Sepultura - Roots (1996)

 

 Roots is the sixth studio album by Brazilian heavy metal band Sepultura. It was released in Europe on February 20, 1996 and in the U.S. three weeks later on March 12 by Roadrunner Records. It is the band's last studio album to feature founding member and vocalist/rhythm guitarist Max Cavalera.

Following the shift to slower tempos and Latin-tinged rhythms on the album Chaos A.D., Roots delves even further into Brazilian musical textures and features significant contributions from iconic Brazilian musician Carlinhos Brown, who guided and arranged the sections throughout the album that feature ensemble percussion playing. Both in sound and overall aesthetic, Roots is also a conscious nod to Brazil's marginalized indigenous population and cultures. The song "Itsári" features a Xavante chant that re-appears on the song "Born Stubborn" and serves as a loose thematic thread for the whole album, which on the whole showcases the band's increased affinity for experimentation and collaboration.

"Lookaway" features guest appearances by Korn vocalist Jonathan Davis, then-Korn drummer David Silveria, House of Pain/Limp Bizkit turntablist DJ Lethal, and Faith No More/Mr. Bungle vocalist Mike Patton. Riff-wise, Roots also draws influence from the then-surging nu metal movement, specifically Korn (whose first two albums were also produced by Roots producer Ross Robinson) and Deftones. After leaving the band, Max Cavalera would continue to pursue the nu metal and "world" stylings of Roots with his solo project Soulfly.

Since its release, Roots has sold over two million copies worldwide.

 Roots is the product of a concerted effort on the band's part to embrace its Brazilian heritage. On many levels, the album reflects Sepultura's heightened focus on the music, culture, and politics of their native country. The overarching concept for the album was inspired by the film At Play in the Fields of the Lord (particularly the scene in which Tom Berenger's character parachutes onto a tribe). The movie inspired Max Cavalera to want to record with an indigenous Brazilian tribe. After convincing Roadrunner Records to support the project, Cavalera contacted Angela Pappiani, at the time the communications coordinator for Brazil's Núcleo de Cultura Indígena (Indigenous Culture Center). Nearly one year after Cavalera's initial contact with Roadrunner, Pappiani arranged for a small party including band, herself, Robinson, and then-manager Gloria Cavalera to travel to Mato Grosso, Brazil to visit the Xavante tribe and record with them. At the time, the members of Sepultura were only peripherally aware of the indigenous tribes residing in Brazil's interior.

 

 

-Tracklist:

1.     Roots Bloody Roots     03:32
2.     Attitude     04:15
3.     Cut-Throat     02:44
4.     Ratamahatta     04:30
5.     Breed Apart     04:00
6.     Straighthate     05:21
7.     Spit     02:45
8.     Lookaway     05:25
9.     Dusted     04:03
10.     Born Stubborn     04:07
11.     Jasco     01:57       instrumental
12.     Itsári     04:48       Instrumental
13.     Ambush     04:39
14.     Endangered Species     05:19
15.     Dictatorshit     01:26
16.     Canyon Jam     13:15       instrumental

01:12:06

-Lineup:

  • Max Cavalera : Vocals, Guitars (rhythm), Guitars (acoustic) (track 12), Berimbau (tracks 2, 5), Lyrics (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 10, 13-15)
• Paulo Jr. : Bass, Timbau (track 12)
• Igor Cavalera : Drums, Percussion (tracks 2, 5, 10), Timbau (tracks 12, 13), Djembe (track 9)
• Andreas Kisser : Guitars (lead), Guitars (acoustic) (tracks 11, 12), Sitar (track 13), Vocals (backing) (tracks 6, 9, 13), Lyrics (tracks 5, 9), Songwriting (track 11)

 

 

 

 

 Label: Roadrunner Records. RR 8900-2

The cover artwork is based on an illustration taken from a 1990 Brazilian 1000 Cruzeiro bill.

"Itsári" means "roots" in the Xavante language. The chant included in this track is the "Datsi Wawere" healing ceremony chant.

