H.A.Q.Q., by Liturgy

H.A.Q.Q.

by Liturgy

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Roger Walker for when you want to be transported to a higher plane Favorite track: GOD OF LOVE.

Craig Tinney Exceeds it's own goals and thensome, truley transcendental.

Haters be dammed, trve kvlt black metal or not, this album is an absolute scorcher. Favorite track: PASAQALIA.

schmedess One of my favorite black metal releases of the 2010's. So creative, so powerful, and heavy. I have a blast listening to this every time I hear it. Favorite track: HAJJ.

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1.	HAJJ 08:30	buy track
2.	EXACO I 02:19	buy track
3.	VIRGINITY 03:47	buy track
4.	PASAQALIA 05:31	buy track
5.	EXACO II 02:16	buy track
6.	GOD OF LOVE 08:05	buy track
7.	EXACO III 04:00	buy track
8.	HAQQ 07:03	buy track
9.	. . . . 03:42	buy track

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H.A.Q.Q. is the fourth studio album by transcendental black metal band Liturgy. Featuring their characteristic yearning guitar harmonies, epic song structures, and intense drumming, H.A.Q.Q. boils over with harp, piano, gagaku ensemble, pitched percussion, strings, and digital manipulation. It represents a consolidation of the band’s sound to date, a combination of the mathematical complexity of 2011’s Aesthethica and the glitchy experimental fervor of 2015’s The Ark Work. While ecstatically invoking heaven, H.A.Q.Q. is also Liturgy’s most vulnerable record for Hunter Hunt-Hendrix, addressing anger and struggles around mental health, sexuality, and religion. In part a reflection on Liturgy’s uniquely controversial career, it attempts to render the spirit of a cultural era whose basic fabric is unravelling, and to generate an energy of prophecy and love in the name of what is to come.

Hunt-Hendrix composed the album during 2018, drawing from a reservoir of material, some of which had existed for years, while simultaneously creating the forthcoming opera Origin of the Alimonies and philosophical System of Transcendental Qabala (depicted graphically on H.A.Q.Q.’s album cover). These latter two projects represent an interdisciplinary effort to create a total meaning system. The composition of H.A.Q.Q. was a sudden detour, but it is related to these other works as a point of entry. After performing in the debut of Origin of the Alimonies in the fall of 2018, the band spent 6 months bringing the album to life before recording it in August of 2019 at Machines with Magnets with Seth Manchester.

H.A.Q.Q. stands for Haelegen above Quality and Quantity, and represents Hunt-Hendrix’s uniquely marxist and psychoanalytic vision of God.

credits

released November 12, 2019

all songs composed and arranged by Hunter Hunt-Hendrix

Hunter Hunt-Hendrix - guitar, vocals
Bernard Gann - guitar
Tia Vincent-Clark - bass
Leo Didkovsky - drums

Eric Wubbels - piano on track 2
Charlotte Mundy - voice on tracks 1 and 3
Cory Bracken - vibraphone on tracks 4 and 6
Leo Didkovsky - glockenspiel on tracks 4 and 6
Hunter Hunt-Hendrix - piano on tracks 5, 7, 9
Marilu Donovan - harp on tracks 1, 3, 6, 8
Tadlow Ensemble - strings on tracks 4 and 6
Lucie Vitovka - hichiriki on track 1
Adam Robinson - ryuteki on track 1

Recorded in August 2019 and mixed by Seth Manchester at Machines with Magnets. Mastered by Matt Colton at Metropolis Mastering

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Liturgy Brooklyn, New York

Liturgy is the project of Haela Ravenna Hunt-Hendrix, whose yearning, energetic “transcendental black metal” exists in the space between metal, experimental, classical music and sacred ritual. The band is simultaneously a platform for fine art and theology ... more

shows

Jun 10

Bar le Ritz PDB

Montreal, QC
Jun 11

The Garrison

Toronto, ON
Jun 13

Buffalo's Mohawk Place

Buffalo, NY
Jun 14

Grog Shop

Cleveland, OH
Jun 15

The Sanctuary Detroit

Hamtramck, MI
Jun 16

The Empty Bottle

Chicago, IL
Jun 16

The Empty Bottle

Chicago, IL
Jun 17

Turf Club

St. Paul, MN
Jun 18

The Aquarium

Fargo, ND
Jun 21

Dickens

Calgary, AB
Jun 23

Vancouver International Jazz Festival

Vancouver, BC
Jun 24

Substation

Seattle, WA
Jun 25

Star Theater

Portland, OR
Jun 27

Cafe Colonial

Sacramento, CA
Jun 28

The Independent

San Francisco, CA
Jun 29

Resident

Los Angeles (LA), CA
Jun 30

The Underground

Mesa, AZ
Jul 01

Sister

Albuquerque, NM
Jul 03

The Lost Well

Austin, TX
Jul 04

The End

Houston, TX
Jul 05

Gasa Gasa

New Orleans, LA
Jul 07

The Earl

East Atlanta, GA
Jul 08

The Pour House Music Hall & Record Shop

Raleigh, NC
Jul 10

Richmond Music Hall

Richmond, VA
Jul 11

Metro Baltimore

Baltimore, MD
Jul 12

MilkBoy Philly

Philadelphia, PA
Aug 16

Fernhill Farm

Compton Martin, UK
Aug 21

Trillians

Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
Aug 22

Brudenell Social Club

Leeds, UK
Aug 23

The Green Door Store

Brighton, UK
Aug 24

London Oslo

London, UK
Sep 22

Cassiopeia

Berlin, Germany
Sep 23

Underdogs'

Prague, Czech Republic
Sep 25

Arena Wien

Vienna, Austria
Sep 26

Instant-Fogas Komplexum

Budapest, Hungary
Sep 29

Institut Für Zukunft

Leipzig, Germany
Sep 30

Arminius Kerk

Rotterdam, Netherlands
Oct 01

Little Devil

Tilburg, Netherlands
Oct 03

Patronaat

Haarlem, Netherlands
Oct 04

TRIX

Antwerp, Belgium
Oct 05

Petit Bain

Paris, France
Oct 06

Connexion Live

Toulouse, France
Oct 07

Sala Vol

Barcelona, Spain
Oct 08

El Perro de la Parte de Atrás del Coche

Madrid, Spain

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