Hymn to Release Breach Us Aug. 28; “Exit Through Fire” Video Streaming
Ugh, I’m so on board with this it kind of grosses me out. Listening to the shouts coming from the opening title-track of Norwegian duo Hymn‘s forthcoming second album, Breach Us, I can’t help but think of Souls at Zero or Enemy of the Sun-era Neurosis — when the atmosphere was no less scathing than the wash of noise that made it. Hymn aren’t quite so post-this-or-that, but their sludge for sure has breadth as well as impact, and that was the case as well on their early-2017 debut, Perish (review here), frickin’ righteous as it was. I’ll bottom-line it for you: Speaking as someone currently listening to this record, you should be looking forward to it.
The video at the bottom of the post makes the case better than I can.
Hymn were announced in March just before the world ended (again!) to appear at this year’s Høstsabbat in their native Oslo in order to present Breach Us to the churchgoing heads in attendance. I don’t know the status of that festival at this point, but if that’s the kind of thing that might still happen, it’ll be a sight to behold.
PR from the wire:
Hymn – Norwegian Sludge Duo Reveal Music Video For “Exit Through Fire”
Norwegian sludge metal duo Hymn, has just unleashed a music video for “Exit Through Fire”, the leading single from their forthcoming second album “Breach Us”, which is set for release on August 28th via Fysisk Format Records.
Recorded and mixed by Kim Lillestøl at Amper Tone Studios in Oslo, “Breach Us” is a gargantuan tour de force and a testament to man’s will to exert discipline and human direction to the universal powers of chaos. “Our goal at Amper Tone Studio was to set things up basically as we do on live shows.” Says the band.
“Facing each other, Marshall JCM 800 and Simms Watts 120 in stereo and a Ampeg 810 stack on full blast. Gibson Les Paul with 74 gauge strings and a couple of fun effect pedals and we are ready to go. We don’t want to record anything that we can’t perform live, but of course, we always get inspired during the recording process and “shit happens”. That is what makes this band special to us; with only two people there is always room for quick turnarounds and improvisation. We ended up recording the whole thing in about 48 hours.”
Pre-orders are now available at this location.
Hymn is a Norwegian metal duo consisting of singer/guitarist Ole Ulvik Rokseth and drummer Markus Støle. The pair has been working together for thirteen years, with projects like Buckaduzz, Tombstones and more recently Sâver. They have also served as session musicians for a diverse range of Norwegian artists like Okay Kaya (Jagjaguwar) and Gundelach (UOK?).
The two-headed, four handed beast that is Hymn has been pounding skin and pulling the strings of serial-amplified guitars since 2013, having toured small clubs and festivals in Europe (including the Øya festival, Stick & Stone fest and Freak Valley Festival) at length following the release of their debut “Perish” on SVART Records in 2017. Their second offering is entitled “Breach Us” and is due for release in late August on Norwegian underground stalwart Fysisk Format.
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