Named after one of the accused in the Salem witch trials, Abigail Williams are a mainstay of American Black metal. Now reduced to founder member Ken "Sorceron" Bergeron as the sole active member, this is their first album in six years, and it is an absolute gem. This is wide-screen black metal, epic, pounding and utterly exhilarating. It is fantastic in both its scale and scope. It is a sumptuous cacophony of blistering heaviness and ethereal atmospherics. An absolute delight of a record.

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