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THE PROGRESSIVE TRACKS SHOW #419 (“It’s All About The Music”) What’s this week’s show about? Uh… Music? Yeah, that seems a good bet! PLAYLIST: The Mahavishnu Orchestra with John McLaughlin – “You Know, You Know” from The Inner Mounting Flame on Columbia (1971) Rostro Del Sol – “Bop C Sketches” from Rostro Del Sol on […]
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – June 8, 2021
For fans of Emmure, Thy Art Is Murder, Fit For An Autopsy, Alpha Wolf
Kill The Imposter’s “Unfit Coward” Music Video ft. Taylor Barber (Left To Suffer)
New Album Out! “The Violence Sessions”
Florida’s deathcore all-stars Kill The Imposter released a new album last month and have a new music video for the closing track “Unfit Coward”, featuring Taylor Barber of Atlanta’s Left To Suffer premiering on NoCleanSinging HERE.
The song is based on a real story and is about people who talk shit publicly, but apologize privately. The kind of person that vocalist Johnny Nobody doesn’t care for. He continues to explain the main lyrical focus for KTI:
“It definitely doesn’t come from anywhere happy. However, at the same time, I’d like to think I can inspire people to do better through my bad experiences. I know that sounds weird but “The Tommy Hewitt Diaries’ is all about vengeance on someone that commits child abuse. Almost a ‘what the f@#$ do you think created Leatherface?’.”
“The Violence Sessions” is the third release from KTI, following 2019’s “The Decimation” and 2020 “A Strain Of Agony” EP. According to guitarist Danny Arrieta, this album is the result of years of anger and frustration of being told you can’t, you’re not ready, you’re not this or that, and saying ‘No’ with everything in your soul and the conviction – to fight tooth and nail for your place in the world.
Heavy and tight, your hair will stand on end and you will feel the energy KTI has poured into this release. As each song blares through your speakers, every note, beat, and lyric will awaken the energy in you to get up and go!
“The Violence Sessions” is recommended for fans of Fit for an Autopsy, Slaughter To Prevail, and Meshuggah and available on the following platforms:
Killtheimposter.bandcamp.com, Spotify, Apple Music
Previous music videos:
“Dongan Hills” – https://youtu.be/nJb933KNx3c
“Mace” – https://youtu.be/4zKyMxwoHzA
“Suffer Alone” – https://youtu.be/6gK4u9a5XHE
Upcoming Dates:
Aug 20 – Winter Park, FL – The Haven Lounge – Central Florida Metal Fest w/ The Convalescence, The Crowned
Sept 5 – 9 – Danville, VA – Blue Ridge Rock Festival
Sept 26 – Orlando, FL – Rebel Rock Fest w/ Rise Against, The Used, Sevendust, All That Remains, Emmure, Miss May I, Suicide Silence, Islander
Sept 28 – Lake Odessa, MI – At The Race Track Fest w/ The Convalescence
Track Listing:
1. Broken Crown (2:36)
2. Dongan Hills (3:35)
3. Evil Ways (3:11)
4. False Prophet (3:33)
5. Mace (3:02)
6. Suffer Alone (3:46)
7. Unfit Coward ft. Taylor Barber (Left To Suffer) (2:30)
EP Length: 22:17
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About:
Kill The Imposter is an Orlando, USA-based deathcore band that was formed in late 2018. Pulling musical inspiration from everywhere, the intention of this four-piece band is to make you move in any capacity you see fit.
Coming from local and national bands, Kill The Imposter brings experience, drive, and mayhem, to the stage. The quartet banded together over a shared love for heavy and violent music, after sharing the stage for one song they knew they had something special, so they sat down together and within a week had 3 songs written and a video lined up. They haven’t stopped since that first sit down, and they won’t stop.
One of the founding members Danny Arrieta (guitar) is the primary music writer getting help with arrangement by Johnny Nobody (vocals). Nick Colvin (drums) carries the aggressive speed and heavy grooves with Wilson Bembry ( bass) definitely sharing and blending the thundering lows and technical playing between all of it.
Since they got together, Kill The Imposter has released “The Decimation” (2019), “A Strain Of Agony” (2020) and “The Violence Sessions” (2021). They have pummeled the stages of Central Florida Metal Fest and Tampa DeathFest and played alongside heavy hitters such as Nile and Terrorizer.
