Burial Hex – Gauze (Album – Cold Spring Records)
Genre/Influences: Death-Industrial, Horror-Electronics.
Format: Digital, CD.
Background/Info: Clay Ruby strikes back with a new conceptual piece of music released under The Burial Hex Moniker. “Gauze” has been released after a few collaborative productions.
Content: The sound universe of Burial Hex remains dominated by the fusion between different influences. Industrial sound treatments have been mixed with Minimal-Electronics, field recordings and heavy screams. it creates this familiar horror-sensation which also moves into mystic parts accentuated by Gregorian chants.
+ + + : Burial Hex remains a master when it comes to compose disturbing music. It’s mainly due because of the freaky, obscure atmospheres hanging over the work. The songs move from harsh, Death-Industrial parts to sophisticated, ghost-like passages. “Two Rivers” is a great track in this genre. There also is something authentic running through the work; a more intimate part creating a dark serenity which mainly emerges at “Double Scorpio”. Another attention grabber is the opening piece reflecting sadness created by the cello-like tune.
– – – : Burial Hex has been never an easy going sound experience, but rather a work for initiates.
Conclusion: Burial Hex has released an endless number of works, but “Gauze” sounds as a must have for tormented souls.
Best Songs: “Two Rivers”, “Double Scorpio”, “Lion’s Breath”, “Lost Sailor”.
Rate: 8.
Artist: www.facebook.com/burial.hex
Label: www.coldspring.co.uk / www.facebook.com/coldspringhq
Cold Spring released “Gauze” on 11 March 2022, digitally and on CD. The eight tracks are “Lost Sailor”, “Lion’s Breath”, “Treasure Spirits”, “Auspices”, “Sed Libera Nos A Malo”, “Double Scorpio”, “Gauze” and “Two Rivers”. Clay Ruby produced the album between 2011 and 2021. Nathaniel Ritter of Kinit Her supplied supporting electronics on four tracks and mixed and mastered the record with Ruby. Zemaemidjehuty Setepentoth supplied the cover artwork, Alice Rose the siren artwork and Abby Helasdottir the layout.
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About Burial Hex
Burial Hex is the solo project of musician Clay Ruby, active since 2007. The early catalogue ran to dozens of cassette, CDr and vinyl editions on small labels including Cult Cassettes, Skulls Of Heaven, Aurora Borealis, Blackest Rainbow and Brave Mysteries, the last of which issued the “Eschatology” series between 2011 and 2015.
Cold Spring first worked with the project on the 2011 LP “Grown Under English Ice / Actaeon”. The label went on to collect scattered material on “In Psychic Defense” in 2014 and “Throne” in 2016, while Klanggalerie issued the “Assumption/Ascension” compilation in 2017.
“Gauze” arrived in March 2022 as the project’s first studio album for Cold Spring. The label followed it in 2023 with the compilation “In Hiding”, and gave the project a place on its label sampler “Arise” the same year. The cassette album “Mirrors” appeared on Sky Burial in 2025.
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