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Nachtmystium (US) - Worldfall MCD (Century Media) 2 new songs, plus Death in June and Goatsnake covers. 5 tracks total. |
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Nachtmystium (US) - Assassins: Black Meddle PT. 1 CD
(Century Media) Yet another bold evolution for Blake and crew. While the creative black metal past of this band is still firmly within their grasp, Nachtmystium move even further into the realm of musical growth with more of a "jam" atmosphere and moog manipulation. |
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Naglfar (Swe) - Sheol CD (Century Media) The 3rd full-length opus from Sweden's blackened melody blasphemers is at hand and crushes their back catalog with well written intensity and majesty. Swedish black metal still has the fire! |
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Necropolis (Rus) - Necrosphere CD (Cold Spring Records) "Hailing from the Siberian land of Irkutsk, Russia, Necropolis came to Cold Spring's attention when they released the extremely limited (85 only) CDR "Necrosphere" - the soundtrack to the author's dreams and based on field recordings made in Taiga and disused military missile shafts. Cold Spring is reissuing this immense Dark Ambient creation - remastered with brand new, stunning artwork and an extra 14-minute long track." |
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Nekroholocaust (US) - In Memories of Fire CD (Mercenary
Musick) Nazi sympathetic blackened war metal. Barbaric and unrelenting. Features a member of Nocturne. | $11 | |
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Nephenzy Chaos Order (Swe) - Pure Black Disease CD The unbridled speed of the first few tracks on "Pure Black Disease" may initially bring one to draw comparisons with Marduk due to a similar affinity for wild aggression topped with meticulous harmonies, but as the disc unfolds, the similarities stop as Nephenzy Chaos Order offer up a grating performance that utilizes many staples of Swedish black metal to arrive at their Earth scorching sound. "Pure Black Disease" is an unforgiving assault against mankind and even when they ease off on the speed in favor of more layered and 3 dimensional riff work, there is a feeling of hopelessness and mental instability that flourishes as if that is NCO's own stamp of musical identity. For one, the guitar tone strikes me as original to the point of irritation, for when a palm muted crunch, or high end dissonant chord runs ignite the sound space, the guitar tone inspires images of some malnourished heathen repeatedly scraping a cheese grater over the charred metallic skull of a human hunting robot. Perhaps my description is an embellishment, but there are some definite steel flakes erupting within that guitar tone, but then it seems to subside a bit when tremolo riffs unite with the machine like performance of drummer M Axe. The vocals add to the unstable vibe created by NCO as M Chaos chooses a traditional black screech for most of this album, but does save his performance from dimensionless redundancy by striving to take it higher and letting his voice break so that feeling of lunacy may further infect the music. | $11 | |
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New Risen Throne (Ita)/Cruel
Harvest (US) - Shadows over Humanity Split CD (God-Is-Myth Records) Both bands offer a haunting view into the belly of dark ambient songscapes. Rich tones and nightmare visions make for optimal nachtmusic for those of you yearning for a break from the punishing metal onslaught. |
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Nightbringer (US)/Temple of Not (US) - Rex Ex Ordine Throni Split CD (Full Moon Productions) Nightbringer play some of the most searing and amazing black metal I've heard arise from US soil in ages. The 6 songs that make up their half of the split feature a very warm/full production and literally explode with malevolent sounding tremolo riff work and a cancerous vocal approach that will scar the heavens. Temple of Not supply the uneasy atmosphere with 2 lengthy tracks of chilling black ambient. Nightmarish soundscapes will transport your thoughts to darker times and have you looking over your shoulder in paranoia. Great split CD. |
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Nigrescent (UK) - Palace of the Dark Light CD (Blackthrone Productions) Solitarily composed black metal, spewing a cult dissonance and hatred. Melody seeps through a caustically harsh (treble dominant) audio field which is made even more hideous by the cancerous and barbaric vocal shrieks. From more mid paced musical breaks, to a faster/note based attack, the rhythm section is engaged at the push of a button. Thanks to the sound quality (everything is audible, just very tense), the synthetic backbone of Nigrescent doesn't detract from the overall snarl of this project. Nigrescent is a punishing dose of black metal for those that deem their blasphemy fierce and cult basted. A man and his drum machine cannot be thwarted. | $11 | |
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Nile (US) - In Their Darkened Shrines CD (Relapse Records) The Egyptian tyrants of turbo death have returned with their most developed and groundbreaking effort. "Shrines…" triumphs where others in this genre fail at incorporating emotion and an earth moving tone to arrive at a level of technical death metal that will shake your soul, as well as impress with the complexity and brilliance of the riffs/overall composition. This is the brutal death album of the year. |
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Nocturnal
Depression (Fra) - Nostalgia: Fragmants of a Broken Past CD (Sun and Moon
Records) Re-release of the band’s first full-length (released only on CD-R & tape format), expect depressive & melancholic black metal in purest tradition. Miserable, suicidal music with a lot of acoustic tunes. Re-recorded, re-arranged, re-mastered. | $11 | |
