Autopsy - Torn from the Grave [Compilation] (2001)

Autopsy was formed in August 1987 by Chris Reifert and Eric Cutler, shortly after Reifert's departure from Death. The band recorded a demo that year, Demo '87, before Danny Coralles joined in 1988 immediately prior to the recording of their second demo, Critical Madness, and along with Reifert and Cutler, would be a constant in the band's lineup. The band signed to Peaceville Records and released their debut album, Severed Survival in 1989. These early recordings featured a straightforward thrash-influenced death metal style in a similar vein to Scream Bloody Gore era Death (Reifert was Death's drummer on that album), but the band adopted a slower, doom metal influenced sound for their next release, the 1990 Retribution for the Dead EP. The next full-length, Mental Funeral, continued in this style and has since been cited by many other death metal musicians (particularly in the Swedish scene) as particularly influential. Having completed a successful European tour soon after Mental Funeral, the band reentered the studio to record the Fiend for Blood EP, which was followed by their third full-length, Acts of the Unspeakable, which featured shorter songs and a more grindcore influenced sound. A difficult US tour in 1993 led to the decision to disband Autopsy after the recording of a final album. Shitfun, released in early 1995, was heavily influenced by hardcore punk and would prepare fans for Abscess, previously a side project of Danny Coralles and Chris Reifert which would become their main band after Autopsy's demise.

Autopsy was featured in the 2005 music documentary Metal: A Headbanger's Journey when the film's narrator and star, Sam Dunn read aloud a verse from the band's song "Charred Remains".

After several years of speculation regarding an Autopsy reunion, and denial of the possibility, the band members briefly reunited in September 2008 to record two new tracks for the special edition of their 1989 debut Severed Survival. They later reconvened to the Maryland Deathfest in 2009. After Abscess broke up in June 2010, Autopsy immediately announced that they had permanently reunited. They released The Tomb Within EP in September 2010, Macabre Eternal in 2011, Born Undead DVD in 2012, The Headless Ritual in 2013 and Tourniquets, Hacksaws and Graves in 2014. Autopsy released the EP "Skullgrinder" on November 27, 2015. They released the EP Puncturing the Grotesque on December 15, 2017.

 

 

-Tracklist:

1     Charred Remains     3:38
2     Disembowel     4:03
3     Gasping For Air     3:18
4     Severed Survival     3:26
5     Ridden With Disease     4:40
6     Service For A Vacant Coffin     3:30
7     Retribution For The Dead     3:53
8     Robbing The Grave     3:52
9     Twisted Mass Of Burnt Decay     2:14
10     Fleshcrawl     0:35
11     Torn From The Womb     3:18
12     Slaugherday     4:04
13     Dark Crusade     3:54
14     Mental Funeral     0:36
15     Fiend For Blood     0:25
16     Squeal Like A Pig     3:42
17     Funereality     2:51
18     An Act Of The Unspeakable     2:25
19     Frozen With Fear     0:30
20     Spinal Extraction     0:21
21     Death Twitch     2:13
22     Walls Of The Coffin     1:17
23     Shiteater     2:15
24     Humiliate Your Corpse     3:27
25     Brain Damage     1:17
26     Blood Orgy     3:23
27     Bowel Ripper     1:12

 

Tracks 1-4 from "Severed Survival"
Track 5 from "Critical Madness" Demo.
Track 6 recorded live in Bamberg, Germany, March 16th 1990
Track 7 from "Retribution for the Dead" EP
Track 8 recorded live at The Waters Club, San Pedro, CA, March 30th 1991
Tracks 9-14 from "Mental Funeral"
Tracks 15-16 from "Fiend for Blood" EP
Track 17 from the Peaceville compilation album "Volume 4"
Tracks 18-22 from "Acts of the Unspeakable"
Track 23 recorded live at Bonnie's, New Jersey, NJ, May 16th 1993
Tracks 24-27 from "Shitfun" 

 

 

 

 

 

Label: Peaceville Records.

First catalogue number appears on spine; second and third catalogue number appears on CD; fourth catalogue number appears together with the barcode stickered on back cover.

"Made in CANADA" on the disc, "Made in the EU" on the back cover.

Digipak with panels opening into four directions. Some issued with four-page b/w Peaceville promotion leaflet.

 

 

NunSlaughter & Agathocles - Untitled / Trail of Despair [split 7'' EP] (2011)

 

Deformed in 1987 by Don of the Dead (bass) with Jer the Butcher (guitar), Gregoroth (vocals) and Behemoth Bill (drums), the spawn called NunSlaughter began spewing forth the sonic vomit known as Death Metal. Taking from the learning experience of their earlier bands Death Sentence and Bird of Prey they shunned the vile confines of a studio for the oppressive darkness of a basement tomb to release their first demo in 1987 christened "Ritual of Darkness". The raw sound of "Ritual…" established N.S. as purveyors of true Death Metal.

The band's line up experienced its first of many mutations in 1989, with Jer and Bill being replaced by Rick Rancid (guitar) and John Sicko (drums). NunSlaughter's second bastard offspring came screaming through the birth canal shortly thereafter, dragging its fetid placenta, "The Rotting Christ". The next band-member morphogenesis occurred in 1991 when Gregoroth and Sicko slithered away. Von the Impaler latched on as a drummer and Don of the Dead (still on bass) became NunSlaughter's vocalist as well. This repugnant assemblage produced the band's third demo, "Impale the Soul of Christ on the Inverted Cross of Death".

Two years crawled by before the next NunSlaughter creation was revealed. In 1993, upon learning that the now legendary "Ritual of Darkness" demo was being bootlegged as a 7" record in Brazil, Don of the Dead began conspiring to celebrate NunSlaughter's international conquest. The band conjured up yet another drummer, Mark Perversion. Hell bent on keeping the intrinsic, unrefined sound that had become their trademark, N.S. recorded their infamous "The Guts of Christ" demo completely live in their living room.

In 1995, NunSlaughter reinstated the unholy alliance of three of the original members: Don of the Dead, Gregoroth and Jer the Butcher. This sinister triad summoned the relentless drumming powers of Jim Sadist and exorcised the "Face of Evil" demo for the underground Death Metal masses. In January of '97 (after Gregoroth and the Butcher went their separate ways) Don and Jim, along with fresh meat Chris 213 (bass) and Blood (guitar), began a new decade of death with the bands first studio recording, a split 7" record with Bloodsick.

After countless setbacks but continuous writing NunSlaughter unleashed four more 7" records with the first being a limited edition glow in the dark split 7" record with Dekapitator. Soon after, a meeting of the most sinister kind came about with Crucifer to release a split 7" of 666 copies. Unable to restrain their twisted prolific minds, NunSlaughter then produced an entire 7" record entitled "Blood Devil" and the legend continued to grow from their split 7" with cult female Death Metal band Derketa.

With the signing to Revenge Productions NunSlaughter released their full length LP/CD "Hells Unholy Fire". A tour was arranged to promote the LP and NunSlaughter began their European tour in September 2000. While touring NS released another 7" record entitled "Trifurcate". This was another vile release that is heralded by the underground as one of the best 7"s.

Continuing with the tradition of vinyl and metal NunSlaughter prominently display their prowess in song writing ability and creativity in releasing many 7"s with specialty packaging. The time was ripe and the desire was there so NunSlaughter decided to release another full length studio LP in 2003. Entitled "Goat" this insidious recording was released by Revenge Productions in Europe and Metal War Productions in the USA. Another tour was booked and NunSlaughter prepared to invade Australia with their Metal Assault tour. Booking six dates in Australia with some of the best underground Aussie bands NunSlaughter held their own and proved their metal music fist could reach around the world. Upon their return NunSlaughter spent the next 2 years writing and recording over 16 new 7" records and split 7"s. Working almost exclusively with Hells Headbangers the band has been able to produce some of the underground's most sought after vinyl releases.

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Agathocles formed in the Belgian city of Mol, aspiring to sound like bands such as Lärm or Hellhammer. Although the band itself did not form until 1985, its original members (Jan and Erwin) had been involved in the underground metal/punk scene since the beginning of the decade, releasing compilation tapes and zines. Most of the rehearsal tapes they recorded during their first year together have now been lost, although a few survive, mainly in the form of appearances on compilations from the time.

Agathocles first started doing concerts a year later, in 1985, although audiences were always small due to there only being a small minority who listened to the type of extreme music the band was producing. That year, the band had an on-air interview on the local radio station.

By 1987, the band's line-up had begun to settle, albeit temporarily, in the form of Jan, Ronny and Erwin. The band had also found a long-term rehearsal space, where they would not receive complaints (or even get kicked out) because of the noise as they had done in earlier rehearsal rooms. This was in a youth club in Mol, "Jam", where they recorded more compilation tracks and organised more small concerts. They even played gigs with other bands who would become equally famous in later years, such as Napalm Death and Pestilence (and later Extreme Noise Terror, as well as smaller bands such as Violent Mosquitos and Total Mosh Project.)

The first Agathocles releases were issued in 1988, which saw the arrival of a split EP with Riek Boois, as well as their first solo outing, Cabbalic Gnosticism, both of which were originally issued on cassette. Other material was recorded at the same time, although this was not released until later. By this time the band had 4 members, as Jakke had joined on guitar in December the year before, allowing Jan to concentrate on vocals.

Another guitarist, Guy, joined a year later, in 1989, and the split LP with the band Drudge was recorded and released on Deaf Records, as well as several other EPs. Towards the end of the year, the line-up changed yet again, with the bassist, Ronny, leaving the band and guitarist Jakke taking over from him.

 A major line-up change occurred at the beginning of the decade, in May 1990, when Jan got rid of all the other members of the band and found two new members instead - Domingo on guitar and Burt on drums, with Jan now playing bass. Domingo and Burt were both from little-known Belgian grindcore band Necrosis, who recorded only one demo, in 1990. With the new line-up, the band ceased rehearsing in Mol, moving instead to the drummer's home town of Zichem. Several more EPs were released in the same year and, with the band growing in popularity, they did gigs in Denmark as well as Belgium and went on a mini tour with the Japanese grindcore band SxOxB.

 

Second pressing limited to 500 copies.

 

-Tracklist:

 Side A
1. Agathocles - Trail of Despair     01:25      
2. Agathocles - Nazional Sozial(ist) Security   02:38    
3. Agathocles - Flanders' Little Cesspool     01:34
   
Side B
4. Nunslaughter - To Sin Again   01:52      
5. Nunslaughter - Your Soul Belongs to Me   01:03

 

-Line up:

 Nunslaughter:
- Don of the Dead: Vocals, Bass
 - The Deserter: Guitars, Bass 
- Jim Sadist (R.I.P. 2015): Drums
 - Zack Massacre: Guitars.

Agathocles:
 - Nils Laureys: Drums, Vocals 
- Bram Criekemans: Bass
 - Jan Frederickx: Vocals, Guitars.

 

Label: Selfmadegod Records.

Agathocles:
Recorded on October 6th, 2010 in Geel, Belgium.

 Cover art by Justin Stubbs.

NunSlaughter:

Tracking by Metal Dave

 Artwork by Mark Riddick.

Logo by Daniel Blasphemer. 

 

 

Jim Sadist

 (Apr 21st, 1971 - Oct 7th, 2015)

Under The Sign Of Black Metal - Flagellum Dei & Xerión & Dantalion (18.12.2004)

Flagellum Dei

Formed in December 1997, Amadora, Portugal. Sepulchral Winds (guitars/vocals) is the only original member of Flagellum Dei.

 

Xerión

Xerión is an epic Black Metal project with folk nuances born in Ourense in 2001 by Nocturno, guitarist, bassist and vocalist of Xerión and, definitively, the undisputed brain of the band. The musical and letristic universe of Xerión revolves around Galician mythology and particularly the Celtic cycles, with a content halfway between Galician patriotism and misanthropy.
The lyrics are in the Galician Language. Galicia is situated in the northwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula.

 

 

Flagellum Dei & Xerión

 

 

 

Flagellum Dei - Rite of Flagellation

 

 

Xerión - Akelarre

 

 

Enthroned - Carnage in Worlds Beyond [2002]

 

Enthroned are a black metal band originally from Belgium, formed in 1993 by Cernunnos (drums) and Sabathan (voice and bass). Before finalizing their second album Cernunnos (R.I.P. 1997) commits suicide and Sabathan takes the control of the band until 2007 when Nornagest assumed the responsibility of the band. A member nothing new or little experienced since he was in the group from the second album and each time was taking more responsibility of the band so it was a "natural" change.

Today there is no founding member.

 

-Tracklist:

 A1. Boundless Demonication     4:11
A2. Infernal Flesh Massacre     4:18
A3. Spawn From The Abyss     5:10
A4. Bloodline     5:07
A5. Jehova Desecration     2:27
B1. Diabolic Force     3:23
B2. Land Of Demonic Fears     1:31
B3. Radiance Of Mordacity     3:41
B4. Graced By Evil Blood     8:19
B5. Carnage In Worlds Beyond     1:23

-Line up: 

  • Sabathan: Vocals, Bass
  • Nornagest: Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals (backing)
  • Nerath Daemon: Guitars, Keyboards
  • Alsvid: Drums.

 

 

 

Label: Displeased Records.

 

 Published by Iron Avantgarde Publishing.

Recorded in Spiderhouse Studio, May 2002.

Produced by Harris Johns.

 

 Cover artwork and layout is by N. Daemon and Nornagest.

 

 

 

⛧ Cernunnos (1971 ⸸ R.I.P. 1997) ⛧

 

Vader - The Beast (2004)

 

Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn. Formed in 1983, the group was founded by then-bassist Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek and guitarist Zbigniew "Vika" Wróblewski. Vader went through several lineup changes over the years, with Wiwczarek as the only constant member. Since 2011, the band has comprised Wiwczarek on guitars and vocals, guitarist Marek "Spider" Pająk, bassist Tomasz "Hal" Halicki, and British drummer James Stewart.

Starting as a heavy metal group, Vader eventually went to thrash, speed, and then in the late 1980s became a death metal band. It would not be until nine years after forming that they managed to release their debut album The Ultimate Incantation (1992). The band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft, World War II, and horror.

The Beast was released on September 8, 2004 in Japan by Marquee/Avalon, September 20 in Poland via Metal Mind Productions, and a day later in Europe and the United States by Metal Blade Records.

The release was preceded by the single "Beware the Beast", which was released on August 25, 2004. Two music videos have been made for the songs "Dark Transmission" and "Choices", which were directed by Wojciech Głodek. Video clips were shot at RG Studio while recording the album. In Poland, The Beast landed at position No. 8, and dropped out five weeks later. The album also charted in Japan.

The album was recorded between May and June 2004 at RG Studio in Gdańsk, Poland, and was produced by Piotr Wiwczarek. The album was mastered by Jacek Gawłowski at JG Lab Studio in Warsaw, Poland. Originally, drum sessions took place at Hertz Studio in Białystok in February 2004 with drummer Krzysztof "Doc" Raczkowski, however, Raczkowski fell down a flight of stairs, causing arm and leg injuries. Because of the accident, the studio sessions was postponed. Ultimately, the band decided to hire Vesania drummer Dariusz "Daray" Brzozowski as a session musician.

Doc had recovered from an ankle injury and wanted to spend more time with his girlfriend and newborn son. He was replaced by Daray in 2005, the same year the group signed with Swedish label Regain Records. This new Vader line-up shared stage with Kreator in the US and played in South America and the UK as well. In summer, they recorded the EP The Art Of War at the Hertz Studio in Białystok, which inaugurated a new chapter in the history of the group musically, introducing a new logo as well, followed by more touring in Europe and North-America.

3984-14485-0  CD + DVD Digipak

 

 

 

-Tracklist:

CD 1. Intro     0:59
CD 2. Out Of The Deep     4:51
CD 3. Dark Transmission     4:09
CD 4. Firebringer     3:33
CD 5. The Sea Came In At Last     4:05
CD 6. I Shall Prevail     3:49
CD 7. The Zone     4:31
CD 8. Insomnia     3:27
CD 9. Apopheniac     4:12
CD-10. Choices     4:08

DVD 1   Studio Report
 
    Studio Video Clip:
DVD 2     Dark Transmission
DVD 3     Choices
   
    Live Video Clips:
     DVD 4     Epitaph
       DVD 5     The Nomad
 DVD 6     Wings.

 

-Line up: 

• Peter: Guitars, Vocals, Bass
• Mauser: Guitars
• Daray: Drums.

 

 

 

Doc was going to play the drums on this recording, but he broke his hand during this time.
Novy is credited on the album as a bassist, but the bass was in fact handled by Peter.

Recorded & mixed at RG Studio, Gdańsk, May/June 2004.
Mastered at JG Lab Studio, Warszawa, July 2004.

 DVD track 4, 5 and 6 Recorded at Metal Mania Festival 2003.

 Cover art & design by Jacek Wiśniewski.
 Bandphotos by Grzegorz Smoloński.

 

 

 

 

 

R.I.P.

