Month: September 2022

OFERMOD set release date for new SHADOW mini-album, reveal new track – features MARDUK member

Today, Shadow Records (distributed & marketed by Regain Records) announces November 25th as the international release date for a brand-new mini-album from Ofermod, Ofermodian Litanies, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version is expected for release on January 20th, 2023.

By now, Ofermod should require no introduction. Formed back in the dark days of 1996, the band released their debut EP, Mystérion Tés Anomias, in 1998. Although a mere two songs, Ofermod’s opening salvo sowed the seeds for the orthodox black metal movement that would begin to blossom in the new millennium, alongside fellow Shadow Records alumni Funeral Mist and Malign. Crime and chaos followed mainman Belfagor everywhere he went, and the band’s momentum remained halted. However, Ofermod eventually became a working entity again, starting with 2008’s Tiamtü full-length, and through magick and will did more recordings follow: Thaumiel (2012), the two-song Serpents’ Dance EP (2014), Sol Nox (2017), and the posthumous Pentagrammaton, originally intended to be the band’s debut album. And just last year, a renewed and reinvigorated Ofermod released the acclaimed full-length Mysterium Iniquitatus.


Each Ofermod recording always put forth a pivotal piece of their ever-evolving puzzle – ever the same, yet always different – and so it goes with the forthcoming mini-album Ofermodian Litanies. Something of a “double EP,” Ofermodian Litanies features two brand-new songs recorded with the lineup of Belfagor on vocals, guitar, and bass and Marduk’s Simon “Bloodhammer” Schilling on drums; two tracks from the aforementioned Serpents’ Dance EP, long out of print; and an unreleased version of the title track to Tiamtü. The two new tracks with Schilling on drums impart a stately mania that moves from grim strut to ghoulish fury, with Belfagor’s vocals always a hackle-raising centerpiece. Although many years removed and with a lineup that would carry forward to Sol Nox, the two Serpents’ Dance tracks hold up exceptionally well, finding Ofermod at their ugliest and arguably most rabble-rousing – the hooligan to the ritualist, if you will. Recorded during those same sessions, the unreleased version of “Tiamtü” holds the same slow-burn intensity of the original, with the ritualist here perhaps replacing the hooligan. All material here was recorded, produced, and mastered by Magnus “Devo” Andersson at Endarker Studios, keeping the totality intact.

Compact yet somehow still expansive, Ofermodian Litanies is aptly titled. Ofermod illuminate both the past and present!

Find illumination with the brand-new track “Mundus Imaginalis” and the unreleased version of “Tiamtü” here:

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Ofermod’s Ofermodian Litanies
1. Mundus Imaginalis    
2. Litany of the Lascivious Lucifuga    
3. A Million Serpents Dance    
4. Chaos Reverberation    
5. Tiamtü


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LUCIFERICON set release date for new INVICTUS album, reveal first track

Today, Invictus Productions announces November 25th as the international release date for Lucifericon‘s highly anticipated second album, The Warlock of Da’ath, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

“After opening the sorcerous gate through Al-Khem-Me-cal processes on the previous album, we have again embraced every atom of the blackest mass to conjure darkness from a more cabalistic perspective…”

Indeed, Lucifericon‘s Al-Khem-Me debut full-length displayed the full fathom of the band’s Metal of Death. While they’d teased with a couple short-lengths in the recent past, that momentous 2018 album created an endlessly slipstreaming (and endlessly fascinating) vortex of malevolence and memorability. It was death METAL forged in the fires of the late ’80s and early ’90s, but never was it blinkered by that all-too-considerable past.

And so it goes with Lucifericon‘s second album, The Warlock of Da’ath. “Musically, we have always drawn influences from all corners of the musical abyss,” the band continue. There are noticeable differences compared to previous material, but we do not stray from our path. In fact we have deepened the path with even more layers than before. After shedding these layers of skin from the phenomenal world, this serpent called Lucifericon will reveal itself.”

