NUCLEARHAMMER Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer 2 x LP

NUCLEARHAMMER Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer 2 x LP

__________________________________________________________
(Nuclear War Now! Productions)
*** This is a new and unplayed item, direct from the CRUCIAL BLAST shop. ***

DESCRIPTION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST:
   Somewhere in between Nuclearhammer's 2009 album Obliteration Ritual and their latest, this Canadian outfit matured from their earlier, Blasphemy-influenced blackgrind into a more streamlined, industrial-tinged cosmic assault that is even more pulverizing, making Serpentine Hermetic Lucifer one of my favorite Nuclear War Now releases of 2014. The newest celestial death-rite from this Toronto-based outfit (which includes past and present members of Adversarial, Paroxsihzem and Dead Of Winter), Serpentine is a hellish, drone-laced blastbeast, fusing brief passages of sub-zero electronic ambiance to the band's bludgeoning blackened death metal and blunt shocks of bestial noisecore. From the opening track, the band explodes into a swarming mass of barbaric blastbeats and crazed squiggling guitar solos, locking into a crushing gravitational groove at the center of the swirling noise, a haunting minor key melody slowly taking shape before descending endlessly through the relentless blast-storm of "Multi-Dimensional Prism of Black Hatred". The brutally cold, chaotic atmosphere is established immediately, as each of the longer tracks develop into an intensely violent storm of Conqueror-esque black/death layered with unusual traces of ghostly melody, their eerie droning tremolo riffs and spectral textures elevating this stuff above the typical Ross Bay worshipping deathblast. The band's echoing monstrous vocals and sinister dissonant riffery gives much of this an almost Lovecraftian vibe that lurks behind the album's strangely titled songs and atmosphere of cosmic horror, and interspersed amongst those longer, sprawling tracks of churning blackened death are shorter pieces that range from abrasive blasts of industrial drone like "24-Cell (Octoplex)" and "600-Cell (Hexacosichoron)" to grinding mechanical noisescapes like "H3po4 (Orthophosphoric Acid)", these harsh noise excursions occasionally leaking over into the longer songs. There are also some strategically placed eruptions of cyclonic, ultra-violent blackgrind violence like "...Rise No More" that clock in at a teeth-rattling thirty-three seconds, bordering on noisecore-like chaos, those moments packing a seriously pulverizing punch in an already violent and inhospitable listening experience.
   Elsewhere, songs like "Phosphorus Clouds Descend on Mecca " see the band slowing down considerably, unfurling into massive gloom-drenched doom, while "Parasitic (Temple of Rats) / Hpo3 (Metaphosphoric Acid) " and the pummeling closer "Cosmic Atomic Hypnosis" unleash some ferocious D-beat-laced heaviness, the latter also building towards one of those powerful, doom-laden climaxes, the end of the album attaining a kind of towering black majesty not often glimpsed with bands in this style. I'm betting that fans of both the blackened berserker noisecore of Intolitarian and the grind-infected ultra-violence of Revenge are going to especially dig Nuclearhammer's hostile, frenzied blastscapes, but this gets high recommendations for anyone into the more forward-thinking, experimental black/death chaos found with bands like Antediluvian and Mitochondrion which Nuclearhammer's glistening cosmic blastwar is most aligned with. Comes in gorgeous gatefold packaging with album art from Krag Prxzm of Paroxsihzem.   © CRUCIAL BLAST
THIS IS A NEW, UNPLAYED ITEM. Please note that for LP vinyl orders, we usually remove the vinyl from the jacket prior to shipment in order to avoid seam splits or any other kind sleeve/jacket damage that might occur during transit. This may require that we open the shrinkwrap on the record in order to carefully remove the vinyl from the inside of the jacket (if the record was originally shrinkwrapped). Feel free to contact us with any questions regarding this policy.

Crucial Blast is an independant underground label, online shop and micro-press specializing in cutting edge, transgressive, experimental heavy music and related cultural artifacts, with a particular focus on avant-metal, black noise/industrial, dark ambience, infernal psychedelia, and hardcore improv/free-jazz. You'll find everything from art-damaged European metalcore to amplifier-exploding psychedelic drones to earth-shaking post-Ayler destructo-jazz in our listings, which we update roughly every two weeks with both brand new releases and rare finds from the vaults.

ALL REVIEWS FROM CRUCIAL BLAST ARE COPYRIGHTED, AND ARE THE SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE PROPERTY OF CRUCIALBLASTSHOP.NET., AND ARE NOT TO BE REPRINTED, REWRITTEN, OR BORROWED IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM WITHOUT EXPRESS PERMISSION FROM CRUCIAL BLAST. ::: SHIPPING AND PAYMENT INFO :::

Payment for your order is expected within SEVEN DAYS from the end of auction/buy it now purchase. Our turnaround time for orders is listed at 3 days, but we usually ship within 24 hours of receiving your order.

WE DO COMBINE SHIPPING ON MULTIPLE ITEMS ! PLEASE NOTE: In order to have us combine shipping, you MUST wait for us to send you a revised invoice for your order after you have clicked on BUY IT NOW for ALL of the items you want. Please contact us if you have any questions about this.

ATTENTION INTERNATIONAL (NON-U.S.) CUSTOMERS: Recent changes in the US postal system rates for packages going out of the US have raised the cost for sending small parcels internationally; you'll get a better value for your shipping cost if you order a minimum of 2-3 items at a time. Remember to let us send you a revised invoice for combined shipping for multiple items before sending your payment.

SHIPPING TIME: We will generally ship your order the same day that we receive your payment for the order. If there are any issues or potential delays with your order, we will contact you ASAP to let you know.

Don't forget to check out all of our other CRUCIAL BLAST-approved avant-metal/black industrial/trasngressive art items and releases that are available in our Ebay store and on auction. We also have many out-of-print and rare items available in our catalog as well... CRUCIAL BLAST: An online shop specializing in experimental metal, black industrial, black psychedelia, noise rock, dark ambience, and other forms of cutting edge and left-field heaviness. We also carry a carefully curated selection of books and other printed materials from the realms of black surrealism and transgressive thought.


Hit us up with an email
if you have any questions.