ART OF HEARTWORK’s emotive metalcore debut tear through personal collapse and Balkan rot on their debut EP

The origin of Art of Heartwork is unremarkable on the surface: a chance meeting in early 2022 at an “Ex-Emo Meetup” in Serbia, where Filip Stojiljkovic and Gavrilo connected over a shared musical language. One mentioned a solo project — Eva Ras — not k…