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"Rehearsal" is the third demo recording by Swedish death metal act Sorcery. The demo was recorded in January 1989 and at that point Sorcery had shortly renamed the band Sorcery's Malediction. They would change their name back to Sorcery in time for the August 1989 release of their fourth demo "Unholy Crusade". You can find some of the tracks from this rehearsal demo on the 2011 "Unholy Creations" compilation album.
As the title suggests this is a rehearsal recording and it´s a relatively raw and unpolished release. You can still hear what´s going on though and Sorcery are a pretty well playing band considering that this is a live rehearsal room recording. Only "Obscure Beauty" and "Kill, Kill, Kill and Kill Again" are exclusive to this demo, as the three remaining tracks ("Count of Hades", "Dragons of the Burning Twilight", and "At the Rainbow's End") would all appear in re-recorded studio versions on "Unholy Crusade".
Stylistically this is relentlessly fast-paced, aggressive, and energetic blackened death/thrash metal with a raw snarling vocalist in front. At this point Sorcery (Sorcery's Malediction) were still in that proto-death metal territory where the music is probably better described as blackened thrash than pure death metal. A 2.5 star (50%) rating is warranted.
