Finnlands HEXVESSEL bewegen sich stilistisch zwischen Black, Doom, Folk und Gothic Metal, wobei der neue Track `A Dark & Graceful Wilderness` genau diese scheinbar wilde aber dennoch passende Mixtur widerspiegelt. Der Song gehöert zu dem nächsten Longplayer ”Nocturne”, der im Juni herauskommen wird.
Mat „Kvohst“ McNerney:
„This song is a macrocosm of our new ‚Nocturne‘ album and it embraces all the elements that are represented throughout. It ranges from epic black metal structures that evoke nature’s grand epiphany to the minimal synths as we drone out to the chaos of wild space. All the influences are there from Thorns to Tangerine Dream, Darkthrone to Philip Glass to Dead Can Dance. As an artistic tradition, a ‚Nocturne‘ captures the essence of night, a somber veil where nature is the liminal path.“
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Lyrics:
Hail forest hail mountains
deities of the wilderness
here I am your young brave son
the strength of a fierce wind
I wish to be the forest’s son
the hero of the grand pines
on the trail of the forest god
let the world be forgotten
in the hearts dark peace
the storm blows and the forest roars
lightning sparks fire
and the pine falls with thunder
who dreamed us into this
dark and graceful wilderness?
no paths or borderlines
let the earth become your grail
can anyone survive
with sacred fires in their heart
when spirits falter
and wild nature is forgotten
hail forest hail mountains
deep in peaceful darkness
ravished stars walk and sing
echo through the rushes
rise up mountain air
ascending through the gloom
remade from eternal night
ripe with chaos hunger
Trackliste Nocturne
`Opening’
`Sapphire Zephyrs’
`Inward Landscapes’
`A Dark & Graceful Wilderness’
`Spirit Masked Wolf’
`Nights Tender Reckoning’
`Mother Destroyer’
`Concealed Descent’
`Unworld’
`Phoebus`