THE BEAST

Today, hideous black metal manifestation  Thanatomass   premiere the new track   "Altars of Nigromancy"   at   Deaf Forever   magazine's website . The track is   the second to be revealed   from the band's highly anticipated second album,  Black Vitriol & Iron Fire , set for international release on May 21st via  Living Temple Records  in conspiracy with LVX MorgenStern. Hear  Thanatomass ' "Altars of Nigromancy" in its entirety exclusively   HERE . 

Thanatomass  are a power-trio hailing from Russia. Their date of origin is unknown, but the band made their first public recording in late 2018 with the demo  MMXV-MMXVI , which perhaps reveals some hints as to their origins. Initially self-released through their own LVX MorgenStern enclave,  MMXV-MMXVI  was a strikingly accomplished first assault, brimming with lawless darkness and ravenous devotion: vibrant 'n' violent black metal imbued with the eldritch energies of early thrash.

Not surprisingly, that demo soon saw other physical editions, including the CD version released by current conspirators   Living Temple . In the interim,   Thanatomass  released their debut album,  Darkest Conjurations , via   Living Temple  in late 2019, which saw them further malform those thrash influences into something both more barbaric  and  atmospheric, sounding simultaneously older and fresher than its not-inconsiderable predecessor.

At last,   Thanatomass  deliver their grandest work yet with  Black Vitriol & Iron Fire . Both aptly titled as statement of intent and  apropros  description of its contents,  Black Vitriol & Iron Fire  powerfully and poignantly pulls together both central elements of black metal - that is, both the BLACK and especially the METAL - without sacrificing one over the other. In fact, the trio's sheer urgency, energy, and lustful, lawless verve vividly embody the mania of classic metal possession and the taboo/boundary-breaking quest into the unknown that is the true occult experience. As such,  Black Vitriol & Iron Fire  exists both above and below;   Thanatomass  are merely providing the vessel.

Overwhelming and unquenchable,  Black Vitriol & Iron Fire  is a conflagration of flesh and spirit, desire and demise. Will you take this torch from   Thanatomass ?

Take the next torch with the brand-new track "Altars of Nigromancy" exclusively   HERE , courtesy of   Deaf Forever , Germany's defenders of the true. Take the first torch with the previously revealed "Deathmass Extasis"   HERE   at   Living Temple 's Bandcamp, where the album can also be preordered. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Thanatomass'  Black Vitriol & Iron Fire