After a brief torpor in recovery from our epic (in the true sense of the word) dissection of the Spite Extreme Wing discography, Terminus returns with a tight episode featuring, quite specifically, two New Zealand war metal bands with highly anticipated returns. In this corner: Diocletian, with a record that returns to their roots, provoking a sometimes contentious reponse from their audience. In the other: Heresiarch, who come back with a substantially altered sound leaning into the more progressive strains of black/death.

0:00:57 - Diocletian - Inexorable Nexus (Nuclear War Now!)

0:53:57 - Interlude - Gospel of The Horns - “Chaos Bringer,” fr. A Call to Arms (Invictus, 2002)

0:58:15 - Heresiarch - Edifice (Iron Bonehead)

1:36:10 - Outro - Niden Div. 187 - “Genocide,” fr. Impergium (Necropolis Records, 1997)