MALEFIC THRONE "The Conquering Darkness" LP (Agonia Records 2025) Gold Marbled Vinyl. The debut studio album of Malefic Throne. The trio comprises Gene Palubicki of Angelcorpse and Perdition Temple fame on guitar, Steve Tucker from Morbid Angel on bass and vocals, plus former Angelcorpse and current Origin and Hate Eternal drummer, John Longstreth. "This bands roots can be traced all the way back to the mid 90s when Gene, Steve, and I first met at Morrisound studios. It's an amazing feeling to see those old conversations and hang outs develop into what will be a true celebration of blistering infernal death metal. I have no doubt that this union will be absolutely crushing," John Longstreth comments. The band was put together by Palubicki in 2020 after he was done writing the latest Perdition Temple, bringing on the table his own very distinct ‘bestial’ flair yet with a twist on its own. He immediately thought of his former Angelcorpse colleague John Longstreth for the drums. Looking for a towering presence for the vocalist position, the pair then turned their attention towards Morbid Angel’s Steve Tucker, whom they had initially met at Morrisound in 1997, when both Angelcorpse and Morbid Angel were recording side to side their own albums. Gene remembers that "on the weekends during all this, we met up at Trey Azagthoth's house for barbecue, booze and so on. Great times! So we all knew from years ago that we could get along and do something like this. Once we started talking together about doing this stuff, it was great to have an opportunity to participate in a musical work with Steve, and also to reunite on a project with John after all these years as well." Palubicki stresses out that the music produced by Malefic Throne has the imprint of all three members very present in every moment of the songs. The synthesis of the three members through delivery and writing is what makes Malefic Throne its own special entity, with an increased dynamic within the form of death metal music the band generates. "I'm trying to go to some places with riffs and songs that are completely something away from all past stuff, including past bands and works," Palubicki continues. "You’ll even find some real creeping horror stuff! But of course, on the flip side of that thinking, I make sure to go for some berserk sounds that really get OTT as well. But it is an interesting challenge to expand the boundaries of what defines each of my band's works, and I'm quite excited where the new Malefic Throne material is evolving to."
