Another essential early Swedish Death demo. Grotesque were from Gothenburg and weren't content with the cro-magnon bludgeon of the Stockholm kids, Grotesque wanted to create their own brand of brutal, more precise and thrashing. I want to keep this concise so I won't bother with going into great deal about how influential the various members of Grotesque went on to be. Just get to listening.
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grotesque was the shit. i've heard a bit of their stuff but am definitely DL-ing this. the swedish black/death is where it's at. thanks as always.
Some of that old school Swedish death metal hells yeah.
It could be noted that they put out a split with a band called At the Gates among other things.
Well, Grotesque had a 12" EP out, then split up, then At the Gates made a demo which became another 12" EP, which was later compiled with the Grotesque EP & some other tracks by the Dolores label. And it was all killer.
Owen- You are correct! IT was the "Embrace of Evil". ATG re-released it with the "Gardens of Grief" Thanks as always AESOP!
Cover art appropriated from Tolkien's illustration of a *different* gate, classy. I'll be checking this out.
Bad ass.
This tape rips ... I wish this had been the LOTR OST.
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