Mysterious Catalonian black metal/death punk operatives Pvrgatorii have been in the shadows cultivating a poisonous new strain of their patented “Black Metal ov Death.” The forbidden fruit harvested via this unholy labor is available in all its terrible potency on Profane Rites for Cursed Times, the duo’s new EP on Night Terrors Records, which we’re premiering today. Equally informed by modern hardcore’s urgency and black metal’s aggression, Pvrgatorri create “sinister, malevolent” atmospheres. Perhaps the most effective way they conjure malevolence on Profane Rites… is through Darth Dvnkel’s bizarre and overwhelming vocals. On “Hermetik Axis,” layers of disturbing exhortations hover over relentless blasts and trebly guitar tornados as Dvnkel’s profane “black spell” recitations coalesce into mushroom clouds. A random sample dissolves into pummeling obsidian-hued crust punk on “The Key to Thee Temple,” wherein the guerilla war vocal incantations swirl amidst bloodthirsty riffs and blasts. The cyclone of gurgles and death grunts resurfaces once more during “Dystopian Flesh Arise,” a midtempo Motörhead gallop that morphs into a circle-pit igniting D-beat (down). “A Broken Seal for Final Capitalism” sees Dvnkel’s ominous vocal panopticon assert its dominance over a blackened thrash metal feeding frenzy. Recorded by L’Ombra, the entity also responsible for the EP’s pulverizing “war drums,” the production is brilliant, not only in its uncanny vocal manipulations, but its overall menace. The first 50 orders of Profane Rites for Cursed Times come with a 16-page zine that “offers a broader insight into the ethos that fuels their work,” and it’s recommended you pick that up too.
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The band comments:
In these moments when trve evil gets stronger everyday through growing inequality and rising fascism, we have casted with all our energy at thee core ov our dvngeon these four sonik sigils ov annihilation. Physical, spiritual and intellectual concentrated, as a humble way to break a thin threat of black light in a world doomed to dark capitalistik chaos. Lets ignite thee metal torch, and make it burn -as fast, so slow- for these Profane Rites for Cvrsed Times.
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Profane Rites for Cvrsed Times releases May 29 via Night Terrors Records.
