HELLS HEADBANGERS is proud to present HEXELLA's highly anticipated debut album, The Ancient Gaping Mouth, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.
Now, five years on from their formation, HEXELLA are prepared to unleash their first full-length: The Ancient Gaping Mouth. Two years in the making, The Ancient Gaping Mouth is a succinct summation of the HEXELLA aesthetic. From ripping to rocking, blasting to D-beating, the power-trio cover all facets of classic '80s-rooted black metal. But whereas so much first-wave black metal hinged on blasphemy or conventional definitions of "evil," HEXELLA here lyrically focus on the anti-cosmic as well as an authentically Satanic exploration of the nightside. Songwriting-wise, The Ancient Gaping Mouth excels in its robust and restless simplicity, shifting tempos and dynamics often but always with a linear, go-for-the-throat trajectory. The recording - again handled by JD at Negative Audio Studio, including mixing & mastering - is that rare breed of clarity, sharpening the demonic aggression whilst never neutering the inherent evil. The return of darkness and evil is at hand with HEXELLA!
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