Joel Grind – The Yellowgoat Sessions
YES!!! Thrashy blackish metalpunk! This is Bathory worship when it’s done to perfection. Joel Grind should be a household name by now, due to his merits in Toxic Holocaust. Here he is alone and darker than ever.
I had the fortune to get my mucky claws on this lp in time, as prices are getting steadily higher.
http://www.discogs.com/Yellowgoat-The-Yellowgoat-Sessions/release/4311429
Mayhem – De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas
De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas is a monolith of dark, fuzzy and creeping evil. I remember my mate Kenneth corresponding with Euronymous, and my friend Karen sleeping a night in Helvete, being freaked out by a knife flashing and mumbling guy known as Greven – The Count.
I also remember thinking that they took things way too far in Norway. When the killings and the arson was rumoured here in Denmark, I turned my back on most black metal. I have always loved Venom and Bathory though, so the frost remained in my veins – I know: 100% vn-kvlt.
During the last 5-6 years however, I have been smitten by that horned bug, and have learned to enjoy Burzum, old (and new) Darkthrone and last but not least Mayhem. Which (witch (hahaha, diabolical laughter)) brings us to the record at hand. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. And here it is, all the murder, arson and right-wing madness I turned my back at all those years ago. And even if I still reject the values and beliefs expressed in this record, I must admit that it is a masterpiece. Unrelenting and driving forever forward as a bloodthirsty Lovecraftian beast.
So if you have the same skepticism towards black metal as I had, I urge you – give it a try. Who knows? You might get hooked…
http://www.discogs.com/Mayhem-De-Mysteriis-Dom-Sathanas/release/2683492
Hellhammer – Apocalyptic Raids
Ah this is liquid black pleasure. I love this record for being so sinister and primitive. C’mon they made this around the time Wham!, Limahl and Genesis topped the charts. Oh sweet depravity.
I had the original back then, but most likely sold it for beer… Now I have this:
http://www.discogs.com/Hellhammer-Apocalyptic-Raids/release/4375081
I prefer my metal as I prefer my coffee, BLACK
Bathory – Under The Sign Of The Black Mark
The first time my brother saw a Bathory lp, he misread the logo as Batlord. So he bought a Mentors lp instead… We were obsessed by Bathory back then. Phoned to all the Börje Forsbergs we could find in the phonebook. Börje was Quorthon’s father. We never got hold of the Real Börje though.
Bathory was too us the most extreme music ever. And indeed, we also obsessed about Countess Elizabeth Bathory. I was excited that she had had a dwarf minion called Janos as my name is Janus.
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