Pentacle – “Under the Black Cross”
Pentacle’s self-denominated “ancient death metal” is a celebration of the original death metal spirit: Hellhammer/early Celtic Frost/early Death/Obituary gruff, agonized and brutal growling of the best possible quality with plenty of those of Tom-G.-Warrior-signature “ugh!!” The guitars have a serious, crunching, heavy, dark, mid-paced grinding feel. Excellent! Also, the production / sound is not primitive; it’s modern (in a good way!), not a basement recording. It’s a very full-sounding, in-your-face album. This is highly, highly recommended for death metal people. All Pentacle releases are great and their “Rides the Moonstorm” is a true death metal masterpiece. Iron Pegasus Records is not a huge company, so you are better off contacting them directly. I tried to get this at two metal specialty stores. They did not have it and said that they probably will not get it.
So, I sent cash and received the cd quickly.