Showing posts with label Havohej. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Havohej. Show all posts

Monday, October 21, 2019

Havohej/Table Of Uncreation/Hells Headbangers/2019 CD Review


  Havohej  are  a  solo  project  from  Connecticut  that  has  had  an  album  reviewed  before  in  this  zine  and  on  this  recording  goes  into  more  of  an  experimental  and  ritualistic  black  metal  direction  and  this  is  a  review  of  his  2019  album  "Table  Of  Uncreation"  which  will  be  released  in  November  by  Hells  Headbangers.

  A  very  dark  and  ritualistic  sound  starts  off  the  album  along  with  some  drum  beats  a  few  seconds  later  which  also  leads  to  a  heavier  direction.  Bestial  growls  can  also  be  heard  at  times  while  the  slower  sections  of  the  songs  show  an  influence  of  doom  metal  as  well  as  the  songs  also  adding  in  a  great  amount  of  high  pitched  black  metal  screams.

  At  times  the  music  also  gets  very  experimental  and  avant  garde  sounding  while  the  faster  sections  of  the  songs  also  add  in  a  decent  amount  of  blast  beats.  A  small  amount  of  dark  sounding  melodies  can  also  be  heard  in  some  of  the  guitar  riffing  along  with  one  track also  introducing  ritualistic  whispers  onto  the  recording.

  When  tremolo  picking  is  utilized  it  also  gives  the  songs  more  of  a  raw  feeling  as  well  as  all  of  the  musical  instruments  also  having  a  very  powerful  sound  to  them  along  with  all  of  the  tracks  also  sounding  very  different  from  each  other.  The  production  sounds  very  dark,  raw  and  lo-fi  while  the  lyrics  cover  occultism  and  blasphemy  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Haveohej  and  while  it  is  very  different  from  the  earlier  material,  I  can  still  see  fans  of  experimental,  ritualistic  and  occult  black  metal  being  into  the  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "God  Off  All  Constellation"  "Seven  Jinn"  "Table  Of  Uncreation"  and  "Before  Them  And  Behind  Them".  8  out  of  10.

http://havohej.bandcamp.com/album/table-of-uncreation

    

Friday, September 2, 2011

Havohej/Dethrone The Son Of God/Candlelight Records/1993 CD Review



Havohej are a band from New York that are one of the original USBM bands that plays a very raw and primitive form of black metal with a death metal edge and this is a review of their classic 1993 album "Dethrone The Son Of God" which was released by Candlelight Records.

Drums range from slow, mid paced drumming with some blast beats being thrown in at times, while the bass playing has a very strong and powerful tone with raw and primitive riffing that dominates throughout the recording.

Rhythm guitars range from slow, mid paced to fast black metal riffing that is very sloppy, raw, dark and primitive sounding with a good amount of death metal influences being thrown in and there are little to no guitar solos or leads present on this recording.

Vocals are all high pitched black metal screams, while the lyrics cover Satanism, Anti Judeo Christianity and Perversity, as for the production it has a very raw and primitive sound to it.

In my opinion this was a great album from Havohej and if you are a fan of this band, you probably already own this album. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Final Hour Of Christ" "Weeping In Heaven" "Raping Of Angels" and "Nazarene Decomposing". RECOMMENDED BUY.

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