Funeral Winds - Godslayer XUL (1998) Reissue [2003]

Funeral Winds was born in 1991 to spread terror among the living, to vomit in the face of god, to live the Black Metal Cult...

Inspired by the old bands Venom, Hellhammer, Bathory, Sodom and Mayhem...
and the never ending dedication to Satan.

1991

Funeral Winds was founded.

1992

The first official recording was released as "Rehearsal/Demo '92".
Only a few copies were send to underground magazines and bands, the tape was never for sale.

1993/1994

In 1993 the second demo was released, called "La Majeste Infernale"(The Infernal Majesty), and spread the name of Funeral Winds within the Black Metal underground. The same year again new recordings were made, two studio and two live tracks, and released as the "Resurrection..." demo, released by Pagan Records from Poland in early '94. An illegal bootleg album containing the "Resurrection..." demo as well as on the B-side demo recordings of Demonic from Norway was released later. It is unknown how many copies were pressed of this LP, and who released it... The track 'Steps of Ritual' appears on the compilation tape 'Morbid Tunes Of The Black Angels' released by the label The Way Of Force from France. Other bands on this compilation were Mütiilation, Zemial, Absu, Moonspel, Impiety, Archgoat, Emperor, Grand Belial's Key, Thou Art Lord, Barathrum, Vlad Tepes, etc.

1994-1998

In 1994 Funeral Winds was invited to Poland to headline, together with the Polish bands Kat and Vader, on a festival called "Sthrashydto '94". A video entitled "Live in Poland" was recorded there. Right after the festival Funeral Winds entered the studio to record six tracks, two for the release of a 7"ep released by Black Arts and four for a Split CD with Abigail (Japan) on Warmaster Records. After these releases the band got signed with Lethal Records for two albums of which the first one should have been released in the summer of 1995. after the recordings, guitarist/songwriter and only remaining founder of Funeral Winds, Hellchrist Xul got arrested for a manslaughter attempt which troubled his work for the band and together with Lethal Records bankruptcy it caused a delay of three years before the '95 album "Godslayer XUL" was released by Daimonion Records in 1998.

1998-2003

A lot of line-up changes troubled the band and caused long delays in the writing and recording process. The "Godslayer XUL" album was re-released by Death To Mankind records from Spain on CD and LP in early 2003.
The recordings for the "Koude Haat" album were made.

2004

The new album "Koude Haat" was released during February 2004 by Death To Mankind on CD and LP.
The "Screaming for Resurrection..." LP was released by Phlegethon Productions/ Bloodlust Distribution. It contains material recorded in 1993/94 (Resurrection Demo + tracks from split CD w/Abigail).
A 4-way split 7" with Ad Hominem/Leviathan/Funeral Winds/Eternity was released on Undercover records. Funeral Winds plays live at the Black Metal Blitzkrieg Festival.

2004-2007

A bootleg CD was released by the rip off Unisound records from Greece, with wrong information and inferior sound quality, containing demo recordings and other rare material. New material was written for the third full length album "Nexion XUL - The cursed bloodline" that was released in July of 2007 on CD,LP and limited A5 digibook formats on Sadolust Records from the Netherlands.

2008

Funeral Winds records an exclusive track for 'The Wine of Satan II” LP and CD, out on Necroterror Records from Greece. Other bands that appear on this compilation are Root, The One, Furze, Code, Bestial Mockery, Irrevent and Hell Militia. The first edition of The Wine of Satan was released in 1993 and was compiled by tracks of Beherit, Corpse Molestation, Pandemonium, Master's Hammer, The Black, Crucifier, Perdition Hearse and Mortuary Drape.

2010

Angaroth XUL joins Funeral Winds as bassplayer

2011

Funeral Winds performs an exclusive live show in Italy, headlining the first day at the 5th edition of the Black Lake Fest two day festival. Other bands that contributed to the festival were Alcest, Angantyr, Frostmoon Eclipse, Infinity, Irrlycht, Nocturnal Depression, Whiskey Ritual and many more. Funeral Winds re-records 'Thy Eternal Flame' for the compilation tape 'Morbid Tunes Of The Black Angels 9' (to be released in 2012).

