{"product_id":"malicious-merciless-storm-mlp-preorder","title":"MALICIOUS - Merciless Storm MLP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt was but October 2020 when INVICTUS released MALICIOUS' long-awaited debut album, Deranged Hexes. With both band moniker and album title aptly-fucking-named, MALICIOUS' Deranged Hexes completely upratcheted the band's foundational sound - a car crash of cobwebbed evil and gibbering intensity, ranging the likes of Necrovore, ‘80s Possessed, and especially Mike Browning-era Morbid Angel to the earliest (and best) works of Sarcofago and Sepultura - to an insanely OTT level. In every respect, the record was the penultimate in blackened Metal of Death, and it was duly hailed for its dangerously unhinged demeanor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThree years may've passed since that recording, but MALICIOUS have only become more unhinged in the meantime. Witness the four-song Merciless Storm. Tauntingly titled once again, Merciless Storm picks up right where Deranged Hexes left off, but sees the Finns following a natural progression in all aspects. With a runtime of 11 minutes, it's mercilessly \/ mercifully short and sweet, upping the violence and aggression to levels impossibly beyond that nuclear-powered debut album. And yet, the songwriting remains\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estout and streamlined and perhaps minutely more detailed and even palatably \"refined.\" If anything, Merciless Storm possesses a clearer soundfield, but that only amplifies the savagery to an insane degree, especially the '80s Slayer-style solos. Nothing else to say: this is a fucking Merciless Storm!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack vinyl MLP with screen-printed B-side \u0026amp; insert\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInvictus 2023\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003ciframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/993Qfk2i-Qs?si=t8ImkjUZ7lXl5WL0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Invictus","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50415169667345,"sku":"","price":279.0,"currency_code":"NOK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/3914\/1044\/files\/maliciousmerciless.jpg?v=1727152255","url":"https:\/\/rekviem.no\/products\/malicious-merciless-storm-mlp-preorder","provider":"Rekviem","version":"1.0","type":"link"}