For an album marketed as largely free of studio effects, Leytmotif Luzifer packs in a ton of sonic data. Guitars squeal and rupture ears, rolling drums are released from every conceivable direction, and a choir of screams, grunts, and incantations underline all of the unexpected turns. It’s busy, bombastic stuff, formed to function as a seven-movement “black mass” in the modern classical sense. It takes Austrian black metal OGs Abigor to new territory, though it’s still identifiably Abigor. P.K. and T.T., joined by original vocalist Silenius and fellow Summoning member Protector, necrotize these tones, twisting them in service of espousing their brand of Satanism. But there’s enough going on here to make this breakdown of The 7 Temptations Of Man, the album’s subtitle, strangely invigorating. You go in expecting to grimace, you leave with the creative wheels in your brain spinning at full speed. It’s the Fourth Viennese School of over-the-top evilness. –Ian [LISTEN]