Sacrilege (uk)
(it/black) Behind The Realms Of Madness (2lp)
Having played with the likes of influential movers and shakers on the anarcho-punk scene Antisect and Icons Of Filth, on their first full-length LP, Birmingham's Sacrilege established themselves as a unique force to be reckoned with, wreaking havoc on what we could classify as sonic tropes belonging to a spectrum of subgenres dealing in the extremes: hardcore, doom, and thrash. Fronted by Lynda 'Tam' Simpson and her seizure-inducing spells injected with a fierce, sociopolitical-cum-mythopoeic banshee bite (but not wanting to understate the line-up of Damian Thompson on guillotine-quick/milkshake thick guitars) - the six-track onslaught is every bit as crushing as the title suggests. From depraved dungeon synth-scapes on opener 'Lifeline' to the planet-flattening funeral toll of 'The Closing Irony,' one question remains: One riff to rule them all? Yes. This expandend double LP version includes demos and live cuts.