They’re a pretension-free bunch, and except for some hokey concepts about the Reptilian Elite and our eventual demise at the hands of a corrupt world government, Luminiferous is yet another successfully badass entry in Pike’s canon.
With all its heavenly might, The Ark Work stands as another Liturgy entry worth endless discussion, raising the question the band has prompted before: Is this even black metal?
Its audacity and stylistic shifts may have resulted in an album that’s not quite as much like coming home as Sunbather, but it shows a genuine and fascinating maturation in a band that deserves to remain in the spotlight for all the right reasons.
Expectations were exceedingly high for Grief’s Infernal Flower, and Windhand delivered a minor masterpiece and the best doom metal album of the year.