Blood Libels is the third album from French black metallers Antaeus, and it's a hell of a release. Those who enjoyed Cut Your Flesh and Worship Satan and De Principii Evangelikum will be pleased at the progress here. The breakneck tempos and frosty vibe are still present, but the production is much beefier now. Purists need not fret; this is no Andy Sneap production. The guitars are still jagged and filthy like rusty sawblades. The sound leaps out of the speakers, though, instead of wallowing in murk... Raw and Relentless. nothing more needs to be said.
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