Saturday February 11 2006, by :Vragh:

Gast - 2004 - Gast

Swedish Black Metal horde Gast has presented us with a fourtrack demo. Musically this is in the vein of Darkthrone and earlier Gorgoroth, crushing mid-paced to fast necro Black Metal, slightly towards the melodic, but with an added dose of Thrash in it. There is a great energy in the music, here.

The vocals consists mostly of hoarse, desperatesounding screams reminding me of Filosofem era Burzum, for some reason (despite the fact that those are whispered rather than screamed), Arckanum and those on the earlier Gorgorothreleases.

The soundquality is raw and a bit chaotic, somewhat towards that of a rehearsal tape, although not quite as bad. The guitars are what you hear the most in the mix. The only thing to complain about are the effects at the beginning and the end of the two tracks in the middle. In fact, the demo would have been better, had they been left out.

"Mixed, rehearsed and recorded in 3 hours and 17 minutes. Up yours, Darkthrone!". Quite a statement to have on your demo, I must say. Standout tracks are "Krig i Vinterland", "Jesuslakt Gastmakt" and "Förfall".

Links:

• Buy it from Blackcave