Country: USA
Title: Adumbratus
Label: Moribund Records
Year: 2019
Style: Black Metal

Founded in 2004, Haeresiarchs of Dis is now a one man studio project with Cernunnos as the man behind it. He also tried with a complete line-up at some point in time, but it seems it didn't work, and so most, if not all, of the 5 full-length albums are composed and recorded by himself. The new material is made of 13 tracks (one of them is made of two parts, and the last track is hidden, sounds like an attempt to a Western movies soundtrack, but a failed attempt that is) and clocks over an hour of intense, atmospheric, mysterious, mostly fast-paced Black Metal lead by some of the sharpest shrieks you'll hear in this genre. The song structures are multi-layered, at times giving the impression they're about to become symphonic, at other building a huge chaotic, even progressive wall of Black Metal soundscapes. The label says HoD is the US response to Arcturus and Emperor, and I tend to agree, with the mention HoD's music has way, way more chaos built in, and thinking about that it is a real surprise when you get some acoustic guitar interludes, or some absolutely tasty melodic guitar solos like out of nowhere, or a strong '90's Progressive Death Metal scent to some of the compositions, and the upfront, heavy hitting bass lines are no little cause of that. Overall the atmospheres created by HoD are so oppressive and sinister it will be quite a journey going through all these 13 tracks, only the initiated will embrace the album, I'm sure. 
Reviewed by Adrian
Rating: 8/10