GEHENNA Adimoron Black CD (1998)

Norway in the 1990s produced some of the most visceral, cold-blooded black metal to ever come out of any scene anywhere, and Gehenna were sitting right in the middle of it, doing something a little darker and a little more wrong than most of their contemporaries.

Adimiron Black from 1998 is the point where Gehenna started pulling death metal into their black metal framework with real intent, and the result is dense, punishing, and deeply atmospheric in the way that only second-wave Scandinavian metal can be. This isn't background music. It's the kind of record that rewards full attention and a decent volume knob. If you've been working your way through the Norwegian canon and you're ready to go deeper than the obvious names, this is exactly where you go next.

Full length album on CD. Black/Death Metal. Country of origin: Norway. Original release 1998.

Fans of: Mayhem, Dimmu Borgir, Emperor, Immortal, 1349, Marduk, Carpe Tenebrum.