Hailed as one of the leading Black Metal outfits to come out of the Czech Republic, Inferno has been thriving in the underground cult scene since their inception in 1996. With more split releases and EP's to their name than full length albums, the band has just unleashed their fifth studio effort and first for Agonia Records entitled Black Devotion.
While Inferno's straight ahead and uncompromising attack is extremely potent, they have a tendency to stick to pretty much the same formula from song to song. This isn't necessarily a bad thing mind you, as this kind of approach will appeal to a lot of Black Metal fans. However if you are like me and prefer your BM to have more of an even balance between cold sounding atmospheres and lighting fast, crushing riffs, and not have it solely be about relentless blast beats and super fast, tremolo picked guitar riffs, then Black Devotion probably isn't going to make too much of an impact. It's not like the songs or the performances are horrible or anything like that, it's just that in the end there wasn't anything about Black Devotion that struck me as being terribly original or something I haven't heard done countless times before. If you're a diehard Inferno fan then this is probably an essential purchase, otherwise you can safely afford to take a pass on this one.
Track Listing
1) Prolog
2) Superior Will
3) Whisper Of Hope In Bloody Tears
4) Holy Poison
5) Eaten By Rats Forever
6) Loyalty Of Honor
7) Altar Of Perversity
8) Message To Ages
9) Sign Of Hell
10) Way To Illumination Lies In Darkness
11) Epilog
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