Description
Double album featuring both In Death Of Steve Sylvester and Black Mass albums which means you will get 19 classic Death SS tracks
In 1988 Death SS released the ultra legendary debut horror metal masterpiece ‘In Death Of Steve Sylvester’. Misunderstood by the mainstream press of that time and also rather badly distributed outside of their native Italy, the album has since then become a cult favourite for many and the original LP is a masterpiece sought after by many. Seldom has an album so heavily summed up the word horror with classic cuts like ‘Vampire’, ‘Terror’ and the incredible acoustic ‘The Hanged Ballad’. After the good debut, they reached the top with the great album, ‘Black Mass’. Occult contents, cemetery visions and an horror image created a mystery the surrounded the band. Their music can be seen as a great mix of classic heavy metal with speed/thrash influences. The face panting and the lyrics content contributed to create a black metal image, along with some instruments and atmospheres typical of the band. They are the kings of evil, as they proclaim in the album’s first track and considering all that I said before, you must believe them. The occult can be found in each single track, being a future inspiration for lots of group. In that period the Italian pioneers of death and black metal were releasing their first albums or demos (Mortuary Drape, Bulldozer and Necrodeath, ex-Ghostrider) and Death SS contributed to their image and sound. In this album each group’s influence is well balanced and very intense, producing band’s classics like the scary Horrible Eyes or the great Cursed Mama, with a great organ intro to celebrate a true black mass. Gregorian chants and samplers can be found in the long title track. The legends behind the group’s history and the moniker Death SS make the listeners’ morbid curiosity grow. Theese are simply unique albums
Track listing:
1. Vampire
2. Death
3. Black Mummy
4. Zombie
5. Werewolf
6. Terror
7. I Love The Dead-Alice Cooper cover
8. The Hanged Ballad
9. Murder Angels
10. Come To The Sabbat
11. Kings Of Evil
12. Horrible Eyes
13. Cursed Mama
14. Buried Alive
15. Welcome To My Hell
16. Devil’s Rage
17. In The Darkness
18. Black Mass
19. The Mandrake Root