By song three, "The Leech Within," I'm convinced this isn't just your typically fair-weather three and out player, landing the gig, making their name then disappearing for fear of defeat. "In Magnificent Glory," a literal thunderstorm crashing down, signifies the brief but ensuing destruction, methodical in its mayhem to be sure, and "This Axe We Rule" slams down in a barrage of double-bass, slick time changes and near horrific vocals heaving for every last ounce of energy.

"The Leech Within" ranks near the top overall with its crafty chord changes, simply done and wickedly fast, and a nearly orchestrated backdrop that for every breath it tries to release, the pounding fury of the rhythm section chokes it off even tighter. The title track's also among the elite here, wasting no time… let the obliteration begin. Progressively out of key, brutal almost to a fault, proof positive that if they're out to prove something, there'll be few left standing to discourage their intent.

Overall, seven well-crafted tunes of death-plagued doom and Black Metal conquest, historically themed in haunting mythological crusade-like detail that could well solidify the beginning of a new era for them and others like them and for the new label that'll be fast renowned for lying at the forefront for all things evil and unholy.