MERCILESS · Behind The Realms Of The Dark | WHITE TAPE

Name: MERCILESS · Behind The Realms Of The Dark | WHITE TAPE
Brand: Darkness Shall Rise Productions
SKU: EM00158483
Price: 12.90 EUR
Availability: InStock

MERCILESS · Behind The Realms Of The Dark | WHITE TAPE (Death Metal Tapes)

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Artist: Merciless

Label/Manufacturer: Darkness Shall Rise Productions

Genre: Death Metal

Product number: EM00158483

EAN: 4068651001582

Manufacturer product ID: DSR293MC

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Product information "MERCILESS · Behind The Realms Of The Dark | WHITE TAPE"

White music cassette with 6 panel j-card.

Limited to 300 copies.

Background information about 'Behind The Realms Of The Dark'

Raw Swedish metal history comes alive with Merciless' legendary early recordings! "Behind The Realms Of The Dark" compiles the band's crucial 1987-1988 demos that laid the groundwork for their groundbreaking 1990 debut "The Awakening" – the very first release on Euronymous' infamous Deathlike Silence Productions. These recordings capture Merciless at their most primal and ferocious, showcasing the unbridled energy that would help define the Swedish extreme metal scene.

What these demos might lack in studio polish, they more than compensate for with sheer intensity and youthful aggression. Alongside pioneers like Obscurity and Morbid, Merciless carved the path that countless Swedish black and death metal bands would follow. The careful restoration and remastering by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony brings new life to these historical gems while preserving their essential rawness. This isn't just a collection – it's a time capsule of Swedish metal's most formative period.

For fans of:
Bathory, Morbid, Obscurity, early Mayhem, Grotesque

Track listing

A1. Behind The Black Door
A2. Realm Of The Dark
A3. Dreadful Fate
A4. Nuclear Attack
B1. The Awakening
B2. Denied Birth
B3. Bestial Death
B4. Burned Alive

Manufacturer: Darkness Shall Rise Productions, Lengenfelder Straße 58, 08107 Kirchberg, Germany, Contact: darknessshallrise.de

Artist:	Merciless
Label/Manufacturer:	Darkness Shall Rise Productions
Genre:	Death Metal

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