HEGEMON – The Hierarch – October 19, 2015

HEGEMON have unleashed a new song from their forthcoming album ‘The Hierarch’, which has been scheduled for worldwide release on the 13th of November. The French black metal radicals are streaming their challenging song “Credo Quia Absurdum” exclusively via the official media partners below.

Metal Obsession (AU)
Metal Hammer (DE)
Pitchline (ES)
Radio Metal (FR)
Rockoverdose (GR)
Lángoló Gitárok
Eternal Terror (NO)
Musick Magazine (PL)
Ultraje (PT)
Zero Tolerance (UK)
No Clean Singing (USA)

HEGEMON comment: “The title ‘Credo Quia Absurdum’ speaks for itself: ‘I believe in it, because it is absurd’. This song illustrates the intrinsic weakness of what is being defined as ‘religion’ and ‘political ideology’. The more we are enslaved by their lies, the more we love it. Being led makes life so easy instead of struggling for knowledge and wisdom. As HEGEMON we reject and fight this kind of behaviour pattern! Let us try not to die as sheep.”

‘The Hierarch’ will be released on strictly limited Digipak as well as vinyl formats, which are already available for pre-order from the Season of Mist shop!

The spectacular artwork for the vinyl version was created by renowned Romanian and Roadburn Festival resident artist Costin Chioreanu (MAYHEM, VULTURE INDUSTRIES, AT THE GATES, and many more) and is unveiled together with the tracklist below.

Hatred From The Core: Tempus Incognito Interpreting Signs For War: Aruspicine Elysean Expectations, Earthly Deceptions Rays Of Lie: There Will Be A Time You Will Give Anything For A Piece Of Salvation Atomos: Seed Of The Quantic Gods Renovatio Imperii Credo Quia Absurdum Hierarch: The Empire Of Zero

Symphonic, classic, elegant and yet fierce, harsh and imbued with cold darkness: seven years after their third album ‘Contemptus Mundi’ (2008) heaped scorn upon the world, HEGEMON finally strike again with ‘The Hierarch’. The roots are showing. There are traces of EMPEROR’s complex and epic arrangements as well as a hint of the orchestral might championed by DIMMU BORGIR to be found in the compositions of this enigmatic French quintet. With an added dose of early ENSLAVED and BORKNAGAR the Norwegian inspiration becomes all transparent and still the Southern French manage to infuse their own musical shape and will into their sinister compositions. The country’s touch is undeniably present.

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