PURE WRATH - Hymn to the Woeful Hearts
Debemur Morti Productions
Over the years there's been some cool black metal acts of the atmospheric realm that construct releases based on stories. Some times the stories are based in myth or historic tales. And of course the two main themes are always triumph or tragedy. After reading about the background theme of Hymn to the Woeful Hearts it's definitely tragedy we're talking about here.
Also a continuing theme is that the artists conveying these tales are more like classical composers. Of course instead of orchestral music we get black metal. The composer here is multi-instrumentalist Januaryo Hardy from Indonesia. He basically takes charge of the vocals, guitars, bass and keyboards. There's also some session musicians who handle drums as well as some keyboards, cello and added guitar parts.
As far as the story here goes it's about a mother who survived the Indonesian mass killings of 1965-66 (aka: Indonesian Communist Purge) as well as her life afterwards following that event which saw her son kidnapped, tortured, and ultimately beheaded.
Now no matter the story it's the music that counts. As far as that goes I have to say sound-wise Hymn to the Woeful Hearts is an impressive piece of work. It's melodic black metal with plenty of atmospheric touches, some prog moments and of course some rage worthy riffs.
Januaryo Hardy's vocals are a mix of harsh and some cleans. With the songwriting style he employs you can have some heavy duty blackened action which soften's up near the end. So the cleans as well as keyboards roll in as a break. Kinda reminds me of modern era ENSLAVED a bit albeit less proggy. Still overall it's an interesting and enjoyable release.
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