OUT OF PRINT!!
On BLACKMETAL.COM RECORDS!
"America's BEST Black Metal band!" - Don / NUNSLAUGHTER (quoted in SLAYER Magazine, Norway)
Thirteen songs of utterly cult and totally pure Underground Black Metal by the legendary SATHANAS! Recorded in 1996, "Black Earth" is SATHANAS' long-awaited, "previously-unreleased" full-length debut-album! In comparison to the newer recording "Thy Dark Heavens" released simultaneously by BlackMetal.com Records, "Black Earth" presents a more raw (but not "primitive") and 'harsh' Black Metal sound, albeit with a technical Grinding Thrash attack that has become SATHANAS' trademark! Fans of SATHANAS will immediately recognize a distinctive intensity and brutality that sets this band apart from trendy Nordic clone/clowns who exist to cash in on the Euro BM craze! SATHANAS stands for pure Black Metal with conviction and pride, with total hard work and dedication are able to finally unleash both "Thy Dark Heavens" and "Black Earth" to the truly starved Extreme Metal scene! *(Cover-painting by Kris Verwimp!)
SATHANAS has had a long history in the Underground starting in 1988 with original vocalist Mike Smith later joining ACHERON, and founding member Paul Tucker forming BATHYM known for their "Demonic Force" EP on Thrash Records France. *(See OLD FUNERAL "Devoured Carcass" EP which featured pre-BURZUM/IMMORTAL/HADES members; also on Thrash Records!) SATHANAS' first EP "Ripping Evil" (originally the first demo from 1988) was released by Reaper Records Belgium (known for releases by MORBID featuring pre-MAYHEM's Dead with pre-ENTOMBED!)... The first full-length album "Black Earth" from 1995/96 remained unreleased until September 2001. The 1997 Album "Armies of Charon" was released by Conquistador Records UK (licensed from Barbarian Wrath, Germany); and now the third and newest full-length recording "Thy Dark Heavens" is released simultaneously with "Black Earth" by CYBERTZARA / BlackMetal.com Records!
* LINE-UP:
Paul Tucker - Vocals & Guitar
Bill Davidson - Vocals & Bass
Jim Baker - Drums
* DISCOGRAPHY:
SATHANAS "Ripping Evil" demo - 1988
SATHANAS "Rehearsal" demo - 1993
SATHANAS "Ripping Evil" EP - Reaper Records Belgium
SATHANAS "Promo" 1993 demo
SATHANAS "Black Earth" cd 1995 *(unreleased; for Afterdark Records)
SATHANAS "Black Earth" cd 1996 re-recorded with bonus-tracks *(for Metal Merchant records); released by CYBERTZARA / BlackMetal.com Records 2001
SATHANAS "Armies of Charon" CD Conquistador Records UK - 1997
SATHANAS "Blood of Christ" 3-song promo - 2000
SATHANAS "Cruentus Diabolos" MCD released by Drakkar Records France - 2001
SATHANAS "Thy Dark Heavens" CD CYBERTZARA / BlackMetal.com Records 2001
SATHANAS / BATHYM "Jaws of Satan" CD on Displeased Records, Netherlands *(containing the Demos, Rehearsals and live material of both SATHANAS & BATHYM!)
Low introductory price available for a limited time only, *or* while dwindling supply lasts in 2005!