On the promo edition of this album, the song "Jasco" is named "Leaf".

The song "Straighthate (Zardonic remix)" (06:25) was officially released only on Zardonic - Metal Up Your Bass (2007).
"Straighthate (Zardonic remix) [2012 Revamp]" (06:40) was officially released on Zardonic - Metal Up Your Bass II (2012).

Co-produced by Sepultura.
Recorded at Indigo Ranch, Malibu, CA.
Mixed at Soundtrack Studios, New York, NY.

"Itsári" recorded live in the "Aldeia Pimentel Barbosa", home of the Xavantes tribe, located in Mato Grosso, Brazil, on 5 November 1995.

 

 

 

 

 

Incantation - Live Blasphemy (2003)

 

 Official bootleg supported by the band but not their label at the time (Relapse Records).

 Originally released under the title ‘Live Blasphemy In Brazil Tour 2001’ in 2001 and then re-issued in 2003 by Hammerheart records under this name ‘Live Blasphemy’ and with different cover artwork.

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 1.     Intro     02:47
2.     Anoint the Chosen     04:00
3.     Unholy Massacre     04:32
4.     Shadows from the Ancient Empire     03:01
5.     The Ibex Moon     04:28
6.     Ethereal Misery     04:16
7.     Forsaken Mourning of Angelic Anguish     02:46
8.     Apocalyptic Destroyer of Angels     03:21
9.     Devoured Death     02:11
10.     Essence Ablaze     03:11
11.     Disciples of Blasphemous Reprisal / Blissful BloodShower     04:33
12.     Sempiternal Pandemonium     01:07
13.     Sempiternal Pandemonium (continued and finished)     04:57
14.     Profanation     06:02
15.     Impending Diabolical Conquest     05:45
16.     Lustful Demise     05:02
17.     Deliverance of Horrific Prophecies (with a portion of Unto Infinite Twilight / Majesty of Infernal Damnation as an Outro)     12:23

01:14:22

 

-Lineup:

 • John McEntee : Guitars
• Kyle Severn : Drums
• Mike Saez : Vocals, Guitars
• Robert Yench : Bass.

 

 

Label: Hammerheart Records. HHR147

Tracks 11, 12 & 13 on the back of the CD read as:
11. Disciples of Blasphemous Reprisal
12. Blissful BloodShower
13. Sempiternal Pandemonium

However the songs break at the wrong points and the tracklist below reflects their order. There is not sound lost in the breaks, so it plays seamlessly.

Recorded live at Hangar 110 in São Paulo, Brazil on May 11th, 2001.

Engineer: Paulo Mautauro / Happy Sound Mobile.
Mastered By Paulo Mautauro / Happy Sound Studios.

Goathead painting by Michel Lemaire.

 Live photos photography by Leandro C. Leonardi, Tullula.

 

 

 

 

Vader - Night Of The Apocalypse (2004) [DVD]

 

 The main show on this film, recorded at Krakow TV Studio, is accompanied by two bonus gigs: their performance at Metalmania 2003 and the gig they played supporting Slipknot & Metallica.

 

 

-Tracklist:

Studio TVP Krzemionki, Kraków 2002: 

01. Intro 1 / Epitaph     05:47
02. Torch of War     02:20
03. Xepher     04:41
04. Carnal     02:24
05. Reign Forever World     03:57
06. Intro 2 / Breath of Centuries     05:56
07. Silent Empire     04:07
08. Black to the Blind     04:05
09. Intro 3 / Revelations of Black Moses     08:47
10. North     02:01
11. Nomad     04:55
12. Sothis     04:38
13. Raining Blood (Slayer cover)     04:44

Extras:

Metalmania 2003

14. Intro     01:09   instrumental
15. Xepher     04:12
16. Epitaph     04:12
17. Cold Demon     02:24
18. Nomad     04:04
19. Wings     04:40
20. Vicious Circle     03:24

Supporting Slipknot & Metallica

21. Sothis     05:31
22. Crucified Ones     03:19
23. Epitaph     03:49
24. Wings     03:30
25. Xepher     03:45
26. Carnal     03:38

01:45:59

 Interview with Peter

01. Blood and the Beast
02. Studio work & touring
03. Bonuses on "The Beast"
04. New line-up
05. Novy & Dies Irae
06. Panzer X
07. Vader aboard
08. Money and fame...

