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Sacred Son | The Foul Deth of Engelond | 13th May, 2022

UK Black Metal

Artwork by Mitchell Nolte

https://sacredson.bandcamp.com/album/the-foul-deth-of-engelond

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Sacred Son - S/T

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Sacred Son | Sacred Son (2017)

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Don’t ever talk to me or my sacred son again

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The Top 25 Albums of 2017: Part 2 of 5

The most difficult part about choosing my top 25 albums of the year is not which albums to put on the list, but in what order to put them in. I usually can pick out the top 5 pretty easily, but after that, it can be a bit arbitrary. Nevertheless, I think I got it mostly right. Here are five more albums that I liked a lot, but not as much as others.

#20

Sacred Son - Sacred Son

Probably the most obscure record on this year’s list, this self-titled debut from London one-man-black-metal-band Sacred Son initially drew me in with its unusual cover art. Slapping a logo on a picture that looks like it was posted on Instagram after a vacation is a bit unexpected for a black metal album, but if nothing else, multi-instrumentalist Dane Cross finds a way to stand out among the crowd. Perhaps taking a page out of the Deafheaven book, Sacred Son delivers a gorgeously textured and succinct record that is enjoyable from start to finish. 

Listen: “Cleave the Alicorn”

#19

Chelsea Wolfe - Hiss Spun

tfw no qt goth gf

Listen: “Spun”

#18

Power Trip - Nightmare Logic

Certainly one of the best ass-kicking albums of the year, Texas metal outfit Power Trip’s sophomore album combines classic thrash elements from Slayer with a fresh, catchy, modern sound. Whether you’re shouting “SWING OF THE AXE” along with “Executioner’s Tax,” or doing a number on your neck head-banging to “Firing Squad,” this record has an unforgiving attitude and is fun for the whole metal-head family.

Listen: “Firing Squad”

#17

While this is easily one of the worst album covers I have ever seen, the actual music from LCD Soundsystem’s first album in 7 years is actually pretty good. A neat blend of modern dance music with 80′s post-punk, James Murphy’s vocals are the highlight of the album. He gives it everything he’s got for 68 minutes, and the ominous music beneath him makes it all the more powerful. Not to mention, the 12-minute “black screen,” a tribute to David Bowie, is a monumental end to the album.

Listen: “how do you sleep?”

#16

Slowdive - Slowdive

Perhaps the comeback album of the year, legendary English shoegazers Slowdive return with their first album in 21 years. While most of my mentions of Slowdive remark on their inferiority to My Bloody Valentine, I can’t deny the sweet dreaminess of this latest album. It’s almost, dare I say, better than Souvlaki. That might be one of my hottest takes yet, but I justify it by listening to “Star Roving” and “Sugar for the Pill” over and over again when I’m sad.

Listen: “Star Roving”

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Sacred Son - Sacred Son

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Sacred Son by Sacred Son

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Album Review: Sacred Son - The Foul Deth of Engelond (True Cult Records)

An accomplished release that won’t make you feel good but will bring inordinate amounts of pleasure, especially if you like your black metal to sound as dark as humanly possible.

Sacred Son return with a new album, ‘The Foul Deth of Engelond’; a black metal chronicle of the 1381 Peasant’s Revolt. Weaving historical record with speculative inversion, the album recounts this fierce and tragic Great Uprising as a proto-revolutionary moment in English history that echoes loudly into our own toxic and fragmented present. The story is presented as inspiration and allegory, with…

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