What does a Black Metal "flop" sound like? Ok, so maybe this wasn't quite a "flop", but I did indeed buy this in the fabled bargain bin for 2 dollars. You'd probably be hard-pressed to find a new copy of this album for sale. For all the hard time I give it, and for how forgotten this band has become, this album is actually pretty damn good.
Thy Infernal actually made some waves ten years ago with this release, people were even considering them one of the best US Black Metal bands. Of course, this was before the "myspace era", cheap digital recording, and the current hipster fascination with the genre. Thanks to the first two, there's now seemingly a wealth of good Black Metal coming from America. Half of this band went on to form super-campy Goregrind bands Engorged, Splatterhouse and Frightmare. So, you can definitely expect some cheesiness sprinkled on this dish, but not overwhelmingly so. The riffs and even the vocal lines are quite memorable and good. Had this album been produced better and some of the cheese cut out, it could have been rather "stellar".
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