MIDNIGHT · Sweet Death and Ecstasy (Re-Issue) | BLACK LP
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Product information "MIDNIGHT · Sweet Death and Ecstasy (Re-Issue) | BLACK LP"
Black vinyl including insert and download card.
Background information about 'Sweet Death and Ecstasy (Re-Issue)'
There is a certain kind of filth that only Midnight can conjure, and "Sweet Death and Ecstasy" is that filth distilled to its most potent form. Athenar has spent years perfecting a sound that sits somewhere between first-wave black metal, sleazy speed metal and the kind of punk that gets played in basements with the lights off, and this record is the moment where all of those impulses collide into something genuinely nasty. The riffs are greasy and immediate, the drums sound like they were recorded in a concrete bunker, and the vocals are spat out with a sneer that suggests the man behind them has seen a few things he would rather forget. It is ugly, it is fun, and it never once pretends to be anything else.
What makes this re-issue worth your attention is how well the material holds up as a complete statement rather than a collection of shock-value set pieces. Tracks move from breakneck thrash attacks into slower, doom-tinged grooves without ever losing the thread, and the production keeps just enough grit to remind you that this is music made by human hands, not a plugin preset. The whole thing plays like a love letter to the scuzziest corners of heavy music, delivered by someone who actually grew up in them. If you have any affection for the raw end of the spectrum, this belongs on your shelf next to your well-worn copies of the classics.
For fans of: Venom, Bathory, Toxic Holocaust, Inepsy, Nifelheim
Track listing
A1. Crushed by Demons
A2. Penetratal Ecstasy
A3. Here Comes Sweet Death
A4. Melting Brain
B1. Rabid!
B2. Bitch Mongrel
B3. Poison Trash
B4. Before My Time in Hell
Manufacturer: Metal Blade Records GmbH, Friedrichstr. 38, 73033 Göppingen, Germany, Contact: www.metalblade.com
| Artist: | Midnight |
|---|---|
| Color: | Black |
| Label/Manufacturer: | Metal Blade Records |
| Product type: | Vinyl Record |
| Vinyl specification: | Insert |
| Genre: | Black Metal, Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal |
| Format: | 12" LP |
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