Of Devil's Art and Magick, Split Compilation CD

Greece has been quietly producing some of the most uncompromising black metal on the planet for decades, and this split is proof the flame hasn't dimmed.

Of Devil's Art and Magick brings together three acts from the darker end of the Hellenic underground. Blood Moon deliver the kind of raw, nocturnal black metal that sounds like it was recorded inside a collapsing temple. Devathorn, connected to the wider Acherontas circle, bring their signature occult density, weaving left-hand path theology into riff architecture that doesn't apologise for its complexity. Shibalba round out the set with ritual ambient and death industrial that sits closer to Karjalan Ystävät or Trepaneringsritualen than anything on a stage, meditative and deeply unsettling in equal measure.

Format: Jewel case CD. Country of origin: Greece. Genre: Black metal, ritual ambient, death industrial. Released: 2020.

Fans of: Acherontas, Acrimonious, Trepaneringsritualen