Wurdulak – Ceremony In Flames (2001)

November 22, 2023

People seem to shit on this project but I’ve enjoyed both the full lengths I’ve heard. Ceremony In Flames gives black metal a bit of groove, and Maniac’s vocals (shared here with Killjoy from Necrophagia) are always a fucking pleasure to listen to. If you think Maniac is a shit vocalist you need to get your fucking head checked. Production is thick and chunky yet dynamic and organic – which works well with cold black metal riffs (who’d have thought?) as well as the more groovier passages. This shit rules. Fuck the haters.