Interview with Peter & Docent

01. Touring all over the world
02. Simon
03. Tour with Krisiun & Decapitated
04. Live hits
05. First foreign gigs
06. Revelations
07. Japan
08. Future plans

Interview with Mauser & Simon

01. Tour with Krisiun & Decapitated
02. New bass player
03. Unpleasant situations
04. Next release
05. Writing new tracks
06. Live favorites from Revelations
07. Concert plans

 

-Lineup: 

• Peter : Vocals, Guitars
• Mauser : Guitars
• Saimon : Bass (tracks 1-20)
• Doc (R.I.P. 2005) : Drums (tracks 1-20)
• Novy : Bass (tracks 21-26)
• Dariusz Brzozowski : Drums (tracks 21-26)

 

 

 

 

 

 Label: Metal Mind Productions. MMP DVD 0034

Recorded at:
- Studio TVP Krzemionki, Kraków on 8 October 2002 (tracks 1-13).
- Metalmania Festival 2003, Spodek, Katowice at 5 April 2003 (tracks 14-20).
- Stadion Śląski, Chorzów at 31 May 2004 (tracks 21-26) (supporting Slipknot & Metallica).

 

 

 

 

Dishammer - Collection 2008-2010 [compilation] (2010)

 

 

 Dishammer was a blackened crust / d-beat / thrash metal band from Madrid / A Coruña in Spain, formed in 2006.

 Played by members from other established underground bands.

They split-up in 2011. 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 Side A
1. Smoke of Death     02:29
2. Wish of Suffering     01:53
3. The End Here and Now     01:13
4. Exterminate the Parasite     01:49
5. Werewolves on Wheels     01:29
6. Pain in the Ass     04:19
7. Into the Bong     03:29
8. Asmodeus (by My Side)     01:48
9. Blessed with Catalepsy     02:03
10. Age of Disgrace     03:22
11. Bomb in the Womb     01:50

Side B
12. Vintage Addiction     03:19
13. The Devil's Advocates     03:45
14. Outlaw Psychopath     01:18
15. Welcome Death     01:30
16. Under the Sign of the D-Beat Mark     02:06
17. Sexwitch     02:07
18. Invocation     01:51
19. Rusty Coffin     03:01
20. Left to Rot     01:44     
21. The Winter Calling     03:17 

49:42

 

-Lineup:

• Iñaki : Bass
• Víctor : Drums
• Raúl : Guitars
• Dopi : Vocals.

 

 

 

 Label: Kandar Mosh Distro - KMD 009

 Cassette limited to 200 numbered copies.

Track origins:
Track 1 to 12 taken from "Vintage Addiction" LP/CD (Hells Headbangers Records).
Track 13 to 19 taken from "Under the Sign of D-Beat Mark" MLP/MCD (Parasite Records/Armageddon).
Track 20 to 21 taken from split 7" with Warwolves (Parasitic Records).

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

Xerión & Kolac - Xerión-Kolac [split 7''ep] (2013)

 

 Xerión é uma banda criada polo Nocturno no ano 2001 em Ourense, após ter deixado a sua banda anterior Regnvm Irae (considerada a primeira banda galega de Black Metal).

Dende entom tem desenvolvido o seu própio jeito de enteder o Metal Negro da Morte misturado co folklore da sua terra, Galiza, incluíndo às vezes instrumentos tradicionais e antigos que fôrom enriquecendo a sua música através duma extensa discografía.

 

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Kolac (eng. the Stake) was spawned in the summer of 2006 by two good friends with pseudonyms Grob (eng. Grave) and Zlorog (eng. Evil horn). The only goal set up for the band is to play the music that the founders like to listen without any innovations. Just pure anti-religious Black Metal dedicated to the darkest Underground.

