Mayhem - Deathcrush
Mayhem's first official release,the Deathcrush EP is one of those contradictory recordings which arguably vaulted an entire subgenre -- black metal -- towards the fulfillment of its destiny while seemingly setting back the overall state of heavy metal beyond its prehistoric past. The primary reason being its outlandishly raw,lo-fidelity sound quality,of course,which made even stylistic forefathers Venom (who had coined the black metal term a few years earlier under similarly unlikely circumstances,an