Marduk - Opus Nocturne (1994) [Reissue] (2015)

 

 Opus Nocturne es el tercer álbum de estudio de la banda sueca de black metal Marduk. Fue grabado y mezclado en los estudios Hellspawn en septiembre de 1994 y lanzado en diciembre a través de Osmose Productions. Se relanzó el 27 de junio de 2006 en formato digipak que incluye una canción en grabada en las sesiones de ensayos, a través de Regain Records. Opus Nocturne es el último álbum en contar con Joakim Göthberg en las voces y con Dan Swanö como mezclador. Opus Nocturne fue el primer álbum que exhibe la forma de hiper velocidad en el doble bombo de Marduk en comparación con los demás álbumes, sin embargo, difiere mucho en el estilo ya que se centra más en lo melódico de Those of the Unlight pero conservando su sonido demoledor, el cual se mantiene y sirve de influencia para sus álbumes venideros como Heaven Shall Burn... When We Are Gathered and Nightwing.

"Materialized in Stone" fue originalmente el título de la canción "From the Dark Past" el cual aparece en el álbum de Mayhem De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas, el título fue cambiado por Per Yngve Ohlin antes de su muerte. Marduk adoptó más tarde el título para agregarlo a la canción de este álbum. La banda utilizó previamente un título de otra canción de Per Yngve Ohlin en el álbum Those of the Unlight. Puede que probablemente esas acciones hayan sido una especie de tributo a la memoria de Per y sus trabajos.

 

 

 

-Tracklist:

 

 Side A

 
1. Intro / The Appearance of Spirits of Darkness  00:33       instrumental
2. Sulphur Souls  05:41
3. From Subterranean Throne Profound     07:47
4. Autumnal Reaper   03:31

Side B

 
5. Materialized in Stone     05:10
6. Untrodden Paths (Wolves Part II)   05:27
7. Opus Nocturne     02:32
8. Deme Quaden Thyrane   05:06
9. The Sun Has Failed   07:22
 

43:09

-Line up:

 

⸸ Joakim af Gravf : Vocals
⸸ Morgan Håkansson : Guitars
⸸ Fredrik Andersson : Drums
⸸ B. War : Bass.

 

 

 

 Label: Osmose Productions – OPLP028

 Gold/red Splatter vinyl, comes in a gatefold sleeve.

 Recorded at Unisound in September 1994.
Produced by Marduk.

Trivia: some lines in the lyrics for the song "Materialized in Stone" were extracted from the novel "Varney the Vampire; or, The Feast of Blood", by James Malcolm Rymer (1814–1884).

 

 

 Marduk 1994

 

 

Dark Funeral ┼ Ineffable Kings of Darkness Tour 1998 [poster]

 

 

 

 

 

 

Extirpated - Decomposition & Decay (2011)

 

Extirpated was formed in 2006 by Alex Roth and Hannes Nystèn under the name Vaginal Stabwound. 

Their vision was to play the music of the more brutal kind that they enjoyed playing and listening to. 

They recorded their first demo, "Gagged" in 2006 which was followed by a second demo "Clitcommander" in 2007.

In 2007 Andy Tseung from Mp5K and Vomitous joined the band on vocals.

In April 2010, Lars Hansson joined the band as a bass player.

 They only recorded a full-length album called Decomposition & Decay.

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 1. Captain Syphilis     02:16
2. Clit Commander     01:37
3. Decomposition & Decay     02:23
4. Genetic Anomalies     02:29
5. Disfigured     02:45
6. Kill Your Mother, Rape Your Dog (Dying Fetus cover)     01:23
7. The Art of Stabbing     02:14
8. Gagged     00:55
9. Deformity     02:16
10. Fetus Grinder     01:03
11. Extirpation of the Human Race     03:04

22:25

 

-Line up:

• Lars Hansson : Bass
• Hannes Nystèn : Drums
• Alex Roth : Guitars
• Andy Tseung : Vocals.

 

 

 

 Label: Pathologically Explicit Recordings.

Officially distributed by Sevared Records in the USA.

Recorded, mixed & mastered at Vomitation Studios, Trollhättan Sweden in May 2010.

 

 

 

Marduk - Wormwood (2009) Picture Disc [2010]

 

Marduk is a black metal band from Norrköping, Sweden. The band formed in 1990 and released their first album in 1992. Their name is derived from the Babylonian god Marduk, patron deity of Babylon.

Marduk was formed by Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson in order to form the “most blasphemous band in the world”. Their musical style was that of a straightforward death metal influenced take on black metal music, but as the years progressed their style and imagery became more of a fast and intense form of black metal.

Marduk’s predominant lyrical topics are Satanism, anti-Christianity, blasphemy, death, Third Reich history, and World War II. The latter two are a later addition to their lyrical/conceptual themes, stemming from their 1999 release Panzer Division Marduk. Marduk have recorded further songs relating to those chapters of human history, such as “The Hangman of Prague” (moniker of Reinhard Heydrich – second in command of the SS – in his capacity as the de facto Reichsprotektor of Bohemia and Moravia), “Night of the Long Knives”, “Deathmarch” and others. On the Nightwing album the band samples a violently anti-semitic march by the fascist Iron Guard in Romania.

