Genre/Influences: Industrial, experimental, wave-rock.

Background/Info: This 7” is a split release between Six Comm and Hexas. While Six Comm, the project of Patrick Leagas, doesn’t need a further introduction, Hexas is a new project I recently discovered by the “Liberty nest”-release. Hexas is featuring Patrick Leagas and Gaya Donadio (AntiChildLeague).

Content: Six Comm totally reworked the famous “Torture Garden”-song from Death In June. It became a somewhat ritual and extremely dark version getting the listener into a possible state of trance. Leagas’ growling timbre of voice invites you to join an imaginary, secret ceremony.

Hexas reworked one of the songs (cf. “Beneath The Sun”) from the “Liberty Nest”-mini-album. The track also has something ritual- and dark-like. The repetitive industrial-ritual sequences joined by the bewitching vocals of Gaya Donadio and the growling backings by Patrick Leagas only accentuate this feeling.

+ + + : This is an interesting and successful 7”. The reworked/cover version of Death In June is well-crafted and more anguishing than the original edit. I especially like the somewhat ritual touch running through the song, which also comes back in the remix of “Beneath The Sun”. There’s a kind of intercourse between the enigmatic and frightening vocals of Gaya and Leagas’ deep timbre of voice.

– – – : This is just a single and I simply would have liked to hear more songs..

Conclusion: This is an interesting single, bringing an early death In June song alive while getting you interested to discover Hexas (if you don’t know them yet of course). Welcome to the dark sound universe of Patrick Leagas and Gaya Donadio.

Best songs: “Torture Gardeners”, “Beneath The Sun”.

Rate: (7).

Artists: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001709379078 / www.facebook.com/Hexas-1670163709946003

Label: https://hagshadow.net / www.facebook.com/Hagshadow–London-202756216761661

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Genre/Influences: Industrial, industrial-rock, ritual.

Background/Info: Patrick Leragas (6Comm) and Gaya Donagio (AntiChildLleague) joined hands to release this album –which rather looks as a mini-album, under the Hexas moniker. The work features 6 cuts.

Content: The industrial influence comes rapidly through in the percussion and raw sound treatments, but there also is a dark sound atmosphere hanging over the work. Both opening cuts are into bombast and a kind of apocalyptic-rock approach. Quite progressively Hexas walks at a different path becoming frightening and ritual like. The spoken vocals of Gaya Donagio have something bewitching while on other cuts you can feel rage and passion. The sound remains pretty industrial, but accentuated by an intriguing ritual atmosphere.

+ + + :  I like the bombast band and industrial exposure of this work. The dark sphere hanging over the tracks creates a magic match with the ritual elements. “Liberty Nest” becomes a mysterious piece of music dominated by haunting vocals and obscure sound treatments. I especially like this ritual element reaching a truly climax at “Helborn” and “Art Demands War”. Patrick Leagas hasn’t lost his nose for transcendental compositions.

– – – : Both opening cuts left me a bit skeptical like revealing a hesitating composition without real magic or chemistry between both protagonists.

Conclusion: Hexas features a poignant debut, which I hope will get a successor. This is the perfect match between industrial- and ritual music.

Best songs: “Beneath The Sun”, “Helborn”, “Art Demands War”.

Rate: (7½).

Bands: https://myspace.com/6comm66 / www.facebook.com/Antichildleague

Label: http://hagshadow.net / www.facebook.com/Hagshadow–London-202756216761661

Inferno Sound Diaries

I have been working for over 30 years with Side-line as the main reviewer. My taste is eclectic, uncoventional and I prefer to look for the pearls, even if the bands are completely unknown, thus staying loyal to the Side-Line philosophy of nurturing new talents.

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