SINISTER

Release Year: 2022
Artist Origin: NED
Style: sharp commanding darkened death metal

the darkest, third full-length of vicious European death metal monsters [1995], showcasing the updated songwriting line, is developed via longer songs, leaving enough space for speed and relentless brutality, while imperative roaring of Mike adds a veil of otherworldly mystery, most prominently manifesting in Awaiting the Absu and To Mega Therion, where ritualistic atmosphere effectively merges with carefully controlled aggression, revealing unique ability to balance chaos with precise execution, creating a hypnotic, darkness-filled vibe that draws the listener into a grim yet strikingly powerful world, brimming with old-school force, culminating in a devastatingly intense experience, an indispensable landmark in European death metal at the peak of their creative and brutal powers; recent Dutch gatefold sleeve blue/orange splattered clear vinyl edition with a pro-printed lyric insert is limited to 800 units