The Pit and the Pendulum

Swedish Melodic Death Metal with occult themes and guitarwork extraordinaire! The occult melodic Death Metal band Serpent emerged from Stockholms underground metal scene in 2000. Across the ensuing decade, the band cultivated a small, devoted underground following through six critically acclaimed demo releases. Now Serpent proudly unveils their long-awaited debut full-length, The Pit and the Pendulum, through the legendary metal label Hammerheart Records. The album is a masterclass in occult melodic Death Metal. Built upon razor-sharp guitar work, haunting melodies and crushing melodic Death Metal intensity, the album takes the listener on a dark pilgrimage through the occult, the secret rites of clandestine sects, the illicit practices of necromancy, and onward into Edgar Allan Poes nightmarish vision of the Spanish Inquisition, rendered with crushing weight and architectural grandeur in the formidable title track The Pit and The Pendulum. The