Graveland - Epilogue
I guess that Graveland decided to release this officially as someone out there was selling a bootleg copy of this demo for $20+ (the bootleg is a split with Behemoth’s Return of the Northern Moon demo). I have the second release of this demo (on tape by Darken’s own distribution, Isengard) as well as the bootleg and having heard both of those recordings already, I have to say that the sound on this absolutely sucks shit. No, I take that back. The intros sound great. The Black Metal parts are the ones that sound like shit. In other words, nothing at all was done to improve the sound from the original tape. Even though the sound is total crap, there is still an unholy atmosphere about this recording that gave this band such cult status back in 1993. I don’t know what about it that does it, but it’s fucking there. It isn’t the trashcan lid drums, the ultra-thin guitars or what sounds like Rob Darken getting a hedgehog shoved up his ass, nor is it the minimalistic Emperor-ish keyboards. I guess it’s the combination of all of the above that gave Graveland that sound. If the Epilogue demo itself wasn’t enough, No Colours has decided to include a different version of the In the Glare of Burning Churches demo as well. Of the two, I think the Epilogue demo sounded better, but even though both sound like absolute shit, they’re both still better than that horribly overpriced Viking Crown CD. For die-hard fans who absolutely must own everything that Graveland ever released only. This won’t convert anyone, so buy Immortal Pride instead if you’re curious.
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