SARSPELL Scorched To Ashes (2014) EP CD

Australian black metal that didn't wait for anyone's permission to exist. Sarspell emerged from the Melbourne underground and Scorched to Ashes is exactly what it sounds like, three tracks of melodic black/death metal that earns every adjective.

Released in 2014, this three-track EP sits in that zone where melodic death metal's harmonic instincts collide with black metal's refusal to be comfortable. It's a document of a local scene that was doing serious work without needing international validation. Australian metal has always had its own character, and Sarspell understood that. This pressing keeps the jewel case format, the kind you rip open and read the liner notes on while the first track is still eating your face.

Format: Three-track EP, jewel case CD. Genre: Melodic Black/Death Metal. Country of origin: Australia. Original release: 2014.

Fans of: Dissection, Be'lakor, Ne Obliviscaris.