Okay. Many of you know that I have a genuine fetish for old school death metal, and especially for unearthing formerly obscure releases in the music's history. But I gotta admit that I wasn't even aware of this one before it was featured on the Corroseum website (awesome...you gotta check it out). This album is perhaps the most primitive of all South American death/black metal albums, kind of what like Vulcano or Sarcofago must have sounded like at their first rehearsals. Now a big part of the problems here are the all around technical limitations, both in the band's abilities and in the production, which is pretty laughable. Bass and guitar are often slightly out of tune with each other, and the drummer makes the percussion on early Sodom records sound like Neil Peart by comparison. And those guitar "solos." Wow. And I swear, the bass player sounds like he's in the next room over from where the other band members are. A funny note: I'm fairly sure these guys arrived at the quality herein not by deliberate choice, but as result of circumstances. And now we have modern bands actually trying to sound like this to increase their level of "kult" quotient. Pathetic. Also, I can't help but laugh at the idea of Nazi black metallers pretending to enjoy this record because there's a swastika on the sleeve. That just makes me laugh til I wet myself. No...realy.
Now bear in mind, that if you have an actual copy of this record, it's incredibly, unfeasibly rare. But beware! There are those who profit by this masterpiece's rarity and notoriety and have issued vinyl bootlegs of it. Make sure you copy is genuine, so you can feel as ripped off as everyone who bought this album at it's time of release!
And you can delve further into this evil puke stain here: http://www.thecorroseum.com/rev/exterminator.htm
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