A Stavanger band that blended complex riffs with bleak atmospheres across six albums from 2000 to 2010.
For their sound, try 'Black Death, Nonetheless'. For the full thematic weight, 'Enter The Church Of Fornication' is pretty definitive.
They carved out a specific corner of black metal that wasn't afraid to be ugly and confrontational. Songs like 'Sequence 4 - First Tasting Of Faecal Matter' and 'The Altar Of Holocausts' show how they built dense, aggressive structures around dark themes. Their name and lyrics drew criticism, which only underlined how extreme their artistic vision was.
They formed in Stavanger in 1995 and released their debut 'Annihilation of Wickedness' in 2000. The lineup with Stijn van Cauter on vocals and Rune Eriksen on drums held through albums like 'Drudkh' and 'Sorek' until their final release 'Redemption Process' in 2010.
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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