Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 9 hours ago
Taken from H E X’s upcoming album, out August 15th on Humus Records
LP, CD and apparel - humus-records.com
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LYRICS
Now I come before you
In yon darkened field
Flags of dying
And jackals bide
Their hunger tried
In crimson night
Where dimensions clash
In youth's embraces
And may the wind
Its mournful wail
Carry me ahead
The final grief
A ghostly trail
Across the world
Eager for my demise
Undying pelican
Shivering in the cold
Awakened and content
Teen fears
And the man plots a dark trail
Now I bare before you
In a lightning’s glare
Yet after life
The false that flees
Mask of conceit
Humbleness guise
Crowned with flush
Innocence that lies
Raven lush
Beyond human
Sad as cosmos
Peerless grace
Fair as doom's embrace
Near me since
Rather a viper's coil
Than your eyes of shade
Shiver In the cold
Awakened and content
Teen fears
And the man plots a dark trail
In my dream
I watch you drowning In my dream
I watch you drowning In my dream
I swear I see you fade away
As I seek your face behind the glass
I wait Will you still be there when all those lights are gone
Should I wait until everything’s cold In my dream
I swear I see you fade
In my dream I swear I see you fade away
As I seek your face behind the glass I wait
Will you still be there when all those lights
Should I wait until everything’s cold again
In my dream I swear I see you fade away
As I seek your face behind the glass
I wait Will you still be there when all those lights are gone
Should I wait until everything’s cold
(Léa Martinez & Alex Muller Ramirez)
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CREDITS
Written, composed and produced by H E X
Recorded by Vincent Hänggi
Mixed by Vincent Hänggi
Mastered by Dan Suter
Label & Distribution - Humus Records
Publishing - Humus Publishing
LINE UP
Vincent Hänggi - Drums
Vincent Devaud - Synths
Léa Martinez - Vocals
Wladislas Marian - Bass
Alex Muller Ramirez - Guitar, Vocals
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FOLLOW H E X
Bandcamp : h-e-x.bandcamp.com
Facebook : facebook.com/hxmsc
Instagram : instagram.com/hexmsc
FOLLOW HUMUS RECORDS
Website/shop - humus-records.com
bandcamp - hummusrecords.bandcamp.com
instagram - instagram.com/humusrecords - @humusrecords
facebook - @humusrecordsofficial
youtube - @HumusRecordsofficial
Taken from H E X’s upcoming album, out August 15th on Humus Records
LP, CD and apparel - humus-records.com
-
LYRICS
Now I come before you
In yon darkened field
Flags of dying
And jackals bide
Their hunger tried
In crimson night
Where dimensions clash
In youth's embraces
And may the wind
Its mournful wail
Carry me ahead
The final grief
A ghostly trail
Across the world
Eager for my demise
Undying pelican
Shivering in the cold
Awakened and content
Teen fears
And the man plots a dark trail
Now I bare before you
In a lightning’s glare
Yet after life
The false that flees
Mask of conceit
Humbleness guise
Crowned with flush
Innocence that lies
Raven lush
Beyond human
Sad as cosmos
Peerless grace
Fair as doom's embrace
Near me since
Rather a viper's coil
Than your eyes of shade
Shiver In the cold
Awakened and content
Teen fears
And the man plots a dark trail
In my dream
I watch you drowning In my dream
I watch you drowning In my dream
I swear I see you fade away
As I seek your face behind the glass
I wait Will you still be there when all those lights are gone
Should I wait until everything’s cold In my dream
I swear I see you fade
In my dream I swear I see you fade away
As I seek your face behind the glass I wait
Will you still be there when all those lights
Should I wait until everything’s cold again
In my dream I swear I see you fade away
As I seek your face behind the glass
I wait Will you still be there when all those lights are gone
Should I wait until everything’s cold
(Léa Martinez & Alex Muller Ramirez)
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CREDITS
Written, composed and produced by H E X
Recorded by Vincent Hänggi
Mixed by Vincent Hänggi
Mastered by Dan Suter
Label & Distribution - Humus Records
Publishing - Humus Publishing
LINE UP
Vincent Hänggi - Drums
Vincent Devaud - Synths
Léa Martinez - Vocals
Wladislas Marian - Bass
Alex Muller Ramirez - Guitar, Vocals
-
FOLLOW H E X
Bandcamp : h-e-x.bandcamp.com
Facebook : facebook.com/hxmsc
Instagram : instagram.com/hexmsc
