EP Review: Evil – Evil’s Message: Reissue (Mighty Music)

1984… The year of Iron Maiden’s ”Powerslave”. The year of Mercyful Fate’s ”Don’t Break The Oath”. And the year of Evil’s ”Evil’s Message”! The Danish heavy metal cult EP classic fuelled with five tracks of powerful and speedy heavy metal is to be re-released in a very special package in 2021!

“Evil’s Message” will be re-released in CD and LP (four different colours: black, teal, yellow, marbled grey) by Mighty Music, on June 11th, 2021.

While for the superfan and collector, this first remastering of Evil’s early work is also a great entry point if, by chance, you’ve never given them much time. A five-track EP of old-school heavy metal given a shiny fresh coat of paint. So, if you’re looking for more reasons to head-bang this year, look no further.

A tumultuous array of riffs, an absolute bevy of guitar solos, a cacophony of percussion and strong, stern vocals. It’s all here and all very enjoyable. For being 36 years old, it sounds great (props to Tue Madsen (The Haunted) in Antfarm Studio for this) and you might not know right off the bat that it’s a remastering. Especially when you consider how many modern bands call back to Evil’s original era. Few do it as well as this though.

Dust of the leather, this EP calls to the crusty head-banger in all of us.

Evil – Evil’s Message Full Track Listing:

1. Evil’s Message
2. Evil
3. The Devil Wants Me
4. Son of A Bitch
5. Take Good Care (Of Your Balls)

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