Satanic Rites: A Tribute to Hell FMP017
Digging through CDs the other day and pulled this one back out. Fully appreeshed. This is the release that, other than first wave stuff (Venom, CF) and the first Darkthrone record (which doesn't really count) got me into all this blasphemin' and face-paintin'. (Fun fact: This was actually handed down to me by TJ, AKA Thorn from that one Vital record.)
Lots of great stuff on here, some of it supposedly otherwise-unreleased. You really get a feeling of the state of things toward the end of the last decade (release date is '99). Artists are from pretty much around the world - Scandinavia and the US are well-represented, but there's also bands from Japan, (I think) South America, and most of "regular-ass, non-Viking Europe." Overall, you get a pretty solid mix of styles - mostly with good-to-passable recordings, along with a few 4-track blurs and a couple of keyboardy atmosphere tracks to spice things up. I'm really digging this all over again - lots of stuff I never bothered to track down that just made it on my want list.
LOL @ Mayhem listed with no vocal credit and Grishnackh on bass, BTW. HOW'D THAT WORK OUT, GAIS???
(Tracklistings here are "song - artist" because that's how I found them listed and I'm not fixing it.)
Disc 1:
01. Initiation Into The Mysteries Of Death Omens - The Thrill
02. Eriaminell - Mysticum
03. Of Purest Fire - Centurian
04. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas - Mayhem
05. Grudge Of Dannoura - Tyrant
06. Ritual In Blood - Outbreak
07. Twelfth Rising - Naglfar
08. Claws Of Death - Swordmaster
09. The Descent - A.S.H.
10. Summoned Howling - Mastiphal
11. At The World Of Antrodden - Thy Primordial
12. Mourns A Lenghening Shadow - Black Funeral
13. Storm In The Darkness - Labei Ritual
14. Reign Of Death - Hemlock
15. The Horns Of Sacrifice - Ever Dark
16. The Return - Soul Reaper
Disc 2:
01. Omnia In Majorem Diaboli Gloriam - Apollyon
02. Ageis And The Sword - Algain
03. Awaken Chaos - Sacramentum
04. In The Ashes Of Civilization - Indungeon
05. The Acheron -Battlelust
06. Tunes Toward Empyrean - Tartaros
07. Storm - Darzamat
08. To Burn The Kingdom Of God - Diaboli
09. The Hordes Of Satan - Thy Infernal
10. Desert Pentagram - Melechesh
11. Black Of The Mighty Ones - Lord of Depression
12. Serpentine Moon - Mortify
13. Blasphemic Beasts Convoked - Goddess Of Desire
14. Under Spread Wings Of Eternal Darkness - Haimad
15. Masque - Burning Inside
16. Evil Dead - Acheron