Verjin Zangi Xosqer Banastexcutyunner -

In 2001, a Yerevan-based literary scholar, , claimed to have identified the author as Avetik Sargsyan (1934–1988), a little-known poet from Leninakan (now Gyumri). Sargsyan’s only confirmed publication was a single poem in the journal Sovetakan Grakanutyun in 1965. Melkonyan argued that Sargsyan adopted “Zangi” as a heteronym and wrote the entire collection in secret, fearing reprisal for its nationalistic undertones.

Their 2022 album, Banastexcutyunner No. 4 , features a track sampling the actual sound of the cracked Etchmiadzin bell, filtered through a distortion pedal. The singer, , describes the experience: “It feels like singing someone’s final breath. Each word is a bruise on silence.” Verjin Zangi Xosqer Banastexcutyunner

For now, the complete original text remains unavailable to the public—perhaps locked in a private collection, perhaps destroyed. But the few who have read the fragments speak of them with uncharacteristic emotion. They say that are not loud, but they linger. In 2001, a Yerevan-based literary scholar, , claimed