The Eternal Fall

The members of Morgoth had hoped to record their first full album in 1990, but when the opportunity of supporting Obituary and Demolition Hammer on a European tour presented itself, the young German quartet made do with just five tracks and a second EP release which they named Eternal Fall. In retrospect, that decision may well have worked in their favor, since the involvement of death metals number one producer, Scott Burns (who mixed the material in his famed Morrisound Studios, in Tampa, Florida), wound up making Morgoth sound a little too much like his other clients. Technically this was all well and good to further the bands career prospects, but for fans who favored Morgoths Euro-flavored death metal (or ultra thrash, as the band called it then) just fine as it was before, inspired new offerings such as Burnt Identity, Eternal Sanctity and the recycled demo Pits of Utumno would ideally have made more room for melody and dynamic flow. Still, such petty niggling aside, Eternal Fall was a fine release which barely registered a hiccup in the bands still rising good fortunes. [Eternal Fall was later paired with its predecessor, Resurrection Absurd, for release as a single CD by Century Media.] ~ Eduardo Rivadavia