An Introduction to the Black Arts

VINYL FORMAT. On 180 gram vinyl! Forcefield unveils the heaviest, most mind-expanding split release of the year. Featuring a track apiece from UK doom sensations The Wounded Kings and Richmond, VA's fuzzed-out riff worshippers Cough; On Side-A, Cough's "The Gates of Madness" crawls through nearly twenty minutes of distorted, tortured doom, dragging leaden feet towards a half-dug grave. Heavier than sin and as hopeless as a murderer's prayers. Side-B summons the gorgeously crafted, mournfully executed notes of Dartmoor, England's The Wounded Kings, whose deeply affecting, occult-laced take on the traditional side of doom has earned them an outpouring of accolades. "Curse of Chains" will grab you by the heartstrings and drag you to your knees - fifteen plus minutes of doom as it should be done.