Violence Is the Prince of This World

Originally from Melbourne, being an offshoot member from the band Bestial Warlust, K. K. Warslut brought us the first EP from this his new project with the help of some regular drummers in the local metal scene. With it he communicates the spirit of virility and unfocused heroicism in raw and fast blasting phrases, achieving an existential release from the safe, dull and pre-packaged 9-5 modern world.

Apparently recorded on the same desk as AC/DC used in the 70's, producing a rough but relatively earthy electrical sound, this release strives to awaken that part of us which has not yet been quenched by the nearly all pervasive levelling efforts of Judeo-Christian morality and 'humanistic' and bourgeois currents of thought which in some way all display an interest on the part of their agitators in standardising humanity towards uniformity for different reasons.

Simple blasting riffs emulate the unrestrainable energy and ferocity of thrash and grindcore but are extended linearly in the black metal style to produce a more sustained melodic feel. Harmony is added in the form of layered lead lines which are often placed at unpredictable intervals to startling effect a la Bestial Warlust and either swell the listener's chest in heroic and soaring consonance or instead celebrate the mysterious potential of that which is 'other' in dissonant atonality which, despite the relative discordance, still manages to work in some sort of order with the music below.

While it looses some momentum in the last 3rd, the release is an unpolished but nevertheless honest and often compelling work.

From 'Corrupt Australia': http://australia.corrupt.org/category/Art

This short, vicious album (I refuse to classify it as an EP, it's too complete for that) showcases Destroyer 666 at their most primal and nasty. Along with the demo that preceded it, it's basically an audio document of KK Warslut's emerging genius in the transition from his stint in the insane barbarism machine Corpse Molestation/Bestial Warlust to the eerie, brutal blackened thrash of D666's current sound. The trademark riffs are discernable on some tracks, but mostly this a full speed barrage of violent war metal fury. The only thing missing is the killer lead work of second guitarist Shrapnel - at this point, the lineup was only Keith on guitar/bass/vocals with two different session drummers. The production is also somewhat uneven and rough, but no one gives a shit about that anyway. This stuff wasn't ever meant to have a clean, polished mix.

The opener "Hail to Destruction" is a short, nasty blast of noisy,steamrolling force, before another fist in the face with "An Endless Stream of Bombers" and the horrific "True Sons of Satan" play further havoc with your ears. Far from the epic, rousing triumphant nature of Unchain The Wolves, Violence.. is mostly a crushing blast of hatred with all the subtlety of a nuclear explosion. The epic feel does pop up though, on "Burning The Veil of Falsehood", "Song For A Devil's Son" and the classic closing track "The Eternal Glory Of War", the latter of which was reworked in a much more polished form on Phoenix Rising. This version, though, is what first gave D666 much of their notoriety by appearing on a couple of widely circulated compilation albums.

The 2001 reissue of this CD also includes 5 bonus tracks - all but one of which are merely alternate versions of the existing 7 songs. The only unique track is "Destroyer", which is killer and should have been included on the original album anyway. Otherwise, there's alternate mixes of "The Eternal Glory of War", "True Sons of Satan" and "Song For A Devil's Son", and a medley of the latter two (although "Song.." is subtitled Part 2 and has a slightly different approach, but essentially it's the same song) with an interlude between the two. I personally would've preferred if they'd just included the demo Six Songs With The Devil instead, which is quite a rare release and hopefully will be reissued as an official CD version at some stage. Until then, this is the best available document of early Destroyer 666 material available, and remains utterly essential for any fan of this exceptional band.