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These guys are doing interpretations of Gustav Holst's Vedic Hymns in a sort of black medievil folk style. The line up in various incarnations on different tracks is of corse Clay Ruby, along with Troy Schafer, Nathaniel Ritter, Vincent Wachowia and Dani Dahlke. The style works well and suits the darkness of the lyrics. It's a tad Dungeons and Dragons for my taste at times but I do like the heavier moments. This will certainly appeal to those of you that like wearing cloaks and painting lead minitures as well as the more adventerous gothic folk lovers out there, fans of Current 93 for example.
description: our latest offering. A edition ltd to only 250 and released to coincide with burial hex's autumn 2010 european tour.
review: an album that harks back to the darker days of folk..it wouldn't be out of place alongside sturmpercht or waldteufel..the woods are closing in and there is a dminishing chance of redemption. the a side naviagtes a strange epic drone folk but with uneasy chord combinations and an unsettling sense of ritual. side b is more apocalyptic..mumbled, distorted, half swallowed lyrics eat themselves in an epic 1st track whilst the resonant nass heavy end of the piano keyboard bears the weight of a repetitive and percussive hammer. melodic, atmospheric and hypnotic..this records winds branches of hitherto separate trees into a compelling whole..
A1 Burial Hex - God Of War & Battle
A2 Burial Hex - Stormclouds
B1 Kinit Her - The Water
B2 Kinit Her - Dawn
B3 Kinit Her - Sky
Vedic Hymns said:
Like a dark harbinger of doom, the ominous chants in 'Dawn' arrive on lightning bolt shards of guitar stabs and ceremonial drums. Compiling the dread are the terrifying yelps that punctuate the final minute of this fearsome metal ritual, making for some of the more frighteningly intense moments.
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