Rejoice! Following a triumphant “Ancient Glacial Resurgence” in September 2023, Imperial Crystalline Entombment’s infamous 2004 debut “Apocalyptic End in White” is once again available on long out-of-print CD. Originating in 2003 after the arctic summoning of the ancient astral Anti-God “Råvaskieth”, I.C.E. was manifested through the hypothermic possession of four unwilling dead souls – “IceSickKill”, “Blisserred”, “Bleak” and “Mammoth” – who vowed to stop at nothing until a frozen wasteland was achieved. “Apocalyptic End in White” is a violent tempest of intense riffing and brutally compulsive songcraft, and a fierce rebuttal to the theory that Black Metal went fallow in the early 2000s. Possessed by the fanatical mysticism of full-bodied Norwegian BM and the power of contemporaneous battering-ram Death Metal, the band plays here as one freezing, breathing organism to produce a cult classic which still feels fresh as the driven snow.

Format: Limited Edition Digi-Pak CD