HeavyHardMetalmania: HESSIAN

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

HESSIAN Streams "Plague Monger"

A track from Belgian faction HESSIAN’s Southern Lord debut Manégarmr has been dispensed today. A rabid surge of energetic punk/metal-infused hardcore raging with a blistering solo and pummeling breakdown with a total by-the-throat approach, on par with acts like Ringworm and Southern Lord mates All Pigs Must Die, “Plague Monger” is a prime example of what happens when the members of HESSIAN combine their damaging talents.

Let the "Plague Monger" off the chain now at now Invisible Oranges.

From the onset, the combined musical backgrounds of this quartet featuring members of Amenra and The Black Heart Rebellion, and part of the Church Of Ra sect 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 with Southern Lord who will unleash the band’s debut album, Manégarmr to the North American masses on April 30th. Check out the cover art by Valentijn Goethals and Tomas Lootens at WeBecameAware and more HERE.

Additional new European tour actions for HESSIAN have also been announced, with more to follow throughout the year in an ongoing live campaign in support of Manègarmr.

Manègarmr Track Listing:

1. Ascension

2. Serpent's Whisper

3. Mourn The World Of Man

4. Plague Monger

5. Father Of Greed

6. Vāmācāra

7. Swallowing Nails

8. Hollow Eyes

9. Manégarmr

10 Mother Of Time

HESSIAN Live Actions:

4/20/2013 Heartcoretagefest - Wermelskirchen, Germany
4/21/2013 Exhaus - Trier, Germany w/ Jungbluth
5/11/2013 Manégarmr release show - Gent, Belgium w/ Blind To Faith
5/14/2013 DeKreun - Kortrijk, Belgium w/ Godflesh
6/08/2013 Toxoplasmosefest - Saint Imier, Switzerland w/ Oathbreaker
6/28/2013 Pogobar - Gent, Belgium
9/06/2013 Volta Club - Moscow, Russia (Church Of Ra)
9/07/2013 Arkitika - Saint-Petersburg, Russia (Church Of Ra)
9/20/2013 TBA - Berlin, Germany
9/21/2013 Jump In The Fire Fest - Roßwein, Germany

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Tuesday, March 12, 2013

HESSIAN Signs With Southern Lord; Debut Album Set For Spring Release

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), vocalist 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 with Southern Lord who will unleash the band’s debut album, Manégarmr to the North American masses on April 30th.

Named after the wolf which, in Norwegian mythology, devours the sun every night, Manégarmr 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 blackened metal, violently crashing into a maelstrom of ultra-metallic dark hardcore. Mixed by the infamous Tomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Unleashed, Dismember) at Sunlight Studios in Sweden and mastered by Brad Boatright (Sleep, High on Fire, Nails), Manègarmr ultimately takes the listener on a journey that is at once haunting, draining and exhilarating.