SCARECROW`s cult demo “Deo Optimo Maximo” re-issue with a previously unreleased 8-song rehearsal/demo from 1988. Along with others from that subset – such as Kat, Hellias, Root, and Tudor – Scarecrow’s effectiveness was derived from a somewhat unrefined and unmistakably genuine evil that permeated its music. However, unlike their fellow countrymen in Kat and Hellias, both of whose styles were more thrash-oriented, Scarecrow’s style was much more aligned with other bands from the first wave of black metal. At the same time, a shared trait among these three Polish bands, as well as with their Czech neighbors in Root and Tudor, was their reliance on their native language in their lyrics. This feature added an exotic element that served to distinguish them from the vast majority of metal bands who have instead historically relied on the more accessible but less unique adoption of English-language lyrics, regardless of their native tongue. The enshrouded obscurity of the meaning in Scarecrow’s lyrics was visually matched by the executioner-styled hoods that the trio was known to wear for their early live performances.