MORE HATE PRODUCTIONS RUSSIAN UNDEGROUND METAL LABEL

Hailing from the opposite ends of the world, ASTARIUM (Russia) and FIRE MESSIAH (USA) teamed up on this CD in order to create a really catchy synth heavy / black metal work. Focused on such themes like Northern mythology, cruelty and vengeance, each of the bands brings its own unique interpretation, breathing life into the stinking corpse of contemporary black metal. At the same time, the whole material sounds stylistically integral and solid, without breaking up into separate parts. ASTARIUM use old-school black metal approach enriched with symphonic and atmospheric elements to chant the praises of the gods of the frosty pantheon: the first part of the split includes hymns to Morena, the giants of Niflheim and Vendigo roaming between the worlds. FIRE MESSIAH add a good share of raw punk rock to their black metal, while the use of synthesizers and symphonic elements forms the foundation for their songs about inevitable day of reckoning, death and loss of humanism in this world.