Formicarius

It's worth remembering, yet all too easy to forget, that Black Metal was spawned in the industrial North of England, not in a forest by an icy fjord. But as the '80s faded away and the '90s began the Scandinavian hordes laid claim to this darkest of musical forms, asserting their dominance with unassailable might.

Now, there comes to the fray a band whose breathtakingly bold intent is to recapture the throne. Formicarius entwine blasting fury in coils of wicked melody, swathe monstrous power and velocity in cold shrouds of melancholic atmosphere, harness raw savagery with striking skill and musical dexterity.