Over the past two decades, the Liverpool, UK-based blackened death metal sextet Hecate Enthroned has earned extensive acclaim for their "brutal epic scornful metal." On their sixth album (and first in five years), the group sounds more venomous than ever. Originally co-founded in Wales by guitarist Nigel Dennen in the mid-1990s, the band is dedicated to delivering their own brand of evil metal with little regard to politics or the trends of popular demand.