Track Listing

1. Of Pure Unholyness
2. Frozen Terror
3. Human Sacrifice
4. Resurrected
5. Fallen Angels
6. Excrutiating Pain
7. Nocturnal Blasphemy
8. Vital Remains
9. Smoldering Burial
10. Morbid Death
11. Reduced to Ashes
12. More Brains
13. Slaughter Shack

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40433 in Music
• Released on: 2006-02-07
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Customer Reviews

Great demos
Don't expect to hear anything like Dechristianize. This release is an Vital Remains demo compilation.
The Black Mass (1991) 7"
Excruciating Pain (demo) (1990)
Reduced to Ashes (demo) (1989)

Yes it's worth the price. Sounds like a cross between Blasphemy and Sepultura(Morbid Visions). Some great riffs on these demos. Best songs are "Of Pure Unholyness", "Human Sacrifice", "Resurrected", "Excrutiating Pain".

demonic demos !
This is for everybody, not just the die-hards. The music on this from the opening 1991 is accessible as V.R. gets and the earlier stuff wont scare anybody away either. A good compilation of a great act's humble beginnings. Of course they have grown into a monstrous entity, but you can still hear a bunch of musicians oozing creativity. With all the line-up changes people should enjoy every variation of the V.R. This music and the vision is way too good to nit-pick and give it 1 star, how dare you !!I gave 4 stars because the last section from '89/'88 does run out of steam. You got to love 1991 sessions.You need this if you have the others, worth a listen for all metalheads..

Die-Hard Fans Only!
I really dug Vital Remains' last album "Dechristianized" for its mix of precise brutality, melody, and clean production. I've listened to death metal since back in the day where only a few dudes knew anything about it. And this album - this collection of old (ancient-sounding BS) from Vital Remains beginnings - is an abomination to everything metal has accomplished in the last several years!!

The cheeseball dime-a-dozen riffs, ungodly horrible production (I can't imagine what the demos sounded like before they were "remastered"), sloppy playing, and hilarious "snarling vocals" add up to a hell of an experience. I guess if I was 11 years old and had never heard death metal, this could possibly be cool -- but it would have to be 1986. These guys seemed to be behind their time even in the early days, why would they want to show this to everyone with a 2006 release of such rubbish? Just my opinion, but this one really rubbed me the wrong way.