SATANIC WARMASTER

Release Year: 2004
Artist Origin: FIN
Style: depressive savage ferocious black metal

two grimly depressing, intense and lengthy compositions of raw, unholy black metal, recorded in October 2002, justifiably appear as a standalone release, as their misanthropic aura, illustrated through wintry natural imagery, embodies an archetypal aesthetic represented not only by Satanic Warmaster but by the broader Scandinavian black metal lineage as a whole - other hordes can just dream about such a fanatical fervor and involuntary bursts of rage, intensified by otherworldly, blasphemous vocal delivery; with eruptions of hypnotic melancholy, this possessed music makes thy blood freeze in veins and conjures a desolate winter within the soul - in such a context, even the seemingly odd image of bear in the snow on cover becomes an organic part of the overall aesthetic, reinforcing a cold, ascetic and uncompromising identity