“Brooklyn's Mutilation Rites play rapidfire black metal with elements of dark doom and darker crust-- the sort of USBM that feels stately and epic, but booze-soaked and feral. After demos, a split, and the like, the quartet-- featuring ex-Tombs drummer Justin Ennis and new bassist Ryan Jones of Today is the Day and Wetnurse-- is set to release an impressive debut LP, Empyrean, on May 22 via Prosthe”
