PAUL ROLAND with Ralf Jesek Hexen LP CLEAR VINYL 2014 LTD.200
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Description
Artist:
PAUL ROLAND with Ralf Jesek
Title:Hexen
Format:LP clear Vinyl
Limitiert auf 200 Stück
A2 Night of the Witch
A3 Devil's Wood
A4 Beltane
A5 Wicker Man
A6 As I walked out one Morning
A7 Witch's Hovel
A8 Scourge of the Lord
B1 Benedictus
B2 Monastery
B3 Agnus Dei
B4 Inquisitor
B5 Nuns Possessed
B6 Sanctus Miserere
B7 Orgy in the Woods
B8 Kissing the Devil's Arse Info:
English cult psych-baroque singer-songwriter Paul Roland has always had a fascination with magic and the supernatural, but only now with his new album ‘HEXEN’ has his obsession manifested in music designed to raise the very devil himself. Ever since his first album ‘The Werewolf of London’ was released in 1980 Roland has drawn inspiration from horror movies, fiction and comics with songs such as ‘Blades of Battenburg’, ‘Lon Chaney’, ‘Edgar Allen Poe’ and ‘Re-Animator’. Whether it was with full gothic rock band or solo acoustic guitar and classical string and woodwind ensembles Roland created miniature movies for the listener to visualise in their own personal cinema of the mind, but now he has created an actual full-length movie soundtrack for the classic silent horror film ‘Haxan’ (1922) and produced an album that evokes disturbing and haunting images so you will never rest easy in your beds again.
“I had been wanting to record a special album for my dear friend Guido at Palace of Worms for some time. His catalogue of neo gothic medieval music and the tasteful covers that he created for his releases have been tantalizing me for several years. So as soon as I was free to record a ‘side project’, I took the opportunity to rework an abandoned silent movie soundtrack that had been haunting me since 2007 and made it the basis for a new album - one which would hopefully complement POW’s other releases. While living in Germany in 2006 I had found a film project that I thought would be good to create with my musician friends - Ralf Jesek of IN MY ROSARY (now I-M-R) and Tobias Birkenbeil of Lakobeil. ‘Haxan’ was a remarkable Danish horror movie from 1922 with a cult following and a reputation as an early classic of the silent era. It was also in incredibly good condition for a film of that age and the imagery was striking. But the various soundtracks that had been used on earlier DVD releases (including a free jazz jam, an orchestral score, an industrial rock soundtrack and a solo dulcimer performance) were wholly unsuitable in my opinion and added nothing to the stunning visuals. We would write and record a new soundtrack that would be scene-specific, suitably sinister and evocative so the music could be listened to separately as an album.” I decided to create it around some of the music written and recorded for ‘Haxan’, but with the addition of new songs inspired by the same theme – the contrast between pagan nature worship and the religious fanaticism that culminated with the persecution of alleged witches in the Middle Ages. So find yourself a quiet cloister or nook in the woods and see if these tracks conjure up the movie that sinister forces forbade you to see!” Paul Roland 2013
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