POISONED PRIEST - Goat Cult Bizarre LP (STORM) (Preorder)

NB! Preorder item, est. release October

Consumed by blasphemic winds, bleeding profusely in the streets and denied sanctum to stew within the new-found possession of Haugesund, Norway-based black/death thrash metal duo POISONED PRIEST now reaches intensity enough to warrant a charged and ripping debut full-length album. Blurring together shades of early North American black/death metal with Scandinavian black-thrashing and punkish death stakes ‘Goat Cult Bizarre‘ ends up being a surprisingly well-fleshed yet primally cracked through exploration of demented underground canon. The level of craft applied here reveals itself as astute despite their overall brutish attack where heightened sound design and sub-genre stoked action compliment unto a sometimes frantic, always wrathful first impression.

Poisoned Priest formed in 2025 by way of guitarist, bassist, vocalist Marco and drummer Aleksander, brothers who are best known for their aggressive thrash metal band Shakma. For this project they’ve aimed for a primitive thrash and hardcore punk incensed form of 80’s black/death metal illustrating believable path between the rattling lunge of Repulsion, the thrashing mutiny of Nunslaughter and the simpler thrashing black metal of (earlier) Aura Noir as suggested points of reference/inspiration. This approach necessitates shorter ~3 minute pieces which slap past, cut their riffs in quick succession as they veer between d-beaten deathpunk and mean black/thrash movements. (Mystification)

Ltd. 100x "Storm" black/white marble vinyl with insert

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