[Azmodes]

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Artist: Epitaph
Release: Epitaph
Genre: Doom/Heavy Metal
Country: Sweden (Västerås)
Bitrate: 192 kbps
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This is pretty rare and obscure to my knowledge. I saw it mentioned in Ekeroth's Swedish Death Metal book and after some research realised that it's not the same band as any of the two other Epitaph's from Sweden (one from Ludvika, the other from Sollentuna). I managed to track down someone who owns a copy of the tape and he was kind enough to rip it for me (many, many thanks to Death_Vomit for that). Note that despite the identical cover art, this is not the same as Dark Abbey's Blasphemy demo, even though -weirdly- Dark Abbey later changed name to the Epitaph from Sollentuna, Stockholm (see the additional notes here for further information). There is still the possibility that I'm missing some connection here, but these are evidently two entirely different bands.

Some photos and other info can also be found on drummer Johan Burman's homepage.

Musically, it's a raw sort of doom/heavy metal with rather bad vocals.
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Side A
1. I'm the Relative of Mr. Happiness
2. Back in the Void
3. Here's Your Confessor Now
Side B
4. The End of My Life
5. Sea of Hatred