ARMAGEDDA

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: straightforward grim merciless black metal

resurrection of Armagedda after sixteen year hiatus was utterly unexpected, yet in some ways a long-overdue affair, as the songs comprising new material had gradually taken shape during their previous incarnation, eventually coming to fruition along the path of the Swedes who never abandoned music and creativity, while such a long passage of time not only failed to scatter their ideas but allowed to mature naturally and take on a new form, retaining an essential character of utterly raw music: cold, bleak, uncompromising and deeply atmospheric black metal driven by trademark hypnotic riffs, palpable sense of tension and wild energy; seven chapter vision sounds less like a nostalgic comeback than an inevitable confrontation with the shadows of the past, finally forced into the daylight, bringing a long-initiated journey to its conclusion