This mini-CD was already released as a self-financed CD a couple of months ago and now apparently also official. Nothing has changed that much musically when you compare this one to the previous album "Angelic Encounters" as THANATOS still comes up with high-quality Death Metal. Although the band even sounds a little more brutal here if you ask me (the very raw production of this disc could have also something to do with that)! The three new songs (excluding the re-recording of the titletrack of "Angelic Encounters") are all extremely fast, very aggressive and good old school Death. The only difference between the self-financed version and this one is that, where you had the videoclip of 'In Utter Darkness' as a bonus on the self-financed version, there are two covers on this 'official' edition as a bonus instead. And even an excellent choice, namely CELTIC FROST's 'Into The Crypts Of Rays' and POSSESSED's 'Satan's Curse'. Good one!

Steven Willems

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