Naturally, within that cauldron bubbles black metal and also doom, alongside that firm foundation of elder death metal. But the manner in which Lucifericon stir that cauldron makes all the difference; verily, it emerges as DEATH metal, but an incredibly nuanced and engaging form of such, shapeshifting (and subsequently mesmerizing) with absolute ease. Compounding this uptick in songwriting nous is the production on The Warlock of Da’ath: neither “old school” nor pejoratively new & sterile, this increased clarity simply heightens the intensity whilst revealing all those tastefully subtle details. Taken another way, the sulfurous fog swarms and swirls, slashing with ritual knives from the boundless shadows; the portent of doom is sealed and unassailable.

The Warlock of Da’ath starts with a warning, before devouring you whole with death, doom, and black metal…in the darkest form imaginable! Lucifericon have hereby eclipsed their not-inconsiderable past.

Hear for yourself with the brand-new track “Qliphotic Trance”  here:

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Lucifericon’s The Warlock of Da’ath
1. Obscure and Forbidden
2. Qliphotic Trance
3. The Veils of Negative Existence
4. Khidir’s Urn
5. Sigillum Azoetia: The Map of Possibility
6. The Iconostatis of Blasphemy
7. Ancient Lineage
8. The Warlock of Da’ath

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www.invictusproductions.net

BUNKER 66 premiere new track from new split mini-album with Germany’s LUCIFUGE to be released via DYING VICTIMS

On October 21st internationally, Dying Victims Productions will release Of Night and Lust, a special split mini-album between Bunker 66 and Germany’s Lucifuge, on CD and 12” vinyl formats. And today, we premiere Bunker 66‘s new track “Mellhammer.” Hear Bunker 66‘s “Mellhammer” in its entirety here:

Both Bunker 66 and Lucifuge should be familiar names to those versed in the dark deeds of Dying Victims: Just earlier this year, Bunker 66 released through the label a split 7” with fellow Italian filth-bangers Hellcrash, as well as their long-awaited (and rightly celebrated) fourth album, Beyond the Help of Prayers, earlier in 2021; for their part, Lucifuge released their equally celebrated fourth album, Infernal Power, through Dying Victims during the spring of 2021. Here on Of Night and Lust, both bands each deliver three exclusive songs, making for 24 minutes of ancient speed metal sleaze and metalpunk ghoulishness.

Lucifuge

Bunker 66 are up first and show no signs of slowing down, especially so after 15 years as a band now. “Mellhammer” and “Sulphurous Lust” are exemplary displays of their greasy speed-metal surge, and yet subtly exude an eerie aspect that perhaps point the way forward for future recordings. Capping their entry is a faithful cover of Motörhead’s “Doctor Rock,” which both underlines Bunker 66’s roots as well as reverently paying respect to the fallen gods of Lemmy and Würzel. Lucifuge follow with an even-more-blackened iteration of their etched-in-stone metalpunk across the tracks “The Great Unseen” and “In Blood and Dust.” They conclude with a surprising-yet-storming anthem fittingly titled “Warriors of the Night.” While many metal anthems have been attempted under such a title, you’ve truly never heard one as invigorating as this – nor Lucifuge so bright and brassy!

Also hear Lucifuge‘s previously revealed “Warriors of the Night” exclusively HERE, courtesy of Deaf Forever magazine. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Of Night and Lust
1. Bunker 66 – Mellhammer [3:31]
2. Bunker 66 – Sulphurous Lust [3:39]
3. Bunker 66 – Doctor Rock [Motörhead cover] [3:47]
4. Lucifuge – The Great Unseen [2:56]
5. Lucifuge – In Blood And Dust [5:13]
6. Lucifuge – Warriors Of The Night [4:03]

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www.dying-victims.de 



SORGETID set release date for WEREWOLF debut, reveal cover & tracklisting – features members of VARGRAV, DRUADAN FOREST, GRIEVE, EMBRYONIC SLUMBER+++

Today, Werewolf Records announce November 11th as the international release date for Sorgetid‘s highly anticipated debut album, Natt av Tusen Dödsfall, on CD and cassette tape formats. The vinyl LP version will follow next year.

Sorgetid exclusively play Nordic black metal, from Finland. The name Sorgetid may be new, but the creator behind it isn’t: Finnish underground veteran V-Khaoz, renown for such bands as Vargrav, Druadan Forest, Grieve, and Embryonic Slumber among many others, stretching back to the late ’90s. With Sorgetid itself, V-Khaoz indeed delves even deeper (and earlier) into the ’90s, presenting vintage obsidian, both style- and production-wise, that respects the now-ancient time when black metal was only made by individuals who were truly dedicated to it. “In my reality, no other kind of black metal exists,” he firmly states.