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Nocturnal
Depression (Fra) - Four Seasons to a Depression CD (Sun and Moon Records) The re-mastered version of the band’s acclaimed demo-tape from 2006. Four Seasons To A Depression, unlike the previous outfits is concentrated on themes like nature, cycle of life, and musically is also something different this time. Depressive emotional Black Metal, a soundtrack of the seasons. | $11 | |
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Nordicwinter (Can) - Threnody CD (None More Black
Records) Dissonantly scribed, traditional black metal striking from the heart of the Great White North. Cold riffs drift over with a timeless depression and scaring vocals. Good production and programming (drums). 9 tracks. | $11 | |
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Nordmen (Can) - Vertus Guerrieres CD (Nykta) Canadian black metal that embraces the majestic spirit of old Graveland nicely while maintaining the conviction and identity of a fresh new band. | $11 | |
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Nortt (Den) - Ligfaerd CD (Total Holocaust Records) Creeping and depressive black doom, agonizing with the pull of the grave. Nortt's latest full-length. 6 tracks. | $11 | |
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November's Doom (US) - To Welcome the Fade CD (Dark Symphonies) With a stunning production provided by renowned producer Neil Kernon, November's Doom have returned with their most gut wrenching doom opus to date. ND flow through varying levels of emotional torment as Paul (Vocals) reflects on his feelings as he deals with a debilitating physical ailment. Crushingly heavy guitars weave in and out of loud one moment, and quiet the next dynamics as if to push Paul's rage and sorrow over the edge as the man pours out his heart through 10 amazing tracks of melancholy. Deep death vocals drain into equally passionate clean singing and the occasional female voice for even more variety. November's Doom are a great band that have easily surpassed the formative years of their peers (My Dying Bride) in regards to originality and conviction. |
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Nox Inferi (OZ) - Adverse Spheres CD (Those Opposed
Records) Sinister sounding, orchestrally dense black metal. Very nightmarish in delivery, Nox Inferi paint a bleak landscape of a city leveled by war. All that remains on the field are the twisted bodies and the carrion that feed upon them. 6 impressive tracks. |
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Nun Slaughter (US) - One Night in Hell CD (War Hammer Records) The best way to describe this live disc, is to let the veteran death mongers put it in their own words. "This recording contains the song titled 'Your Lord Deformed'. It was written exclusively for this recording and does not appear on any other Nun Slaughter release. Live show recorded March 31st 2001 at the Blind Lemon in Cleveland, Ohio. There are no overdubs, no keyboards, no female vocals, no solos, no pussy shit. This is pure fucking devil metal this is pure fucking Nun Slaughter!" 18 tracks. Good live sound. |
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Obscene Eulogy (Can) - Defining Hate CD (The Truth Undead) Obscene Eulogy is a project designed to create the essence of pure horror through the medium of extreme metal with Mika Luttinen from Impaled Nazarene on vocals. The album features a bonus track with Necrophagia's Killjoy on vocals and Wilska from Finntroll providing back up vocals on another track as well. |
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Obeisance (US) - Lucifer Master CD (Utterly Somber Creations) Punishing CD full of point blank black death brutality that hails Sarcophago and satan. Unrelenting and filled with an old school greatness. | $11 | |
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Occidens (Chi) - Glorification of the Antichrist CD (DeathGasm) Hyper blasting blackened death metal full of grime and disgust for the holy law. The production is crisp, though abrasive, giving this blitzkrieging metal storm a very lively punch. Well done and unique. |
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October Falls (Fin) - The Streams of the End CD (Debemur
Morti Productions) Taken from the Debemur Morti Prod site: "On ‘The Streams Of The End’, OCTOBER FALLS re-materialises in a bolder incarnation, presenting a fiercer face that casts the Finnish one-man act in a revealing new light. While traces of a glorious acoustic past remain palpable, OCTOBER FALLS embellishes trademark orchestral folk with a harsher edge, infusing majestic compositions with unprecedented menace smothered in an atmosphere of forlorn tragedy. The second mini album from Mikko Lehto comprises four sorrowful laments – closely themed to fashion a 22-minute expression of absolute despair. Lush tones create a morose mood, while the cold manifestations drift slowly, reverberating off wistful woodland and caressing fecund foliage in some dark, wintry forest at the heart of the Great North. The songs are suffused in diversity and dynamic, sometimes serene and soothing but also generating sensations of inconsolable grief, tortured anguish and utter desperation. Quiver and cower beneath the might of nature, as gloom and despondency infect your isolated essence, giving rise to a well of emotions condemned to lie dormant in those untouched by OCTOBER FALLS’ rich arrangements. Allow the sparse, chilly landscape to engulf your soul, while the artist’s singular vision shrouds you in mist and shatters your world. Rich, complex and ritualistic, the altered state of OCTOBER FALLS as represented on ‘The Streams Of The End’ whispers long-forgotten tales of acts committed under foggy night skies, with only shadows and silhouettes as witnesses. Atypical and extraordinary, this mini album sees one of Finland’s most enigmatic forces explore a verdant new terrain that few before have dared to tread." |
