The battle rages on between
black metal and Christianity.A
sub-genre that is at least 25 years in at this point and was founded at least
partially as a refutation of the way that Christianity had been used to subvert
the traditional and pagan belief systems in the Scandinavian country is still
going strong and still firing shots straight at the heart of Jesus believers
everywhere.Many bands have joined the
fight and it has expanded well beyond Scandinavia,
and it doesn't show any signs of letting up any time soon.
Along come Infernus with
their headlong charge into the battle.When I first heard this album, it has all the sounds and hallmarks of
old-school black, and I assumed it had to be one of the many obscure titles
that find re-release these days.I was
stunned to learn that these guys are from right here in the great Northwest and
they are a new-ish band, this being only their second album.They play like seasoned vets and the
recording is spot on old school.The
only clue that they aren't first generation is a healthy dose of
thrash-tasticness in the mix.Make no
mistake, these guys get it and they bring it.This album has been in steady rotation since I received the promo.
The album opens with a short
intro, full of screams and howls and spoken word bits, and then the boys get
right to it with the title track.They
show their true black roots on 3rd track, “Worms of the Casket”, one of my favorites on
this release.As I said, this is pretty
traditional stuff, but that doesn't mean its not very good, very well done
stuff.The pitch black blasphemy oozes
out of every note on this one and throughout the album.There is nothing wrong with being reverential
towards what has been done and putting your own spin on things.
Another favorite is
“Sodomfeast”, which I hope is a way to just express, like, a sodomy party and
not literally a feast, because not everyone would be into that.It is thrashing and grinding and kvlt as
fuck, so it has all of those things going for it.I really dig the next track as well, “Fetid
Spawn of Bethlehem”.Everything about
it, from the title to the lyrics to the music, is brutal and heavy.If you say it just right, you can do it to
the tune of “O, Little Town of Bethlehem”, which just makes it all the more
perverted in my book.And you gotta love
a song title like “Hang the Gutted Christians”.
This is a top notch release from
Moribund Records, who are just killing it in 2015 with their
releases.And I'm not just saying that
because the guy who runs the label happens to be named Odin.Any new release by a newer band that harkens
back to the great old ones and still brings something new to the table is
worthy of note.This band deserves your
attention.As long as the war on
Christianity is in hands as capable as these, the fight is in good hands
indeed.
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