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"The Lost Tapes" is a compilation album release by Danish death metal act Frozen Sun. The compilation was released through Emanzipation Productions in April 2024. Frozen Sun formed in 1992 and released the "Defect Dimension of Souls" demo in 1993. It would be three years before they released their debut full-length studio album "Dimensions" (1996). Before disbanding in 1998, Frozen Sun had also released the "Too Cold for Life" (1998) demo.
"The Lost Tapes" features all material from the "Defect Dimension of Souls" demo (five tracks) and five additional tracks which sound like they are pre-production demos for "Dimensions" (two of the five tracks appear on "Dimensions"), but I haven´t been able to find any information about the last five tracks on the tracklist, so this is my best guess.
While all material featured on "The Lost Tapes" is obviously remastered demo tracks, the sound production is of a good quality, and it´s also obvious that Frozen Sun were one of the better playing artists on the Danish death metal scene of the 90s. Especially the material from the "Defect Dimension of Souls" demo is strongly influenced by Deicide, but the remaining tracks feature a lot more lead guitar parts and variation and the Deicide influence isn´t as strong on those tracks. Unfortunately they lack some of the savage power of the tracks from "Defect Dimension of Souls", but it´s not bad quality material.
Upon conclusion it´s nice to get a chance to listen to the material from the "Defect Dimension of Souls" demo without having to search the vaults for the old cassette tape demo version, and although the quality of the remaining material isn´t quite as high as the material from the debut demo, "The Lost Tapes" is still overall a good quality release and a 3 star (60%) rating isn´t all wrong.
