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Rotten Bowel Of Pestigore – Complete works of obscure Finnish death metal maniacs PESTIGORE available on vinyl for the first time ever

Classic Finnish grinding death metal demos by PESTIGORE compiled together for the first time ever on vinyl via Svart Records! Take a vomit-soaked time machine back to the early days of truly ghoulish death metal with the putrid sounds of these five demos spanning from 1991-1992. Rotten Bowel of Pestigore, originally released only on CD through Headsplit Records in 2023, holds all the recorded material of PESTIGORE before the band’s untimely disbandment in 1993, plus rare photos & liner notes from vocalist Kari Kräkin. Killer stuff and essential listening for fans of classic death metal.

PESTIGORE was founded in 1990 in Järvenpää, Finland. They were an active part of the first wave of Finnish death metal scene back in the day, but decided to call it quits after only three years of existing. In 2015 the band reactivated with founding members Kari Kräkin (vocals), Saku Manninen (guitar), Teme Grönberg (guitars) and Pekka Sauvolainen (bass) along with Pete Raatikainen (drums) in order to annihilate venues again.

Finnish death metallers Disgrace released a bunch of demos and one EP before their first full-length album, “Grey Misery,” which was released in 1992. The Finnish metal scene was flourishing with releases during those days—many of them are recognized as immortal classics among die-hard maniacs around the world: Slumber of Sullen Eyes, Member of Immortal Damnation, The Karelian Isthmus, Children of the Scorn, to name a few. And, of course, Grey Misery!

A bunch of classic albums, each with its own distinct sound and style, emerged during that time. Disgrace stepped up their game from their demo days, recording and mixing Grey Misery at Timo Tolkki’s TTT studio in May 1991. It was originally released on vinyl, CD, and tape by the Modern Primitive label in 1992. The band remembers that everything went smoothly during the recording process. It is evident that Disgrace practiced a lot and sharpened their songwriting skills without compromising the brutality in their delivery. Grey Misery takes the listener through nine tracks of organic, gloomy, groovy, and heavy-as-hell grinding death metal. Jukka Taskinen and Toni Stranius’ guttural double vocals still remind us of Bill Steer and Jeff Walker from Carcass. Some of the riffs also bear a resemblance, no doubt about that, but Disgrace managed to present their own blend of Finnish brutality with groove and almost prog-rock-like technical parts in some tracks. After Grey Misery, Disgrace decided that their days of death metal were over and transitioned to a brighter style with garage punk and rock’n’roll. That is a whole different story altogether.
 

High Roller Records, reissue 2024, extensive booklet, 2 sided poster

Mastered by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY
Cutting by SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels... The ultimate reissue of this eternal classic!

Snake - vocals
Piggy (R.I.P. 2005) - guitars
Blacky - bass
Away - drums

High Roller Records, reissue 2024, extensive booklet, 2 sided poster

Mastered by Patrick W. Engel at TEMPLE OF DISHARMONY
Cutting by SST Germany on Neumann machines for optimal quality on all levels... The ultimate reissue of this eternal classic!

Snake - vocals
Piggy (R.I.P. 2005) - guitars
Blacky - bass
Away - drums

Gatefold cover - extended king size booklet - colored vinyl /// 2nd press on Avantgarde Music, different vinyl color, sound cave exclusive

Kanonenfieber's debut Menschenmühle has been one of the self-produced highlights of early 2021. With its mature songwriting and uncommon thematic approach, the album is intended to commemorate the countless victims of World War I.

Men were thrown into a differing reality where only survival would count. Death, fear and hunger as a steady companion in the waist-deep trenches filled with mud. One order transferred people into cannon fodder in the human mill - World War I. The lyrical background of Menschenmühle is based on factual reports, letters and other documents from the surviving and deceased soldiers. The album was written, recorded and produced by Kanonenfieber from September 2020 to January 2021 in the Noisebringer studio.