Truly, the evidence is there with Sorgetid‘s first public recording, the full-length Natt av Tusen Dödsfall. Endearingly and engagingly familiar yet done with the deft nous for which V-Khaoz is known, Sorgetid‘s first salvo is based purely on intuition and the man’s need “to get quite old stuff out of my head – no future, no past.” Existing within those reverently stringent boundaries, Natt av Tusen Dödsfall unveils a landscape rife with melancholy and madness, nostalgia and nightsky mysticism, fury and wonder woven together with elder chainmail forged in the fires of olde. Eight songs across 37 minutes are more than sufficient to paint the atmospheres and sensations that seemingly exist out of time. The album’s no less raw nor polished than it needs to be; rather, it IS, unyielding and undying. 

No references required here – as ever, V-Khaoz’s work stands tall on it its own – but for those who still hold dark medieval times in their hearts, Sorgetid‘s Natt av Tusen Dödsfall poignantly offers a portal to those glorious times.

In the meantime, hear the previously revealed track “Havet Djupare än Sorg”  here:

Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Sorgetid’s Natt av Tusen Dödsfall
1. Havet djupare än sorg
2. Svärdstorm
3. Fullmånens slav
4. Sorgens Tid
5. Svarta stormar av djurisk vrede
6. Ett Ord, Tusen Orm
7. Skuggan av min tron
8. Eskapism

MORE INFO:
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RIENAUS set release date for new KVLT album, reveal first track – features members of AZAZEL+++

Today, KVLT announces November 25th as the international release date for Rienaus‘ highly anticipated third album, Luciferille.

Formed in 2009 and led by the iron fist of erstwhile Azazel member Mavrofos, Rienaus have quietly built a sizable catalog of paradigmatic Finnish black metal. With two albums, three demos, an EP, a split album, and even a live record to their blasphemous name, Rienaus have dependably and doggedly pursued their vision with nary a misstep: so pure, so cold, traditional Finnish hunger – no more, but definitely less. An idiom doesn’t “need” anything when it is already in its perfect state.

And so it goes with Rienaus‘ third album, Luciferille. Immediately, those chill winds of melodic mysticism blow across this tight ‘n’ concise 35-minute record: freezing fire fueled by unfiltered emotion and inner darkness, performed with a conviction one can truly FEEL. As ever, Mavrofos finds that ever-elusive production style that’s both clear ‘n’ shimmering and just a bit roughed-up and raw, allowing the subtly spiraling guitar parts to take hold of the listener’s soul and whip him into a hypnosis of transcendental proportions. However, whereas the hallmarks of the classic Finnish black metal sound are present – both pulsing gallop and hateful headbang, shifting with ease and when the album’s seven central songs call for it – Rienaus manage to explore (subtly, effortlessly) a number of dynamics not often found alongside such tropes, like downtempo clang and almost-motorik grind. But, of course, Luciferille sounds and feels BLACK METAL above all.

To restate the obvious, Finnish black metal doesn’t need to “be” anything more than it already is, and Rienaus deeply understand this intrinsic truth. Discover that truth – again, or for the first time – with Luciferille.

Discover the first truth with the brand-new track “Äärellä viimeisen portin” here:

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Rienaus’ Luciferille
1. Alkusoitto
2. Uhrattavaksi Siunattu
3. Luciferille
4. Saatanan Valtakunnassa
5. Äärellä viimeisen portin
6. Pedon Merkki
7. Kuilu
8. Äänet yössä

MORE INFO:
www.rienaus.bandcamp.com 

Spanish death metal masters Cruz stream new NUCLEAR WINTER album

Today, Spanish death metal masters Cruz stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Confines de la Cordura. Set for international release on September 26th via Nuclear Winter Records, hear Cruz‘s Confines de la Cordura in its entirety here:

Cruz was formed in Barcelona in 2012 with the idea of starting a band that mixed heavy and aggressive punk with dark old-school metal such as Celtic Frost and Bathory. However, from very early on, their sound became more aligned with the classic Swedish death metal style. 

