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HEKEL - DE DODENVAART
FORMAT: CD
CATALOGUE NO: THR-95
LIMITATION: UNDISCLOSED
Debut full-lengther from this Dutch horde. High caliber Black Metal, recorded
and mastered by Hellchrist Xul (Funeral Winds, Infinity & Haatstrijd)
in Necromanteion Studio. Painfully performed vocals, in a totally
and unique style, a dark aura absorbs this whole recording.
This will be printed onto vinyl later this year by Aphelion Productions.
TRACKLIST:
1. "Ik Erilaz..."
2. Bloed En Eer
3. Waar De Wind Fluistert In De Nacht, Luister Ik *
4. De eeuwige jachtwelden * (http://thr.horde.se/sounds/04-De%20eeuwige%20jachtwelden.mp3)
5. Sater's wederkeer
6. Doodskou * (http://thr.horde.se/sounds/06-Doodskou.mp3)
7. De Grimmige Sterfte Op De Heide
Total length: 30:51
*mp3 available for download
The album is 10euro or 90sek postpaid worldwide!
ALSO available for really cheap wholesales prices!
Orders can be sent to thr666 @ telia.com
it's gay to say "support"
Demented Ged
30-06-06, 11:33
Originally posted by KeVeNz
it's gay to say "support"
it's gay to say gay.
:rolleyes:
DrownInPoison
30-06-06, 17:11
A bit off topic:
Any news concering the upcoming Forgotten Woods releases?
Originally posted by Deathymn
not interesting.
Probable you did not hear the Demo-tape "Doodskou" ? :-\
Nice work!
Regrettable for the vocals on the CD, which are not that sharp as on the demo ...
Is the demo still aviable anywhere?
The samples sound very promising, great job on the vocals.
The demo was relesed (97- 98?) so i guess it´s hard to find these days.
Mabey somebody have it for trade...
You might find it at New Era Productions distro. That's where I bought it in '04.
Here's a small review written by Andee (Aquarius Records & Tumult Records).
HEKEL De Dodenvaart (Total Holocaust) cd
Another mysterious black metal horde, this time from the Netherlands, brought to our attention by the seemingly infallible Total Holocaust, who in the past have brought us discs by Heresi, Sortsind, Malcuidant, Hell Militia, Make A Change... Kill Yourself, Blodulv, The One and of course Nortt and Xasthur. That is one seriously brilliant black elite for sure. Hekel have no problem measuring up though. They too traffic in that Burzumic buzz punctuated by EXTREMELY tortured vocals, a la Weakling, Sortsind, Bethlehem, Silencer and the like. And like those bands, we're talking -seriously- tortured. Total Holocaust's website describes the singing here as "painfully performed vocals" and that pretty much nails it. Utterly anguished, damned and tormented, howling demonic screeches, like the sound of flesh being flayed, or of being burned alive. That tortured. All sprawled bruised and bloodied over a haunting sound world of minor key buzz. Mostly midtempo, everything wreathed in suffocating doom, lots of that mournful arpeggiated guitar, huge layers of fuzz and buzz, a loping, lurching depressive blackness. And those vocals. So intense and emotional. If there was some sort of designation for 'emo' black metal, this might qualify. You hear old stories about Rites of Spring rocking out, and getting so into it, that the band members actually broke down and cried. You can almost imagine Hekel doing the same. Blasting and buzzing in utter darkness, tears streaming down their faces, corpsepaint smeared into streaks of black and grey, guitars and drums drenched in blood.
The disc starts off strangely, with simple martial drumming, haunting forest sounds, wolves, owls, wind, while a raspy voiced demonic invocation is spewed out over the top. From then on, it's a super expansive seasick swirl swinging from buzzing blasts of black blur to plodding mournful doom drenched buzz.
A harsh and harrowing, super emotional, ultra depressive exploration of a truly tortured black metal soul.
ordered it thursday, can´t await to get it :)
The demo will be re-released soon, or you can better say, made public now, because the original release was very limited.
Review from Blodårstid (http://www.holyterror.com/blod/2006/10/09/hekel-de-dodenvaart-cd/)
Review from Digitalmetal (http://digitalmetal.com/reviews.asp?cid=7698)