To Embrace the Corpses Bleeding

This is Judas Iscariot's 6th and final full-length album. This album is more aggressive than past albums, more in the style found on the EP Dethroned, Conquered and Forgotten. Akhenaten's voice sounds a lot different on here. More deeper, almost death metal like, to go with the more aggressive style. Cryptic Winter is again on drums on this recording.

The first song, I Awoke to a Night of Pain and Carnage is a Judas Iscariot classic! It has a Of Great Eternity riff to it only a bit more brutal. At around the 4 minute mark the song slows down a bit and a clean riff gets played behind Akhenaten's voice with some samples of raindrops and a woman screaming in the background until a second guitar kicks in. Nice riff and a cool part of the song. Another highlight of the album is In the Valley of Death, I Am Their King. This song is very epic sounding and is very good, almost Heaven in Flames good. The Dead Burst Forth From Their Tombs is the closer and Akhenaten's vocals sound amazing, very tortured and less death metal-ish. Check out that solo at 1:56. A very brutal way to end Judas Iscariot's most brutal release.

The final Judas Iscariot full-length is yet another classic recorded by Akhenaten. Not as good as Heaven in Flames or Thy Dying Light, but not many black metal albums can reach that level. This is a solid release from start to finish (yet again) and another album that you must own!