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It's always nice to learn how a legend is born. And if the legend in question is none other than the dark and mythical, semi-forgotten Hellhammer, then the pleasure of rediscovery can only be doubled!
Passed down in history for being the first band of the Metal pioneer Thomas Gabriel Warrior, from whose ashes the Celtic Frost would later emerge, the Swiss formation, which stayed intact for a relatively short period, from 1982 to 1984, through numerous line-up changes, gave birth in 1983 to three absolutely groundbreaking demos: "Death Fiend," "Triumph Of Death," and "Satanic Rites," which offered a musical proposition innovative and shocking for the time, going beyond the nascent Thrash Metal to lay the foundations for the rotten and distorted sound thanks to its compact and devastating wall of sound, derived from the further hardening of that of Venom, an attitude towards experimentation that would later be transmitted to future Celtic Frost, and lyrics permeated by clear references to the world of occultism and Satanism, of what in a few years would become Black Metal. In this sense, the Swiss band emerged as one of the most important underground formations of the eighties Metal scene, although far from the fame that other groups would later achieve, whose novelty knew how to act underground as one of the most determining influences for the birth of the Norwegian Black Metal scene: in fact, its importance is highlighted by the fact that many exponents of this scene chose for themselves nicknames derived from their songs (just consider Maniac, the first singer of Mayhem, the guitarist Euronymus, from the distortion of the title piece "Eurynomos", or, obviously, the drummer Hellhammer).
It would have been a real shame if the contribution of the Swiss band to the development of the most extreme current of Metal was lost and forgotten, so our Thomas Gabriel Warrior, with the collaboration of Prowlin' Death Records, decided to republish all three demos recorded by Hellhammer 25 years ago in a worthy collection, namely "Demon Entrails". This collection was released in February of this year in three distinct editions: one triple vinyl (one LP for each demo), one in deluxe double CD (I have this one, oh yeah!! Hahaha!!) and another in a simple double CD.
The first CD contains the legendary demo "Satanic Rites," in which it is possible to hear absolutely devastating tracks like "Messiah", "Third Of The Storm", "Maniac", the terrible "Eurynomos" or the title track itself, or even tracks vaguely Doom like the beautiful "Buried And Forgotten" (which will be revisited in 1985 by Celtic Frost under the title "Necromantical Screams" in the album "To Mega Therion") or "Triumph Of Death". The second CD, on the other hand, includes all the tracks from the other two demos "Death Fiend" and "Triumph Of Death": here the sound quality is much lower (after all, what can you expect from semi-artisanal recordings from 25 years ago?), in particular, the bass tends to overpower the guitar too much, yet the strength of tracks like "(Execution) When Hell's Near", "Blood Insanity", "Power Of Satan", "Metallic Storm" or "Hammerhead" cannot but leave a mark on the listener.
"Demon Entrails" is a piece of history for enthusiasts, a collection that anyone who loves this music must have! Let yourself be infected by the boundless energy of a band that, like few others (I mention Bathory), managed to influence, albeit only underground level, the future developments of what would be the most extreme fringe of Metal. "Demon Entrails" finally does justice to this myth.
TRACKLIST:
CD 1; "SATANIC RITES" DEMO:
-INTRO
-MESSIAH
-THE THIRD OF THE STORM (EVOKED DAMNATION)
-BURIED AND FORGOTTEN
-MANIAC
-EURYNOMOS
-TRIUMPH OF DEATH
-REVELATIONS OF DOOM
-REAPER
-SATANIC RITES
-CRUCIFIXION
-OUTRO
CD 2; "DEATH FIEND" & "TRIUMPH OF DEATH" DEMOS:
-CRUCIFIXION
-MANIAC
-(EXECUTION) WHEN HELL'S NEAR
-DECAPITATOR
-BLOOD INSANITY
-POWER OF SATAN
-REAPER
-DEATH FIEND
-TRIUMPH OF DEATH
-METALLIC STORM
-READY FOR SLAUGHTER
-DARK WARRIORS
-HAMMERHEAD
-ANGEL OF DESTRUCTION
-BLOODY PUSSIES
-CHAINSAW
-SWEET TORMENT
Tracklist Lyrics Samples and Videos
02 Messiah (04:18)
This our way, we can not turn.
We've reached our time, this world must burn.
Messiah
Judgement day, no guilt
Our task, let us pray
six six six, in the works
demon seed, invades the earth
Messiah
This our way, we can not turn.
We've reached our time, this world must burn.
Knowlege lost, there is no shame.
This our way, we can not turn.
Messiah
03 The Third of the Storms (Evoked Damnation) (03:02)
Three days of absolute eclipse
Introduce the evoked tribunal
Hailstorms proof. They told us the truth
Total destruction
Mankind to "Hell"
Blind and insane
The misguided repent
But it's a bit late...
In the heat of infernal lightnings
And in the shadows of poisoned clouds
The world will die under the sword of destiny
Go out and see, the omens are here
A church is red, like blood of an angel
The rich and the poor, both will fall
Into the flames of malice
04 Buried and Forgotten (06:01)
Veni spiritus Satanas...
Necromantical screams
Only the mounds are deaf
But the glassy eyes behind the wood...
Freezin' breeze, last bell is mute
As I run thru night's fog
My feet lurch over the grave
Have 'em buried long ago
Still awake but without life?
Rustling leaves, I sweat in fear
I see a shape, no two, no three
Hollowed faces, pale and declined
Life is death ... or is death life?
Soul is strong but flesh is weak
Laughin' is frozen and eyes are lumps
See the graveyard's church but the gates are closed
Walls are bleedin', cross gleamin' white
I've entreated death, he answered me
You entreated death, the answer will come...
Debris of faith, even the wisest is bad
Immortal morals, catched up with time
Vault of darkness, filled with hate
Deny life, evoke the dead
Procession of damnation, expulsion of light
Hazardous ways alone in the dark
Only the mounds are deaf...
05 Maniac (03:46)
Midnight ? Satan claims my soul
Feels right ? Mayhem is my goal
Twelve times ? Tolls the deadly bell
Moonrise ? Messenger of hell
I?m a maniac, fight for hell
Devil?s on my back, obey him well
Axeblade ? Messenger of death
Dark shade ? Cuttin? of Your breath
Night time ? I?m raisin? my axe
Mean crime ? Hell open it?s gates
Possessed ? By the demon?s rule
Insist ? Cleavin? victim?s skulls
Torture ? I don?t kill in vain
Mortals ? they will die in pain
07 Triumph of Death (06:58)
When you have been down in your grave... alive
Your mind decays and you're the coffin's slave
And when, at midnight, an uncanny bell tolls
Terrible noises, the dark graveyard calls
Limbs break through the dirt
Decay stinks like hell
Dark creatures in the fog
Crusted blood on the dead
Triumph of death!
Triumph of death!
Euronymous sends his souls
Buried by horrible mistakes (Let me out)
You feel you're eaten by worms
And the night's alive again
When you have been down in your grave... alive, alive, alive
Your mind decays and you're MY coffin's slave
And when, at midnight, an uncanny bell tolls
Terrible noises, the dark graveyard calls... you, you, you, you, you
08 Revelations of Doom (03:03)
In the days of Armageddon, starved souls, greedy bodies
Ready to punish, ready to kill
Sword by sword they stand
Strike on strike, faith is dead, Gog and Magog on
Nergal's left hand...
See, the rust gnaws on Michael's mystic sword
Frozen's the lightning in Jehovas hand
Angels it rains from the sky
Extinct planets, pale meteors
Captive of sins, slayed by the word
Born in fire, a plundering horde
Picked angels fall into emptyness
Inverted crosses, damned saints
A dead priest can't celebrate a mass
Ravaged cities, slayed in the night
Black holes, Belial's hour
The Antichrist, born by church's power
Havoc in heaven, hell reigns on earth
The sperm of Sodom, born again
So hail Balaam, we will serve
Souls are thirsty to receive your command
Vows of damnation poison the air
Life in pain, 'til the end...
The unholy trinity holds the dominion in the
flickering lightning of a black eye...
TRADUCIDO
Revelaciones de la condenación
Hellhammer
En los días del Armageddon, almas hambrientas, cuerpos codiciosos
Alistar para castigar, listo matar
Espada por la espada que están parados
Pulsar en la huelga, fe es muerto, Gog y Magog encendido
Mano izquierda de Nergal…
Ver, el moho roe en la espada mística de Michael
Congelado el relámpago en la mano de Jehovas
Ángeles que llueve del cielo
Planetas extintos, meteoritos pálidos
El cautivo de pecados, slayed por la palabra
Llevado en fuego, un horde que pilla
Los ángeles escogidos bajan en emptyness
Cruces invertidas, santos maldecidos
Un sacerdote muerto no puede celebrar una masa
Las ciudades de Ravaged, slayed en la noche
Calabozos, hora de Belial
El Antichrist, llevado por la energía de la iglesia
El estrago en el cielo, infierno reina en la tierra
La esperma de Sodom, llevada otra vez
Tan el granizo Balaam, serviremos
Las almas tienen sed recibir tu comando
Los votos del damnation envenenan el aire
Vida en dolor, 'hasta el extremo…
La trinidad unholy lleva a cabo el dominio en
relámpago que oscila de un ojo negro…
09 Reaper (02:28)
When night's over the land,
A mural in darkness stands,
Evoke the Reaper's addiction,
Remember his symbol: a scyte...
That girl...she hears the rover,
She feels the coldness of a grave,
She's lookin' in her mirror,
And sees the face of ... DEATH
He takes her to the shadows,
On gleaming wings they ride,
Mournerer is his victim,
As Reaper inherits his price
11 Crucifixion (02:45)
Crucifixion they called the game
Bestial penalty, a deadly maim
Crucifixion, the way that sinners go
Holy torment, last malice ya got to know
Crucifixion, crucifixion
Bloody Hell, I won't die here
Crucifixion, crucifixion
I'm bloodcovered in pain an' fear
Hundreds of years they raised the cross
Evil dark priest(s), black stones they toss
The bible, it prayses that bloody wood
A priest, he prays with an uncanny hood
Rusty nails sended them straight to hell
Illtreated, they just got their souls to sell
Crucifixion, the way that sinners go
Holy torment, last malice ya got to know
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