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October Falls (Fin) - The Womb of Primordial Nature CD
(Moribund/Debemur Morti) A Completely amazing band. Mixing the atmospheric black metal style of early Ulver, with an unshakably depressive take on the genre sonically, October Falls embrace the aesthetics of really inspired BM and impressive acoustic guitar accompaniment for flavor and sadness. This release is right up there at the top as one of my favorites for 2008. |
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Odelegger (Ger) - The End of Tides CD (Nykta) Harsh and scathing black metal exploding with a style and sound that rivals the Norwegian Ildjarn. 14 tracks. |
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Holocaustus (Ger)/Odelegger (Ger) - Split CD (Nykta) An NS black metal split. Both bands execute the harshly abrasive style that should appeal to fans of Ildjarn and the like. Odelegger features the main man behind Bilskirnir. |
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Ohtar (Pol) - Petrified Breath of Hope CD (Forever Plagued Records) A unique twist on the traditional Polish black metal sound. Scathing hatred and a darkness that welcomes the coming of death. |
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Onirik (Port) - Songs for the Apocalipse CD (Skull
Productions) Darkness and evil surrounds these occult themes. Wandering and bleak, the dissonance is beauty in Onirik's realm. | $11 | |
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Order From Chaos (US) - Imperium - The Apocalyptic Visions CD (Merciless Records) Long dead, but not forgotten, Merciless Records brings us a glimpse back into the past of one of the US's most important death metal power trios, Order From Chaos. Perhaps this band is most well known for Pete Helkamp who went on to be a part of the crushing Angel Corpse, Order From Chaos planted the demonic seeds as far back as 1987 with their own fierce blend of death thrashing occult metal. "Imperium" features the bands "Inhumanities" 1988 demo, an 8 song, 1988 rehearsal and a 1994 live set from Manassas, Virginia. Good sound quality, 16 tracks. A very well done package. Vol 2 should be out by years end. | $11 | |
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Ordo Tyrannis (US) - Vasa Iniquitatis CD (Flood the Earth) Michael Ford from Black Funeral fame's new black industrial project. Twisted ideas co-exist with a haunting vibe. 9 tracks. | $11 | |
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Orlog (Ger) - Reinigende Feuer CD (Det
Germanske Folket) This well designed and produced CD was a massive surprise. Orlog perform a very convincing attack of straight up Swedish black metal, focusing on the era of Sacramentum, Dawn and the like. If you like your harmonies searing in a twin guitar attack, then this band will fill every desire with lofty melodies and sharp vocals sure to teleport you back to 1995. Excellent. |
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Ornaments of Sin (Fra) - Inhale Zyklon-B MCD (Total Holocaust Records) An excellent release of misanthropic and hateful black metal from France. 6 grating tracks of underground perfection, including a Burzum cover. Melodies singed by the fires of hell envelope a cancerous vocal delivery that gives this 2 man band a bit of uniqueness for their black art to destroy with intolerance and elitism. |
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Paragon Impure (Bel) - To Gaius (For The Delivery Of
Agrippina) CD (Goatawarex) There's a definite hypnotic quality to this material, in that Transylvanian Hunger type of unrelenting push. Paragon Impure are a direct reflection of the state of modern underground black metal, but they are well written and exploding with a truly evil conviction. This is their latest release. |
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Parricide (Pol) - Crude CD (Jackhammer Music) Crude contains some very atypical death metal. The rhythms avoid the mosh trappings in favor of evil riffage that brings to mind the once booming heyday of the death metal scenes in Holland/Denmark. Guttural vocals and a predominant mid-paced tempo allow these 9 tracks to develop on the basis of content, rather than delivery. |
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Peccatum (Nor) - Lost in Reverie CD (The End) Out of the handful of Peccatum releases I have heard, Lost in Reverie is by far Ihsahn and Ihriel's most experimental and engaging release to date. The metal tracks on this CD lash out with blackened technical aggression and Ihsahn's spiteful vox, only to drift off into a warm sea of soundscapes and more contemporary musical styles/ideas where Ihriel's atypical, but greatly improved vocal style enchants and carries the ragged metal listener off into more adventurous territories. |
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Perished (Nor) - Seid CD (Displeased Records) Dissection-esque harmonies and a deadly attack, push the hook bloated music of Perished even further to the forefront of blackened appreciation. Harsh vocals singe the heavens with disgust and hatred… the way it should be. |
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Perisynti (Fin) - Hiilenmnsta Lammas CD (Northern Silence Productions) Raw and uncompromising black metal focusing on memorable riffs and atypical harmonies. 8 tracks. |
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Perunwit (Pol) - Wszystkie Odcienie Szarosci CD (Vinland Winds) |
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Pest (Fin) - Hail The Black Metal Wolves of Belial CD (Blood. Fire. Death) Stripped down and essential cult black metal from one of Finland's most hellish hordes. Featuring Satanic Warmaster as a member, this is a compilation of all of Pest's previous releases. 9 tracks. |
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Pestiferous (Fin) -
