HESKEN

6+ albums

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Heavily inspired by early 2000's death metal, the unapologetic raw sound of HESKEN offers a different take on the prog metal genre. HESKEN is a progressive metal band from Zwolle (NL) with an unmistakable musical footprint. Inspired by Gojira, Opeth, Fractal Universe, Beyond Creation, Thy Art Is Murder and Tool, we forge our own unapologetically raw progressive metal. Our band was formed in 2018 and since then we had setbacks, line-up changes but most importantly we’ve made some major steps towards success. Since late 2022, early 2023 we’ve been writing the first songs for our upcoming album which is set to release mid-2024. When we played our first gig with the new line-up in Breda (NL), featuring Changing Tides, the ball started rolling for us. Since then we’ve played in Rotterdam (NL), Groningen (NL), Zwolle (NL), Harderwijk (NL) and Nordhorn (DE). we’ve played with a variety of bands like Black Rabbit (NL), Pound (US), Vermin (NL), A Place To Fall (DE), Serotonia (NL), Loyalty Ends Here (NL), Caffa’s Rain (NL) and Vidarr (NL). When we heard that we were selected for the Dutch metal battle, we couldn’t contain our excitement. After two days on the road for other gigs we arrived in our home-base Zwolle and blew the metal battle audience (and jury) away from the first note. After an energetic performance we took home the win and went on to the semi-finals in Groningen. In Groningen we also blew everyone away with our unique songwriting, showmanship and with our ability