In 2013, the first Cruz lineup was completed, and with that lineup, a self-titled demo was recorded that same year and then released in 2015 by Raw War Tapes. In 2015, now with a different lineup, Cruz entered Moontower Studios and recorded their first album, Culto Abismal, which was released a year later by To The Death Records, Sentient Ruin Laboratories, and Selfmadegod Records. A European tour followed right after the album’s release. 

During the following years, after numerous gigs and various lineup changes, a new Cruz lineup was established in 2020: Imanol and Xavi, the only remaining original members, on guitar and drums, respectively, alongside guitarist Michele, bassist Simone, and vocalist Narcís. With this lineup intact, in 2021 did they record a new album, Confines de la Cordura, once again at Moontower Studios.

Featuring lyrics both in Spanish and Catalan, Confines de la Cordura absolutely CRUSHES from the very beginning: classic early ’90s Swedish-style death metal this may be, but Cruz pump it full of an urgency and electricity that simply can’t be denied. The songwriting simply stuns with its earworming flow, with malevolently majestic leads riding atop the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse gallop, and Narcís’ annunciation dripping malice across each one of these seven stout tracks. And while “Swedish death metal” may conjure images of the usual suspects – Entombed, Dismember, and/or Grave – it’s perhaps more accurate to liken Cruz to the idiom’s culter names like Seance, Desultory, or especially Unanimated; the obsidian gleams as brightly as the blood-red here on Confines de la Cordura.

The dark-horse death metal album of the year? Nuclear Winter confidently places its bets on Cruz‘s Confines de la Cordura.

Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Cruz’s Confines de la Cordura
1. Ai Margini della Follia [2:49]
2. Als Peus de la Creu [4:23]
3. Infamia Insular [4:46]
4. Els Murs Errants [9:03]
5. Confines de la Cordura [5:56]
6. Eones de Sangre [6:24]
7. L’Alè de la Cripta [8:02]

MORE INFO:
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FIRTAN reveal third track from new AOP RECORDS album – also to tour next month

Today, German atmospheric black metallers Firtan reveal the new track “Faðir.“ The track is the third single from the band’s highly anticipated third album, Marter, set for international release on September 30th via AOP Records. Hear Firtan‘s “Faðir here:

Since their fortuitous formation in 2010, Firtan have been dedicated to a unique strain of extreme metal and have steadily built an enraptured audience across countless shows in their native Germany and abroad. Granted, the band’s roots lay in black metal, particularly those pivotal days of the 1990s, but over the course of two acclaimed albums – 2014’s Niedergang and especially 2018’s Okeanos – Firtan have effortlessly integrated an eclecticism that has become more self-contained and increasingly kaleidoscopic. Now, they arguably deliver their masterwork: Marter.

Immediately, the trademark Firtan sound is felt – riffing that’s raging yet gorgeous, atmosphere that’s autumnal yet cliche-free, compositions that span epic lengths yet remain judiciously compact – and Marter stuns after first listen. However, delve deeper and you’ll find that Firtan have become more daring in their soundfield, incorporating more acoustics, synths, and strings to flesh out that always-poignant atmosphere. Amazingly, the band never busy up that soundfield; everything sounds rich and robust but in its proper place, every tone resounding endlessly through the soul. That Firtan take Marter in sometimes diametrically opposed directions – violent vs. restrained, explosive vs. placid, righteously black metal vs. something approaching neoclassical – often all during the course of a song, speaks to the band’s masterful approach to songwriting. Some might even liken Marter to “post-black metal,” which is okay with them: Firtan are simply performing their own interpretation of black metal. 

Fittingly, the theme of Marter deals with the isolation of the modern individual who finds himself torn between spiritual hope and existential failure – and Firtan vividly paint this panorama in their most dazzling hues yet. And just like its massive predecessor, Marter was recorded at the esteemed studio Klangschmiede E with Markus Stock of The Vision Bleak/Empyrium. Completed by grandiose cover art courtesy of Władysław Podkowiński, Marter is a milestone of the dynamic German black metal scene – and Firtan have arrived as reigning kings.

