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The Infernal Pathway

SEASON OF MIST

Fresh devilry from Norway’s guardians of the grim

metal enters its next stage of evolution, there are few things more fundamentally thrilling than the sound of 1349 erupting a decade ago? But if proves anything, it’s that 1349 are both better at the basics than anyone else right now and still hellbent on getting weird when the time is right. If 2014’s was a fervent restating of old-school values, the Norwegians’ seventh album is where that spirit takes flight.

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