Overcome or Burn Forever in Hell/Arachnid Terror Sampler

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Overcome or Burn Forever in Hell/Arachnid Terror Sampler
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Compilation album ( extended play and sampler album )by
Paradox and Various Artists
Released2002
Genre Extreme metal
Length71:59
Label Tarantula
CompilerMichael "John Tarantula"
Paradox chronology
Through Pain There Is Joy
(2000)		Overcome or Burn Forever in Hell/Arachnid Terror Sampler
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Cross Rhythms MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Imperiumi.net6-/10 [2]
Matt MorrowStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]

Overcome or Burn Forever in Hell/Arachnid Terror Sampler is an EP by black metal band Paradox combined with a sampler album featuring fourteen different artists, released in 2002 by the band's own Tarantula Promotions label. [1] [3] [4] Limited to five hundred copies, it contains two songs by Paradox, which were the final recordings of that band, along with a compilation of fourteen songs previously recorded by their respective artists. [3] The album's musical style was described as extreme metal, with the various genres on the album falling under black metal, death metal, grindcore, deathcore, and doom metal. [1] [3] Apart from Paradox, the other artists represented on the album include Soul Embraced, Sanctifica, Frosthardr, Frost Like Ashes, Kekal, Pantokrator, and Tortured Conscience, among others. [1] [2] [3] [4] According to Paradox founder Michael "John Tarantula", the release was a result of his newsletter project, Fangs of Life, which he published through his Tarantula Promotions label. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

Overcome or Burn Forever in Hell received moderate praise from critics: Cross Rhythms gave the album six out of ten squares, Imperiumi rated the album a six-minus out of ten, and HM Magazine writer Matt Morrow rated the album eight-and-a-half out of ten. [1] [3] Cross Rhythms labelled the Paradox tracks as "average", and stated that "much of the extreme metal on the remainder of the disc is both a sonic quagmire and structural disaster." [1] However, the appearances of Soul Embraced and Kekal were praised by the reviewer as the highlights of the album, mentioning that both artists "would be worthy competitors in the mainstream market." [1] The reviewer also bestowed praise on Inversion, calling that band's track "a satisfying death-core nugget that is close to perfect, save for its meandering and lifeless finale". [1] However, the songs by Ganglia, Sanctifica, and Encryptor were criticised. [1] Matt Morrow was more favourable to the album, criticising the material by Paradox as sub-par and not produced well but calling the rest of the album "high quality stuff to say the least." [3] Morrow listed the cuts by Frost Like Ashes, Kekal, Stronghold, and Soul Embraced as his favourite on the release. [3] Imperiumi.net also criticised the production quality of the Paradox tracks, but praised Sanctifica, Kekal, and Pantokrator, also noting the appearances of Frosthardr, Frost Like Ashes, Stronghold, Sorrow Storm, and Bleakwail. [2]

Track listing

Overcome or Burn Forever in Hell

  1. "Overcome (Victory in Christ)"
  2. "Burning Forever"

Arachnid Terror Sampler

  1. Soul Embraced – "Unborn"
  2. Sanctifica – "Red Alert"
  3. Sorrowstorm – "Chanting the Last Passages"
  4. Tortured Conscience – "Internal Torment"
  5. Frosthardr – "Unhuman Morbid Fantasy"
  6. Ganglia – "Suddenly Destroyed"
  7. Oblivion – "Sovereign God"
  8. Bleakwail – "Passionate Peace"
  9. Encryptor – "Rebrutalization"
  10. Frost Like Ashes – "Adorers of Blood"
  11. Inversion – "Independence"
  12. Kekal – "Mean Attraction"
  13. Pantokrator – "Divine Light"
  14. Stronghold – "Tears"

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References

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  5. ↑ Michael (January 2002). "Interview with Holy Steel Zine". Paradox Official Website. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
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