Monday, 16 November 2009

Bilskirnir / Nordreich - Split



Year: 2004
Country: Germany

Two of Germany's best NSBM bands come together on this excellent split.

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Tracklist:
Bilskirnir
1. Die Wacht 07:06
Nordreich
2. Nehmt mir das Licht 06:58
3. Instrumental
Total playing time 14:04

Sunday, 15 November 2009

Throne of Katarsis - An Eternal Dark Horizon



Year: 2004
Country: Norway

True, traditional Norwegian black metal! Influenced by early Darkthrone, Satyricon, Immortal and other Norwegian BM bands from the early days of Norwegian black metal, Throne of Katarsis deliver a solid album of black metal. It's not a "fresh breeze", but rather a step back to the traditional. For a genre in which so many bands try experimenting, adding new elements to their music (thrash, prog, experimental, folk, etc.-black metal), ToK offers purely traditional, excellent black metal.

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Tracklist:
1. Funeral Moonlight 12:10
2. Under Guds Hud 12:07
3. Symbols of Winter 11:17
4. Nattaander 09:53
5. An Eternal Dark Horizon 09:58
Total playing time 55:25

Lifelover - Konkurs



Year: 2008
Country: Sweden

Lifelover's music is hard to describe as it incorporates so many different sounds and genres to make a really dark, depressive type of music. The lyrics are usually about how depressive it is to live in a modern, urban place, and the atmosphere of the music is very, very melancholic. If you like genuinely gloomy and dark music you'll probably enjoy this.

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Tracklist:
1. Shallow 06:28
2. Mental Central Dialog 03:59
3. Brand 04:17
4. Cancertid 04:58
5. Konvulsion 03:15
6. Twitch 03:23
7. Narcotic Devotion 04:21
8. Alltid - Aldrig 04:32
9. Stängt p.g.a. Semester 05:54
10. Original 03:21
11. Bitter Reflektion 05:14
12. Mitt Annexia 03:23
13. Spiken I Kistan 05:20
14. En Tyst Minut 01:00
Total playing time 59:25

Black Funeral - Of Spells of Darkness and Death



Year: 1995
Country: USA

Black Funeral was one of the earliest black metal bands from the USA. Black Funeral is the project of Michael Ford, who also writes books about occultism, satanism and witchcraft.

The music is hateful, vampiric and lycantrophic black metal with an extremely raw and trebly sound.

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Tracklist:
1. Rise Of The Wolves Age 02:48
2. Armageddon 03:56
3. Journey Into Horizons Lost 04:13
4. Bubonic Death 02:59
5. Into The Stars Of A Blazing Past 02:02
6. Walking The Shadowside 02:51
Total playing time 18:49

Joyless / Urfaust - Split



Year: 2009
Country: Norway / The Netherlands

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Tracklist:
Urfaust
1. Unter Töchtern der Wüste 06:38
Joyless
2. The Adorn Japetus 05:01
Total playing time 11:39

Krieg / Nunslaughter - Flesh Descending / Satan Shitting on Cunt



Year: 2004
Country: USA

Pure blasphemy! Nunslaughter is one of the best death metal bands around; they play excellent, satanic death metal, although they are probably most noticed today about their massive amount of releases (100+). Their music is good though, and should be checked out.

Krieg is one of the leading bands within the USBM "scene". True black metal.

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Tracklist:
1. Leave the Church Behind 01:49
2. Titan 03:20
Krieg
3. Flesh Descending 05:54
Total playing time 11:03

Gehenna - Deadlights



Year: 1998
Country: Norway

Great EP by one of the best bands to come out of Norway, in my opinion. Even though Gehenna has quite a large fanbase, and has been a quite influential band, as well as being one of the early Norwegian black metal bands (90s-BM), it seems as if it has gotten somewhat forgotten about these days, and I'd say that they're quite underrated. I hope that more people will discover this great band; few manage to make such great atmosphere that's aggressive, dark and evil at the same time as it's modern and highly enjoyable.

Check this band out and buy their albums!

