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HELLS HEADBANGERS is proud to present a special 12 vinyl pressing of ARPHAXAT’s sole demo Ex Inferis. Originally released on cassette in 2003 Ex Inferis was a crude ‘n’ rude statement of intent from former Hirilorn vocalist/bassist Shaxul. The seeds of ARPHAXAT were planted before Shaxul left his successive band who would soon reinvent themselves in a manner ostensibly not in line with Shaxul’s vision of black metal. Here he forms half the duo of ARPHAXAT handling bass and drums and a deliberately regressive vision is renewed. Ex Inferis pulses and buzzes with the same sort of obscure bewitching intensity of paradigmatic ’90s French black metal – the scene from which Hirilorn originally sprung and had a hand in creating. In 2008 HELLS HEADBANGERS would release the band’s debut album Loudun la maudite but hear ARPHAXAT at their harshest with this new version of Ex Inferis – and as always with no guitar used. For diehards of VON SVEST BARATHRUM PARABELLUM and BATHORY.
