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Rape of the Bastard Nazarene is the first studio album by English death metal band Akercocke. It was released on 28 December 1999, through the band's own record label Goat of Mendes.

Rape of the Bastard Nazarene
Studio album by Akercocke
Released	28 December 1999
Genre	Blackened death metal
Length	39:20
Label	Goat of Mendes
Producer	Martin Bonsoir, Akercocke
Akercocke chronology
Rape of the Bastard Nazarene (1999) The Goat of Mendes (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chronicles of Chaos	9/10[2]
Kerrang!	favourable[3]
Terrorizer	favourable[4]

Musical style

AllMusic described the album's style as "an interesting mix of two musical styles that don't often go together. About half of Rape of the Bastard Nazarene [...] consists of utterly standard-issue death metal, complete with whiplash tempos, hyperspeed blast drumming and the often comical 'death growl' vocals. The other half of the album is doomy, synth-heavy post-punk, seemingly influenced by the likes of Killing Joke and (especially on the unexpectedly melodic, catchy "Marguerite & Gretchen") Pornography-era Cure."[1]

Track listing

Tracks 11–13 are songs by Salem Orchid, and can be found on the re-issue. Originally released on audio demo tape in 1991, Mendonça and Gray composed and recorded these songs with guitarist Stephen Wood.

Personnel

Akercocke

• Jason Mendonça – guitars, vocals
• David Gray – drums
• Peter Theobalds – bass (track 1–10)
• Paul Scanlan – guitars (track 1–10)
• Martin Bonsoir – keyboards, recording, engineering, production (track 1–10)

Additional personnel

• Stephen Wood – guitars (track 11–13)
• Dan Temple – bass (track 11–13)
• Salem Orchid – production (track 11–13)
• Nicola Kemp, Tanya Warwick – additional vocals
• Peter Theobalds – design
• Stevvi – photography

References

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