Demigod "Slumber of Sullen Eyes (Spain, Drowned Productions, DC-008)"

Demigod was a Finnish death metal band formed in 1990 in Loimaa, Finland. The band's debut album Slumber of Sullen Eyes is highly regarded in the heavy metal community. Terrorizer included it in their list of "40 death metal albums that you must hear", commenting: "It is with this often overlooked classic that one of the greatest love stories of all time unfolded: Florida's pummeling groove meets Sweden's buzzsaw guitar work in a union so deliciously evil it could move the hardest of bangers to tears of joy."

Slumber of Sullen Eyes is the debut album by the Finnish death metal band Demigod. The album was released in 1992 on the Drowned Productions label. It was out of print for years but has been re-released worldwide by Xtreem Music in 2006. This remastered 2006 version includes the 1991 demo Unholy Domain as a bonus. The colour scheme of the artwork is somewhat different on the re-release, emphasizing copper and dark brown instead of the red-green-black of the original. As even the re-release CD had become hard to get, it was repressed in 2009.

Slumber of Sullen Eyes has been noted for drawing influence from both the Swedish and Floridian variants of death metal. The album's instrumentation makes use of tremolo picking, tempo changes, "rigid" drumming, "groovy" rhythms, and bottom-heavy rhythm guitar work.

Tracklist:

1. "Apocryphal (Intro)" – 0:22
2. "As I Behold I Despise" – 4:38
3. "Dead Soul" – 3:43
4. "The Forlorn" – 4:04
5. "Tears of God" – 5:14
6. "Slumber of Sullen Eyes" – 5:58
7. "Embrace the Darkness / Blood of the Perished" – 5:04
8. "Fear Obscures from Within" – 4:18
9. "Transmigration beyond Eternities" – 4:29
10. "Towards the Shrouded Infinity" – 3:39
11. "Perpetual Ascent" – 3:45
12. "Darkened" – 2:48 (Bonus)

Time:  47:44

- Bonus track 12 taken from undisclosed source.

Recording information:

Tracks 1-11:

- Recorded & mixed July 1992 at Tico-Tico Studio, Kemi, Finland.

- Produced by Ahti Kortelainen & Demigod.

Track 12:

- Recording information undisclosed.

All music and lyrics written by Demigod.

Mika Haapasalo did not perform on this record, despite appearing in promotional images.