SETH Resurrect Serge Gainsbourg’s “Initials B.B.” In a Black Metal Funeral Mass

Posted on July 14, 2025

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French black metal vanguard SETH unveil a radical reinterpretation of Serge Gainsbourg’s infamous 1968 ode to Brigitte Bardot with their new music video for “Initials B.B.”. Originally steeped in orchestral melancholy and sensual decadence, this new incarnation emerges as a ceremonial descent through the fractured heart of post-Christian France—a realm haunted by divine absence, erotic delirium, and the relics of fallen gods.

Framed as a bonus piece to the revolutionary liturgy of La France des Maudits, this rendition emerges as a new chapter in the band’s ongoing rite of desecration. Coinciding with the one-year anniversary of the album’s release, timed with Bastille Day, the video deepens the mythos of a France scorched by desire and spiritual collapse. As the republic recalls its hour of uprising, SETH conjures another insurrection: one of shadows and silhouettes, where sound and image bleed together in an unholy communion.A well-balanced and finely produced record that honours the legacy of French black metal.A well-balanced and finely produced record that honours the legacy of French black metal.

Within the album’s iconoclastic cosmology, the figure of Bardot is reimagined as a mythic seductress; a corrupted Marianne veiled in red, muse to apostasy and forbidden glamour. Where Gainsbourg once sighed, SETH now roars, threading her memory into the scarlet lineage of the album’s insurgent saints, diabolical poets, and cast-out lovers.

Watch the music video for “Initials B.B.”, directed by Pierre Reynard, on the Season of Mist YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/S4Sfi14bGh4

La France des Maudits is out now on Season of Mist.

Praise for ‘La France Des Maudits’:

“A well-balanced and finely produced record that honours the legacy of French black metal.” – Metal Hammer DE

“The raw fury of Saint Vincent’s voice and the dark atmosphere that envelops the songs result in a robust and compelling portion of Black Metal.” – Legacy DE

“A burning monument to 90s black metal, using the 2019 Notre‑Dame fire and the 235th anniversary of the start of the French Revolution as their inspiration.” – Distorted Sound Magazine UK

“Seth makes the French Revolution its central theme on La France des Maudits, a seventh album that follows faithfully in the footsteps of its predecessor, La Morsure du Christ.” – Rituel Magazine FR

“Perhaps the best album Seth has ever delivered!” – Rock Tribune BE

“Once again we are faced with a work that is both dark and elegant—black metal rendered in such varied forms it surprises at every turn.” – Rock Hard IT

“I don’t know how it’s possible, but this album feels like an upgrade to the Frenchmen’s already iconic previous opus. Possibly the finest work of their career.” – Scream Magazine NO

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