Averse Sefira

Averse Sefira is a black metal band from Austin, Texas. Averse Sefira was formed in 1996 by guitarist and vocalist Sanguine Mapsama and bassist Wrath Sathariel Diabolus. Their demo, Blasphomet Sin Abset, was released later that year. It featured a drum machine in lieu of a live drummer. Three years later, in 1999, their first full-length album, which was entitled Homecomings March, was released on Arrogare Records, their own label which was created specifically for the purpose of releasing that album. Again, the band had to make use of a drum machine instead of a real drummer. It was in some ways the band's most strictly black metal release, the album lacked the chaotic death-metal influence of their later works, and was almost entirely...