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A split album betweel the Polish act Black Altar and Norwegian act Beastcraft. Polish black metal powerhouse Black Altar have been around for 21 years now, and continue to deliver darkness and despair on record after record. This album is going to be a crowdpleaser for all those who can’t get enough evil and memorable black metal. Unlike some bands that sound contrived or overly experimental, all the tracks on this record stand out due to good songwriting and unique riff structure. Black Altar, or atleast mainman Shadow, shows that he is a man that thinks everything through while creaing his music. He probably loves this as he ads both space for technique and creativity in his music. It might not be the most complicated riffs but they do change quite often and are variable to keep the music interesting. For the track Tophet he is joined but several guests that are worth mentioning like, Vader drummer James Steward and guest vocals from V.Priest from Acherontas, Acerbus from Ondskapt and Soarath Northgrove from Beastcraft. The Norwegian act Beastcraft is featured here with 6 tracks and their music is raw and quite primitive. Their music is like a slow-burning, atmospheric ritual. The band is bringing a raw but incredibly detailed post-black metal sound that is brilliantly structured with dark melody. One of the better tracks on the whole split album might be the Beastcraft tune Blackwinged Messiah, which has a more traditional black metal sound

Track list:
1. Black Altar -Intro
2. Black Altar -Tophet
3. Black Altar -Winds Ov Decay
4. Black Altar -Pentagram Sacrifice-Beastcraft cover
5. Black Altar -Outro
6. Black Altar -Tophet-iIndustralized by PreEmptive Strike
7. Beastcraft –In The Hour Of The Horns
8. Beastcraft –Deathcraft And Necromancy
9. Beastcraft –Blackwinged Messiah
10. Beastcraft –Burnt At His Altar-live
11. Beastcraft -Ressurection Through Desecration And Churchfires
12. Beastcraft –In Thy Glory