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Hot on the heels of their debut LP, Scimitar returns with their follow-up opus simply entitled Scimitarium II!

They arrived as a fully formed force of nature with an album far beyond the reach and scope of bands significantly deeper in their discographies. It should come as no surprise that their follow-up drinks even more deeply from the same well of riches as their first effort. Somehow, this time around there is more light in the dark, although the glimmers and rays only serve to amplify the heaviness of the utter pitch-blackness.

Opening itself up in a wrenching moment of becoming, Scimitarium II begins like an infernal piece of machinery, a vast, complex engine of sound slowly but steadily finding its inexorable pace until vocalist Shaam A’s voice breaks upon its nascent rhythms like glass. Once velocity is reached, there is seemingly no stopping this breathless journey as its angular guitar lines narrowly wend themselves through cavernous tunnels, leaving echoing tendrils in their wake, all while the frantic rhythm section threatens to shake the whole damn thing to pieces. The flaming Scimitar is born of smoke, ash, and mystic flame, burning itself brightly for ritual rebirth; a self-immolating operation capable of incredible creation and terrible destruction!

Black LP