Blasphemy - Fallen Angel Of Doom... (1990) [Reissue 2015]

''Fallen Angel Of Doom...'' is considered one of the most influential records for the war metal style (also known as war black metal or bestial black metal).

Following the success of Blasphemy’s “Blood Upon the Altar” demo, which was released in 1989 and ultimately sold more than 2,000 copies, Richard C. of Wild Rags contacted the band, offering them a contract for their debut album. In 1990, the Desecraters entered Fiasco Bros. studio to record “Fallen Angel of Doom...” on a meager $2,000 budget. The lineup consisted of founding members Nocturnal Grave Desecrater and Black Winds on bass and vocals, 3 Black Hearts of Damnation and Impurity on drums, and guitarist Caller of the Storms. A second guitarist, Traditional Sodomizer of the Goddess of Perversity, also known for his work in Witches Hammer, was added to the lineup prior to the recording, after the band’s previous guitarist who following his adverse reaction to the theft and desecration of a gravestone in Ross Bay cemetery. Later that same year, the album was released on red vinyl in North America and black vinyl in Europe and immediately set a new standard of extremity in Black Metal. At the time, Blasphemy had few contemporaries; virtually no one had a style that was so immediate and forceful. Blasphemy drew upon the frenzied assault of death and speed metal, as well as early grindcore acts like Blood and Genocide, but augmented it with the unbridled evil of Sarcófago, Sodom, and Bathory, yielding a new virulent strain of Black Metal. The austere appearance of the album and the music on it, was much like the appearance of the band members depicted on the back cover: menacing, threatening, and violent. In the nearly three decades that have passed since its initial release, it remains unsurpassed.
The centrality of this album to the scene that evolved in its shadow cannot be overstated. As such, NWN! and Ross Bay Cult have endeavored to reissue it periodically, ensuring that it remains accessible. After having previously pressed the album in various color and picture disc variations, the labels sought to present this new edition consistent with the original pressing. Like the original version, it was manufactured in the U.S. on red and black vinyl, and the jacket and insert are similar to the first edition, with the notable exception that the lyrics to the songs “Hording of Evil Vengeance,” “Darkness Prevails,” and “The Desolate Ones,” originally omitted from the first pressing, have been included for this edition.

 

COMMAND 008 / ANTI-GOTH 069

-Tracklist:

Side: Darkness
A1    [Winds Of The Black Godz] Intro    1:20
A2     Fallen Angel Of Doom     3:39
A3     Hording Of Evil Vengeance     2:22
A4     Darkness Prevails     3:32
A5     Desecration     2:26
A6     Ritual     3:18

    Side: Impurity
B1     Weltering In Blood     2:26
B2     Demoniac     2:45
B3     Goddess Of Perversity     4:27
B4     The Desolate One [Outro]     3:54

 

-Line up:

• 3 Black Hearts of Damnation and Impurity: Drums
• Caller of the Storms: Guitars (lead), Effects, Songwriting
• Nocturnal Grave Desecrator and Black Winds: Vocals, Bass, Effects, Lyrics, Songwriting
• The Traditional Sodomizer of the Goddess of Perversity: Guitars (rhythm), Vocals (backing), Effects.

 

 

 
 

 

 

Label : Nuclear War Now!

 
 Pressed by GZ Media. 
Manufactured by Pirates Press.

Reissue of their 1990 full length on Wild Rags. 
 Black vinyl LP with 12″ insert and poster.
Layout by Mark Reategui.

 
 The cover artwork WAS NOT made by Chris Moyen as some people think.

 

Sepultura - Territory [single 1993]

 

From their humble beginnings in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Sepultura became the most successful Brazilian thrash metal band in history. Over a ten year period, the band grew from strength to strength, transforming itself from a primitive death metal ensemble into one of the leading creative trendsetters of the international aggressive music scene. Unfortunately, a bitter internal crisis almost destroyed the band, and Sepultura struggled to recover their previous momentum.

