Tracklisting:
1.Endless Dark Tormentors
2. Eternal Damnation
3. A Day Of Gloom

An excellent debut effort, three tracks of pure, intense hatred . Black metal? Swedish death? Perhaps, yet anything but melodic. Blistering speed and viloent riffs on the first two tracks, while the somewhat more mid-tempo track 3 really stands apart for it's grim, seething atmosphere...
Tracks 1 and 2 are somewhat reminiscent of Dissection, The Crown, etc...but much more raw and primitive sounding.

Bone crunching!

Vocals are stark raving lunacy! From piercing screethes to low, death growls, Johan Huldtgren shows amazing range & depth. Coupled with the masterful guitar work of Anders Ahlblack, the finest points of this rare, limited edition.
Bleak cover art featuring firing squad poses and various scenes of death clearly echo the band's sentiments supporting"total annihilation of the human race", which is more than prevelant in the music within.
War Metal at it's finest!

This mcd reminds me that, when done in the appropriate setting, with care, the use of programming in black/death metal definitely has a place, despite purist views...truly, on this release, you'd be hard pressed to tell the difference, the guitar and vocals making the incredibly strong statement that is Obitus.
One looks forward to great things in future from this excellent product of Sweden.
A Mighty Hails!

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