FOLTERKAMMER

Die Lederpredigt GILEAD MEDIA

Imperial Triumphant members hit a new high note Not content with being part of one of the year’s finest, weirdest metal releases, Imperial Triumphant’s Zachary Ezrin has also involved himself in one of 2020’s most batshit black metal endeavours. Die Lederpredigt merges tradleaning BM with opera, and sees classically trained soprano – and occasional IT collaborator – Andromeda Anarchia stretched and contorted far beyond what she was so patiently coached to do. While conceptually crazy, the results are brilliantly coherent, with the shearing riffing complemented by a voice that’s by turns soaringly angelic, cruelly playful and pit-dwellingly vile. High art, high drama and heavy metal collide brilliantly, making for a debut that’s both galaxybrain smart and knuckledraggingly immediate. ■■■■■■■■■■

FOR FANS OF: Fantômas, Diamanda Galás, Immortal