Widely considered one of the first "war metal" albums - if not THE first, actually - BESTIAL WARLUST's debut was a shockingly violent and utterly barbaric slab of black metal that literally had no peer upon its release in 1994. It spawned countless imitators in the two decades since that original release and even furthered the "bestial metal" subgenre so prolific today, but there's simply no substitute for the original - and HELLS HEADBANGERS couldn't be prouder to reissue it alongside the second album, Blood & Valour. SATANIC WAR METAL...BESTIAL fucking WARLUST!!!
"BESTIAL WARLUST were indeed stocked with an arsenal like no other. Their moniker, the cover artwork, the verbiage, the look, the sheer sawn-off, noise-annoys oblivion they sought and then wielded with an iron fist...this was WAR METAL at Year Zero, and it's captured brilliantly. The sound itself is a weapon; barbaric crush is substituted for conventional riffs, and they wander about in a drunken haze of chaotic abandon. Even more garish and exaggerated than Blasphemy's, the short/sharp/shocked bursts of "guitar solo" are the accidentally avant-garde covering fire." - ZERO TOLERANCE magazine WAR METAL special.
Reprint, 500x graphite grey 12" 140g with a silkscreen on B side in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve full-color on 220g carton, jacket full-color printed on 350g carton, all assembled in a plastic overbag.
Special reissue of the cult classic debut EP from Celestia. Original version released in 1999 on Drakkar Productions. Comes with one studio bonus track recorded during the same session.
Reprint, 400x gold in milky clear swirl 12" (140g) in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve, full-color on 220g; jacket, full-color printed on 350g, all assembled in a plastic overbag.
Reprint, 300 x 2-color split - aqua blue/highlighter yellow 12" (140g) in a microtene innerbag, printed innersleeve, full-color on 220g, gatefold jacket, full-color + pms on 350g, all assembled in a PVC overbag.