The Californian black/death act finally unleashes a full-length after multiple tantalizing demos and other teasers, and it's a gloriously malevolent affair. Stream it now ahead of its Friday release.
The French band examines religious persecution through a lense of overpowering blackened death metal. Check out the full album before it releases later this week, plus a detailed track-by-track describing the subject matter.
Check out the lyric video for a track (featuring Stu Block of Into Eternity) from Bryan Eckermann (Wings of Abaddon)'s solo melodic death/black metal outfit, combining energetic and aggressive metal with a far-flung concept.
A single-minded vision of lengthy and intricate extreme metal, Esoctrilihum's latest album is another step forward for the cerebral and lore-heavy black/death project.