Hailing from Brazil's third largest city, Belo Horizonte, Sepultura (which means "grave" in Portuguese) were formed in the mid '80s a time when that country was beginning to emerge from a 20 year military dictatorship. Max Cavalera (vocals/guitar), Igor Cavalera (drums), Paulo Jr. (bass), and Jairo T. (lead guitar) had a hard time even finding rock & roll albums, and especially "socially unacceptable" genres such as heavy metal and punk. Their early influences were Iron Maiden, Metallica, and Slayer (literally the first three records purchased by Max on a visit to the "big city," São Paulo), but the band soon progressed toward a death metal sound, inspired by emerging bands such as Possessed and Death. Their drive and determination (they sang in English from day one) more than made up for their geographic isolation and inexperience, and though they were only in their teens and still learning how to play their instruments, the band quickly evolved into an underground contender. After landing a deal with independent Cogumelo Records, Sepultura recorded four songs for a split LP with fellow Brazilians Overdose. Reissued on CD and named for its first track, 1985's Bestial Devastation was self-produced and recorded in just two days and it shows. Recorded with minimal time and money in August 1986, their first full-length album, Morbid Visions, showed little improvement, but contained their first hit, "Troops of Doom," which attracted some media attention and convinced the band to relocate to São Paulo (Brazil's largest city and financial capital) in order to further their career. They also replaced guitarist Jairo T. with São Paulo native Andreas Kisser, whose greater musical ability would help take the entire band to the next level.

In 1987, Sepultura's technical proficiency finally caught up with their creative vision, and their second full-length album for Cogumelo, Schizophrenia, displayed an incredible evolution in terms of production and performance. It also became a minor critical sensation across Europe and America, drawing the attention of Roadrunner Records, which promptly released the album worldwide and signed the band to a long-term contract. No longer restrained within Brazilian borders, the band set about composing 1989's Beneath the Remains, the first of four albums which would solidify Sepultura's position as perhaps the most important heavy metal band of the '90s. Recorded in Rio de Janeiro under the guidance of leading death metal producer Scott Burns, Beneath the Remains was an immediate critical and commercial success, and the band's ferocious performances on the subsequent European tour (which saw them systematically blowing headlining German thrashers Sodom off-stage) further cemented Sepultura's reputation. The band also filmed its first video, for the single "Inner Self," and finished the year's tour with a triumphant set of shows in its homeland.

After obtaining new management and relocating to Phoenix, Arizona, Sepultura entered Tampa's Morrisound Studios with producer Burns to record 1991's highly acclaimed Arise album. First single "Dead Embryonic Cells" proved to be another resounding hit, and the title track would gain even more attention when its video was banned by MTV America due to its apocalyptic religious imagery. The world tour that followed elevated the album to platinum sales worldwide (a figure rarely achieved by bands of such an extreme nature) and, in a strange twist, found singer Max Cavalera marrying band manager Gloria Bujnowski, who was almost twice his age. Such was the band's success that its label, Roadrunner, obtained a co-distribution deal with Epic Records for its next recording, 1993's Chaos A.D. By incorporating social issues (especially relating to Brazil) into their lyrics, as well as displaying some of their punk and hardcore influences for the first time, the album was another worldwide smash thanks to singles like "Territory" and "Refuse/Resist." 

-Tracklist:

A. Territory     4:45
B1. Polícia  (Titãs cover)    1:48
B2. Biotech Is Godzilla  1:52

 

-Line up:

• Max Cavalera: Vocals, Guitars (rhythm)
• Andreas Kisser: Guitars (lead)
• Igor Cavalera: Drums
• Paulo Jr.: Bass.

 

 

 

 

Label: Roadrunner Records.

Track A published by Roadblock Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/Roadster Music B.V.
Track B1 previously unreleased. Published by Warner/Chappell Edicoes Musicais ltda. admin. by Rightsong Music, Inc (BMI).
Track B2 published by Roadblock Music, Inc. (ASCAP)/Maim That Tune (BMI)/Roadster Music B.V.
Tracks A and B2 from the album Chaos A.D.

