“Black metal has many faces, so it can be easy to forget that its most well-known outside of the initiated is the wind-whipped, moon-howling, corpse-painted, devil-worshipping one. Just a glance at La España Negra’s artwork reminds you, as it manages to include a good many tropes of the genre. A sacrificial altar complete with goat head–check. Skulls—check. A defiled version of Christ on the cross—check. Monochromatic color scheme—check. With this as their image, Morta give the impression of trveness, and with their words, claim to take influence from the whole of the genre’s rich history.” Through blackened ages.
