Messiah from switzerland formed in 1984, and they helped to shape the sound of death and thrash metal .Their debut album "Hymn to Abramelin" got the attention of the wider underground scene. By the standards of the time, it was extreme - extremely raw, extremely evil, and extremely brutal! Even now, almost thirty years later, the mean and sinister atmosphere simply grabs you by the throat, and the vocals were one of a kind. What you get on the record is total thrashing madness meeting well-paced mid tempo moments and imaginative solos, while short spoken interludes add a very special, theatrical B-movie atmosphere to the whole record. No wonder "Hymn to Abramelin" is regarded as one of the cult releases from the early, formative days of death/thrash metal.The first release came out on a small and obscure Swiss label, and is hard to find these days. Being one of the formative albums for both thrash and death metal, "Hymn to Abramelin" is simply not to be missed.
