Beherit: At the Devil’s Studio 1990 12″

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Officially licensed version for the USA market.

1990 was an extraordinarily prolific year for Beherit, who were still just teenagers at the time and had only been playing music together for a few months. That year they released three demos, catching the attention of the fledgling German label Shithouse Records, which released Beherits Dawn of Satans Millennium pic disc EP later that same year. Shithouse, which later became Turbo Music, commissioned the bands debut album, but a dispute between band and label ultimately led Turbo to release a compilation, instead, under the name The Oath of Black Blood. A proper debut album would not appear until 1993, with the release of Drawing Down the Moon. However, Beherit did enter the studio in 1990 with the intention of recording an album, but it was discarded and the tapes went missing until 2011 when drummer Sodomatic Slaughter unearthed them for release. While its historic value is undeniable, At the Devils Studio is a remarkable recording in its own right. Like Beherits other pre-DDTM recordings, At the Devils Studio is a visceral explosion of bestial carnage. In fact, most of the tracks here are re-recorded versions of songs from the Demonomancy demo or else earlier renderings of tracks that appeared on the Down There demo released in 1991 under the name The Lord Diabolus. There are three songs (At the Devils Churns, Whores of Belial, and the instrumental rehearsal track that opens the album) that dont appear elsewhere in the Beherit catalog. With clearer production than the Demonomancy demo that preceded it, At the Devils Studio is in some respects a stronger recording, more in line with the bands subsequent output though still possessed of the same frenzied aggression that defined the early Beherit releases. After its initial release in 2011, At the Devils Studio has remained out of print.

• Format Type: 12″