Sacred Rites & Black Magick BLACK 2- Vinyl

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Release: 14.10.2022
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Band STORMRULER
Release Date Oct 14, 2022
Genre Black Metal
Color Black
Packaging Gatefold Cover
Number 2

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Black double Vinyl in Gatefold Cover

As on Under A Burning Eclipse, between each song on Sacred Rites & Black Magick is an intricately positioned interlude building the ambiance and steering the thematic intensity of the album. Beginning with echoing, clean dual acoustic guitars, introductory interlude “Hymns Of The Slumbering Race” begins the procession of grand ascension and hair raising riffage to come. “Internal Fulmination Of The Grand Deceivers” flashes STORMRULER’s brand of Imperial Black Metal Warfare, shining with heavy bass and blastbeats before cascading into icy atmosphere topped by smoke-cloaked vocals. Entrancing guitars match an ebb and flow of carefully paced interludes and merciless, speeding fury, showcasing standout leads and a blazing solo. Similar epic songwriting, lush lyricism and skillful dynamics can be witnessed on tracks such as the brooding “Entranced Within The Moon Presence”, intricate “In The Shaded Vlasian Forest” and introspective, glistening “Along The Appian Way”. “To Bear The Twin Faces Of The Dragon” stages some of the most menacing sonic escapades and memorable leads of the 20-track offering, combining chants of sorcery with searing screams and waves of crushing melody, while tracks such as “Upon Frozen Shores” weave a sonic tale of occult doom atop triumphant soundscapes, breakneck rhythms and ghostly melodic passages. Standout title offering “Sacred Rites & Black Magick” sets the supreme lyrical and musical mood of the album itself, depicting just how deftly STORMRULER conjure lucid black metal as they inject energetic, unforgettable grooves and riffs into their scorching delivery – succeeding in convincing even the newest of genre converts. Closing battle opus “A Malice Dead & Cold” wraps the album with some of its most threatening riffs and heroic leads, fittingly drawing the curtain on the band’s sophomore excursion. Produced, mixed and mastered by Gabe Usery at Encapsulated Studios and featuring stunning artwork by Giannis Nakos of Remedy Art Design, Sacred Rites & Black Magick weaves epic tales of war, history, black magick and sorcery beyond the standard confines of black metal, birthing an unforgettable conceptual journey of legend that any metal fan would be remiss to ignore.

TRACKLIST

Side A:
01 Hymns Of The Slumbering Race
02 Internal Fulmination Of The Grand Deceivers
03 Adrift Dark Halls Of Vinheim
04 To Bear The Twin Faces Of The Dragon
05 In Light Of Paleblood
06 Entranced Within The Moon Presence

Side B:
07 Invocation Of The Black Sacrament
08 Sacred Rites & Black Magick
09 Oathpact
10 Ten Heralds, Ten Desolations
11 The Waters Of Iolamita
12 In The Shaded Vlasian Forest

Side C:
13 Amid A Smear Of Crimson Cloud
14 Apparitions Across The Ravencrest
15 Sanguinare Vampiris
16 Upon Frozen Shores

Side D:
17 Shadow Of The Golden Eagle
18 Along The Appian Way
19 By Winters Long Passed
20 A Malice Dead & Cold