Persekutor’s Top 11 Bands (Besides Themselves) Who Are Hard as Hell and Cvlt as Fvck!

Metal takes many forms nowadays, but very few acts sound as vintage and authentic as Persekutor. The self-proclaimed “Ice Metal” band just released their latest full-length, Snow Business, via Blues Funeral Recordings, ten big, bad, and bold new tracks that will take you to guitar riff heaven. The album, and the band’s sound in general, is heavily inspired by classic Black Metal icons like Venom, Celtic Frost, and Bathory, but there’s a certain accessibility to their sound, a classic hard rock twist that makes them very approachable to both casual metal fans and non-fans alike. It’s the follow-up to their 2022 EP Brain Freeze, which marked the debut of their new second guitarist Blake Meahl, who previously was a valued member of the great Huntress. It’s been a very upward trajectory for Pe...

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