The Black Hex

‘The Black Hex’ is 18 minutes of pure darkness; a filthy, grimy collision of ritual black metal and doom/drone that is unlike anything I’ve heard in years. The only comparison that comes to mind is early Abruptum, but really this is in a league of its own.
There’s very little in the way of actual music here; instead we get what sounds like an improvised cacophony of screeching, wailing guitars, piercing keyboards and sound effects, and seemingly random drumming. Vocals are screeched, moaned, growled, and always completely inhuman.
What ‘The Black Hex’ lacks in structure (although, in this case, this lack of structure is very much a positive thing), it more than makes up for in atmosphere. Imagine The Axis Of Perdition at their most twisted; Extinction makes them sound like pop music.
Doubtless some people will dismiss this as mere noise, but then this type of music was never intended for everybody, and it’s certainly not meant to be enjoyed. If you’re searching for a record of malicious, twisted evil, then you won’t find much better than this.