What the two Norwegians, Kark and Malach Adonai, unleashed upon humanity with this mammoth work in 2012 defies any description. After their already excellent predecessor, the Norwegians stretched the boundaries so far that everything collapsed, giving rise to an aberrant sound that caters to the early 90s black metal phase as much as the middle experimental wave a'la Ulver, Arcturus, or Fleurety, while simultaneously integrating the modern era congenially. The result is a two-and-a-half-hour ... read more