Krisiun - Arise from Blackness [Comp] (2012) + Black Force Domain (1995) Reissue [2013]

Once in a while during a band’s career, there comes the moment when you look back and reevaluate your body of work. Such self-criticism can either lead towards an overhaul of one’s stylistic palette or increased awareness for what you truly are. Considering Brazilian death metal brothers Krisiun, such an analysis can cause quite a dilemma. Active since 1990, and renowned for such furious classics as the rabid “Black Force Domain” (1995), 2000’s constantly blasting masterpiece “Conquerors Of Armageddon”, and the merciless yet memorable “Southern Storm” (2008), the band’s trademarks have always been insane tempos, almost inhuman drumming and Lemmy-like roaring vocals negating any sense of ‘hooks’ or ‘melody’. And, let us face it – while Krisiun have become extremely technical and more varied in terms of grooves and rhythms over the years – they are forever committed to deliver the full-on-death-metal -assault that made the group legendary in the first place. Still, after 2015’s “Forged in Fury”, Alex, Max and Moyses realized a different approach was necessary. “It was a bit of a complicated album,” singer/bassist Alex Camargo admits. “There were more slower parts on it and it was also quite long. We still stand behind it 100%, but we doubt it is what Krisiun’s essence is about.”

Thus, for “Scourge of the Enthroned”, Krisiun’s 11th studio album, the group decided to head for a faster and extremely savage record again. Clocking in at an intense 38 minutes – counting in the bonus tracks “Forged in Fury” was almost an hour long – it was also due to producer Andy Classen’s input that “Scourge of the Enthroned” became a real monster: “Working with Andy at Stage One Studio again, felt like coming home. We stayed at his musician’s apartment for almost a month and we all concentrated on capturing an honest, almost live kind of vibe and trimmed the songs harder than on the last one.” Located in the countryside close to German city Kassel, the landscape helped immensely during this period. “There was no distraction at all, that place is in the middle of nowhere and apart from barbecuing with Andy we just worked on the songs like madmen.” Once the album kicks off with the title track, Krisiun’s newest opus hits with an urgency and immediate force that even harkens back to the debut! “You mean the ‘Black Force Domain’ riff in ‘Demonic III’, huh? That song is about the band and our history. After all these years, we felt it was about time we do our own anthem and a riff like that is a bit of a throwback for us and the fans!” In terms of sound, however, the band did not bring back the uncontrolled roughness of “Black Force Domain” yet had a distinct mindset when starting the recording process: “We interpret the album title as us being a scourge for all the plastic death metal out there. You are listening to human beings here not a computer!

All has been recorded and played naturally, and while you can hear all details, it does not go for this ‘American’ sound that is so lifeless and sterile. It is a very organic and heavy album and I think that connects it with the spirit we already had on the debut.” Indeed, sir, and it offers a whole bunch of highlights as well! From the Slayer-like screeching solo opening ‘Devouring Faith’, to the neck-breaking ‘A Thousand Graves’ and rhythmic complexity of ‘Abysmal Misery (Foretold Destiny)’ over to the album’s epic finale ‘Whirlwind of Immortality’, the latter being another track connected to the artwork by Eliran Kantor (Testament, Hate Eternal, Incantation) as Alex explains: “The song is about the Anunnaki, who appear in Sumerian mythology, judging the fates of mankind. Often they are portrayed as seven figures, we have only three appear on the cover since it connects well with ‘Demonic III’.

As Krisiun is about to celebrate its 30th anniversary in 2020, it’s only fair we now appear symbolized as ancient death metal gods on the cover, haha!” Lyrically, the album however does not dig too deep into myths as Camargo confirms: “We deal with religious fanaticism, war, and the tragedy of the refugees, who flee from the fighting in their home countries to end up drowning in the sea or being treated like dogs in the western countries. Reality offers a lot of topics to write pissed off death metal!”

Asked what plans Krisiun have for the months to come, Alex promises a release show in Essen (Germany) on September 7th, a global live onslaught and invites everybody to check out “Scourge of the Enthroned”, revel in its violent glory and adds: “We are one the few three piece bands out there, delivering it tight, loud, raw
and real!”

