Gorgonea Prima!

Just fucking look at these guys......Tekno throwbacks from Mortal Kombat II, playing the future of modern Black Metal warfare.
We've all heard Aborym, Mysticum, Neo Inferno 262 and the rest, and each of them left us gasping for air, yet after we recovered, we thought 'This band could push it further, they could use more of these drug fuelled elektronikal additions in order to wipe my memory from my skull in a green hazed bout of madness'.
Well this is where we find ourselves, finally a band that is 100% CYBER.
There's no quiet Black Metal only sections, everything is powered by elektroniks, everything storms ahead through fibre optik cables, with one destination, your brain.
There's no pulse to this, only beeps and fans spinning, like the computer you're using now.

Needless to say this is recommended, I urge all of you with the slightest interest in above mentioned bands as well as any general interest in Industrial BM or the more obscure ancient term of Cyber BM.

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Todtgelichter - Angst

First time listening to this band(I think?) and from what history states, this band have been through a few changes in theme and style, from pagan/depressive black metal, and now into a much more modern Post-Black Metal frame of mind.
I have to say, hats off to them, because they have done an incredible job.
Clean female vocals stand side by side with harsh male BM screams, the music is upbeat and for the most part quite pacey....carrying with it that common post-black metal sound, whilst holding onto a more polished black metal riff base sound, which works superbly.
Great music for Black Metal fans who wish to take an hour off from Satan and his minions, this is a wonderful urban approach.

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Urfaust - Der freiwillige Bettler

New release from our Dutch fruitcakes Urfaust, excellent mood setting album for that important first date with the college girl you picked up down at burger king, essential listening.
Urfaust should be no mystery to you by now, the vocals are still oddly excellent, the music is still full of atmosphere and foreboding.  Grab it! Grab her Kunt!

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Svartrit - I - III

Not very often does a band release three albums in a year, let alone all at the same time.
I'd never heard of this band before untill my recent discovery, and I wasn't expecting too much from the generic covers and unoriginal B&W woodland photography, but pleasantly, I was surprised.
You could find yourself comparing this band to early/mid era Abigor during moments, Svartrit do manage to carry that mid-90's feeling among certain songs, which makes it easy to listen to and doesn't give you much room to pick at this band, unless you're looking for something totally original and fresh, which this isn't.
Dark Germanic Heathenism/Anti-Cosmic is apparently the lyrical theme, not that you'd be able to tell at all.
Closing this up I have enjoyed the minutes spent listening to all three releases and I'd suggest you do the same.
(Note - the second album failed to upload, so the first and third will be posted and the second shall follow, if you enjoy both post a comment and I'll try and get the second album posted quickly.)

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Borgne - Entraves De L'ame

Awesome cold Black Metal, from this less than known band who in the past simply titled their albums I, II, III & IV.  Freezing and terrifying riffs and electronics span throughout ripping the breath from your throat.

For fans of Astral Silence, DSDO and Sun of The Blind.

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Belenos - Yet Sonn Gardis

One of the toughest and best Pagan Black Metal bands there is, here with another offering of Heathen domination against the modern religions, sword in hand, raping the spirit of Allah, Mohammed and his fellow Prophets.

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Inquisition - Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm

This is Inquisition, this is Black Metal.

Awesome new release by, in my opinion, one of America's greatest bands.

It's all here, the killer riffs, the thundering drums and those trademark vocals.  Great production, great songs, great fucking album.

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Dunkelnacht - Atheist Dezekration

01 Des Dieux Et Des Martyrs
02 Oligarchislamisme
03 The Nailed Wings Of Zionism
04 Etau Chrétien
05 In The Halls Of Tortured Idols
06 How To Build A New Burning Head Messiah
07 Klaustrophobik Inoculum
08 Errare Humanum Est
09 Atheist Dezekration

After 5 years in the Dark Ambient scene, this horde have evolved into Black Metal music with this debut. The first full-length "Atheist dezekration" is composed of eight brutal and spellbounding pieces, spawned of differents interludes!
Interesting listen for a band so young in the shape of BM.

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DEATHSPELL OMEGA - Paracletus

1. Epiklesis I 01:42
2. Wings of Predation 03:43
3. Abscission 06:07
4. Dearth 03:47
5. Phosphene 07:03
6. Epiklesis II 03:06
7. Malconfort 04:57
8. Have you Beheld the Fevers? 02:59
9. Devouring Famine 05:09
10. Apokatastasis Pantôn 04:01

Finally it is here! Make haste!
Having listened to this a few times now, I have to say the first thing that hits me, is "Wow, it's over?"
Maybe I wanted this to carry on into the 70 minute zone, but it doesn't matter what I want.
What I will say is that this is most certainly the overall best of the trilogy.  It's less painful on the brain to listen to than part two, and most interesting than part one, it's a nice combination of the two, certainly this is the result of taking the best from the first two and molding them perfectly into the shape of an unstoppable multiheaded beast.

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Dark Tribe - In Jeraspunta / Die Rückkehr der Tollwütigen Bestie

One of the most insane albums you're likely to hear.
This is the second album for those of you that went crazy punching yourselves in the face listening to the latest, you'll probably end up crippled once this album finishes.
Highly addictive, totally kaotic and utterly brilliant. Witness for yourself.

