Hekel - De Dodenvaart

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 March 20 2008 at 11:38:49 PM

Sometimes less is more: Cover art being point and fact. Non-Dutch speakers need not scuttle for Internet translating engines as it’s readily apparent that Hekel is by the “intolerant,” for the “intolerant.” One can suppose that this unwilling endurance is extended in all directions, including—but not limited to—race, as a black shrouded figure appears on the cover of the recording donning what appears to be a Klansman’s robe and mask—only stained flat black. The music begins ceremoniously, tying itself firmly to the bucolic heathenism currently in vogue with ritual drums, wolves lowing, birds calling. Thunder grumbles and then guitars wake. What follows is seemingly ad hoc Black Metal: roiling guitar, competent drumming, hateful vocals. This tired paradigm limps through the first few pieces, satisfied with rehashing Vikernes’ Det Som Engang Var with little to no variation. With added speed, Hekel is a much different beast. “Sater’s Wederkeer” and “De Grimmige Sterfte Op De Heide” are the two best tracks on the disc; folky hymns dealt thrashy deaths—and superb ones at that. With Hekel having been around for nearly a decade and only one full length to show for it, it could be a while before a proper verdict can be delivered.

[Stewart Voegtlin]

Hekel
De Dodenvaart
2006
Total Holocaust
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