Further blurring the line between black and death metal, Sweden’s Zonaria unveils a bleak masterwork with THE CANCER EMPIRE.
The follow-up to 2007’s INFAMY AND THE BREED, CANCER finds the quartet peeling back layer upon layer of metallic darkness, revelling in a soulless, black atmosphere.
Combining equal parts of Dimmu Borgir, Dissection, Scar Symmetry, and Hypocrisy, Zonaria sets the bar for 2009 with an album that is as evil sounding as it is brutal.
Producer Fredrik Nordström (At the Gates, In Flames, Dimmu Borgir) enhances the icy ambience with calculated ruthlessness.