MÜTIILATION

Release Year: 2018
Artist Origin: FRA
Style: morbid ferocious extreme black metal

by 2009 Mütiilation had officially ceased to exist, yet the following winter Meyhna’ch decided to re-record six old compositions with no intention of releasing the material, making The Lost Tapes more akin to a glimpse behind the scenes of creative process than a conventional studio album: these recordings, left to gather dust in his personal archives for years, now reveal familiar tracks in a different light, retaining their filthy, abrasive black metal sound while giving the guitars sharper definition and other instruments considerably clearer articulation, without concealing original roughness and bleak, withdrawn atmosphere; new versions sound like spontaneous, unpolished recollections of an early era, allowing listeners to hear old compositions acquire new shades, while informal rehearsal setting lends music archival authenticity and distinctive documentary value