It’s catchy, it’s well done and it sounds really cool, but at the risk of being perfectly honest sometimes I wish doom could be about something other than killing women. You’re more than two minutes deep into the video for Hail the Void‘s “High and Rising” by the time the song starts, and when it does, it’s a positive if delayed first impression from the British Columbia trio’s upcoming second album, Memento Mori, which Ripple will issue on Feb. 17 as part of the series curated by Blasko. The dude in the clip is digging a grave for a lady he killed, he’s got another lady in the house he’s gonna kill, they do quickie visual reference to The Seventh Seal on the way to him slowdancing with ghosts and it all seems kind of easy.

I’m sorry. Maybe I’m too old. Fine. I’ll be too old. Maybe I’m too sad. Maybe I’m a bought-in woke keyboard warrior trying to tread on somebody’s something or other. Maybe I’m bored. Burnt out. Tired. Or maybe I just don’t understand some roundabout way in which an act of violence against a thing is a celebration of it. Not big on hunting, either. Whatever.  We weren’t gonna be friends anyway. Maybe I shouldn’t cover it — if you don’t have anything nice to say, don’t say anything, even though I already said the song is good — but yeah. Cool tune, just the clip — also well made — was a bummer. And it’s really fucking sad that saying something like that feels like ‘taking a stance’ in this genre. I would’ve hoped maybe we’d all grown up a little bit these last few years.

Okay.

Here’s the PR wire info you came for. Thanks for reading:

Canadian doom and psych trio HAIL THE VOID to release new album “Memento Mori” on Ripple Music; new video and preorder available!

British Columbia’s doom and heavy psych trio HAIL THE VOID unveil all details about their forthcoming sophomore album “Memento Mori”, to be issued on Ripple Music as part of Blasko’s special curated series. Watch their disturbing “High and Rising” video now!

Their new album and Ripple Music debut “Memento Mori” is even more ambitious than their critically acclaimed self-titled and self-released debut. Through eight powerful songs that draw from the colossal heaviness of Electric Wizard and Windhand, while also reaching magic rock realms worthy of Pink Floyd and All Them Witches, HAIL THE VOID produces a remarkably cohesive record brimming with finely crafted melodies, intense build-ups, and soaring vocals from frontman Kirin Gudmundson. A towering multi-faceted sonic journey that has everything to stand the test of time.

Ozzy Osbourne bassist Blasko, who signed the band to Ripple Music under his exclusive partnership with the label, comments: “Hail the Void released one of strongest debuts I have ever heard. The lead single ‘Parasite’ was one of my most listened-to songs of the year. I am beyond excited to work with these dudes on their sophomore release. Expect to see big moves from Hail the Void in the years to come!”

“Memento Mori” will be released in various vinyl editions, CD and digital on February 17th, 2023, with preorder available now on Ripple Music. Artwork was designed by Welder Wings.

TRACKLIST:
1. Mind Undone
2. Writing On The Wall
3. Goldwater
4. Talking To The Dead
5. High and Rising
6. 100 Pills
7. Serpens South
8. The Void

HAIL THE VOID is
Kirin Gudmundson — Guitar & Vocals
Dean Gustin — Bass
Lucas McKinnon — Drums

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Hail the Void, “High and Rising” official video