THE BLACK - The Priest Of Satan LP

The Black, with Jon Nödtveidt on guitars, keyboards, and vocals.

Rare is it when a black metal album is too good to be true. But this is the case for the absurdly underrated "The Priest of Satan" by the Swedish band "The Black."

To start, the album design is magnificent; it has the right kind of atmosphere that is synonymous with the Scandinavian black metal scene in the 80s and 90s. The songs are all worthy of their genre, and the album itself kicks off with an eerie instrumental track to bring a hellish atmosphere to the forty-minute epic.

Overall I have to say if you really enjoy that special magic of early second wave pure black metal this is a must listen. Some people used to the sounds of black metal today might not enjoy the mixture of some primitive death metal riffs, etc. but thats their loss. Recommended for fans of early Norwegian black metal and albums like Necrophobic's The Nocturnal Silence or Marduk's Dark Endless.

Reprint, 500x heavyweight gray with heavy black splatter 12" (180g) in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve, full-color on 220g uncoated (matte), simple jacket, printed on 350g uncoated (matte), all assembled in a plastic overbag.