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| Album | Hymn to Abramelin |
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| Article number | HRR354CD |
| Release date | 2018-02-16 |
| Genre | Death/Thrash/Black |
| Description | Switzerland has a lot more to offer than chocolate and cheese! In the early/mid-eighties, the Swiss extreme underground was in full bloom, bringing forth venomous sprouts like Messiah from the town of Baar in the canton of Zug. Messiah formed in 1984, and they helped to shape the sound of death and thrash metal in a time when distinctions between these genres had not yet been cast in stone. Their debut album "Hymn to Abramelin" got Messiah the attention of the wider underground scene for a couple of good reasons: By the standards of the time, "Hymn to Abramelin" was extreme - extremely raw, extremely evil, and extremely brutal! Even now, almost thirty years later, the mean and sinister atmosphere simply grabs you by the throat, and Tschösi''s vocals were one of a kind, as he had a special way of delivering his unique squeals and screams which set him apart from most other thrash/death vocalists of the time. What you get on the record is total thrashing madness meeting well-paced mid tempo moments and imaginative solos, while short spoken interludes add a very special, theatrical B-movie atmosphere to the whole record. No wonder that due to all this, "Hymn to Abramelin" is regarded as one of the cult releases from the early, formative days of death/thrash metal. The first release of "Hymn to Abramelin" came out on Chainsaw Murder, a small and obscure Swiss label, and is hard to find these days. |
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Hymn to Abramelin
Messiah
159 kr
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