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Shroud of the Heretic Howl Mockery at the Cross with "Heretical Screams"

This band is sick. Not sick as in "sick gnarly thrash beers bro," sick as in "it sounds like there may be something very wrong with their upstairs."

This band is sick. Not sick as in "sick gnarly thrash beers bro," sick as in "it sounds like there may be something very wrong with their upstairs."

Portland trio Shroud of the Heretic heave up a steady stream of thick, cloudy, bilious death metal on their debut full-length. 'Revelations in Alchemy' slithers and churns, scraping towards the esoteric whilst dwelling in the subterranean muck that spawned the dark, doomy likes of Autopsy, Demigod and fresher meat Cruciamentum and Impetuous Ritual.

Second track "Heretical Screams" is a lurching midtempo stomp that staggers between murky melody and outright blunt force. 'Revelations in Alchemy' is out March 10th on Swedish label Blood Harvest.

Doomed to death, damned in hell.