Access of evil
By Wes Flexner
After playing Sacreligious Desecration in Excelsis, the brutal new black-metal EP by Columbus filthmasters Prosanctus Inferi, you might think the Little Caesars near the Kmart on Bethel Road is some sort of Norwegian outpost, or at least an offshoot of the Scandinavian death-metal scene.
That's where Jake Kohn, aka Rope, used to slave away, and then he'd go home and teach himself violent riffs between games of Warcraft and readings in occult literature.
It's easy to see why Alex Conley from Deadsea pressed these up on his label Chrome Leaf. The sound's an amazing manifestation of Ohio metal falling in line with subgenre forefathers Nunslaughter and Acheron. It's a brilliant realization of the evil powers that were displayed on Rope's previous projects, C-bus gore-grind legends Vomitrocity and his high school band Decapattack.
The EP's opener, "Fratricide in the Holy House of God," starts off with Gregorian chants that give way to pulverizing drum work and lo-fi, static riffs. Go to the Prosanctus Inferi's release ritual Sunday and you are in a blood oath with the bands to hear music that will either put you in confession or make you a true believer in the unholy sound that possesses the duo.
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