WATAIN

Release Year: 2013
Artist Origin: SWE
Style: magical harmonious infernal black metal

ceremonial fanaticism, black mass hysteria, blood, fire and death, or rock'n roll as the devil once intended - all of that you can find on the fifth full-length by the highly praised anti-cosmic worshipers of death, who never rest on their laurels, delivering eleven new tunes, recorded during four long and excruciating months in four different studios, where furious guitar riffs and dark harmonies are juxtaposed to atmospheric passages and unexpected shifts in tempo and structure, retaining trademark menacing character while opening up far more diverse sonic palette; garnered with stunning twists and turns that spread up to the epicness of Bathory, sometimes ending up absolutely unexpected and controversial, it marks another gigantic achievement for the band and the genre itself, certainly to be listed in the anals of black metal