Written by Katla. “Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.” –Ecclesiastes 1:2 “Vanitas”, latin for “vanity”. The history of art is full of strange, fantastic (and sometimes off-putting) examples of any given era’s society. My personal interest towards Vanitas Art budded at a quite young age when I started collecting […]

By Gwendolyn Taunton. There are not very many musical acts that I listen to regularly, but Triarii is one of my chosen few. Usually I am more of an experimental listener who will play a lot of albums a couple of times, and then move on to the next musical conquest. Triarii however, have become […]

2012 has been yet another excellent year for music. As usual we gave our hard-working journalists the difficult task of whittling down their very best albums for this year to just three. After much consideration by all, here are our best albums from this year throughout all the genres we cover at HH. Angel S. […]

Years ago I did an interview with Roland from Darkwell for Sonic Cathedral. Darkwell, at that time, were a relatively unknown Gothic metal band from Austria and they have hardly been that prolific since. To my surprise it turned out to be one of the most interesting interviews I had the fortune of performing back […]

Words by Henry Lauer    |    Photographs by Arrowyn Craban Lauer I cannot pretend to write an objective “review” of something as remarkable as this, the second (and much more ambitious) Stella Natura festival. Yet I feel so renewed and inspired by the experience that I need to share an account of the proceedings. My […]

Yesterday I was in the supermarket shopping for ingredients to make spiced apples. It’s a large hangar in South East London which could happily accommodate several small aircraft – arguably more useful than the hordes of shoppers unthinkingly purchasing useless goods for the weekend. Being late October there’s a respectable Hallowe’en section [the fresh pumpkins […]

In Memoriam 1st January 1957 – 29th January 1987 “I defy the very devil to dare to cross my path If he did, I swear to you – he would suffer from my wrath!” – Let Battle Commence, 1982 The story of Dave Halliday’s death and legacy has only recently reached widespread public attention, and […]

In Memoriam 11th April 1930 – 29th October 1997 Lions roar as a whip cracks against the sawdust covered ground, rings of fire flicker before the circus crowd. Barkers exhibit freakish curiosities to the wide-eyed sheep, while god-fearing men sneak under the tent flaps hosting a topless revue. Silhouettes meet in fog covered streets, operating […]

In Memoriam 12th November 1949 – 11th August 1995 The reason I am choosing to write about Damon Edge is quite simple; Edge’s band Chrome were one of the most influential experimental bands ever who operated on the fringes of both the punk and Industrial scenes. Their collection ‘The Chrome Box’ is one of the […]

Dead Man Walking A musing in the memory of Per ”Dead” Yngve Ohlin 16 January 1969 – 8 April 1991 “Diabolic shapes float by Out from the dark I remember it was here I died By following the freezing moon” – Mayhem – The Freezing Moon Mayhem. Say the name aloud in a crowded metal […]