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Red and black splatter vinyl with poster and lyric insert

This is an extremely wild ride, a reissue of this Dutch band’s 1996 album that went largely unheard at the time, and is now back to shred ears hard, which it, surprisingly, does. The band plays a totally energetic thrash/death that brings to mind a more extreme Sadus, and shares more than a few sonic similarities to (if you’re predicting what I’m about to say, you rule) Hellwitch. The label says the album is “controversial,” but I have no idea why: with the exception of the hilarious Cranium-would-be-proud air-raid-siren vocals that pop up regularly, there’s nothing incredibly controversial here. There is, however, a whole lot of awesome here, the band’s sheer energy coming through the appropriately thin production (suits the tunes, especially the drums, quite well). And speaking of the drums, whoa: no idea who this guy is but does he ever go FAST, hitting a great sweet spot just shy of blasting but faster than a dm race, just going for it, fast, faster, faster still, and I’d love to see the faces he makes while he’s doing this. Hilarious, and very well done. “Fallen Missionary” shows that if they wanted to they could bend minds in a big way with weirdo tech-prog death (and that would rule too). Approach with caution: this is 50 totally hysterical, hyper-speed minutes and an outrageously fun album.

Track list:
1. Damnation For The Holy
2. Consuming Christ
3. Condemned Saints
4. Trial Of Denial
5. Chaos In Eden
6. Jehova’s Downfall
7. Crypt Of Confession
8. Unholy Seeds
9. Cry Of The Christians
10. Fallen Missionary
11. Inquisitor