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Mexican atmospheric black/doom metal cult Hagel will finally release via Personal Records on 21st May the debut album titled Veneration Of The Black Light. The band was formed back in 1995 and went through many line-up changes. Due to personal reasons, the band went on hiatus in the year 2000. While recordings are rumoured to exist, Hagel never publicly revealed any demos during this period.
In 2014, Carlos decided to re-form the band and started recruiting musicians to form the new lineup; not too long after, the new Hagel was reborn. The new line-up consisted of Juan Reyes (Buzrael) on drums, Elizabeth Castillo (S.O.Y.G) on bass, and Ivan Saldaña (Alpha Hydrae, Hiborym) on guitar and vocals. In 2017, one of the founding members, keyboardist Luis Galindo, rejoined the band.
Hagel entered the studio to record their first full-length, in a professional way. Bearing the title Veneration Of The Black Light, the record was finished, mixed, and mastered in December 2019, all before the world fell into chaos. In May 2020, the band gave their first preview with the single "Decalogue Of Misery," an all-too-apropos title for the times.
Hagel remains true to their original '90s vision with a sound favourably comparable to early Mortuary Drape, The Gathering circa Always..., Switzerland's Sadness, 1992/93-era Katatonia, old Rotting Christ, Ophthalamia, Bethlehem circa Dark Metal, and Moonspell's classic Under The Moonspell. Listen now to "Decalogue Of Misery" in the player below. Link
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