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The album cover for Initium Mors, the upcoming record by Barbarous, out August 1st on Creator-Destructor Records. The artwork shows a dark, gothic yet classically death-metal scene: a swamp littered with gravestones and twisted trees in the foreground, where a lone figure wades through murky water. In the distance looms a massive fortress carved into a volcanic mountain (which seems improbable if you stop to think about it), glowing with orange firelight from its many windows. Smoke and flame rise from the crater at its peak. The landscape is ringed by jagged, skeletal forests, creating a sense of menace and grandeur. The band’s logo appears in the top right in jagged orange lettering, while the album title Initium Mors is written in gothic script at the bottom.
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Barbarous – Initium Mors Review

  • September 14, 2025
Death metal boasts a lush buffet of subgenres. From mind-flaying technicality to chilling dissonance to wanton mirth, there’s…