If Liverpool is most famous for The Beatles, it has another proud history: one of resistance, one that understands that to give peace a chance, you first have to fight. It is this lineage of strikes, riots and boycotts from which Dawn Ray’d draw on an album that adds wider textures and elements to black metal tradition. The tremolo-picked guitar and keening violin that define the trio’s signature sound still spark flames on The Battle Of Sudden Flame and Ancient Light, while Inferno and Sepulchre (Don’t Vote) leave no doubt in their ability to forge blazing sonic assaults. These expected ingredients are balanced by a capella piece Requital, its unadorned voices raised in a tradition of English rebel songs that goes back centuries, and the acoustic-led Freedom In Retrogr...