DEMIGOD · Slumber of Sullen Eyes | TRANSPARENT RED LP

Transparent red vinyl in gatefold sleeve with 32-page booklet.

Background information about 'Slumber of Sullen Eyes'

There are albums that define a scene, and then there are albums that simply are the scene. Demigod's "Slumber of Sullen Eyes" is the latter. Rising from the wastelands of Loimaa in southern Finland, these guys took the raw, primitive fury of early death metal and twisted it into something impossibly atmospheric, something that still sounds utterly singular more than three decades on.

When this debut finally dropped in 1992 after a famously tortured creation process at Tico-Tico Studios, the underground death metal circuit lost its collective mind. And rightfully so. This isn't just another slab of Finnish brutality, it's a record with its own gravitational pull. The riffs descend into murky, doom-laden depths, the vocals sound like they were dredged up from the earth itself, and yet there's this strange, almost melancholic beauty running through every track. Nobody sounded like Demigod. Nobody has since.

What makes "Slumber of Sullen Eyes" so enduring is that it arrived at the exact right moment. The Finnish death metal wave was cresting, and alongside bands like Demilich, Abhorrence and Sentenced, Demigod helped put their homeland permanently on the map. By 1994 the scene had largely scattered, but the records it left behind became untouchable monuments. This is the crown jewel of that legacy, the most original and ferocious of the lot.

For fans of:
Demilich, Abhorrence, Disgrace, Xysma, Sentenced

Other Versions

LTD.SPLATTER-VINYL LP · Sold out CD · Sold out TRANSPARENT GREEN LP · Sold out

Track listing

LP 1:
A1. Apocryphal (Intro)
A2. As I Behold I Despise
A3. Dead Soul
A4. The Forlorn
A5. Tears Of God
A6. Slumber Of Sullen Eyes
B1. Embrace The Darkness / Blood Of The Perished
B2. Fear Obscures From Within
B3. Transmigration Beyond Eternities
B4. Towards The Shrouded Infinity
B5. Perpetual Ascent

Manufacturer: Oy Svart Musik Ab, Saippua Center, Ruissalontie 12C, laituri O, 20200 Turku, Finland, Contact: www.svartrecords.com