EXANTHEMA / CHRONIC DECAY split LP

One of the rarest and most sought-after rarities of the classic Swedish death metal heydays, is finally available again and released on vinyl for the first time ever. A dedicated edition to this split originally unleashed back in 1993 by Studiofrämjandet only on CD, with a much more fitting new cover and stunning artwork by Guillem el Muro. This mini LP shows two different sides of the coin, filling an essential gap to understand and have a complementary perspective of the aforementioned scene by two bands that didn’t reach a high status but which, for sure and independently, enriched the spectrum of the genre and of its native school with their own ideas. None of them sounded like Sunlight clones: in both cases due of their respective productions and also, because the way they faced the style on their compositions and their respective particularities as authors. Exanthema were reasonably brutal for their time and varied on the two songs presented here, with almost imperceptible thrash hints and skin crawling unreal deep guttural vocals. On the other hand, Chronic Decay are as aggressive on their three tunes as on their album, with that punk/core hateful approach that worked so well for them and that made them unique and recognizable almost instantly. An emphatic shared piece of wax, to be served raw, uncut and cold, in the early nineties tradition.