Pre-Order Astaroth "An Epic Told To Infinity" Cassette Red cover!!

About 30 years ago this demo was recorded in an 8-track reel-to-reel studio in the
centre of Bergen. The studio, which usually catered to the alternative rock and indie
bands of Bergen, was called REC 90. As far as I know Astaroth, Mortify and Bak De
Syv Fjell recorded there in 1995. At the time we had our rehearsal room adjacent to
our local church at Laksevåg where we are from. The reason for this closeness to the
church, I believe where due to the fact that Cato (drums) father knew the priest and
the priest was probably kind of intrigued at having one of these new metal bands in
house so to speak. We could practise anytime we wanted after office hours as long
as it didn´t collide with any Christ-related activities, and being the nice guys that we
were this strange relationship worked very well. Since we practised a lot to prepare,
we recorded this demo in one day. We sent it to NRF for duplication, copied the
covers at our parents’ workplaces or the local post office, and sent out a few tapes to
labels and sold some through flyers, but most got sold hand to hand in Norway. We
had a lot of other songs lined up for a follow-up, or ideally a full length if we had
gotten a record contract, but that never happened. Probably not so strange as we
didn´t promote it much. Looking back at it now, I think it sounds quite good, better
than I remembered, but I would have like to listen to our next release if that had
happened. I think we were on to something, but at the time we didn´t manage to
focus enough. After all this happened when we were between 16 and 18ish and there
were more than enough disturbances from other sides of life. I really can´t remember
why it ended, but I hope you who reads this can find this small piece of the
Norwegian black metal puzzle interesting and always remember to say a firm NO to
Jesus.

Sample: youtube.com/watch?v=TzKTLrjcQdQ&t=1181s