Sunday, January 31, 2010

Forefather - Steadfast

The best viking metal album ever conceived? I think so.

1. Brunanburh
2. Cween of the Mark
3. Theodish Belief
4. Hallowed Halls
5. Steadfast
6. Three Great Ships
7. Eostre
8. Fire From the Sky
9. Mellowing of the Mains
10. Wolfhead's Tree
11. Miri It is

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Thursday, January 28, 2010

Nocturnal Depression - Soundtrack For A Suicide - Opus II


The fantastic second album from French DSBM band, Nocturnal Depression.

1. Anthem To Self-Destruction
2. The Stars Lightening My Path
3. Join Me With Suicide
4. Hear My Voice... Kill Yourself

Monday, January 25, 2010

Dream Evil – In The Night


The new album from Swedish power-metal titans Dream Evil! Only listened a couple of times thus far, but it’s sounds pretty good. Bonus tracks are included in this download. It’s due for official release in a few days I think…

1. Immortal
2. In The Night
3. Bang Your Head
4. See The Light
5. Electric
6. Frostbite
7. On The Wind
8. The Ballad
9. In The Fires Of The Sun
10. Mean Machine
11. Kill, Burn, Be Evil
12. The Unchosen One
13. Good Nightmare (Bonus)
14. The Return (Bonus)

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Saturday, January 23, 2010

Warning - Watching From A Distance



Beautifully melancholic doom metal from Essex, England. An excellent album.

1. Watching from a Distance
2. Footprints
3. Bridges
4. Faces
5. Echoes

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Wednesday, January 20, 2010

De Magia Veterum - Migdal Bavel



Cool album from the mastermind behind Gnaw Their Tongues. Its different, and a good listen.

1. The Confusion of Tongues
2. Migdal Bavel
3. The Boat of Uta-Naphistim
4. Interlude I: The Ruins of Copan
5. Curse of Cannan
6. Zaota
7. I Am the Vine
8. Interlude II: Evocation of the Gallu
9. Below the Altar of Ra-Hoor-Khuit
10. Rapture

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Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Alcest - Tristesse Hivernale



The first Alcest demo. Different from his later stuff, and better as well. Its very lo-fi, but its still good.

1. Tristesse Hivernale
2. La Forêt De Cristal
3. En Mémoire Aux Valeureux Guerriers
4. La Mort Plane Sur Ces Contrées Glacées

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Nokturnal Mortum - Lunar Poetry



One of the early Nokturnal Mortum demos, and a great one at that. Highly atmospheric and very well written. Get this now.

1. Tears Of Paganism
2. Lunar Poetry
3. Perun's Celestial Silver
4. Carpathian Mysteries
5. ...And Winter Becomes
6. Ancient Nation
7. The Grief Of Oriana
8. Sorrows Of The Moon (Celtic Frost cover)
9. Autodafe / Barbarian Dreams
10.Return Of The Vampire Lord (bonus track)

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Nokturnal Mortum - Weltanschauung



The 2nd newest Nokturnal Mortum album from 2005. In the same style as their newest, but I don't think its done near as well. Its still a good listen every now and then, though.

1. The Path Of Immortals
2. I Feel The Breath Of Ragnarok
3. Stardust
4. Weltanschauung
5. Sorrow Of Native Lands
6. Hailed Be The Heroes
7. The Dance Of Fire And Steel
8. The New Era Of Swords
9. Endless Vast Swamps
10. The Knots Upon The Thread Of Fate
11. Harvesting The Seeds Of Death
12. The Taste Of Victory
13. The Way Of Glory
14. Untitled

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Sunday, January 17, 2010

Funeral Mist - Salvation



Dirty, ugly orthodox black metal from Sweden, masterminded by Marduk frontman Arioch. Highly recommended to all fans of black metal.

1. Agnus Dei
2. Breathing Wounds
3. Holy Poison
4. Sun of Hope
5. Perdition's Light
6. Across the Qliphoth
7. Realm of Plagues
8. Circle of Eyes
9. Bread to Stone
10. In Manus Tuas

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Orcivus - Consummatum Est



The fantastic debut album from Swedish orthodox black metal band Orcivus.

1. Legatum
2. The Knife Within
3. Endless Graves
4. Unholy Canon
5. Perdition's Paradigm
6. Moriturus
7. Funeral Sermon of the Earth
8. Liturgical Perversity

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Friday, January 15, 2010

Wodensthrone - Loss


This album's very similar to the Winterfylleth post before this one. Wodensthrone play atmospheric and folky pagan black metal and this is their first and only album (at present). It's brilliant.

