The artist name and album title are subtly layered over the photo in lightly glossy gold ink, making for a cover that is on one hand a bit disturbing but is also thought-provoking in the direction of the subject of death, in this case the death of an animal. The album cover features a shocking but really well framed photograph by Spanish photographer Bernat Armangue of what looks like the aftermath of a bullfight, a dead bull laying in a circular sweep of blood. The Digipak looks like a miniaturised version of the LP design with the credits numbering on the back still mentioning the LP layout of the tracks rather than the 1-5 numbering used for the main tracklist on the back. The CD version of the album houses the CD in a simple but classy Digipak. The Hierophant features 5 long tracks spanning a total playing time of around 46 minutes, most of these 5 pieces are connected with each other through the use of field recordings of a natural environment (featuring prominent cicada chirping).
Indeed Burial Hex’s music isn’t really grounded in a single genre and the exciting juxtapositions of uplifting instrumentation with low pitched, often growled vocals on The Hierophant was a great first peek for me into the unique Horror Electronics sound Burial Hex has developed over time. Formed in 2004, Burial Hex, a solo project lead by Clay Ruby but also featuring various contributions by additional artists in the avant-garde scene in instrumentation, arrangement and production, has released at least 51 albums, various EPs, singles and compilation so far with the music diving through various stylistic influences ranging from Dark Ambient and Industrial to slower styles of underground Metal leading to a varied unique sonic signature. The first release I’m reviewing for Project Axis today is this album by American Horror Electronics project Burial Hex, titled The Hierophant. If I like the music enough I will then feature full discography reviews of the artist, group or label in either the Project A1 or B1 series over time.
Project Axis 01 Burial Hex: The Hierophant Reviewed format: CD album Welcome to the 2020 reboot of the Project Axis series which will have a bit of a wider ranging selection of music in the Noise and related genres, underground music sphere as well as various experimental Electronic and Electro-Acoustic music released on Bandcamp and other spots online.
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