Enthroned – Hadean: The Early Years Collection
Enthroned – Hadean: The Early Years Collection
Cherry Red Records
Release Date: 24/11/2023
Running Time: 215:05
Review by Rick Eaglestone
7/10
Originally founded in 1993, Enthroned are considered one of the leading lights of the Belgian Black Metal scene and to celebrate this “Hadean – The Early Years Collection” is a 5-disc box set featuring four full albums and one EP from the band’s early years on the label Blackened, plus bonus tracks.
Up first in this boxset is “Prophecies Of Pagan Fire” which is still by far the band’s strongest work, admittedly it is something I haven’t revisited it in some time but from the moment the intro kicked into ‘Deny The Holy Book of Lies’ I was immediately transported to the first time I heard it. Following this ‘Towards The Skullthrone Of Satan’, which has some great live additions such as ‘Evil Church’ and ‘The Conqueror ‘.
As this is an early collection of material, the box set also contains the tribute EP “Regie Sathanas (A Tribute To Cernunnos)”, recorded as a tribute in the drummer’s honour, featuring a ton of demo tracks as well as a previously unreleased track recorded by Cernunnos and unknown until the release of this set.
Concluding the set are the albums “The Apocalypse Manifesto” and “Armoured Bestial Hell” the atter of which I had not listened to before this review. The cover artwork was commissioned exclusively for this release and handled by Nornagest himself. Additional unreleased archive photos supplied by Nornagest appear in the booklet.
‘Deny the Holy Book of Lies’ Official Audio
TRACKLISTING:
Disc 1: “Prophecies Of Pagan Fire”
01. Prophecies Of Pagan Fire (Intro)
02. Deny The Holy Book Of Lies
03. Under The Holocaust
04. Scared By Darkwinds
05. Tales From A Blackened Horde
06. At Dawn Of A Funeral Winter
07. Rites Of The Northern Fullmoon
08. Children Of The Wasteland
09. Skjeldenland
10. At The Sound Of The Millenium Black Bells
11. As The Wolves Howl Again
Disc 2: “Towards The Skullthrone Of Satan”
01. Satan’s Realm (Intro)
02. The Ultimate Horde Fights
03. Ha Shaitan
04. Evil Church
05. The Antichrist Summons The Black Flame
06. The Forest Of Nathrath
07. Dusk Of Forgotten Darkness
08. Throne To Purgatory
09. When Horny Flames Begin To Rise
10. Hertogenwald
11. Final Armageddon (Epilogue)
12. Evil Church (live)*
13. At The Sound Of The Millenium Black Bells (live)*
14. The Conqueror (live)*
15. Ha Shaitan (live)
* ‘Commanders of Chaos’ bonus tracks
Disc 3: “Regie Sathanas (A Tribute To Cernunnos)”
01. Prelude To Satan’s Avengers
02. By Dark Glorious Thoughts
03. Words In Tongues *
04. Walpurgis Night
05. Satan Never Sleeps
06. The Conqueror
07. Deny The Holy Book Of Lies
08. Outro
09. Legend Of The Coldest Breeze (demo) **
10. Tales From A Blackened Horde (demo) **
11. Deny The Holy Book Of Lies (demo) **
12. Rites Of The Northern Fullmoon (demo) **
13. Scared By Darkwinds (demo) **
14. At The Sound Of The Millenium Black Bells (demo)**
* Previously unreleased
** ‘Commanders of Chaos’ bonus tracks
Disc 4: “The Apocalypse Manifesto”
01. Whisperings Of Terror (Intro)
02. The Apocalypse Manifesto
03. Death Faceless Chaos
04. Retribution Of The Holy Trinity
05. Postmortem Penetrations (Messe Des Saintes Mortes)
06. Genocide (Concerto Nº 35 For Razors)
07. Völkermord, Der Antigott
08. Alastor Rex Perpetuus Dölöris
09. Scourge Of God
10. Crucifuck
Disc 5: “Armoured Bestial Hell”
01. Humanicide 666
02. Wrapped In Fire
03. Armoured Bestial Hell
04. Enslavement Revealed
05. Spells From The Underworlds
06. Spheres Of Damnation
07. The Face Of Death
08. When Hell Freezes Over
09. Premature Satanicremation
10. Terminate Annihilation
11. Outro.
LINE-UP:
Lord Sabathan – Vocals, Bass, Keyboards
Cernunnos – Drums (Disk 1)
Tseboath – Guitars (Disk 1)
Nornagest – Lead Guitars, Backing Vocals (Disks 2-5)
Nebiros – Guitars (Disks 2-5)
Namroth Blackthorn – Drums (Disks 2-5)
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