ASAGRAUM: Potestas Magicum Diaboli

Side A
1. Transformation 04:59
2. Black Triangle Temple 05:21
3. Leviathan 05:52
4. Gospel of Ignition 06:20
Side B
5. Daar waar ik sterf 05:40
6. Black Sun Prayer 05:19
7. Carried by Lucifer's Wings 05:18
8. I Burn Within the Devil 05:13

44:02

Gatefold and printed innersleeve.

KVLT is proud to present ASAGRAUM's highly anticipated debut album, Potestas
Magicum Diaboli. A magickal work of nightsky majesty, simmering celestial aggression,
and the most potent tenets of '90s Scandinavian black metal, Potestas Magicum
Diaboli breathes and billows a blast-from-the-past classicism that nevertheless manages
to sound fresh among the modern BM landscape, outstripping the prevailing trends and
the pretenders who enable them. Perhaps more importantly, it is the work of two women -
a rarity in black metal, both past and especially present - who hereby render gender an
irrelevant argument. Simply, Potestas Magicum Diaboli stands on its own, towering and
terrifying.
A cross-continental entity, ASAGRAUM was founded in the autumn of 2015 by
vocalist/guitarist Obscura and drummer T. Kolsvart. The original intent was to play pure,
Satanic black metal, in all its aspects, with the old-school feeling of the eternal '90s greats
but also with dark psychedelic influences. A three-track promo recording was released
earlier this year, laying bare ASAGRAUM's aims and accordingly special sound. Wasting
no time, Potestas Magicum Diaboli was then recorded, fleshing out further those aims into
an eight-song, 44-minute work which maintains a fuller, more windswept totality. It heaves
and weaves to both aggression and atmosphere, walking a delicate balance but always
boldly. It is both unapologetically modern and authentically '90s.
With anticipation high for the release of Potestas Magicum Diaboli, ASAGRAUM will be
touring Europe later this year, utilizing a bass-player - either Mortifero or Makashanah - for
live performances. Onstage, the band is equally deadly, proving their left-hand-path black
art knows no boundaries. Until then, let Potestas Magicum Diaboli revive the old cult of the
witches, radiating forever the black flame of Lilith.