Unhuman Disease - De Templi Autem Veteris Serpentis (2016)

Previously on OPIUM HUM:
Unhuman Disease - Black Creations of Satan (2009)

The latest and best full-length from one of the US' finest. As evil and raw as ever -- OK, maybe slightly less raw -- but with more ritual and atmosphere, and a greater sense of songcraft. My 23rd favorite black metal record of 2016. Incidentally, I've been revisiting a lot of the stuff on that list, so expect more from it in the coming weeks.

Track listing:
1. Maleficent Devoutness
2. Obscurity of Invocation
3. Inner Ascension to Incandescence
4. Behold the Magnificence of Satan
5. Accursed Ritual
6. Illuminated Eternal
7. Holy Flames of Perdition
8. De Templi Autem Veteris Serpentis

The sinister calling

Also check out:

Tenebrae in Perpetuum -
Onori Funebri Rituali (2003)

Drowning the Light -
Catacombs of Blood (2010)

Unhuman Disease - Black Creations of Satan (2009)

Raw, Satan-worshipping US black metal. Endless blastbeats and tremolo picking, distorted rasps, extremely simple riffs. There's something hypnotic, even convincingly evil about the way these songs stubbornly refuse to go anywhere, leaving the listener to aimlessly drift through endless blackness.

Track listing:
1. Black Creations of Satan
2. Summoned in Fire
3. Curses Within Me
4. As I Kneel Before Thee
5. Under His Black Wings
6. Of This Sanity
7. Bleeding in Darkness
8. Upon the Altar of Perversion
9. Congregation of Satanas
10. Sealed in Flesh
11. Wretchedness Consumes Me

Demonic unholy night

If you like this, try:

Orenda - Back in the Grave (2006)

Unholy Crucifix - Black Mass Metal (2012)