Black Witchery-Upheaval of Satanic Might (2005)

This is the kind of dumb black metal album that I have an admitted weakness for. Getting by on nothing but a professed aesthetic of speed, Satan, and corpse paint, Black Witchery barely qualify as music. This is a band that polarizes even in the extreme underground. But there is something about the repetitive blur that is enthralling and addicting. It really does have to sink in a bit, you really do have to acquire the taste. Comparing this to their previous outpouring of hate, 'Desecration of the Holy Kingdom', there is a bit of musical advancement here. The riffs are audible, and is not simply a collection thrashing atonality. But you are not here for lullabies, you came searching for a distillation of pure cartoonish evil, and Black Witchery fill that void ably.

Rating: 8 out of 10