Gateway CD (Behemoth Productions) Well produced Finnish black metal filled with misanthropic harmonies, a slight rock influenced push, and an underlying sense of depression. |
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Phobia (US) - Serenity Through Pain CD (Deathvomit Records) This longstanding institution of grind fights on regardless of the scenes current trends. 23 tracks, well produced, and ragging with blast beats and crust. This bands excellence is unmatched in this genre. |
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NEW!! Poccolus (Lith) -
Poccolous CD (Supernal Music) Tenth-anniversary re-issue of this lost, obscure gem from the Baltic. Probably the best Black Metal band to emerge from Lithuania, POCCOLUS offer us here sub-arctic BURZUMic Black Metal interlaced with sorrowful, Volkisch darkness. The original was released on a long-vanished South Korean label, hence it enjoyed a very limited run and poor distribution. This new, fully-remastered edition will come with new artwork, faithful to yet improving on the original, with a 16-page leather-textured booklet, containing lyrics in both Lithuanian and English translation, and the music on gold disc. |
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Pogrom (Fra) - Mort Au Peuple CD (Nihil Voices/Mercenary
Musik) Hateful NS black metal with a good production and varied song structures. This band isn't blazing any new ground, rather holding their own with decent songs. |
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Pogrom 1147 (Pol) - Black Metal Complete CD (Suffering Jesus Productions) Cryptic black metal filled with reverb and an airy atmopshere that infects with underproduced charm. Harsh and unrelenting. |
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Prevalent Resistance (Fin) - To Live Again and Dominate
CD (Nykta) |
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Procreation (Can) -
Incantations Of Demonic Lust For Corpses Of the Fallen CD (Nuclear War Now
Productions) Cult death metal from the late 80's... NWN brings you both of their demos on one perfectly designed package to show praise for the non photoshopped era of old. | $11 | |
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Profane Solitude (Ukr) - Probuzhdenie V Pustote CD (Morbid Winter Records) This full-length release is a compilation of both of Profane Solitude's demos. Harsh and hateful black metal from the creatively vibrant land of Kiev (Ukraine). | $11 | |
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Raate (Fin) - Halki Kuolleen Maan CD (World Terror Committee) This is the bands demo pressed to CD. A heavy Burzum influence rides alongside the filth and fury of the Finnish BM aesthetic. Some truly amazing music on display. | $11 | |
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Raate (Fin) - Sielu, Linna CD (World Terror Committee) After very good resonance to the "Demo I" also known as “Halki kuolleen maan…” Finnish Raate return with their debut album “Sielu,Linna”. The route of March is still the same, excellent Black Metal with a great melancholic riffing and an overall great atmosphere. Excellent Band!! | $11 | |
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Raven Dark (Rus) - Verdandi/Berustet av
Kreigsdronnet CD (Grieventee Productions) Blazebirth Hall blackness. Lo-fi and unrelenting in attack and intensity. This disc features both of the Verdandi and Berustet av Kreigsdronnet releases. 12 tracks total. | $11 | |
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Ravenous, The (US) - Blood Delerium CD (Redstream) This sickened work of filth is hands down the best, most twisted release yet to arise from the super group known as The Ravenous (Featuring Chris Reifert, Danny Coralles, Clint Bower and Killjoy). Detuned Autopsy riffage is still the main course, but Chris Riefert and his maggoty band of gore slingers have really pulled together on this material to make it something truly disturbing, yet infinitely heavy, memorable and bloated with an old death metal greatness largely forgotten by the "new school". "Blood Delirium" contains some of the best movie sample accompaniment I have ever heard. In many cases, they have made the vocal samples a rhythmic/integral part of the music, acting as a third vocal line. Very interesting indeed. Reifert and Killjoy have blended each of their tortured vocal styles together seamlessly. Both vocalists offset and share lyrical lines with reckless abandon, adding to the layered mayhem that writhes above the punk/death/doom foundation like a rotting dog. The Ravenous have developed to something far more important to the staying power of real death metal, than the super group they started off as. In my eyes, this is the proper reanimation of Autopsy's glorious corpse. Get it! |
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Red Harvest (Nor) - Cold Matter CD Technologically advanced Norge metal featuring members from other popular bands and a black metal influence. | $11 | |
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Red King, The (US) - Vitreolvm Digipak CD (Dark Symphonies) Featuring Johann Bran Cleereman from the experimental black metal entity Corvus Corax, The Red King takes us on a neo classical journey through grief and hopelessness. Lush orchestration casts a looming shadow of dread, for Johann's varied singing/black metal screaming style to further torment the emotions with inspired experimentation. There is no metal music on this release, just really well done classically inspired music, inspiring introspective reflection. Awesome digipak design sets the tone for this opus. |
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Remembrance (Fra) - Frail Visions CD (Total Rust) Taken from the Total Rust website: "The debut album of this French Funeral Doom/Death Metal band including ex-members of In Somnis, and current members of Lethian Dreams. Frail Visions contains 8 tracks of 64 minutes of Funeral Doom/Death Metal. The album is field with slow mournful melodies, but contains also some breaking parts with faster tempo… The music moves naturally from the heavier parts to the more gloomy moments, and all that with tunes of sadness and despair..." |
