Like a relic from a lost time, Storm of Witchcraft rages forward on an axis of Hellhammer, debut-era Bathory, and early Celtic Frost. However familiar it may sound on paper and in execution, MALLEUS nevertheless evoke an atmosphere that's equal parts drivingly serious and all-out evil, splitting the difference between gallop and dread-inducing downtempos.
FFO: Hellhammer, Bathory, Venom, Celtic Frost, Sodom, a trip to the earlier days of primitive death metal