Packaging includes some nice vintage pictures and the text of an old article/interview. The way the liner notes are written at times sort of insinuates the band approved of this CD or that it's semi-official, which is not true. The bootleg itself readily admits the material comes from 2nd or 3rd generation tapes, but other than tape hiss, the demo and live stuff is of pretty good quality considering the age.
On the back insert, the first 9 tracks are under the heading Witchhammer. Some people have inferred that Sodom actually had a full demo called "Witchhammer" or "Satan's Conjuration;" anyone using these names for these tracks is a clueless fool. Likewise, anyone who thinks the Venom cover is from the demo sessions is a moron.
On the original demo, "Let's Fight In The Darkness Of Hell" was listed as "Lets Fight" [sic]. "Live From Hell" was also listed as "Life From Hell." And actually, it does sound like Tom is singing the word "life." But it is possible this was the result of bad English or a misspelling on the demo tape (keep in mind the original demo tracklisting misspelled the sixth track as "Poisend Blood" and had no apostrophes in any of the titles).
"Satans Conjuration" is an early version of "Conjuration."
Track 9 is from the In the Name of Satan Venom tribute album. Abaddon himself plays drums on this track and Mille plays guitar. It's from the early-mid '90s but I'm not sure of the exact recording year.
The live tracks are from a show with Destruction. "Burst Command 'Til War" is particularly sloppy and dissonant--rather endearing, actually.
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