Finland’s Azazel surprise-released new album ‘Ave Dominus Luciferi’

The sulphurous gates creak open once again…

Finland’s unholy cult Azazel returned with their fourth studio album, Ave Dominus Luciferi – a scorched-earth sermon of pure, irredeemable black metal madness. Release at the infernal hour of 6 pm on the 6th of June via Primitive Reaction, this black mass marks a new peak in Azazel’s blasphemous crusade.

Unapologetically raw, rabid, and perverted, Ave Dominus Luciferi is the grand black metal opus of Azazel – a deranged and triumphant vomit upon the altar of false light. This is not a reinvention, but a reaffirmation: Azazel stands as the diseased heart of Finnish black metal, pulsing stronger than ever.

To celebrate this milestone in unholy excess, Azazel performed a special album release ritual at the Finnish Death Metal Maniacs Festival on the same cursed day – 6.6. at 6 pm. Expect chaos. Expect possession. Expect Azazel.

In conspiracy with this new offering, two of Azazel’s most classic abominations will also be unearthed in fresh editions: Crucify the Jesus Christ Again (demo ’93) and The Night of Satanachia (EP ’96). These seminal artifacts from the early ’90s will finally be available once more – raw relics of underground blasphemy, now resurrected to corrupt a new generation. And a reprint of the band’s third album, 2021’s Aegrum Satanas Tecum, will likewise follow.

Ave Dominus Luciferi – the Devil reigns, and Azazel is his herald. 

In the meantime, stream Ave Dominus Luciferi in its entirety HERE at Primitive Reaction‘s official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Azazel (Finland)’s Ave Dominus Luciferi
1. Introduction (in Nomine Infernus Tecum)
2. Ave Satanas / Lord of Fire
3. Graveyard (Dark necromancy Prayer)
4. Ceremony of the Nine Evil Angels
5. Hail Goat of Mendez
6. Interludium (Distructio, Mors, Dolor, Tenebrae…)
7. Rise Mighty Army of Darkness (Coda: Malum)
8. Serpentine Shadows: Ode to the Dark Lord
9. Virgins Cunt Bleeding for Baalberith
10. Abyssal Dominion
11. Outro (Diabolus Sabaoth, Venire Regie Satanas)