Greek Occult Black Metallers WAMPYRINACHT, have released their new single “The Church Of Thorns”, taken from their forthcoming album “Night of the Desecration”, due for release on May 20th through Iron Bonehead Productions.
One of the deepest gems of the always-vital Greek Black Metal scene, WAMPYRINACHT began unholy life back in 1995. Their first demo arrived the next year, followed two years later by an EP released by Melancholy Promotion, the precursor to the infamous ISO666 label. Thereafter, WAMPYRINACHT more or less returned to the crypt, as members drifted off and mainman Necrolord sought to establish a new lineup. In 2017 WAMPYRINACHT returned with a new recording.
Thankfully, that record bore fruit in full-length form, under the title We Will Be Watching: Les cultes de Satan et les mystères de la mort. A dynamic and dazzling display of canonic Hellenic black metal but infused with a melancholy that was indeed vampyric, We Will Be Watching became a late-days essential of Greek classicism.
Patient but still present, WAMPYRINACHT arrive when the time is right with their second album, “Night of the Desecration”. Immediately, an uptick in energy and clarity is felt; the oft-otherworldly rawness of its predecessor is replaced by a stout ‘n’ surging sound brimming with a newfound professionalism that pays off in spades.
For “Night of the Desecration” burns with a fire that flickers in myriad directions – rising, falling, cresting, flowing, all-consuming at every turn across the album’s deceptively epic 43-minute runtime – but always focused, always finessed. Leading the charge is Necrolord’s guitar work here, ably balancing stout ‘n’ strident riffing with emotive ‘n’ bone-chilling leads; the Heavy Metal spirit at the core of classic Greek Black Metal pulses proudly, but WAMPYRINACHT doubtlessly put their own shadowy twist on it.
Tracklist:
- The Fountain of All Sorrows and WrathThorns for my Damnation
- Night of the Desecration
- My Angel
- The Church of Thorns
- A Wanderer’s Journey…
- Hammer of the Angels
- …Towards the Glimmering Star
- Of Statues Wrecked and Ruined
You can listen to “The Church Of Thorns” in the following video:
