Antichrist Siege Machine are one of the wildest extreme-metal bands in the world right now. The Richmond, Virginia duo play an utterly cacophonous breed of war metal that fuses skin-searing black metal textures with bone-snapping death metal riffage — all played at a relentless speed that could make a seasoned grindcore drummer pull a calf muscle.
Their 2021 album, Purifying Blade, is a hellacious triumph, and today (February 19th) they've announced its impending follow-up, Vengeance of Eternal Fire. The LP is out in April via Profound Lore, but Antichrist Siege Machine have shared a taste of it today in the form of a brutalizing new song called "Sisera."
One of the most staggering things about Purifying Blade is that the machine-gun-fire tempo almost never let up from start to finish. Listening to that record was like surrendering your ears to a firing squad.
"Sisera" starts off just as fast, but in the middle, it transforms into a lurching, crushing groove that you can actually bang your head to without cracking a vertebrae in your spine. It's a fucking awesome song, and you can listen above via YouTube.
Vengeance of Eternal Fire arrives April 19th and you can pre-order it here.