The band’s fixation on Nazi-era Germany has caused a great deal of controversy, leading to multiple performances being cancelled, and leaving the band unable to tour multiple countries in various parts of the world. Much of this controversy stems from a 1995 interview with Nordic Vision Magazine, in which guitarist Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson was quoted as saying “in Germany, where magazines as “Rock Hard” and “Metal Hammer” have decided that we are a facist band and refuse to print any ads with Marduk […] the reason for this is that in a German.

 Wormwood is their eleventh studio album. It was recorded at Endarker Studio by Magnus Devo Andersson and released on 21 September in Europe and 13 October in U.S. by Regain Records. It is the first Marduk album to feature drummer Lars Broddesson. "Phosphorous Redeemer" was made available on the band's official MySpace page in the run-up to the album's release.

 

 -Tracklist:

 Side A
1. Nowhere, No One, Nothing     03:19
2. Funeral Dawn     05:51
3. This Fleshly Void     02:59
4. Unclosing the Curse     02:17
5. Into Utter Madness     04:41

Side B
6. Phosphorous Redeemer     06:02
7. To Redirect Perdition     06:38
8. Whorecrown     05:27
9. Chorus of Cracking Necks     03:49
10. As a Garment     04:19

45:22

 

-Line up:

⛧MoRTuuS : Vocals
⛧LRS : Drums
⛧MoRGaN (Morgan Steinmeyer Håkansson) : Guitars
⛧DeVo (Magnus Andersson) : Bass.

 

 

 Label: Blooddawn Productions.

 Picture Disc edition limited to 500 copies.

 Recorded at the Endarker Studio in the year of the Lord 2009.

 Released in the US on October 13, 2009.

All music and lyrics written by Marduk except the lyrics for "Phosphorous Redeemer" by Michayah Belfagor.

Photos by Holy Poison Design and Strumvogel Design.
Design by Holy Poison Design.

Released in Brazil by Paranoid Records on December 2009.

 

 

 

 

Arckanum - Trulen (1994) 2x Vinyl Reissue [2006]

 

 

Arckanum was a Swedish black metal solo band formed in 1993 by Johan "Shamaatae" Lahger, who was the only constant member. Arckanum ranks among the most influential and popular in the Swedish black metal scene.

Shamaatae is also an author of occult literature and writes under the names Vexior/Ekortu. His first published work, titled Panparadox, was released 13 July 2009 by Ixaxaar. His second book, Gullveigarbók, was released in December 2010 by Fall of Man. His third book was published on December, 21st 2014 called Þursakyngi, it is said to be a "book series" with each book dedicated to the Thursatru tradition. As of 2018, he has published multiple books and has many more to come. He put the band to rest in favour of being a writer.

Shamaatae joined his first band, Conquest, aged eleven, the band later evolving into Grotesque. On leaving Grotesque, Shamaatae formed a technical death metal band called Disinterment, who recorded one demo and played a few gigs before splitting up. At the end of 1992, Shamaatae decided to return to black metal and Arckanum was started. Initially a full band, it became a solo project after six months. After several releases, by 1998 Shamaatae had discontinued working with Necropolis Records because they went under, and turned his attention to writing books on the subjects of Pan, Old Norse traditions, runic witchcraft and anti-cosmic Satanism/chaos-gnosticism.

He was still involved in music during this time still working with Arckanum and playing drums with The Hearsemen. Arckanum's album ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ was released on 1 June 2009. Antikosmos and ÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞÞ featured the guest appearance of Set Teitan of the bands Dissection and Watain. Shamataae released 3 more full lengths and several EPs and splits before deciding to record Arckanum's final album Den förstfödde which was released on 29 September 2017 through Folter Records, who are currently re-releasing the band's entire catalogue.

Arckanum was split up in 2018 in order for Shamaatae to focus solely on his authorship and spiritual ventures. On 26 April 2019, Folter Records released Första trulen, an EP which contains the remixed and remastered recordings that were supposed to be the 1994 demo Trulen; Shamaatae was unhappy with the original recordings and kept the material unreleased until after he disbanded Arckanum.

Arckanum's lyrics deal mainly with the worship of Chaos, as well as anti-cosmic Satanism. He is noted for writing lyrics resembling Old Swedish, and he has stated that he tries to write his lyrics as grammatically correct as he can. In his latest three albums however, the language is clearly meant to resemble Old East Norse.

 

 

 -Tracklist:

     Ir Þætta Tiþsskedhe...    
A01. Pan's Lughn
A02. Hvila Pa Tronan Min
A03. Trulfærþ
A04. Yvir Min Diupe Marder
A05. Trulfærþ
A06. Et Sorghetog
A07. Þræl
A08. Gava Fran Trulen
B09. Ener Hæl Sial
B10. Bærghet
B11. Myrkr Ynnist
B12. Svinna
B13. Ener Skipnadher At Fylghia
B14. Kolin Væruld
B15. Ener Stilla Sior Af Droten Min.

