As a whole, it was received well. Of course some said the sound was a bit poor, but that I don't care about, I like raw!! It's a demo, do they expect CD quality production?? The only complaints were on the vocals being too screamy, but at the same time, others really like them. Only a couple of people mentioned to me about the symbolism, but I've had no problems at all. Looking back at it, I take it for what it is. Maybe we could've varied the vocals more & rehearsed more for it. But it still shows us as an aggressive, chaotic metal force. It shows potential for better to come. It is now unavailable (well prectically, 5 copies left as of May), I have no wish to spread this as the Destruktor, it is 3 years old. All up, about 400 copies were spread to friends, fans, labels, distros, zines, bands.
Glenn / Destruktor interview, Canadian Assault, 2000
DESTRUKTOR recorded their debut demo, The Holy Trinity...Denied!, on this day in 1997 at Nuclear Hell, Mooroopna.
There is stuff you can hear in our demo, and our first EP that has a strong resemblance to Opprobrium. We still use similar rhythms and guitar attack, and some of the crafting is in a similar structure, though we are more dynamic than the early days. Things like production, gear and time rehearsing together basically creates a natural progression, but many bands who do this forget what made them good in the first place. I would say we are still generally fast these days, but certainly less prone to using speed as our key ingredient, which has allowed more a heavier, darker aspect to infiltrate our "style".
Glenn / Destruktor interview, The Midlands Rocks, 2015