Dark, twisted, churning yet technical...these are the words that often describe the vicious attack from the Canadian three-piece Adversarial. Dark Descent Records is honored to deliver Adversarial's now famous 2008 demo, "Thralls", for the first time on CD. Released in 2008 by the tape sub-label of Blood Harvest, "Thralls" ushered in Adversarial's unique brand of blackened death metal assault bringing a flair that set them apart from the rest. After the "Thralls" demo, the band recorded the full-length "All Idols Fall Before the Hammer" which brought more acclaim to the band. "Prophetic Plain of Abyssal Revelation" presents the original "Thralls" recording in addition to unreleased material from the same session in the form of the title track. To round out this unholy release, three brand new recordings; an epic, newly-penned Adversarial hymn and two cover tracks (Archgoat's "The Light-Devouring Darkness" and Incantation's "A Once Holy Throne") are included. ”The bulk of this comprises Adversial’s Thralls debut demo, which I think I reviewed upon its original release. But that was so many beers ago, so let’s approach this with fresh ears…. An exquisitely combined sound, like a hellish hybrid of Damon Bloodstorm-era Abominator teeth-gnashing gnarl with Sylvain Houde-era Kataklysm blown-mind sorcery, the spiral-and-surge songs here aren’t quite as strong as they are on their subsequent debut LP, but somehow the production’s better (remember: tin-can snares, OUCH). This reissue also adds another song from the Thralls sessions as well as Incantation and Archgoat covers, which make absolute sense here.” – Nathan T. Birk – Zero Tolerance Magazine