MUTILATION RITES - Empyrean (CD)

Brooklyn's Mutilation Rites play rapid fire 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 drummer Justin Ennis (Tombs) and new bassist Ryan Jones (Today Is The Day and Wetnurse) - release an impressive debut LP, Empyrean.