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Filtheater

Debut EP from these grim Amerikunts, heavy as fukk old skhool Death Metal in league with Funebrarum and co.
Limited to 100, this is heavy shit.
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Alrakis - Omega Cen

Incredible band from Germany, this is however an unofficial release (So I'm told), but who cares? You can't care that much otherwise you wouldn't be on this blog, or any other.
Darkspace, Astral Silence and now Alrakis pick up the torch leading the way in outer-space inspired Black Metal.
The music is other worldly, vast and black, empty yet full of life, like the dark sea in which Earth swims in.
Nice production gets the message across well, guitars sound sorrowful and full of yearning.  This music is searching for answers, answers which NASA are still trying to figure out, get a step ahead of them and spend an hour of your time focusing your cosmic energy into this.

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Ayr - Circling

Heavy and thick, two words to sum up the production on this tape, and it's killer.

I'm expecting good things from this pair in the future.  It's somewhat hard to put this band into a sub-group, they're blending various forms of BM into the mix in order to come up with something traditional sounding, yet fresh and new.

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Dark Tribe - Archaic Visions

Awesome new album from German nutcases Dark Tribe, demented lunatic kaos! 

Vokills are for your Silencer/Bethlehem fans, the music on the other hand is probably more off the wall than both bands combined, this only features at times though.

Excellent riffs partner some brilliant and refreshing drum patterns also a great production for this type of band, not too polished, still raw and cold, but clear enough to sound full and fat.

If you're going to listen to one album this week, try and make it this one.

PSYKOTIC BLACK METAL ATTAKK!

DOWNLOAD - HIGHLY RECOMMENDED

Mjölnir

Mjölnir are in my mind such an underrated band that it's disgusting.

I've had the full length for a number of years now, and it's still full of quality.

Razor sharp guitars with tons of keys, which aren't homosexual in the slightest, but go with the music perfectly.

Awesome clean and harsh vokills give this an epic and ancient atmosphere.

Due to this being NSBM and at the time of its release in Germany, there was a big crackdown on such movements, Mjölnir's lable at the time was raided and thus ceased to contiue service, alas so did this highly recommended relic and gem.

I'm throwing in the split just as an extra.  Antichrist are nothing special.

Mjölnir's material on the split differs quite alot from that of the album.  But worth hearing regardless.

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Nightbringer

First album by this cult US Black Metal band, awesome song writing only improved with the second album.

Burning the flame for Orthodox USBM.

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What Do You Think of The Old God, We Call Him Judas?

So now you've tasted Reverorum ib Malacht, I shall unleash the first demo.

This demo is simply incredible, you will be very hard pressed to find something as dark and as powerful sounding as this, nor I'm sure will you be able to find another release that captures such evil ambience and a smothering atmosphere.  This is perfection, I can only compare it to other releases by taking the best parts of say....Hell i'm not quite sure, it's such a fog on the mind listening to this that it makes everything stand still because you just can't focus and once it has played out, you'll be hard pressed to get it out of your head.

The production is wonderful(terrible)...apparently they wanted to use the worst recording equipment possible, which just happen to result in genius.

What you hear is the sounds of dark rituals vibrating malevolently through stone walls finally reaching your ears as your body lays helpless and frozen with fear underground Reverorum ib Malacht's temple of black sorcery.

This is the soundtrack to the Dungeons of Angband.

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Eternal Darkness - Total Darkness

This is essential listening for all Death Metal fans and fans of Funebrarum.  True Death, overcasted with DOOM.

This is their best of release.

1. Intro [0:52]

2. Ceremony of Doom [7:47]

3. Zombie Feast [5:08]

4. Paradise of Eternal Darkness [6:27]

5. Intro [2:11]

6. Suffering [6:07]

7. Serve and Obey [5:11]

8. Ancient Ones [5:45]

9. Psychopath [4:21]

10. Doomed [5:24]

11. Ceremony of Doom [4:07]

12. Psychopath [3:59]

13. Despair [3:55]

14. Twilight in the Wilderness [1:25]

15. That Day Will Come [4:20]

16. A Pleasant Surprise [3:32]

17. The Island (Of Fear) [3:57]

Total time: 1:14:28

Tracks one through four are from the Ceremony of Doom demo (1991) (track

three is number four on the vinyl). Five through eight are from the

Suffering demo (1991) (track seven is fifth on the vinyl). Nine and 10

(one and two on vinyl) are from the Doomed single (1992). Track 11 (three

on vinyl) is previously unreleased. Twelve through 17 (six through 11 on vinyl)

are from the unreleased Twilight in the Wilderness album (recorded in

August 1992).

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The Last Days - When the Tomorrow is A Grey Day EP

Excellent release with some great songs, which focus on making you feel as tragically hopeless as possible, you can get lost within these walls, and after two songs, you'll be convinced this is where you belong, stuck in an empty room where sunlight dares not enter.

Note, this band started off quite differently, from Ambient Black Metal to DSBM.

Now finally they find themselves in the pocket of Post-Black Metal

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Funeral Procession

From the same lable as The Ruins of Beverast, this band is what you'd expect from Van records, German, slightly odd, dark and interesting.

This is the one and only full length, although this band has other releases such as demos and splits, this is the only one I feel you can listen to and get an understanding as to what makes this Funeral Procession worth observing without lowering your gaze.

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