{"id":73876,"date":"2019-02-15T00:00:45","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T00:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=73876"},"modified":"2020-03-18T18:27:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-18T18:27:35","slug":"news-hexvessel-release-fourth-studio-album-all-tree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/news-hexvessel-release-fourth-studio-album-all-tree\/","title":{"rendered":"HEXVESSEL Release Fourth Studio Album \u2018All Tree\u2019 (February 15th, 2019) | News @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HEXVESSEL Release Fourth Studio Album \u2018All Tree\u2019<\/strong><\/span>
\nFebruary 15th, 2019<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Tampere, Finland-based psychedelic folk rock band Hexvessel issued fourth full-length studio album All Tree<\/em> on February 15th, 2019 through Century Media Records.<\/p>\n

McNerney stated: \u201cIt\u2019s important for us to herald All Tree<\/em>\u2019s release on All Hallows Eve or Samhain because the veils are drawn, when the doorways between this world and the otherworld are open for spirits to pass through. This is a time of year when we, still to this day, make offerings to the spirits through \u2018trick or treat\u2019 rituals. Those spirits represent our landscapes and wilderness.<\/p>\n

\u201cAll Tree<\/em> is not just about going back to the heart of Hexvessel, with a slight return to our forest folk roots, it\u2019s about drawing fresh inspiration from my own heritage too. The English pastoral folk influences are infused with Celtic mythology from my Anglo-Irish blood, with Finnish nature as our backdrop.<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the Canterbury folk scene and early prog bands that soundtracked my youth in England, to the ghost stories I was told as a child on my uncles farm in Ireland, this album is a spiritual journey where the old myths are doorways to enlightenment. The dawn light across boggy fields, the wind blowing through the keyhole, the branches dragging their breath inwards as the seasons ignite a magic sense of mystery about the wilderness.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what we tried to bring out into the songs on this album. By bowing old dead tree branches with violin bows, by summoning the sounds of the fire and the birds in the field outside, we gave the music a life which, like the liminal spirits of Samhain drifts in and out of this world. That’s what folk means. It’s the countryside singing out from within me. It\u2019s their story we sing. And no matter where I go or where I end up staying, it’s that folk countryside which is the seed from which I sprang. All Tree<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The track listing is as follows:<\/p>\n

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01. \u2018Blessing\u2019
\n02. \u2018Son Of The Sky\u2019
\n03. \u2018Old Tree\u2019
\n04. \u2018Changeling\u2019
\n05. \u2018Ancient Astronaut\u2019
\n06. \u2018Visions Of A.O.S.\u2019
\n07. \u2018A Sylvan Sign\u2019
\n08. \u2018Wilderness Spirit\u2019
\n09. \u2018Otherworld Envoy\u2019
\n10. \u2018Birthmark\u2019
\n11. \u2018Journey To Carnac\u2019
\n12. \u2018Liminal Night\u2019
\n13. \u2018Closing Circles\u2019<\/p>\n

Hexvessel\u2019s line-up was as follows:<\/p>\n

Mathew Kvohst McNerney (vocals)
\nAndrew McIvor (acoustic guitars)
\nKimmo Hel\u00e9n (piano, keyboards, viola, and bass)
\nJukka R\u00e4m\u00e4nen (drums, percussion, and bass)
\nJesse Heikkinen (lead guitar, acoustic guitars, and 12-string guitars)
\nAntti Haapapuro (sound effects and field recordings)
\nMarja Konttinen (vocals and percussion)<\/p>\n

Music videos were released for the tracks \u2018Old Tree\u2019, \u2018Son Of The Sky\u2019 and \u2018Changeling\u2019, which can also be viewed below.<\/p>\n

Third studio record When We Are Death<\/em> was released in January 2016 via Century Media.<\/p>\n