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – June 8, 2021
For fans of Pantera, Lamb of God, Machine Head, Sepultura, Gojira
Groove Metal WoR Announce New Drummer
Out Now! Debut Album “Prisoners” (Bungalo Records/Universal)
L-R – Phillip Funderburk – Bass, Bobby Demoss – Vocals, David Nisoff – Guitar, Dylan Jenkins – Drums, Ben Kaiser – Guitar
Following a year highlighted by postponed tours and the tragedy of living through a global pandemic, North Carolina, USA groove metal warriors WoR announced that they had parted ways with drummer Hunter Crews. Crews was featured on WoR’s debut record “Prisoners” released in 2020 via Bungalo Records/Universal Music Group. Today, the band officially announced that Dylan Jenkins would be joining WoR as the new drummer. Jenkins’ lightning fast playing style perfectly complements WoR’s sound and direction. Jenkins has been rehearsing and recording with the band since late 2020, as they gear up for a series of festival and tour dates in late 2021.
The band comments:
“We are thrilled to officially announce that Dylan Jenkins is the new drummer of WoR. Dylan has been rehearsing with us for the better part of the last year and has injected new life into the older songs as well as being a key contributor to the song writing process as we continue to work on our second album. We would also like to thank Hunter Crews for his contributions and wish him the best of luck in all his future endeavours.”
Jenkins adds:
“I’ve had a blast working with WoR. Giving some new life to the songs. I’m really excited to get to work on the new stuff and for the future.”
To demonstrate the band’s new chemistry, they are also sharing a new promo video to showcase Jenkins’ monster sound behind the kit, which can be viewed on YouTube – https://youtu.be/wvgafBwLflI
Throwing in elements of thrash, metalcore, and even hardcore punk, everyone in WoR has taken a different musical path and the variety of influences shows through in the unique and original sound on their debut release “Prisoners”, which is an extremely energetic journey from start to finish. Groovy, raw, and old school, WoR is suitable for all fans of metal especially those with an interest in Machine Head, Sepultura, and Gojira.
“Prisoners” is available on Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Google Play.
Music Videos:
VI Kings – YouTube
Predator – YouTube
Caged – YouTube
Come and Out Play (The Offspring Cover) YouTube
For more info:
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Facebook.com/WoRBandOfficial
Instagram.com/w.o.r.official
Twitter.com/WoRbandofficial
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Blackdiamond’s Metal Mayhem on Tuesday 1st June was as always on air from 6PM GMT for two hours on http://www.totalrock.com!
Listeners on mobile devices can choose to listen via theTotalRockplayer, or theTuneInRadioappcan be downloaded. The show is also repeated from9AMeveryFridayand of course can be listened to on demand any time by clicking the‘On Demand’section of the website.
On the show was the latest from ALLUVIAL, PSYCOREPATHS, NORTH OF SOUTH, HELLOWEEN, NIGHTRAGE, VULTURE LORD, THIS ENDING and more!
The META(L)SCOPE featured three tracks from the new album “Beneath This Crown” by Italian melodic death metallers REALITY GREY! We also celebrated the 21st anniversary of the classic IRON MAIDEN album “Brave New World”.
Check out the full show Play List below, which will be available to listen to again here.
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NEWS RELEASE
Montreal, QC – June 8, 2021
For fans of Pallbearer, Paradise Lost, Opeth, My Dying Bride, Agalloch, Type O Negative
Feral Elegance And Bleak Majesty Collide In Fell Harvest’s “Titanicide” Off “Pale Light In A Dying World”
Photo Credit: Sean Castenada
L-R – Joseph Fell – Bass/Vocals, Angel Enkeli – Drums, Liam Duncan – Guitars
Hailing from Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, Fell Harvest etch out their place in the world of doom metal. They first introduced themselves to the scene in 2020 with a self-titled EP and are now following it up with a “Pale Light In a Dying World”.
Most of the tracks on this album were written by bassist/vocalist Joseph Fell including the first single “Titanicide”, which also happens to be the album’s opening track. He explains the track in his own words:
“This song is built around a collection of riffs I wrote more than 20 years ago. It has heavy influence from 90s bands like Samael and At The Gates. These riffs sat homeless in the back of my head all this time because I never felt an urge to unify and complete them. The title and lyrics are about transcending and ultimately destroying one’s idols, both literally and metaphysically.”
