{"product_id":"blood-exaltation","title":"Blood Exaltation","description":"\u003cp\u003eHailing from the always-vibrant Polish black metal scene, THROAT are miasmic morbidity personified -  While so many of their domestic contemporaries honor the paradigmatic sounds of the Temple of the Fullmoon, THROAT instead mine a wider, wilder style of black metal that looks both east and south -  Theirs is a clanging, crunching sound that variously nods to Necromantia, Mortuary Drape, Hungary's Tormentor, early Samael, and fellow Polish iconoclasts Cultes des Ghoules: catacombed, ancient, unsettling. To date, THROAT released the debut demo New Flesh Nectar in 2020 on the esteemed  Fallen Temple label, and now conspire with PRIMITIVE REACTION to add that portentous recording with a new EP titled Blood Exaltation. Totaling four tracks in 33 minutes, the  Blood Exaltation collection stands as a terrifying testament to THROAT's eldritch black metal horror: a bridge from the past to the present, scorched by fires unknown but reeking of delirium-inducing sulfur all the same. The potency of the two-song Blood Exaltation EP  presents the trio in their current sonic incarnation, more gutted and (s-l-o-w-l-y) grinding, a protracted spelunk among shapeshifting landscapes whereby throat, strings, and skin chafe together in a vulgar manner. The earlier New Flesh Nectar demo displays THROAT at  their most atmospheric; partially due to the distant recording, partially due to more wide-open spaces they were sowing, the two songs on this introductory recording nevertheless  retain a palpitating creepiness, particularly when they drop the tempo down to a tribal  trudge - an element they'd explore further on this collection's namesake recording. Shed  thy skin for this Blood Exaltation!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Primitive Reaction","offers":[{"title":"Black LP.","offer_id":50426455753035,"sku":"2200357","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/test_380034a9_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726810380","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/blood-exaltation","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}