 

Century Media 998252-2  |  Century Media 9982502


Arise from Blackness (2012)

 1. They Call Me Death     03:00
2. Unmerciful Order     02:35
3. Crosses Toward Hell     02:51
4. Agonize the Ending     02:59
5. Summons of Irreligious     02:53
6. Meaning of Terror     02:14
7. Infected Core     03:48
8. Insurrected Past     00:44
9. Rises from Black     03:44
10. Sinner's Scorn     03:50
11. Evil Mastermind     04:34
12. Prophecies of the Plague     03:51
13. The Dead Are Rising Up     03:11


 • Alex Camargo: Bass, Vocals
• Max Kolesne: Drums
• Moyses Kolesne: Guitars (lead)
• Mauricio Nogueira: Guitars (rhythm) (tracks 1-3, 5-7, 9)
• Altemir Souza (R.I.P. 2002): Guitars (rhythm) (tracks 10-13) 

 Label: Century Media Records.
 Limited edition, Black disc.
  Tracks 1-9 taken from "Unmerciful Order" .
Tracks 10-13 taken from "Curse of the Evil One" (split LP with Violent Hate). 

 

 

Black Force Domain (1995) Reissue [2013]

 1. Black Force Domain     05:19
2. Messiah of the Double Cross     05:02
3. Hunter of Souls     04:04
4. Blind Possession     03:46
5. Evil Mastermind     04:20
6. Infamous Glory     02:06
7. Rejected to Perish Below     04:45
8. Meanest Evil     04:22
9. Obsession by Evil Force     03:44
10. Sacrifice of the Unborn     04:00

Bonus track:
11. Nuclear Winter (Sodom cover)     05:31
12. Total Death (Kreator cover)     03:14


• Alex Camargo: Bass, Vocals
• Moyses Kolesne: Guitars, Keyboards
• Max Kolesne: Drums.

 

  Label: Century Media Records.
 Recorded and mixed at Army Studios (São Paulo), March / April 1995.
Remastered at DMS, Marl.
Co-produced by Krisiun.

 17.9.2002 Sala Anoeta, Vigo (Esp)

Endstille - Dominanz (2004) Reissue [2008]

Endstille is a black metal band from Germany. It was founded in 2000 by L. Wachtfels (guitar), Mayhemic Destructor (drums), Iblis (vocals) and Cruor (bass) in Kiel. L. Wachtfels and Mayhemic Destructor had previously played in the band Tauthr, while Iblis and Cruor came from the band Octoria. They describe their music as "ugliest aggressive black metal with the fire-speed of an MG42 and the power of heavy ship-artillery". The lyrics refer, to a large extent, to personal experiences and opinions of the band members. In its self-manifestation, the group refers to well-known German weapons from the time of World War II. This, in addition to the band's lyrics, is sometimes seen an indication of a right-wing extremist affinity within the band. Endstille clearly dissociates itself from such labels, explains to have no sympathies for right-wing ideas and says black metal "is in its principle unpolitical".

In spring 2006, Endstille embarked on a highly successful European tour headlined by Dark Funeral and Naglfar, and supported by Finnish death metal band Amoral.

In 2009, Vocalist Zingultus (Nagelfar, Graupel) replaced Iblis.

RR 133

-Tracklist:

1. Dominanz     04:25
2. Instinct     05:05
3. Conquest Is Atheism     03:49
4. Monotonus III     03:42
5. Bleed for Me     04:54
6. Monotonus     05:22
7. Witch     03:16
8. Worldabscess     03:16
9. Crucified     04:22
10. Endstille (Feindfahrt)     08:44

-Line up:

- Iblis: Vocals
- Lars Wachtfels: Guitars
- Mayhemic Destructor: Drums
- Cruor: Bass

Label: Regain Records.

Recorded at JAKs Hell March 2004.

The cover presents a German warship of WWII (probably "Bismarck" or "Tirpitz").

