Finland’s Hexvessel return to Svart Records with new album Kindred, set for release on the 17th of April 2020!Cover artwork by renowned artists Thomas Hooper and Richey Beckett unveiled.

Back-catalogue to be reissued!



Psychedelic forest folk-rockers Hexvessel will release their new nature-mystic opus, Kindred, via Svart Records on the 17th of April 2020. Taking a darker and more esoteric path, Kindred sees Hexvessel re-forge their eclectic melting cauldron or “vessel” of sound into a potent “hex” of spell-binding songcraft.



Blues-laden psych-rock and progressive structures harken back to King Crimson, giving way to dark earthen balladry reminiscent of early Nick Cave and the doom-laden atmospheres of Dead Can Dance. The band returned to their original studio in Tampere, Finland, where they recorded their cult classic No Holier Temple, which fused Hexvessel’s folk roots with an occult undercurrent, with the new album mastered by John Davis (Gorillaz / Led Zeppelin / Lana Del Rey) in the UK.



Through Kindred’s 10 song rites of passage, Hexvessel cover Coil’s “Fire Of The Mind” live from a mental institution and delve into the Druidic sacrificial swamps with songs like “Bog Bodies”, which conjures the deep Lynchian night with muted trumpet and foggy rhodes piano. Adorned by cover artwork by artists Thomas Hooper (who has worked for Neurosis, Converge and Doomriders) and Richey Beckett (who has created work for Metallica, Foo Fighters, Robert Plant), Kindred is an album which calls you on a journey, both intimate and richly enlightening.



Hexvessel was formed by English/Irish singer/songwriter Mat McNerney in 2009 after he moved to Finland. Also know for his work with Beastmilk (now known as Grave Pleasures), The Deathtrip, Carpenter Brut, Me & That Man and his earlier work with Norwegian Black Metal bands Code & Dødheimsgard, McNerney is a both highly eclectic and critically acclaimed musical artist.

Hexvessel have been previously nominated for 2 Finnish Emma (Grammy) awards, 2 Metal Hammer awards and 3 Prog Magazine awards, winning 2 Finnish Femma awards and landed several times in both the national and alternative charts Finland. Brooklyn Vegan said of the band’s dark ‘forest folk’, “They’re way too accessible to be as niche as they are” and as Noisey puts it, “Weaving English folk, lilting Americana, and mushroom-induced psychedelia, Hexvessel are The Doors misplaced and found wandering the vast forests of Finland.”



The first single from Kindred will be released on the 24th of January 2020.



In celebration of Hexvessel’s re-signing with the label, Svart Records will also reissue Hexvessel‘s first two albums. Their much sought after debut Dawnbearer and the cult follow-up No Holier Temple will be repressed during autumn 2020.

Hexvessel’s upcoming live dates are as follows:

With Twin Temple (USA)



01.02.2020 – Hamburg (DE) – Bahnhof St Pauli

02.02.2020 – Gothenburg (SE) – Tradgarn

04.02.2020 – Tampere (FI) – Olympia

05.02.2020 – Helsinki (FI) – Tavastia

07.02.2020 – Stockholm (SE) – Nalen Klubb

08.02.2020 – Frederica (DK) – Det Bruunske Pakus *

09.02.2020 – Copenhagen (DK) – Beta *

10.02.2020 – Berlin (DE) – Bi Nuu

11.02.2020 – München (DE) – Backstage

12.02.2020 – Vienna (AT) – Arena *

13.02.2020 – Winterthur (CH) – Gaswerk

14.02.2020 – Cologne (DE) – MTC

15.02.2020 – Paris (FR) – Point Ephemere

16.02.2020 – Wacken (DE) – Wacken Winter Nights *

17.02.2020 – Nijmegen (NL) – Merleyn *

18.02.2020 – Rotterdam (NL) – V11 *

21.05.2020 – Ascension Festival Iceland*

11.07.2020 – Fire In The Mountains, Wyoming, USA*

(*without Twin Temple)January 14, 2020

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