GRAVEWURM Funeral Empire (2009) CD

There is a strain of black metal that has no interest in atmosphere, philosophy, or production value. It wants to sound like 1984, it wants to sound evil, and it wants nothing to do with you. Gravewurm are that strain.

Funeral Empire, their 2009 full-length, sits firmly in the American underground black metal tradition, the kind that kept the Hellhammer flame burning long after everyone else moved on. Lo-fi, hateful, and deeply committed to the primitive, it's the sort of record that Nunslaughter would put on after a long day. This is dark aesthetic devotion, not trend-chasing, and it belongs in the same shelf as the genuinely cursed stuff.

Format: Full length album, CD. Released 2009. Origin: U.S.A. Genre: Black metal.

Fans of: Hellhammer, Nunslaughter, Goatlord, Profanatica, Grand Belial's Key