The Black Heart Rebellion
Har Nevo
ConSouling Sounds
2013
I wasn’t aware of this band till I received the promo for their newest work entitled “Har Nevo”. I didn’t know what to expect so as the first moments from “Avraham” started playing, I thought that this was going to be something interesting to revel in.
The Black Heart Rebellion are coming from Belgium and their music can be defined as a mystical, tribal, ambient, atmospheric, dark, post-rock & psychedelic journey. At times it is like listening to a pagan ritual/orgy deep in the woods. The band’s approach is smooth, gloomy and “eccentric” with metal touches, clean vocals along with a few more intense and “pissed-off/harsh” ones. No death growls or screams here. The production is very good, clear and full. Various instruments which were used on the song arrangements are creating “dark atmospheres” that leave you with a feeling that something’s about to happen anytime now. The album was recorded & mixed by Koen Gisen (An pierle en white velvet, Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat, The Bony King of Nowhere, Flying Horseman) and mastered by Uwe Teichert (Elektropolis, Solar Quest, Daan, Ultrasonic 7, etc.).
“Har Nevo” is not your everyday easy-listening album though. You will have to be in a “certain mood” so as to appreciate it more and actually “follow its way deep into the forest”. I would prefer the vocals lines to be more appealing every now & then, but that’s something they can fix in their next albums... I think. This is the band’s second release so it’s time to expand their audience and reach people who are truly fond of this dark, spiritual, ambient, atmospheric and pagan music.
The Black Heart Rebellion are coming from Belgium and their music can be defined as a mystical, tribal, ambient, atmospheric, dark, post-rock & psychedelic journey. At times it is like listening to a pagan ritual/orgy deep in the woods. The band’s approach is smooth, gloomy and “eccentric” with metal touches, clean vocals along with a few more intense and “pissed-off/harsh” ones. No death growls or screams here. The production is very good, clear and full. Various instruments which were used on the song arrangements are creating “dark atmospheres” that leave you with a feeling that something’s about to happen anytime now. The album was recorded & mixed by Koen Gisen (An pierle en white velvet, Kiss The Anus Of A Black Cat, The Bony King of Nowhere, Flying Horseman) and mastered by Uwe Teichert (Elektropolis, Solar Quest, Daan, Ultrasonic 7, etc.).
“Har Nevo” is not your everyday easy-listening album though. You will have to be in a “certain mood” so as to appreciate it more and actually “follow its way deep into the forest”. I would prefer the vocals lines to be more appealing every now & then, but that’s something they can fix in their next albums... I think. This is the band’s second release so it’s time to expand their audience and reach people who are truly fond of this dark, spiritual, ambient, atmospheric and pagan music.