2018’s Mark of the Necrogram contained the king of bangers, “Tsar Bomba,” and the embedded “Mirror Black” is both its stylistic and spiritual successor on Dawn of the Damned. These guys are on an absolute tear when it comes to releasing quality metal, and Dawn of the Damned sees them solidifying their melodic blackened death style even further while bolstering it with even more melody than before. What the hell was I worried about? As far as I’m concerned, just change the band’s name to Necrop4.0bic and be done with it. Thus, expectations were high when I pressed play on 2020’s Dawn of the Damned, and I honestly feared that they couldn’t be met. So, to say that Necrophobic has impacted the trajectory of my life as a music fan and/or journalist would be an understatement. A few months after the release of Mark of the Necrogram, I was thoroughly enjoying the new Immortal album - the first pure black metal album I ever loved - and I was answering the casting call to write for this site. It was the first time that I seriously considered how cool it might be to write reviews for AMG. Not only did my enjoyment of the band’s previous release Mark of the Necrogram begin my quest to discover and love black metal, but I still remember reading Al Kikuras‘ incredible review of said album. Necrophobic holds a special place in my heart. I’m not exactly sure how responsibility for this review survived its fall down the AMG Seniority Ladder™ to find its way to little old me, but I’m certainly glad it did.
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