 

 

Sepultura - Chaos A.D. (1993)

 

Chaos A.D. was a watershed moment for the Brazilian group. Not only was it their major-label debut, it was the album with which they burst out of the conventional thrash. Inspired by hardcore, punk, tribal music and extreme metal, Sepultura were determined to make an album that would set them on a new musical path. But it was producer Andy Wallace who helped them get there. First, the band relocated to Phoenix and spent months writing songs. Then, in order to break routine, Wallace arranged for Sepultura to record the album in Wales at Rockfield Studios.

Once he took hold of the material the band had written, Wallace helped them restructure and refine the songs, come up with new experimental ways to express themselves, like adding the heartbeat sound of Cavalera's unborn child to the beginning of "Refuse/Resist" convincing drummer Igor Cavalera to add a Brazilian tribal pattern to the beginning of "Territory" and working with the band to track a trenchant version of New Model Army's "The Hunt."

Sepultura worked so hard on the music that they didn't really think too hard about naming the album. At first, frontman Max Cavalera decided to name it Propaganda after the sixth track on the record. It made sense since there were songs on the album about censorship ("Slave New World"), organized religion ("Amen") and governmental conspiracy ("Biotech Is Godzilla"). But as the deadline approached to get the album title to the label's art department, Cavalera nixed Propaganda and replaced it with Chaos A.D. — a title he came up with thanks in part to his collection of punk records. "I thought about the Misfits album Earth A.D. and I decided to mix it with the word 'Chaos,' because that is the state of the world we were living in. The record company was freaking out because I turned it into them at the very last second. But it's a much better name than Propaganda."

 The tribal instrumental "Kaiowas" was recorded inside Chepstow Castle in Wales.
When Sepultura hired Wallace to produce the record he insisted the band record the album at Rockfield Studios in Wales. On the way to the studio, Sepultura passed Chepstow Castle — the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortress in Britain — and Cavalera decided he wanted to record the tribal acoustic song "Kaiowas" inside the building. "I thought it would be so cool recording in a Welsh Castle and it was," Cavalera said. "Andy made it happen. He got all the gear and cables in there. And the place we did it in didn't have a ceiling so when the song starts, when you listen with headphones real loud, you can hear all these fucking seagulls flying around."

The title of "Refuse/Resist" was conceived during a ride on the New York City subway.
One day when he was in New York riding the subway, Cavalera was intrigued by the eccentric characters on the train. One, in particular, caught his eye — an African American man wearing a black jacket decorated with words from a political speech. He liked the punk-rock vibe of the outfit and used the last three words as inspiration for the punk-inspired album opener. "It said 'refuse and resist,' so I used that for the song and then I wrote very simple lyrics: Chaos A.D./ Tanks on the street / Confronting police/ Bleeding the Plebs. They're Discharge-oriented lyrics. I listened to a lot of Discharge at the time and they're as simple as it gets. The songs are like two lines that are really powerful and fucking killer. Even today, 'Refused/Resist' feels like riot music to me."

Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra wrote the lyrics to "Biotech Is Godzilla"
As a longtime fan of early punk-rock bands, including Black Flag, Bad Brains, Circle Jerks and especially Dead Kennedys, Cavalera was excited by the idea of having DK frontman Jello Biafra contribute to the album. He didn't want him to sing, he just wanted lyrics. "I don't think Jello is a bad singer, I just think his lyrics are so great. They're so sarcastic and smart. So I asked him to write the lyrics and he said, 'What should I write about?' I said, 'Anything you want to, man.' So he came up with 'Biotech is Godzilla,' which is about the 1992 Rio Summit, where all these politicians got together and talked about technology. Jello's big theory was that AIDS was invented by scientists in laboratories. It was a disease created by us."

