LEVIATHAN

Release Year: 2018
Artist Origin: USA
Style: obscure experimental depressive black metal

sophomore full-length [2004] by Jef Whitehead is a masterwork of unrelenting darkness and chaos, featuring Wrest's unique ability to create avantgarde atmosphere that is both suffocating and mesmerizing: this twisted twelve tracker highlights his intricate layering of dissonant guitar riffs, eerie ambient interludes, and agonizingly visceral vocals, drawing listeners into a maelstrom of despair and terror, while trademark relentless energy and profound complexity accentuate its haunting allure, making these psalms a pivotal achievement in obscure underground black metal scene, appealing to those who seek a deeply disturbing and thought-provoking auditory experience; recent gatefold sleeve double red-splattered white vinyl edition comes with pro-printed inner sleeves and A Shield from Grace as bonus on side D, US import