HELLHAMMER — Satanic Rites (review)

HELLHAMMER — Satanic Rites album cover Demo · 1983 · Black Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Warthur
The second demo from Hellhammer sounds a bit closer to the proto-thrash camp than the proto-black metal sphere to me - though with production this shoddy, it's honestly hard to tell. A little less interesting than the preceding Triumph of Death, there's plenty of Tom Warrior material from Celtic Frost and afterwards that you should probably track down before listening to this one - but when you get around to it, you'll find another key artifact of early extreme metal. Tracks of particular note include an early version of The Third of the Storms, which would feature prominently on Apocalyptic Raids.
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