Mons Veneris - Vastlands of My Decayed Realm (2009)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:

Mons Veneris - Inferno (2005)

Mons Veneris - ...To Rape the Nazarene (2006) + Abismo a Céu Aberto (2006)

Mons Veneris - As 4 Submersões No Corpo Diabólico (2013)

Maybe my favorite Mons Veneris record. Vastlands of My Decayed Realm finds them in black metal mode, but it's a frightening, dissonant take on the genre that feels just as fucked-up as the project's more overtly experimental releases. You'd be forgiven for mistaking this for a lost LLN classic.

Track listing:

1. The Cremation of Light

2. Vastlands of My Decayed Realm

3. Darkmoon of the Vampire

4. Cursed and Tormented for All Eternity

5. Return to Chaos and Void

Misery lurks in the catacomb of the master

More like this:

Vetala - Demo I (2008) + Demo II (2009)

Wormsblood - Mastery of Creation (2009)