Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka (1998)

Nile formed in their hometown of Greenville in 1993, from the ashes of a previous band, Morriah, in which Karl Sanders played since the 1980s. The name of this band may have been taken from the Nile river. Their music and lyrics are inspired by Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern mysticism, history, religion, and ancient art, as well as the works of H.P. Lovecraft.

Nile released a thrash-influenced demo called Worship the Animal; it was reissued in 2011. Karl Sanders (guitars/vocals), Chief Spires (bass/vocals), and Pete Hammoura (drums) released their Festivals of Atonement EP in 1995, leading Nile to a southwestern tour in support of other metal acts such as Obituary, Deicide, and Broken Hope.

The EP Ramses Bringer of War was released by Visceral Productions in 1997. Visceral were due to release the full-length Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka, but went out of business later that year. However, Relapse Records was open to releasing it in early 1998, giving Nile a wider distribution and a chance to tour with Incantation and Morbid Angel.

-Tracklist:

 01. Smashing the Antiu     02:18
02. Barra Edinazzu     02:47
03. Kudurru Maqlu     01:05
04. Serpent Headed Mask     02:18
05. Ramses Bringer of War     04:45
06. Stones of Sorrow     04:17
07. Die Rache Krieg, Lied der Assyriche   03:13
08. The Howling of the Jinn     02:34
09. Pestilence and Iniquity     01:54
10. Opening of the Mouth     03:39
11. Beneath Eternal Oceans of Sand     04:17

 

-Line up:

• Karl Sanders: Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards
• Pete Hammoura: Drums, Vocals, Dumbecks
• Chief Spires: Bass, Vocals.

 

 

Label: Relapse Records.

Additional musicians and instrumentation:
Tibetan Monks led by the Khamtul Incarnation of Lobsang Kampa. Orchestral intro on track 5 is strongly inspired by "Mars, Bringer of War" from "The Planets" (Op. 32), seven movement orchestral suite by the English composer Gustav Holst, written between 1914 and 1916.

 Recorded at: the Sound Lab, Columbia, SC.

 

 

 

 9.11.2012 Discoteca Chanteclair, Valga, Pontecesures (Esp)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sepultura - Morbid Visions/Bestial Devastation [Remastered] (1991)

 

Because of Sepultura's collective lack of money, most of the instruments used on Bestial Devastation were borrowed from friends and acquaintances.
The vocals on the introductory track "The Curse" were performed by a friend of the band; according to Igor Cavalera:

''One thing I remember is that we had one of our friends come and do the voice for the intro ('The Curse') because he would do that voice without effects - he was kind of burping in a way. It was funny, so we had him come down and do it in the studio. I don't even remember his name!''

The band apparently fought with the producer during the recording. In an interview, Igor Cavalera said, "He wanted to clean everything up in the mix and we finally had to play him some records by Venom to show him that bands sounded this way."

 Months prior to recording what would eventually become the Bestial Devastation EP, the band decided to switch their lyrics from Portuguese to English. None of the band members knew how to write or speak the language, so they asked their friend Lino to translate their lyrics. An example of Lino's crude translation skills can be seen in one of the verses of the song "Antichrist":

 ''Churches will be destroyed

Crosses will be brocken

He's laughing in blasphemy

Like a domination of death.''

Bestial Devastation was released in December 1985, alongside Overdose's Século XX EP. Over the next few months it sold 8,000 copies. Sepultura's surprising success was partly attributed to the first Rock in Rio, which took place in Rio de Janeiro in January 1985. This music festival's line-up included Whitesnake, AC/DC, Iron Maiden, Queen, Ozzy Osbourne and the Scorpions, and was responsible for Brazil's hard rock/heavy metal boom.
The EP was later reissued by Roadrunner Records on one CD with Morbid Visions in 1997. The reissue included a demo version of the song "Necromancer" that was the first studio recording of the band, and a live version of "Antichrist" from the Chaos A.D. tour, re-written as "Anticop". 

 

 

RO 9276-2

-Tracklist:

Morbid Visions (1986):

 
01. Morbid Visions     3:23
02. Mayhem     3:15
03. Troops Of Doom     3:21
04. War     5:32
05. Crucifixion     5:02
06. Show Me The Wrath     3:52
07. Funeral Rites     4:23
08. Empire Of The Damned   4:24

 

Bestial Devastation EP (1985):

 
09. The Curse     0:39
10. Bestial Devastation    3:06
11. Antichrist     3:46
12. Necromancer     3:52
13. Warriors Of Death     4:07

 

48:54

 

- Line up:

• Max Cavalera: Vocals, Guitars (rhythm), Lyrics
• Jairo T.: Guitars (lead), Bass
• Igor Cavalera: Drums
• Paulo Jr.: Bass.

 

 

Label: Roadracer Records.

Bestial Devastation artwork: Sergio (Chakal)
Morbid Visions artwork: Alex. 

Remastered by Michael Sarsfield.

Photography by Vanda Guimãraes.

Morbid Visions:
Recorded and mixed in 7 days on 16 tracks at Estudio Vice Versa, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, August 1986
Remastered at Frankford/Wayne, New York, NY.

Bestial Devastation:
Recorded and mixed in 2 days on 8 tracks at J.G. Estudios, Belo Horizonte, Brasil, August 1985
Remastered at Frankford/Wayne, New York, NY.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cannibal Corpse - A Skeletal Domain (2014)

Back in Buffalo, NY in 1989 the breaking up of two bands, Tirant Sin and Beyond Death, resulted in the creation of a monster called Cannibal Corpse. The group recorded a demo in Niagara Falls, NY entitled "Cannibal Corpse", not "Suffocation" like many of you think.

The demo caught the eye of Metal Blade Records and the band was signed right away. The birth of "Eaten' Back To Life" was the first step to being the gods of death metal.

There have been several changes in the line-up throughout the bands's history, First the departure of Bob Rusay. Listen to the first album & you will understand why. Without Jack Owen, the guitar-playing on the album would sound like mud. The acquisition of fellow Buffalonian Rob Barrett, who had also played in Dark Deception, Solstice and Malevolent Creation was a welcomed change. Rob left Cannibal Corpse in late 97' to persue other areas.

Next came the departure of Chris Barnes who later formed his own band, Six Feet Under. This occured during the recording of "Vile" which was, at the time, tentatively entitled "Created to Kill". Thats where George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher came into play. He has been a change for the better and has done a great job in filling the shoes of a great singer for his time.

The newest member is Pat O'Brien, formerly of Nevermore and Monstrosity . He is by far the best replacement they could have found.

Cannibal Corpse is without question one of the most infamous bands in music history. Banned in Australia, New Zealand and Korea and forbidden to perform material live from their first 3 albums in Germany (where sale of "Butchered at Birth" is outlawed completely), the band's mad odyssey of gore, guts and brutality has made them constant fodder for the national mainstream media. Both loved and reviled, Jim Carrey requested their appearance in Ace Ventura: Pet Detective and one time presidential candidate Bob Dole affectionately held them responsible for the lack of morality in society. And due to the general public's uneasiness with the sight of blood, all album covers require a watered down censored version. All this and they were the first death metal band to debut on the Billboard 200 with the release of band's now legendary "Vile". Cannibal Corpse's legacy as the most extreme, sick metal band on Earth continues...

For the recording of "Bloodthirst", Cannibal Corpse recruited producer Colin Richardson, the man responsible for some of the most ground breaking metal recordings from Carcass, Napalm Death and Fear Factory, all world-renowned purveyors of extreme metal. The result is band's the thickest, heaviest, tightest record in the band's career. Recorded at Village Studios in the border town of El Paso TX, away from the band's home base of Tampa FL, the change of scenery provided the backdrop these genre defining sickos needed to create the very last true metal record of this century.

Bronze colour

-Tracklist:

 1. High Velocity Impact Spatter   04:06
2. Sadistic Embodiment     03:17     
3. Kill or Become     03:50   
4. A Skeletal Domain     03:38
5. Headlong into Carnage   03:01
6. The Murderer's Pact     05:05
7. Funeral Cremation     03:41   
8. Icepick Lobotomy     03:16     
9. Vector of Cruelty     03:25     
10. Bloodstained Cement   03:41     
11. Asphyxiate to Resuscitate     03:47     
12. Hollowed Bodies     03:05

-Line up: 

- Alex Webster: Bass, Lyrics
- Paul Mazurkiewicz: Drums
- Rob Barrett: Guitars
- George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher: Vocals
- Pat O'Brien: Guitars. 

 Label: Metal Blade Records.

 Bronze "Tour Edition" LP in gatefold jacket limited to 500 copies.
Sold exclusively by Metal Blade Europe Ebay (?!)

 Recorded, produced, engineered and mixed at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, Florida between February 2014 and May 2014.
The album peaked at #32 on the Billboard 200.
This album is dedicated to the memory of Michael Trengert.

 

      

 

Infinitum Obscure - Ipsus Universum 10'' (2009)

Death Metal Darkness since 2000.

 Rising from darkness and spawned by pain and suffering Infinitum Obscure hail from the North-west region of Mexico (Tijuana, Mex) with the objective of creating agressive and obscure musical art inspired by merciless emotions of hatred and sorrow, brought to from the unity of spirit and mind : the cosmic duality, the purest real self; and guided by the eternal flame of chaos and vengeance to slay and crush the weak and infidels to this immortal way of existence: TRUE METAL OF DEATH.

Conceived during 2000 by guitarrist/vocalist Roberto Lizarraga and brought to reality during 2001 when drummer Joel Marquez (x-Sadistic Intent) united in dark alligeance. A three piece line-up was completed in November 2001 when bass player Carlos Escobar (x-Diable Vesta Mortar) left his previous band to join in on this everlasting crusade for punishment and torment. In July 2002 a 2nd. guitar player was added, Noel Bello (x-Ninth Level) entered the band to follow the blackened path illuminated by the dark light of Infinitum Obscure. Joel Marquez departed from the band for an 8 month period and was replaced during that time by 2 different session drummers, but now Joel is back for good and the line-up complete once again.

A self-released demo CD entitled "Ipsus Universum" was unleashed in March 2003, produced by Ed Talorda of San Diego's MORTUUS TERROR, and was distributed to various places through the band, true friends and supporters.

This led Chicago's underground cult lable UTTERLY SOMBER CREATIONS to show interest in the band and signed them to release a split MCD with Chicago's ANCIENT GODS, now released in September 2003 anmd is available through Utterly Somber Creations and various REAL underground metal distributors world wide.

In April 2002 Infinitum Obscure did a very succesful mini-tour in Baja California with legandary spanish heavy metallers ANGELES DEL INFIERNO consisting of 2 dates in Tijuana and Mexicali.

In September 2003 Infinitum Obscure did a mini-tour in the mid-west of the United States as part of the "AZTEC UNDERGROUND LEGIONS GATHERING" in Cudahy, Wisconsin and Chicago, Illinois. Along with "EARACHE RECORDS" recording artists THE CHASM as headliners as well as OBEISANCE and ANCIENT GODS (both on Utterly Somber Creations also) with a VERY satisfiyng result.

Since 2001 Infinitum Obscure has shared the stage with bands like ANGELES DEL INFIERNO, INCANTATION, THE CHASM, SERPENS AEON, RISE, DISGORGE (Mex), ANCIENT GODS, OBEISANCE, DISGORGE (usa), FUNERUS, SIX FEET UNDER, ABYSSMAL NOCTURNE, MORTUUS TERROR, NOCTUARY, WINTER THRALL, THANATOLOGY, SUMERIA, SEVERED, TEABAG, IMOTHEP, ETERNAL DAMNATION, SOLUCION MORTAL, DOMINATION, MAN DESTROYS HIMSELF and DODECAMERON amongst others.

 Broke up in February 2015 and re-activated in December 2015.

-Tracklist:

 Side A:
1. The Ninth Gate     03:40    
2. Shunned by Thy Dark Light     03:42
   
Side B:
3. Storm of Impious Hatred     04:44    
4. Beyond a Dying Sun     04:29

-Line up:

Roberto Lizarraga: Vocals, Guitars

 Joel Marquez: Drums

 Carlos Escobar: Bass

Noel Bello: Guitars.

Label: Blood Harvest

Recorded in 2002.

 These tracks were originally released on a split CD with Ancient Gods from Chicago. 

 Recorded & mixed at Bloodshed Studios.

Throneum & Suicidal Winds - Necroblasphemies [split] (7''ep) 2010

Suicidal Winds

Formed in 1992 under the name Kristos Mortis featuring Mathias Johansson and Peter Haglund (under the pseudonyms "Rrooaarr" and "Aargh"). They released one rehearsal demo titled "Autumn 1992 Rehearsal" under this name, and then started to play as Suicidal Winds. That tape was released in only two copies and features an intro plus the songs "Burning Churches" and "Desecration of the Holy One".

The band's name was taken from Celtic Frost's song of the same title.

Throneum

Throneum was formed in the deepest dungeons of Hell back in 1996 (as Throne until 2000). Influenced by thousands of '80s and early '90s death and black metal, Throneum is pure underground band to hail from Poland. Morbid and Nightmarish Death Metal is the band's signature of rabid and righteous filth.

 In 2000 added the "-um" suffix to their name because another band named Throne existed.

 

 

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Throneum - Baphomet the Archgoat     02:03    
2. Throneum - Total Aberration of Death  01:44
   
Side B:
3. Suicidal Winds - Earth's Last Breath  03:29    
4. Suicidal Winds - Void of Suicide     04:02

-Line up:

Suicidal Winds:
- Mathias Johansson: Vocals
- Peter Haglund: Guitars (rhythm)
- Fredrik Andersson: Bass
- Thomas Hedgren: Drums
- Emil Johansson: Guitars (lead)

Throneum:
- Thermonuclear Philosopher: Drums
- The Great Executor: Guitars, Vocals.

Label: Iron Bonehead Productions.

 

Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies worldwide, black vinyl.

 

Throneum side was recorded and mixed in May 2007 at eMDeKa Studio.

Suicide Winds side was recorded in Carlsro Studio 26-27 Jan 2008.

Lost Soul - Chaostream (2005)

 Formed in July 1991.

Lost Soul is the pride of Polish death metal, standing in one line with such acts as Behemoth or Vader. The band was set up in 1991, released two demos and at the end on previous decade signed a deal with Relapse Records for the release of “Scream of The Mourning Star”. In 2003 the second offering - “Übermensch (Death of God)” is released via Osmose. Four years after “Chaostream” (via Earache/Wicked World), Lost Soul is back stronger than ever with new ideas and new line-up. In their long history Lost Soul played live with such acts as Samael, Vader, Monstrosity, Vomitory, Rotting Christ, Entombed, Decapitated.

-Tracklist:

 1. Word of Sin     04:31    
2. Godstate     04:00    
3. Death Crowns All 03:55    
4. Shameful Race 04:52    
5. The Hidden Law 06:11    
6. Mortal Cage     04:22    
7. Christian Meat 06:14    
8. Angel's Cry     04:59      
9. The Birth of Babalon 06:52

-Line up: 

• Jacek Grecki: Guitars, Vocals 
• Piotr "P." Ostrowski: Guitars 
• Tomasz Fornalski: Bass
 • Adam Sierżęga: Drums.

 Label: Empire Records.

 Recorded at Hertz Studio.

 Engineer, mastered, mixed & producer by Wieslawscy Bros.

 Cover & design by Seth Siro Anton.

Mega Strike Europe In Chaos Tour 7.5.2005 Sada, A Coruña (Esp)

Satanic Warmaster - Carelian Satanist Madness (2005)

 

Satanic Warmaster is Werwolf (Lauri Penttilä), formed in 1998.

The band's name comes from the title of a 1994 demo by Lord of Evil.

