Zarach 'Baal' Tharagh - Eternal Darkness
August 4 2008 at 07:55:47 PM
Facepalm.
Even now, I find it hard to put a finger on what exactly terrified me about Zarath 'Baal' Tharagh. Why I let it sit in the pile for over a month, taunting me, still unplayed. Some kind of tell-tale heart. Paltrow’s head in the box. I know what’s there. I’m not new to this. Shit ain’t my first rodeo. I
own at least three Front Beast tapes and about one Dead Reptile Shrine release too many. What else you got? Inner Helvete? Necrocult?
Boiled in Goat Blood? Just stop.
I want to host symposiums, an international conference. After-dinner discussions carried late into the night. Exchange anecdotes, share experiences. What clinched it for you? Was it the goofy post-
Les Legions Noires moniker? The “No Mosh, No Fun” and “Never Stop The Madness” slogans? The logo that looks like Count Duckula? The fact that ZBT’s numero uno, Luc Mertz (Lhukkmer’thz) is currently in 21 other “bands”? That this disc is comprised of three separate demos, tellingly labeled “21,” “22” and “23”? That he’s released 12
more demos this year since this CD first came out, all with double-digit availability?
How far did you go? Did you look up the Myspace page with the .gif of Monsieur Luc morphing into a sharp-goateed devil? Did you learn that this was actually the cover for “demo 72”? It all came to me at once, friends. A yawning abyss, starless void. Black hole of ill redeeming suck.
“What about music?”
What, are you fucking stupid?
[Todd DePalma]
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