30SEK/ 3EURO/$3,5 per copy
CHARNEL VALLEY - The Igneous Race PARAGON RECS
Straightforward black metal from the States inspired by all three waves. Nice looking slipcase.
DEATHGUY - The Legend of Romancer CD TRINITY RECORDS
Thailand's biggest band! Well sort of. Maybe not. Melodic and symphonic black/death metal anyway. Four bonus tracks including two from the "Introduction" EP.
DEVILISH ERA – The Deiphobic Syndrome CD FORGOTTEN WISDOME
Nicely done French black metal that will appeal to people enjoying for instance Xasthur and Silencer.
FALL OF BECAUSE - Life Is Easy CD INVISIBLE RECORDS
Pre-GODFLESH compilation of abrasive grinding gearwheel (aka industrial) metal.
GODSIZE - Hymns for the Fallen MELTDOWN
Sludge-mongers from the UK. Groovy and inebriated, just how you want it when you open a 666 pack!
HESPERUS DIMENSION - Mental Electricity MMVII digipack MCD SERPENE HELI MUSIC
What we got here is so called industrial black metal from the textbook of ABORYM and DØDHEIMSGARD and tantamounts to nights of ghoulish raving. Reissue of the first EP with three bonus tracks including a THORNS cover.
HESPERUS DIMENSION - The Cyclothymic Panopticon MCD D-HELL
Second MCD of industrial/post-black metal from this improving Polish horde for all you cyborg metalheads. Released as a digipak and features a bonus video, a remix and Faust (ABORYM, ZYKLON, ex-EMPEROR). Slipcase, ltd. 500 copies.
INCARNATUS – Sinfonia de hades CD BLACK CASTLE PROD.
Hailing from Ecuador this band (formed in -91) has a sound that is aching to the early Greek BM scene, at least they has the same atmosphere as early ROTTING CHRIST and VARATHRON, probably due to the use of a cheesy drum machine and cheap sounding Casio synthesizers. Hell, this is probably how LIMBONIC ART would sound if they had PC soft ware from the beginning of the 80’s and lived in South America! Obscure sounding and with the ugliest cover artwork you’ll ever see – genius!
KARSTEN HAMRE - & VLAD JECAN – Enter inside CD WROTH EMITTER
Calm, dark Ambient split for fans of PENITENT, RAISON DÉTRE etc. Perfect stuff for resting in between your Metal explosions!
MAD V – War is the Same CD SERPENT´S LAIR
Obscure Russian Bay Area Thrash. Influenced by the classic Forbidden/Vio-lence/Death Angel-tradition, but with a touch of their own!
Very well executed!
ORGAN - Volume of Hate CD MELTDOWN
"Volume of Hate" captures exactly that. Hatred. Aggressive, moshing sludge metal. Takes no prisoners and holds no punches.
ORGAN / OUT FOR BLOOD - Pulse of the Underground split MCD MELTDOWN
Two piss & vinegar sludge bands from both sides of the Atlantic meet on this split to spread their shared agendas of rage and disappointment. Three tracks each.
SABBAH NAVAHTHANI - Sabbah Navahthani NECROTERROR
Here's something you don't see every day - a metal band from Cyprus that offers an amalgamation of sludge, doom, stoner, crust and d-beat. But this is actually great with six songs of no fucking around and a 20+ minute epic at the end. An obscure gem from the Mediterranean region.
SLAB - Betray The Past ... Infect The Future MELTDOWN
Fickle and sludgy math rock/metalcore from Birmingham, England. Dissonant and complex it should appeal to anyone into TOOL, MASTODON and their ilk. Comes in a digipak.
STONEHENGE - Victims Gallery CD WROTH EMITTER
This Russian band’s debut re-released (originally out in -96). Reminiscent of early TIAMAT and early ANATHEMA.