Released on: 25th September 2018
Blood of Serpents’ latest album Sulphur Sovereign is an unrelenting stampede of riffs with grueling and intense blast beats. Presented as the unholy product of darkness. A suffocating darkness that cracks with an electrifying atmosphere. This is purest black metal ov the highest caliber.
The second album from the devilish Swedes– Sulphur Sovereign is a delicious but sober sizing of blackened thrash with a portion of death chopped in. With a guitar sound that more closely resembles the dynamic range on your Mums’ dildo, on motherfucking eleven! Than a chunk of cultivated artistry aboard a plank of wood.
Dynamic range is a good place to venture and Blood of Serpents hit many bold aspects on this new album. Having the intense rapture of Nidingrs’ severe trem picking but backing the rhythm up with homage to fellow Swedes Marduk by emulating their blasphemous sensibility. If I didn’t know any better (which I don’t) then I’d say that this is a spiritual successor to Nightwing (which it totally is.)
Sulphur Sovereign is Blood of Serpents own beast but respectfully blasphemous to the black pits that spawned it. Not only is it fresh but the firm originality present on the bands’ sophomore release perseveres until the final guttural croon dries in a desert of silence. Silence. The foundation of why the repeat function is needed on most platforms and devices.
9/10
