Sargeist has always had an interesting atmosphere, and it's rather hard to describe. Imagine if Mutiilation's predilections for drugs, suicide, and Satan were celebrated instead of mourned and you have a good idea. Sargeist's music is always vaguely disgusting and filthy yet resolutely proud of its own decay-hedonistic and excessive, like Caligula-era Rome. Well, if you want filth-caked black metal, it's hard to find a better example in the Sargeist catalog than this demo. Sargeist has never sounded so sleazy as on tracks like 'Anti-Human Black Metal Wrath', where the strains of 'Deathcrush'-era Mayhem come home to roost in a short, violently rhythmic track. The production only aids the oily, viscous feeling of these songs, with the murky guitars and drums moving like a sea of raw sewage under the perpetually hissing and howling vocals. It's definitely a good example of rawness used to aid music rather than detract from it. Re-issue properly with a complete updated layout released with leading band member Shatraug himself as supervisor. 500x heavyweight marble (milky clear/black) 12" (180g) in a microtenne innerbag, innersleeve printed, black & white on 220g carton (coated paper); poster black & white, 280x430mm on 150g art-paper, simple jacket, full-color printed on 350g carton, coated paper (semi-gloss), all assembled in a plastic overbag.
