Finnish black death metal masters Blood Chalice is finally ready to conquer the underworld again with their upcoming debut album, "The Blasphemous Psalms of Cannibalism," coming out September 9th via Werewolf Records.
Formed in 2015, Blood Chalice features several Finnish metal veterans among its ranks, spanning a slew of extreme styles. However, the goal has always remained firm: uncompromising, close-minded BLACK/DEATH savagery.
The first strike came in 2016 with a self-titled demo, followed the next year by the gutsfucking debut album Sepulchral Chants of Self-Destruction. Diehards hailed the album; the rest recoiled in horror.
And metalheads further drive home that point, five years later, with their second full-length, The Blasphemous Psalms of Cannibalism. Indeed, they honor ancient Finnish roots by (gutsfuckingly) leaning on the noble foundation laid forth by early Impaled Nazarene, Archgoat, Belial, and even Mythos, so muscular and still-death-metalled is BLOOD CHALICE's thrust.
Blood Chalice keeps memorability at a maximum - nearly as much as the savagery, which reaches critical mass on The Blasphemous Psalms of Cannibalism - and evinces a short/sharp/shocked style of songwriting gleaned from those pillars' grounding in early grindcore. No more but certainly no less. This is trend-free OLD black metal brewed with disdain for the nowadays scene.
Stream Blood Chalice's preview song "From the Grave of Livyatan" below and don't forget to pre-order the album here.