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Rating: It's 1987, the year of the release of "Deathcrush," the first mini-album (excluding the demo "Pure Fucking Armageddon") by the Norwegians Mayhem, led by the charismatic guitarist Euronymous; a record that would serve as a prelude to the release, six years later, of "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas," considered by many to be "the best black metal album in history," and the subsequent consecration of the band in the field of extreme music.
Despite its short length (a little over a quarter of an hour) and poor recording, "Deathcrush" is a piece of history of a movement that would be born and flourish a few years later among the vast lands of Norway. Indeed, it was not yet possible to talk about Black Metal. The sound of the album was more comparable to an extreme and crazed Thrash metal, with an attitude clearly devoted to rawness and violence, both sonic and otherwise. Even from this album, Euronymous's killer riffs are evident, accompanied (at that time) by Manheim's drums, Necro Butcher's bass, and Maniac's vocals (before Dead joined the band and then, after his suicide, Attila Csihar), which with his painful scream (it seems as if he is singing under torture) gives an extra touch of madness to the album. A total of seven songs: from the initial instrumental Silvester Anfang, which introduces the delirious title track Deathcrush, to the final Pure Fucking Armageddon (introduced by the acoustic (Weird) Manheim); passing through Chainsaw Gutsfuck, Witching Hour (a cover of the Venom song), and the killer Necrolust.
Even though the music still lacks precise coordinates and is very far from the dark sounds of "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas," the historical value of this album is indisputable. A gem to have for fans of the genre and this group of lunatics.
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Deathcrush ()
Demonic laughter your cremation
Your lungs gasp for air but are filled with blood
A sudden crack as I crushed your skull
The remind of your life flashes by
A life that soon won't be
Smiling with axe in my hand
Evil's rotten hand you'll see
I come forward
Deathcrush
I'll send you to your maker
I'll send you to your death
Death nicely crucified
Death, heads on stakes
The barbeque has just begun
Deathcrush - deathcrush - deathcrush
Crush - crush
Deathcrush
Deathcrush
Deathcrush
03 Chainsaw Gutsfuck ()
Bleed down to the fucking core
You're going down for fucking more
Screw your slimy guts
Driving me fucking nuts!
Chainsaw in my bleeding hands
As I start to cut you in two
Your guts are steaming out
And I just love the sight!
Maggots crawling in her cunt
I just love to lick that shit
Bury you in a slimy grave
You will rot forever there!
05 Necrolust ()
Your stinking corpse I desire
nothing can take me higher
Fucking you till your bones break
Another one has to die
Cum dripping from my dick
Fucking you to the core
Can't take this anymore
My brain is driving me insane
Necrolust
Eating the flesh of a thousand corpses
Bloodsucking cuntless nuns
her guts were boiling out of her butt
Eating her slimey cunt as I hold her tits
Come posercorpse and die again!
07 Pure Fucking Armageddon ()
Violent torture,
Death has arrived,
Armageddon,
Terror and fright,
Bleeding corpses,
Rotting decay
Anarchy,
Violent torture,
Antichrist,
Lucifer,
Son of satan
Pure Fucking Armageddon
Pure Fucking Armageddon!
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By Loud&Mean
The sound is pure and icy, immense, destructive, energetic and youthful, yet satanic at the same time.
An absolute must-have. At all costs.
