2:11AM: Here’s a quick story. Before I got in the car to go to work this morning, I got a thorn in my thumb. It’s not really important how, or at least it’s a longer narrative than I care to relate, but the point is, this tiny piece of thorn was lodged in my thumb all day, until finally, just now, I went in the bathroom and did some minor surgery with a pair of rusty tweezers to extract it. Every time I hit the spacebar today, my thumb hurt, and I knew that there was just about no way in hell I’d be able to get to sleep until I dug the fucker out, so there it is.

Similarly, I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep without posting the following Hexvessel video for the song, “I am the Ritual.” The song comes from the Norwegian outfit’s debut, Dawnbringer, which was released earlier this year on Svart Records, and the clip was directed by Canadian director Justin Oakey of the production company Burial Offerings, who previously filmed the video for the song “Bent” from Toronto weirdo noisemakers Godstopper, and who sent over the link this afternoon.

Though Hexvessel is steered by British transport Mat McNerney (aka Kvohst, ex-Dødheimsgard vocalist), the woodsy psych folk sounds of Dawnbringer feature a host of collaborations with Norwegian artists, including links to Ulver, Virus and Dark Buddha Rising, among others. The video for “I am the Ritual” brings visual manifestation to the song’s pagan forest worship and foreboding title, and thinking about it now, perhaps a layer of protective furs would be just the thing to protect my poor thumbs on my way to the car in the morning.

Good night:

For more on Hexvessel (who are on the bill for Roadburn next year), click here. For more on Oakey‘s work, check out Burial Offerings here.

Tags: Finland, Hexvessel, Svart Records

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