Envenom (Sabbath Album)

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Envenom
Sabbath studio album

Publication
(s)

1991

admission

1990

Label (s) Evil Records

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Black metal , death metal , heavy metal

Title (number)

12

running time

46:26

occupation
  • Gezol: bass, vocals
  • Elizaveat: guitar
  • Zorugelion: drums
  • Temis Osmond: guitar, keyboard

production

Sabbath

Studio (s)

CC Work

chronology
Sabbatical Demon
(1990) 		Envenom Evoke
(1990)

Envenom is the debut album by the Japanese band Sabbat .

History of origin

Envenom was recorded at CC Work in 1990 by Mr Wada, who also mixed the album and worked as a sound engineer. The album was produced by Sabbat. The album was designed by Elizaveat. It was released in 1991 on Evil Records.

Track list

  1. Bewitch (Temis Osmond) - 01:39
  2. The Sixth Candle (Gezol) - 02:08
  3. Satan Bless You (Gezol) - 03:11
  4. Evil Nations (Gezol) - 05:00
  5. Devil Worship (Elizaveat) - 04:59
  6. Reek of Cremation (Elizaveat) - 03:20
  7. Deathtemptation (Kanashibari Part 2) (Gezol) - 06:03
  8. King of Hell (Gezol) - 05:12
  9. Eviler (Gezol) - 03:52
  10. Carcassvoice (Gezol) - 04:26
  11. Dead March (Gezol) - 03:53
  12. Reminiscent Bells (Temis Osmond) - 02:43

Music style and lyrics

The music has its roots in the 1980s, but Envenom doesn't sound like the album was recorded in 1985. Mr. Stalhammar from the webzine Vae Solis describes the music as primitive, but well played and produced, and as a mixture of black metal and heavy metal . The singing is partly clear, partly guttural. The lyrics are about death and satanism .

reception

The Tales of the Macabre calls Envenom Sabbat's best album. It has “everything a real Black / Death Metaller needs, such as good riffs, bad vocals, rhythms for headbanging ”. Mr. Stalhammar described the lyrics and attitude as stupid, but praised the "quite impressive and occasionally exciting" music. The guttural vocals are acceptable, but the power metal- like clear vocals are unbearable. Watain's Erik Danielsson praised Envenom as the band's best work and Sabbat as "a great band that have actually managed to stay the same from the very beginning of not just the band but the entire black metal underground movement." The rock-hard magazine put the album on the list of "250 Black Metal Albums You Should Know".

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d SABBATH "Envenom" . In: Tales of the Macabre , No. 5.
  2. ↑ a b c Mr. Stalhammar: Black metal archives , accessed on October 5, 2012.
  3. ↑ Ronald Ziegler: Merchandise whorery ( memento from January 21, 2003 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 5, 2012.
  4. ↑ 250 Black Metal Albums That You Should Know . In: Rock Hard . No. 269 , October 2009, p. 75 .