Some bands are undeniably to the dark manor born. Acid Throne already feel like one of them. The East Anglian collective have only been a going concern for a couple of years, but they already wield the bludgeoning force and suffocating weight of some ageless Eldritch horror. Drawing in fuzzed-up elements of black metal, hardcore and stoner around a gravitational core of pendulous doom, debut album Kingdom’s Death proves a staggering first statement, crafted from shadow and fire. From the moment sludgetastic eight-minute opener Death Is Not The End spills from the speakers, it is clear they’re not fucking around. A striking epic of buzzing atmospherics and scourging vocal work, there is something truly stirring in its balance between beauty and dread. River (Ba...