Label: Ván Records
Genre: Ritual Black Metal / Doom / Occult Metal
Format: Vinyl / CD / Cassette
Description:
Teufelsgeist (“Devil’s Spirit”) is one of the most intoxicating and unhinged manifestations of Urfaust, a release steeped in madness, spiritual possession, and drunken transcendence. Here, black metal abandons speed and violence in favor of trance, repetition, and ritual ecstasy — music as invocation rather than attack.
Crawling riffs, pounding ceremonial rhythms, and ghostly, chant-like vocals spiral endlessly, creating an atmosphere of ecstatic decay and deranged devotion. The sound feels suffocating yet strangely liberating, as if the listener is being drawn into a forbidden rite where exaltation and damnation become indistinguishable. Chaos is not explosive — it is obsessive, looping, and ritualized.
Teufelsgeist thrives on atmosphere and intent, blurring the line between doom, black metal, and occult performance art. It is music that doesn’t rush, doesn’t explain, and doesn’t release — it consumes.
For fans of Blut Aus Nord, Dark Buddha Rising, Deathspell Omega (ritual era), and esoteric black metal rooted in trance and symbolism, this album is essential — primitive, hypnotic, and profoundly unsettling. A work where spirit eclipses flesh, and the devil breathes through sound.