VINYL RE-RELEASE : Hekseblad

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VINYL RE-RELEASE : Hekseblad - Kaer Morhen

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Wednesday, April 30, 2025 Under: Hekseblad

Last year when we released Hekseblad's debut album "Kaer Morhen", the vinyl sold out in a matter of days which convinced us to add a third variant to the pressing, and that was also sold out by the summer. Since then, many of you asked if we had extra copies lying around or if we would do a repress. We didn't get to it immediately but the latest pressing arrived here about a month ago and we just held off on the release until today - April 19 - which is fittingly the one year anniversary of the release of "Kaer Morhen"!

The 2025 pressing is limited to 200 copies, split between the "Yrden Trap" and the "Brokilon Boughs" variants. As mentioned, the vinyl are already here so there are no pre-orders. Orders will ship out immediately in the order in which they were placed.

Yrden Trap Variant

Brokilon Boughs Variant

Order here

[SHIPPING IMMEDIATELY; NO PRE-ORDERS]

Album notes:

In the waning months of the cursed year 2020, as the seasons changed to the cold, dark months of winter two long time friends joined forces to create Hekseblad, a Melodic Black metal band who would soon take the underground by storm. Bruxa, a vocalist and songwriter from Michigan handles the lore and storytelling of the duo's music (Witch's Amulet, Fanged Imp, Bruxa, Oaken Palace), while Frosk (Frog Mallet, Groaning Retch), a multi-instrumentalist and Studio owner from Massachusetts handles guitars, bass and the entire production process.

Fresh off a run of successful EP releases and a well received Split (w/ Vér and Nachtheir), American Black Metal band Hekseblad returns in 2024 with the release of their debut Full-Length “Kaer Morhen”

Drawing lyrical inspiration from the works of Andrezj Sapkowski's beloved Fantasy franchise “The Witcher” and musically recalling the days of true Black Metal glory (namely the likes of Emperor, Dissection, Gorgoroth and Obtained Enslavement), Hekseblad delivers a furious and magickal take on the sound of late 90’s Black Metal; balancing on the edge of melodic but malicious with their furious barrage of riffs and tying it together with flourishes of Symphonic sorcery conjuring a maelstrom of frozen ferocity.

Side A

School of the Wolf (4:16)

A Grain of Truth (Nivellin’s Waltz) (3:54)

The White Flame (5:20)

The Taste of Ash (5:14)

Kaer Morhen (5:09)

Side B

Ithlinne’s Prophecy (2:09)

Master Crafted (4:56)

The Fall of the Northern Realms (6:43)

Sodden (4:40)

Vatt’ghern (6:30)