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Artist......: Hessian / YHWH
Album.......: Rapture & Perversion
Year........: 2026
Genre.......: Black Metal
Type........: Split EP
Label.......: Southern Soundclash Records
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 1035kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 7 tracks
Playtime....: 00:16:27
Size........: 121.8 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-24
S.Date......: 2026-07-24
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/es2nhmuba7kh1
01. Hessian - Archon in the Circle of Iron 3:12
02. Hessian - Into the Night of the One Who Sits 3:40
on the Throne of Obsidian
03. Hessian - Demon Night 1:06
04. Hessian - Black Leather Nun 0:30
05. YHWH - Gravebound 3:02
06. YHWH - Supposed to Rot 1:50
07. YHWH - Rapture & Perversion 3:08
Hessian and YHWH have joined forces to unleash "Rapture
and Perversion," a new split EP.
Bringing together two uncompromising visions of black
metal, Rapture and Perversion is a relentless journey
through occult atmospheres, crushing riffs, and
unfiltered aggression. Although the collaboration had
been planned for nearly a year, both bands delayed its
completion while focusing on other releases. The result
is a perfectly timed union that highlights the strengths
of both acts, creating a seamless listening experience
that moves effortlessly from one band's sonic assault to
the next.
On this release, Hessian enters a new chapter. Following
an exceptionally prolific period that saw mastermind
Laremy Wade involved in more than forty releases within
a single year, he now assumes both guitar and vocal
duties, while Imperious Noctem returns behind the drums.
Together, they deliver a fierce performance that stands
alongside Belgian-Thai occult black metal force YHWH,
whose ritualistic approach and atmospheric intensity
make Rapture and Perversion a powerful statement from
two bands pushing the underground forward.
Hessian traces back to 2002, when Wade's project was
recorded under the name Madame Durant. It became Utuk
Xul Commands Worship in 2004 and went inactive, then
returned in 2014 playing hardcore street punk. By 2016,
the project had shifted back into extreme metal,
recording collaboratively under the Hessian name.
Hessian signed to Wormholedeath and released a
self-titled album in January 2025, with Brandon Floyd on
vocals (now running the solo DSBM project Nyvrosk), Wade
on guitar, and Noctem on drums.
Since the self-titled album, Wade has run Hessian with a
rotating cast of guest musicians from release to
release: Frostmorner, also signed to Wormholedeath, on
the single "Goetic Altars of Obsidian"; Thoth, of Thoth
Nemesis and Internment, on the EP "Sworn to the Kult";
Frostmorner, Thoth, Crotalos of Gomold, and Dromo'
together on the EP "Celebrants of the Lunar Blood"; and,
on the split EP "Primitive Adorations" with Death
Invoker, Wade himself on vocals alongside drummer Wrath
of Nunslaughter and Beelzebub Slaughter of Murder
Records on the opening track. On "Rapture and
Perversion," Wade returns to vocals and guitar, with
Noctem back on drums.
YHWH is a Belgian/Thai occult black metal band formed in
2024 by brother and sister Schem HaMephorash and C.
Bones, and S.M. Goatritual arrived in June 2024. S.M.
Goat Ritual joined the band in June. YHWH released its
debut EP, "Tetragrammaton," in April 2025, followed by a
second EP, "Khatha," later that year. A third EP,
"Baghavat," is scheduled for 2026.