A masterpiece... This is what this bootleg really is !!!! It is a 4-MC bootleg box set containing all 3 demos of the Mighty DARKTHRONE + the '88 promo tape + (really fucking rare !!!) audio interviews + live stuff from '90, '91 & '96. It also comes with a THICK & impressive A5 xeroxed (full-coloured) booklet with the most informative biography of the band, plus interviews from various 'zines and complete official & unofficial discography. And it is limited to 666 handnumbered copies, so you must act very fast if you want to get one of them... released by the French label Rain of Blood, which previously made another GREAT BURZUM bootleg box set ("Burn'em all", 3 MC + A5 booklet etc. etc.,it was limited to 66 copies and I guess it's now completely sold-out everywhere, maybe you'll find it on Ebay but certainly at a price now...). So the packaging is certainly the best I've ever seen for a black metal band (& this is a bootleg !!!), the A5 booklet is... perfect, the tapes are so well presented (and you have 2 boxes in which you can put the 4 tapes -2 per box-...). The recordings are great, only rarities with excellent sound quality; all demos, live recordings & interviews are COMPLETE (i.e. it's not like other crappy compilation CD with only one track from each demo, here you have the FULL recordings and it's so good...). Finally, the creator of this killer release xeroxed a handwritten letter than Fenriz mailed him together with the Thulcandra demo, back in 1989... PERFECT & CULT !!! Hail Rain of Blood Recs !!! This is the spirit of the undergroud...

Rating : 10/10

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