2012

Funeral Winds performs a live ritual at the Aurora Infernalis festival in Arnhem, the Netherlands, amongst bands like Archgoat, One Tail One Head, Isvind and more.

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. For the Glory of Xul     06:24
2. A Diabolical Meeting     03:18
3. Thy Eternal Flame     05:14
4. Visions of Afterlife     03:01
5. Resurrection of the Five Winds     06:33

Side B:
6. When Twilight Shines over the Forgotten Fields     02:45
7. Screaming for Grace     02:50
8. Night of the Utterdark     03:21
9. The Raven's Son (Birth of a Warlock)     05:23
10. December (Cry for War)     04:54
11. Siren Voice of the Ancient     03:19
12. In the Sign of Chaos     03:02

50:04

-Line up:

• H. Xul: Guitars
• Y. Xul: Drums
• I. Xul: Bass
• M. Xul: Vocals.

Label: Death to Mankind.

Tracks 9 to 12 original recorded during winter/spring anno 1997 for Creations Of Necromantical Mysteriis.

Tracks 1 to 8 recorded and mixed at Studio Het Pand, Vlaardingen 1995.
Intro recorded at Helbers Studio's, Rotterdam.

Harridan - Death's Sonnet [Compilation] (2007)

 Discography:

- Lugubrious Necromancer [Demo] (2000)
- Tales of the Unholy [Demo] (2000)
- Death's Sonnet [Compilation] (2007)

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. The Cult to Serapha     05:58
2. The Domain of the Moon     05:17
3. Lugubrious Necromancer     08:07
4. A Black Mass     06:14
5. The Entrance of Death     06:34
6. Torment     06:58

Side B:
7. Behold the Black Goddess     01:47
8. Into the Deep Forest     08:23
9. The Castle of Damnation     05:33
10. The Dark Queen's Realm     06:59
11. As a Child Wind Blowing     00:58
12. The Banshee's Call     07:32
13. Inheritors of the Occult Announcement*     05:21

01:15:41

-Line up:

• Lilith: Vocals, Drums, Lyrics, Songwriting
• Akerbeltz: Guitars
• Daemonous: Keyboards.

Label: Oniric Records.

Limited to 300 copies.

 The first 100 first ones on pro-tape. The rest 200 on black regular tape.

Compilation of  ''Lugubrious Necromancer'' & ''Tales of the Unholy'' demos and one bonus track*.

   

Barbarian Prophecies - Origin (2018)

La banda de Death/Black metal Barbarian Prophecies se forma en el año 2000 tras la fusión de las bandas Barbarianth y Venomous Prohecies. En sus inicios consiguieron moverse en el panorama underground editando una demo “Conqueros of the Wolfthrone” (2002), un Ep “War is Imminet” (2005) y su primer disco “Condemned Land… The War Begins” (2009). Pero no sería hasta el año 2011 cuando, tras conseguir una formación estable, publican su primer disco totalmente profesional "Remember the Fallen", grabado y mezclado en los prolíficos Sadman Studios (Madrid) por Carlos Santos y masterizado por Mika Jussila en los Finnvox Studios de Helsinki .
“Remember the Fallen” les permitió girar por toda la geografía española participando en diversos festivales y compartiendo escenario con bandas tan importantes como Napalm Death. Además en Octubre de 2012 realizaron su primera expedición internacional, una minigira que los llevó hasta tierras alemanas, y en la que realizaron tres fechas en Elmshorn y Hamburgo, en donde tocaron en la mítica “Sala Logo”.
Tras la buena acogida por parte de la crítica y el público, en diciembre de 2012 la banda decide entrar para grabar lo que se convertirá en su disco más ambicioso, no sólo a nivel musical sino también a nivel promocional. “XIII” salió a la venta a mediados de 2013 bajo el sello italiano WormHoleDeath, que se encargó de su distribución a nivel mundial. Consta de 13 cortes grabados de nuevo bajo la supervisión de Carlos Santos y masterizados por Mika Jussila, en los que se escucha su personal visión del Death Metal clásico.
En “XIII”, la banda cuenta con la colaboración de varios músicos amigos. Entre ellos, Oscar Insua “Jumpin” que aporta un solo de guitarra en el tema “Embrace of Insanity” y se encarga de las voces y el solo de “Engulfed”, tema que él mismo compuso hace más de 20 años para la que entonces era su banda, “Absorbed” y que Barbarian Prophecies incluyen como tributo a una de las bandas pioneras del Death Metal en España. Raúl Muradás, que participa abriendo el disco con una composición de piano y cuerdas en “The Hidden” y por último, el también guitarrista David Muñoz, que no sólo deja su sello con otro solo en “Embrace of Insanity” sino que también ha sido el encargado de todo el artwork del disco.