Hear the previously revealed video “Labsal” HERE as well as the previously revealed video “Amor Fati” HERE, both also at AOP Records‘ official YouTube channel. Further herald that arrival with also

Additionally, Firtan will be embarking upon a German tour later in October; full list of dates and poster art follow after the jump. Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Firtan’s Marter
1. Faðir
2. Amor Fati
3. Labsal
4. Lethe
5. Parhelia
6. Odem
7. Menetekel
8. Peraht
9. Medomai (bonus track*)
*available on vinyl and CD boxset

21.10.2022 Lenzburg (CH) | Met-Bar Lenzburg
Event: https://fb.me/e/20K6IQPFA
22.10.2022 München | Backstage München
Event: https://fb.me/e/3YNOTHTJo
27.10.2022 Mörlenbach/Weiher | LIVE MUSIC HALL
Event: https://fb.me/e/2Nlx6Ytlr
28.10.2022 Oberhausen | Helvete Pub – Club
Event: https://fb.me/e/2AUwlzwkg
29.10.2022 Weimar | Uhrenwerk Weimar
Event: https://fb.me/e/2DucfYUwQ
30.10.2022 Hamburg | Bambi galore
Event: https://fb.me/e/1NQDpJa50

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THEOTOXIN reveal second track from new AOP RECORDS album – also to tour with ARCHGOAT and WHOREDOM RIFE in November/December

Today, Austrian black metallers Theotoxin reveal the new track “Towards the Chasm.” The track is the second single from the band’s highly anticipated fourth album, Fragment : Totenruhe, set for international release on October 28th via AOP Records. Hear Theotoxin‘s “Towards the Chasm” here:

With the intention of creating supreme black metal art, Theotoxin ascended from the catacombs of Vienna in 2016 and consists of experienced individuals exclusively. The brand-new album Fragment : Totenruhe will be their second strike under the banner of AOP Records and a worthy successor to the 2020 album Fragment : Erhabenheit. 

Marking a total number of four full-lengths since the founding days, Theotoxin stand for longevity, continuity, and ongoing advancement. Theotoxin are a guarantor for intense live performances and deliver an unprecedented show with deep-yet-aggressive atmosphere. With plenty of live appearances and a tour through Europe accomplished so far, the band is eager to spread their black chants even further. 

With a history of devastating small clubs and open-air stages alike, Theotoxin will conquer new territory along with Archgoat and Whoredom Rife in November and December 2022. Full list of dates as well as tour poster follow after the jump.

Also see & hear the previously revealed video for “World, Burn for Us” HERE, also at AOP Records‘ official YouTube channel. Cover art, courtesy of Jose Gabriel Alegría Sabogal /  m.p.soszynski / SAROS Collective, and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Theotoxin’s Fragment : Totenruhe
1. World, Burn for Us
2. Catastrophe in Flesh
3. Towards the Chasm
4. Demise of the Gilded Age
5. After Thousands of Years
6. Perennial Lunacy
7. …Of Rapture and Dissolution
8. Totenruhe
9. Frontschwein [Marduk cover]

Tour dates with Archgoat & Whoredom Rife
23/11/2022 Viper Room, Vienna, AT
24/11/2022 Futurum, Prague, CZ
25/11/2022 Reithalle Strasse E, Dresden, DE
26/11/2022 Braincrusher In Hell, Hirschaid, DE
27/11/2022 Metropool, Enschede, NL
28/11/2022 De Kreun, Kortrijk, BE
29/11/2022 Turock, Essen, DE
30/11/2022 Live Music Hall, Weiher, DE
01/12/2022 Mergener Hof, Trier, DE
02/12/2022 Goldgrube, Kassel, DE
03/12/2022 Schüür, Luzern, CH
04/12/2022 Slaughter, Paderno, IT
05/12/2022 L’Amperage, Grenoble, FR
06/12/2022 Le Ferrailleur, Nantes, FR
07/12/2022 Petit Bain, Paris, FR
08/12/2022 Effenaar, Eindhoven, NL
09/12/2022 De Mortem Et Diabolum, Berlin DE
10/12/2022  Kwadrat, Krakow, PL
11/12/2022   Hydrozagadka, Warsaw, PL

MORE INFO:
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www.aoprecords.de

Finnish Black Metallers CELESTIAL GRAVE stream new THE SINISTER FLAME album

Today, Finnish black metallers Celestial Grave stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Vitriolic Atonement. Set for international release on September 23rd – the autumn equinox – via The Sinister Flame, hear Celestial Grave’s Vitriolic Atonement in its entirety here:

Since their public unveiling in 2016 with the hideous & haunting Burial Ground Trance demo, Finland’s Celestial Grave have been steadily perfecting a craft that already arrived fully formed. While the band’s brand of black metal does bear some semblance to certain sectors of their native land’s long-running and -esteemed scene, Celestial Grave largely unshackle themselves from “Finnish black metal” and locate a muse that’s uniquely focused and fiercely personal. Such was the case with the epic four-song Secular Flesh debut album in 2019, and now, three years later, that case is even stronger with their second album, Vitriolic Atonement.

