Anaal Nathrakh

This is the first anyone heard from these British Black Metallers. This is fast, underground Black Metal - something Anaal Nathrakh is not assosiated with anymore and that's a pity.

This demo basically consists of 4 good-length tracks. The self-titled tracks stands out and it shows a band that's willing to play relentless, fast and raw Black Metal. Necrodeath is another fast track with a lot of standard tremelo riffing and of course, the underground sound. The third track, Iceblasting Stormwinds (Part I), though paced, is perhaps the most musically rich song of the album. It shows that these guys did have a lot of potential from the beginning. You can ever heard solos throughout the demo on each track. The last track, Carnage, is a pretty mediocre track and makes the experience boring. It's got blast-beats and fast riffing but I'm not blown away by it.

To sum it all up, this demo does show this band's willingness to produce fast, underground Black Metal and I'm sure had they continued doing this, they would've become the premier UK Black Metal outfit.