Evil and darkness from the sunny island of Cyprus. And the band is quite clear about their goal; “The album serves not as a continuance of ‘The 7th Awakening’ but rather as the next chapter in the evolution of Temple of Evil.”
The dark yet occult like atmosphere has some resemblance with the (late) Rotting Christ, but they make it their own. Along with the riffs and leads which can be considered as Swedish, the Black/Death kind. The sound is clear but doesn’t affect any of the sinister approach of Temple of Evil’s musical mysteriousness, which makes this all not a straightforward Black Metal album.
This is Black Metal for those who consider Black Metal as “a ritual” and fancy some fine melodic yet dark riffs as well. And if you consider yourself as that kind of person, you will hear that ‘Apolytrosis’ is one fine album.
