Delightful Sharp Edges
Apollon, 2023
9/10
Listen to Delightful Sharp Edges
A concept album that surrounds genocide, Hex A.D. enter plenty of melodic avenues amid their doom and progressive ways across these 11 hard hitting tracks.
“The Memory Division” opens the listen with some ambience, before swirling guitars bring mystery to the booming, hard rock appeal, and “Murder In Slow Motion” follows with dense song craft that carries a dark spirit of well sung, mood focused songwriting.
Moving along, “Radio Terror” opens with a rare intimacy, before the thumping drums and chugging guitars recruit an ‘80s influence, while “Throwing Down The Gauntlet” flows with thick and ominous textures that will make any fan of metal smile.
The final 2 tracks, “Hell Today” and “…Gone Tomorrow”, don’t disappoint either, where the former is a biting, thundering, cinematic execution, and the latter uses acoustic guitar via a charming, dreamy demeanor.
A listen that will be sure to draw the attention of fans of Black Sabbath, Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden, this 6th studio album from the Norwegian legends is unpredictable, memorable and highly accomplished.
Travels well with: Melt Motif- Particles, Death Objective; Frode Fivel- All You See