Band: HEISA
Who: Three Belgian
post-punk crusaders.
Last March, this 3-motor noiz engine dropped their 3rd LP, named TROIS (THREE).
Without a shadow of a doubt, the most balanced, the most arousing, and the most
vitalizing noise rock record I heard this past bloody year.
Never a dull moment. Heisa grab you by the throat for 40 wicked minutes,
and you won’t protest for one second. The cliché all killers, no fillers is so
accurate here.
Single ‘The Harmonist’
Every sonic juggernaut stands as tall and proud as the Eiffel Tower. There’s always
an enigmatic anxiousness in the air that tests your nerves and boggles your mind.
Heisa tease you with voltaic foreplay riffs before diving, head first in an orgastic burst
of demonic hullabaloo.
Primal screams out of the darkness, schizophrenic guitars and raw and rough post-punk dynamics work together to create a hell-raising turbulence. Think Fugazi and The Jesus Lizard having a LOUD sonic fight.
Single ‘Flowers’
Last Thursday, the three punk musketeers came, saw, and conquered my hometown of Ghent (Belgium). On stage, the amps, the decibels, and the volume go up, even way more than on record. Hallelujah. Run to the hills.
Screamo bassist/keyboardist Jacques Nomdefamille leads the troops vocally with
his vociferous cry-outs. He’s backed by a two-man artillery of blistering guitarist Koen Castermans and muscular drummer Jonathan Frederix. From the first chord on, all hell breaks loose, and the turmoil continues until the last rowdy riffs hit your baffled ears.
Now and then, the band needed a breather themselves to reload the batteries, as it was a very busy year, with gigs in several European countries, promoting that stupefying album. But it didn’t stop them from playing one of the best shows I’ve seen all year. Fact!
With this masterstroke of an album under their belt and with their fireworks on stage,
I’m quite sure that 2026 will take Heisa to an even higher level.
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Live photos by Turn Up The Volume