While touring for Chaos A.D., Cavalera was arrested at a festival in Sao Paulo, Brazil, for allegedly desecrating the Brazilian flag.
In 1994, Sepultura were rocking out at a festival in their native land in front of 20,000 people. It seemed like the ultimate homecoming – a celebration of all they had achieved since they burst out of their Brazilian town Belo Horizonte in 1988. But the party came to an abrupt end when someone in the crowd tossed a Brazilian flag onstage. "I picked it up and held it up to the crowd to symbolize Brazilian pride, but I got arrested because someone at the venue said I stepped on the flag as a protest against Brazil," Cavalera recalls. "Suddenly there were 20 cops in my dressing room and I'm being taken to jail and charged for being anti-Brazilian. The story kept growing and growing. People starting saying I spit on the flag, and then I pissed on the flag, and finally, they were saying I shit on the flag. I called my grandmother and she said, 'Why did you have to do that with the Brazilian flag?' And I said, 'Grandma, I didn't do anything with the flag. I just held the flag. Everything else was all invented!'"

 

RR 9000-4

 

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1.     Refuse/Resist     03:19
2.     Territory     04:47
3.     Slave New World     02:54
4.     Amen     04:27
5.     Kaiowas     03:43
6.     Propaganda     03:32

Side B:
7.     Biotech Is Godzilla     01:52
8.     Nomad     04:58
9.     We Who Are Not as Others     03:42
10.     Manifest     04:46
11.     The Hunt (New Model Army cover)     03:59
12.     Clenched Fist     04:57

 

-Line up:

- Andreas Kisser: Guitars (lead, 12-string acoustic), Viola caipira
- Igor Cavalera: Drums, Percussion
- Max Cavalera: Vocals, Guitars (rhythm, acoustic)
- Paulo Jr.: Bass, Floor tom.

 

Co-produced by Sepultura.
Recorded at Rockfield Studios, S. Wales, England.
"Kaiowas" recorded at Chepstow Castle, S. Wales, England.
Mixed at the Wool Hall Recording Studios, Bath, England.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, NY.

 

Graveyard & Terrorist - Graveyard / Terrorist [split 7''EP] (2009)

 -|-  G R A V E Y A R D  -|-

July 2007 - Julkarn and Bastard started fooling around with the whole Graveyard thing a long time ago. They had always discussed about the possibility to develope a band / side-project in order to worship and show respect toward those bands they hailed since they were teenagers like ENTOMBED, ASPHYX, DISMEMBER, SLAYER, CELTIC FROST, EDGE OF SANITY, AT THE GATES, VENOM, AUTOPSY, CARNAGE.

-|-  T E R R O R I S T  -|-

Terrorist a Bestial Thrash band cast out from El Paso, Texas. Formed in 2005 by founding member Freddy Terrorizer, the band is a quartet with Freddy Terrorizer on Bass and Vocal duties, Alien Morbidfeast on Lead Guitar, Yogi Von Bloodlust on Rhythm Guitar, and Putrid Bobby on Drums. In 2006, the "Satanic Propaganda" demo was self-released by Terrorist on cassette. This demo received much attention in Mexico, which sparked the interest of EMF records to sign a deal to release Terrorist's first full length. Terrorist later released their second promo/demo "Blessed by the Beast/Satanic Propaganda" in 2008, to promote their first full length released that same year titled "Blessed by the Beast" on EMF Records. After a good crowd response and successfully touring parts of Mexico and the U.S. Terrorist released two split albums, one with Graveyard on IronBoneHead Prod. and another with Bestial Reviler & Bestial Torture in 2009 with Atomic Carnage Rec. After prolonged touring in the United States, Terrorist then prepared material and hit the studio for their second full length released via Morbid Metal Records in 2013. 

 

 

-Tracklist:

 Side A:
1. Graveyard - Howl of the Black Death      03:59
2. Graveyard - Ritual (live)     03:49

Side B:
3. Terrorist - Onward Destroyer     02:51
4. Terrorist - Blessed by the Beast     04:14

 

-Line up:

Terrorist:
• Freddy Terrorizer: Bass, Vocals
• Cesar Thrashing Hammers: Drums
• Daniel Desekrator: Guitars (lead)

Graveyard:
• Gusi: Drums
• SBE: Guitars
• Bastard: Guitars
• Julkarn: Vocals, Bass, Guitar.

 

 

Label: Iron Bonehead Productions.

 Limited edition to 500 copies.