†2008†

After two years of writing music and lyrics, and intense searching for a drummer who would be willing to play, the band decided to record the first promotional material: "9/11 Last Minute Silence" promo 2008. The name came from the release date which was on the 9/11/2008, and not because of some political or any other reason. It was recorded in Zlorog’s home studio on 09/09/2008. Music on the promo was written by Zlorog, and lyrics by Grob. The lyrics for the last track Helvetesjavlakrig (eng. Infernal Fucking War) was translated to Swedish by Valkyra.

†2009†

The second demo was released on January 26th, 2009. It is titled "... No God", and it contains 4 new songs, and 2 covers (Horna, Sabbat (Japan)). Music is still written by Zlorog, and lyrics by Grob.

†2010†

Third demo was released on April 11th, 2010, again by ourselves! It is titled "Like a nun to the slaughter" and It was released on pro-printed tape limited to 66 copies! It contains one brand new song, two rerecorded versions of older songs, three covers (Nunslaughter, Sodom), and entire first demo as a bonus! Cover artwork was done by Danilo Trbojevic (Nadimac, Daggerspawn), and he also did a great contribution as a guest vocalist on the Sodom cover! Fourth demo was recorded live on the first ever live show of Kolac in Ciklon club in Belgrade. It contains 4 new songs and 4 covers. It is available in regular and special edition with bonus video.

†2011†

Kolac debut full-length titled "Bastard son is dead" was released in January 2011 on tape by Moon Records from Poland. It contains 9 tracks + a bonus cover of Marduk's "Bleached Bones"!!! First half of 2011 brought appearances on 2 compilation CDs, first split release and a couple of live shows, of which the most notable was the show held on February 13th in Ciklon club, Belgrade, held to promote the debut full-length and as a celebration of 5 years of Kolac blasphemy. They appeared on the "Message From The Other Side vol. I" compilation released on Grom Records with the song "To Your God You Will Pray", and also on the "Nocturne Music Magazine sampler #8" as a supplement to the Nocturne Music Magazine #18. On May 20th Kolac appeared on the split release alongside MRZNJA and STONECRYPT! The split is called "Sacrifice To The Bloody Cult" and is released on Silent Scream Records! It's a tape limited to 100 hand-numbered copies. Late 2011 sees the line-up change. Anaksimandar replaces Torkmandukk on drums, and Hunter (Stonecrypt, Zloslut, Silent Scream Records) joins on second guitar.

†2012†

The first release in 2012 is a compilation tape on Moon Records containing all the demos the band has recorded and some live and unreleased material. The second release is a promo containing 3 new song from our up-coming full-length + a bonus 5 old songs. This release is sent to labels and zines for promotional purposes.

†2013†

A couple of releases are scheduled for 2013. Kolac has appeared on vinyl for the first time with a split 7" with Spanish Xerión on Nigra Mors Productions. It has been released on June 20th of 2013.
Kolac is proud to welcome 2 new session members, Omadan IX on guitar and L'hiver on drums.
Kolac is currently looking for a label to release the debut album "Bastard son is dead" on CD and/or vinyl. Second album that is already made, and will be recorded in winter.

†2014†

The first days of the new year saw the release of another split tape. This time we shared the release with Satanic Forest (Brazil), 1389 (Bosnia) and Eris (Serbia). It was released on January 6th through Grim Reaper Records. In February we opened for Turbocharged in Belgrade. At the beginning of April, another release saw the light of day. This time it is a live CD-R, entitled "MMXIII Live", recorded live on three shows played in 2013. It was released by Aschefruehling Records.

