Het Zesde Metaal

Do we need to introduce HetZesde Metaal in detail? With classics such as 'Ploegsteert', 'Naar De Wuppe' and 'Tid Van Ton', and acclaimed and award-winning albums such as Nie Voe Kinders, Calais and Skepsels, the band around Wannes Cappelle has become an indispensable part of the Belgian music landscape. Last year, The Longest Year, the band's sixth album, was released and was created in emotional circumstances.

In mid-2022, the news of the incurable illness of guitarist and keyboardist Tom Pintens hit like a bomb and inspired the band to make an album in the intimacy of their own circle. Pintens put on the hat of producer and led the band into the studio the following summer to give it their all one last time. He died a month after the recordings. The longest year has become a musical reflection of the heaviest period in the band's history, but is at the same time perhaps HetZesde Metaal's most melodic album, with more room than ever for subtle but extremely efficient arrangements. We can already hear you humming along!