侍 THE SAMURAI - 侍 二 The Samurai II Variant:Purple vinyl with Japanese OBI Belial's debut full length album

Belial's debut full length album “Never Again” (1993) was well received by fans and even had some commercial success cementing their name as one of the cruelest and darkest-sounding Finnish death metal band of their time

and string instruments masterfully played by Grody himself

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but curses them with a soundscape of carnal delight

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侍 THE SAMURAI - 侍 二 The Samurai II Variant:Purple vinyl with Japanese OBI Belial's debut full length albumRaw melodic black metal with a regal disposition that carries its abrasive melancholy with an assured presence. This offering from Oriental project (The Samurai) is persisting through the veils of primitive noise, producing a succession of tracks that subtly ascend towards a long form climax that repeats a hauntingly, catchy refrain throughout. Like a morbid mantra of nihilism this is some really well crafted, spell binding and atmospheric raw black