Grim - Färd demo 1995

Grim (swe) - Färd demo I 1995
1) A Spiritual Journey
2) War March
3) Svävande igenom hallarna

Reuploaded

I've been lazy, suffering away the hangover caused by this year's Nummirock. However, here's finally another post with an item we have again comrade Grev to thank for, thanks! This is the rare demo of the Swedish Grim, listed as black metal in Metal Archives which is misleading enough to warrant a severe caning and possibly a tenure in 3rd world prison. Anyways, this is most certainly not black metal at all, this is pure dungeon synth. You know, like Mortiis, Wongraven & co did at the same time. And of course a ton of bands did little numbers in the same vein for their intros and outros. I could not find a proper cover image so I trimmed a little the one posted on M.A.

The tape has a bit murky but listenable sound and features three long tracks of dark ambient dungeon music performed by a guy in corpse paint seen on the cover above. I understand why the cover might be misleading someone to believe this was bm. The whole demo is a bit over half an hour long with the songs getting longer as it proceeds. The opener is mostly synth sounds, some wind effects plus occasional raw vocals and reminds me of old Ultima soundtracks, while the second one, true to its name, features militant percussion and various marching band instruments. Unlike typical martial industrial apocalyptic moods, the feeling here is more uplifting and even joyous. The third track begins with acoustic guitars and has generally a folksy, trollish feel to it if you know what I mean, this changes to more somber synth based moods with some vocals in the background. Quite a varied offering for three tracks and worth checking out if you enjoy this sort of stuff!