The Magus [Original recording reissued, Import]

Sadistik Exekution | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 11, 2001)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Import
• Label: Osmose Productions
• ASIN: B00005NGZD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #940,184 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Transneobathasorikal Disillusions of the Unknown

2. The Magus

3. Agonizing the Dead

4. Sadistikly Exekuted

5. Cautness Darling Blood

6. Possed Haemorrhage

7. Lupercalia

8. Spirits Are Komming

9. I'll Kill Ya, You Bastard

Customer Reviews

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Total deth, September 20, 2004

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Patrick Stott (Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Magus (Audio CD)

There's an Australian expression for people who aren't right in the head- they've got kangaroos loose in the top paddock. It suits Sadistik Exekution perfectly: self-professed fastest Death Metal band in the world; abusers of the letter C, and haters of "trendy Blakk Metal".

There are a few things you can guarantee with any Sadistik Exekution album. It'll be loud, it'll be fast, it'll be chaotic, and most people will hate it. If you thought you knew raw production, think again. `The Magus' makes Darkthrone's `A Blaze In The Northern Sky' sound like Def Leppard's `Hysteria'. Sadistik Exekution have often mistakenly been called Black Metal for their more necro than necro production values, and spooky tracks like the almost-Ambient "Spirits Are Komming". Rok's vocals are raspy rather than the more traditional Death Grunt, which could add to the confusion, but the music is total Death. The riffing and solos leave most simplistic Black Metal for dead anyway, riding the fine line between ordered chaos and total disaster. And SadEx are fast, like they used to boldly claim.

When the band slow down a little, the sound is massive. "Agonizing The Dead" has a monster riff Obituary would be proud of, and it's the first song on the album where Sloth's drumming is properly audible. It is still a mess, with out of control harmonics and a tinny drum sound, but it wouldn't be Sadistik enough if it was clear.

Apparently, vocalist Rok dribbles a lot, so much so that he freaked out Morbid Angel's David Vincent when they toured Australia. What he's singing about is hard to decipher most of the time, but with song titles like "Sadistikally Exekuted", "Possessed Haemorrhage" and "Transneobathasorikal Disillusions of the Unknown", mouth full of saliva or not, it's hardly likely to be coherent or sensible anyway.

"Spirits Are Komming" and "I'll Kill Ya, You B**tard" are guitar drone/atmospheric tracks tacked on the end of the album, and are quite a surprise because they indicate that perhaps the Sadistik ones do possess some subtlety after all.

`The Magus' is a riotous ride through the diseased ramblings created by some sick minds, or it's a parody which is a lot of fun. Some people will get it, most won't. Sadistik Exekution probably don't care either way.

4.0 out of 5 stars The Magus, March 14, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: The Magus (Audio CD)

Originally released by Vampire Records in 1989 but later re-released by Osmose. The band are a bit twisted but that makes it even more to learn about them but the best album released was THE MAGUS. 1000 copies of the original vinyl was released and pressed in Sydney. 24 Green Marble vinyl was also pressed when vinyl was left from another pressing. 1000 The Magus CDs where released in 94 and are still available from Vampire Records. Agonising the Dead still gives me shivers and the horrors

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS IS ONLY FOR THE TRUE!!!!!!! AND THE MOST INTENSE BLACK/DEATH METAL NEXT TO INFESTER!!!(this came long before them as well!), September 24, 2005

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INFESTER (Not Germany circa 1930's!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Magus (Audio CD)

HOLY FUKK!!!!!DEATH FUKKING METAL...SADISTIK STYLE!!
Me thinks Australia is one messed up place full of nutty BLACK METAL musicians running around chasing Kangaroos!! dont forget DESTROYER 666, BESTIAL WARLUST, and CORPSE MOLESTATION..and a zillion others are Australian BORN BANDS!!

THE MAGUS!!!!!!!

This albums only rivals are albums that came after it!!!!!! THIS IS THE MOST NUTTY BLACK/DEATH YOU WILL HEAR..PLEASE TAKE MY WORD!!!

AND THIS WAS RECORDED BACK IN 1986!!!!!!1986!!!!!!!!!!
THE 80'S BLESS(CURSE) ME AGAIN AND GIVE ME THIS ALBUM TO RAGE WITH!!! FOREVER!!!!!

This is one of those kind of albums that makes my HEAD JUST CAVEN IN!!! THERE ARE TIMES WHEN ON HEADPHONES I CAN FEEL MY HEART ABOUT TO EXPLODE!!! THIS IS A LITTLE TO MUCH EVEN FOR ME..BUT I WILL ALWAYS LISTEN AND BURN!!!(whisper and turn)

This is the kind of thing that people will run from at FULL SPEED when they hear it..they turn BLUE almost in fear!! AN ALBUM THAT WILL SOLVE ANY PROBLEMS IN YOUR LIFE!!

SO I DARE YOU TO FIND THIS,LSTEN TO IT ON HEADPHONES AND MAKE IT OUT ALIVE!!!!!!!!!! THEY DIDNT WANT YOU TO!!

The band photos are also total 80's DEATH/BLACK METAL prefection..BATHORY GOAT HEAD SHIRT, CELTIC FROST SHIRT,POSSESSED SHIRT,BULLETS, BIG HAIR,SPIKES..ETC.. THIS IS MY LIFE...LOL I LOVE IT!!

THIS IS EASILY ONE THE BEST GODDAMNED ALBUMS MADE ON EARTH..I CANNOT PRAISE THIS ENOUGH!!!!!
ONLY FOR REAL PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!SKREW YOUR ''P.C.'' STONER CRAP AND DIE!!!!!!!!! I HAVE THIS!!!!!HAHA!!!!!!

''SPIRITS ARE KOMMING''