A music video was made for the song "Self-Absorption".
www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9M1ot9cFn8
A.V.R.E.I.L. = Anno volcanii, rex efferorum, imperium lucis
= year of the volcano, king of the savages, empire of lights
"It took some time, it has been too long, way too long, but finally, after more than two years, LycanthropY return with a new epos, called A.V.R.E.I.L. A.V.R.E.I.L. stands for ‘anno volcanii, rex efferorum, imperium lucis’, and means something like ‘year of the volcano, king of savages, empire of the light’. It’s the first release after Operation Werwolf, which was released as well via Poland’s finest Lower Silesian Stronghold. Hail!
Frontman Furious (diabolic throat from Hell) and his companions Gunner (strings) and Oleg (drums) created another half an hour of sonic terror, divided into nine chapters. I have no information about studio or other session assistants, but then again: whatever. Let’s skip that stuff, and get penetrated brutally by A.V.R.E.I.L.
No intro whatsoever this time; A.V.R.E.I.L. immediately gives presence to a militant fierceness. The album brings majestic, melodic-oriented and highly energetic Black Metal with a nasty twist of misanthropy and hatred.
The opener Dark Triad Of Animal In Me, for example, is, for the better part, a fierce piece of unstoppable, war-mongering hate-propaganda, based on fine melodious structures, bashing drum salvos, raw and raspy vocals, and some other stuff, like a thrashing solo and hypnotic leads. The very last part is remarkably slower, and simply wonderful within its melodious performance. Quite different, then again, is the next piece, the very short track Porn Cunning Bastard, somewhat grooving and thrashing, dingy and sordid. It’s an enormous contrast with Self-Absorption, which is, as we sort of know it, atmospheric and melodic, with an epic and obscure atmosphere. The main structures are mid-tempo (to my opinion, there are more mid-tempo and even slower parts compared to any past release), yet the track gets interspersed with harsher, pernicious outburst. Not only the fantastic guitar melodies, the perverted vocals or the pushing bass lines are remarkable; what a drum patterns, what a unique percussion orgasm… With Sexual Sadism, the f*cked-off taking no prisoners mentality takes a new dimension of ugly squalor, yet it remains glorious and majestic. And so it goes on…
A.V.R.E.I.L. has a lot to offer, and must appeal to all fans of Lycanthropy’s former material. It’s sick and deranged, yet genial too to notice this fine equilibrium in between elegant melodic structures at the one hand, and the foul, dismal and frantic execution at the other hand. It is deadly, thrashing, delusive and profane, yet oh so grandiosely performed at the same time. Besides, the sound quality is very appropriate: raw and powerful, and still decent and well-balanced".
Ivan Tibos (concreteweb)
80/100
"A very dark and heavy sound starts off the album before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also uses a great amount of blast beats and tremolo picking while also adding in grim yet high pitched sounding black metal screams along with the solos and leads also adding in an old school extreme metal style.
Clean playing can also be heard in certain sections of the recording while death metal growls are also used at times along with the songs also bringing in a great mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts as well as some depressive elements and spoken word samples can also be heard briefly and the music always remains heavy".
occultblackmetalzine
"With song titles such as "Porn cunning bastard", "Sexual sadism" and "Bondage slave bitch" it's clear on the theme of this album.Good solid vocals with an intention of seduction.
Track 2 "Porn cunning bastard" & track 5 "Directive voices in head", really grabbed my attention with solid riffage and deep growls. Track 4 "Sexual sadism" the intro kinda reminded me of Dark Funeral's "Attera Totus Sanctus" but nonetheless unique in it's own form".
