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MIDNIGHT Complete & Total Hell DLP DEATHCRUSH PINK

Metal Blade Records, deathcrush pink vinyl, ltd 300, gatefold, download card, 4p booklet
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Label:Metal Blade Records – 3984-16064-1, Metal Blade Records – 3984-16064-3 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue, Pink [Deathcrush] Country:Europe Released:2023 Genre:Rock Style:Black Metal, Crossover thrash Complete A1Funeral Bell A2All Hail Hell A3Servant Of No One A4Unholy And Rotten A5I Am Violator A6Hot Graves Total B1Long Live Death B2White Hot Fire B3Endless Slut B4Lord In Chains B5Strike Of Midnight Fucking C1Take You To Hell C2On The Wings Of Satan C3Turn Up The Hell C4Black Rock 'N Roll C5It's A Sacrifice C6Vomit Queens Hell D1Screams Of Blasphemy D2Cross Held High D3Lucifer's Sanctuary D4Berlin Is Burning Copyright © – Metal Blade Records Inc. Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Metal Blade Records Inc. Limited to 300 numbered copies in deathcrush pink vinyl. Released in a gatefold sleeve including 4-page insert and download card. Hype sticker on shrink wrap.
'20 Years Of Hell, Speed & Sleaze!' 2lp compilation of all material released prior to "Satanic Royalty".
Tracks A1 to B1: Midnight (9) - Funeral Bell 12". Tracks B2 and B3: Midnight (9) - White Hot Fire 7". Tracks A1 to C3: Midnight (9) - Complete And Total F#cking Midnight 2xLP/CD. Track C3: Various - Outbreak Of Evil Vol. 2 7". Tracks C4 to D3: Midnight (9) - Farewell To Hell 10"/CD. Track D4: Midnight (9) - Berlin Is Burning LP/Picture LP.
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A speed/thrash/black/heavy metal band formed in 2003 in Cleveland, Ohio.
While a number of members have played in the band for live performances, all recorded music is written and performed exclusively by Athenar.
Filthy, belligerent and obnoxious, Midnight make music to start fights to. Since 2003, one-man-band Athenar has been churning out an ungodly racket, dropping countless demos, splits and EPs, and in 2022 he returns with Midnight's fifth full-length, Let There Be Witchery. Delivering more of what can be expected from his demented mind, it is a catchy mixture of black and speed metal and dirty punk rock, and it is relentlessly compulsive. "I always want it to be loud and nasty," he asserts. "That kinda thing never gets old with me. How funny will that look to see me at age 77 - if I reach that point - sitting on the porch blasting Hellhammer?"
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Generically describing it as being "a Midnight record", Athenar believes it would make a fine introduction into the warped world he exists in for anyone new to the band, and he is not wrong, possessing all of Midnight's trademarks, amped up to eleven. The profoundly sinister d-beat romp "Telepathic Nightmare" kicks things off unpleasantly, and from there he slams through the likes of riot-starter "Nocturnal Molestation", the Motörhead-esque "Let There Be Sodomy" and loping bruiser "More Torment." "I never really sit down and say, 'okay, now I'll start to make up some jams' - they just get stockpiled. The tunes on this one started coming around early 2019. Writing catchily comes naturally to me - if something is difficult for me, I just don't do it, so it has to be natural. I'm a person that says if at first you don't succeed, fuck it. But yeah, catchiness and hooks are important to me." When asked if there's anything on this record he has never done before, he has a typically Athenar answer: "I used the term 'vulva flesh'. I can't believe it took this many albums to get to that point. There's also the tune 'Devil Virgin' which has the Mercyful Fate disco hi-hat beat. That's something different." Guitar solos are of course also an important factor in any Midnight record, and Let There Be Witchery does not disappoint in this department. "All the solos have been spontaneous since the start of the band. I just give it a shot, then maybe stumble across a theme, then try it again and again and again. That's the way I like solos to sound, spontaneous yet have some sorta map in there to follow, kinda like a methed up lunatic driving a car missing a wheel at top speed down a curvy highway on his way to get more meth. It's not gonna be pretty, but you know he'll find a way to get there somehow."
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The title is a combination of the song titles "Let There Be Sodomy" and "Szex Witchery", Athenar wanting to maintain the tradition of using six syllables. Lyrically, the record is "unfiltered savage animalisticness", and the deeper the listener delves, the dirtier they get, which is just the way it should be. When it came to tracking the record, Athenar returned to Mercenary Studios in Cleveland, OH and producer Noah Buchanan, who makes it very easy for him to cut loose and make noise, choosing to once again record all the instruments himself despite having a live band that could step in and help out. "It's still just me and my science project gone awry. I realize I'm musically handicapped, but there's a charm to it." The sessions went by fairly quickly, and there were no real problems to navigate - it's after the tracking that things got a little trickier. "The mixing process can take a bit more time because I have no idea what I want until I hear it. I keep telling Noah, 'I want it to sound like a mix of Raw Power and Apocalyptic Raids!' Then he has to sit me down and say, 'those records already exist, let's make it sound like Midnight.' The most difficult part may be the vocals, just because I'm not usually in vocal shape, although this time around I was kind of in shape because we did so many gigs in 2019 that by the time it was recorded in February 2020, my throat was still used to being tortured." With artwork once again handled by William Lacey, who always wants to make things suitably creepy, Athenar is very happy with that side of things and content that the record will be shat into the world in the way that it should be. Next comes touring, backed up by Commandor Vanik and Secret Steel, "they're not a good live band, they're a great live band! They are masters of their craft - those guys really hold it all together. I'm just meandering around bashing away and grunting." Mulling over the question as to why anyone should actually give a shit about Midnight, he once again comes up with a typically Athenar answer: "If I were to give actual good advice, I would say stay clear of anything to do with Midnight. But I'm not a rational thinker, so as usual, I will give terrible advice and say punish your earholes and play this album as loud as your stereo goes, go out to a gig and mingle with others that you don't know, lick their faces and rub upon each other's sweaty torsos to the hellish, neanderthalish noise of a band called Midnight! You gotta release your demons somehow! That's why you should give a shit, or two."
Midnight is an American blackened speed metal band formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 2003 by the enigmatic Athenar. Known for their raw, high-energy sound, Midnight blends elements of black metal, speed metal, and punk rock, creating a visceral and unapologetically aggressive musical style. The band is renowned for their chaotic live performances and their consistent use of blasphemous and rebellious imagery.
Compilation: Complete and Total Hell (2012) Complete and Total Hell is a compilation album released by Midnight in 2012. It gathers tracks from their early EPs, demos, and splits, showcasing the band's raw and ferocious sound from their formative years. The compilation is a testament to Midnight's unrelenting style and serves as a comprehensive collection of their early material.

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