DARK FUNERAL

Release Year: 2022
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: infernal dramatic intense black metal

another line-up update reveals completely renewed rhythm section, but the darkened and gloomy looking blue/purple tonality of album design pretty much confirms this is the most expected and predictable, yet consistent and convincing record that celebrated senior Scandinavian horde could come up with to coincide with the recent end of times: rapid fire riffing and fiery, mysterious atmosphere of all nine songs do not drown highly technical approach and zillion of small details that shape the overall devouring yet apt sound, while epic When I’m Gone stands out of the lightning speed extreme pack, spreading kind of infernal romanticism so to say; limited European three panel digipak edition comes with sixteen page booklet