Review: Unleashed - Before the Creation of Time | |||||||
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Before the Creation of Time | |||||||
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Label: Darkness Shall Rise Productions Year released: 2024 Duration: 50:50 Tracks: 13 Genre: Death Metal Rating: Review online: May 25, 2024 Reviewed by: Sargon the Terrible |
Readers' Rating How do you rate this release? Rated 3.25/5 (65%) (4 Votes)
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This is a compilation of Unleashed's demos that they put out before their debut Where No Life Dwells back in 1991. Two of these were straight-up demos, the third a promo recording put together after they were signed to Century Media to try and get people excited about the forthcoming album. This was 1990-91, and Entombed had broken big, Swedish Death Metal was the hot new sound, and Century Media figured they had a hot property. I actually think these demo tracks sound way better than the later versions. (Most of these songs would later be re-recorded for the debut album.) Where No Life Dwells has always seemed like a miss to me, with a cleaned-up production and not enough punch to the recording, but these earlier versions are primitive and raw, with a churning guitar sound, crude drumming, and that evil, underground vibe that's hard to capture and impossible to fake. Listening to this, you can see why the label got excited about this band. Unleashed have always been a much more direct outfit than a lot of their peers, but with this kind of stripped-down approach, that really works. Even if you don't think much of Unleashed, this is a worthwhile listen for any Death Metal fan. See below for more reviews and interviews... ↓ |
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