-Tracklist:

1. Multiple     05:57
2.     The Visitor     05:30
3. Beyond the Threshold     06:08
4. Reincarnation     04:12
5. Path of the Soul     06:03
6. Architects of the Unknown     05:31
7. Slaves     05:35
8. Fourth Dimension     06:11
9. Komm Süßer Tod     01:46
10. Primal     02:06
11. Embrace of Insanity XVII     04:50
12. Remember the Fallen XVII     06:33

01:00:22

-Line up:

• Arnt Bünz: Guitars (lead)
• Óscar Besteiro: Guitars, Vocals (backing)
• Manuel Riguera: Bass
• Julio G. Valladares: Drums
• Chousa: Vocals.

Label: Hecatombe Records.

 

Recorded and mixed at Kollapse Studio (Spain) between October and November 2017 except bonus tracks (February 2017).

Mastered at Fascination Street Studios (Sweden).

“Komm Süßer Tod” composed by Johann Sebastian Bach and arranged by Arnt Bünz.

Artwork and layout by Xoio Carmesí.

 

 

Hate Forest - Scythia [demo] (1999) Rerelease [20011]

Hate Forest is a Ukrainian black metal band from Kharkiv, formed by Roman Saenko, the leading member of Drudkh, Dark Ages, and Blood of Kingu. Thurios joined the band in 1998 after the recording of Scythia. The music is mostly very fast, but occasionally slow, with low, distorted vocals, raw low fidelity quality production, programmed drums, and dark ambient elements (some releases have consisted entirely of dark ambient tracks). Musical influences are mostly from Scandinavian black metal to traditional death metal, especially Bolt thrower (Which they have covered their song "Cenotaph"). According to the band, its lyrics are about mythology, mainly Slavic, and inspired by H. P. Lovecraft's stories and Friedrich Nietzsche's philosophy. The band never gave interviews, never released photos, and held its distance from the black metal scene.

 The band was active from 1995 to 2005.

After Hate Forest disbanded, Saenko focused on Blood of Kingu, a band similar in style but of different inspiration but had also ceased to exist in 2016.

Reformed for a one-off concert at the Metal East: Нове Коло festival on June 1st, 2019. 

 

 

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. The Unity     01:27
2. Scythia     07:06
3. Forgotten Voice of Black Perun     01:12
4. Shining Abyss     04:30
   
Side B:
5. Forest of Nevres    04:35    
6. Attila      03:58
7. Herros      02:11
8. To Those Who Came Before Us     11:08

 

-Line up:

- Roman Saenko: Vocals
- Alzeth: Guitars, Drum programming
- Arthur Schkolnik: Bass.

 

 

 

Label: Back on Black.

Pressed on 180g vinyl.
Comes in gatefold cover sleeve.

Tracks 1 to 3: recorded in autumn '98 - winter '99.
Track 8 is a bonus track, not included on the original LP. Recorded in winter '02. Originally appeared on the "Tormenting Legends I" compilation LP.

 Layout cover by Cinic Network.

