Fallen Angel of Doom explained

Fallen Angel of Doom....
Type:	studio
Artist:	Blasphemy
Cover:	Fallen Angel of Doom.jpg
Released:	August 1990
Genre:	War metal
Length:	30:12
Label:	Wild Rags (Netherlands, United States) Nuclear War Now! (USA 2007 reissue)
Prev Title:	Blood Upon the Altar
Prev Year:	1989
Next Title:	Gods of War
Next Year:	1993

Fallen Angel of Doom.... is Blasphemy's first full-length album, released in 1990. The album is considered one of the most influential records for the war metal style^[1] (also known as war black metal^[2] or bestial black metal).^[3]

Reception

Tom of Terrorizer magazine called the album "heavier than the entire forests of Canada falling on your big toe" and included it on the list of The Heaviest Albums Ever: The albums Kerrang! forgot.^[4]

Personnel

• Caller of the Storms – lead guitar, sound effects
• Traditional Sodomizer of the Goddess of Perversity – rhythm guitars, backing vocals, effects
• Nocturnal Grave Desecrator and Black Winds – bass, lead vocals, effects
• 3 Black Hearts of Damnation and Impurity – drums

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Netherlands	1990	Wild Rags	LP, CD, CS	WRR019
United States
	2007	Nuclear War Now		LP, 2xLP, CD	ANTI-GOTH 069
	2015		LP, CD
		Ross Bay Cult		Command 008

Notes and References

1. Robert Müller: Wollt Ihr den ewigen Krieg?. Der tote Winkel. In: Metal Hammer, November 2011.
2. Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: War Black Metal: Die Extremsten der Extremen. Was bleibt, ist Schutt und Asche. In: Rock Hard, no. 279, p. 71-73.
3. Wolf-Rüdiger Mühlmann: SARCOFAGO. I.N.R.I. In: Rock Hard, Nr. 304, September 2012, p. 73.
4. Tom: The Heaviest Albums Ever: The albums Kerrang! forgot.