Bandcamp and streaming, with the 12” landing November 15 through Shield Recordings and Loner Cult Records.