Graveyard:
"Howl of the Black Death" was recorded in June 2008 at the Moontower Studios. "Ritual" (Live) was captured on March 1st live at Sala Seattle in Sabadell (Barcelona) on Graveyard's debut show. Produced by Graveyard.

Terrorist:
All music composed by Terrorist.
Recorded in July 2008 at Siege of Power Studios, Hell Paso, Texas.
Executive producers C.P.L. Productions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

-|-  G R A V E Y A R D  -|-

 

 

-|-  T E R R O R I S T  -|-

Satanic Warmaster - Nachzehrer (2010) Tape [2015]

The monument of "Nachzehrer" 2010 A.S. sees Satanic Warmaster to return to its oldest battlegrounds, the mythology of European vampiric nightbeings which carried through years of torment the shades of witchcraft embedded in the deepest layer of the human subconscious. Even though christ had abolished the pagan temple, the beast was growing stronger with each drop of consumed blood. And as apocalypse bides nearer and the cold mist descends on the depths of the woodland, the warmaster rides out with vengeance once again. By the power of Lucifer, those who do not wear the mark shall suffer and perish...

 

 

-Tracklist:

Side A:
1. Intro     01:58
2. Satan's Werewolf     05:21
3. Vampires     05:12
4. Warmaster Returns     06:38

Side B:
5. One Shining Star     06:35
6. Bestial Darkness     05:07
7. Rotting Raven's Blood     05:51
8. Utug-Hul     03:55

 

-Line up:

- Werwolf: All instruments, Vocals, Lyrics (tracks 2-7)

 

Label: Tour de Garde 

Recorded at Satanic Metal Temple on four analogue tracks between the vernal equinoxes of 2009 and 2010 Anno Sathanas.

Lyrics by Werwolf (tracks: 2 to 7), Nachttoter (track 8).

The nachzehrer is a type of German vampire which features prominently in the folklore of Germany’s northern region. According to legend, it needed to devour both its burial shroud and body in order to survive. The word nach may be translated into English as ‘after’, whilst zehrer may be translated as ‘living off’. This combination of words alludes to what the nachzehrer is believed to be, i.e. a creature that lives after death, or a being that lives off humans even after its death.

 

Entrails - Reborn [Demo] (2009)

It happened in 1990/1991 in the small village of Linneryd in southern Sweden. After spending time in various metal bands, Jimmy Lundqvist and Fredde decided to start a death metal band called ENTRAILS. Shortly thereafter, Tobbe and Billy joined the band and they began to rehearse like maniacs in a converted woodshed. Their main idea was to follow the scene that Stockholm brought to light around the time with bands like Dismember, Entombed, Grave and many more that cemented the brilliant Swedish death metal sound from T. Skogsberg’s Sunlight studio. Unfortunately, all attempts to record a demo at the time did not produce satisfactory results.

In 1994, half of the line-up decided to move on and do other things, and by that time ENTRAILS were put to sleep as an official band. Lundqvist continued writing songs in the following years, but even that was put to rest in 1998.

In 2008, ENTRAILS was finally resurrected. Lundqvist found some old ENTRAILS-recordings in a tape collection and, in a moment of nostalgia, decided that they deserved to be released as they should have been originally. With modern recording technology, the first ENTRAILS demo could finally take shape.

Lunqvist spent several weeks choosing songs for the new release. The title, and overall theme, is Reborn. Lundqvist recorded all of the instruments except for the vocals. Vocal duties were eventually helmed by Jocke Svensson after some recommendations from friends. In the summer of 2009, ENTRAILS first demo was finally out under the title "Reborn". A fully loaded demo with 10 songs and an intro taken from the original material with only some minor changes in riffing and lyrics.

Reviews turned out to be awesome and Lundqvist didn’t hesitate and immediately began working on material for the follow-up album. Again, a lot of music from the old demo tapes were recycled and became a part of the next ENTRAILS demo. This demo was named "Human Decay", and once again Jimmy recorded all the instruments with Jocke handling the vocals. In the winter of 2009, the ENTRAILS demo was released consisting of five songs, an intro and a cover of Dismember’s "Casket Garden".