Werwolf maintains that Satanic Warmaster is not a national socialist black metal (NSBM) band. In a 2014 Q&A, he stated that the lyrics in his music have never concerned racism or white supremacy as a focal theme in any of his songs. 

-Tracklist:

1. The Vampiric Tyrant     04:48
2. Carelian Satanist Madness     08:11
3. True Blackness     04:09
4. My Dreams of 8     04:49
5. Eaten by Rats     03:40
6. 666     05:00
7. My Kingdom of Darkness     03:41
8. Blessed Be, the Grim Arts!     06:38

 

-Line up:

- Werwolf: Vocals, Guitars (lead), Bass, Drums, Keyboards, Songwriting, Lyrics (tracks 1-7) 

Drums [Session]: - Vholm
 Rhythm Guitar [Session]: - T.K. 

 Lyrics by Commando Wolf in track 8.

 

 

 

Label: No Colours Records.

 

The title of this album refers to Absurd's Thuringian Pagan Madness.

A digital instrumental version of the album was released in the band's Bandcamp page in December 18, 2016.

Recorded during March and April 2005 Anno Satanas, using four analogue tracks.

 

 ''Nature's primal unchained energy
That is enshrined in all that exists
The power of great destruction
And creation on the crumbling remains
Satan, creator
Satan, destructor
Satan, master residing in the void
of true blackness
The erect phallus of fertility
And the horns as it's guardians
The procreation of the triumphant
And the demise of the worthless
Satan, protector
Satan, imperator
Satan, master residing in the void
of true blackness
The ashes that nourish the soil
Born from the wrathful breath
That swallows the burdening life
Is a veil brooding our reborn earth
Satan, protector
Satan, renewer
Satan, master residing in the void
of true blacknes.'' 

 

Watain - Sworn To The Dark (2007)

Watain were formed in 1998. According to Erik Danielsson, when the band formed, "there weren't really any bands anymore that seemed to take things that seriously, and there weren't that many bands that actually consisted of, you know, people that did so much more than just play the music that they liked and the same kind of music that their idols play". They released their demo Go Fuck Your Jewish "God" in 1998 and their live tape Black Metal Sacrifice in 1999, which they do not intend to re-release. In October 1999, the band released their EP The Essence of Black Purity through Grim Rune Productions, which they consider to be their first official release, and played on a show together with Malign and Dark Funeral, organised by Watain and Grim Rune Productions.

Watain's debut album Rabid Death's Curse was released through End All Life Productions and Drakkar Productions in 2000, followed by a split EP with Diabolicum released through Spikekult Records. A split LP with Malign was planned in the early 2000s and supposed to be issued by Grim Rune Productions before the recording of Watain's second album Casus Luciferi, but never got released. Watain toured Europe with Unpure in early 2002. In 2003, they again entered the studio to record their second full-length album, Casus Luciferi, which features lyrics by Necromorbus of Funeral Mist (who also produced all their studio releases since The Essence of Black Purity and played live bass for them), MkM of Antaeus and Scorn of Katharsis. The Stellar Descension Infernal Tour through Europe followed, alongside Secrets of the Moon and Averse Sefira. They also toured throughout 18 countries with Dissection on their two months-long 'Rebirth of Dissection' tour in 2004. Dissection member Set Teitan supported Watain in Russia in 2005 due to live bassist Whorth's absence, and later became an official live member of the band.

In 2006, members of the band did the Hitler salute and wore T-shirts of the NSBM band Absurd after their gig on German Party.San Open Air, leading to accusations of being a Nazi band. Asked about this incident in an interview to the German online metal magazine Metal.de, Erik Danielsson (vocals and bass) gave an evasive answer, but when asked about his views on NSBM, he explained the band sees it as a joke: "NSBM is a joke, a despaired approach of people who're incapable to comprehend the perversion and the insanity of Black Metal. They're trying to appear extreme and limit their selves in their conception to that kind of society, which describes something that we wouldn't care less about. Fuck the world! Black Metal doesn't have anything to do with the world like you know it."

