In the 70s and 80s, the countries that we could name as warehouses for Metal bands were England (where Metal was born), Germany and USA. No one could have thought that the Nordic countries from Europe would have given birth to an avalanche of Metal bands in the 90s. Death Metal in Sweden, Black Metal in Norway and melodic Power Metal in Finland started revolutions in these countries, and solid musical scenes allowed the birth of bands from all Metal genres. Today, no one can deny that Sweden, Norway and Finland are the epicenter of a new Metal revolution that is coming in the near future. Bands such as SHAARIMOTH, from Norway, are reflecting this fact. Just one listen to their second album, called "Temple of the Adversarial Fire", will make you understand what I mean.

They play a funeral and morbid way of traditional Blackened Death Metal, but when we are dealing with bands from Norway, we never can say that they aren't bringing something different. These guys are playing with some atmospheric touches in the middle of tempos that aren't fast (besides there are many moments where they play in a fast and brutal way). It's really like a musical ritual to ancient dark gods, but their music binds us all, and it has a strong personality. Yes, it's truly great to hear such album!

The album was recorded at Frog Leap Studio, having Leo Moracchioli and Arvid Tjelta working on the recording sessions, and it was mixed and mastered by Thomas Tannenberger. The final result is a sound quality that is really raw and aggressive, but having a good level of sound clarity. This quality fits perfectly on what they want for their musical work.

To give an extra and special shine to the songs, some special guests give the band a taste of their individual musical talents: Arvid Tjelta on "Elevenfolded Wrath of Sitra Achra", Khaos on "Lord of Putrefaction", Thomas Tannenberger on "Lord of Putrefaction" and "Beast of Lawlessness", Patricia Morales on "Point of Egress", and Randal Collier-Ford and Thomas Tannenberger on the ambient sequences.

After 12 years of waiting, this trio came back from their grave to violate your ears. So be prepared for the funereal hymns like "The Hungry Omega" (slow paced aggressiveness with great grunts and some clean voices) and "Elevenfolded Wrath of Sitra Achra" (this one with very good rhythmic work from bass guitar and drums), the somber and climatic duo of "Lord of Putrefaction" (a bit more worked, with some broken tempos and very good guitar riffs) and "The Fires of Molok", the bitter aggressiveness that fills "Faceless Queen of Bloodstained Dreams", the fast and brutal moments heard on "Ascension of the Blind Dragon", and the very good duet of male and female vocals on "Point of Egress", and these are their finest moments.

A very good band, but please, don't take so long to release your new album.