BEHEMOTH ''...From The Pagan Vastlands" boxed set-LP + cassette + poster NEW

	€		19
	$		22

WITCHING HOUR PRODUCTIONS 2011

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Behemoth, a metal band from Poland. A band that one either seems to love, or hate. A band that started out as a raw black metal band, and changed from that to a blackened death metal band. Whatever one might think of this band now, one cannot deny the magnitude and greatness of this demo, "...From The Pagan Vastlands." It is truly a black metal monument!

First, I want to address the production of this demo. It is raw, yes, RAW. But the listener can clearly hear whatever is going on. The first Behemoth demo, "Eternal Damnation," sucks. A lot. The production was raw, but the atmosphere was awful. It was like Mayhem's "Pure Fucking Armageddon" or Burzum's old demos in terms of production. Raw as hell, but could not justify the instruments and sounded like one big ass mess. On their second demo, "The Return of the Northern Moon," they were still using bad production. However, here, the instruments were much more professional and there was a great atmosphere of grim bleakness. Now, on THIS demo, "...From The Pagan Vastlands," Behemoth creates a much better atmosphere, and a less raw, but still kvlt as fuck, production. Nothing on here, at all, is too high or too low in the mix. The guitars are out front, and amazing. The drums are audible, as is the bass to the point where it should be. Nergal's vocals are full of hate, definitely different than the death growls he does now, which are still good! But come on, he was at his best in Behemoth's black metal days.

The riffs on here are... Amazing. The first track, "From Hornedlands to Lindisfarne" features some acoustic strumming along with the raw electric riffs. There are also some keyboards in there, too, but they do not take over at all. This sort of reminds me of "In a Glare of Burning Churches" era Graveland. The next track, "Thy Winter Kingdom," has to be the gem on the demo. There is a catchy as fuck riff here, which kicks off right away in the intro, and picks up after a short break. All of these tracks contain absolutely amazing riffing. "The Dance of the Pagan Flames" has some very raw and catchy tremolo riffs, and that keyboard at about a half a minute in made me think so much of Graveland. Interesting enough, Behemoth and Graveland supported eachother very early in their careers. This album closes with an amazing cover of Mayhem's classic "Deathcrush." I find that I like this version a lot more than the version on Mayhem's "Deathcrush EP." Why? It is a little clearer, and Nergal is a far superior vocalist to Maniac.

The drumming on this album, is ferocious. BUT not to a point where every drumbeat is a black metal blastbeat. There are some very thrashy moments with the drums. Anyway, this is an amazing demo. Infact, it is one of the greatest releases from Behemoth. This, and their 1994 EP "And the Forests Dream Eternally" and 1996 album "Grom" are the best from this band's black metal days, but as said before, this demo is probably their best recording ever. It is just that damned good. Any black metal fan WILL eat this up, no question.

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