LAST COPIES!

Throughout the last decade, it has been virtually impossible to follow the most subterranean fields of the Black Metal Underground without acknowledging theimportance of the Bosnian scene. The Black Plague Circle has remained a cauldron of dismal, obscure sonic terror through a body of high-quality projects and superior releases. One of the names belonging to this conclave is Sarajevo's MALEVOLUM. With its second offering, Veritas et Violentiam, this entity continues on the path set by 2018's In Absentia Lucis, but in a more intense, oppressive way. Undeniably, the four lengthy songs fill the listener with an almost suffocating aura of dread, penetrating somber Black Metal centering its delivery on outright shadowy negative riffs along with nearly ceremonial vocals, expressive and ritualistic, an obsessive performance which effectively adds to the aforementioned oppressive and cruel aura. Sonically as well as visually, Veritas et Violentiam entirely showcases the shrouded character of these tracks. The music feels as if is being summoned from a dark tomb, a sepulchral quality that extends to the ghastly and decidedly inspired artwork, a visceral and emblematic creation, vivid and symbolic in equal measures. Veritas et Violentiam is a testimony of Black Metal eminence which sees MALEVOLUM escorting the listener on a treacherous journey.