ORDER FROM CHAOS Will To Power 7" 1990 Putrefaction Angelcorpse Ares Kingdom

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ORDER FROM CHAOS - Will To Power 7"
1990 Putrefaction Records PUT 005

A        Webs Of Perdition
B1        Nucleosynthesis
B2        Megalomania

<<Item Condition>>
Used. The A Side has two very faint marks. Glued cover has wear around all of the edges and the corners; it's printed on thin glossy paper that was typical of the Euro labels at the time.
Includes inserts.
Total pressing of 1100.

<<Description>>
Will to Power is Order from Chaos's final demo/EP prior to their first full-length - the inestimable Stillbirth Machine. And in kicking off the new decade, the band is fully developed into the Nietzschean black/death/thrash of their incredible three-album run. The hallmarks that include Pete Helmkamp's enunciated rasp, Chuck Keller's guitar crunch, and Mike Miller's off-center percussion are here and ready to pummel.

... and in doing so, Will to Power is the only Order from Chaos release that falls into the demo/EP trap of "songs done better on other recordings". The earlier demos showed completely alternate takes on later-recorded tracks (including not a few exclusive songs). Later demos and EPs included completely reimagined covers of other black/death bands and alternate-universe takes on earlier tracks. In contrast, Will to Power offers just three songs in pretty much complete form compared to what would be on the LPs.

"Webs of Perdition" is presented pretty much identically to the 1989 version on the Crushed Infamy demo - but with a bit lower-fidelity production on this EP. It also doesn't have the wonkiness of the Dawn Bringer LP version (such as the piano break or the elongated outro). If you've heard Crushed Infamy, then you already know what's here - and if you haven't, just listen to that one instead. (That version also leads into the shredding sub-two minute "Quietus", making for the best whiplash.)

"Nucleosynthesis" is here as complete and ready as it would be by the release of An Ending in Fire in 1998. It's a two-minute death/thrash track that shows Helmkamp's vocals at SMG-speed. But as with "Webs of Perdition", it's one of those tracks that doesn't really need to be heard now when the LP version is so readily accessible. The lower production quality just makes it sound more muddled rather than provide a unique bite.

Final track "Megalomania" is, in fact, unique to this EP. If you're a total completionist for Order from Chaos, then it's cool to have one more song to try out from the band - but that's damning by faint praise. Unlike the four songs on the Inhumanities demo, this one doesn't show a side of the band that can't be gained from the LPs or contemporaneous demos/EPs. - Metal Archives


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