Hellhammer – Demon Entrails (2008)

April 20, 2023

I’m a listen to a demo in it’s original form kinda guy, but Demon Entrails is one of the exceptions, as it pulls together a pile of Hellhammer OG demos into one compilation. I mean, that’s what demo compilations do, right? LOL

I’m not sure what it is about this that I prefer to listen to over the originals, but I think it has something to do with the seemingly endless amount of old shit here (over 100 minutes).

Anyways, this is basically proto-everything when it comes to extreme music. There is very little one can do to deny the influence of Hellhammer on metal music.

As far as how these demos sound, well, they are demos, so expect stuff to be very rough around the edge. However, these are far from unlistenable. There is very little difference between the sessions presented, and both of them are buried under plenty of tape hiss, wow and flutter. But as I’m sure you know if you are into plumbing such depths of musical antiquity, this is all just part of the fun. The audio is clear enough for you to appreciate everything that is going on.

A legendary compilation, no doubt.