The Hag
Depredations (2004)
Demo CD

Reviewed: 11/16/2004

The Hag don't follow the traditional metal music styles. Actually The Hag's music is something else than metal for a big part. A few guitar riffs are the metal thing on 'Depredations', but maybe something else, too. This is very progressive in my ears, but not in a way of prog metal bands. The Hag are made of atmospheric music, which to me sounds futuristic, sci-fi, even though they sing about hallucinogenic mushroom of Mexico ('Of no Serendipity'), jazzy drumming, sound effects and bits of metal riffing. Some of this music has a soundtrackish feel to it for sure. Closest thing, and that's not close, to what I can compare this is Ulver's 'Themes From William Blake's The Marriage of Heaven and Hell' (1999). Something like less metal eras of Arcturus and In The Woods... might give some gui...

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