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Judas Iscariot - Heaven in Flames

Red Stream - 1999

Posted on Tuesday, July 05, 2011

This album was recorded back in ‘98, but has just recently seen the light of day. If you like Andy Harris’s previous work with Judas, then you will like this one too. Heaven in Flames sees more keyboard work slowly creeping into the steady assault of Von / early Burzum influenced Evil Black Fucking Metal. Note that Evil Black Fucking Metal does not equal “under-produced” so-called “Grim” Black Metal. Judas Iscariot is Evil Black Fucking Metal because no matter what kind of production Mr. Harris gets with this band, it still sounds fucking evil. Yes, Heaven in Flames doesn’t have the clean sound that Distant in Solitary Night had, but the feeling of pure hatred and darkness remains undiluted. Seriously, if we get enough of those 16-year-old Dimmu Borgir / Cradle of Filth kids to listen to this shit, then the church burnings of the early ’90s will start anew.

Rating: 9.5

- Ychoril

Tags: Judas Iscariot - Black Metal
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