AZAZEL

Release Year: 2021
Artist Origin: FIN
Style: savage unholy blasphemous black metal

old-timers from Mänttä were putting up evil sounding demos and EPs during nineties underground, upgrading to full-lengths since 2012 - this is their third antichristian stab in the throat of those denying the genre's longevity, and regardless that it is only vocalist Lord Satanachia left since the beginning, Azazel keep delivering never-ending amounts of venomous energy, backed up by straightforward furious approach, haunting demonic vibe, sharp production, constant breaks into mid-tempo heaviness, and glorious cover artwork by Chris Moyen, directly pointing at classic Finnish and Norwegian black metal records, but somehow fitting in nowadays context nonetheless