A quick, initial listen to Teitanblood's new EP, Accursed Skin, reveals no massive surprises. The EP—which follows 2014's full-length Death—offers up two new songs, the title track and "Sanctified Dysecdysis." Between the two of them, the tracks span a combined 26 minutes—or, in other words, nearly an album's worth of noxious black/death aggression, wrapped in a perfectly filthy (but extremely listenable) production. Is it groundbreaking, or experimental, or unexpected? No—and thank fuck for that, because if 2016 somehow managed to ruin Teitanblood, there'd truly be no hope left for any of us.This is the kind of deceptively simple-seeming but devilishly complex music that demands repeat listens in order to truly unlock its secrets (or at least decipher the notes lurking behind that sepulchral guitar tone). Sure, the Morbid Angel influence that rears its ugly head halfway through the title track is hard to miss, as is the doomed tempo and creepy, alien atmospheric moments that reoccur throughout the EP, but knowing Teitanblood, there's a lot more left to suss out. In the interest of sharing this with you, dear reader, as soon as possible, I'll stop typing and leave it to you to absorb—either on Bandcamp, or via the limited vinyl edition that's now available from Norma Evangelium Diaboli and The Ajna Offensive.Enough said. Listen below, and order the vinyl version before it sells out—because it will, because IT'S FUCKING TEITANBLOOD.Kim Kelly is anxiously awaiting her vinyl copy on Twitter.
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