“Despite its makers' insistence on dubbing it "blackened hardcore," there's nary a d-beat in earshot on the latest release from this Copenhagen quintet. Rather, Hexis churn out confrontational noise-tinged black metal that's far more grind than grim and comes off like an unholy pact between Knelt Rote and Amenra. "Desolatum" is a storm surge of a song, barreling by in under two minutes and leaving ”
