Occultum "In nomine rex inferni" LP

A long-awaited follow-up to 2016's Towards Eternal Chaos, In Nomine Rex Inferni delivers 47 minutes of grim and blackened hell that creeps through the catacombs with dry precision and a smothering aura. Seven dense tracks blend suffocating Darkthrone-esque tightness with crawling death-doom menace. From the frantic opener Skulls Instead Of Candles to the suffocating finale The Last Waltz With Death, Occultum conjure a bleak and claustrophobic atmosphere pierced by streaks of speed and old-school evil. Highlights like Hanged Man and Altars Among The Dead erupt with cold percussion and haunting riffs, while Black Art Of Necromancy races through the darkness like a spectral force. Though the vocals are not the typical diabolical croaking, the music alone is a rotting slab of black metal that's both primitive and hypnotic. For fans of: early Darkthrone, Cultes des Ghoules, Mortuary Drape, Necromantia. Recommended if you like your darkness dry, your riffs tight, and your doom pitch-black. Comes in great gatefold cover.