Profane Order - In the Shadows of the Past

One Nightmare Unto Another (2023)
Nuclear War Now Productions

[richardtaylor]

What a powerful wall of sound on this! Enormous and chaotic, crisp production. Big progression here.

[sanyi]

Not sure why they changed the vocal style but it fits perfectly with this production. Can't wait for the full album.

[intheshadowofathousandbean]

The vocals were already great but this sounds good too, not many bands change the vocal style from one album to another, but in this case it helps the band stay unique and not just re-do the same music again with slightly altered riffs and sections.

[bylertarney]

Thundering forth with frenzied intensity, Montreal’s Profane Order return with their second full-length, ‘One Nightmare Unto Another.' From its first moments, the record summons merciless blackened death metal soaked in the old blood of the 90’s trailblazers. The band’s first release with Nuclear War Now!, this latest release features seven tracks of rapid-fire aggression and bestial hostility.

Incubating slowly as the plague months passed, ‘One Nightmare Unto Another’’ reveals a rearmed and retaliatory variant of the group. Pared down to a maniac core of two members, ILLUSORY (Spectral Wound) and OLCADÓIR (Skumstrike) invoke the dark gods of ancient black and death metal. Fans of Blasphemy, Demoncy, Beherit, and the wildest excesses of Slayer will find fresh meat to feast on amid the record’s barbaric purity.

Packed with demented solos, seething vocals, and a pounding drum assault in the finest tradition of Canadian black/death metal, the album exhibits a violent and pitliless focus. As such, it represents a powerful and distinct follow-up to the band’s acclaimed 2019 debut record, ‘Slave Morality’ and 2017’s ‘Tightened Noose of Sanctimony’ EP, emitting pure hatred as the group shifts from one nightmarish era to the next.

Befitting the band’s most concentrated and corrosive material yet, ‘One Nightmare Unto Another’ features artwork by the renowned Alex Shadrin of Nether Temple design (artwork for Morbosidad, Esoctrilihum, Tetragrammacide, and more). Acrid and reeking of disdain, this latest full-length from Profane Order offers a pitiless bludgeoning and bloodthirsty portent of further violence to come.

Nuclear War Now! are set to release ‘One Nightmare Unto Another’ in early 2023 on limited edition LP, CD, and cassette.