The Houston, Texas quartet Necrofier have been writing riffs together since 2018, but it wasn’t until I heard the 2023 album Burning Shadows in the Southern Night that they first caught my attention. To be honest, I found that album to be serviceable, but not spectacular: competently played blackened death metal, but nothing that set the band apart from the hordes of other bands competently playing blackened death metal. My next exposure to the band was live, with Devil Master, Worm (who stole the show), and Hulder. Again, I thought their set was solid, but didn’t stand out. They are the … Continue reading Awakening, Struggle, Rebirth: Necrofier‘s Transcend Into Oblivion