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Rare original pressing with printed innersleeve

Damnatory is a thrash act from Boras, Sweden. The band was formed out of the ashes of Necromancy in early 1988. Necromany recorded a two track demo in January of 1986. The tracks on the demo were Beyond The Gates and Black Metal, both might be familiar titles but it wasnt cover tunes and since the demo only were made in 3 copies its pretty rare that anyone has even heard these two tracks. The early line-up of Damnatory was made up by a bunch of metal friends from school. Damnatory with the line up of Nicklas Holstensson (from Thy Primordial and Nominon to name a few) on vocals, Svenne Bjorklund on guitar, Argati Babis Tasiopoulos on guitar, Tobias Hall on bass and Kujtim Gashi on drums went into the studio to record their first demo in 1989. Their first demo was a 4-track demo that came with a pink inlay with the tracks handwritten on it. That first demo was only made in approx 10 to 15 copies. Vocalist Nikke Holstensson remembers that each member took one copy and then they made a handful extra that they gave away to their closest friends. Some of the copies had one or two live tracks copied onto the same cassette but those tracks arent mentioned on the cover. I have seen a version with a cover of Slayers Black Metal that was recorded at Norrby Fritisgard while my copy has two other live tracks Sodoms Fall and Beyond Death, recorded live at a local music competition at Rockborgen in Boras. After the first demo the band went through some line-up changes when Niklas Holstenson, Svenne Bjorklund and Tobias Hall all had to leave and the band brought in Kim Salmi on bass and David Nowen on guitars. Vocals would from now on be performed by guitar player Argati Babis Tasiopoulos. The new line-up of Damnatory went into the local G.M.P. studios to record 3 new tracks for their second demo, Complicated Future, which was released in 1990. After this studio session the band thought it was time to record a full length album and they packed their bags and travelled to Denmark to try their luck. The result from that studio session was the self financed The Madness Never Ends LP that was released on the Danish Bums Records in 1991. Only one track, Cemetary Of Life, had survived from their first demo while Crown Of Thorns and Money were re-recorded from their second demo. The band folded soon after and the drummer Kujtim Gashi would later resurface as a member of the power metal act Crystal Eyes. The history of the band however didnt end their as they reunited in 2012 when they recorded some new songs (Barathrum, Also Spracth Saibol to name a few). The band also performed a 25th anniversary gig in 2013.

Track listing:
1. Nailed To The Cross
2. War Without Sense
3. Money
4. Beyond And Back
5. Into My World Beyond
6. Cemetary Of Life
7. Lost In The Dark
8. Scars Within The Psyche
9. Infinity
10. Crown Of Thorns