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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.

Reprint, 400x heavyweight ultra clear, red/black smoke

598x bone with black marble effect 2x12"

500x galaxy (milky clear/black) 

Reprint, 500x transparent blue with heavy black splatter 

Remains of a ruined dead cursed soul, The original album was called "Evil, the gestalt of abomination" and was supposed to be released in 1992. Due to label issues it finally saw the light in 1999 with the actual tittle... Rough and not perfectly executed, it represents the really start of Mutiilation.

Reprint, 500x marble (transparent red/black) 12" (140g) in a black poly-lined innersleeve, gatefold jacket printed on 350g carton, coated paper, all assembled in a plastic overbag.
 

From the frost-shrouded crypts of eternity emerges Black Funeral's unholy testament, "Vampyr Throne of the Beast" - a glacial monument to the undead sovereigns who rule from shadows beyond mortal comprehension. This arcane opus channels the primordial darkness of castle keeps and moonless nights, where ancient bloodlines converge in blasphemous ritual. Released originally in 1995, “Vampyr…” is the debut album that established Black Funeral as one of the foundational bands in the American black metal scene.
Each track unfolds like parchment scrolls inscribed with forbidden knowledge, weaving tremolo-picked melodies that slice through the veil between worlds. The album's frigid atmosphere conjures images of candlelit chambers where vampiric nobility hold court, their pale forms draped in medieval splendor as they preside over kingdoms of bone and shadow.
Raw, hypnotic passages cascade like winter winds through gothic spires, while ritualistic percussion echoes from stone halls where no mortal foot has tread for centuries. The production's deliberate coldness preserves the necromantic essence - each note crystallized in ice, each vocal incantation rising from depths where daylight dare not venture.
"Vampyr Throne of the Beast" stands as a grimoire of black metal orthodoxy, summoning the spectral majesty of Europe's darkest medieval legends. This is music for the witching hour, when the boundary between the living and the eternally damned grows thin, and ancient powers stir in their unhallowed thrones.

Re-issue with a complete updated layout and new mastering.

300x heavyweight bloodred 12" (180g) in a black poly-lined innersleeve, gatefold jacket, full-color printed on 350g carton, coated paper (semi-gloss), all assembled in a plastic overbag.

Reprint, 700x black vinyl 180g in a black poly-lined innerbag, gatefold, full-color, black flood inside on 350g with gloss lamination, all assembled in a PVC overbag.

The debut album from Belial on Austria's Lethal Records is, without question, one of the heaviest Black/Death Metal albums I have ever heard. It starts off with a creepy little intro, then smashes into a re-recorded version of, in my opinion, Belial's signature track, "The Invocation." This version is much heavier and darker then the one that appeared on their "Gods of the Pit" demo, as Belial added more spoken word interludes and hoarse whispering to the mix. After this, Belial rips through 20 minutes of some of the most intense music in the history of the underground scene. This album just rages along at a breakneck pace, and doesn't let up fast enough for you to catch your breath. My only small complaint is the length of this album, but that is minor in comparison to what Belial does with the little time they have here.
On a side note, this release featured 2 different covers for some reason. The original (which I have, and which is the rarer of the 2) was a rather cheap looking, almost xerox'ed scene of a mountain landscape in the woods, with a black moon hovering in the sky, in black and white, with some blue here and there, and the band's logo in blue in the upper left hand corner, and the album title in the lower right hand corner. The second cover was the hand holding whatever that is in the photo, with the album title in white in the upper right hand corner, and the band logo in red in the lower right hand corner. I have no idea why this was done, other then perhaps only a limited number of copies had the original artwork.
This album has been long out of print, thanks to the thieving bastards that ran Lethal Records. However, I have seen 1 or 2 distros still carrying it (with the second cover artwork), and I'm sure there are a few traders out there with it as well. In any case, pick this up at all costs if you can.
 

500x heavyweight galaxy (mustard/black)

Reprint, 700x heavyweight marble (orange crush/black) 2x12" (180g) in microtene sleeves, printed innersleeves on 220g carton, gatefold jacket, printed on 350g carton with hot foil stamping, coated paper, all assembled in a plastic overbag.

Reprint, 400x swirl beer & gold 12" (180g) in a black poly-lined innerbag, gatefold full-color on 350g with 3D UV SPOT, all assembled in a PVC overbag.