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Revenge (Can) - Attack. Blood. Revenge MCD (Dark Horizon) The hateful debut from these warring Canadians. Features the Notorious J. Reid of Blasphemy fame on drums/hellvox. |
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Rigor Sardonicous (US) - Vallis Ex Umbra De Mortuus CD (Paragon Records) Belching and guttural death doom for fanatics of the miserable and downtrodden. 8 tracks and bonus live videos! | $11 | |
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Degringolade (Can) - An Ode to Sin CD (Nuclear War Now Productions) Massive death metal explosion teetering on the brink of war metal. Crushing production and interesting structures. 8 tracks. | $11 | |
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Rotting Christ (Gre)
- Non Serviam CD Reissue (Unruly Sounds/The End) Taken from The End's site, "The third Rotting Christ opus sees them honing their early raw sounds into a more focused and even darker shape. This is the very first U.S. issue of 'Non Serviam', on The End's sub-label Unruly Sounds. Features bonus live video clips for "Morality Of A Dark Age", "Feast Of The Grand Whore" and "Non Serviam". | $11 | |
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Ruhr Hunter - Moss and Memory CD (Glass Throat Recordings) 6''x6''/6 panel GATEFOLD Digipack... stunning and unique design. In the spirit of shamanic transcendence through ritual composition, an epic & surreal audible journey unfolds. Marking RUHR HUNTER'S (Chet W. Scott) 10 year anniversary & 3rd full length album! The "Moss & Memory" collection features an archive of personal cleansing & inner growth, sharing six eclectic & deeply personal rituals, that keeps RUHR HUNTER'S heart ever closer to Nature! |
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Ruina (Ukr) - Ukruina CD (Hammermark Art/Battlelord
Productions) Amazingly creative and emotive pagan death metal with a fair share of blackened influences. Add some folk instrumentation and you have a band striving to rise above the norm! |
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(Gre) - Total Nothingness CD (Regimental Records) Mid-pace dominant black metal from Greece. Depressive with atypical riffs. This is more in the traditional cult BM vein with an actual drummer, rather than possessing that bizzaro twist often unleashed by the Greek hordes. |
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Saltus (Pol) - Symbols of Forefathers/Inexploratus
Saltus CD (Morbid Winter Records) "The Fires of the past are reborn with these 2 releases now available on one album. The first part originally found on a split with Legacy of Blood shows the bands present BLACK/DEATH metal sound while the latter which comes from their first demo shows the pagan black metal sound of the early years" - Taken from the Morbid Winter Records website. |
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Sanctifier (Bra) - Awaked By Impurity Rites CD (Weird Truth Productions) Technically proficient death metal from Brazil featuring a Lovcraftian affinity. Fans of Immolation will be drawn to the similar feeling of urgency and brutality of Sanctifier's sound. False harmonic bends stir the intensity, only to be capitalized on by an endless supply of sensible tempo shifts and searing riff ideas/guttural vokills. Full production, impressive artwork, a very powerful release. |
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Sangraal (US) - Unearthly Night CD (Goatawarex) Filth ridden blackness from this US band. 9 tracks. |
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Sapfhier (Swe) - Trollskogen CD (God is Myth) This 9 track CD features the classic Trollskogen demo. Sapfheir perform unique black metal with infinite layers. From the melody bloated riff ideas, all the way down to the atmospheric synth lines, this band should appeal to fans of old Emperor for the conviction and high caliber songwriting exploding from the core of this release. |
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Sapthuran (US) - To the Edge of Land CD (God is Myth) Traditional black metal. Well-written and depressive due to atmospheric dissonance and the expert inclusion of acoustic guitar into the tracks, as well as stand alone acoustic instrumentals. Expect an amazing level of maturation and development since Sapthuran's debut. |
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Sapthuran (US)/Leviathan (US) - Split CD (Battle Kommand Records) Leviathan has brought along the upcoming US entity Sapthuran to give them a boost of exposure on this impressive split CD. Leviathan's 5 tracks are some of the best he's released in recent times, taking on more of an aggressive/thrashy black metal attack, where Sapthuran impresses on their 3 tracks with dissonance and a misanthropic/woodland atmosphere. | $11 | |
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Sarcophagus (US) - For We… Who are consumed by the Darkness + bonus tracks CD (Blood, Fire, Death) Reissued for the souls that missed it the first time, expect different artwork, and 4 rehearsal tracks (recorded in 1998) that have been added as a bonus. This is a great way to hear the evolution of a skilled band that stepped out of death metal roots, to realize their blackened destiny. | $11 | |
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Satanic Funeral (US) - Night of the Goat CD (Non Compos
Mentis) I expected standard black metal with a name like Satanic Funeral, but this band is more into the ultra low pig vox chaos and blunt, stripped to the bloody stump attack of simplistic black death. Imagine Ildjarn with more melody and recording clarity. Barbaric. Enjoyable. |