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Tracklist:
1. Deadlights 05:30
2. In Mother's Tomb 06:13
3. Master Satan 04:06
Total playing time 15:49

Akitsa / Satanic Warmaster - Split



Year: 2004
Country: Canada/Finland

Two great black metal bands come together on this split release. Both bands play primitive, raw and evil black metal that just sounds excellent in every way. Akitsa has a slight punk/rock influence, whereas Satanic Warmaster is more traditional black metal, though. Both bands have a very cold atmosphere, both also being from countries generally considered to be cold as they're both quite far north. Anyways, if you enjoy true, raw black metal, you should like this.

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Tracklist:
Akitsa
1. L'hyperborée Ressuscitée 00:59
2. Vengeance Viendra 04:11
Satanic Warmaster
3. March Of The Legion Werwolf 03:48
4. Six Million Tears 02:10
5. Taistelukenttien Kärsimykset 00:22
Total playing time 11:28

Ulver - Vargnatt



Year: 1993
Country: Norway

Early demo by Ulver! Nothing more needs to be said, really. It's awesome, as expected.

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Tracklist:
1. Her Begynner Mine Arr... 03:12
2. Tragediens Trone 04:01
3. Trollskogen 04:31
4. Ulverytternes Kamp 05:40
5. Nattens Madrigal 06:28
6. Vargnatt 04:15
Total playing time 28:07

Friday, 13 November 2009

Kvaathan - Novus Atrum Aevum



Year: 2008
Country: Canada

Raw, cold and hateful black metal from Canada. This is one of the better newer projects I've heard in a while, and definitely has a lot of potential. Check out this band immediately, as it's awesome.

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Tracklist:
1. Prelude To A New Age 01:09
2. Novus Atrum Aevum 06:19
3. Wolfblood 06:01
4. Antichristian Manifesto 03:55
Total playing time 17:24

Goat Vulva - Erotic Worship



Year: 1992
Country: Finland

Project of Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance of Beherit fame. NHV was quoted saying that Goat Vulva was only a booze project and he couldn't remember how many so-called demos were released, but they came in very limited quantities.

"Goat Vulva isn't a satanic group, but an XXX rated porno speed noise today." - Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance

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Tracklist:
1. Do me evil (Intro) 01:52
2. Bitch Goddess 01:47
3. Bizarre Dreams 01:43
4. Midnight Suck Session 00:56
5. Wanna drill your black Hole 01:07
6. Black Love 00:43
7. Mmm, Wet&Juicy 01:15
8. Nuclear Clitgame 01:38
9. 69 Passion 00:56
Total playing time 11:57

Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult - Nocturnal March



Year: 2004
Country: Germany

I'm lazy so I'll quote the MA review. All creds to the author.

When you first put this album on, it sounds like a typical raw black metal band. Quasi-kvlt haunting keyboard intro, ending abruptly with blastbeats and rapidly strummed gloom chords. After the effects of the very beginning of the song wear off, the listener is able to listen more clearly. At this point, it should be obvious that this is hardly a darkthrone clone. The music is very progressive, each song consisting of a multitude of parts, many of which never repeat more than once. The singing is passionate, hateful, and bleak. The drumming is relentless (in fact, if you turn up the volume while in an enclosed space, it will sound as if a tremelo effect has been placed on the whole album due to the constant blast beats). The whole album is loaded with pretty melodies, none of which were played with a keyboard. And, best of all, you can tell the difference between songs! Each song is almost completely different, meaning there is a wide range of moods from song to song. Some are melancholic, some are fast and brutal, others are war songs. This album is a testament to how powerful black metal can be while still remaining true.


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Tracklist:
1. Wicher Za Gorami 05:16
2. Chronicler Of Chaos 03:28
3. Spectral Runlets Of Tulwod 03:56
4. Scaffold Salvation 03:35
5. Whispers Of Arcane Cimonar 02:49
6. The Dead Hate The Living 04:42
7. Through Rotting Stench 04:22
8. Gathering Upon Saldorian Fields 03:03
9. Nocturnal March 07:12
Total playing time 38:23

Thursday, 12 November 2009

Burzum - Hliðskjálf



Year: 1999
Country: Norway

Ambient music from this great band; many people dislike this album as it's not black metal. At all. I, however, really like it: it got a hypnotic, calm, relaxing atmosphere with beautiful melodies. Personally I'd recommend this.

