It consists of two CDs, one a career retrospective containing some demo material, an EP they put out many moons ago, and a few tracks off their most recent studio LPs. Disc two is a real treat, giving us a number of completely-un-touched-up live performances. The packaging is also fantastic. Interviews, pictures, reviews. Great stuff. It's like a little book of Archgoat. Sadly, some of the writing is in Finnish, as Archgoat are a Finnish band. I guess I could try to use my little Finnish to English dictionary to figure some of it out!
Musically, it's all top-notch for a fan of old school black metal, in the inimitable Finnish style of other greats such as Beherit. The demos are nice rarities to have, raw and underproduced as is to be expected but not as "We recorded this in a bathroom with a broken tape deck" as some black metal bands go for. And the live stuff is even better. Really rips your face off. It's like all the legions of Hell set loose upon the earth to rape and pillage and devour. Intense music for intense people.
I suspect most of my readers will not be seeking out this treasure, but I also suspect most of my readers will, judging from my other posts, think I'm completely insane. But if anyone out there reads this and is a fan of truly BLACK metal, save up the 25 Euros and tremendously expensive shipping costs (don't worry, if you're in the States or somewhere else that doesn't use the Euro, the system they have will convert it for you) and go to http://www.eitrin.com/ and pick up a copy. There's a 2-CD set, which is what I got, 2-12" Vinyl set, and a 2-CD + 2-12" set, the last of which goes for a whopping 50 Euros. I would love to hear this on vinyl but my CD players are of my higher quality than my record player and there's no way I could ever afford 50 Euros. But, if it sounds interesting to you, get it, you won't regret it!
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