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Sathanas (US) - Thy Dark Heavens CD (Blackmetal.com) This longstanding US band returns with even more conviction and well written blasphemy as Sathanas skillfully walks the line between black and death metal. Plodding rhythms, and varied vocal styles takes us back to the olden days of metal where blast beats were unheard of, and bands relied on their song/riffwriting strengths to supply the heavy/ugliness/evil. Excellent album. |
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Scorched (Swe) - Forever Dying Sun CD (Regimental Records) The classic Swedish black metal incarnate dwells on this well-produced and well-written nod to the early 90's when Sacramentum, Dawn and Dissection ruled the country. Very memorable riff ideas benefit from piercing melodies and an exacting speed. | $11 | |
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Sculptured (US) - Embodiment CD (The End) The long-awaited follow-up to 2000's 'Apollo Ends', ‘Embodiment finds Don Anderson (Agalloch) and band (members from Winds, Age Of Silence and Estradasphere) fusing together avantgarde, traditional/classic and death metal. |
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Sear Bliss (Hun) - Glory and Perdition CD (Redstream) The dark and black metal blend of this bands style brings to mind the classic Samael years such as Ceremony of Opposites and Blood Ritual, meaning the riffs and overall vibe of the songs is indeed evil sounding, but possesses a laid back aura that really sucks me into the core of this music. Music really can grab your thoughts and inspire astral travel and this is one of those bands that somehow harness that mystical inspiration to wander. Along with guest vocals from the ever godly pipes of Attila on the tracks "Birth of Eternity" and "Shores of Death", Andras Nagy's vocal performance is very solid and adds a warm push to the ever shifting moods found on this album as various effects (vocoder) on occasion give his excellent black metal snarl/screams an added layer of surprise and creativity. It is nothing for Sear Bliss to step out of a blasting climax, into a dreary refrain as on "Night Journey" where clean guitar lines help to show the listener the way into the uncharted realms of the mind. A more ethnic/cultural vibe creeps into the title track with a definite Egyptian feel in the synth and riff work to add an even more expansive scale exploration for their music to dig in with enthusiastic flair. An excellently warm production seems to highlight the very essence of the Sear Bliss aesthetic. With the synth and trombone accompaniment, there is at times a lot going on in this music and a full production strengthens the outcome, almost adding what could be considered a phantom element to this bands mystical delivery. |
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Secrets of the Moon (Ger) - Stronghold of the Inviolables CD (Cicatrix) Unorthodox black metal that complexes Abigor-isms, with a spaced out atmosphere. Well done. |
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Seelengreif (Ger) - Jenseits der Schatten CD
(Tour de Garde) Churning and mournful black metal, made even more powerful by the eclectic use of classical guitar passages. This is Seelengreif's demo pressed to MCD. 3 impressive tracks. |
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| Sephyroth (Can) - The Winter Holocaust CD (Sardonic Wrath) Cult and chaotic black metal from the wintry north. Wandering riff ideas and the steady push of the drum machine creates a very sadistic and perplexing atmosphere for Sephyroth to hack and destroy all within their reach. |
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Shroud of Despondency (US) - For Eternity Brings No Hope (Bindrune Recordings) SOLD OUT!! Shroud of Despondency's "For Eternity Brings no Hope" is the first ritual to be unleashed upon this millenium by Bindrune Recordings, and features some of the most emotive and honest black metal to ever be summoned on US shores. With the classical guitar flair of Ulver, caustically raised by the burning venom found in Shroud's potent black metal spells, "For Eternity Brings no Hope" is a depressively complex debut created for despondent souls! Visit Bindrune Recordings Website |
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SIG:AR:TYR (Can) - Sailing the Seas of Fate CD (Morbid Winter Records) This is an amazingly gifted piece of music. Yngwie Malmsteen/Andy LaRoque caliber classical guitar instrumentals pile on the mystical aura of old, for other tracks built upon apocalyptic folk and Viking era Bathory to further empower the passion and uniqueness of Sailing the Seas of Fate. |
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SIG:AR:TYR (Can) - Beyond the North Winds CD (Morbid Winter Records) The stunning follow-up to "Sailing the Seas of Fate", "Beyond the North Winds" is even more steeped in Bathory musical lore with less instrumentals and more actual songs proper that embrace the Viking metal aesthetic with rich plodding compositions, stellar solo work and epic progressions that pile on the dense harmony. You can actually feel the sea spray and bite of winter upon your face as you set out on this amazing musical journey. Essential listening. |
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Sinister (Hol) - Creative Killings CD (Hammerheart) Sinister fail to disappoint with their technical, though memorable brand of death metal on their latest release. "Creative Killings" features the vocal brutality of Rachel (Ex-Occult), who has the venom in her pipes to put all the guys to shame. | $11 | |
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Skepticism (Fin) - Alloy CD (Redstream) After a lengthy hiatus, the lords of funeral doom have returned with 6 new tracks of their essential craft. A bit clearer than the moss laden anthems in their back catalog, Alloy piles on the depression and isolation with a very well produced and esoteric album. Yet another essential release from this mystical band. |
