USURPER – divine spiritual and intellectual development DCD

“Divine Spiritual and Intellectual Development” is 1990 debut album by the Dutch thrash band Usurper, formed in 1985. The album their debut full-length release that features nine tracks, including “Egoistic Mind” and “Diseased Reality”. Despite its ambitious title, the music is described by some as more of a straightforward, late-’80s thrash sound, the production, with its airy, powerful guitar tone and reverb-strong mixing gives it a timeless draw. The best late 80’s Dutch thrash bands were those that rapidly made the transition into a death/thrash hybrid, and then often into full on death metal. Pestilence, Thanatos, all need no introduction, but there were very few bands that stuck with the initial genre and met any kind of success. Usurper is a pretty rare find, a group that actually started off as a death metal act (they put out a demo as Sepulchral Death) and then evolved into a pure thrash act. All 3 demos, Sepulchral Death (considered as Usurper demo 1) demo 1 1986, Chants of Traducement Demo 2, 1987, Demo 3 from 1988 and full length Divine Spiritual and Intellectual Development are included on this massive double cd and double vinyl re-issue. The booklet contains rare and old pictures, flyers and posters. Extensive liner notes from Steven Willems (Rock Tribune, Streams of Ancient Wisdom: The History of Dutch Death And Extreme Metal).

Tracks:

1. CD1 Divine Spiritual and Intellectual Development + live in Rotterdam: Egoistic Mind
2. Enthralment Fate
3. Diseased Reality
4. The Room
5. Insane Decisions
6. Behind Mandela’s Mask
7. Infest the Convent
8. Ozon Tragedy
9. Orphanage Children
10. Insane Decisions (Live in Nighttown, Rotterdam 1990)
11. Behind Mandela’s Mask (Live in Nighttown, Rotterdam 1990)
12. The Room (Live in Nighttown, Rotterdam 1990)
13. A Crime to Satisfy (Live in Nighttown, Rotterdam 1990)
14. Egoistic Mind (Live in Nighttown, Rotterdam 1990)
15. Ozon Tragedy (Live in Nighttown, Rotterdam 1990)
16. CD2 The Demos: Insane Decisions (Demo 3 1988)
17. The Room ( Demo 3 1988)
18. Orphanage Children (Demo 3 1988)
19. Habeas Corpus ( Chants of Traducement demo 1987)
20. Enthrallment Fate ( Chants of Traducement demo 1987)
21. Parables of Terror (Chants of Traducement demo 1987)
22. Infest the Content (Chants of Traducement demo 1987)
23. Schizophrenic Doom (Sepulchral Death – Praising Death demo 1986)
24. Praising Death (Sepulchral Death – Praising Death demo 1986)
25. Sepulchral Death (Sepulchral Death – Praising Death demo 1986)
26. Capitol Punishment (Sepulchral Death – Praising Death demo 1986)
27. Exaltation of the Cross (Sepulchral Death – Praising Death demo 1986)
28. Mutual Repugnance (Sepulchral Death – Praising Death demo 1986)

Genres: Thrash Metal

Label: Vic Records

Erscheinungsjahr: 2025

Künstler: USURPER

Spieldauer: 01:19:34

Format: CD

EAN: 8717853804700

GPSR Information:
Manufacturer:
Vic Records and Music Publishing B.V.
PO.Box 679, 3700 AR ZEIST, The Netherlands
info(at)vicrecords.com