Building a hypnotic netherworld from the shadowed groundwork of the 90s Scandinavian Black Metal scene, PESTILENT HEX created a mesmerizing and bedeviled debut. The album balances enthralling complexity and songwriting acumen through evocative vocals, elegant synth layering, shrewd drumming and intensely melodic earworm guitar-work.
Vocalist M. Malignant comments:
"For me, the album could be summarized with
the adjectives 'nostalgic' (yes, the music takes me to a very specific and
important era of our past), 'ghastly' (as the whole album seeps otherworldly
atmospheres and reflects certain spectral emanation) and perhaps 'adventurous'
(as the writing and music takes interesting turns and paths). When listening to
the different mixes during the process of creating the album, I often found
myself loading the tracks to my phone and going on long solemn walks in the
forests and into the more rural surroundings, while blasting the album in my
headphones. This has, of course, left a permanent imprint on me and I still get
the sensation of nocturnal nature from the album, which is also an important
part of the lyrics as well. But now that the album is finally out on physical
media, my intention is to place the vinyl into my record player, let the needle
hit the grooves and absorb the full experience with a strong & dark Stout
beer accompanying it."
"The Ashen Abhorrence" is
officially released via Debemur Morti Productions and can be listened to via Bandcamp or on
our YouTube channel:
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