This is a 1994 release that was reissued last year. This album caught some attention from extreme metal fans worldwide as it was the first black metal album with Christian lyrics that found its way into the secular market by distribution through Nuclear Blast. It has the same visual approach as other black metal releases with a capricious band-logo and a cover-picture of a graveyard at night. Musically it's fast grinding metal, machine-gun drumming, and shrieking vocal noises. Horde was a project by Anonymous which is a lyrical stab to Euronymous, one of the leading persons of the now defunct Norwegian black-metal movement once known as The Inner Circle. Hellig Usvart is a Norwegian title though Horde was from Australia. The music on this album is extreme, fast and dark like black metal was originally intended to be. The CD is especially interesting as a historical document and therefore worthy of being reissued.
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Heaven's Metal #54Reviewed by Doug Van PeltHere is an interesting project. I still remember the first time I listened to it - in the back seat of a car parked at the Black Stump Festival in Australia. Anonymous, the vocalist and instigator of the entire project, explained to me the musical nuances and lyrical insights as curious people walked by the car wondering what this extreme noise was. As extreme metal goes, it will now have to look…
