Impaled Nazarene – Tol Cormpt Norz Norz Norz… (1993)

September 17, 2023

I love this thing. Dense, fathomless, evil as fuck – but with a twisted sense of humour too. Production is dank and echoic, which can make the blasting sections a bit difficult to decipher, but generally the production really lends a lot of atmosphere to the proceedings. What I didn’t expect to really enjoy was some of the slower riff sections, where the excellence of the guitar work can be easily noticed, as well as the awesome drum production. Vocally, shit is absolutely insane as is par for the course with Impaled Nazarene, but with lots of pitchshifter to go with the maniacal shrieks.

Fucking scary shit, and a highlight of the early Finnish scene, for sure. I’ve long been a fan of Impaled Nazarene but coming back to the debut is massively overdue for me, so very happy to be here writing this review with a cassette copy of this dark masterpiece. Goooooaaaat Perverssiooonn!!!