Release Year: 2018
Artist Origin: NOR
Style: grim menacing blackened death metal
kult debut [1991] of historical entity, marked by downtuned guitars, growling vocals, technical delivery, mysterious northern spirit and grim atmosphere, was no less important and influential in Scandinavian extreme metal development than black metal albums followed soon after it: gloomy blackened death metal from Norway, inspired by Swedish bands, has been paving a new direction, manifesting both the esoteric vibe of music, as well as profound lyrical message and peculiar mood of cover artwork, while recording itself was completed at infamous Sunlight studios, and guitars were co-produced by Uffe Cederlund [Entombed]; recent British black 180g vinyl edition comes with a remastered sound and pro-printed inner sleeve with lyrics