blessedaltarzine
"Zwischen der Gründung der russisch-ukrainischen Black-/Death Metal-Horde Lycanthropy im Jahr 2007 und ihrer letzten EP „Operation Werwolf“ im Jahr 2014 gab es haufenweise Veröffentlichungen dieser Band; vier Demos, vier EPs und fünf Alben nämlich. In den letzten drei Jahren ist es aber ruhig um die Horde geworden. Jetzt kommen sie völlig überraschend mit einem neuen Album, ihrem insgesamt sechsten, daher, welches es - neben der herkömmlichen CD - auch als auf hundert Exemplare limitierte Kassettenversion über dasselbe polnische Label gibt. Und die lange Wartezeit hat ihnen hörbar gut getan. Hier ist für jeden etwas dabei. Der Opener „Dark Triad Of Animal In Me“ ist ein rasend schneller Black Metal-Song in bester Enthroned-, Mayhem- und Dark Funeral-Manier, das kurze „Porn Cunning Bastard“ bietet brutales Death Metal-Geknüppel. Mit „Self-Absorption“ beginnen sie melancholisch in Burzum-Tradition, steigern sich im weiteren Verlauf aber mit rasender Wut. Dabei erinnert der kranke, wehleidige Gesang am Schluss etwas an Abruptum. „Sexual Sadism“ ist wieder schneller, nordisch geprägter Black Metal, der an Marduk oder Dark Funeral erinnert. „Directive Voices In Head“ ist wieder schleppender und groovt ordentlich. Hier sind wieder tiefe Death Metal-Growls angesagt, die bei Lycanthropy auch schon in der Vergangenheit immer wieder auftauchten. Mit vielen wirren Breaks wird „My Delusions“ eingeleitet, das zwar anfangs etwas chaotisch klingt, aber auch technischen Anspruch unter Beweis stellt, was bei derartig hohem Tempo und der ansonsten simpel gehaltenen Musik schon beeindruckend ist. „Black Lightning“ kommt bedrückend mit gedrosseltem Tempo daher und verbreitet eine depressive Grundstimmung, bevor auch hier wieder Raserei an der Tagesordnung steht. „Bondage Slave Bitch“ groovt wieder mit ordentlich Dampf, bevor Lycanthropy wieder in Geballer ausarten. Mit Wind und Meeresrauschen beginnt der Raushauer „In The Middle Of Nowhere“ verträumt. Aber natürlich lassen auch hier die Blastbeats nicht lange auf sich warten und man bietet wieder wütenden Black Metal in Reinkultur. Überhaupt habe ich das Gefühl, dass sich Lycanthropy immer mehr vom Death Metal entfernen und den nordischen Black Metal in den Vordergrund stellen. Die Musiker zeigen ein ausgereiftes Zusammenspiel. Der Gesang, egal ob geschrien oder gegrowlt, klingt immer wütend, hasserfüllt und angepisst. Die Produktion ist dünn, vermittelt die Kälte und den Hass aber perfekt. Unterm Strich war die lange Pause nicht zu lang, denn hier handelt es sich definitiv um das bislang ausgereifteste Werk des infernalischen russisch-ukrainischen Trios!"
crossfire-metal.de
"Returning with their sixth full length release A.V.R.E.I.L featuring nine tracks of powerful and solid blackend death metal.The guitar work is great mix of both a frenzied,fast pace to a more controlled mid paced pace.The guitarist can write some well written and played patterns and even some solo's mixed into a few of the songs.The vocals are a mix of gruff growls and screams mixed with some higher pitched black metal screams.If you have heard and liked the last few releases from Lycanthropy then be sure to pick up a copy of the new cd today."
violentdemisewebzine
"A.V.R.E.I.L.” (acronimo per “Anno Volcani, Rex Efferorum, Imperium Lucis”) è una breve bordata dal devastante impatto, che ha nella frenesia compositiva e nell’intento distruttivo le sue principali caratteristiche. I nostri puntano decisamente sull’istinto omicida e sulla volontà di far male all’ascoltatore, sparandogli in pieno volto una miscela micidiale di black-death metal, sospesa in precario equilibrio tra putrescenti sonorità nekro ed il più sanguinolento death vecchia scuola, strizzando l’occhio in questo caso più alla Florida che all’Europa, con alcune derive che lambiscono territori grind, laddove il riffing si fa particolarmente secco, nervoso e spezzettato."
blackmetalistkrieg
"Lejos de ofrecer una innecesaria y por desgracia más habitual de lo que debiera linealidad compositiva, esta obra es variada y adictiva, que de seguro gustará a todo aquel metalhead que sea afín a este tipo de sonoridades. A pesar de que cada tonada es un mundo, la intensidad no baja ni un solo segundo. Gracias a esta característica, y a su personal forma de crear música, los rusos despuntan de forma clara entre toda esa marabunta de agrupaciones del mismo género".
metalkorner.com 
