Incantation - Primordial Domination (2006)

 

 New York's Incantation, formed by guitarist John McEntee, topped anything that had been done in the genre of vicious death-metal with their debut Onward to Golgotha (1992), a lo-fi album deliberately produced in a murky and even filthy way, but no less crushing and breakneck. Jim Roe's drumming was average at best, but Craig Pillard's vocals were a force of nature and McEntee's guitar was a weapon of mass destruction, and somehow the whole was devastating. The very fact that they were not as technical as others, and the doom elements, made them de facto the pioneers of an "ugly" subgenre of death-metal. 

 

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 1.  Primordial Domination     02:54       instrumental
2.  The Fallen Priest     03:34
3.  Dissolute Rule / Begin Apocalypse     03:37
4.  Hailed Babylon     04:22
5.  Lead to Desolation     03:50
6.  Doctrines of Reproach     04:14
7.  The Stench of Crucifixion     06:28
8.  Extirpated Dominus     05:05
9.  Conquered God     06:09

40:13

 

-Lineup:

• John McEntee : Guitars, Vocals, Lyrics (tracks 7, 8)
• Kyle Severn : Drums, Lyrics (track 2)
• Joe Lombard (R.I.P. 2012) : Bass, Lyrics (tracks 3-6, 9).

 

 

 

 

 Label: Ibex Moon Records. MRI2087

Recorded at Mars Recording Studio in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A.
Engineered and mixed in April / May 2006.
Co-Produced by Incantation.
Mastered at West West Side Music, New Windsor, New York, USA.

 

 

 

 

 

Darkthrone - 1988-2013 [compilation] 2xDVD-R 𝔟𝔬𝔬𝔱𝔩𝔢𝔤

 

 The band that would become Darkthrone formed in late 1986 in Kolbotn, a small town south of Oslo. They were a death metal band by the name of Black Death whose members were Gylve Nagell, Ivar Enger and Anders Risberget. Their main inspirations were Autopsy, Venom, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Slayer and Nocturnus. In late 1987, the band changed their name to Darkthrone and were joined by Dag Nilsen. Ted Skjellum joined in spring of 1988. During 1988 and 1989, the band independently released four demo tapes: Land of Frost, A New Dimension, Thulcandra, and Cromlech.

They were subsequently signed to the independent record label Peaceville Records with a four-album contract. In 1990, they recorded their first studio album, Soulside Journey. Because of a small recording budget, the band could not afford the kind of studio they wanted but, thanks to the members of Nihilist and Entombed, they were able to record their album at Sunlight Studios. Although mainly death metal in style, there were some elements of black metal present in terms of artwork and songwriting.

Immediately following the release of this album, the band continued writing and recording new material, recording on tape until a full album was ready. These tracks were entirely instrumental but they demonstrated the band's gradual shift towards black metal. In 1996, the finished album Goatlord was released, with vocals added by Fenriz.

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 Disc I:
2006 Rare live performances
1989 Oslo, Norway, TV
1991 Lahti, Finland
1996 Oslo, Norway
Interviews

Disc II:
1988 Land Of Frost / A New Dimension
1989 Thulcandra, Cromlech
1990 Live in Copenhagen / Esberg 08.06.1990 / Rehearsal XX.03.1990
1991 Goatlord / Soulside Journey / Rehearsal / Finland 04.05.1991 / Clamor
1992 Rehearsal / Crossing the Triangls of Flames / A Blaze in the Northern Sky
1993 Under a Funeral Moon
1994 Transilvanian Hunger
1995 Panzerfaust
1996 Live in Oslo 06.04.1996 / A Night of Unholy Black Metal / Total Death
1997 The Roots of Evilness
1999 Ravishing Grimness
2000 Preparing for War
2001 Deres Første Vinter / Return to Ultima Thule (Ltd. Ed. LP) / Plaguewielder
2003 Hate Them
2004 Sardonic Wrath
2005 Under Beskyttelse Av Mørke /Preparing for War (special edition)
2006 Too Old, Too Cold / Forebyggende Krig / The Cult is Alive
2007 NWOBHM / F.O.A.D.
2008 Frostland Tapes / Dark Thrones and Black Flags
2010 Circle the Wagons
2011 Sempiternal Past-The Darkthrone Demos / Total Death (reissue9
2013 The Underground Resistance / Peaceville Presents... Darkthrone
2013 Introducing Darkthrone

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dissection - Live at the Showcase Theatre, Corona, CA (22-03-96)

 

 

 

 

 

 Dissection was a Swedish extreme metal band from Strömstad, formed in 1989 by guitarist, vocalist and main songwriter Jon Nödtveidt and bassist Peter Palmdahl. Despite a number of lineup changes, Dissection released The Somberlain in 1993 and Storm of the Light's Bane in 1995, before splitting up in 1997 due to Nödtveidt's imprisonment for complicity in the murder of Josef Meddour.

After his release, Nödtveidt reformed the band in 2004 with new members who he felt could "stand behind and live up to the demands of Dissection's Satanic concept." They released their third and final full-length album Reinkaos in April 2006, before disbanding that June. Nödtveidt said he had "reached the limitations of music as a tool for expressing what I want to express, for myself and the handful of others that I care about." Two months later, Nödtveidt committed suicide with a gun inside a circle of lit candles in his apartment in Hässelby.

Dissection released a number of live albums and EPs before its final dissolution, and played a central role in the development of Sweden's black metal and death metal scenes, particularly through the influence of the first two albums; it has sometimes been described as part of the Gothenburg scene.

