Belgian modern melodic death metallers HEXA MERA have unleashed a lyric video for the song 'Inhuman', taken from their second full-length album, "Enlightenment", which will be released on March 31st. The song is streaming on Terrorizer via the link below.
https://www.terrorizer.com/news/hexa-mera-release-lyric-video-for-inhuman/
The band has the following to say about 'Inhuman': "Inhuman stands for all the messed up things we've done. Ironically, humanity is the most inhuman thing there is. Every single day various channels remind us of a simple truth: violence is everywhere, and violence doesn't sleep. We wanted to write a song to condemn all of this. Writing the lyrics was easy, finding footage of our species' disbehavior even more so. But selecting the scenes wasn't. We watched hours of messed up footage. We had to take breaks because it became too much. We were totally overwhelmed. In the end we became immune to the gore, the sick and our own moral barriers. Management stepped in because we were taking it too far. The video didn't need all the blood and explicit imagery to deliver the message, it had to be clear without going overboard. We didn't create this one to enjoy, we created it to open your eyes and face humanity's inhumanity. That's what this track is about."
The album was recorded at Empyrean Studio, mixed at OceanSide Studio by Ace Zec (SPOIL ENGINE, DIABLO BLVD,..) and mastered at Fascination Street Studios By Jens Bogren (AMON AMARTH, OPETH, SOILWORK,..).
The artwork of HEXA MERA's follow-up to 2014's "Human Entropy" was created by Colin Marks from Rain Song Design (SYLOSIS, THREAT SIGNAL, SCAR SYMMETRY,..)
HEXA MERA previously revealed the tracklist of "Enlightenment":
1. Empyrean
2. Anthropic Principle
3. Inhuman
4. Divide et Impera
5. Brotherhood
6. Dare to Know
7. Union
8. Archetype of Hate
9. Godless
10. This Bleeding
11. Enlightenment
The band has the following to say about "Enlightenment":
"The idea to use the age of enlightenment as theme for this album was forged right after we released our debut album 'Human Entropy'. The world was and still is spinning out of control: Extremists became a larger threat to our civilization, human and animal rights are being violated, political correctness is censoring the truth, media focusing on sales instead of news value, and so much more! the world never was an utopic place, but with the information we got, it seemed to become worse. We felt fear, disappointment, but most of all, we felt anger. Because we felt powerless, the only thing we could do was to speak out, and this is exactly what this album is about."
The official 'Enlightenment' release-show will take place on April 1st at the renowned 'Nijdrop' venue in Opwijk, Belgium. More information can be found here.
HEXA MERA is:
Yannick Schmit ' Vocals
Pierre Baudez ' Drums
Niels Van Roy ' Bass
Mathias Vergaelen ' Guitar
Jan Huygens ' Guitar
The age of enlightenment was a historic jump towards rationality and logic. Today however, we seem to be plunging into darkness. With their newest album "Enlightenment" Hexa Mera emphasizes the need for intellect and knowledge in these troubled times. On this record, the 5 young wolves wrestle with dogma's, creationism and everything unjustly limiting humanity. Injecting their multisided influences in 11 tracks, this dose of groovy melodic death hits oldschool hard in a modern way. The Hexa Mera stampede grabs you by the throat with lots of groove and a taste for melodic, shimmering harmonies.
More info:
https://www.facebook.com/hexameraofficial/
