even though this dics is short, it is rough and raw, unlike follow-up full-length ‘cast in stone’. songs trail off or end abruptly as if tape ran out during the sessions, or because the songs were only partially written. for a band such as venom, this isn’t important, if anything, it gives them character and links them with their go-for-broke sound from the early days of the band. good stuff, i only wish they’d kept the raw vibe for ‘cast in stone’.