Their third full-length album Sworn to the Dark was released in Europe on 21 February 2007, then they toured Europe along with Celtic Frost, Kreator and Legion of the Damned. In 2008, they played their first headlining tour in North America with Withered and Book of Black Earth. Eclipse Eternal and Kronosfear joined them for some shows as well.

In 2010, Watain released a single for the song "Reaping Death" in two formats, picture disc vinyl with a cover of the song "Chains of Death" by Death SS, and digisleeve CD with a cover of the song "The Return of Darkness and Evil" by Bathory. It was followed by the album Lawless Darkness, released on 7 June 2010, which received very positive reviews from music critics and earned the band their first Swedish Grammi for 'Best Hard Rock' album. In 2012, Watain performed at Wacken Open Air and Bloodstock. The band participated in the U.S. Decibel tour with Behemoth and In Solitude, and supported Behemoth again on their 'The Satanist' tour of Australia with Bölzer. On May 7, 2012 the band released a DVD and live album 'Opus Diaboli - 13 Years of Black Metal Magic' directed by Johan Bääth and Watain.

Their fifth full-length album, The Wild Hunt, was released on 19 and 20 August 2013 in Europe and United States, respectively, and featured a change in style for the band as they incorporated elements of heavy metal, progressive metal, and doom metal. The album release was followed by a world tour that began in Uppsala on 24 August. In January, 2015, Watain, Mayhem, and Revenge played together as part of the "Black Metal Warfare" tour in the United States. Mayhem and Watain toured again in the US in November, 2015 with Rotting Christ as "Part II" of the previous tour.

In January 2016 vocalist Erik Danielsson was the subject of the third and final instalment in a documentary titled 'Music, Blood and Spirit: The Life and Work of Erik Danielsson'. The film is "the third in a trilogy about people who are 100% devoted to what society labels as unorthodox beliefs or lifestyles." In July 2016 the band announced that they would again tour with Mayhem in December. The tour is titled 'The Past Is Alive' and will consist of seven European dates. The bands performed their albums Casus Luciferi and De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas in full. Watain confirmed these would be the final times Casus Luciferi will ever be performed in full. On October 27, 2016 the band confirmed in a newsletter that their sixth full-length album was underway. On November 12, 2016 Watain's vocalist Erik Danielsson performed with Mortuary Drape at their 30th anniversary celebration show. In December 2016 a 7" split EP between Watain and Mayhem titled 'Sathanas / Luciferi Tour EP' was available exclusively at this tour's shows, and featured a live song from each band recorded from the tour.

On 2 August 2017, Watain confirmed the release date of their long awaited sixth Full-length studio album, which is to be released on 5 January, 2018, the title of the album was later revealed as Trident Wolf Eclipse. This release will be accompanied by a short album release tour in several selected venues in Europe. The first single titled 'Nuclear Alchemy' from the new album, was released on October 31. Trident Wolf Eclipse was officially released on January 5, 2018 through Century Media Records to generally favourable reviews from critics who noted that the album signalled a return to the band's earlier, more aggressive black metal style compared to their previous album The Wild Hunt. The band will tour North America in early 2018 in support of the album.

-Tracklist:

 1. Legions of the Black Light     08:04
2. Satan's Hunger     06:46
3. Withershins     01:02
4. Storm of the Antichrist     04:15
5. The Light That Burns the Sun     07:04
6. Sworn to the Dark     05:03
7. Underneath the Cenotaph     04:12
8. The Serpent's Chalice     06:42
9. Darkness and Death     04:13
10. Dead but Dreaming     02:05
11. Stellarvore     08:17

 

 

-Line up: 

• H. (Håkan Jonsson): Drums
• P. (Pelle Forsberg): Guitars
• E. (Erik Danielsson): Bass, Vocals.

 

 

 

 

Label: Season of Mist.

 

 Comes in a 6-panel digipak with a 16-page booklet.

 

Recorded in the fall of 2006 at Necromorbus Studio.

Watain also participated in the producing and the photography.

 
 "Legions of the Black Light" is dedicated to Jon Nödtveidt of Dissection.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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