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Slab! (UK) - Descension CD Mechinized and twisted, in the vein of Godflesh. |
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Solefald (Nor) - In Harmonia Universali CD (Century Media) Easily my favorite release from this duo since their Linear Scaffold debut. In Harmonia is a moody creature featuring lavish orchestration and inspiring moments of metal manipulation. If you are expecting black metal, you will be disappointed. If you seek open minded and free songwriting, this is the emotive album for you. |
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Sombrous (??) - Transcending the Umbra CD (Forever Plagued Records) Taken from the Forever Plagued site: "Electro ambience that will put you in a trance or hypnotic state. I've heard from a few people that they listen to this to help sleep as well. A very overlooked ambient project, even though this has gotten much praise from well respected individuals in the scene." For fans of Raison de Etre and the like. Mystical journeys for the mind. |
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Sons of Satan (Swe) - In Times of Fire CD (Vinland Winds) Featuring their "Our Visions of a Holocaust to Be" MCD and Cast into the Race of Progress" Demo 2000 along with a Von and Profanatica cover, this CD features 18 tracks of point blank, well written and intolerant black metal. From punkier moments of mid paced flow, Sons of Satan erupt into speed breaks that pile on the intensity. There is lots of fire power here for your buck. |
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Sourvein (US) - Will to Mangle CD (Southern Lord) Sourvein is a lethal union of the souls that were in other such punishing bands as Buzz-oven and 13. Produced by Billy Anderson, "Will to Mangle" is a snarled blow to the system with gritty/deep guitars and a plodding hit of sludge. Angry riffs crawl to the beat while venomous notes rip over the surface to inject a much needed hit of melody. This one will make you ache. | $11 | |
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Spiculum Iratus (US)/Bestial Incarnation (US) -
Monuments of Decimation Split CD (Baneful Genesis Records) 7 tracks from Spiculum Iratus. 5 tracks from Bestial Incarnation. Both bands compliment each other well... well considered and sharp black metal. More focus on songs with substance, rather than blast all the time. |
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Spite Extreme Wing (Ita) - Kosmokrator (Magnificat II) CD (Behemoth Prod/Masterpiece) The latest album… more speed and uncompromising deliveries make this a far more aggressive album. Good stuff. |
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| Stalaggh (Neth) - Nihilistik Terror CD (Autopsy Kitchen Records) Harsh black ambient noise arises from this release featuring both the Project Nihil and Project Terror releases, remixed, with one new track exclusive to this collection. Noise freaks take note. |
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Stillhet (Nor) - Gjemt I Skyggene CD (Northern Silence Productions) Traditional sounding Norwegian black metal from this 1 man entity. Good use of tempo, melody and atmosphere. |
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Strapping Young Lad (Can) - SYL (Century Media) The long awaited return of Townsend and Hoglan hacks and destroys with precision drum work and scathing musical exploration. | $11 | |
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Striborg (OZ) - Embittered Darkness / Isle de Morts CD (Disorder/Displeased Records) Misanthropic underground black metal from this prolific one man entity. Features new material alongside an older demo. Long compositions unlock the freezing atmosphere of sonic suffering. | $11 | |
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Striborg (OZ) - Black Desolate Winter / Depressive
Hibernation CD (Asgard Musik) More Tasmanian madness from Striborg. This one man show could be considered the Xasthur of the Southern Hemisphere due to all the material he is amassing. Cold and hypnotic black metal. | $11 | |
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Stroszek (Ita) - Songs of Remorse Digipak CD (God is
Myth Records) "The band's namesake (Stroszek) comes from the WERNER HERZOG film of the same name and is the perfect moniker for a band with such a gloomy atmosphere. While the band contains members of one of Italy's most respected black metal acts FROSTMOON ECLIPSE, this should be looked upon as a separate entity and not just a 'side project'. With carefully strummed minor key acoustic guitars, deliberate yet restrained piano lines, bursts of heaviness added for texture and deep, lush clean sung vocals that relay a sense of dread lurking beneath the surface, 'songs of remorse' is perhaps at once one of the most melancholic yet accessible albums of 2007..." Taken from the God is Myth site |
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Styggelse (Swe) - Bland Andlosa Falt Av Snusk Och Hor MCD (Baphomet/Redstream) An excellent EP by Norway's Styggelse, who uphold their countries pension for black metal by creating music in the vein of older Darkthrone and Dodheimsgard. Full of grit, searing melodies and lo-fi bliss. |
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Sumeria (US) - All Paths Lead to Insanity CD (Graveless
Slumber Records) Sorrowrage dissonance mixed with a US sense of aggression, melodic moments, thrash riffs and a heaven scaring vocal attack. Sumeria are a well developed and diverse beast. |
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Summon (US) - Dark Descent of Fallen Souls CD (Blackened Moon Productions) From the evil spawned by Masochist, Summon divulged their putrid seed of blackness upon the world with Dark Descent of Fallen Souls. Well produced, and raging with a furious pace of well considered black metal, Summon have been manipulating the black arts long before most of today's US black warriors were through carrying a lunchbox to school. A full production helps empower the greatness on this debut album. |
