Finnish Psychedelic/Avant-garde Black Metal outfit HENGET, has dropped a dark and unnerving music video for its new single “Henkivallat”, created by no other than King Aleijster de Satan himself! The track is taken from the band’s upcoming debut album “Beyond North Star”, which will be unleashed on May 19th via Season Of Mist.
Drawing inspiration from the world of occult and the ways of ancient Shamanism, ‘Beyond North Star’ depicts a violent hallucinatory journey to the depths of the mind and beyond with a psychedelic outlook.
The band comments: “Reflecting our musical roots in Extreme Metal, ’Henkivallat’ is the most straightforward song of our debut album. With the lyrics written in Finnish, this song is a homage to our homeland’s mythology and folklore, offering the listener to catch some echoes from an ancient and strongly spiritual world view, once flourished in the deep North.”
HENGET is a Finnish psychedelic/avant-garde black metal band founded in Finland during late 2021 by guitarist-songwriter Jesse J. Heikkinen (THE ABBEY, ITERUM NATA) and vocalist-lyricist King Aleijster de Satan (KING SATAN, SATURNIAN MIST). There’s something strangely seductive about the eight tracks included on “Beyond North Star”, as if the listeners were invited to enter some alternative and colourful place, dangerous and scary yet always otherworldly. Some may argue that all along you will most likely cross there the ghosts of DØDHEIMSGARD, ARCTURUS or KING CRIMSON.
The name HENGET was chosen because of its double meaning as it can be translated both as “life” but also “spirits”, “a perfect name for an occult band”. Something the 70’s prog rock loving Jesse is quite happy with while its title is a reference to that actual spiritual journey the listeners are about to undertake. One they will never forget.
“Beyond North Star” track listing:
- Dive
- I Am Them
- Henkivallat
- The Great Spiral
- Beyond North Star
- Lovi
- Nouse
- The Chalice of Life and Death
You can watch the official music video for “Henkivallat” below:
