𝕻𝖔𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖗𝖘

 

 

  

2006:  Cryptopsy + Grave + Dew-Scented + Aborted + Vesania + Hurtlocker

 

 

 

 

 2006:  Infernal Hate + Demented + Kathaarsys + My Cannibal Bride

 

2006:  Insidious Decrepancy + Decrepidemic + Vittrah

 

 2006:  Ophiolatry + Sacramental Blood + Unreal Overflows + Kathaarsys

 

 

 

 2006:  Vader + God Dethroned + Severe Torture

 

 

 

 2007:  Destruction + Dark Embrace + Dantalion

 

 

Clive Barker's - Hellraiser #2 (1990)

 

 Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English novelist who came to prominence in the mid-1980s with a series of short stories, the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror writer. He has since written many novels and other works. His fiction has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series, the first installment of which he also wrote and directed, and the Candyman series. He was also an executive producer of the film Gods and Monsters, which won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Barker's paintings and illustrations have been shown in galleries in the United States, and have appeared in his books. He has also created characters and series for comic books, and some of his more popular horror stories have been featured in ongoing comics series.

 

 

 

 First published back in 1990, the second issue of Epic Comics’ original ‘Hellraiser’ offshoot series contained another five short stories designed to expand upon Clive Barker’s Hellraiser mythos..  Although Barker didn’t write any of the stories contained within the original Epic Comics ‘Hellraiser’ series, he did however act as a consultant for each issue.

The Vault – 15 Pages
Mark McLaurin (Writer) – Jorge Zaffino (Artwork) – Julie Michel (Colour) – Phil Felix (Letterer)
In the depth of South America, prison governor Arturo Velez had been running the tightly controlled La Enfermidad.  A prison devoid of hope.  A prison where Velez’s rule was the law.  His rule having been secured when he restructured all levels of the prison; from the top down, from the bottom up, and from the middle out.  But now he had a blot on his record.  A prisoner had somehow defied his rule and escaped his cell, leaving just a small intricately designed box in his wake.  Now Velez will stop at nothing to solve the puzzle and once again preserve order across all levels of La Enfermidad…

Writer Mark McLaurin opens this second ‘Hellraiser’ graphic novel with a deeply sinister offering that lubricates the wheels of the Hellraiser mythos without actually showing any of the horror contained within.  Indeed, the entire comic is delivered purely through dialogue and narrative, without any real glimpses of the horror that lurks within the box.  It works, but because of the subtleness on top of it being the opening story, it nevertheless feels somewhat deflated by the end.

Diver’s Hands - 15 Pages
James Robert Smith (Writer) – Mike Hoffman (Artwork)
The Carreboro Hansen’s Disease Center was the only place like it in Louisiana.  It was where Vincent was due to live out the last years of his life.   His condition so severe now that he no longer had any feeling in the cold stumps on his hands.  His Bacillus so advanced that the man looked withered and corpselike.  But Mary felt a connection.  She wanted to help Vincent.  To learn more of the man behind the frail dying form.  To understand why he clutched that same puzzlebox each and every day of his slowly ebbing life…

There’s something deeply unsettling about seeing the fragility of the human body as it edges closer and closer to eventual collapse.  It’s the inevitability of it all.  The lack of any control.  Let’s face it, it’s the perfect setting for a horror.  And fair do’s to writer James Robert Smith, he’s captured the clinical coldness of a home for such terminal illness perfectly.  The first tendrils of a chilling horror start to infiltrate the reader as the story sets off; slowly but surely building up with an escalating tension as more and more of Vincent’s backstory and connection with the lament configuration is divulged.  Unfortunately the arrival of the Cenobites is one hell of a disappointment – with the demons from hell looking far too cartoonish to evoke anything close to terror.  A real shame.