Photo illustration, art direction and design by Ioannis for Vivid Images.
Management courtesy of Oasis Management.

 Producer, mixed & recorded by Andy Wallace.

 Photography by Kevin Estrada.

 Lyrics at track 2 by Jello Biafra.

 

 

Hour Of Penance - Pageantry For Martyrs [2005]

Formed in Rome in Italy in 1999 by Francesco De Honestis (Guitar), Enrico Schettino (Guitar), Mauro Mercurio (Drums), Mike Viti (Vocal / Bass).

Influenced at first by a combination of black and death metal, Hour of Penance would soon move away from those styles, and, being influenced by Cannibal Corpse, opt for a more up front and pummeling style. Their first demo hit the scene in 2000, and was followed by their first album, Disturbance, in 2003. By this time they had laid the groundwork by playing the Swedish death metal festival at Gothenburg and signed with Spanish label Xtreem Music. A well-received effort, Disturbance was followed by the album Pageantry for Martyrs in 2005, which won the band some scene awards.

As of 2015 the band's lineup contains no original members. The last founding member was drummer Mauro Mercurio who left in 2010 after the release of Paradogma. The most senior band member is guitarist Giulio Moschini who has been with the band since 2004 and played on all albums except Disturbance and the 2000 demo.

-Tracklist:

1. Towards Our Storm     04:55    
2. Shreds of Martyr     03:06    
3. End of Relief     04:27    
4. Celebrating Collective Terror     03:06    
5. Far Beyond Humiliation     03:08    
6. Life in a Pain Amplifier     02:45    
7. Exiled Innocence     04:01    
8. Naked Knife Absolution     02:55    
9. Deranged Parasite     03:21    
10.1     Egomanisch     5:14
10.2     (silence)     6:00
10.3     The Hidden Song     0:40   

-Line up:

- Alex Manco "Necrotorture": Vocals
- Mauro Mercurio: Drums, Vocals (additional)
- Enrico Schettino: Bass, Guitars
- Giulio Moschini: Guitars, Bass

Label: Xtreem Music.

 Recorded and mixed at 16th Cellar Studio during November 2004 - January 2005. 

 Engineer: Stefano Morabito.

 The final track is 5:14, followed by 6 minutes of silence and a short hidden track.

PROMO 2007  here

Enthroned - Tetra Karcist (2007)

 

