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"Live!" is the second demo recording by Dutch speed/thrash metal (later death metal) act Thanatos. The demo was indpendently released in June 1985. It´s a demo recorded live at De Lede, Rotterdam, The Netherlands on June 26th, 1985. "Live!" features all material from the December 1984 "Speed Kills" demo plus "Progressive Destructor" which at this point hadn´t been released in a studio version.
The demo is a very raw, noisy, and savage listening experience, but the sound quality is still clear enough to hear the shapes of the songs, make out a riff here and there, and hear the blackened snarling by lead vocalist/guitarist Stephan Gebédi. The drums are just one murky punding and hits on the crash cymbal. I´m sure fans of the most primitive and noisy black metal/blackened thrash metal will love this one. It´s fans of Venom, Bathory, Mayhem, and Hellhammer who´ll find this interesting. A 2.5 star (50%) rating is warranted.