Black metal force STORMRULER conjure a dark opus of mystic intensity!

St. Louis, MO black metal duo STORMRULER broke out in 2021 with the avid subterranean support of their debut full-length, Under A Burning Eclipse – subsequently garnering scores of acclaim upon its wide re-release via Napalm Records. The album, which Decibel Magazine called, “one of the best black metal albums of the year”, introduced STORMRULER’s beyond-their-years execution of raw, atmospheric black metal doused in extravagant lyricism. In late 2022, the band consisting of midwestern scene stalwarts Jason Asberry (vocals/guitars/bass) and Jesse Schobel (drums/vocals) return with the aptly-entitled Sacred Rites & Black Magick – this time blistering with more unrelenting intensity while maintaining a haunting, visceral aura more ancient and foreboding than ever.

TRACKLIST CD/ 2LP:

1  Hymns Of The Slumbering Race
2  Internal Fulmination Of The Grand Deceivers
3  Adrift Dark Halls Of Vinheim
4  To Bear The Twin Faces Of The Dragon
5  In Light Of Paleblood
6  Entranced Within The Moon Presence

7  Invocation Of The Black Sacrament
8  Sacred Rites & Black Magick
9  Oathpact
10 Ten Heralds, Ten Desolations
11 The Waters Of Iolamita
12 In The Shaded Vlasian Forest

13 Amid A Smear Of Crimson Cloud
14 Apparitions Across The Ravencrest
15 Sanguinare Vampiris
16 Upon Frozen Shores

17 Shadow Of The Golden Eagle
18 Along The Appian Way
19 By Winters Long Passed
20 A Malice Dead & Cold

LINE-UP:

Jesse Schobel    - Drums & Vocals
Jason Asberry    - Vocals & Guitars