LIMBONIC ART In Abhorrence Dementia CD (1997)

Norway in the mid-90s was producing black metal at a rate that suggested the entire country had made a collective decision to abandon sleep and sanity. Limbonic Art were among the more ambitious participants in that experiment.

Released in 1997, In Abhorrence Dementia doubled down on the symphonic black metal vision Duo Mortem had been building since Moon in the Scorpio, layering dense orchestration over the kind of relentless blast-beat infrastructure that makes your neighbours reconsider their life choices. Where contemporaries were stripping things back, Limbonic Art were adding another keyboard layer, another dimension of cosmic horror. The result is one of the more underappreciated entries in the Norwegian second wave, a record that rewards patience and punishes shuffle mode. This slipcase reissue is the version to own if you don't already.

Format: CD, full length album, slipcase reissue. Origin: Norway, 1997. Genre: symphonic black metal.

Fans of: Emperor, Dimmu Borgir, Obtained Enslavement, Arcturus, Dodheimsgard.