Legends of the night. Demons of the dark. NECROPHOBIC have been wringing blood and bile from the hangman’s noose since 1989. Arch purveyors of a uniquely vicious and vital strain of blackened death metal, the Swedish quintet have amassed an imperious catalogue of arcane horrors over the last three decades. Making an immediate impression with their classic 1993 debut “The Nocturnal Silence”, they have thrived in creative fits and spurts, often disappearing into the shadows for long periods, but always returning with another densely atmospheric paean to Hell’s depths.