 

 

 

-Setlist:

00:00 Night's Blood
07:00 Heaven's Damnation
11:25 Retribution - Storm of the Light's Bane
16:30 Frozen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Xerión - A Harpa Do Guerreiro [demo CD-R] (2002)

 

Metal Galaico Extremo dende a Galiza.
Fundado en 2001 por Nocturno. 

Banda pioneira tanto do Black Metal en Galicia coma do Black Metal en galego.

 

 -Tracklist:

1. Ith     04:20
2. De Svevis in Gallaecia     05:23
3. Os Cantos dos Bardos     05:58
4. Do Eterno Xeo     04:44
5. Na Soidade do Aloia     05:18
6. A Harpa do Guerreiro     03:59

-Lineup:

• Nocturno : Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Drums.

 

 

 Label: Gorification Musix.

 CD-R limited edition to 199 copies.

Another  edition with orange cover hand-numbered to 66 copies includes Graveland cover "To Die In Fight".

 

 

 

 

 

Incantation - The Infernal Storm (2000)

 Legendary Death Metal act Incantation was formed in the US in 1989 by John McEntee (guitar, vocals) and Paul Ledney (drums). They were soon joined by Arogon Amori (bass) and Brett Mackowski (guitar) whom they recorded their first demo with. John was left alone since the others left and headed in a Black Metal direction. People came and went and in 1992 they released their first full-length album, "Onward to Golgotha".

 The Infernal Storm is the fourth studio album by the American death metal band Incantation. It was released in 2000 on Relapse Records (US), Moria Records Brazil and as PLP on Morbid Records. 

 The Infernal Storm is cleaner and better-played than any of their previous efforts

 

 

 

 

 

-Tracklist:

 1. Anoint the Chosen     03:53
2. Extinguishing Salvation     04:07
3. Impetuous Rage     05:04
4. Sempiternal Pandemonium     06:18
5. Lustful Demise     05:15
6. Heaven Departed     07:33
7. Apocalyptic Destroyer of Angels     03:19
8. Nocturnal Kingdom of Demonic Enlightenment     04:29

39:58

 

-Lineup:

• John McEntee : Guitars, Lyrics (track 8)
• Mike Saez : Guitars, Vocals
• Robert Yench : Bass, Lyrics
• Dave Culross : Drums [Session].

 

 

Label: Relapse Records – RR 6442-2

The track "Impetuous Rage" is a slightly reworked version of a Deathrune track, "Ghostwinds" recorded in 1996 for their unreleased LP. It is assumed to have been contributed by Mike Saez, who at that time was the guitarist for both bands.

Recorded at Mars Studios in Cleveland, OH from Nov to Dec 1999.

 All songs published Ibex Moon Entertainment (ASCAP) and Horned Moon Music (BMI).
Track 3 published by Horned Moon Music (BMI).
Track 8 published by Ibex Moon Entertainment (ASCAP).

Artwork: Miran Kim.

 Illustration: Ralph Tambora.

 Photography: Jeff Wolfe.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blasphemy - Live Ritual: Friday The 13th (2002)

 

 Canada's Blasphemy are part of the second wave of black metal, they contributed to the creation of the so-called "war metal" genre.

The band was initially formed in 1984 by singer/bassist Nocturnal Grave Desecrator And Black Winds and drummer 3 Black Hearts Of Damnation & Impurity, soon joined by guitarist Caller Of The Storms, and then later by second guitarist Black Priest Of The 7 Satanic Rituals, but it wasn't until 1986 that the band was officially named Blasphemy.

 

 

 

 

 

 -Tracklist:

 1.     War Command     01:45
2.     Blasphemous Attack     01:44
3.     Gods of War     00:35
4.     Demoniac     03:16
5.     Goddess of Perversity     04:11
6.     Fallen Angel of Doom...     03:55
7.     Atomic Nuclear Desolation     02:01
8.     The Desolate One     03:53
9.     Desecration     02:31
10.     Weltering in Blood     02:35
11.     Blasphemy     03:46
12.     Hording of Evil Vengeance     02:35
13.     Ritual     04:13
14.     War Command     00:38
15.     Blasphemous Attack     01:39
16.     Gods of War     00:26
17.     Demoniac     03:02
18.     Goddess of Perversity     04:15
19.     Fallen Angel of Doom     03:31
20.     Darkness Prevails     03:35
21.     Desolate One     03:40
22.     Atomic Nuclear Desolation     00:32
23.     Desecration     02:18
24.     Weltering in Blood     02:41
25.     Blasphemy     03:41
26.     Hording of Evil Vengeance     02:25
27.     Nocturnal Slayer     02:49
28.     Ritual     04:09

01:16:21

 

-Lineup:

 ⛧Deathlord of Abomination and War Apocalypse : Guitars (rhythm)
⛧Bestial Saviour of the Undead Legions : Bass
⛧Nocturnal Grave Desecrator and Black Winds : Vocals
⛧3 Black Hearts of Damnation and Impurity : Drums
⛧Caller of the Storms : Guitars (lead) 

 

 

 

Label: From Beyond Productions.  FBP-007

 Tracks 1-13 entitled "Live Ritual: Friday the 13th".
Tracks 14-28 entitled "Die Hard Rehearsal".

 Tracks 1-13: Recorded live in Vancouver, Canada, on July 13th 2001.
Tracks 14-28: Recorded at Ross Bay Rehearsal Studios, August 29th, 2001.

Mastered: Digz Supko
Remastered: Fir Suidema
 

Cover: Chris Moyen.