New Sacrificium dropped today.

Sounds excellent.

I saw that. Added it to my huge “to listen” list.

Early AOTY contender.

Yeah, this is good stuff. Some excellent riffs.

I will check it out, they become a little bit more melodic and thats nice

My AotY at this point for sure.

It's so good, I've listened to it four times in the last couple days.

I agree really good

Downloaded it on YouTube Music recently.  Will have to put my podcasts on hold and give it a spin.

This album is musically amazing! This is top tier material. It's brutal, yet diverse, retaining its visceral sound while being ultra-melodic at the same time. I'm amazed where I've never felt that way about their prior material. In that way it reminds me of Pantokrator's last album, which also was a magnum opus I wasn't expecting.

Not sure what the lyrics really point to on the hopeful end (there are rays of light) but boy does it go hard at sin and human depravity! I think the use of the f-word on multiple tracks should be noted to give others pause. It's definitely used alongside the fierce aim of the lyrics.

I'm not defending the use of the F word but it's more acceptable in Europe. My brother was in Germany and said Christians would say it .
Imo, they have improved with every album.

Black Rider wrote:I'm not defending the use of the F word but it's more acceptable in Europe. My brother was in Germany and said Christians would say it .
Imo, they have improved with every album.

Yeah. I get that. Even in the UK there are different words that are/aren't used with the same social stigma as in the U.S. I'm not making a comment on it either way just noting it as we'll all hear it differently. I was surprised to hear it but I got it in the context of the lyrical bend.