Enthroned was formed in 1993 by Cernunnos in Namur, Belgium.
He soon recruited guitarist Tsebaoth and later bassist/vocalist Sabathan. The band released
a 5-track demo tape in mid 1994 which brought them to the attention of several independent labels. A 7” split EP with Ancient Rites was then released by the underground label Afterdark Records. After the label’s demise, Evil Omen Records (a sub-label of Osmose Productions) released Enthroned's first full-length release, Prophecies of Pagan Fire.
Shortly thereafter, the band enlisted second guitarist Nornagest. Eventually, Tseboath was replaced by Nebiros, a very extreme musician who not only brought new blood into the band, but also complemented Nornagest’s brutal and barbaric style. Since the release of their first demo, Enthroned has always nurtured their amazing live reputation. They have shared the stage with the likes of Marduk, Enslaved, Dark Funeral, Angelcorpse, and Emperor, to name but a few. In 1996, along with Ancient Rites and Bewitched, Enthroned began an extensive tour of Europe.
In April 1997, as Enthroned was to begin recording Towards the Skullthrone of Satan, Cernunnos took his life. Albeit a heavy blow for the remaining members, Enthroned forged ahead, recording the album with a session drummer in honor of Cernunnos. The blackened horde went on to perform at the Dragons Blaze festival with newly acquired drummer Namroth Blackthorn. The crowd’s response could not have been better. In April 1998, the band toured the European continent with Dark Funeral and also released the MCD Regie Sathanas, an internationally acclaimed Black Metal masterpiece dedicated to their deceased comrade. Later that year, they toured again with labelmates Hecate Enthroned and Usurper.
At the close of 1998, the band entered Abyss Studios (Sweden) to give birth to The Apocalypse Manifesto. This third album was released in May 1999. No other title could better reflect the intensity of this satanic work, which dealt with the biblical concept of the Apocalypse as interpreted by a satanic perspective. Enthroned rounded off the 20th Century on tour with Marduk and continued to take European crowds by storm with several other live performances.
2000 was a busy year for Enthroned. The band parted ways with Nebiros and recruited Nerath Daemon as their new axeman, who then successfully passed his trial by fire on a German mini tour followed by several other European shows and the recording of Armoured Bestial Hell in the Real Sound Studio (Germany). This fourth album was released in April 2001. Unfortunately, the band was to endure another line-up change. Namroth Blackthorn was released from his duties and was replaced by Alsvid from the French Black Metal band Seth. The band continued to play many live gigs in and around Europe, as well as in the US.
In early 2002, they signed to Napalm Records releasing their fifth full-length recording, Carnage in Worlds Beyond, later that year. In June 2003, Enthroned added Nguaroth (guitars) and Glaurung (drums) to their line-up and readied for a South American tour, as well as the release of their sixth and anxiously awaited album, XES Haereticum.
In 2005, Enthroned released their first official live album, Black Goat Ritual, recorded during their successful tour of Brazil. Yet after desecrating several stages and festivals, the band was once again forced to tackle a line-up change. Enthroned parted ways with longtime vocalist Sabathan, at which time Nornagest took over the vocal responsibilities, bass player Phorgath joined the band on bass.
In June 2007, They recorded their seventh and most accomplished album Tetra Karcist, seeing the return of old drummer Alsvid for the studio sessions. The album being recorded, Enthroned made a pact with Ahephaïm who joined the band on drums until the end of 2009.

Limited Edition, Digipak

 

-Tracklist:

 1. Ingressus Regnum Spiritus     02:53
2. Pray     03:01
3. Tellum Scorpionis     03:42
4. Deviant Nerve Angelus     01:40
5. The Burning Dawn     03:29
6. Through the Cortex     04:38
7. The Seven Ensigns of Creation   03:17
8. Nox     04:54
9. Vermin     06:17
10. Antares     01:43 

 

Bonus Chapter: Liber Pir Iadnah 

11. Psalm I: Pantheon of Oblivion   05:07
12. Psalm II: I Reign over You     03:01

-Line up:

• Nornagest: Vocals, Guitars
• Nguaroth: Guitars (lead), Vocals (backing)
• Phorgath: Bass, Vocals (backing)
• Alsvid: Drums.

 

 

 

 

 

Label: Napalm Records.

 

Produced by Enthroned.
Recorded in June 2007 at Dungeon Studio, Ondenaarde.
Mixed and mastered in July 2007 at The Music Lab, Berlin.
Drums recorded at Winterized Studio, Toulouse.

  Recorded, mixed & mastered by Harris Johns.

Design of the Scorpion Sigil: Nornagest.

 

 

 

Black Goat - Death Ritual [demo] (2010)

Black Goat (Galicia, Spain) was born in 2003 at the hands of Helltyrant and Apocalyptic Deströyer with the idea of forming a band that would remember the most rotten and primitive sound of the first Black Metal billed in the 80s by bands like Venom, Hellhammer or the first Bathory.
In that same year they record an EP called Blood Ritual and in 2008 they collaborate in a compilation called Goat Worshipers CD Compilation with the song Satanic Lust as contribution.

Finally, in mid-2009 Nokturnal Intoxikator and Joe Disturbed joined the bass and drums respectively to finish shaping the band by giving a series of concerts in Galician and Portuguese territory. At the end of 2009 they recorded their first demo called Death Ritual which was released in early 2010 through Final Embrace Recs. and Nigra Mors Prod.

