Artist: BLACK ANVIL
Album: AS WAS (CD US-IMPORT)

Release date: 2017
EAN/UPS: 781676735426
Media type: CD

New York City's BLACK ANVIL return with As Was, the staggering 50-minute follow-up to 2014's Hail Death. Atmospheric and melodic without relenting on any of the ferocity BLACK ANVIL have always been known for, As Was seamlessly weaves through eight monumental passages of extreme metal art. More diverse, complex, and thought-provoking than anything they've done before, As Was is a stellar representation of modern black metal, and of BLACK ANVIL's continuous progression and songcraft. Featuring cover art by Metastazis (Behemoth, Watain, Morbid Angel) and recorded at Menegroth by Colin Marston (Krallice, Gorguts, Panopticon) with mixing and mastering done by Tore Stjerna at Necromorbus Studio (Tribulation, Funeral Mist, Watain).

Recommended if you like: Watain, Behemoth, Abbath, Enslaved, Altar of Plagues, Rotting Christ, Drudkh, The Ruins of Beverast ...

TRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:

1. On Forgotten Ways
2. May Her Wrath Be Just
3. As Was
4. Nothing
5. As An Elder Learned Anew
6. Two Keys: Here’s The Lock
7. The Way of All Flesh
8. Ultra