One of the most iconic bands of the modern Polish metal underground, for nearly a decade now, Nekkrofukk have been pursuing an extremely dark ‘n’ deranged form of blackened doom that harkens back to black metal’s earliest and most unorthodox days. Nekkrofukk is the sole work of ultra-prolific maniac Lord K., renown for DeathEpoch, Goathrone, and Deathvasstator among many others. But ultimately, Nekkrofukk is his most personal vehicle of expression, and hereby has he spit disgust upon the cross over the course of four EPs, three full-lengths, and even a live album.
Perversion and depravity are the law here. With a black/doom atmosphere and Lord K knows how to bring emotions through music. After a weird intro, we have “Summoning of Azrael” that show that kind of slow suffering and painful path through the 5 minutes of the song. The keyboards are a a haunting element here, like the guitars are in the song “Kkursed Gathering of Sabbath“, devastating roars combined with slashing guitars and drums that seem to loop forever from a decaying heartbeat. That is the sickiest atmosphere ever! In “Devil’s Blood Injection” we have the same formula marked by the slow and painful coldness with sharp and dirty guitars, indistinguishable amidst the sonic tangle that flows into a riff with bells that seem to be intended to drive us crazy.
“Śpiewając Psalm Śmierci” starts with squealing pigs and crying babies? What am I listening to here? Sadistic laughter and a horrifying atmosphere fills my ears. It feels like being in the middle of a cheap gore movie. “Vlci Zena” has the most Black/Doom metal atmosphere on the album. Constant roars interrupted by guitars with fast riffs that are mixed by slow keyboards and drums that seem to guide a burial. The vocals are slower and more spoken which makes the track intoxicating.
The triumph of death rises again in the form of Nekkrofukk‘s fourth full-length, Mysterious Rituals in the Abyss of Sabbath & Eternal Celebration of the Blakk Goat. Demanding much from the listener but caring not one bit for one’s comfort, the tongue-twisting Mysterious Rituals in the Abyss of Sabbath & Eternal Celebration of the Blakk Goat sees Lord K. taking Nekkrofukk in a direction that’s both catchier and more evilly experimental. Like Beherit and Barathrum drowning together in glue or Faustcoven covering Mortuary Drape simultaneously, matters move malevolently and s-l-o-w-l-y here, yet the wealth of textural twists applied puts Nekkrofukk in rarefied company. Of course, it’s massive and ugly – or, simply, MASSIVELY UGLY – and keeps its nose firmly within the closed borders of heavy metal, but that doesn’t mean Mysterious Rituals in the Abyss of Sabbath & Eternal Celebration of the Blakk Goat sacrifices any otherworldly experience. Indeed, to “experience” Nekkrofukk here is to submit to sin and the darkest of arts, to open one’s third eye and be blinded by boundless darkness absolute. Or, one could merely be CRUSHED underfoot by the album’s ominous plod & pound…it matters not to Lord K.
Nekkrofukk have stood as one of the pillars of Putrid Cult since the beginning, and the blood pact grows even thicker with the heightened expectations placed upon Mysterious Rituals in the Abyss of Sabbath & Eternal Celebration of the Blakk Goat. If you want blood, you got it!
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