Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 30 minutes ago

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AMPUTATION (nor) cover song included on the upcoming album "Nordic Embryogenesis" to be released on September 9th, 2026 on CD, 12"LP, Cassette & Digital formats through Xtreem Music (https://www.xtreemmusic.com)

"Norway never had a particularly prolific Death Metal scene, as although a few bands emerged between ’89 and ’90, almost all of them quickly jumped on the Black Metal bandwagon in ’91, something that never really happened in the rest of the Nordic countries. It was a sudden trend that wiped out what little Death Metal scene there was. AMPUTATION are a perfect example, having released two demos in ’89 and ’90 before Abbath and Demonaz decided to form IMMORTAL together with the drummer, who went on to play guitar on the first demo. Their close ties with OLD FUNERAL meant that members of those bands, AMPUTATION and IMMORTAL kept rotating between them, creating a real mess of comings, goings and collaborations between the three, haha!!

The song we're covering here comes from their 2nd and final demo from 1990, which contained only two tracks, but they had a darkness, heaviness and intensity that drove me crazy, despite the poor sound quality. Let's say they were some kind of IMMOLATION (they even copied their logo), although somewhat more primitive and savage. If you listen to that demo on YouTube, you'll realize what a real challenge it was, especially for Alejandro Lobo, to figure out what the hell was going on there, haha!! Deciphering the phonetics of the vocals was also a delicate job. This really has been a true disentombment, because the sound seemed to be coming from underground, haha!!

I wasn't really sure what we would end up achieving here, but the result has been incredible. We brought out the intensity and darkness of the song while keeping, I think, the spirit of the original, but with everything in its place and with a more "audible" sound. AMPUTATION left behind only two demos of primitive Death Metal that never received much recognition, mainly because what came afterwards, IMMORTAL, overshadowed everything". [Dave Rotten]