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Certain Rapture

by HEXENSCHORF

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1.
In Sorrow 04:39
I’m sorry Day in and out I sacrifice Walls caving in Can’t complain
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I want to be the one who will carry your disease All of these beautiful people passing over me “Death” “Black” Have nothing to do with it It’s beautiful
3.
Making excuses Rise and fall Never growing Never too tall Stand up
4.
No Desire 02:01
We all want Something Out of This life
5.
Hand of God 02:42
By the hand of god I’ll strike all of you down Trading penance For your silence Certain Rapture
6.
Staying out Cloaked in the night Doesn’t age well Circling the drain Blood boy I’ll be in the dark Give me up Get me out of this
7.
Crests 02:44
The storm crests Leaving nothing left In its wake All those who fall to the fake Idols burn down
8.
Painted Shut 01:40
Painted shut Speckled everywhere Familial blood Doesn’t run well Between you and me
9.
Your Gimmick 02:23
Dark lord song Cheap leather jacket A sing along Be my friend while you’re at it Gimmick Mimic
10.
Hidden Homes 05:40
So deceitful Rot hidden in the walls Marching vermin Black water runs on Crumbling structure As is beyond the call Regret forever Hills stretch to beyond Home is where I’m discarded This one is where I lost it

about

AVAILABLE MAY 5th ON TAPE FROM FIADH PRODUCTIONS:
fiadh.bandcamp.com/album/certain-rapture

Since the genre and phrase were first coined, "black metal" has been co-opted and utilized by varying artists with drastic results - all with the singular purpose of exploring the bleaker side of existence in heavy music. From the big and boisterous anthems of Venom to the punk dirge of Bone Awl, to the melodic assault of Deafheaven - we see black metal has no one sound, and belongs to the people who craft it. To those who need it to channel the darkness in their hearts.

Terms like TRVE, RAW, KVLT, and DEPRESSIVE are some of the key genre tags associated with the black metal sound (let's take a moment to pause and say FUCK YOU to NSBM) - but what generally holds them together are specific sonic characteristics: Speed. Grit. Texture. Dissonance. Anguish.

With "Certain Rapture", Nick Hertzberg’s second release as Hexenschorf (following a quickly-sold-out debut on Grime Stone Records in 2022), he commits to summoning these desolate invocations of black metal past present, and future sonically while treading lyrically in ways that some may scoff at but he thinks the true-true, those who turn to this artform to express their pain, will appreciate.

On the album single "Passes Over Me," we hear of the desire to trade places with the dying because they deserve to be here still. In "Standing Tall," Hertzberg channels the frustration he felt as he failed to speak up to friends making racist remarks. With "Your Gimmick," we hear a Venom-esque heavy metal riff accompanying shit-talking on those who co-opt imagery and beliefs of dark music lifers. And on "Hand of God," where the album gets its namesake, we imagine a future where all Christian Nationalists awaiting the second coming are instead met by Lucifer and are struck down, not saved, for their disgusting behaviors here on Earth.

"Certain Rapture" comes as a sort of trilogy closer for recent solo black metal albums by Hertzberg. With a debut from the noisy/raw project DÜSTERNIS (on the label My Cult) in March, and the synth-laden CERAMIC VEINS "II" (on Realm and Ritual) in April, this full-length ten-song offering is the perfect way to close out this run on the always forward-thinking New York label Fiadh Productions.

With that, we beg of thee to open thy ears, eyes, and hearts and succumb to the savage blackened expression that is HEXENSCHORF.

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released May 5, 2023

All music written, recorded, mixed, and mastered by N. Hertzberg
Lyrics by N. Hertzberg
Artwork (with some A.I. assistance) by N. Hertzberg

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