Against the Seasons is a Polish atmospheric folk/doom/post‑metal project founded in 2024, built around the guitar work and compositional vision of Damian Kinowski. Emerging from the Kraków underground, the project blends expansive post‑metal soundscapes with the melancholy weight of doom and the organic textures of folk‑influenced atmospheres. Its music is shaped by long, flowing structures, emotive guitar layering, and a strong sense of cinematic progression, often evoking images of shifting seasons, vast landscapes, and inner transformation.
The project’s debut full‑length, “If the Ocean Could Sing” (2024), introduced a sound rooted in introspection and naturalistic ambience, balancing heaviness with melodic clarity. The album explores themes of solitude, emotional drift, and the dialogue between human fragility and the immensity of nature. Kinowski’s guitar‑driven approach forms the core of the project, weaving between delicate clean passages and powerful, immersive crescendos characteristic of post‑metal’s atmospheric tradition.
Entirely independent, Against the Seasons positions itself within the newer wave of Polish atmospheric metal, emphasizing mood, texture, and emotional storytelling over aggression.
| Damian Kinowski | Guitars (2024-present) |
| If the Ocean Could Sing | Full-length | 2024 |