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artist: Hessian / YHWH
title: Rapture & Perversion
year: 2026
genre: Black Metal
type: Split EP
label: Southern Soundclash Records
language: English
rel. date: 2026-07-24
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:16:27
size: 37.7 MiB / 7 tracks
rip date: 2026-07-24
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/es2nhmuba7kh1
tracklist:
01. Hessian - Archon in the Circle of Iron 3:12
02. Hessian - Into the Night of the One Who Sits on the Throne of 3:40
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
release notes:
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.