Steel yourselves for a ghoulishly deviant and decadent experience, an excursion into sepulchral realms of esoteric black metal and doom that draws upon the likes of Beherit and Demoncy for its soul-defiling inspirations.

The album in question is Thaumaturgical Rites of the Damned by the Norwegian project Deadlight Sanctuary, which is the solo work of G., a member of the black/death band Goatkraft. The album will be released on July 24th by the unholy alliance of Sentient Ruin Laboratories (U.S.) and Iron Bonehead Productions (E.U.), and it’s the source of the song we’re premiering today — “Trance of Doom“. Continue reading »