“Vitriolic Atonement is a sonic and visual exploration of the dreadful yet beautiful aspects of life and death,” they begin. “It was a comprehensive work for us, where not only the music and lyrics but also the artwork were really central from the start.”
 
Indeed, lose thyself in the hypnotic layers of that cover art and you’ll begin to understand the experience that awaits within Vitriolic Atonement. In a most disarming fashion, Celestial Grave here sound both bolder and more brittle – robust lead lines painting melancholy and might in equal measure, the execution seemingly more scattered and strident, the songwriting tending toward the anthemic yet upended by haunting twists of texture – whilst not losing that mesmerizing personality that made its predecessors so compelling. As such, Vitriolic Atonement is a full-album experience that’s paradoxically more approachable and more alien: allow that wounded melodicism into your soul, all enticingly come-hither, and then witness the swirlingly obsidian rot spread.
 
“Vitriolic Atonement goes through different sacraments and rites,” they conclude. “Inhale and take in the aspects of darkness, death, and the beyond that are in reach on this mortal plane. Give in, admire its beauty, and come to terms with it. Prepare for the inevitable, because the beyond will be something no mind nor soul can fully comprehend.”

Aforementioned cover art and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Celestial Grave’s Vitriolic Atonement
1. Eucharist [5:57]
2. Cadaverous Solace [6:03]
3. Clemency [7:55]
4. The Abyss Exhales [3:34]
5. Exaltation [5:32]
6. Radiant Tides Below [5:03]


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HAIL CONJURER premiere new video – features members of HOODED MENANCE, RIDE FOR REVENGE+++

Today, Finnish enigmas Hail Conjurer premiere the new video “Earth Penetration” . The track is the second to be revealed from the band’s highly anticipated sixth album, Earth Penetration, set for international release on September 23rd: Signal Rex will handle the cassette tape version while Bestial Burst will handle the CD version. See & hear Hail Conjurer‘s “Earth Penetration” video in its entirety here:

Hail Conjurer is the sole province of prolific underground veteran Harri Kuokkanen, renown for Hooded Menace, Ride For Revenge, and Horse Latitudes. Under the selfsame nom de plume Hail Conjurer, he creates ugly and idiosyncratic black metal born from ancient fires and dark desires, and since the band’s birth in 2017, he’s explored this unique muse across a grand total of five full-lengths, four demos, two splits, one collaborative album, and a digital single. Truly, Hail Conjurer is a dark and dank headspace like no other. 

Always feverish in his creativity, Hail Conjurer returns to the album front with his sixth, Earth Penetration. Indeed earthy and penetrating – or perhaps virile (and vile) enough to actually penetrate the earth in a manner most sexual – Hail Conjurer here erects a murky-yet-spacey landscape of elevated crudity. For sure, the bass-heavy black metal that’s the band’s stock in trade is a doomy one, but not “doom” by strict definition; rather, ancient touchstones like very earliest Samael, Goatlord, and especially Barathrum get minced and mangled with an auteur’s touch. It’s rude and ritualistic, mind-expanding and body-defiling, and the synth/organ-led spaces are alluringly creepy beyond compare. Sin and sensuality have a new definition with Earth Penetration.

Hear the previously revealed “Come Alive” HERE at Signal Rex‘s official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Hail Conjurer’s Earth Penetration
1. The Sin And The Sweat [7:33]
2. Aghast [6:21]
3. Rebellion of the Flesh [2:49]
4. Blood on the Stone [2:47]
5. Come Alive [4:36]
6. Winter Death [4:54]
7. Earth Penetration [5:11]

MORE INFO:
www.facebook.com/hailconjurer

www.signalrex.com
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