DRASTUS
La Croix de Sang

Over the past few years, it seems that more and more black metal bands are incorporating avant-garde influences into their music. While newer bands such as Portal and Lugubrum add weird time signatures and saxophones to their brand of black metal, even more established bands such as the mighty Mayhem have experimented with diverse song-structures and industrial influences. Hailing from France, avant-garde black metal newcomer, Drastus released their second EP Serpent's Chalice - Materia Prima in 2009, displaying the bands sickening combination of avant-garde blackened death metal. (www.sputnikmusic.com)