If I am in the mood for satan, I like my black metal weird. And in this dark kingdom, where hordes of cookie monster vocalists, double bass drummers, and power chords pervade, I need something more.
Which is why Dead Reptile Shrine are by far and away my favorite. I often compare them to Harry Pussy- if Harry Pussy broke up their records with ambient interludes, chanting monks, and the sounds of crackling fire.
Case in point:
Listen to Harry Pussy + I Don’t Care About Sleep Anymore
Listen to Dead Reptile Shrine + Exekutioner of the Final Solution
Listen to Dead Reptile Shrine + Diabolical Plague
Their recordings are pretty much impossible to find- and usually go quick at the few outposts in the U.S. which carry them (Aquarius, Hospital Productions). For that reason, I am making the entirety of their album A Journey Through the Darkest of Forests and Isth Narai Ja available.
Download dead reptile shrine.zip
