Description
Dark red purple vinyl with gatefold cover. Limited 1000 copies
The roots of this unholy creation can be found way back in 1988. A gathering of 5 blackened souls started by torturing musical instruments and the product was an ultra noisy and cacophonous pandemonium. A couple of years passed and the gathering gradually shaped itself into a project that adopted the name Flegethon, inspired by the legacy and myths of ancient Greece. The first product was a low budget demo that was recorded in just a matter of hours. The demo was named Repugnant Blasphemy and was released in February 1990. The sound was quite coarse and unrefined, nevertheless about 350 copies were circulated among the die-hard under-ground Black/Death metal scene. Another couple of years passed without anything else recorded. Then in early 1993, Flegethon entered a proper studio and recorded material for an EP. The Doomed In Eternal Suffering EP was released in March 1993. That EP sold out within a month. The sound had progressed into something really extreme, massive and tight, a cross between black/death and grind. Around this time, the project started falling apart and plans for further recordings and releases stopped. The band fell apart and two of the members decided to continue with some new ideas. Several new songs had begun to materialise and the basis for a new creation was now formed. In 1994, it all came together, and it was given the name Eereshikigal. In August 1996 the two together with mastermind Nigel Foxxe (a legend in the Greek scene, remember Flames), entered the studio to record 10 songs. And then a strike of unluck happened. The recording of all instruments and most vocal parts were almost completed, and at that point the studio was flooded and the master tapes severely damaged. That disaster meant that the whole project was frozen indefinitely. Then between 2002 and 2004 the band tried to save what they could and reworked the old material together with new material to finally get the album out in 2005. The Raping Of The Divine will bring back memories from the very early steps of extreme metal.
Track list:
1. The Crushing Of Creation
2. Impale The Faggot Son
3. Messenger Of The Unlight
4. Ereshkigal
5. Bloody Tears Of The Virgin
6. The Raping Of The Divine
7. Burning Hatred
8. Invocation Of The Dreaming Dead
9. Blasphemated
10. The Final Victory