casting a spell leather and hell: Imperial (El Salvador)

Imperial (El Salvador): "The Excelsus Majesty of Blackness” (2010) and “Beyond the Blaze” (2011)

Reportedly, Imperial’s new album is on its way soon. In the meantime, the band’s previous recordings are available for free from their Facebook page. The charm of Imperial feeds upon the necro melodic with the keyboards. It is the kind of songs that the black metal totalist will recognize and welcome immediately. The shrieking, the lo-fi atmosphere, the tremolo and melody and the generally furious pace make the album readily enjoyable, with no reservations. Imperial manifests the black metal style that inspires them, and now let your ears be the witness.

By the way of contrast, the “Beyond the Blaze” 3-song demo heralds a shift towards keyboardless, necroer black metal, ratcheting up the pressure in terms of energy and delivery. This is a noticeable but ultimately small change because Imperial is fast and necro, regardless of the keyboards. Imperial plays black metal and having keyboards or not does not make or break the sound.

Both recordings offer strong points, except that “Beyond the Blaze” pushes the speed and viciousness to higher levels. Imperial knows black metal. Get to know Imperial, this black metal asks for no material reward, only to travel to the covered recesses of the psyche of the metal explorer.

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