DESULTORY: Darkness Falls (The Early Years) CD  

For the first time ever, the three demos from Swedish melodic death metal pioneers DESULTORY.  Jewel-case CD, 24-page booklet. Mastered from the original master tapes by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY in February 2024.

Wearing their influences on their sleeves, their first demo From Beyond features songs in the vein of KREATOR, TESTAMENT or MERCILESS. Death Unfolds from 1991, the rabid pack`s second demo, sees DESULTORY really come into their own as far as style and sound are concerned. Again recorded by Tomas Skogsberg in his renowned Sunlight Studios, the demo showcases most of the band`s typical trademarks they would go on to be admired for. Top-tier swedish Death Metal with downtuned guitar riffs in abundance and a particular sensitivity for melody.

Simply titled Visions, the 3^rd demo again recorded in Sunlight Studios in 1992 logically continues DESULTORY`s trajectory. Building on the fundament laid out on Death Unfolds some of the ingredients only hinted at previously are extended and fine-tuned on tracks like “Forever Gone” and “Depression”. Aided by the strongest production of their demos giving the songs that certain extra punch this demo is victorious on all fronts and a must listen for anyone into swedish Death Metal of the highest order.

1. Eternal Darkness
2. The Awakening
3. Cease to Exist
4. Insanity
5. Passed Away
6. The Chill Within
7. Death Unfolds
8. Forever Gone
9. Depression
10. Visions

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