At long last, American black metal occultists PACT release their highly anticipated second album, The Infernal Hierarchies, Penetrating the Threshold of Night. The follow-up to 2012's breakthrough debut The Dragon Lineage of Satan.

The Infernal Hierarchies up-ratchets everything in the power-trio's already-loaded arsenal - militant songwriting, commanding execution, vortextural violence - once again proving that pure black metal is still a wellspring of diabolism and hatred if treated with respect and the right values. And just like its title, the nine-song The Infernal Hierarchies, Penetrating the Threshold of Night offers the listener myriad sinister paths to glory.