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HYBERACULA (Part One) 12:260:00/12:26
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HYBERACULA (Part Three) 13:490:00/13:49
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HEXENHAMMER
Gen x metal
This band formed back in the 20th Century, in the year of Nineteen-hundred and Eighty-four, on the outskirts of the decrepit town of Columbia, Tennessee USA. In 1990, they released a lo-fi D.I.Y recording on a cheap 4-track cassette recorder titled "Underground". The band continued to perform local shows in & around that dead-end town, and developed a minuscule international cult following through articles & reviews in the metal fanzines of the day. During this time, HXH began recording their follow-up album, when suddenly a series of tragic events brought everything to an unexpected halt.
Then at some point in 1991, according to certain accounts, certain band members & associates were contacted about participating in a research program with N.F.C Industries involving cryonic studies. Reportedly, they agreed to the terms involved and did not resurface from that facility until 2015! Later that same year, Heaven & Hell Records re-released the album "Underground" on CD, and some of the band members reunited to perform at The 2016 Ragnarokkr Metal Fest in Chicago. Afterwards, the band went through yet another maddening series of setbacks, but in the end they persevered and formed the current HXH line-up that finally completed & released that 2nd album- titled "HYBERACULA", thirty two years after the fact!
HexenHammer is known for their appearance and being one of the original metal bands to ever wear masks, as well as their theatrical stage-show & presentation. Currently, HXH is now in the process of recording more material to be released, all while resisting the day-to-day urges for self-destruction and the harming of others.
Argos Dean- GUITAR & VOCALS, Arthur Cain- DRUMS, Tony Pruitt- BASS, Gene Davis- GUITAR
New Album- "HYBERACULA"
Pronounced: "Hi-bur-AAH' kyoo-laah"
HYBERACULA is a 40 min song / Concept Album.
A curious tale involving the very real practice of cryogenics... the habitat of Limbo inside a box of quantum time...
the relentless patience of Ol' Mr. Death come to call... and the prophetic spectacle of Mankind's latest version of sanity....
Join Us! Let the Tarantula and the Effigy, the Hexecutioner and the Shadow Miser be your tour-guides!
Witness a lo-fi prediction of what lies ahead down this path, and stare into the face of the FUTURE....
Press / quotes
“HYBERACULA is a new long player by HexenHammer. For those who don't quite understand: HexenHammer is not one of those bands that does everything in the usual way.” - Ralf W.
“Hyberacula swims in this sci-fi / horror environment that reminds of those radio programs from the ‘40s/’50s like Suspense or The Whistler and fits well with the Halloween season. ” “It’s worth a listen solely based on the weirdness of it
-Dave Balazs
– BRAVEWORDS / U.S / 2023
“UNDERGROUND is a first exposure to what is one of extreme metal's most obscenely overlooked and under-appreciated bands. ” - David Perri
"It was a complete sensory overload for me, and even two weeks later I’m not sure I’ve fully processed exactly what was happening on-stage, but I wouldn’t mind seeing its madness again."
--TRANSCENDING OBSCURITY / U.S
(on HXH RAGNAROKKR 2016 show)