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    Grim

    Scepter of Blood

    (1999)

    Reviewed by David M. Pogge

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    Label Laceration RecordsHM Magazine #82March/April 2000
    black metaldeath metalgrindcorelo-fi

    Somewhere under the shadow of a very low budget recording is some decent death metal. The vocals kind of remind me of Princess Leah in the scene where she is dressed up as a bounty hunter trying to rescue Han, with occasional belches. Contrasting the all out thrash feel of the album is the dark, ambient piano intro that sends shivers through my spine. Give this band a new mix and we just might have another grind metal classic.

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