SKUGGMORKER – Harskare Av Den Svarta Natten / Forgangen Tid LP

Description

Ultra-obscure mid-90s black metal from Sweden here. Have to confess I shamefully wasn’t aware of Skuggmorker at all, and boy was I missing out! Both these demos have a real obscure mysterious aura about them: very atmospheric and grim sounding. For a demo the recording quality is okay, whoever mastered this to vinyl did a great job as there’s definitely no degredation in sound and any “deficiencies” (I believe BM parlance is “necro”) are entirely down to recording standard and lack of musical ability. This is mainly mid-paced black metal, with a lot of tunes in that kinda galloping, half-a-beat-off style that Graveland were so good at. There’s even a total amatuerish long solo keyboard tune. This will never be regarded as a classic of early black metal, but if you (think you) know the genre inside-out, this is an essential curio. Limited to 200 copies on black vinyl, so gettit!