Hexed
(Sweden)
Hexed was formed in 2015 by Lead-Vocalist Tina Gunnarsson and
Guitarist/backing-vocalist Stellan Gunnarsson in Uppsala, Sweden.
Both
of them played in several bands before and had an early history in the metal
scene and of music composing. Now they wanted to create and write music
together, something completely new. When the song writing started they knew
exactly what kind of sound and style they were aiming for. Since both of them
had the source of inspiration from bands such as Queensrÿche, Crimson Glory and
Pagans Mind,
they
knew that they wanted to create metal music with focus on strong and powerful
vocals combined with melodic guitars.
When
the songs and preproduction was done and when recordings was about to start
they had to find members who got the qualitys required to setup the band. The
driven Bass player Daniel Håkansson who played earlier in other metal bands
were chosen to take place along with the experienced musician Teddy Möller on
drums.
HEXED
was now formed and complete as a band. The debut single and first lyric video
“Dreams” was launched in the beginning of May 2016. Meanwhile the
album“Netherworld”was recorded and produced in 2017, HEXED released their
second official music video “Exhaling Life”. Both the song and video contains
amazing guest-vocals from Thomas Vikström-Therion, Candlemass and it is filmed
and produced by Magnus Ewald who also has made videos for bands like Liv Sin,
Crucified Barbara, Firespawn etc. The third single and lyric video Lightyears
was released in May 2017. The interest and response for HEXED after the early
releases was overwhelming and HEXED got several proposals to consider and are
now proud for the decision to sign with Thomas Hörnkvist at ViciSolum
Productions.
The
Swedish metal label has already several established bands in its row such as
Persefone, Loch Vostok, Poem.
In
the beginning of February 2018 HEXED also inked a deal with Lars F. Larsen and
Intromental Management who are located in Denmark.They have a solid base with
many talented and successful bands under their label.
Finally
HEXED debut album “Netherworld” was released worldwide March 30 -2018. Together
with the album, the opening track Obedience was released as a lyric video. This
video was filmed by Dennis Gunnarsson and edited and produced by Mattias Norén.
The full album contains 10 tracks, and in addition to Thomas Vikström's
involvement, you can also hear powerful guest-vocals from the amazing singer
Ronny Hemlin - Tad Morose on the last track "Remake My Soul".
The
Netherworld album is produced and recorded by Stellan at Blueflame and HEXED
Studios. All
the vocals are produced and recorded together with the
talented
Diztord at TB Music Productions.
The
album is mastered by Stellan and the mighty Jouni Niemi at Big Jambo Studios.
All the amazing cover-art for the single releases and for the album Netherworld
are made by the fantastic Mattias Norén at ProgArt Media who also made covers
for many amazing bands like Epica, Kamelot, Evergrey.
