Description

Black vinyl with poster and a 24 page booklet. Limited 300 copies

The Northern countries of Europe became a boiling cauldron for Black Metal in the first half of the 90’s. Norway, Sweden and Finland saw the rise of the genre from the underground as an invasion. Sweden revealed many great names that are still active today, as Marduk and Dark Funeral, the known throughout the world; other names as Setherial, Lord Belial and Naglfar became cult bands. But some good names from those days never became as known as they deserved, and Malign is one of them, as their debut demo 1995 shows. The duet walks the same steps of the bands of classical Black Metal Swedish School, the same one created by Bathory on its three early albums. All is brutal and atmospheric, crude to the point of hurting the ears of those who aren’t into what Black Metal is about. And besides the band prefers a simple technical outfit, they show very good musical arrangements. It’s nothing that wasn’t done before, but it truly good, aggressive and obscure. It’s a Demo Tape, so the listeners must understand that the sound quality isn’t clean and defined. And thinking that it was released back on 1995, the aesthetics that ruled supreme was that one with nasty instrumental tunes and with a crude sonority. But the band did something that can be understood for dummies, even not being what their songs deserve.

Track list:
1. Blod Skall Flöda
2. Extirpation Of The Feeble
3. The Wanderer
4. Covenant Of Black Souls
5. Blod Skall Flöda-alternative version)
6. Extirpation Of The Feeble-alternative version
7. The Wanderer-alternative version
8. Covenant Of Black Souls-alternative version