Fell and the rest of the band are excited to get feedback about this release; compared to its predecessor, it has more progressive elements while maintaining the straightforward doom and death metal tropes, and lyrical concepts. Those who are familiar with the band will notice a markedly different vocal style coming from Fell, entirely “clean” with no death or black metal harshness, which is the result of lung damage he sustained from contracting COVID during recording.
The album was mixed and mastered by Alexander Backlund, the man behind 1914’s “The Blind Leading the Blind”. It is recommended for fans of Paradise Lost, Opeth, and My Dying Bride.
“Titanicide” can be heard via its premiere on OutlawsofTheSun HERE.
“Pale Light In A Dying World” is out on July 16, 2021.
Album pre-orders on FellHarvest.Bandcamp.com
Track Listing:
1. Titanicide (4:36)
2. Pale Light In a Dying World (8:23)
3. The Lark at Morning (7:10)
4. The Wind That Shakes the Barley (4:32)
5. Thy Barren Fields (6:40)
6. The Ghosts of Scapa Flow (9:08)
Album Length: 40:32
Album Credits:
• All songs performed by: Joseph Fell, Liam Duncan, Angel Enkeli
• All songs written by: Joseph Fell
• Produced by: Joseph Fell
• Mixed by: Alexander Backlund
• Mastered by: Alexander Backlund
• Album Artwork by: Sam Nelson/Stigma Art
Album Recording Band Line Up:
Joseph Fell – Bass, Vocals, Additional Guitars
Liam Duncan – Lead and Rhythm guitars
Angel Enkeli – Drums
Alexander Backlund – Synths and programming
Live Band Line Up:
Joseph Fell – Bass, Vocals
Liam Duncan – Lead and Rhythm Guitars
Angel Enkeli – Drums
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About:
Fell Harvest, doom metal from Cheyenne, Wyoming, USA, strives to weave a tapestry of melody, despair, and longing to chronicle the last lights of a dying world.
Fell Harvest grew out of a former project of Joseph Fell (bass/vocals); which found its completed form as a trio with the additions of Angel Enkeli (drums) and Liam Duncan (guitars). The name Fell Harvest came from a dream Fell had where he was walking through a deserted vineyard with every vine bearing bleached bones and rotting flesh. He woke up and wrote a short poem called “The Fell Harvest” about the images and feelings.
Probably the most unique aspect of their live sound is rooted in the fact they are a trio. It’s somewhat rare these days to see a three-piece band in extreme metal, and even more rare to see one that is as melodically driven as Fell Harvest. Fans can hear parallels to bands like Paradise Lost and Rotting Christ, but more careful listeners can hear nods to Venom and King’s X as well.
The band debuted a self-titled EP in 2020 and is following it up with “Pale Light In A Dying World” out on July 16, 2021.
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EPK – Hexenklad – Heathenheart (CDN Records) (2021)
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For fans of Moonsorrow, Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, Insomnium, Windir
Album Title: Heathenheart
Release Date: July 23, 2021
Label: CDN Records
Distribution: CDN Records
Hexenklad is a Canadian Folk/Black Metal band. Think folk melodies akin to Moonsorrow with twin guitar leads like Dissection, the depth of emotion of Primordial and the overwhelming depth of Insomnium.
