Before going on, I will issue a warning: If you can’t handle
raw and primitive black metal fueled by a healthy dose of death metal, extreme
power and pure hatred, stop reading now. “FAOD” is by far one of the most
primitive and extreme sounding records of all time, and it’s not for the faint
of heart. To a lot of listeners, this album WILL sound like mush, due to the
low-budget production job, but after spending some time with it you’ll begin to
notice little details such as the bass heavy guitar tone, the pounding drum
work, some of the sickest and most hateful vocals ever and the killer solos
spread between some really interesting yet still primitive as fuck riffs. These
songs are clearly the product of an eerie obsession with Sarcófago’s “I.N.R.I.”,
the first Possessed album, mid-80’s Sodom
and early Bathory.
It’s impossible to deny the influence of such a great
record. Songs like the title track, “Desecration”, the often covered “Ritual”, “Demoniac”
and “Goddess of Perversity” really speak for themselves and there’s not much
more to be said about “Fallen Angel of Doom…” except that it really is a must
hear for a serious underground black or death metal fan and quite possibly the greatest
extreme metal album of all time.
Highlights:
Ritual
Demoniac
Goddess of Perversity
Final Rating:
Legenadary 10.0/10
