Thursday, 3 September 2015

Thornium - North Storms Of The Bestial Goatsign (Demo Review)

Tracklist:
1. In the Depths of Northern Darkness                       
2. North Storms of the Bestial Goatsign                      
3. Min Vandring Till Mörkrets Furste

This the first release from the then solo Swedish black metal project Thornium, then helmed by “Thyph” (Thypheus), and it was released completely independently in 1994.

As you can probably already tell by the cover artwork for the release, this is cold raw and bloody viscous black metal of the kind that was thankfully so popular in Northern Europe at the time.

Everything about this demo literally screams hatred and a grim fascination with the occult, everything from the guttural and raw vocal work to the not very complex but still effective riff work has a certain distinct element of insanity that is fairly hard to capture.

This is by no means a ground-breaking release of its time, nor is it even that original really, but it is still a very solid demo that is well worth a listen if you’re into raw black metal. 

   

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