Dark Funeral – ‘We Are The Apocalypse’ [Album Review]

I admit freely I have been putting this off for some time now, but I cannot do so anymore: the band-aid must come off. A deep and abiding respect for the Swedish masters of melodic black metal has made me procrastinate, but no longer: the most recent release by Dark Funeral, We Are The Apocalypse, is my least favourite record in their otherwise strong discography. And given that this body of work only counts seven full-lengths in a nearly thirty-year history, this is a band you expect to carefully curate and present only their very best work. Some excellent videography by Grupa13 goes a fair way towards rescuing “Let the Devil In” from mediocrity. Worse still, I had such high hopes for the album. Where Shadows Forever Reign (read our review), their 2016 “comeback” after a seven-year hiatus...

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