        Gamblir Sangir...    

     (Unreleased Recordings)    
C01. Gava Fran Trulen
C02. Yvir Min Diupe Marder
C03. Svinna
          
     (Rehearsals)    
D04. In Dom Demones 1993
D05. Di Vises Sægen 1993
D06. Gava Fran Trulen 1994
D07. Et Sorghetog 1994.

 

-Line-up:

• Shamaatae : Everything.

 

 Limited to 466 copies.
Comes in gatefold cover sleeve, with printed inner sleeves and A2-size single-sided poster.
Tracks are numbered sequentially (with usage of leading zeroes) over each vinyl.

[1st inner sleeve]:
"TRUL" means troll, and a troll in scandinavian folklore is an "evil demon".
So the title of this demo "Trulen" means "The Demons"

ARCKANUM stands for all the darkness, grief and mysticism in nature. ARCKANUM is a shadow of Pan, the great master of nature, the lord of trolls and its dark harmonies. I got the inspiration from the woods, when I walked the living ground of myths. Sitting alone in the mountains surrounded by trees made me see and feel things beyond our reality. This is my nature, to live like a troll in my deep forest of Pan. I write all of the lyrics in ancient Swedish because I want ARCKANUM to be as ancient and medieval as possible. All text on this demo are in ancient Swedish.I, Shamaatae am the only member in ARCKANUM now and it will be so forever... All instruments and voices (except Bærghet by Sataros) on this demo by me, Shamaatae.

 

  

 

 

SHINING -|- Cervecería Dublín, Carballo (Esp) -|- 22.5.2008

 

 

 The band's name does not refer to the 1977 Stephen King horror novel The Shining (nor the 1980 Stanley Kubrick movie based on it); rather, according to Niklas Kvarforth, it means "the path to enlightenment".

All Shining full-length albums have six songs, and usually have roman numbers preceding the titles in chronological order. Kvarforth chose to stop the enumeration in 2012, saying that "the use of numbers to describe our albums is no longer something that Shining is interested in doing", although he re-started to enumerate them with 2013's compilation 8 ½ - Feberdrömmar i vaket tillstånd.

Moreover, since the release of their third album, III - Angst - Självdestruktivitetens Emissarie, most Shining full-lengths feature an instrumental song, always the fifth one in the tracklist. This habit ended with their ninth release, IX - Everyone, Everything, Everywhere, Ends, in which the instrumental track is the first one, but was eventually taken over again on X - Varg utan flock 3 years later.

 

SWR FEAST 29-30 April 2022 -|- BARROSELAS, PORTUGAL

 

On 25 April 1998, the Steel Warriors' Rebellion saga began in the north of Portugal, in the very peaceful village of Barroselas. A festival that grew from the underground, based on the do-it-yourself concept and eager to make a difference, whether in the care for artistic content and visual aesthetics, the desire to maintain a familiar atmosphere and the will to do something special and peculiar. 

 

 

 

 

 

Initially founded as a studio project by singer and multi-instrumentalist M. After the release of With Hearts Toward None in 2012, Mgła started to play live shows employing guest musicians apart from the official drummer Darkside; M. sings and plays rhythm guitar.

 

 

 

 Equaleft are a groove death metal band from Porto/Gaia ,(Portugal) that were born in 2004 .
Their sound is equal to metal combined with a massive dose of groove, power and some melody.

 

 

 

 

 

 Sijjin is a Death Metal band, based in Berlin, the band was formed in 2019 and two of their three components are Spanish (Basque Country). The band plays a primitive Death Thrash influenced mainly by bands like Morbid Angel, Death, Possessed, Sadistic Intent, Necrovore or Incubus. They have released a demo the same year of their creation and their debut album will be released in November 2021 by the Voz Sepulcral label with the title of ''Sumerian Promises''. The name of the band refers to the Islamic belief of a prison, a vehement torment or narrow circumstances at the bottom of Jahannam: Gehenna or Hell.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Autopsy were founded in the late '80s by Eric Cutler and Chris Reifert, the latter of whom had just parted ways with pioneering Florida death metallers Death. Employing a caustic blend of thrash, doom, and death, the band released a string of influential albums like Severed Survival (1991) and Mental Funeral (1991) before shutting down operations in 1995. The group reconvened in 2010.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 Formed in Växjö in 1992, Birdflesh is one of the craziest grindcore acts around. Their take on grindcore is filled with strong thrashy influences, wacky lyrics, humorous music and a funny atmosphere overall.

The band usually performs live with props and costumes.

As they gained the status of “cult band” in the grincore scene, the live activity took the band on the greatest stages for extreme metal, such as Obscene Extreme Festival, Maryland Deathfest, Neurotic Deathfest and many more.