Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating * * * *

Back in 2009, The Axis of Perdition, arguably one of the very few Black Metal acts to call the North East of England their home created what is still an astounding piece of work that has the ability to scare, deter and sound absolutely great all at the same time.

Urfe tells the tale of a man who journeys through a city that has become desolate and dangerous.  The rank stench of a humanity that become distorted and dank purveys throughout the album and its imagery that actor Leslie Simpson describes in a glorious like monologue is more akin to the final fall of man, something black metal excels in, and the desperation and bleak atmospheric and pungent despair.