I think I'd like to make this an ongoing feature on the blog, as lately even the most obscure and sometimes awful demo tapes and records have returned from the dead to haunt our metal souls. Very often they're ancient death metal demo tapes that stun with their utter incompetence and worthlessness. But sometimes it's something like the one and only demo tape from Italy's dire Hurtful Witch. I remember reading a review of this demo in the legendary Metal Forces fanzine back in '85, when the band's stinking pile of demo arrived in the form of "Spectra." The problem is not the band so much as their singer, Roberta Delaude(her lovely visage is above). I believe the reviewer said she sounded like someone was stabbing her as she was singing. This did not encourage me to order the tape. But, like the complete douche-tard that I can be sometimes, I saw a posted link for a free download (no-one would pay for this diaper full of metal poo). Well, I couldn't resist. Boy is it horrible. It's really bad. I could actually feel a headache developing on the second tune, and I couldn't make it through the third. Musically it's decent enough, kind of like Black Sabbath meshed with second rate Mercyful Fate, but my GOD, why do some people think they can sing when they sound like cats being stapled together? So consider this a public health warning. Avoid this one like it's got herpes. Because it sure sounds like there's some disease in there somewhere!
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