 -Tracklist:

1. Morbid Attraction     02:29    
2. Satanic Lust     03:41    
3. Crucifix Me     03:36    
4. The Quintessence of Perversion     03:46    
5. Antichrist     04:01    
6. Countess Bathory (Venom cover)     04:07

-Line up:

• Nocturnal Intoxikator: Bass
• Joe Disturbed: Drums
• Apocalyptic Deströyer: Guitars
• Helltyrant: Vocals

Limited to 200 copies.

Released on pro-tape format by Nigra Mors and Final Embrace Records.

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Demonic Studios in December '09 / January '10 by B.

     

Necrophagia - Deathtrip 69 (2011)

 

Formed in 1983, Necrophagia were one of the very first death metal bands; they focused on gore and horror movies since the beginning and are also credited as pioneers of the "horror metal" sub-genre.
The band released various demos and in 1987 they released "Season of the Dead" Then shortly broke up afterwards claiming Extreme musical differences. Killjoy stated that "the other band members wanted to go torward a more mainstream style while I wanted to get heavier and sicker." When asked what made him develope his unique singing style , he simply stated "I just wanted to sound like the demon that possessed Reagan from "The Exorcist". The band remained inactive for more than ten years.

After the intial demise of Necrophagia, Killjoy kept busy by doing a self titled side project which he calls a thrash band, he also did a death/thrash metal band named "Cabal" in 1991.

In 1998 Phil Anselmo (Pantera) approached Killjoy with some riffs. He subsequently joined the band on guitar and wrote all the songs for the album Holocausto de la Morte.

 Killjoy was the leader of the band and only original member until his sudden passing in March of 2018.

 

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Naturan Demonto     04:04
2. Beast with Feral Claws     03:49
3. Tomb with a View     04:31
4. Suffering Comes in Sixes     04:25
5. A Funeral for Solange     03:27

Side B:
6. Kyra     02:46
7. Bleeding Eyes of the Eternally Damned     05:18
8. Trick R' Treat (The Last Halloween)     04:06
9. Deathtrip 69     05:21
10. Death Valley 69     02:30

 

-Line up:

• Damien Matthews: Bass
• Boris Randall: Guitars
• Shawn Slusarek: Drums
• Killjoy (R.I.P. 2018): Vocals.

 

Label: Season Of Mist.

Plastic wrapping with front sticker: "Red coloured vinyl limited to 500 copies. Includes collectable dropcard with free mp3's of the entire album ! Feat. guests Casey Chaos (Amen) and Maniac (Skitliv), ex-Mayhem)" 

This recording is dedicated to Malia "Vampira" Nurmi, Chaz, Balum and Jacinto Molina Alvarez a.k.a. Paul Naschy.
Trick R' Treat is dedicated to the memory of Peter Steele

Recorded and Mixed at Last House on the Left Studios Mingo Junction, Ohio
Produced by Killjoy and Boris Randall for Cloven Hoof Productions
Anno June 10th - December 31rst 2010.

 Engineer: Brenden "The Rat" Seditz.

 Layout designed by Mike Riddick.

 Booklet artwork: Eric Rot Engelmann.
Cover Art and painting: Jake Arnette.

 

 

 

 ''Starless forest my kingdom
Shedding the skin of man
Salvation (from) mortal disease
Alive in the heart of the damned

Gnashing tooth
Ripped flesh (throat)
Slashed with
Feral
Claws
Lycanthrope

At one with shadows
Abomination, a god in itself
I carry the (carnivorous) curse
Harvesting land (for) human cattle

Jesus wept, upon creation
Even god whispers my name
Stare into eyes
Nothing human reamains

(Beneath blinding olandestined skies
An infant breathes it's
Last fog filled breath
Consumed by the beast
In it's jaws of death)

( ) - only in booklet 

 

 Killjoy