![]() 1968? 1975? It was originally released on Adesta Records (which, as best as I can tell, only ever released this single), and Unseen Forces reissued it in 2011 (with a second pressing in 2015). There’s lots of mystery and very little in the way of verifiable facts surrounding Detroit band Astaroth, whose sole recorded output is the “Satanispiritus/Lady of the Moon” single, released in… and here’s where things get fuzzy. Underground Soviet metal from the early ’80s? Sure. Early attempts at doom metal from the ’70s? Hell yeah. Pscyh-ed out proto-metal from the late ’60s? Of course. We’re keeping it loose and easy here: there’s no strict guidelines other than it’s gotta be old, it helps if it’s obscure, and it’s gotta rock out surprisingly hard for its context. Primitive Origins is a column where we’ll look back at proto-metal and early metal that deserves a bit of your battered eardrum’s attention.
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