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Tracklist:
1. Tuistos Herz 06:13
2. Der Tod Wuotans 06:43
3. Ansuzgardaraiwô 04:28
4. Die Liebe Nerþus' 02:14
5. Frijôs Einsames Trauern 06:15
6. Einfühlungsvermögen 03:55
7. Frijôs Goldene Tränen 02:38
8. Der Weinende Hadnur 01:16
Total playing time 33:42

Eisenwinter - Antreten zum Verrecken!



Year: 2004
Country: Switzerland

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Raw and primitive NSBM from Switzerland with a very cold atmosphere. If you enjoy bands such as Aryan Blood and Flammentod, you'll like this.

Tracklist:
1. Intro 01:46
2. Absolute Untermenschenvernichtung 03:27
3. Schwarzeisern gerüstet und im Blute geweiht 03:29
4. Morkars Sturmkolonnen 00:43
5. Durch die alten ehernen Kerker 03:44
6. Felder der Ehre 03:26
7. Das Pentagon in Flammen 02:30
Total playing time 19:05

Wednesday, 11 November 2009

GoatPenis - Welt in Flammen



Year: 2009
Country: Brazil

"Best of" compilation from this Brazilian band. Brutality, blasphemy and more brutality is what you find here. Pure fucking goat metal!

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Tracklist:
1. Iluding 01:32
2. Suffering 00:50
3. Ripping 01:38
4. Almost Now 01:14
5. Older 00:06
6. Bloody Battles 01:12
7. The Rest of Nothing 00:40
8. Suppurated Fetus 00:58
9. Violento Sarcasmo 00:24
10. Segregacao Esquizoide 00:32
11. Genesis CH2, V7 01:35
12. Peccavi 01:10
13. Lord of Wrong 02:49
14. In Articulo Mortis 01:58
15. Insufferable 02:23
16. Pray For God 02:56
17. Ortni 01:48
18. Sucrop Cinatas 02:24
19. Shavohej Defeated 03:43
20. Kcalb Mood 02:32
21. Eht Tsrow Sdrow 10:32
22. Roman Revenge 02:53
23. High Temperature Fires 02:15
24. Black Rain 03:11
25. Machine Voidness 01:59
26. Lethal Binary Chemical Munitions 01:18
27. ICBM 03:00
28. Homo Homini Lupus 02:16
29. Biochemical Annihilation 01:59
Total playing time 01:01:47

Mayhem - De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas



Year: 1994
Country: Norway

No info needed...

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Tracklist:
1. Funeral Fog 05:47
2. Freezing Moon 06:23
3. Cursed In Eternity 05:10
4. Pagan Fears 06:21
5. Life Eternal 06:57
6. From The Dark Past 05:27
7. Buried By Time And Dust 03:34
8. De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas 06:22
Total playing time 46:01

Nicole 12 - Playground



Year: 2004
Country: Finland

Weird project by Mikko Aspa og Clandestine Blaze and Deathspell Omega fame. This is some odd power electronics or whatever, it just sounds odd, but interesting at the same time. I think the titles also speak much for themselves.

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Tracklist:
01. Intro (0:35)
02. Nicole 12 (3:21)
03. Playground (4:27)
04. Schoolyard Pedophile (3:14)
05. Cute Girl Babies (3:24)
06. Observer (4:42)
07. Rights Of Daddy (3:44)
08. Stream Of Tears (6:51)
09. Yes, Daddy (8:44)
10. Outro (1:03)

Thor's Hammer - Nothing But Hate



Year: 1997
Country: Poland

First demo by this great band. The music here isn't as good as on the later full-lenghts, as one should expect, but it's still some solid underground black metal with minor RAC influences and the typical eastern-European sound.

