Description

2011 press on clear/red swirl vinyl with gatefold cover and nine bonus tracks. Limited 200 copies

Three years after ‘Extreme Cold Weather’ we find Messiah progressing in terms of production, precision and overall coherence. This four song, 18-minute EP starts off with a brief ambient introduction: Some church bell type keyboards and some sort of guttural whispering before… Another minute or two of similar ambience to start off the epic 8-minute title track, which serves as centrepiece of the EP. Crunchy, barrelling, riff-jammed death/thrash ensues. Sporting a crisp and potent guitar sound nearly unrivalled in the realm of death metal. Pyschomorphia is a juggernaut of a song and easily their most impressive piece up to this point. Another minute or two of ambience fades into the final two tracks of the EP: ‘Right for Unright’ and ‘M.A.N.I.A.C.’. Both give a pretty accurate preview of what is to come on Messiah’s classic 1991 album, ‘Choir of Horrors’. Stylish, riff-intensive death metal with heavy thrash leanings. Highly recommended for fans of both death and thrash metal.

Track listing:
1. Birth of a Second Individual
2. Psychomorphia
3. Right for Unright
4. M.A.N.I.A.C.
5. Kentucky Fried Maggots-promo 90 tape
6. Right For Unright-promo 90 tape
7. Munchhausen Syndrome-promo 90 tape
8. Birth of a Second Individual-demo 90
9. Psychomorphia-demo 90
10. Right for Unright-demo 90
11. M.A.N.I.A.C.-demo 90
12. Thrashing Madness-live Germany 1990
13. Northern Command-live Germany 1990