
Xantotol – “Thus Spake Zaratustra” – [Nuclear War Now! Productions]
whngr 5/31/2023 12-inch, A Library
(Zan’-ta-tol)
Minimalist, ugly and relatively short-lived low fidelity black/doom metal with woozy and morose synthesizer interludes.
Very early 2nd wave out of Poland with a genuine investment in Satanism. Formed by Mala (gtr,vox) and Jacek “Venom” Szczepańsk (drms) in 1991 who would go on to create the Fullmoon Collective, a resource for disseminating Satanic literature and philosophy throughout Poland by connecting to international Satanic groups including, Order Of Nine Angels (UK), and Luciferian Light Group (USA). Influenced by Swiss projects Hellhammer and Samael, Xantotol was perhaps the first Polish trvly black metal project, eschewing interest in Paganism, National Socialism, ancestral worship or indeed anything coming from Scandinavia at the time who Szczepansk believes were still primarily playing death metal at Xantotol’s inception .
Kutno, Poland – 1995