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Artist......: Hexecutor
Album.......: Beyond Any Human Conception of Knowledge
Year........: 2020
Genre.......: Thrash Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Dying Victims Productions
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 1065kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 8 tracks
Playtime....: 00:50:22
Size........: 384.6 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-07-26
S.Date......: 2020-09-25
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/dzpdnunrzi6kz
01. Buried Alive With Her White Silk Dress 4:54
02. Ker Ys 4:38
03. Eternal Impenitence 7:40
04. Tiger of the Seven Seas 7:19
05. Belzebuth's Apocryphal Mark 7:04
06. Brecheliant 5:55
07. Danse Macabre 5:38
08. Kroez Er Vossen 7:13
It's been four long years since HEXECUTOR released their
shockingly masterful debut album, Poison, Lust and
Damnation. The "shock" wasn't so much that the French
quartet came out of nowhere - indeed, they'd made waves
in the underground with their debut demo in 2012 and
especially the Hangmen of Roazhon EP two years later -
but rather that there existed a band putting an
undeniably authentic yet also unique twist on classic
mid-'80s speed metal and thrash. HEXECUTOR weren't
trying to reinvent language; they were simply trying to
expand the lexicon a bit, and they did so with
astonishing aplomb on Poison, Lust and Damnation.
But, now rested (and wild!), HEXECUTOR return with an
even bolder record in their long-awaited second album,
Beyond Any Human Conception of Knowledge. If its
no-less-considerable predecessor pushed traditional
tropes, Beyond Any Human Conception of Knowledge topples
them altogether! It's all recognizably HEXECUTOR - and
immediately, charismatically so - but swirling in their
cantankerous cauldron of old Slayer, Razor, Destruction,
Sepultura, and Merciless is a passion for classic hard
rock and heavy metal and coated in the feeling of
Bathory's Blood Fire Death and Manowar's Into Glory
Ride. Thus, this second strike is a much more EPIC one,
all without striving to be "epic" in the pejorative
sense. It's all twisted with grace and gnarliness, in
equal measure, as one will find filtered traces of Thin
Lizzy, Uriah Heep, Blue Öyster Cult, UFO, and even the
Eagles as prominently as those of Destr├╢yer 666, Absu,
Gospel of the Horns, and Vomitor. HEXECUTOR even touch
upon just-as-classic black metal and death metal
mainstays as Morbid Angel, Sweden's Dawn, and early
Necrophobic, Darkthrone, Gorgoroth, and Satyricon...but
again, simply hearing Beyond Any Human Conception of
Knowledge is witnessing the band's widescreen yet
still-wild ways. Slowing down doesn't mean wimping out,
and diversity can be a wondrous thing when handled with
care and class. In a word, magickal!
Then again, a recording as momentous Beyond Any Human
Conception of Knowledge is underpinned by a deep and
thoughtful thematic, relating directly to HEXECUTOR's
homeland. As heavy metal is a great medium to relate
legends and epic stories, HEXECUTOR chose to glorify the
beauty of their folklore with a concept album based
exclusively on myths, factual history, and fantastic
tales kept alive by the oral tradition and collected by
authors, folklorists, and poets such as Anatole Le Braz,
Paul Sébillot, or François Cadic.
It bears repeating that Beyond Any Human Conception of
Knowledge is a momentous event, and it's suitably graced
with amazing artwork courtesy of Skelethal's Jon
Whiplash. HEXECUTOR here have delivered a modern
classic!