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Norwegian band Sjukdom have released two albums so far: 2013’s Når alt Mørkner and 2018’s Stridshymner og Dødssalmer. Both are conventional, yet cohesive brands of standard/D-tuned Black Metal that takes inspiration from Emperor, Dissection, Gorgoroth and Nemesis Divina-era Satyricon: expect then soothing minor-key harmonies, hammering semitone tremolos (both as chords and arpeggios) and occasional palm-muted post-Manowar riding chugs. It’s derivative and not much exceptional, but it’s a decent listening nonetheless.

The band lost most of their fame and activity after Deathless was followed by five years of silence, so much that when the band released their latest 2014 album Intolerance through the desperately bankrupted label Steamhammer, almost none noticed it. Besides, this 28-minutes farce finds them returning to their previous, trite simplistic breakdown-based Metalcore: no wonder they’re actually close to disbandment, having stopped releasing albums on a constant basis.