The Burning Church, by Lucifer's Hammer

The Burning Church

by Lucifer's Hammer

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PitViper177 Once again NWNP unearths a classic that FINALLY gets a proper release. Here in the States we have always been extremely limited to our contributions in early BM. This album is truly a LESSON in raw, cold, spiteful Black Metal. Favorite track: Mourning Creation's Ruin.

darkenedspirit (Midgard_OBM) Glad to find this excellent record from Lucifer's Hammer. Great Black/Death Metal with a somber atmosphere. "Death metal suffused with the atmospheric darkness and savage ferocity of Black Metal". Old school Blackened Death Metal of high quality, recommended.

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	1.	The Entrance to Gehenna 05:37
	2.	The Burning Church 04:13
	3.	Eternally Doomed 07:11
	4.	Mourning Creation's Ruin 08:28
	5.	Realm of Stone 04:56
	6.	Dethroned Emperor 04:50

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Formed in Michigan during the late 80s, Lucifer’s Hammer was a prominent fixture in the Midwest underground, playing numerous regional gigs and routinely featured in the lineup of at Michigan Death-fest. The earliest incarnation of the band was more thrash-oriented, but as the band evolved, it gravitated toward a darker black/death metal sound. By the mid 1990s, Lucifer’s Hammer was part of a circle that included such bands as Summon, Masochist, and Wind of the Black Mountains, all of which at some point shared members with Lucifer’s Hammer. It proved to be among the most fertile scenes of early USBM around that time. Although Lucifer’s Hammer released two earlier demos, it was with their 1994 self-released tape, “The Burning Church,” that the band left its most enduring mark. Lucifer’s Hammer was among the first American bands to play death metal suffused with the atmospheric darkness and savage ferocity associated with the then-emerging black metal movement. On “The Burning Church,” the band plays relentless blackened death steeped in a miasma of blasphemy. Indeed, this demo is among the darkest death metal recordings of its time. Lucifer’s Hammer should be mentioned alongside bands like Profanatica, Demoncy, and Absu.

- J. Campbell

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released August 30, 2020

Tracks 1-4: "The Burning Church" demo 1994
Tracks 5-6: rehearsals

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