†2015†

The year started off with a couple of shows. In February the band supported legendary German Black Metal band Winterblut on their first ever live show in Serbia, and headlined a show in Novi Sad a few months later. 2015 was a year of tribute albums for the band. KOLAC appeared on 2 tribute albums that were released in 2015. The first was a double CD tribute to German masters Desaster, titled "We Worship DESASTER", where the band tried to do justice to the German cult with our version of "Crypts of Dracul". The second appearance was on "A Tribute To Satanic Warmaster" with our own rendering of "Dragon’s Egg". This double CD was released by Azermedoth Records. The year ended with a series of shows in Serbia, where Kolac played Jagodina and Velika Plana, and finished the year with a special hour-long show in Belgrade, used to promote the CD version of "Zauvek Crni" album, which came out at the very end of the year, via Grom Records.

†2016†

Following a series of live appearances at the end of the previous year, they started the year with the band’s first ever appearance on a cult Serbian Underground festival called "United Slavic Swords". After that Kolac had a debut live appearance in Croatia, during a short, three-day, tour with Canadian BLACK PESTILENCE and performed at the Revolution Festival in Timisoara, Romania, finishing the year as the opening act for Swedish KILL.

†2017†

At the beginning of the year, the band crowned the friendship with Croatian band DEFIANT by hiring their drummer Nyktophilean as a live member. With the new drummer Kolac performed another series of concerts with prominent Serbian bands such as KOZELJNIK, SVARTGREN and ZLOSLUT, along with another headline show in Osijek, Croatia.

†2018†

With Nyktophilean gathering obligations he has left drumming all together so Kolac hired Sirivs as a full-time member behind the drum set. Along with another line-up change, the process of creating new tracks took most of the band during the year, with just a couple of shows along the way.

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

Side A
01.  Kolac - Gde su Sada Crne Vrane?     05:13

Side B
02.  Xerión - O Túmulo dos Corvos     06:55

12:18

 

-Lineup:

 Xerión
• Nocturno : Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums
• Daga : Accordion.

Kolac
• Grob : Bass
• Zlorog : Vocals, Guitars
• Bane : Guitars.

 

 

 

 Label: Nigra Mors.

Limited to 210 copies.

 Track 1 recorded at Zlorog Home Studio, Belgrade, Serbia in November, 2012. Drums recorded at Studio Zum Guten Ton, Nürnberg, Germany in December, 2012.

Track 2 composed and arranged in autumn, 2012. Lyrics written on November 16th, 2012. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Estudio Mafia Records, Partovia, O Carballiño in November, 2012.

 Artwork: Igor Mugerza.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dark Funeral - Attera Orbis Terrarum [Part I] (2007)

 

 Attera Orbis Terrarum - Part I is the first of the two-part Attera Orbis Terrarum series of live DVDs by Swedish Black Metal band Dark Funeral. As well as consisting of two shows recorded at Tilburg, Netherlands, and Paris, France, on the European leg of Dark Funeral's Attera Orbis Terrarum tour in 2006, it includes a recording of a concert in Katowice, Poland, in 2005, and various amateur footage such as that of the band's debut concert in the Metal Nights Festival in Oslo, Norway, in 1994.

 

 

 Disc One:

Live at Metalmania, Katowice, Poland, March 12, 2005
01. Bleed For Satan (Intro)    1:20
02. The Arrival Of Satan's Empire    3:22
03. Ravenna Strogoi Mortii    3:54
04. The Secrets Of The Black Arts    3:02
05. Hail Murder    5:05
06. Open The Gates    3:50
07. Thus I Have Spoken    4:50
08. An Apprentice Of Satan    5:28
09. Goddess Of Sodomy    3:31
10. When Angels Die Forever    3:27
11. Armageddon Finally Comes    3:38

Live at 013, Tilburg, Netherlands, March 5, 2006
12. Intro    2:43
13. King Antichrist    4:35
14. Diabolis Interium    4:42
15. Ravenna Strigoi Mortii    4:06
16. The Arrival Of Satan's Empire    3:44
17. Open The Gates    4:52
18. Vobiscum Satanas    4:49
19. 666 Voices Inside    4:34
20. Attera Totus Sanctus    5:14
21. Bloodfrosen    4:18
22. Hail Murder    5:48
23. Atrum Regina    6:50
24. My Dark Desires    4:10
25. An Apprentice Of Satan    6:24 

