For who is expecting another chapter of traditional raw Black metal the answer is that you’re near but not too much. Goetia play a mix of Black Metal with Death features melted with a sound that remains Black Metal but that sound harsh, primitive but also a bit more lower. This is the reason why Goetia has something to say, it can be the meeting point between Death and Black Metal underground fanatics. Extremism is the only virtue of this hymn of glorification to the negative ways. "Hail" is not one of those albums that are so naturalistic and evocative but their target is to reproduce an atmosphere of hatred dissolution without too many melodic openings but only those who can mean something to the darkest side of death in a blacker way. This because Black Metal still remains the prevalent feeling. The previous "Wolfthorn" was a bit more sharpy, this one lower but more extreme, more solid. The recording, remaining unprofessional by will, is more compact , direct but not to simplify the sides of what Goetia wish to communicate. Hail to the Dark Lord! 

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