Writer’s Lament - 4 Pages
Dwayne McDuffie (Writer) – Kevin O’Neill (Artwork) – James Novak (Letterer)
Max Wayne had wasted most of his adult life toiling as a freelance writer.  His only accomplishment of any lasting value came the day he laboriously solved one particularly difficult, and oddly seductive, story problem.  The problem, once solved, revealed itself as a Lament Configuration.  A doorway to Hell.  Max now lives in Hell, toiling as a freelance writer, creating order from chaos.  It’s an eternal assignment which had, until now, produced little of merit.  But recently Max had unexpectedly delivered something that transcended his usual medium.  Max Wayne had become the father to a miracle.  He just hoped his editor would feel the same…

With tongue firmly wedged in his cheek, writer Dwayne McDuffie takes a satirical axe to the role of a writer’s editor, with barely disguised symbolism his weaponry in this comical snipe.  The whole ‘Hellraiser’ mythos takes a back seat here, instead merely giving McDuffie the necessary platform for him to launch his attack.  For its shortness it works.  However, you can’t help but feel that it doesn’t really fit in all that well with the other stories.

The Threshold - 8 Pages
Mark Kneece (Writer) - Scott Hampton (Writer & Artwork) – Phil Felix (Letterer)
Leo Marks had created a machine capable of replicating human sensations.  It was a machine that enabled its users to experience strong sensations, all via the controls of its operator.  After realising his creation he’d left his life’s work in the hands of the Amtech company, before vanishing into thin air.  Of course the machine needed a little fine tuning before it was ready for the mass market.  That’s where their guinea pigs came in.  Amtech had paid the homeless, desperate and addicted to trial the machine on.  It was a good job they did too, considering how their first test subject turned out…

Oh yes this is a good ‘un.  First and foremost the story is wonderfully original.  It’s clever and ingeniously interwoven with the whole ‘Hellraiser’ mythos.  As the various pieces of the plot are set down, the cold-hearted nastiness behind it gradually becomes apparent.  Of course, this is just the precursor for the Hell that’s to come.  It’s so perfectly in tune with the complexities of Barker’s original mythos.  The accompanying artwork is also utterly superb.  An excellent addition to the series.

The Pleasures Of Deception – 17 Pages
Philip Nutman (Writer) – Bill Koeb (Artwork) – Gasper Saladino (Letterer)
Feldwebel Davis’ work had become stagnant.  It was dark.  Very dark.  Reminiscent of Francis Bacon’s haunting visions.  But the market had changed.  Marcella knew she’d struggle to sell works of art like this now.  She blamed Davis’ drinking.  It was dragging him and his work down.  He needed a new angle.  Some new inspiration.  Something to put him beyond the oils and canvas.  Something to put him past the flesh…

If you thought some of the previous stories were dark then trust me, you aint seen nothing yet!  For the final story in this second ‘Hellraiser’ graphic novel, writer Philip Nutman offers up the bleakest, most depressive and utterly darkest of stories to appear in the graphic novels thus far.  The atmosphere from the very first frame is oppressive and gloomy to the point of smothering the reader in a blanket of misery.  Furthermore the story doesn’t let up one bit from this quagmire of depression.  In fact, it somehow manages to spiral further and further down into an abyss of misery – entering the realms reserved only for demons and the corruption of flesh.  The narrative and dialogue is sporadic and more suggestive than it is descriptive.  The artwork is equally as symbolic and gut-churningly bleak.  In fact, reading this final story is quite frankly like peering through a dirt encrusted window into Hell itself.

The comic runs for a total of 64 pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clive Barker's - Hellraiser #02 (spanish)

 

Primigenium - ...As Eternal As The Night... [demo] (1994) CD [2013]

 

Primigenium was one of the first black metal bands in Spain.

Primigenium was forfed in 1992 by Smaug and Alhaz.

 

 

 

 

 

 Tracklist: 

01. Feeling at One with the Night (4:20)
02. The Cold, the Emptiness (4:21)
03. As Eternal as the Night (4:46)
04. Art of War (outro) (2:17)

 

Lineup:

• Obed : Guitars, Drums, Vocals
• Alhaz : Guitars
• Nebulath : Bass
• Roberto Garchitorena : Bass (track 3).

 

 

 Label: Deviant Records.

 Limited to 500 copies.

 Tracks 1 & 2 recorded in 1994, and track 3 recorded March 1995, at Greendrum Studio, Madrid, Spain.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blasphemy + Sněť + Hierophant + Aposento + Morte Incandescente + Tankard + Systemik Viølence - Live at SWR Barroselas Metalfest (Por) 27.04.2024

 

 

 

 

 

Blasphemy was initially formed in 1984 by childhood friends Nocturnal Grave Desecrator and Black Winds and 3 Black Hearts of Damnation and Impurity, joined shortly after by guitarist Caller of the Storms. They went on by various names (including Antichrist and Desaster) before settling for Blasphemy in 1987. Since the early days, the band members quickly established a reputation for violence and criminal activities. Consequently, most of them had stints in prison and problems with the law; the violence also spread to their live performance with frequent fights and bloodshed both on stage and in the crowd. Black Winds left the band during the first few days of the Fuck Christ Tour in 1993, after problems with bass player Ace Necrosleezer. For the rest of the tour, Ace replaced Black Winds on lead vocals. Blasphemy split up shortly after the Fuck Christ tour, but reformed in 1999, including the original line-up as well as Ryan Förster on the second guitar, and have been somewhat sporadically active ever since.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Setlist:

Ross Bay Intro
War Command
Blasphemous Attack
Gods of War
Blood Upon the Altar
Victory (Son of the Damned)
Darkness Prevails
Desecration
Nocturnal Slayer
Emperor of the Black Abyss
Hording of Evil Vengeance
Goddess of Perversity
Weltering in Blood
Intro / Blasphemy
Winds of the Black Godz (Intro)
Fallen Angel of Doom...
The Desolate One

Intro / Necrosadist
Demoniac
Atomic Nuclear Desolation
Empty Chalice
Ritual 

 

 

 

 

Hailing from Prague, SNĚŤ formed in the beginning of 2018 with a specific aim: rotten and crushing Death Metal in the vein of bands like Undergang, Funebrarum, Autopsy, and Carcass, but adding their own view to the style. Imperative to the five members of SNĚŤ is placing equal emphasis on the punkish parts and crushing ones, with the sick melodies of doom-death swept across the whole thing.

The five-piece released a two-song promo recording in April 2019, and preparations were underway for a new EP to follow; however, drummer Krütorr broke his leg right before the recording session and and then the Covid19 pandemic started, so the band decided to write more music and release a full-length instead.

 

 

 

 

Setlist:

Útes Mrtvol
Kůň Kadaver
Lhurgoyf
Prokletí Hladov​ý​ch
3 Doby
Folivor
Zamrzlý Vrch
Princip křížení
Groteskní Hybrid
Intoxikace
Obří Kat

 

 

Although at the beginning in 2009 this band from Ravenna (Ita) practiced Black/Sludge Metal with Hardcore influences, currently they have become a storm of Black/Death Metal.

 

 

 

 

 Setlist:

 Mortem Aeternam
Seeds of Vengeance
Devil Incarnate
In Chaos, In Death
Abysmal Annihilation
Death Siege
Nemesis of Thy Mortals

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aposento se formó en Logroño (España) en 1990 con Manolo (guitarra), Diego (batería), Santi Herreros (bajo), Santi Potros (voz) y León (guitarra).

En el 1991 graban su primera demo “Bloody Ritual”, la cual sale a la luz a primeros del ’92 y a finales de éste participaron en un festival en Nájera, día 21 de noviembre, junto a Unbounded Terror, Beer Mosh y Doomsday. Seguidamente se hizo un cambio de componente en la banda sustituyendo a León (guitarra) por José “Pispas”. Seguidamente realizaron varios conciertos entre ellos uno junto a los thrashers Estigia.

Esta formación grabó la demo “Eternal Agony” editada en el ‘93 y en este año la banda cambia de nuevo, siendo la formación, Mamen (ex-Vulpes) al bajo, Tenor a la voz, Colowati a la batería y Charly junto a Manolo a las guitarras. Con ello realizan varios festivales destacando en Zaragoza uno de ellos, junto a Death, Anacrusis y Beer Mosh a finales del ‘93.

Después de varios conciertos y mini giras por el estado, participan en otro festival en diciembre del ‘94 (Demolition Festival) junto a 5 bandas nacionales de primera como Unnatural, Levial, Hellbound, Desecrate y Hemorragia, así como bandas internacionales como de Cannibal Corpse, Desultory y Samael.

En el ‘94 se graba el mini CD “Welcome to Dakness” que saldría a la luz por el año ‘95. Después de varios conciertos y cambios de formación, la banda se disuelve ese mismo año.