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Tracklist:
1. Fidelity Shall Triumph 03:09
2. Nothing But Hate 05:39
3. Surtr Fur Sunnam 05:02
Total playing time 13:50

Woods of Infinity / Joyless - Uppgivet Hjärta / Eidyllion



Year: 2005
Country: Sweden / Norway

Due to lazyness I'll steal the MA review. All creds to the author.

The Joyless side of the EP consists of 3 short tracks, the production on each being a reasonable if a little light. These are all very melodic quasi-pop tunes with just enough malice stirred in to mildly disturb the listener. Very good tunes but unfortunately the first couple of tracks appear to have been pressed only in the right channel (seems unlikely this would be deliberate). Still, interesting stuff from a band with a great evil twist on 'indie rock'. 80%

Flip the EP over and you have Uppgivet Hjarta (whatever that is), a much longer Woods of Infinity track clocking in at perhaps 6 minutes or so. Here folks we have what must surely be one of the most disturbing tracks ever committed to vinyl. The remarkable thing about this track is that it's a thing of mesmerizing yet appalling beauty. The spoken lyrics work extremely well in conveying a dispassionate and uncaring air (wish I knew what they meant - though the general gist becomes apparent soon enough). The song itself is again a long way from black metal of any sort, though it's the black metal malice that shines through once again. There's a great groove running through the track courtesy of some interesting bass harmonies which sound at times like they'd be more at home in a dub track than anything to sprout from the BM scene. The use of samples is simply fabulous too, and this is what really marks this track out as something truly remarkable. The first time I heard the mid section of the song I swear I must have blanched. I've heard a lot of disturbing experimental music over the years (Coil being one of the obvious masters) and what WoI have crafted here stands up against anything I've ever heard in terms of compelling atmosphere, sheer lurking horror and - yes - groove. Utterly essential for anyone interested in the more adventurous end of BM (and anyone interested in dark music full stop). Simply stunning. 100%.


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Tracklist:
Woods of Infinity
1. Uppgivet Hjärta 06:45
Joyless
2. Ingenting 01:57
3. Vinternatt 02:22
4. Stalingrad 02:22
Total playing time 13:26

Judas Iscariot - Demo



Year: 1993
Country: USA

Early demo from this quite famous black metal band. Nothing too amazing, just typical underground black metal, but I'm sure some people will find it interesting and enjoyable.

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Tracklist:
1. Babylon in Ruin 06:42
2. Unholy Victory 03:39
3. In Den Qualen der Hölle 02:57
4. The Cold Earth 06:14
Total playing time 19:32

Tuesday, 10 November 2009

Abigail - The Gig of Wrath



Year: 2003
Country: Japan

A live recording from this legendary Japanese black/thrash metal band which dub themselves as the most evil band in Japan. If you think that awesome, alcohol-fueled black/thrash metal sounds good, you need to check this out.

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Tracklist:
1. Violence, Kill, and Destruction 03:56
2. Hellfire and Damnation 03:05
3. Black Metal Thunder 03:12
4. Louder Than Hell (N.M.E. cover) 02:30
5. Charge! 02:51
6. War 666 03:10
7. Confound Eternal 04:04
8. Violence, Kill, and Destruction 04:07
9. Hellfire and Damnation 03:03
10. Bitch We Gonna Kill You 02:40
11. Louder Than Hell (N.M.E. cover) 02:12
12. Charge! 02:42
13. Prophecy of the Evening Star 03:16
14. War 666 02:38
Total playing time 43:18

Ohtar - When I Cut the Throat



Year: 2003
Country: Poland

Great full-length album from one of the best black metal bands to come out of Poland. Ohtar is also one of the most prominent and best NS bands around, although their lyrics usually deal with themes such as war, general hatred etc., and not stricktly NS-themes (hence making the band easily accessible to non-political listeners). The recording quality is also good, but not overdone; the "evil" atmosphere is still kept.

Ohtar is one of the best BM bands around, in my opinion, and the band is severely underrated, so give this a listen now!