 

 

  

Necrophobic - Satanic Blasphemies [compilation] (2009) Limited Edition [2010]

The band was formed in 1989 by drummer Joakim Sterner and deceased guitarist David Parland. It is believed that the band named themselves after a Slayer song from the 1986 seminal album Reign in Blood. The pair played with a 'revolving door' line-up of musicians until the permanent addition of bassist Tobias Sidegård. This addition occurred prior to recording their debut 7-inch Single, The Call, in early 1992.

With this line up and the addition of Anders Strokirk on vocals who replaced Stefan Harrvik (who had sung on the Unholy Prophecies demo and The Call 7" EP) the band entered Sunlight Studio in March 1993 and recorded the debut The Nocturnal Silence album. The band had previously worked with the Wild Rags label and store for its singles.

Following the addition of second guitarist Martin Halfdahn, Necrophobic released a four-song extended play, Spawned by Evil, in 1996. This was a teaser for the full-length release, Darkside, which came out later that same year. This album featured a guest appearance by Jon Nödtveidt of Dissection on the song Nailing the Holy One. The Third Antichrist was released in fall 2000 through Black Mark Production. A switch to Hammerheart Records led to Bloodhymns. In 2006, Necrophobic released Hrimthursum on Regain Records/Candlelight USA, and Death to All was issued in May 2009. This album was the band's second for Regain Records. Necrophobic also released Satanic Blasphemies on Regain records, which is a compilation of their early material. The Slow Asphyxiation and Unholy Prophecies demos are featured, as well as The Call 7" EP.

The lyrics generally tend to revolve around darkness, evil, anti-Christianity and Viking mythology.

RR122

 

-Tracklist:

1. Slow Asphyxiation    04:04
2. Realm of Terror     03:30
3. Retaliation     03:41
4. Sacrificial Rites     05:38
5. Unholy Prophecies     05:45
6. Inborn Evil     04:58
7. Shadows of the Moon     01:09
8. The Ancients Gate     05:32
9. Father of Creation     06:12

40:29

-Line up:

• Tobias Sidegård: Bass (tracks: 7 to 9)
• Joakim Stabel: Bass [Session] (tracks: 4 to 6)
• Stefan Zander: Bass, Vocals (tracks: 1 to 3)
• Joakim Sterner: Drums
• David Parland (R.I.P. 2013): Guitar
• Stefan Harrvik: Vocals (tracks: 4 to 9)

Label: Regain Records.

Box Set with Poster and patch.

Due to disagreements with Regain Records and never being properly compensated for this release, members of the band have stated that the version with the black and white cover and the old logo is considered a bootleg and only recognize the Hammerheart Records release, from 2012, that features the red artwork and classic logo.
This is a compilation of Necrophobic's second two studio demos and their EP "The Call":

 Tracks 1-3 "Slow Asphyxiation" Demo 1990
recorded at studio kuben, march 1990
Tracks 4-6 "Unholy Prophecies" Demo 1991
recorded at sunlight studio, april 1991
Tracks 7-9 "The Call" EP 1992
recorded at sunlight studio, january 1992.

 

David Parland (1970 - 2013)

Balmog - Necroangels' Revelations [EP] (2010)

Balmog was founded in 2003 in Soutomaior (Pontevedra, Galicia) with the idea of creating a decrepit, misanthropic and crude Black Metal project with Death as a banner in the style of the old Nordic bands of the early / mid-90's.

 

-Tracklist:

1. First Revelation     05:20
2. Second Revelation     05:38
3. Last Revelation     10:17

21:15

-Line up:

- Morg: Bass
- Virus: Drums
- Balc: Vocals, Guitars.

Label: Bloody Productions.

Limited to 333 copies.

This release was previously released as a split tape with the band Aboriorth through Oniric Records. Both, outer & inner sleeves are printed on the rough side and the vinyl (running time of 23 minutes) is recorded just by one side

Recorded at Mixplus Recording Studios, 31st May 2008.

 

2016.09.24 Pub Transylvania, Vigo