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Welcome once again to this snowy installment of Metal Monday. Right off the bat I will note that this dude is selling collectible money (no seriously), and also 2 big time black metal records that have already featured into metal monday: Bathory s/t with yellow goat sleeve, and Mayhem - Deathcrush. I won’t linger too much on those other than saying, if you love me, and you forgot to send a gift for the holidays, I’d suggest either one. Here’s 2 picks for you:Parabellum “Sacriligio” (1st press) - Basically this is the equivalent of giving a bunch of cavemen (from Columbia) musical instruments, and a Hellhammer record, and then making them record a 12″ on a 4-track. Rarely has a record been made that is so completely devoid of any common sense, and so sure to make you less smart from just listening. The attempts the band makes at mimicking typical metal conventions, like clean breaks, guitar solos, or for that matter making music in general are so strangely off, and for lack of a better word, “free”, it’s something like hearing a death metal equivalent to the Shaggs. Of the 2 songs Engendro 666 (the b-side), holds together slightly more, and sounds more like a conventional song, but still, one that’s performed by cavemen. The 8+ minute A-Side, Madre Murte (Death Mom?), really gets out there though, sounding like at least portions must have been improvised, because I just can’t picture memorizing them. Honestly this makes Bathory sound like Cream, and Venom like ELO.Rigor Mortis N.Y. 7″ on my favorite — Seraphic Decay/Skin Drill records. This is the more rare edition of the record on blue vinyl w/ skull sleeve. Eventually this band became Immolation, but this record, in my opinion stands on its own. The fact that this record (originally a demo tape) originates in NY is not lost on the sound of it, with a sound comparable to plenty of the primitive hardcore and cross-over demos that came out through the 80s. When the b-side, Warriors of Doom, drops into half speed after the first minute I was reminded a bit of Breakdown and the way they were able to bludgeon with such simple understated riffs, and crash-bash drumming. This ain’t to far off some of the classic Ripping Corpse stuff either, although maybe a little more straight death metal.