Album Review: Burial – Rejoice in Sin (Apocalyptic Witchcraft)

Burial are a no-nonsense blackened metal trio from the bleak industrial landscapes of Manchester in the UK. Apocalyptic Witchcraft will release their new album, ‘Rejoice in Sin’ on limited edition vinyl, cassette, digipack CD and digital on November 15th, 2024.

As f**king cvlt as it gets, but with a little bit of ‘tongue-in-cheekiness’ about it, as well as some death/crust influences, Burial’s new album is exactly the record to make a nun blush and grip their rosary beads that little bit tighter. It’s the kind of record to have your parents wondering where it all went wrong, the kind of record that results in midnight photo shoots in the local graveyard, and the kind of record that will definitely please Satan.

Maybe. Although the horned one is probably sick to death of all the black metal being created in his name. How about some Satan loving pop, you lot!?

That’s not Burial, they play black metal, the most frigid and bleakest of blackened metal, which is fitting considering where they are from (jokes – us Londoners love you Northerners!). They also happen to really good at it. Delivering a genuinely exciting blast of garish ugliness and mean sounding heaviness across ten hefty tracks. Where a ‘no frills’ approach results in some really tight sounding metal.

Tight metal that comes with a thick layer of corpse paint, spiky bracelets, platform boots, bullet belts, and a love of all things Immortal and Darkthrone. Burial aren’t just pretenders, managing to do a stellar job of sounding ripped straight out of the early 90s second wave of black metal, but also sounding clear and robust thanks to an excellent production job. It might be cold, it might be gloomy, but it doesn’t stop it being lovable as hell.

Of course, all of that only applies if you like black metal as be under no false illusions, this isn’t going to change a single detractors mind. It’s not the point. It is a glowering and wicked showcase of the genre that emanates from a group who may, or may not, be the embodiment of hellish demons based off the sounds they make here.

They’re here to drag us all down with them. F**k it, we’re all doomed anyway, so we might as well go down banging our heads and screeching the name of Satan as loudly as possible. Thanks Burial, I feel just that little bit more evil now.

Burial – Rejoice in Sin Track Listing:

1. Rejoice In Sin
2. Wretched Is This Life
3. Sadism For God
4. A Fear More Grave
5. The Wolfskin
6. Let Darkness Reign
7. Bastards Of Christ
8. Putrid Grave
9. Beneath The Trident
10. Black Metal Cunt

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