“We are extremely proud of this new Black Metal influenced Folk Metal album “Heathenheart”. It is a perfect representation of all of our varied influences and personalities. From the coldness and rawness found in Black Metal to the uplifting and memorable melodies found in Folk Metal, to the hooks and choruses found in Heavy Metal, this album has everything. It’s heavy, it’s raw, it’s uplifting, it’s honest, it’s uncompromising, it’s unique and it’s varied. Every song is different and yet connected.” – Hexenklad
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“At 13 tracks and an hour of music, Hexenklad’s recently released second album Heathenheart is a substantial body of work, and a wide-ranging one. Although “folk/black metal” or “pagan metal” are genre labels you might see attached to the band, Heathenheart moves among episodes of wintry blackened moodiness, warlike savagery, grand pageantry, acoustic folk tales, and a lot more.” – No Clean Singing
“The black metal is savage and grand in scope and the folk elements are well implemented, sometimes recalling vintage Hexvessel and Falkenbach.” – Angry Metal Guy
““We Raise a Horn” closes the album, in grand fashion. Raise your horn, take a drink, and give homage to those who have lived a pagan’s life many years ago, in simpler times, in combat and in peace…the ebb and flow of life. You have to love the effort of the band here. They pour everything into their music…their hearts, their souls, and their collective songwriting skills. What results is an energetic trip through thirteen varied tracks with a central core, yet each with their own diverse sound. Long live HEXENKLAD, the diviners of Folk Metal. 8/10” – Metal-Temple
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Album Title: Heathenheart
Release Date: July 23, 2021
Label: CDN Records
Distribution: CDN Records
Track Listing:
1. Heathenheart (5:02)
2. Cold Beauty of Winter (4:52)
3. Huginn and Muninn (4:14)
4. Dark Moon in Capricorn (5:13)
5. Rootbound (4:13)
6. The Raven Returns to the Knoll (4:33)
7. A Thousand Paths to Wisdom (4:26)
8. Olde Gods Awaken (5:53)
9. Beware the Outstretched Hand (5:21)
10. A Forest of Dead Trees (4:32)
11. Upon the Wings of Valkyries (7:03)
12. A Moment of Silence (1:00)
13. We Raise a Horn (4:07)
Album Length: 1:00:36
Album Credits:
Timothy Voldemars Johnston – Vocals, Lyrics
Michael Grund – Guitar. Bass on songs 4, 7, & 9
John Chalmers – Guitar. Bass on song 13
Andrew Chalmers – Drums & Percussion
Clare B. – Keyboards & Orchestrations
Emmanuel “Audeath” Audet (Black Empire/Winterfog) – Bass on Songs 2, 5, 8, 10, & 11
Matt “Coldcuts” Collacott – Bass on songs 1, 3, & 6
Nick Sauter – (Treats for Addicts) Guitar Solo on song 7
Alex Chalmers – Clarinet on song 13
All songs by Hexenklad
Song 2 written by Jon Kal and Hexenklad
Lyrics on songs 4 & 8 by Michael Grund
Recorded at Shiver Sound Studios by John Chalmers
Audeath’s Bass recorded at Black Amp Studio
Mixed at BWC Studios by Greg Dawson
Mastered at West West Side Music by Alan Douches
Cover art by Darek Zawiązalec of Black Forest Forge
CD Layout by Robo of Element 6 Custom lmn6.ca
Photography by Vikki Kay Photography
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Live Band Line Up:
Timothy Voldemars Johnston – Vocals
John Chalmers – Guitar
Steve Bowen – Guitar
Matt “Coldcuts” Collacott – Bass
Andrew Chalmers – Drums
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The album as a whole:
An intense Black Metal-influenced Folk Metal album full of Heathen anthems to raise a horn to. The Heathen’s heart is full of chaos, creation through destruction, Hagalaz, and this is a journey into it.
Track by track:
1. Heathenheart – A Heathen, Folk Metal, Melody heavy, upbeat, Headbanging anthem for the Heathen-Hearted. A song about being united, though physically distant. We are all lone wolves yet the pack is calling.
2. Cold Beauty of Winter – This is probably the most Black Metal song on the album. It is more raw and heavy than most of the rest of the album. It is a song about being in a storm in Winter, enraptured by its beauty, and communing with our ancestors.
3. Huginn and Muninn – There is a real mix of Folk and Black Metal melodies in this one. It’s got a good pace and a rawness, yet the choruses bring it back to the Folk side. The lyrics are mostly written in Kenning and are about Odin’s Raven’s–about what they are, what they represent and why that matters. When I first heard the melodies, it made me think of flying over the world and looking down and seeing how everything was made small and how to the one looking down, everyone below would suddenly look like one folk, one people and that in order to be recognized in the mass’s, one’s deeds must indeed be great and worthy and like a beacon in the dark. There’s also a theme of what it would be like to lose one of the integral components of yourself that seeks out new experiences and knowledge and wisdom.
4. Dark Moon in Capricorn – This is a mid-tempo headbanger with more clean singing than most of the others. The lyrics are by Michael on this one.
5. Rootbound – This is a pretty fast, dynamic song. There are some real folky melodies in the choruses and earlier in the song, but the song is definitely on the darker, more Black Metal spectrum, especially the end, which gets raw and chaotic. The lyrics are focused on how we are an echo of our ancestors’ deeds and how we will be an echo of this generation’s deeds, and that we must be careful how we act as the ripples of our actions can create great and terrible consequences. Then I curse my enemies. Because that’s what I do.
