Kerasphorus – Cloven Hoofs at the Holocaust Dawn
Genre: Black Metal
Label: Nuclear War Now! Productions
USBM has never sounded like this. It is honestly kind of hard to describe this EP, except that if you listen to it, you won’t listen to black metal the same again. This is an unholy fusion of occult black metal, and it’s definitely not for the faint of heart.
Comparisons are useless here as well. I don’t think there’s much in the way of pure USBM that can compare with Keraphorus right now. For non pure American black metal, comparisons could be Divine Eve, who are right up there with the asskicking, and of course if we leave the continent we can go to Dark Funeral and Marduk for sheer violence and hate.
NWN! has upped the ante for all labels when it comes to USBM with the release if Keraphorus, and I think this band has what it takes to lead black metal to the future. I just hope to hell that an LP is coming soon, because fuckwow this EP is just too short.
10 out of 10.