"Cursed to the Pyre" keeps grinding and ploughing, crawling and pummelling in all the right places yet never swerving one inch from, as John summarily names it, "pure and uncompromising metal of death." Having said that, the quartet is set to "conquer the world and kick more ass," as bassist and singer Lord Sabathan puts it. It is for this very reason that besides relatively straightforward outings that evoke images of a stirred hive of angry hornets, the record offers acutely atmospheric and almost progressive moments, the kind of which make seven-minute epic 'Hideous Affliction.' 1. From the Tomb Into the Void

2. Mutilated by Depths

3. Pouring Chaos

4. Hideous Affliction

5. Descending to Black Fire

6. Pyre

7. The Hammer of Ghouls

8. Fog of the Malevolent Sore

9. Elizabeth Needs Blood

10. Demons of the Night