Formed in 2015 in the south of France, Supplices are purveyors of true, authentic black metal. Their second album, De l’Infâme et du Trépas is a conceptual work of black art that marks the spiral of madness and damnation. The result is simply quite brutal in both its delivery and intention.
De l’Infâme et du Trépas, revels in its utter terror and defiance. It is gloriously terrifying with its horror-like approach and that distinctively French intensity that is both unique and unrelenting, almost decadently so. It is a journey into the abyss marked with a devastating vocal approach from Gévaudan, that writhes in agony, delivers damning accusations and fear inducing outbursts. The narrative is dark and bleak, the music extreme in the purist sense of the word, that is punctuated by incredible moments of speed and aggression and a lingering atmosphere that is disturbing and intangible. A presence that fills every track that includes Réduit aux Bas-Fonds, the inevitable fall that is L’Enfer de Dante, the lingering melancholy of Terre des Larmes and the horrifying coda of De l’Infâme et du Trépas epic in its scope that is engrossing and visceral in its delivery of the ritual.
De l’Infâme et du Trépas is a burst of extreme brutality that revels in its honesty and purity to the art of black metal, expressive in its despair and anger, its context frightening and relevant. The genre has never been in more vital and capable hands. Highly recommended.
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Release Year: 2026
Label: Chapitre XIII Production
Category: Album
Country: France
Reviewed by Sparky