FOLLOW HUMUS RECORDS
Website/shop - humus-records.com
bandcamp - hummusrecords.bandcamp.com
instagram - instagram.com/humusrecords - @humusrecords
facebook - @humusrecordsofficial
youtube - @HumusRecordsofficial
![Knut - Aim at the Sun - [DIY EP - remaster 2023] (Official Audio)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GHIe2w_Jfeo/mqdefault.jpg "Knut - Aim at the Sun - [DIY EP - remaster 2023] (Official Audio)
Taken from Knuts remastered album Challenger + DIY EP - [Remaster 2023] out Apr. 19th 2024 on Hummus Records
free album download (from release date) - www.hummus-records.com
LP, CD and apparel - www.hummus-records.com
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Didier Séverins sudden departure from Earth in March 2022 left a gaping hole. But he left us a considerable legacy, including Challenger, released in March 2002 on Hydra Head Records (USA). A cathartic album, the point of combustion in an upward trajectory which began eight years earlier when Didier Severin (vocals), Philippe Hess (guitar), Roderic Mounir (drums) and Thierry van Osselt (bass) – later replaced by Jeremy Tavernier – embarked on the Knut adventure. At the time, Geneva, along with Copenhagen, was one of the European capitals of squat culture and a crossroads for international tours. Community and DIY ideals deeply infused Knuts modus operandi, their ability to create a network and a label, Snuff Records contributing to the rise of the local scene (Nostromo, Brazen, Shora, Fragment, Grace).
After a self-released mini-album (Leftovers, 1997) and a first full-length (Bastardiser, 1998), Knuts singularity established itself at the turn of the millennium, attracting the attention of a label whose activism was making waves across the Atlantic: Hydra Head Records was releasing records by Cave In, Botch, Converge, Isis, Keelhaul, Craw, Discordance Axis, Khanate, Dälek, Jesu, Oxbow and many others, bridging the gap between extreme music inspired by hardcore/metal, and noise-rock, experimental music, ambient and more. Free and adventurous spirits were to meet across oceans. In 2000, Knut tied their destiny to Hydra Head Records and set course for their most ambitious recording, which would put the band firmly in orbit.
On Challenger, an album simultaneously wild and cerebral, where chaotic vehemence rubbed shoulders with reflective, almost psychedelically repetitive tracks, Didier found his voice, delivering through his cryptic lyrics his share of chaos and his quest for transcendence. What did he have in mind when he titled this album Challenger? Was it an ironic comment on Knuts status in the post-hardcore-metal-noise galaxy – a path traced by Neurosis, Today is the Day, Converge, Bloodlet, Botch, Coalesce, Breach, to which Knut added more or less obscure influences (Godflesh, Zeni Geva, Eisenvater, Dazzling Killmen, Merzbow)? Undoubtedly, with his own sense of irony, he was also alluding to the fatal ascent of the eponymous Nasa shuttle, which burned at second 58.788, giving its title to one of the albums instrumental tracks.
Challenger marked a breakthrough, an affirmation and an existential cry whose echoes have continued to reverberate ever since. In the summer of 2001, Knut embarked on a three-week tour of the United States with Isis. In 2002, British top extreme magazine Terrorizer ranked Challenger 17th among the 40 best albums of the year, alongside Isis, Mastodon, Opeth, Napalm Death, Meshuggah, Queens of the Stone Age, High on Fire, Satyricon...
After a previous reissue in 2010 on Division Records, Challenger now comes in a Deluxe edition on double LP Gatefold 180 grams thanks to Humus Records. The tracks have been remastered by Serge Morattel himself. And there’s more: the fourth side features three tracks originally released in 1999 on a DIY CD, igniting a long-term collaboration between Serge Morattel and Knut. These three tracks, also remastered, showcase Knuts musical evolution towards Challenger. Hydra Head had previously assembled them on an Untitled CDEP in 2001, but this is the first time theyve been brought together on the same vinyl.
Artwork is adapted from Aaron Turners original work, with photos by Jason Hellmann.
Challenger 2024 is the opportunity to (re)discover this masterpiece and, above all, to celebrate the memory of Didier Séverin. His vibrant, thunderous presence will forever leave its mark.
