Satanic Rites
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| Demo album by Hellhammer | ||||
| Released | 24 December 1983 | |||
| Recorded | 1983 at Sound Concept Studio, Switzerland | |||
| Genre | Black metal,Death metal,Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 46:11 | |||
| Producer | Hellhammer | |||
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Satanic Rites is the third and final demo tape by Swiss extreme metal band Hellhammer. It was recorded and released during December 1983. Along with Hellhammer's other releases, it had a major influence on the emerging death metal.
Satanic Rites later appeared on the compilation album Demon Entrails along with the two other demos, Death Fiend and Triumph of Death.
Martin Eric Ain was fifteen at the time of recording Satanic Rites. The line-up of Hellhammer was constantly changing around this time.
In the book Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal, the demo was described as "improved but still primitive".
Although credited, Martin Ain didn't perform in this demo.
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