Hebosagil, based in Oulu, northern Finland, has been a part of the lives of its thirtysomething musicians for more than 15 years. The band has survived an early thrash metal period and then transitioned into a more refined, but no less complicated entity, in whose output the grand tradition of domestic Finnish rock, punishing sludge and other forms of extreme metal and noise rock are woven together. The band have signed with Svart, and the first fruit of the new collaboration, the album Yössä, will hit the shops in February.
The album Yössä, the band’s fifth, sees Hebosagil move from style to another with the finesse of a seasoned professional, and the album’s moods range from fragile moments of clarity to the gloomiest chords heard from the band to date. Finnish rock, punk and extreme metal walk hand in hand only to throw themselves into a shredder, resulting in energetic, constantly interesting works of sound, in which a surprisingly varied set of elements have been mutilated into atoms and built back together with care and a sense of balance.
The band’s Finnish lyrics deal largely with the transitive nature of mundane glory. Yössä can be seen as a symbolic farewell to childhood, with the cover art depicting an old derelict ship in the woods. In reality this ship was used as a prop in a shopping mall which the band members frequented as kids, and the ship had a candy store inside it. As the years passed, the shop folded and the ship was taken out to rot.
Hebosagil is
Tatu Junno – vocals
Antti Karjalainen – guitar
Ilpo Heikkinen – guitar
Oku Kähkönen – guitar
Remi Rousselle – bass
Pete Miettunen – drums
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INTERVIEWS, ARTICLES & OTHER
- Rumba 9.3.2022: Koskettavaa möykkää ja tatuoitavia one-linereita – haastattelussa Hebosagil 🇫🇮
- Soundi 2/2022: Karkkilaivan konsensus 🇫🇮
- Kaleva 14.2.2022: Oululaiselta Hebosagililta tulossa uutta musiikkia – kameleonttibändi jatkaa hankalasti lokeroitavalla linjallaan 🇫🇮
- Rumba 3.12.2021: Ostoskeskuksessa ollut merirosvolaiva löytyi vuosin jälkeen hylättynä metsästä – päätyi oululaisen rockyhtyeen levyn kanteen 🇫🇮
- Mun Oulu: Metakkabändi Hebosagil täyttää 20 vuotta ja keikkailee kesällä myös Oulussa 🇫🇮
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- Soundi 2/2022 🇫🇮
- Inferno 2/2022 🇫🇮
- Rumba 🇫🇮
- Kulttuuritoimitus.fi 🇫🇮
- Noise.fi 🇫🇮
- Metallerium 🇪🇸
- Rockerilla 499 Marzo 2022 🇮🇹
- Grind On The Road 🇮🇹
- Metalhead.it 🇮🇹
- Grizzlybutts.com 🇬🇧
- Totentanz Metal Magazin 🇩🇪
- Turun Sanomat 8.3.2022 🇫🇮
- Desibeli.net 🇫🇮
- COREandCO webzine 🇫🇷
- Echoes And Dust 🇬🇧
- Metal Digest 🇬🇧
- Imperiumi 🇫🇮