Youth Iria – Gone With The Devil [LP]

The daemonic avatar Yoth Iria was first explicitly summoned on Rotting Christ’s legendary debut Thy Mighty Contract in 1993. Bassist/lyricist Jim Mutilator formed that band as Black Church in 1984, before also becoming a founder member of cult Athenian BM heroes Varathron for their first five years. Renewing the otherworldly atmospheres and occult ravishment for a new era, Yoth Iria functions almost as the third panel in an apocalyptic triptych of Hellenic black metal excellence.

There’s a thrilling balance of ancient and modern, good and evil, harmony and dissonance, advancing Yoth Iria as a hungry contender for extreme metal’s big leagues – an ever-improving unit with a glorious future. Appropriately, however, Gone With The Devil is best summed up with a line already coined by the band to describe their ongoing body of work: “Every note tells a story of rebirth, tradition, and the relentless pursuit of musical transcendence.”

Tracklist:

1. Dare to Rebel
2. Woven Spells of a Demon
3. The Blind Eye of Antichrist
4. I, Totem
5. 3:00 AM
6. Give ’em My Beautiful Hell
7. Once in a Blue Moon
8. Blessed be He Who Enters
9. The End of the Known Civilization
10. Harut, Government, Fallen

UPC: 039841620467
Label: Metal Blade
Release Date: 5.8.26
Format: Vinyl