Mat ?Kvohst? McNerney provides the acrobatic lead vocals for the excellent avant / experimental industrial-leaning Norwegian black metal crew Dødheimsgard as well as the very differently forward-thinking (and also amazing) UK black metal band Code.

He takes another turn with his stripped down ?psychedelic occult folk? solo project Hexvessel. The 15-song Dawnbearer?s shocking at first, compelling after repeat listens. Think Woven Hand, haunted ?60s / ?70s pastoral folk, or a darker riff on that last Midlake album. You?ll get a sense of Dawnbearer via this Kalle Sipilä-directed video for opener ?Invocation Summoning below:

Listen to I Am The Ritual:

Listen to The Death Knell Tolls:

Continue reading:  Hexvessel ? ?Invocation Summoning? Video & ?The Death Knell Tolls? – Stereogum.