01:48:39

Disc Two:

Live at La Locomotive, Paris, France, March 17, 2006
01. Intro    1:35
02. King Antichrist    4:34
03. Diabolis Interium    4:16
04. Ravenna Strigoi Mortii    4:32
05. The Arrival Of Satan's Empire    3:55
06. Open The Gates    4:13
07. Vobiscum Satanas    4:30
08. 666 Voices Inside    4:45
09. Attera Totus Sanctus    6:13
10. Bloodfrosen    4:46
11. Hail Murder    5:41
12. Atrum Regina    6:22
13. My Dark Desires    5:08
14. An Apprentice Of Satan    7:28
15. My Dark Desires    4:25
16. Shadow Over Transylvania    3:16
17. The Dawn No Mores Rises    3:44
18. Bloodfrozen    3:38
19. Equimanthorn (Bathory cover)    3:05
20. When Angels Forever Die    4:02
21. Secrets Of The Black Arts    3:33
22. Open The Gates    4:17
23. Satanic Blood (Von cover)    1:53
24. Ravenna Strigoi Mortii    4:52
25. The Dawn No More Rises    4:07
26. Atrum Regina    5:31

01:54:29

 

-Lineup: 

 ⛧Lord Ahriman : Guitars
⛧Chaq Mol : Guitars
⛧Emperor Magus Caligula : Vocals (lead)
⛧Matte Modin : Drums
⛧B-Force : Bass.

 

Label: Regain Records – RR 090

 Director: Maurice Swinkels, Bernard, Grzegorz Kupiec.
Producer: Tomasz Dziubinski.

 This DVD also features 3 professionally-recorded concerts and bonus material.

Tracks 1-11 were filmed on March 12, 2005 in Katowice, Poland at Metalmania.
- Professionally Filmed With 7 Cameras
- Produced By: Tomasz Dziubinski (Metal Mind Prod.)
- Directed By: Grzegorz Kupiec
- Edited By: Artur Wojewoda & Waldemar Szwajda
- Sound Engineer: Piotr Brzezinski
- Audio Recording By: Piotr Brzezinski
- Mixed By: Erik Lidbom (Hitfire Production, Sweden)
- Running Time: 42 minutes

Tracks 12-25 were filmed on March 5, 2006 in Tilburg, Netherlands at 013.
- Professionally Filmed With 4 Cameras
- Directed By: Maurice Swinkels (Lowlifemedia Prod.)
- Edited By: Maurice Swinkels (Lowlifemedia Prod.)
- Sound Engineer: Markus Miljand
- Audio Recording By: Martin
- Mixed By: Erik Sjölander & Örjan Örnkloo in Studio Wasteland (Uppsala, Sweden)
- Running Time: 67 minutes

Tracks 1-14 were filmed on March 17, 2006 in Paris, France at La Locomotive.
- Professionally Filmed With 3 Cameras
- Directed By: Bernard (Escape Prod, France)
- Edited By: Magnus Gillberg (Gillberg Films, Sweden)
- Sound Engineer: Markus Miljand
- Audio Recording By: Bernard (Escape Prod, France)
- Mixed By: Erik Sjölander & Örjan Örnkloo in Studio Wasteland [Uppsala, Sweden]
- Running Time: 69 minutes

Tracks 15-25 is amateur footage, previously unreleased amateur footage spanning Dark Funeral's entire career, from the very first, and nowadays legendary, show in Oslo, Norway on May 4, 1994 up until 2007.

Bonus Material:
- Video Clips
- "Atrum Regina," amateur footage, previously unreleased amateur footage spanning Dark Funeral's entire career, from the very first, and nowadays legendary, show in Oslo, Norway on May 4, 1994 up until today.
Running Time: 40 minutes

Attera Orbis Terrarum means "Destroy the World" or "Destroy the Earth" in Latin.