This nifty 14-track cd originally emerged as four separate EP's by the four bands who at the time were being promoted by Earache records in support of the 'Gods Of Grind' Uk tour which was a real blast.
Admittedly, the idea of four EP's on vinyl was great, and it's hard to appreciate the quality as much on a cd with all the tracks jammed together, but make this a worthy addition to your doom/death/grind collection because you can't go wrong with these four bands.
At the time Cathedral were still churning out slo-mo quicksand doom, but 'Soul Sacrifice' and 'Autumn Twilight' certainly showed glimpses of the manic psychedelia to come, whilst 'Frozen Rapture' and 'Golden Blood...' are more akin to the early doom sludge we're accustomed to.
Carcass blurt out four glorified gore tracks, displaying technical wizardry, medical knowledge and a sincere perversion, whilst with Confessor we get that awkward, uncomfortable tangled web of searing doom which I absolutely loved, and Entombed produce three tracks also, 'the blistering 'Stranger Aeons' being my personal favourite.
Nowadays, you'd be lucky to get such a compilation album, so it's great to see all the tracks on cd, but if I were you I'd seek out the individual vinyl copies and wander the dark path...
7/10
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