Hex A.D.

Hex AD (Rick Hagan)
Radio Shows

This Friday’s Guest DJ: HEX A.D. (RICK HAGAN)

November 2, 2021 Stig G. Nordahl

It takes more than a global pandemic and a lockdown to stop a band like Hex A.D.! Instead of going into hibernation and disappearing, they were well into writing and recording new songs only a few weeks after the release of Astro Tongue in the Electric Garden last February. The band’s new album Funeral Tango for Gods & Men was released October 22nd! The band definitely put the classic back in heavy rock. If you are into early Judas Priest, Black Sabbath and the progressive masters of the 1970s, you need to check out Hex A.D. This Friday is a perfect opportunity as vocalist/guitarist Rick Hagan is hosting our Guest DJ Show! After Rick has  introduced 10 of his favorite hard rock and metal tracks, we’ll spin 6 tracks from the brand new Hex A.D. album Funeral Tango for Gods & Men Tune in at 15:00 and 21:00 CET/ 10:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. EST this Friday to hear the show! While you wait here is video for the track One Day of Wrath, Another Gesture of Faith:

Hex A.D.
Radio Shows

This Friday’s Guest DJs: HEX A.D.

May 19, 2020 Stig G. Nordahl

Hex A.D. is a Norwegian rock band, brainchild of  singer Rick Hagan and producer Chris Tsangarides.  Inspired by the great British bands of the 1970s (Uriah Heep, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Jethro Tull, Genesis, etc.), showcasing a lot of progressive and doomy tendences and with several releases since 2012, Hex A.D. has built a strong reputation these past years as one of Norway’s finest ambassadors for the classic hard and heavy rock . In 2020 Hex A.D. released its latest album Astro Tongue in the Electric Garden. This week founder, lead singer and guitarist of Hex A.D. Rick Hagan hosts the Guest DJ Show. Tune in at 15:00 and 21:00 CET/ 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. EST this Friday to hear the show! While you wait check out the video for “Astro Tongue”:

HEX A.D. – Netherworld Triumphant
Album Reviews

HEX A.D. – Netherworld Triumphant

November 12, 2018 Zac Halter

Norwegian Doom Metallers Hex A.D.’s third album creates a modern day blend of Progressive and Doom Metal with a unique melodic edge using a 70s style organ.  The band states “A huge musical inspiration on “Netherworld Triumphant” are the albums that the biggest hardrock bands from the seventies released in the early eighties”.   It’s hard to imagine a lead track more disassociated from the whole than “Himmelskare”. The amateur recording of a piano recital is so prolonged the listener is compelled to check the media player to verify the selection. It becomes completely irrelevant with the churning witching hour organ entrance of “Skeleton Key Skeleton Hand”.  This hook-filled song is what Uriah Heep would sound like after ingesting Death Metal steroids. The organ stylings are reminiscent of Deep Purple’s Jon Lord and the bludgeoning guitar tone reminds of you of 90s era Cathedral or Entombed.  “Netherworld Triumphant Pt. I” is a tapestry of blended Doom Metal elements. After a mood setting bombast of teaser riffs, the band delivers a steady stream of soothing grind later broken with a lush bridge of clear tone guitar solo backed with acoustic guitar. “WarChild” successfully follows the template of Black Sabbath’s “Iron Man” but lacks a compelling vocal performance.  Part of the blame rests with the production which buries the vocals to unintelligibly. The final two songs span over 21 minutes and take a Prog meets Doom Metal approach at odds with earlier tracks. These songs come closest to resembling the bands early 80s Metal inspiration. The Iommiesque opening riff of “Ladders To Fire” is a highlight, but these songs run longer than necessary. At times, the Doom Metal threads tying Netherworld Triumphant together get stretched thin leading to an uneven whole.  However, when the band locks into a solid Doom Metal groove …READ MORE