BEHERIT "The Oath of Black Blood" German LP 1991 1ST PRESS Death Metal Finland
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BEHERIT
“THE OATH OF BLACK BLOOD”
(Germany) Turbo 354-00
1991
EX / EX
FIRST PRESSING / Original cover & label
ONLY COPY ON EBAY AS OF 4-30-2017.
OUTSTANDING German copy of this extremely rare Finish speed death metal band. This LP does not pop up often especially in the US. BTW, Beherit is Syriac for Satan.
Beherit is a black metal band from Finland. The band was formed in 1989 by Nuclear Holocausto (Marko Laiho), Black Jesus (Arjo Wennström) and Sodomatic Slaughter (Jari Pirinen), with the purpose of performing "the most primitive, savage, hell-obsessed black metal imaginable". Through the uncommercial nature of their music, visuals and live performances, the band quickly attracted a cult following. Besides the "raw" sound, the band's music is noted for its avant-garde side and emphasis on atmosphere. Beherit are now regarded as a pioneer in their genre.
As a full band, Beherit released one full-length album and many demos and compilations of raw and minimalistic black metal. They disbanded soon after the release of the experimental 1993 album Drawing Down the Moon, which is now considered a classic of the genre. Laiho, the group's frontman, continued as a solo project and released two more albums under the band's name, “H418ov21.C” in 1994 and “Electric Doom Synthesis” in 1995. These albums are usually categorized as dark ambient. Although they were completely electronic, the albums carried the atmosphere of the band's black metal recordings.
Wikipedia says: “Beherit's compilation album, The Oath of Black Blood, includes material recorded from June to September 1990. The album was released in 1991. The album is traditional, fast and brutal old school black metal, heavily influenced by death metal, thrash metal and grindcore. However, it is not a separately recorded studio album. The band got some funding for recording an album from their record label at the time, Turbo Music, but supposedly spent the money on alcohol. The label then released their demo “Demonomancy” and their 7" EP Dawn of “Satan's Millennium as a compilation, without the band's permission, and named it The Oath of Black Blood, which was originally supposed to be the name of the new album. Laiho commented on the album in an early 1992 interview for Metal Hammer magazine: "I hate the album! We never wanted to release it. The songs are from our 'Demonomancy' demo and our label Turbo Music just used a regular cassette for the album pressing. Honestly, I never sent them the master tape." Spinefarm Records re-issued it in 2005. .
Stored vertically in a smoke free environment for the past 26 years.
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