NAZXUL (Astriaal, Australia) "Iconoclast *[ SALE! ]"

Description:
One of the most cult names in Black Metal, enigmatic Australian legends NAZXUL return after a long hiatus and deliver another classic: the fittingly titled 'Iconoclast'. A near-perfect synthesis of cosmic atmosphere and unremitting barbarity, 'Iconoclast' both distorts the mind and ravages the body. Taking the listener deeper into the dark, stranger hinterlands of the imagination, this is NAZXUL!

14 Songs (56:09 minutes), CD includes 20-page booklet with translucent (Vellum) paper printing. (2009)

* TRACK-LIST:

01. Apoptosis (0:43)
02. Dragon Dispitous (5:17)
03. III (0:53)
04. Black Wings (5:25)
05. V (2:05)
06. Iconoclast (7:42)
07. I (1:22)
08. Set in Array (5:17)
09. II (1:22)
10. Symbol of Night & Winter [Ancient Lords] (4:48)
11. Oath [Fides Resurrectio] (7:44)
12. Stain of Harrow (5:22)
13. World Oblivion (4:44)
14. Threnody (3:25)

* Found online [excerpts] at Encyclopaedia Metallum:

"Fresh daemonic energy, an instant classic" * Score = 100%
14 long years have passed since Australia's cult black metal act released their worthy debut album Totem, but the band has not been completely silent in the interim. Line-up changes, the release of splits and EPs, etc. have done little to sate the cravings. But, I say to you here, it turns out the wait was worth it, because 'Iconoclast' is the greatest Australian black metal album ever produced.

It is only fitting that the current line-up of the band is culled from a who's who of Aussie hopefuls, with members that have been involved with (or are currently involved in) Pestilential Shadows, Drowning the Light, Austere, Rift, Astriaal, Nox Inferi, Battalion and Woods of Desolation, to list a few...thus, Nazxul has become what seems a national collaboration of severe ass kicking.

'Iconoclast' has, in my opinion, become an instant classic the moment the first listener spun the disc. It is really that good. Beyond the amazing songcraft and musical skill of the band, it sounds simply amazing. The intros all reverberate across the dark skies of your imagination, and the metallic core sounds as devastating as anything you have loved in the past 20 years of the form. I do not like to predict an 'album of the year' when I've got months left on the calendar, but you can rest assured 'Iconoclast' will be in heavy contention. You MUST hear this album.
-- autothrall (Sept. 2009) http://www.fromthedustreturned.com