GUILLOTINE - Under the Guillotine LP Necropolis Records 1997

I am pretty sure each and every of you have your favourite albums which you listen to now and then. For me, such an album is GUILLOTINE`s debut full-length recording. I can still remember when I got my promo copy and kept listening to it mercilessly for days. I still play this album quite often as this stuff is extremely energetic. I am truly surprised this immortal classic hasn’t been properly re-released on vinyl. Yes, both cd and picture disc versions were out at some point, however ages ago and to tell you the truth this item should be put out on a black wax platter properly. Under the Guillotine is heavily influenced by old KREATOR and even presently, years after it was out, this stuff fucking kills. Heck, this is what the nowadaysKREATOR should sound like, no joke. You know, their newer outputs are damn lame, and many maniacs miss the old, good times of Endless Pain or Pleasure to Kill. Well, it is what it is. When I play cuts like Leprosy or Crucifixion, I grin from ear to ear. Hell, this stuff is so powerful. That`d be awesome to see these guys play live during their heyday years. I am sure their live performances kicked fans` asses really well! Yup, their music is like a spiked glove blow to your filthy mug. This music literally bulldozes you to the ground. GUILLOTINE take no prisoners and leave the battlefield full of dead bodies and a procession of possessed souls who even after death cannot calm down as these tracks featured in Under the Guillotine are truly bestial. 10 tracks and no fillers, just a merciless storm of blows that knock you down really well. Hell, this album is 32 years old and still I am as impressed as I was when I listened to this stuff for the first time. Night Stalker, Grave Desecrator or Tormentor drive me crazy, make me utterly insane; I just can’t help but bang my head to this music. Fucking hell, why did they split up? Only devil knows… So much youthful passion here, so much condensed energy! This stuff paralyzes a listener with its omnipotent strength. I love music like this, I really do!Under the Guillotine is an immortal classic, a mandatory album for anyone who wants to call himself an old-school metal maniac. I can only urge Frederik and his bandmates to re-release this album on vinyl!!!!! 666

 Necronosferatus