1-5: Demo 1992
6-7: Live Tracks
8-10: Promo Tape 1995.
Commemorating the 30thanniversary of MIRACLE`s The Fall of Existence demo, a new edition is released on CD.
It features the said studio demo as well as a number of unreleased songs in the old-school, death/thrash metal vein.
Poznań's Miracle has received compact editions of their three demo materials from 1992-95. These were transitional times, because thrash was already fading away for good, death was slowly starting to lose popularity, and black metal was starting to come to the fore. Meanwhile, Miracle focused on raw, powerful death/thrash with references to doom metal on their first demo, "The Fall Of Existence", from 1992. Just listen to "The Last Sovereign Of The World" or the title track - even if they slow down, they hit again without mercy after a while, and this furious material is both dark and mysterious, full of a gloomy aura. There are also more technical tricks or even ballad parts ("Death Wish") - it's strange that this cassette only received its own band release at that time, because it's material without unnecessary sounds, the very essence of this style. In the compact reissue of "The Fall Of Existence" from Thrashing Madness, apart from the fancy booklet, we also have audio extras. Two live tracks confirm that Miracle sounded even stronger live, and the band had concert potential. In turn, "Promo Tape '95", the last before a few years of publishing break in the band's output, are three even more interesting tracks, dark death/doom metal of the highest order with a gem in the form of "Image Of Indifference". On the CD edition of "The Remnants Of Humanity", Miracle's second demo from 1993, we also have additional concert tracks, a more official bootleg, but for collectors it is a priceless thing. The main course, however, is the demo in question, which in the era even got an official cassette edition by Promus, but nothing came of it, and the band was still known only to a narrow group of fans. It's good at least that thanks to the current reissue, more listeners will be able to see that in the first half of the 90s in Poland there was no shortage of bands playing at the death/doom level, in which keyboard instruments began to play an increasingly important role. It's a pity that Miracle didn't manage to make their presence felt on the scene more strongly at that time, and on top of that they've been silent since the release of the comeback material "I Will Become Your God" in 2001 - maybe these reissues will encourage the band to be more active. Both "The Fall Of Existence" and "The Remnants Of Humanity" are decorated with new covers, the work of Leszek Wojnicz-Sianożęcki, but the booklets contain reproductions of old, cassette editions. As is usually the case with Polish classics, there can be only one note:
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