Dead Flesh Stigma - Necrocosmic Death Ritual (CD - Released: 15 November 2024)

Masterminded by VARGRAV / DRUADAN FOREST mainman V-Khaoz, DEAD FLESH STIGMA is a psilocybin-fueled plunge into the vast-yet-oft-unexplored abyss of industrialized black metal. Joining him are a number of esteemed guest vocalists, including Hellwind (GRIEVE, EMBRYONIC SLUMBER et. al.), Narqath and J13 from Azaghal, and the notorious Graf Werwolf von Armageddon.

The collective's first public work, Necrocosmic Death Ritual is an aptly titled album: in space, no one can hear you scream. With rusty robotic pistons pumping and torched tones searing above and below, DEAD FLESH STIGMA's debut album seeks to overwhelm the senses, and succeeds with devilish ease. Granted, one perhaps has to be acclimated to that rarefied idiom - one pioneered by Mysticum's landmark In the Streams of Inferno, the most obvious influence here, and then expounded upon by the likes of early BLACKLODGE, TRAUMATIC VOYAGE, DIAPSIQUIR, later TROLLHEIMS GROTT, and of course DODHEIMSGARD's 666 International - to truly immerse themselves in this rippling body high (or negation?). But as with all things that bear V-Khaoz's touch, form and content intertwine in a symphony of totality, synthetic and caustic in equal measure.

Industrial BM is both alive and dead with DEAD FLESH STIMGA's Necrocosmic Death Ritual!