Sheol - Hypno5e - Audio CD (Arrives in 50 days)

After the ambitious “A Distant (Dark) Source” (2018) and the subsequent artistic triumph of its live recording in 2021, French progressive metal outfit Hypno5e return with their sixth studio album. Once more, these four visionary musicians and cinematographers take us back to ‘the lost shores of the palaeolithic Lake Tauca’, where we dive deeper into its dark source to find vibrant visions of a memory both distant and hazy as well as warm and evocative. “Sheol” shows Hypno5e at the top of their game, revealing the epitome of their idiosyncratic sound while also exploring new and exciting aspects of their artistic identity. “In the Hebrew Bible, Sheol is the place where all souls meet after their death, to remain in silence and to turn to dust once more”, explains main songwriter Emmanuel Jessua about the album title. It is the distant dark source as described on the band’s previous record - a thrilling 70-minute long magnum opus which saw the band conjure up a night on the old shores of the lake, following a man looking for the ghost of a woman he loved. “This is the story of what was before that night”, continues Emmanuel. “The two albums are built, like the myth of Sysyphus, in a cycle”; “Sheol” begins where “A Distant (Dark) Source” stops and “A Distant (Dark) Source” ends where “Sheol” begins. “Sheol” sees the band sounding warmer and brighter than anywhere else in their storied discography. Hypno5e delivers drawn-out compositions with modern metal riffs, massive grooves, layers of evocative vocals and hair-raising string sections. Their combination of haunting and bloodcurdling heaviness with pastoral proggy ’70 rock, with a whole new palette of these warmer and brighter tones adds a fresh touch to the classic Hypno5e sound!

Tracklist

1. Sheol Part I: Late Sorrow
2. Sheol Part Ii: Lands of Haze
3. Bone Dust
4. Tauca Part 1 - Another
5. Lava From the Sky
6. The Dreamer and His Dream
7. Slow Steams of Darkness Part I: Sacred Woods
8. Slow Steams of Darkness Part Ii: Solar Mist

Label: Pelagic | Origin: Holland