THE ELECTRIC BIBLE | CHAPTER 342

Often regarded as Sweden’s first recordings in the underground cult of death metal, which was then starting to coalesce in pockets of clandestine activity around the globe, Damnations Pride – a 1-sided cassette demo release – is immediately notable for its crushing guitar tone and maniacal
riffing. Songs are transitional constructs marked by multiple, ultra-heavy guitar riffs, pounding and blasting drums, and guttural “demonic” vocals designed to maximise the effect of lyrics which adhere to the
tropes most proven to repulse grown-ups – bodily dismemberment and Satanism (although the latter would be mainly adopted by another emergent cult, black metal). Four tracks, thirteen minutes, a miniature metal maelstrom which perfectly expresses its intent.