DISGRACE – 1990 (Reissue) – LP – Red Vinyl [NOV 8]

LP – Limited Edition Red Vinyl (2024 Repress).

If we take a look back at the very dark past of the birth of Finnish death metal, Disgrace was one of the originators among bands like Abhorrence, Belial, Xysma, Beherit, Funebre, etc. The late ’80s were days of active tape trading, playing gigs wherever possiblemostly in local youth centersand creating new music out of sheer frustration. Was it the geographical location of Finland, with its long winters and absence of light, that gave Finnish death metal that extra feeling of gloom and darkness? Even though you can hear some sort of trademark sound that comes to Finnish bands, the scene was vital in those days, and everyone was doing their own thing.

Disgrace recorded their first demo in 1989, which has been buried in time and dust. Luckily, their “Beyond the Immortalized Existence” and “Inside the Labyrinth of Depression” demosboth recorded in 1990and the “Debts of God” EP (1990) have survived and are compiled into the “1990” release, which is now available again in a limited edition of 500 vinyl copies. These demos and EP document Disgrace at their most brutal and primitive, yet young and bloodthirsty. This is true grinding and murky death metal where you can hear influences from fellow bands like Xysma and Funebre, but also from UK and Swedish bands like Carcass (just listen to the track “Deprive My Innermost“), Bolt Thrower, Carnage, and Nihilist. Disgrace wasnt afraid to include some doomier and groovier rocking parts into their sound even in the early days. Disgrace guitarist and vocalist Jukka Taskinen himself said that the Canadian band Voivod was the biggest influence to start the band, and theres an obvious nod to those Quebecian sci-fi thrashers in the intro of “Debts of God.” Its been over 13 years since the last pressing of the “1990” compilation, and now its time to dive back into the g(l)ory days of Finnish death metal.

Tracklist:

A1 The Chasm
A2 Unity’s Interlude Dyes Blind Tomorrow
A3 Transcendental Dimension
A4 Waves Of Hypocrisy Seas
A5 Debts Of Gods
A6 Deprive My Innermost Soul

B1 Incinerate
B2 Offering
B3 Beyond The Immortalized Existence
B4 Offering
B5 Deprive My Innermost
B6 Ingrained Reign
B7 Absurd Ascension