When confronted with the imminent destruction of our world, do we turn our heads and go our ways? Or do we look for means to channel our rage, to give voice to that frustration and turn it into a weapon? Do we search for what is real and worthwhile in the debris? Something that goes for the throat and doesn’t let go until the last drop is spilled?
Buried deep in the consciousness of its four members at the time, it was these exact questions that gave rise to Belgium’s Hessian three years ago. From the onset, the combined musical backgrounds of guitarist Levy Seynaeve (Amenra), drummer Tim Bryon (The Black Heart Rebellion), singer Bram Coussement and bass player Kenneth Vanhoutte fell effortlessly into place, pushing a sound that was at once pummeling, devouring and empowering across the rural fields where they started rehearsing.
After a well received debut EP, a split 7″ with Amenra, a split LP with Pale Creation on Magic Bullet Records and countless shows throughout Europe, Hessian have found a new home, Southern Lord and are ready to unleash their debut album, Manégarmr to the masses. The album will be released in the UK/EU on 13 May 2013.
Named after the wolf that – in Norwegian mythology – devours the sun every night, their debut record focuses both sonically and lyrically on the endless cycles of destruction that are imminent to this life and the world in which we live. From the soaring take-off of “Ascension”, via the treacherous calm of central pieces “Vāmācāra” and “Father of Greed”, to the merciless onslaught that is “Mother of Time”. With towering guitars, frenzied drum patterns and savage vocals that sound like the howl of the lone wolf, Manègarmr is a furious blizzard of cold Black Metal, violently crashing into a maelstrom of ultra-metallic dark hardcore.
Manègarmr ultimately takes the listener on a journey that is at once haunting, draining and exhilarating.
Mixed by the infamous Tomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Unleashed, Dismember) at Sunlight Studios in Sweden and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, High on Fire, Nails).
HESSIAN LIVE SHOWS20/04/2013 Heartcoretagefest, Wermelskirchen DE
09/05/2013 KPM Fest, Hasselt BE
11/05/2013 Manégarmr Releaseshow, Gent BE (w/ Blind To Faith)
14/05/2013 DeKreun, Kortrijk BE (w/ Godflesh)
08/06/2013 Toxoplasmosefest, Saint Imier CH (w/ Oathbreaker)
28/06/2013 Pogobar, Gent BE
06/07/2013 Rote Flora, Hamburg DE
06/09/2013 Volta club, Moscow RU (Church Of Ra)
07/09/2013 Arkitika, Sint-Petersburg RU (Church Of Ra)
17/09/2013 Venster, Vienna AU
20/09/2013 Cassiopeia, Berlijn DE
21/09/2013 Jumpinthefire Fest, Roßwein
22/09/2013 Incubate Fest, Tilburg NL
VIDEO FOOTAGE
Videoclip “Sang Froid” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSA0gtNGbXc
Hessian vs Oathbreaker at Church Of Ra http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSA0gtNGbXc
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