Sabbat: Born by Evil Blood (1987)

This is the second of four days exploring some of the very early Sabbat demos.  Again, this is the Japanese band.  This is actually the band's first released EP, coming out only after a single and a split.  So this one is even earlier in the band's discography than the one in yesterday's post.

This is a very raw recording, but the guitars have an impressively evil tone to them.  There are just three songs on this particular EP, and the first one is an instrumental.  The band's Venom influence is very clear, as any of these songs would fit in well on Venom's Black Metal.  "Curdle the Blood" is probably the highlight, with its frenetic riffing and Gesol's shrieking vocals.  It also has some damn meaty riffs in it.  "Poison Child" is basically a standard thrash metal track, but the vocals definitely take some getting used to here, which is unfortunate because it detracts from some impressive musical ideas.

Again, I cannot really recommend this release for anyone but a huge fan of the band.  I am becoming such a fan though, so I do enjoy it.