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artist: Vulkan Grit
title: Godslaying Arcane Panoply
year: 2026
genre: Black Metal
type: Album
label: Werewolf Records
language: EN
rel. date: 2026-01-23
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:33:13
size: 76.2 MiB / 8 tracks
rip date: 2026-06-24
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/aazedwr33rg1y
tracklist:
01. Starkiller Flame of Satan 3:23
02. A Winter's Banquet 4:00
03. The Immaculate Shape of the Worm 5:48
04. Nightwinged Lust 3:33
05. Genesis of the Empire 4:24
06. Pig Abyss 4:15
07. Belfry Blasphemy 4:02
08. Heavenskin 3:49
release notes:
Vulkan Grit's take on the Black/Thrash Metal genre is just a little
different from what you might expect. Especially after also seeing the
band photos, which is not so different from, say, early Sodom or
contemporary bands like Nuctemeron or Sexmag.
Usually, when Black Metal and Thrash Metal are combined, it means there
is a good amount of First Wave of Black Metal that takes a head-on
collision with early ramshackle Thrash Metal. In other words: Hellhammer
and Venom meet Slayer and Sodom. You might have guessed it by now, that
is not much the case with Vulkan Grit. They also do not have much in
common with bands such as Aura Noir or Deströyer 666. Instead they turned
to the Second Wave of Black Metal and a slightly sharper edged sort of
Thrash Metal. Of course, there's still obvious hints to the Gods of old,
but it is clear that Vulkan Grit has been looking elsewhere for their
main inspiration - or at least, it seems so.
Other than changing the ingredients, the band left the recipe intact.
That means that the primal Black Metal is swapped for a slightly more
melodic and tremolo-picked variant of the genre and the Thrash Metal has
more to with the tightness and fast-paced sort that was more en vogue in
the 90s. Vulkan Grit weaves these elements together into a whole that
sounds a bit fresher than the average Black/Thrash Metal band's mix, but
it has the same viciousness and unbridled energy.
It is good to see that even this specific niche genre, with its rigid
values, can surprise you from time to time. For that alone, the band gets
a thumbs up, but beyond that, 'Godslaying Arcane Panoply' is a solid
debut album that the band can be proud of.