Following the release of the demos, offers from various record labels started to drop in and in early 2010 ENTRAILS signed to the German label FDA Rekotz. Jimmy realized more members had to be found to make ENTRAILS a real band. Old friend Matte Nilsson joined as a guitarist and also Jocke joined on a permanent basis as singer/bassist. Fredrik Widigs joined for the recordings as a session drummer. In April 2010, everything besides the drums was recorded and produced in Jimmys own studio and then got mixed and mastered at Unisound by Death Metal guru Dan Swanö. In June 2010, ENTRAILS first full-length was released under the title "Tales From The Morgue". An album featuring songs taken from both demos with a sound that had similarities to all those glorious Swedish death metal albums recorded in the early nineties at the infamous Sunlight studios.

Once again, the reviews were great and ENTRAILS became more and more popular among those digging and enjoying old-school death metal. After the release of the debut album, ENTRAILS welcomed Adde Mitroulis as the permanent drummer in the summer of 2010. In late October, ENTRAILS did their first show ever with this new line-up at a local place in Växjö and in November they played a German mini-tour with four dates and also had "Tales From The Morgue" released on 12" Vinyl the same night they played the K17 in Berlin.

In May 2011, ENTRAILS started working on the follow-up album. The drums were recorded at a local studio and everything else was recorded and produced at Lundqvist’s own studio. The mix/mastering was handled again by Dan Swanö at Unisound. In the summer of 2011, ENTRAILS performed at Muskelrock festival in Sweden and at Obscene Extreme Festival in the Czech Republic.

In September 2011, the second album "The Tomb Awaits" was released featuring the rest of the songs from both demos and also with some old songs from the past mixed with some brand new ones. FDA Rekotz handled the European release while Dark Descent Records from the USA did the album in North America. The reviews and feedback on "The Tomb Awaits" was even more massive and the album got maximum ratings on several bigger magazines and blogs.

During the winter of 2011/2012, the band negotiated with several labels about a new record deal. ENTRAILS were officially signed by Metal Blade Records in March of 2012.

During the negotiating process, Jimmy started working in his studio writing new songs; a few riffs from his old recordings have been recycled, but the main portion is brand new. In April, there were 13 songs ready to be rehearsed with the band. The rehearsals went well and the songs felt better and better until finally, on the 28th of July, ENTRAILS entered Racetrack Studios and quickly recorded the drums for 11 songs in just a few hours.

In August, the boys began to perform shows, the first of which was Party San, the band’s biggest stage performance to date. The week after, ENTRAILS went to the mighty Summer Breeze festival in Southern Germany. In September, the basic recordings for the album were done in Jimmy’s studio. By the end of the month, the band went to Esbjerg, Denmark to do a show, and the weekend after ENTRAILS played Hell Inside Festival in Germany. Afterwards, some more tracks could be recorded to the album. In early November, the band accepted the invitation by death metal legends MORGOTH to join them for two shows: the Stromgitarrenfest in Berlin and a club show at the infamous Turock club in Essen, Germany.

After this period filled with killer shows, the boys played one last show in 2012, which took place in the capital of death metal: Stockholm, Sweden. It was the first show ever for ENTRAILS in Stockhom. Back home, the last recordings has been completed and the material was sent to Dan Swanö for mixing and mastering. Raging Death will surely prove to be the finest ENTRAILS album to date.

-Tracklist:

A1. Entrails Reborn (Intro)     3:12
A2. Evil Obsession     2:36
A3. The Morgue     4:14
A4. Your Dead Dog Smile     4:08
A5. Voices     4:12
A6. Triumph Of The Sinners     7:04
A7. Stormy Death     3:34
B1. Midnight Death     4:07
B2. Breath Of Blood     3:33
B3. Entrails     4:39
B4. Depression     7:30

-Line up:

- Jocke Svensson: Vocals
- Jimmy Lundqvist: Guitars, Bass, Drum programming.

Label: Nihilistic Holocaust.

Limited to 1000 copies.

All songs based on material originally written in the 90's.

 Recorded, produced and mixed in Studio Death.
Recorded Feb-May 2009.
Produced and mixed 2009.