SARGEIST
Feeding the Crawling Shadows

Moribund

rare demo remastered on CD!

Moribund

While waiting for a real new album, what we get here released by WTC is a collection of all Sargeist songs which were previously available solely on vinyl, tape and compilation releases. All songs have been carefully re-mastered to keep up the audio quality.

Track 1 is taken from the split with Merrimack.
Track 2 is taken from the compilation CD entitled "Jatkosota."
Track 3 is taken from the compilation tape entitled "..and Jesus Wept."
Track 4 is taken from the split with Temple of Baal.
Track 5 was originally a bonus track from the "Satanic Black Devotion" LP.
Track 6 is taken from the compilation LP entitled "Tormenting Legends."
Track 7 is taken from the compilation LP entitled "Finnish-German Alliance."
Track 8 was originally a bonus track from the "Disciple of the Heinous Path" LP.
Track 9 is taken from the split with Bahimiron.
Track 10 is taken from the split with Drowning the Light.
Tracks 11 and 12 are taken from the the "Dark Embrace" 7" EP.
Tracks 13 and 14 are taken from the the "Lair of Necromancy" 7" EP.


WTC

WTC

4 new hymns, recorded in the same session like Sargeist's latest full length masterpiece, Unbound, showing nothing but Satanic Black Devotion.

WTC

Osmose

Osmose

Sargeist has always had an interesting atmosphere, and it's rather hard to describe. Imagine if Mütiilation's predilections for drugs, suicide, and Satan were celebrated instead of mourned and you have a good idea.
Sargeist's music is always vaguely disgusting and filthy yet resolutely proud of its own decay-hedonistic and excessive, like Caligula-era Rome. Well, if you want filth-caked black metal, it's hard to find a better example in the Sargeist catalog than this demo. Sargeist has never sounded so sleazy as on tracks like 'Anti-Human Black Metal Wrath', where the strains of 'Deathcrush'-era Mayhem come home to roost in a short, violently rhythmic track. The production only aids the oily, viscous feeling of these songs, with the murky guitars and drums moving like a sea of raw sewage under the perpetually hissing and howling vocals. It's definitely a good example of rawness used to aid music rather than detract from it.

Re-issue properly with a complete updated layout released with leading band member Shatraug himself as supervisor.

500x heavyweight marble (milky clear/black) 12" (180g) in a microtenne innerbag, innersleeve printed, black & white on 220g carton (coated paper); poster black & white, 280x430mm on 150g art-paper, simple jacket, full-color printed on 350g carton, coated paper (semi-gloss), all assembled in a plastic overbag.

Osmose

Sargeist returns with an all-new entry into the black metal genre.
They take their sound and refine it into an unrelenting machine of darkness.
They keep all of their bass-lines that they're known for and amplify them into some of the best hearing in a long time. The guitar riffs are second to none. You seriously get the idea that Shatraug, Hoath Torog and Horns spent a lot of time sifting through different sounds and styles to try and find the best possible sound for this release. The drums, although sometimes a little too repetitive, sound top notch most of the time.
The band blends all these together to make some of the most melodic, dark and cold parts, to the most raw, brutal and intense parts.

Re-issue properly with a complete updated layout released with leading band member Shatraug himself as supervisor.

Re-issue, 500x marble milky clear/black 12" (140g) in a black poly-lined innersleeve, poster A2 black & white printed on 150g art-paper, gatefold cover black & white, printed on 350g carton, all assembled in a plastic overbag.

Osmose

Finnish black metal is an acquired taste. It's chaotic, noisy and pure evil.

This is a more mature release musically. The song structures have come a long way since Satanic Black Devotion, but still maintain everything this band is known for. There is definitely more of the signature intertwining guitar work, that weaves in and out amongst the chaos of the drums and ghastly vocals. It's that guitar work that takes the listener for an emotional roller coaster, especially on songs like "Burning Voice of Adoration", which has the ability to stir up absolute sadness and sorrow.

As for production, the formula is still the same. Turn everything up beyond reason and comprehension, almost to a breaking point. Seriously, prolonged exposure to this will probably make your houseplants wilt and die.

Re-issue, 500x heavyweight marble milky clear with black 12" (180g) in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve, full-color on 220g carton, poster A2 full-color printed on 150g art-paper, jacket full-color printed on 350g carton, all assembled in a plastic overbag.

Osmose