Hail Darkness share new music video for »Goat Of Mendes…Raise The Glass!«; debut album »Death Divine« out now via Vatican Records!
South Carolina occult doom rockers Hail Darkness share new music video for the second single »Goat Of Mendes…Raise The Glass!« taken from their debut album, »Death Divine«, out this Thursday, August 15th, 2024 via the band’s own label Vatican Records.
Says the band: Check out our 2nd album single »Goat Of Mendes…Raise The Glass!« Video made by Matt. One of our favorite movies »Curse Of The Crimson Altar« with goddess Lavinia Morley…”
Tracklist:
01. Luciferan Dawn
02. Cult Of The Serpent Risen
03. Hour Of The Silent Rite
04. With Horns Of A Beast
05. Hail Darkness
06. Goat Of Mendes…Raise The Glass!
07. Coven Of The Blackened One
08. Azarak!
09. Eyes White Black Soul
10. See You In Hell
Courtesy of Viral Propaganda PR:
Hail Darkness is a female fronted occult rock trio from the U.S, whose sound can be described as the bastard daughter of doom and psychedelia.
Founding member Joshua (bass) grew up in Phoenix where the first songs were recorded and produced around mid 2020, which resulted in the the birth of Hail Darkness… along with main composer Jez on guitar and Emmet, also the band’s designer, on drums.
Hail Darkness moved to Jez’s home turf of South Carolina in the early days of the pandemic, setting up the home studio to begin an extensive three year recording session recording up to 4 hours of material.
Initially the goal was to recreate the vintage sound of their idols; T-Rex, Jefferson Airplane, Pentagram, Shocking Blue, Focus, Jes Franco soundtracks, Black Sabbath, Lucifer Rising, Mountain, Captain Beyond and many others… and mix with the sounds of their more modern favourites like Cathedral and Electric Wizard.
In the studio Hail darkness is accompanied by a host of friend multi-instrumentalists also referred to as the Hail Darkness Coven, who help out with various instruments to create the expansive exotic psychedelic sound of Hail Darkness.
After the release of 5 singles in digital format, the debut album »Death Divine« will be self released on Hail Darkness’ own label Vatican Records on August 15th 2024. The album contains 10 songs showing their musically diverse side, incorporating aspects of occult 70’s rock, psychedelia, doom and folk to present the listener magical retro dark cosmic journey.
Jez’s lyrics deal mostly with tongue and cheek occult, inspired by the old occult movies, with some serious winks to light and dark occult works and some personal insights and doodles.
Order your copy here:
diggersfactory.com (Vinyl)
haildarkness.bandcamp.com (Digital)
All songs by Hail Darkness.
Recorded at Home Ritual Studios between 2021 and 2024.
Photos by Matt / Design by Emmet.
Various instruments played by the Hail Darkness Coven: Nura, Tima, Jr and Beth.
Hail Darkness is:
Jez – Guitar/Vocals
Joshua – Bass
Emmet – Drums
FFO: The Devil’s Blood, Electric Wizard, Blood Ceremony, Cathedral
Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well