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FOLLOW HUMUS RECORDS
Website - http://www.humus-records.com
Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/2UvnIbV
Facebook - https://bit.ly/2ZfDbz2
Instagram - https://bit.ly/2ZcmVuI @humusrecords
Youtube - https://bit.ly/2TKaQLW
Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/31PxhCd")
![Knut - March - [remaster 2023] (Official Audio)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/IJzvx0CPP6Y/mqdefault.jpg "Knut - March - [remaster 2023] (Official Audio)
Taken from Knuts remastered album Challenger + DIY EP - [Remaster 2023] out Apr. 19th 2024 on Hummus Records
free album download (from release date) - www.hummus-records.com
LP, CD and apparel - www.hummus-records.com
-
Didier Séverins sudden departure from Earth in March 2022 left a gaping hole. But he left us a considerable legacy, including Challenger, released in March 2002 on Hydra Head Records (USA). A cathartic album, the point of combustion in an upward trajectory which began eight years earlier when Didier Severin (vocals), Philippe Hess (guitar), Roderic Mounir (drums) and Thierry van Osselt (bass) – later replaced by Jeremy Tavernier – embarked on the Knut adventure. At the time, Geneva, along with Copenhagen, was one of the European capitals of squat culture and a crossroads for international tours. Community and DIY ideals deeply infused Knuts modus operandi, their ability to create a network and a label, Snuff Records contributing to the rise of the local scene (Nostromo, Brazen, Shora, Fragment, Grace).
After a self-released mini-album (Leftovers, 1997) and a first full-length (Bastardiser, 1998), Knuts singularity established itself at the turn of the millennium, attracting the attention of a label whose activism was making waves across the Atlantic: Hydra Head Records was releasing records by Cave In, Botch, Converge, Isis, Keelhaul, Craw, Discordance Axis, Khanate, Dälek, Jesu, Oxbow and many others, bridging the gap between extreme music inspired by hardcore/metal, and noise-rock, experimental music, ambient and more. Free and adventurous spirits were to meet across oceans. In 2000, Knut tied their destiny to Hydra Head Records and set course for their most ambitious recording, which would put the band firmly in orbit.
On Challenger, an album simultaneously wild and cerebral, where chaotic vehemence rubbed shoulders with reflective, almost psychedelically repetitive tracks, Didier found his voice, delivering through his cryptic lyrics his share of chaos and his quest for transcendence. What did he have in mind when he titled this album Challenger? Was it an ironic comment on Knuts status in the post-hardcore-metal-noise galaxy – a path traced by Neurosis, Today is the Day, Converge, Bloodlet, Botch, Coalesce, Breach, to which Knut added more or less obscure influences (Godflesh, Zeni Geva, Eisenvater, Dazzling Killmen, Merzbow)? Undoubtedly, with his own sense of irony, he was also alluding to the fatal ascent of the eponymous Nasa shuttle, which burned at second 58.788, giving its title to one of the albums instrumental tracks.
Challenger marked a breakthrough, an affirmation and an existential cry whose echoes have continued to reverberate ever since. In the summer of 2001, Knut embarked on a three-week tour of the United States with Isis. In 2002, British top extreme magazine Terrorizer ranked Challenger 17th among the 40 best albums of the year, alongside Isis, Mastodon, Opeth, Napalm Death, Meshuggah, Queens of the Stone Age, High on Fire, Satyricon...
After a previous reissue in 2010 on Division Records, Challenger now comes in a Deluxe edition on double LP Gatefold 180 grams thanks to Humus Records. The tracks have been remastered by Serge Morattel himself. And there’s more: the fourth side features three tracks originally released in 1999 on a DIY CD, igniting a long-term collaboration between Serge Morattel and Knut. These three tracks, also remastered, showcase Knuts musical evolution towards Challenger. Hydra Head had previously assembled them on an Untitled CDEP in 2001, but this is the first time theyve been brought together on the same vinyl.
Artwork is adapted from Aaron Turners original work, with photos by Jason Hellmann.
Challenger 2024 is the opportunity to (re)discover this masterpiece and, above all, to celebrate the memory of Didier Séverin. His vibrant, thunderous presence will forever leave its mark.
-
FOLLOW HUMUS RECORDS
Website - http://www.humus-records.com
Bandcamp - https://bit.ly/2UvnIbV
Facebook - https://bit.ly/2ZfDbz2
Instagram - https://bit.ly/2ZcmVuI @humusrecords
Youtube - https://bit.ly/2TKaQLW
Soundcloud - https://bit.ly/31PxhCd")
