Here's Varvar’s 1994 masterpiece “The Beastly Abyss Will Kill You.” Varvar was active from 1986 to 1990 but disbanded and reunited three years later to record their first album, only to split up again a few years after its release. With a heavy metal melodic sensibility infused with elements of speed metal, this album is perfectly situated at the nexus of those two genres. Relatively little is known about the band, but owing to both its obscurity and the uniqueness of the sound, this album has long been a Holy Grail of Russian metal among collectors. The riffs, heavy and melodious and sheathed in brittle distortion, supply power and momentum while Anatoly Stepanov projects his impassioned vocals in a gravelly voice reminiscent of Lemmy or Maurizio "Angus" Bidoli of Fingernails. For decades, “The Beastly Abyss Will Kill You” was nearly unknown outside of Russia. Because the original LP is exceedingly rare and few made their way outside of the country, only the most ardent underground record collectors were aware of it, much less able to obtain physical copies. This reissue aims to correct this deficiency and resurrect the mighty Varvar.