URGRUND Unchangeable Fate (2005) CD

Australia's black/thrash underground doesn't get enough credit. While everyone was looking at the Scandinavian scene, bands like Urgrund were doing the hard work in the dark, keeping the riffs nasty and the production appropriately filthy.

Released in 2005, Unchangeable Fate sits in that sweet spot where black metal's cold malevolence meets thrash's forward momentum, equal parts Destroyer 666 and early Bathory worship. This is exactly the kind of record that gets passed around at shows with a knowing nod, the Australian metal underground doing what it does best.

CD format, 2005 pressing. If you're building a serious collection of Australian extreme metal, this one belongs in it.

Fans of: Destroyer 666, Gospel of the Horns, Bestial Warlust