Hexvessel announces new album »Nocturne« on Prophecy Productions; first single and music video »A Dark & Graceful Wilderness« streaming now!

Finnish psychedelic folk rock outfit Hexvessel premiere new single and music video »A Dark & Graceful Wilderness«. This is the first single taken from Hexvessel’s forthcoming album, »Nocturne«, which will be released on June 13th, 2025 via Prophecy Productions.

Drone footage by NecrosHorns & additional footage by Mat McNerney. Edited by Ville Hakonen.

Tracklist:
01. Opening
02. Sapphire Zephyrs
03. Inward Landscapes
04. A Dark & Graceful Wilderness
05. Spirit Masked Wolf
06. Nights Tender Reckoning
07. Mother Destroyer
08. Concealed Descent
09. Unworld
10. Phoebus

Courtesy of Prophecy Productions:

“This song is a macrocosm of our new »Nocturne« album and it embraces all the elements that are represented throughout. It ranges from epic black metal structures that evoke nature’s grand epiphany to the minimal synths as we drone out to the chaos of wild space. All the influences are there from Thorns to Tangerine Dream, Darkthrone to Philip Glass to Dead Can Dance. As an artistic tradition, a »Nocturne« captures the essence of night, a somber veil where nature is the liminal path.” — Mat “Kvohst” McNerney/Hexvessel

With their seventh full-length »Nocturne«, Hexvessel explore the liminal spaces between light and darkness, nature and solitude on an epic album. The ever evolving and shifting Finnish band has reawakened their treasured roots in folk music and psychedelic rock as they artfully weave acoustic interludes, cosmic synths, and spectral piano into the frost-spun threads on their black metal loom. »Nocturne« sounds both familiar and fearlessly progressive as echoes of tradition entwine with a fresh reinvention of their characteristic sound. The seed of this masterpiece was sown by the performance of a commissioned work at Roadburn Festival 2024 that was originally entitled: »Music For Gloaming: A Nocturne«. With this album, it arrives fully fleshed in recorded form.

This opus magnum blends the raw spirit of Quorthon’s black metal with the intricate minimalism of contemporary composers such as Philip Glass, György Ligeti, and Avro Pärt. Its eclectic nature is elevated and underlined by select guest performances, including the vocals of Saara Nevalainen, as well as the avant-garde black metal luminaries Yusaf Vicotnik Parvez (DHG/Dødheimsgard), and Oranssi Pazuzu’s Juho Vanhanen. While Hexvessel are based in Tampere, Finland, they were founded by English singer & songwriter Kvohst aka Mat McNerney after he moved to the country in 2009.

In many ways, Hexvessel reflect their founder. The vocalist and songwriter has instigated and been involved in various bands ranging from UK black metal act Code, a stint in Norwegian legends Dødheimsgard, and to rock shooting stars Beastmilk – later ‘continued’ with Grave Pleasures to name but a few of his success stories. With »Nocturne«, Hexvessel invite all souls on earth to a transcendental night ritual that is imbued with Darkthrone, Tangerine Dream, Philip Glass, and sounds unearthed from the dead past, now instilled with new life.

Pre-order »Nocturne« HERE.

Bojan Bidovc // music enthusiast, promoter, misanthrop and sometimes a journalist as well