Most people who know of Maurice “Mories” De Jong’s music will immediately associate him with his acclaimed project Gnaw Their Tongues, if not his myriad other projects and side projects (Cloak of Altering, Offerbeest, Hagetisse, and Seirom to name a few). Of the latter releases, those branded under the moniker “Aderlating” are among my favorites, and of those favorites, one in-particular shines above all others like a boil glistening with pus and ready to burst: “Hell Follows”.
Hell Follows is a vitriolic amalgam of black metal, drone, and experimental noise so mesmerizingly black it’s almost frightening to listen to at length. Nightmarish and hallucinatory, the listening experience of this bizarre and awful album is like entering a trance-like state and having all fondness and joy leeched out of your body and spirit and replaced with pitch-black burning nightmares. Songs like “Choir of Sick Children” and “The Silver Domain” are disturbing in an almost spiritual sense, reeking of the worst possible blasphemies. Hell Follows is an emotionally jarring listen, and even as a fan, I can honestly say that there are parts of this album that make me physically uncomfortable.
This is one of my favorite Mories release. That said, it is sickeningly eerie to the point that I seldom play it. If any of the above piques your interest, support Mories and all of his projects, listen to Hell Follows here:
Hell Follows by ADERLATING
Towers of Rust 