Kult Of Taurus - Adversarial Paths: The Sinister Essence GLP

Gatefold black vinyl with large stapled bookletFollowing on from 2013's critically acclaimed Divination Labyrinths, KULT OF TAURUS' latest Adversarial Paths is likewise aptly titled: the Greek quintet continue to refine and reinvent their singular, Satanic path, with their journey taking them down myriad diabolical routes. The album zigzags across a wide swath of terrain, but always firmly within the lexicon of black metal; it's constantly churning, twisting itself into new shapes, knowing full well where it wants to go but never revealing its secrets too easily. In many ways, with a vanguard approach to black metal that never strays into trite self-consciousness or knowing irony, but rather focuses on an individualistic and idiosyncratic approach to sonic Satanism, Adversarial Paths: The Sinister Essence harks back to a lost era of '90s Norwegian avant-garde BM like Fleurety, Ved Buens Ende, and Dodheimsgard, whose Vicotnik mixed and mastered this new album. Rounding out this total se