6. The Raven Returns to the Knoll – This is probably the most upbeat, positive song on the album (aside from We Raise a Horn). It is a song about a place called Raven’s Knoll, where I, and now most of the band, go camping. There is a festival that happens there that is a multi-faith gathering with a large Pagan/Heathen contingent where we all get together and create a community for a week or two and see what could be, rather than what is. The song is about escaping the concrete coffin we all live in, aka the city, and finding/searching for something better.
7. A Thousand Paths to Wisdom – This is the fastest song on the album. It’s a real headbanger and the end is epic (if I do say so myself). The lyrics are about escaping who we are, who we don’t want to be, and finding something better. It is also about how I dislike preaching/preachers, so I will not tell you what path you should be on, only that there are many paths to wisdom and perhaps there is a better path for you if the path you are on isn’t taking you in the direction you want to be going. I wrote the lyrics while on a trip to Alaska and walking through the mountains and across glaciers really gave me a different perspective on life and these lyrics reflect that.
8. Olde Gods Awaken – This is another more mid-paced, epic song. The lyrics are by Michael.
9. Beware the Outstretched Hand – This is an acoustic song. Definitely the darkest song on the album, to me. It is very personal. It is about betrayal. About showing someone the beast that the lives within, that we all keep caged up, that animal part of us that is in fact who we really are but can’t show, and it’s about being betrayed by that person. The wound can be heard in this song.
10. A Forest of Dead Trees – This is an instrumental. A really unique, oddball song that just flows and bounces around and really holds the attention, without the need for lyrics.
11. Upon the Wings of Valkyries – This song has a long, mostly acoustic intro before becoming really intense and fast. It has a bit of everything in here. It’s got marches, Black Metal riffs, Folk Metal riffs, headbanging parts and some really dark doomy acoustics at the beginning and end. The lyrics were written with two of my Veteran friends in mind, as well as an old friend of mine who wanted very much to learn to fight but found it very hard to find anyone who would train her. The song tells the story of a soldier, dying on a battlefield, and how he is taken to Valhalla where his honoured ancestors wait for him with pride. His daughter is born after he dies and hard it is very hard for her growing up. She learns on her own to become a warrior like he was and, in the end, hears the drums of war calling her, like he did. It is a song for those who fought, who fight and those who wish to but are held back, and how I support them. It is a story, but it is also personal and meaningful, and I think that comes across in the song.
12. A Moment of Silence – This is literally a moment of silence for those who have fallen. In Canada, we, on Remembrance Day, have a moment of silence for those who have fallen and after the previous song, we thought it fitting.
13. We Raise a Horn – This is an acoustic upbeat song. Many years ago, I wanted to write a ritual for Yule. The lyrics of this song come from that ritual. It is basically what I wish for all those who listen to this album. For all those who raise a horn with me.
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FUN FACTS ABOUT THE BAND:
1. Vocalist Timothy Voldemars Johnston’s previous band Eclipse Eternal recorded their final album, Nostalgia, at guitarist John Chalmers’ recording studio, Shiver Sounds, and it was during that time that he first heard Hexenklad’s music. It was during the mixing of Eclipse Eternal’s album at Silverbirch Productions, that he got the call from John saying Hexenklad’s vocalist had left the band. Although he had decided to not do any more music after Eclipse Eternal, he decided that Hexenklad’s music was too good not to see the light of day, and without hesitation said that he would do the vocals. It was meant to be. That was how Timothy became a part of the band.
2. Bass on several songs were done by Emmanuel “Audeath” Audet of the Quebec Black Metal bands Black Empire and Winterfog. Vocalist Timothy Voldemars Johnston is featured on several Black Empire albums as well. Audeath has been a friend of most of the members of Hexenklad for many years and they were honoured to get the chance to work with him. Also, on this album doing some bass tracks is Hexenklad’s new permanent bassist Matt “Coldcuts” Collacott. Another guest on the album is Nick Sauter of Treats for Addicts who did a guitar solo on song 7. For quite a while Nick actually performed with Hexenklad as a live guitarist and they really wanted to have him on the album as he has a very unique style. The last guest is actually John’s son/Andrew’s brother, Alex Chalmers. He plays the Clarinet on We Raise a Horn.