Krzysztof Raczkowski ''Doc'' (29 October 1970 – 18 August 2005)

 

 

 

Napalm Death - Order Of The Leech [2002]

One of the founders of grindcore, also contributing heavily to the extreme spectrum of metal and punk. Many consider Repulsion the true founders and legends of grindcore, but this is debatable because technically Napalm Death formed before them.

Originally, on their first few demos, Napalm Death were a peace punk band going under different names such as Political Unrest and Civil Defence, but most of the band names were relating to political/social things. However, they decided to stick with Napalm Death because it was "different" and best described how they felt. The only track officially available from this era is "The Crucifixion of Possessions" from the 1984 Crass Records compilation Bullshit Detector Vol 3. After Broadrick joined the band, they began to incorporate extreme metal influences and eventually would evolve into grindcore.

Their main source of inspiration originally came from bands like Discharge, Siege and D.R.I..

For years the band was considered to be one of the most extreme bands ever. They were notorious during their grindcore days for selling out shows at the infamous Mermaid Club in Birmingham. They gave light to the club and created a huge metal/punk movement with their music in the UK. Such shows that were played at the Mermaid Club were with the likes of other grind and punk bands like Heresy, Extreme Noise Terror, Dirge, Ripcord and even had the chance to open for one of their main influences, Discharge.

Lee Dorrian was the "grindcore"-era vocalist for Napalm Death. He left the band later on the upcoming third full-length release because the band wanted to pursue a more death metal-influenced style. He later went on to form doom/stoner legends Cathedral. Because of this, Mark "Barney" Greenway was recruited from Benediction because he was their roadie while playing shows in the UK and had always been a long time fan of the group.

Napalm Death were one of the first signed bands on the legendary death/grind label Earache (Scum being the third album to be released on the label, cataloged at MOSH3.)

With the inception of the album From Enslavement to Obliteration in 1988, Napalm Death had, against all expectations, broken into the mainstream by debuting at Number 1 on the UK Indie charts, scoring the label's first NME front cover and radio sessions with noted BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel, who had typically supported the sound from its inception.

Lee Dorian was once asked to play with hardcore punkers Icons of Filth, which would've been his first band. He ended up buying a bass guitar to fill in the position, but the band broke up when he was ready to join.

Long-running guitarist Jesse Pintado died August 27, 2006 of a diabetic coma in a Holland Hospital.

-Tracklist:

Side A:

1. Continuing War on Stupidity     03:11    
2. The Icing on the Hate     03:10    
3. Forced to Fear     03:35
4. Narcoleptic     02:28
5. Out of Sight Out of Mind     03:01
6. To Lower Yourself (Blind Servitude)     03:03    
7. Lowest Common Denominator     03:19

   Side B:   
8. Forewarned Is Disarmed?     02:25
9. Per Capita     02:54
10. Farce and Fiction     02:47    
11. Blows to the Body     03:14
12. The Great Capitulator  11:35

-Line up:

• Mark "Barney" Greenway: Vocals
• Jesse Pintado (R.I.P. 2006): Guitars
• Mitch Harris: Guitars, Vocals (backing)
• Shane Embury: Bass
• Danny Herrera: Drums.

 

Label: FETO Records.

Housed in gatefold sleeve.

Produced and enginereed by Simon Efemy & Russ Russel for the House Of Absurd
Recorded at Parkgate
Recorded and mixed at Chapell Studios
Assisted at Parkgate by Dan "Frank Crackfield"
Assisted at Chapel by Will Bartle
Mastered at The Townhouse London
Front cover design & image manipulation by Mick Kenney
Images suplied by Mid for Bonehive Design
Layout by Reesycle.com

 

03.02.2013 Sala Infierno, Vigo (Esp)

-Setlist:

 01. Circumspect
02. Errors in the Signals
03. Everyday Pox
04. Can't Play, Won't Pay
05. Protection Racket
06. Silence Is Deafening
07. The Wolf I Feed
08. Mass Appeal Madness
09. Practice What You Preach
10. Lucid Fairytale
11. Continuing War on Stupidity
12. Dead
133. Deceiver
14. On the Brink of Extinction
15. Unchallenged Hate
16. Nom de Guerre
17. Suffer the Children
18. If the Truth Be Known
19. Nazi Punks Fuck Off (Dead Kennedys cover)
20. Scum
21. Life?
22. The Kill
23. You Suffer
24. Siege of Power