Despair (album)

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Despair
Demo album by Antestor
Released	1993
Recorded	1993
Genre	Unblack metal Death metal Doom metal
Length	20:20
Label	Strawberry Records
Producer	Antestor
Antestor chronology
The Defeat of Satan (demo) (1991) Despair (1993) Martyrium (1994)

Despair is a demo by the Norwegian unblack metal band Antestor. Released in 1993, it was one the first Christian extreme metal recordings in Northern Europe together with the 1991 demo The Defeat of Satan.^[1]

[edit] Recording

Musically, the Despair songs progressed from the previous demo to a more oppressive and sorrowful doom-death. Despair was released by Strawberry Records and printed 600 copies of it. The last song on the demo, "Jesus, Jesus Ver Du Hjå Meg" is a cover of an old Norwegian funeral hymn. Kjetil Molnes' vocals are mostly deep, gutteral death growls but he does some depressed clean singing. Apart from the folk influenced intro and the funeral hymn the demo features very few keyboards by Lars Stokstad. The demo is characterized by a sorrowful and haunting feel. Lyrically, the demo deals with dark spiritual warfare themes.^[1]

Despair together with the previous demo were re-released on the album The Defeat of Satan in 2003 through Momentum Scandinavia.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Preludium" - (0:54)
2. "Demonic Seduction" - (6:09)
3. "Message from Hell" - (3:45)
4. "Lost Generation" - (3:24)
5. "Human" - (5:03)
6. "Jesus, Jesus Ver Du Hjå Meg" - (3:16)

[edit] Personnel

• Erling Jørgensen: guitar
• Lars Stokstad: synth, guitar
• Vegard Undal: bass
• Svein Sander: drums
• Kjetil Molnes: vocals
• Bjørn Leren: guitar solos

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Demo at Metal-Archives