Hekseblad - The Fall of Cintra Format:10" - Elder Blood and has the songwriting chops

and has the songwriting chops to cement it as one of the year’s most outright badass metal albums to boot

exposing its bleeding wounds and cleansing it in the merciless flame of the Absolute

not afraid in taking artistic detours only to come back with full force

dramatically tragic

Hekseblad - The Fall of Cintra Format:10" - Elder Blood and has the songwriting chopsOriginally unleashed on Halloween 2021mere months after the bands inception"The Fall of Cintra" laid the foundation for what Hekseblad would become today. The roots of what you hear on Hekseblad's 2024 full length "Kaer Morhen" are present, but this EP is a different beast. Channeling a raw primal energy reminiscent of black metal's second wave, "The Fall of Cintra" is aggressive and atmospheric, with hints of symphonic and melodic flourishes