Blackened Death Doom outfit STRIGOI, the brainchild of Greg Mackintosh (PARADISE LOST, VALLENFYRE) and Chris Casket (VALLENFYRE), will be releasing its sophomore full-length, “Viscera”, out on September 30th via Season of Mist, making it the band’s debut to the label. The band is now sharing the second new single from the offering, “King Of All Terror”.
STRIGOI comments on the song: “ ‘King Of All Terror’ highlights some of the more venomous urgency present on ‘Viscera’. From all out Blackened Grind to sombre Doom in less than 3 minutes. Lyrically, it navigates old testament vitriol, and the inherent hypocrisy of celestial hierarchy…. the worst of the worst.”
Unsettling: it’s a word which can be used to describe a good swathe of the music which has come from the mind of Greg Mackintosh over the years, but in the context of STRIGOI, it feels particularly apt.
Formed immediately after previous side project VALLENFYRE had run its course, STRIGOI found Greg and VALLENFYRE bassist Chris Casket reconfiguring the aesthetics of that band. Their 2019 debut, “Abandon All Faith”, was a notable transition, taking the Crust Punk, Death Metal and Grind influences which had defined VALLENFYRE and deriving from those an extreme music amalgam which was altogether more… well, unsettling. But if “Abandon All Faith” was a record where the memory of VALLENFYRE exerted an inevitable, but important, influence, then second album “Viscera” is where STRIGOI define and express themselves on their own terms.
“Viscera” track listing:
- United in Viscera
- King of All Terror
- An Ocean of Blood
- Napalm Frost
- Hollow
- A Begotten Son
- Bathed in a Black Sun
- Byzantine Tragedy
- Redeemer
- Iron Lung
You can listen to “The King Of All Terror” in the following video:
