Eerie black metal.
The six songs on "Jigokuhen" are of almost similar length, about four to six minutes, and all are packed with infectiously catchy riffs, etched with shrill droning synth wash and powered by strong percussion.
Each song is presented like a horror slasher flick soundtrack in miniature, with melodrama and melody dominating the spotlight, whether with demented synth background wash or with those two sets of duelling vocals, one going off the rails and the other staying deep and even.
The musicians deliver murder all right but rather than sheer chaotic senseless slaughter, this is careful and methodical murder with considerable premeditated planning behind it.
IXIOL PROD 2023