BLASPHEMY - Fallen Angel Of Doom LP (1990)

Year: 1990.
Country: Canada
Genre: Black Metal

Yeah, Blasphemy! Great band. As far as I remember, I heard about them in the late 90s by watching the cheesy 666 At Calling Death documentary about satanism and other controversies in early 90s black & death metal scene. Their music was poorly presented there and their appearance in that movie was quite ridiculous, quite forgettable and I wasn't very impressed to check and search for the releases of that unknown band. Few years later, I finally got their Fallen Angel Of Doom album which totally blew me away. Awesome, no bullshit black metal similar to early BEHERIT. Of course, I wasn't aware back then that actually Beherit, who without any doubt gained more recognition and was better known in the underground, was the one who was highly influenced by this Canadians and this LP in particular.

Their savage, ultra-chaotic took on Satanic metal perfectly represent the sentiments of the early, 1st wave black metal scene, when the whole thing was still very underground and far away from any kind of commercial trends or bullshit politics. In the late 90s, when such commercialization started, Blasphemy remained unknown to all these new trendies. Probably, there's a good reason why - their raw, uncompromised approach to black metal isn't for the weak, kiddy black metal audience which emerged. Their cult status and recognition they deserved came later, probably after the re-issues of their discography by Nuclear War Now! label few years ago.

By adopting their skinhead image from cult LA act VON (who shaved their heads as an fuck off answer to the mainstream, glam dominated metal scene of their hometown at that time) and by borrowing some of their influences from early grindcore, Blasphemy shaped really savage and militant approach to black metal which has been played only by some South American obscure bands before 'em.

Normally, they never intended or pretended to make anything with social commentary value beyond simple reject and mockery of Christianity and other religious hypocricies. It's also interesting that having one black member in the band, guitarist Caller Of The Storms, is a detail which testify how real black metal scene wasn't supposed to be affiliated with racism and white power bullshit. It's also interesting seeing how the NSBM trend started to cease in the recent years, and that might be because many people now are able to get better picture about the roots of black metal and it's real classics and it's real spirit. Blasphemy is one of these classic bands which can't be avoided. And yeah, this album beats up any weak NS poser crap, as being ultra-black metal in such merciless way.

Absolute classic, blast your ears and enjoy!

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