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1.  Intro - Rising Evil
2.  Dreamlord
3.  Fear
4.  Dead (by Deceit)
5.  Immortal Violence
6.  Intro - The Malediction ll
7.  Slaves of Sufferage
8.  Mankind Mind
9.  E.N.D.
     (Enjoyment Near Your Death)
10.  Sarcastic Souls

Unreleased Live - Sas Voltes 25.09.92
11.  Silent Scream

Through the Dark Desperation -
Demo ‘93
12.  Unchained Hate in Blood
13.  Tears of Deception
14.  Nest of Affliction

Growing on Sorrow - Demo ‘92
15.  Intro
16.  Dreamlord
17.  Dead (by Deceit)

Sarcastic Souls - Demo ‘91
18.  Intro – The Malediction
19.  Slaves of Sufferage
20.  E.N.D.
       (Enjoyment Near Your Death)
21.  Immortal Violence
22.  Fear

Total playing time: 1:20:03

Release Date: November 15th, 2011
Label: Xtreem Music

Unbounded Terror - Nest of Affliction + Demos

Reviewer: Chris

January 16, 2012

In one of my recent reviews I remarked about the vast differences in early 90’s death metal from the States and death metal from Europe having varying degrees of difference. The sound from our overseas counterparts is just thicker, more attentive to the foggy veil that seems to shroud much of it from Grave to Cancer to Convulse. In line with Xtreem Music finding these lost treasures from the past, Unbounded Terror, arguably one the first death metal acts to emerge from Spain, once more sees the dark of night with a reissue of its seminal masterpiece, Nest of Affliction. I can honestly say I truly miss this brand of death metal.

Conducive to the lineage, Nest of Affliction does without the overuse of speed and settles right into the dirtiest areas of the soul, lifting the decay and hovering like a swine flu just above the din of your tempestuous nature. With vocals from the guttural pits of hell that bark edicts of violence and suffering, Toni Pereida commands an audience with relative ease. “Slaves of Sufferage” takes you on a short but brutal journey into the hands of death and labored existence, all the while compelling you to not blink once for fear of missing something. These are the glory days of death metal; too much pomp and circumstance that loses some of the ‘death’ in the genre. Too much grandeur is involved with much of it today, but these bands back then knew what it took to create genuine atmosphere of rage and tangible volatility. Every track on this album finds that mark and decimates it to an unrecognizable lump of fleshy matter.

As I said, the overall density of the tone of the music from this era can’t ever be duplicated or repeated, and therein lay its intrinsic value as well as its musical merit. Unbounded Terror pretty much dissipated into obscurity after its 1993 demo, joining a long line of bands that had promise but seemed to fall wayside when the death metal movement went somewhat corporate and lost perspective in the late 90’s and early 00’s. When you hear a track like “E.N.D. (Enjoyment Near Your Death)” you can really capture the feel the band was serious about back in its day. The sweeping guitar riff, the expertly-timed drumming and those caustic vocals were amazing and are as vital and tight today as they were some 20-years ago. On top of all of these great songs, Xtreem once more includes all the tracks from the band’s three demos, plus a live track that also show the raw intensity the band employed in its short career. I’m starting to love this label.

With a fine production and crisp edginess you really should compliment your death metal collection with this album because it’s one of those famous 101 tutorials that should be revisited by even the most schooled metalhead.