From the Savant Metal article:
One of the oddest records to come from the nascent second wave of Black Metal, and a personal vinyl collecting holy grail. Loosely aligned with the Iron Curtain-era Czech scene (Root, Master's Hammer, Tudor), this is the frankly baffling work of one Vincent Venera, plus whoever he got to abuse various instruments as backing to his unique utterances. Perhaps one of the greatest vocal performances ever committed to tape, Mr. Venera grunts and shrieks his (presumably Czech) lyrics about Satan and Marijuana, over the kind of musical backing that, if presented on an American Tapes lathe LP in an edition of 16, would get David Keenan ejaculating from here until passover. As it is, this record sounds like the riotous speedevil of Venom and the first Bathory LP, choked with paint thinner until they descend/ascend into the brilliant sphere of pure musical torture. Like a far less intentional form of the "black noise" peddled by Abruptum etc., it veers between sheer comedy and sheer nightmare-inducing tragedy. Perhaps most disturbing of all is the applause that follows a few of the live cuts, suggesting something very troubling about the immediate post-revolution Czech mindset...
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"Special thanks to Ronald Reagan"¿?¿? Troubled, indeed...
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