Grausamkeit – Angeldestruction (1997)

January 19, 2025

Without wanting to sound absolutely fucking cringe as fuck, there is something incredibly beautiful about this demo. Yeah, Grausamkeit, via Blod Besvimelse very weirdly going viral recently, has become something of a meme, but IMO these releases are timeless. The shaky mix of dungeon synth put to degraded tape and barely audible, truly necro black metal is just perfect. Expectations should be tempered of course as this a cassette demo, not a searing working of art, but for lo-fi black metal you really can’t go far wrong. Angeldestruction is fantastic.