Vargaresa - Manegarm

As Sweden's Månegarm became increasingly successful in the extreme metal field, the amusingly named Displeased Records reissued the band's demo tapes as a collected vinyl and CD, as both a cheap cash-in and present for fans. Unlike the majority of black metal demos, the sound quality here is actually pretty good, and certainly has nothing of the lo-fi bedroom/garage studio hiss about it. What it does have in common with the majority of demos is that the band's sound is comparatively amateur and primitive in these early stages, though it's interesting to see the change in direction between the first four tracks comprising 1996's 'Vargaresa' and the latter ...  Read the complete review