Description

2022 press on dark grey marbled vinyl with gatefold cover and printed innersleeve

The French black metal scene has recently been cited as one of the most innovative and experimental in the world. Blut Aus Nord once again confirms this notion with the release of ‘777 Sect (s)’. Obviously connected to ‘777’ their industrial-leaning alter ego, this output sees the beasts become one. Bathe in the dark sounds of industrial pessimism, the perversion of spirituality and the disharmonic distrust between the soul and the machine. La Fin du Monde! Fans of this band may recall the first time they heard ‘The Work Which Transforms God’. Recall how thoroughly unsettling and, at times, terrifying the songs on that recording sounded to your virgin ears…. And you thought, perhaps as I did, ‘Is it even possible to write music that is more evil, more intense, more absolutely metal than this? I don’t think it is…’ Oh mais oui, it is. ‘777 Sects’ may eventually come to be recognized as the ‘Obscura’ of the world of technical, hellish, and artistically elite black metal. Blut Aus Nord’s music has always been a cut above the rest, stylistically speaking. This is a recording of chaos and noise, but at the same time it is a triumph of form and style. No, you still cannot understand the dying man with his throat slashed who hisses and shrieks at you. But you can hear every guitar track, every high harmonic, every hellish note bending, every ungodly bass note, every bass drum, every snare, cymbal, and who the funk knows what other strange percussion implements they used – and it is all perfectly in place, all impeccably timed, and metallically elite… just like your favorite Slayer record. Blut Aus Nord is capable of consistently raising the bar, and they have done so once again with ‘777 Sects’.

Track list:
1. Epitome I
2. Epitome II
3. Epitome III
4. Epitome IV
5. Epitome V
6. Epitome VI