The pieceworkers of black metal strike again! After already six full length releases only in the past three years, LUCIFUGUM now come out with The Supreme Art Of Genocide, overall their 11th studio album, in combination with numerous demos and split CD’s the 20th release in around ten years band history is in close reach. Unfortunately that assembly-line-like output speed seems to demand its price.
What the two Ukrainians (some other members left the band) are calling „True Antihuman Poisonous Black Metal in own unique style, without any influences“ is not very convincing to me, even if I disregarded the typical brackish underground production style. At least it can be clearly heard, that the two musicians are able to master their instruments, not very surprising after such a long time, though.

As far as originality and creativity are regarded, you will find hardly anything on The Supreme Art Of Genocide. Occasionally you might get the impression LUCIFUGUM have only put one very long track on this CD, instead of six. The album almost completely ranges in mid-tempo fields, without anything really happening. If there were no breaks between the songs, one couldn’t notice any difference between the single tracks. Maybe, that’s the effect they intended? By creating such a monotonous, sinister and mesmerizing background sound, consisting of mostly unchanged old school riffs and dull, steadily stumping drums, only the singer’s voice is having an impact upon the defenseless listener. And this voice is like a force: he is screaming, screeching and gargling that demonically and hatefully that you almost can imagine how the singer is rolling with his eyes and getting foam before the mouth. The way it’s kind of fascinating in the beginning, it also lacks of variety a little later.

Also worth to mention: even though LUCIFUGUM had some connections and co-work with members of Nokturnal Mortum, they are not a side project of Nokturnal Mortum. According to their web site, LUCIFUGUM have nothing in common with either NSBM or any other movement in the black metal scene.

Conclusion: A technically well done album, which might be able to impress the listener by it’s „own unique style“, but might also bore the listener after a while as it happened to me.
A bit more liveliness and surprising variations wouldn’t have done any harm in order to keep the listener at it. But that seemingly doesn’t suit the band’s concept anymore, since they also tried it with some melodies and keys in earlier times ;)
Those, who generally like the classic underground style, can buy The Supreme Art Of Genocide without any risk (if you are one of those, hurry up, it’s limited to 2500 copies). Everyone else will need to get used to it or simply get bored.
Altogether 6/10 because it’s well played and after all something different ;)