1. Fyrgenstréam
2. Leódum On Lande
3. Heófungtid
4. Those That Crush the Roots of Blood
5. Black Moss
6. Upon These Stones
7. Pillar of the Sun
8. That Which is Now Forgotten – 597

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Winterfylleth - The Ghost Of Heritage



This shit right here. This is English black metal at its finest. Just the right amount of folk elements mixed into a predominantly black metal sound. Atmospheric, haunting, and just flat out awesome. Recommended to everyone.

1. Mam Tor (The Shivering Mountain)
2. The March to Maldon
3. Brithnoth: The Battle of Maldon (991 AD)
4. Forging the Iron of England
5. The Ghost of Heritage
6. Defending the Realm
7. Guardian of the Herd
8. Casting the Runes
9. An Englishman's Verse

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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Dimaension X - The Doom 2 Variations



One of the newer albums by Dimaension X, who I think releases stuff exclusively online. This one (has you can tell by the title) is the soundtrack to the video game Doom 2 done metal style. Its extremely well done and always a fun listen.

1. Map01 Intermission and Running From Evil
2. Map02 The Healer Stalks
3. Map03 Countdown to Death
4. Map04 Between Levels
5. Map05 Doom
6. Map06 In the Dark
7. Map07 Shawn's got the Shotgun
8. Map08 the Dave D. Taylor Blues
9. Map09 Into Sandy's City
10. Map10 The Demon is Dead
11. Map18 Waiting for Romero to Play
12. Map20 Message to the Archvile
13. Map23 Bye Bye American Pie
14. Map25 Adrian's Asleep
15. Map28 Getting too Tense
16. Map30 Opening to Hell
17. Map31 Evil Incarnate
18. Map32 The Ultimate Challenge
19. Endgame

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Monday, January 11, 2010

Diamanthian - Arcana Doctrina



Diamanthian are a local death metal band from Liverpool, England. Arcana Doctrina is the follow-up to their 2005 debut The Infinite Descent, and it's fucking good. Their performance is tight, impressive and definitely worth a listen.

1. Christ Dementia
2. Curse of the Nephilim
3. Immaculate Decay
4. Defiling the Eucharist
5. Bound by the Chains of Purgatory
6. Transfiguration
7. Catastrophic Divine Judgement
8. Awakening the Leviathan
9. As I Behold I Despise (Demigod Cover)

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Saturday, January 9, 2010

The Lamp Of Thoth - Portents, Omens & Dooms



The Lamp Of Thoth are a heavy/doom metal band from Yorkshire, England. They're not particularly well-known, but this album is right up at the top of my favourite recent discoveries. The best way I can think of describing their sound is a blend of Ozzy-era Sabbath with recent Cathedral... Anyway, it's hella fun to listen to and a must-have for any doom fan. I certainly love the lamp, anyway...

1. I Love The Lamp
2. Witchcraft & The Law
3. Wings Of Doom
4. The House
5. Blood On Satan's Claw
6. Victorian Wizard
7. You Will Obey
8. Pagan Daze
9. Hand Of Glory
10. Satan's Hammer


Mistur - Attende


If the artwork hasn't given a clue already, Mistur are a black/viking metal band hailing from Norway, with members from Windir and Sigtyr on board. This is their only release thus far and it shows huge potential for their future. This is a great release, and I look forward to their next.

1. Slaget
2. Svartsyn
3. Armod
4. Skuld
5. Mistur
6. Skoddefjellet
7. Attende

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Belphegor - Blutsabbath



Belphegor's classic second album. Consisting of sheer brutality and blasphemy, it still remains to be considered their best work. Highly recommended.

1. Abschwörung
2. Blackest Ecstasy
3. Purity Through Fire
4. Behind the Black Moon
5. Blutsabbath
6. No Resurrection
7. The Requiem of Hell
8. Untergang der Gekreuzigten
9. Path of Sin

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Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Bloodbastard - Next To Dissect



Great groovy death metal album. Reminds me of Mortician without the blast beats.

1. Go-re-d Part Deux
2. First Cut's Deadly
3. Next To Dissect
4. Exhumed For Surgery
5. Chainsaw Fiesta
6. Bloodsoaked Sledgehammer
7. Headhunter
8. Impaled And Quartered
9. Bile (Bile cover)

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