HEMELBESTORMER - Collide & Merge 2LP (ORANGE)

This is a colossal album, in duration, scope, ambition, and breadth. Hemelbestormer’s brand of post-metal is evocative and detailed, and it is great to hear once more. It’s largely instrumental; note the word largely, as this time you can hear a haunting male voice on Quasar, and soft female clean singing on the title track.

Hemelbestormer craft music from atmosphere and feeling. The band have an easy mastery of the post-metal build/release mechanic, but also specialise is drawn-out soundscapes that use sustained atmospheric structures very well. Collide & Merge is well-rounded and expressive; it is an album that’s easy to put on and lose yourself in.

• gatefold jacket, flooded black inside
• black poly-lined innersleeves
• Din A2 poster, two sided
• insert with d/l code for bandcamp
• plastic protection sleeve
• 180g amber (orange/black)colored vinyl

Ván Records 2021