MARDUK

Release Year: 2020
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: grim expressive devastating black metal

a verse from the bible, referring to the title of this morbid, ominous and downright suggestive release [2007], utters: therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned - it announces pretty special, the Black Plague album of acknowledged death preachers, where relentless hyperspeed assaults are equally measured with ominous, utterly heavy mid tempo riffing, crowned by Mortuus' anthemic vocals, getting more variety yet firmly maintaining aggression, energy and disgusting approach, while sharper melodic accents and shifting dynamics prevent ten prayers to the dark from becoming a mere exercise in brute-force extremity, with guest appearance of Alan [Primordial] on Accuser / Opposer turning into an epic culmination of sorts; limited German edition of much sought-after longplay is updated with a slipcase