Lawless Darkness

Sweden's Watain once felt like a throwback to the wild early days of black metal, here they go for something bigger and possibly more accessible.

There's something particularly apropos about the pitch-black whirlpool depicted on the cover of Watain's fourth studio album, 2010's Lawless Darkness, since the fast-rising Swedish black metal troupe has, for quite a few years now, been relentlessly swallowing fans of all metallic stripes into the unfathomable darkness of its (to quote Dave Mustaine) sanguinary sect of worship.

Watain return with Lawless Darkness—A black metal epic released in Europe on the 7th of June and in the US on the 8th of June.

By now, you're either with Erik Danielsson or you're not.