3. With vocalist Timothy Voldemars Johnston being a practicing Heathen, his lyrics reflect his beliefs, though not in a preachy way. He is not telling people what they should believe, only what he believes. He writes from a Heathen perspective about what could be and what is and how what was, can be used going forwards. His lyrics are an attempt at exploring some of what he’s learned, some of what he’s been shown and some of what he’s experienced and relaying that to the listener in the hopes they gain something from that knowledge.
4. Hexenklad was the first-ever metal band to perform at the Kaleidoscope Gathering and while performing on a stage designed to look like a gigantic Raven, lighting shot across the sky out of nowhere. No clouds or rain just lightning. It was a special night.
5. John Chalmers, the guitarist of Hexenklad, is the father of Andrew Chalmers, the drummer of Hexenklad. Previously, they also both performed in Pagan Ritual.
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L-R: Michael Grund – Guitar, Andrew Chalmers – Drums, Timothy Voldemars Johnston – Vocals, Matt Collacott – Bass, John Chalmers – Guitar.
Photo by Vikki Kay Photography
The story of Hexenklad began with the planting of a seed, an idea: to create a Metal band that was as deep in meaning and feeling as it was heavy and aggressive in sound. Co-created by guitarist Michael Grund (SIG:AR:TYR, ex-Battlesoul) and drummer Sterling Dale, Hexenklad’s roots sunk down after Grund made the drastic decision to move to the forests of Bancroft, Ontario, Canada, leaving city life and materialism behind. With this mental shift in place, and with the first two Hexenklad songs composed in those very woods, Hexenklad was born: a melodic, Folk and Black Metal-inspired band with thematic leanings towards nature, a respect for Magick and ancient religions, and personal enlightenment and freedom.
Its branches spread in late 2015 with the addition of guitarist John “The Ancient One” Chalmers (Pagan Ritual), who helped round out the music. In 2016, after having recorded the drums for the new album “Spirit of the Stone”, Sterling Dale left Hexenklad and Timothy “Voldamares” Johnston (Eclipse Eternal) joined as vocalist, who expanded the sound still further. With the vision of the album and band now fully formed, comrades were called upon to complete the recordings. Alex Snape (Unbowed) did a guest appearance to add his signature bass sound, while guest cellist Raphael Weinroth-Browne (The Visit, Musk Ox) added his wizardry to several tracks. Now-permanent member Clare B. (Eclipse Eternal, ex-Operus) deepened the sound with keyboards to put the final touches to the tapestry. Having now completed the debut album “Spirit of the Stone”, Hexenklad branched out again, growing this time to include new permanent members Jon Kal (Pagan Ritual) on bass and Andrew C. (Pagan Ritual) on drums, once again reuniting father and son (John and Andrew).
In February 2017, Hexenklad was pleased and proud to sign with CDN Records and on July 28, 2017 their debut album “Spirit of the Stone” was released upon the world.
Now in 2021, Hexenklad is unleashing their second album “Heathernheart” once again via CDN Records. The record will be an intense Black Metal-influenced Folk Metal album, full of heathen anthems to raise a horn to. “Heathenheart” is full of chaos, creation through destruction, Hagalaz, and the journey into it.
The band adds:
“We are extremely proud of this new Black Metal influenced Folk Metal album “Heathenheart”. It is a perfect representation of all of our varied influences and personalities. From the coldness and rawness found in Black Metal to the uplifting and memorable melodies found in Folk Metal, to the hooks and choruses found in Heavy Metal, this album has everything. It’s heavy, it’s raw, it’s uplifting, it’s honest, it’s uncompromising, it’s unique and it’s varied. Every song is different and yet connected.”
“Heathenheart” is due out July 23rd, 2021.
Discography:
2021 – Heathenheart
2017– Spirit of the Stone
Shared Stage with:
Antropopagy, Arkos, Ashbringer, Astaroth Incarnate, Aversion, Axminister, Battlebear, Battlesoul, Dawn of Tyrants, Earthover, Empyrean Plague, Fallen Legion, Iron Priest, Klarg, Kolit, Latrodectus, Lutharo, Mavradoxa, Nalzar, Operus, Sinisfear, Sun Below, The Albino Structure, Vesperia, Within Nostalgia, Wormreign
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