The Adversary is seeing much invocation of late. A man declaring himself the son of Satan has been acquitted in the attempted murder of an elderly woman. Meanwhile, a woman who says she is Satan is in jail in a shooting case. Elsewhere in crime, Satan has been declared innocent as instigator of a fire pit in Arkansas. “As far as the spiritual Satan goes, we’ve ruled that out. … He didn’t come up and stick his pitchfork in the ground and blow that hole out.”

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This week in black metal, Adverso issues its demo EP today via Purodium Rekords. You can hear the whole thing via SoundCloud now:

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Portuguese black metal act Eadem released the album Luguber today via Iron Bonehead. There’s definitely a few different elements here – potentially prog and a few others – that you can sample here:

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Tezcatlipoca offer a unique black metal album rooted in Mayan history and the many atrocities committed by religious factions. Hear Tlayohualtlapelani here:

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In addition, Entropy Created Consciousness released Impressions of the Morning Star today. The one-man act’s release comes via Throne Records. Definitely a mix of styles, though solidly black metal. Catch some of it here:

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And finally, Los Angeles-based Imperialist present Cipher today. Preview it below:

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– EA