Serpent Releases Debut Album "The Pit and the Pendulum"

Swedish melodic death metal band Serpent has unveiled its long-awaited debut full-length, "The Pit and the Pendulum". The album is out now on CD, LP and digital formats via Hammerheart Records.

The label describes the record as occult melodic death metal built on razor-sharp guitar work, haunting melodies and crushing intensity. Thematically, it leads the listener on a dark pilgrimage through the occult, the secret rites of clandestine sects and the illicit practices of necromancy.

The journey ends in Edgar Allan Poe's nightmarish vision of the Spanish Inquisition, which the band renders with crushing weight and architectural grandeur.