Triumph of Death is a demo

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 tape

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 by the Swiss

Switzerland

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 extreme metal

Extreme metal

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 band Hellhammer

Hellhammer

Hellhammer was an influential extreme metal band from Switzerland, active during 1982–1984. They are regarded as being one of the first extreme metal bands and are a key influence on later black metal and death metal bands.-Biography:...

. It was released in July 1983. It was recorded in the bands rehearsal room on portable equipment sometime in June 1983, along with the material for the unreleased Death Fiend

Death Fiend

Death Fiend is an unreleased demo tape by the Swiss extreme metal band Hellhammer. It was recorded in June 1983, along with the Triumph of Death demo, and later on appeared on the compilation album Demon Entrails.-Track listing:#"Maniac" - 4:15...

demo, by producer Rol Fuchs. The two demos were typically combined into one, simply called Triumph of Death. Along with Hellhammer's other demos, it had a major influence on the emerging death metal

Death metal

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 and black metal

Black metal

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 genres.

Track listing

1. "Angel of Destruction" – 2:58 †
2. "Crucifixion" – 3:02 *, †
3. "Ready for Slaughter" – 3:35 †
4. "Death Fiend" – 2:34 *
5. "(Execution) When Hell's Near" – 2:37 *, †
6. "Chainsaw" - 3:57 *
7. "Sweet Torment" - 2:08 †
8. "Hammerhead" – 2:47 *
9. "Blood Insanity" – 4:21 *
10. "Reaper" – 2:06 †
11. "Maniac" - 4:00 †
12. "Triumph of Death" – 5:14 *, †
13. "Bloody Pussies" - 4:58 *
14. "Power of Satan" – 4:09 †
15. "Decapitator" – 2:06 *, †
16. "Dark Warriors" – 3:02 †
17. "Metallic Storm" – 2:19 *

Credits

• Thomas Gabriel Fischer
  Thomas Gabriel Fischer
  Thomas Gabriel Fischer , earlier known by his stage name of "Tom Gabriel Warrior", is a Swiss singer and guitarist. He is considered to be one of the pioneers of the death metal style of singing or growling. Together with Bruce Day and Steve Warrior he formed the seminal metal band Hellhammer in...
  
  aka Tom Warrior – vocals on †, guitars
• Urs Sprenger aka Steve Warrior – vocals on *, bass
• Jörg Neubart aka Bruce Day – drums