Triumph of Death

Occupation

• E- Guitar, Vocals: Tom Warrior
• Drums: Bruce Day
• E -Bass, backing vocals: Steve Warrior
• Spoken part in Buried and Forgotten: Med

Triumph of Death is the second demo recording of the Swiss extreme metal band Hellhammer or their first official release. The songs contained thereon and on the previous, unofficial recording Death Fiend were recorded on 10 and 11 June 1983, at Grave Hill bunker, the rehearsal room the band with a portable eight-track studio and Tom Warrior and Rol Fuchs, the owner of the studio produces. Death Fiend was discarded and Triumph of Death published instead. Triumph of Death became one of the most popular demo recordings in the metal underground.

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Style

Hellhammer's music style ranges from punk - lastigem metal and doom metal pieces and is heavily inspired by Venom; Tom Warrior himself referred to the band in its original form as Venom clone. However, the music of Hellhammer raw and extreme.