This is a review of a compilation album from United Kingdom's Anaal Nathrakh which was originally released in 2000 and consists of their self titled and "Total Fucking Necro" demos which where originally released in 1999 and 2000 and shows their early raw black metal style and the compilation will be re-issued in June by Metal Blade Records.
Spoken word and move samples which also appear on later tracks start off the compilation before going into a very fast and raw musical direction which also uses a great amount of tremolo picking and blast beats. Dark sounding melodies are also added into some of the guitar riffing and the solos and leads are also done in a very chaotic style.
Vocals are mostly high pitched black metal screams while all of the musical instruments also have a very powerful sound to them. The songs also add in a decent mixture of slow, mid paced and fast parts along with some tracks also adding in some distorted amp noises and industrial elements as well as also adding in some cover's of mayhem's "Carnage" and "De Mysterious Dom Sathanas".
On this compilation Anaal Nathrtakh played more of a raw and aggressive style of black metal and avoided the grindcore elements that where more dominate on later releases. The production sounds very dark and raw while the lyrics cover Satanism, Armageddon, Misanthropy and Nihilism themes.
In my opinion this is a very great sounding collection from Anaal Nathrakh and if you are a f an of fast, aggressive and raw black metal, you should check out this compilation. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Anaal Nathrakh" "The Supreme Necrotic Audnance" "L.E.T.H.A.L Diabolic" and "Necrogeddon". 8 out of 10.
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