ΧΑΟΤΙΚΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ entered Red House Studio, Athens on 2 July and finished recording their killer demo, Πέρα Από Τα Τείχη Της Σιωπής, on this day (a Tuesday) in 1991.
Another band recording at Red House that year, one that will be more familiar to most reading this, was black/death cult VARATHRON!
In January, VARATHRON recorded all but one song for their side of the 1992 split with NECROMANTIA. They returned in February 1992 to record "The Tressrising of Nyarlathotep". This song was also included at the end of their debut LP His Majesty at the Swamp. Everything else on His Majesty... was recorded at Storm, the studio most associated with the early 90's Hellenic scene.
ΧΑΟΤΙΚΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ had a very distinctive sound, dramatic and dark! I've seen them described as the Greek AMEBIX, and they do share a heavy, often slow sound and, I assume, metal influence. But they are different enough, and ΧΑΟΤΙΚΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ are good enough, that there's no need to lump them together.
Maybe it's just the country and the year, but it's hard to ignore echoes of the Hellenic black metal scene (ROTTING CHRIST, THOU ART LORD and others) on this tape. The guitar tone and the playing style and the synth.
I do not know if there was any personal connection (many, including ΧΑΟΤΙΚΟ ΤΕΛΟΣ, were in Athens) but some of the riffs have that Hellenic feeling. You'll hear it on "Στη Δίνη Της Ζωής" before they launch into the crust-y ANTISECT-y "Εσωτερικός Πόλεμος". Killer!
Their only LP, Μπροστά Στην Παράνοια, was released in 1993 and is a more conventional hardcore/crust record but still has some great doom heavy moments. This demo is just something else!!