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Serpentfyre hail from the black metal hotbed of Finland and last year released their debut album, Bestial Mysticism. Such a title is reflected in their sound, both goatly and otherworldly, and their contribution to Side A of this split 7" roils with an ugliness that's somehow spectral. Dolentia hail from another black metal hotbed, the raw reaches of Portugal, and last year released their critically acclaimed second album through Altare and Mordgrimm entitled Iniciação Eversiva. Just like that album, their contribution on Side B is a grim 'n' hysteric spiral of nightime majesty. This is a perfect union of the north and the south, of the abyss and the beyond...