'BUTTFUCK' ZINE Nr.5 / Sept. 1993 (GREECE)
	*Reviewed by R.F.
	DESPISE-STATE OF BRUTALITY

     This is an amazing release, an amazing debut from DESPISE, Greece's best kept secret. It took them several years to complete and present their work, but it well worthed the delay. They should be proud for this demo. It is excellent from every point of view. The production belongs to them and the recording was done with their own equipment. Well, who gives a fuck about famous studios and producers when they are able to give us such a masterpiece without their help. They are playing American Thrash, the good old way. And not only they are playing it well but they are ready to achieve a place at the top. This demo could have been a recording by... SLAYER! Yes, I am honestly telling you the truth! Yes, me, a dedicated and die hard fan of SLAYER for many years is the one making this statement: DESPISE are just a stage below the Kings themselves! It is impossible to describe properly the majesty of their material. Their songs could be unreleased stuff from SLAYER, from different periods of their history. Since words are not enough, I will not say anything else. Just buy your bloody copy and believe! Give DESPISE the time and the budget and you '11 get an absolute all times masterpiece. It 's just a matter of time, because they have the will and they can wait in order to achieve perfection. A copy will cost you $5 + 1 I.R.C.; real peanuts for its value, so what are you waiting for?