Aposento regresa en el 2012 en la que cuenta con antiguos componentes y dos nuevos, quedando actualmente de la siguiente manera: Manolo (guitarra), Pispas (guitarra), Manu (bajo), Diego (batería) y Nacho (voz). Ese mismo año, graban y editan su mini CD “Retorno a la Muerte” con Spain Death Metal Records y comentaron a tocar por todo el país al mismo tiempo que componían nuevos temas para un futuro álbum completo.

A finales del 2013 vuelven a entrar en estudio para grabar lo que va ser el primer álbum que llevará por título “Aposento”. En el 2014 fichan por Xtreem Music, quien edita dicho álbum en Mayo de 2014.

En el año 2017, y tambien bajo el sello Xtreem Music, Aposento editan su segunda álbum, "Bleed to Death".

 Setlist:

 La Mano de la Muerte
Portrait of a Killer
Aliens, Seres del Más Allá
Maleficarum
Alma Condenada
Bloody Ritual
Serv From Hell
Partially Deceased Syndrome
Doomsday - The Metanoia of Redemption Process

 

 

 

 

 

Morte Incandescente are comprised of Portugal's oldest and most prolific scene veterans, both of whom concurrently maintain their own long-running and highly regarded central creative vehicles: Vulturius with Irae and Nocturnus Horrendus with Corpus Christii. And while the raw black metal underground that they helped foment at the dawn of the new millennium has multiplied and malformed all around them, since their formation in 2001, Morte Incandescente have maintained their own unique headspace, always making the creation different yet the same - the vision overtaking all, no matter what form it takes. Rest assured, however, that Vulturius and Nocturnus Horrendus' vision is always one that's ancient-minded, uncompromising, and completely untrendy.

Setlist:

Interlúdio
Instalação Humana
Cerra Os Dentes
Forgotten
Diz Não A Vida
Pela Noite Dentro
Black Skull Crushing Metal
Desabafo

 

Tankard was formed in 1982 by three classmates, bassist Andreas "Gerre" Geremia, guitarist Axel Katzmann and vocalist Frank Thorwarth. Thorwarth and Gerre soon switched roles; at the same time the trio added drummer Oliver Werner and second guitarist Bernhard Rapprich. They chose their name from a dictionary upon seeing its definition as "beer mug". Their earliest written song was called "Ray Death", a song about nuclear war and their first gig was played in a local classroom in 1983. As drinking alcohol in the school was banned, they smuggled their beer in with milk cartons. Soon after, Bernhard Rapprich left the band as his conservative father did not want him "hanging around with a bunch of drunks" and he was replaced by Andy Bulgaropoulos.

 With the lineup now stabilised, the band released their first demo, titled Heavy Metal Vanguard, in 1984. After this, the band toured with fellow German thrashers Sodom. SPV were interested in signing both bands, but allegedly SPV retracted a deal after seeing the band perform live. In 1985 they released a second demo, Alcoholic Metal, which cemented their thrash metal style and lyrical themes. Both of these demos were very popular in the underground, and on the strength of this demo they signed with Noise Records. The eight-track demo also features rough versions of four songs that would later appear on their debut album, Zombie Attack.

Setlist:

One Foot in the Grave
The Morning After
Ex-Fluencer
Rules for Fools
Rectifier
Chemical Invasion
Zombie Attack
Beerbarians
A Girl Called Cerveza
(Empty) Tankard 

 

 

 

''Punk has gone soft and became just a musical style, rather than an outlet for protest.
Systemik Viølence aims to bring back threat to punk, using the aesthetics of seminal bands like GISM, the rawness of early Anti-Cimex and the darkened appeal purveyed by the likes of Darkthrone.''

 

 

Setlist:

Intellectual Prolapse
Vulture Culture
Uncivil Disobedience
You are Free to Be a Slave
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Extinta Raiva
Moral Stabbing
You Hold the Knife
Crapitalismo
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Punks is Posers
Dead Cop
Every Day is the Fucking Same
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Self Reliance
Satanarkist Attack
Kill All Rapists Now!
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F For Fake
Political Correctness
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Reaper (Bathory Cover)
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Scene Stomper
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Anarquia-Violência