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Tracklist:
1. Order 08:16
2. Neverending Lust of Inversion 06:36
3. Delighting the Edge of Knife 06:25
4. When I Cut the Throat 07:32
5. Essence of the Dream's Depth 06:00
6. Trust Is the Road to Nowhere 07:43
Total playing time 42:32

GoatPenis - Jesus Coward



Year: 1994
Country: Brazil

Black/death/grindcore metal from southern America. It has the filthy, bestial sound which is typical for many South-American bands (including legendary Sarcofago), and if you enjoy this sound, you'll most likely enjoy this demo.

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Tracklist:
1. Intro (Napalm Kills) 01:22
2. Necromegatons 01:57
3. Jesus Coward 03:30
4. Zyklon-B 04:51
5. Final Atomic Battle 04:26
6. Outro (Black Kaos) 01:00
Total playing time 17:06

Archgoat - Whore of Bethlehem



Year: 2006
Country: Finland

Bestial and unholy black metal! If you enjoy bands playing deathblack metal with lyrics about sodomy, anti-Christianity, more sodomy, etc. you'll most likely enjoy this. It's not the most original music around, but it's still a decent release worth checking out.

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Tracklist:
1. Invocation 02:11
2. Angel of Sodomy 02:57
3. Lord of the Void 05:07
4. Dawn of the Black Light 04:55
5. Luciferian Darkness 02:59
6. Desecration 04:34
7. Black Crusade 03:32
8. Whore of Bethlehem 04:10
9. Grand Marshall of the Black Tower 02:56
10. Hammer of Satan 02:15
Total playing time 35:38

Monday, 9 November 2009

Antaeus - Satanik Audio Violence



Year: 2002
Country: France

Live recording of Antaeus; one of the most brutal, evil and hate-filled black metal bands around.

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Tracklist:
1. Inner War 03:22
2. Those With No Eyes 03:02
3. Devotee 02:44
4. Seventh Ceremony 02:55
5. Blood War III 03:10
6. Nihil Khaos 02:50
7. Reverse Voices of the Dead 03:37
8. Bleeding Blasphemy 03:30
Total playing time 25:10

Maniac Butcher - Live in Open Hell



Year: 1999
Country: Czech Republic

Great live recording from this amazing cult band.

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Tracklist:
1. Barbarians 04:40
2. Pulnoeni Øíše 03:46
3. Sileny Reznik 03:49
4. Mesiasuv Konec 05:26
5. Luza Okolni 04:04
6. Pisen Cernych Vran 05:40
7. 666 - Pulnoeni Øíše (Bonus) 03:56
Total playing time 36:31

Darkthrone - Soulside Journey



Year: 1990
Country: Norway

Not a rare release at all: it's not hard to find and I'm guessing most people have heard it. It's still worth posting, because it's a great album from the era before Darkthrone turned black metal and more or less invented the sound of "true norwegian black metal".

This album is awesome, true old school death metal with the unique Scandinavian sound and atmosphere.

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Tracklist:
1. Cromlech 04:11
2. Sunrise Over Locus Mortis 03:31
3. Soulside Journey 04:36
4. Accumulation of Generalization 03:17
5. Neptune Towers 03:15
6. Sempiternal Sepulchrality 03:32
7. Grave with a View 03:27
8. Iconoclasm Sweeps Cappadocia 04:00
9. Nor the Silent Whispers 03:18
10. The Watchtower 04:58
11. Eon 03:39
Total playing time 41:44

Thergothon - Stream from the Heavens



Year: 1994
Country: Finland

Thergothon is by many considered to be the band which founded funeral doom metal. This is their only full-lenght, and it is truly a magnificent piece of art. Personally I've never gotten much into Doom Metal (yet), but the sheer amount of darkness and atmosphere which this album contains just makes me unable to avoid listening to it. So slow, so heavy, so crushing, so good.

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Tracklist:
1. Everlasting 06:07
2. Yet the Watchers Guard 08:56
3. The Unknown Kadath in the Cold Waste 03:49
4. Elemental 09:18
5. Who Rides the Astral Wings 07:56
6. Crying Blood & Crimson Snow 04:42
Total playing time 40:48