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Summon (US) - And the Blood Runs Black CD (Moribund Records) This is hands down, Summon's most amazing album to date. Recorded and produced by James Murphy, And the Blood Runs Black is a blistering shot of fast and expertly written blackened death thrash designed to summon your soul to hell. Excellent sound and a dead ringer cover of Venom's "Buried Alive". Summon have been at it for over 10 years and they keep getting better. |
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Summoning (Austria) - Let Mortal Heroes Sing Your Fame (Napalm Records) Once again wielding their epic and majestic gift of songwriting, Austria's Summoning have returned to inject their airy blend of symphonic black metal into a stagnant genre. Featuring members of Abigor, the Misty Mountains quake with this excellent duo's lust for Middle Earth. Lush synth arrangements, searing guitar work, and caustic vocals fill the listener with an unshakable appreciation of Tolkein's mighty world. Amazing! |
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Superchrist (US) - South of Hell CD (Autopsy Kitchen Records) Dirty Motorhead worship with mind slaying hooks and sing a long chorus'. This is the best-produced album by these guys to date and it really gives a lot of power to the hook oriented, verse/chorus/verse/chorus nature of this well written material. So much power erupts from Black's thundering Richenbacher bass tone, it injects the power chord dominant affinity in the guitar lines with that extra kick in the ass. It all boils down to the songs and Superchrist have established a simplistic formula that really works well for them. The solos have noticeably stepped out of the Frehley worship of the older material, to get a lot bluesier and more complex, though not losing sight of being tuneful enough for the listener to walk away from a track with the solo stuck in their head. After a dead nuts cover of Motorhead's "Metropolis", Superchrist makes it know as to what alter they bend their knee and they don't give 2 shits that they wear their Motorhead worship on their sleeves. In fact... this band benefits from the influence and have dug in at the ready to carry the torch for their idols once the seemingly indestructible Lemmy finally escapes this mortal coil. Superchrist rule... plain and simple. |
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Superchrist (US) - Headbanger CD (Professor Black) Definitely the tightest and most professionally produced release from Chicago's Superchrist. Having said that, the music is just as memorable and influenced by the NWOBHM than ever. Heavy and powerful bar metal possessed by Motorhead. |
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Svarga (Ukr) - Yav' Vozdimaet MCD (Stellar Winter) Pagan black metal from Ukraine featuring some folk elements (Synth and flutes) and a Kroda member. Ultra sick vocals. 6 tracks. |
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Svartpest (Nor) - Ved Den Drabelige Inngang Til Helvet CD (Baphomet Records) Featuring members of Wurdulak and Necrophagia, Svartpest revel in barbaric lo-fi Norwegian black metal. Caustic melodies and good tempo variations rage beneath a hellish scream. |
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Tearstained (US) - There is no Hope (Barbarian Wrath) Featuring the talents of Night Conquers Day frontman, "There is no Hope" is Mikael's second release in his suicide trilogy. Fusing together the realms of underground black metal, and unashamed King Diamond worship (vocally), this is an interesting opus of darkness and despair. Features covers of "Lurking in the Dark" (King Diamond) and "Possessed" (Bathory). | $11 | |
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Temnozor (Rus) - Folkstorm of the Azure Nights CD (Morbid Winter Records) Folk inspired and executed pagan black metal from Russia. Lush acoustic guitar and other traditional folk instruments seamlessly co-exist alongside dissonantly melodic blackness full of passion and atmosphere. |
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Tenebrae in Perpetuum (Ita) -
Antico Misticismo CD (Debemur Morti
Productions) Taken from the Debemur Morti Prod site: "TENEBRAE IN PERPETUUM is back with a brand new freezing full length. "Antico Misticismo" (Ancient Mysticism) brings us 7 new hymns of pure cold & hateful Black Metal with an atmosphere few bands managed to put into their anthems. The bleak production, the desperate & odious screams, the intense and sorrowful melodies accompanied by fast drums alternated some times by slower parts, the whole opus is a glorification of Darkness. Taking the mysterious and gloomy atmosphere from "Onori Funebri Rituali" into a deeper dimension, "Antico Misticismo" present a higher level of composition and structure of the hymns, in which one can touch the revulsive feelings ingeniously orchestrated by their creator." |
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Terrorama (Swe) - Horrid Efface CD (Nuclear War Now
Productions) Blunt force trauma aggression in the form of blackened and primitive death metal. Terrorama worship death and bleed their appreciation with simplistic, though catchy riffs and an old school spirit. |
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Thargos (Ger) - Killfukk CD (Witches Brew) Old school thrash with a definite Bay area influence. Demo and Ultra-Violence era Death Angel comes to mind. |
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The Shadow Order (Gre) - Untold CD (Nykta) Droning black metal with an older Katatonia vibe. Very memorable riff ideas benefit from a sharp guitar tone and some well-executed vocal lines (mid-ranged screams). 8 tracks. |
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