Saidan Desecration of a Lustful Illusion ( Raw Black Metal VHS RIP)

A new Saidan album is imminent, and what better way to herald its arrival than a promo video stacked with debonair badassery, flaming swords, rooftop solos and VHS flicker, smashed into orbit by the ferocious grandiosity of the music. Their debut, Onryō II remains a landmark album in all of Black Metaldom, particularly for US Black Metal of recent year, with the band coining the term Alternative Black Metal for a sound which defies being pinned down yet is absolutely definitive in its execution mixing epic anthemic melodic black metal, heavy metal, post hardcore, Jrock with supernatural psychological horror. If you liked Onryō, prepare yourself for this full length and enjoy this single many times over in the meantime.