Guillotine - Under the Guillotine (1997)

1. Executioner

2. Grave Desecrator

3. Leprosy

4. Guillotine

5. Death Penalty

6. Crucifixion

7. Night Stalker

8. Tormentor

9. Total Mayhem

10. Violence

Origin - Sweden

Style - Thrash Metal

" Debut album from these swedish thrashers "

" Total Kreator 'Endless Pain' worship here !.......And thats not a bad thing....If you liked early Kreator or Sodom?...Then you will dig this too.."

This was one of the better retro-thrash LPs of the mid to late 90s...."

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Hypnosia - The Storms (Demo) 1997

1. The Last Remains

2. Operation Clean-Sweep

3. The Storms of Dead Worlds

Origin - Sweden

Style - Thrash Metal

" 2nd Demo from Hypnosia "

" A full throttle dose of teutonic thrash on this demo...A pre-cursor to the E.P. "

" One of my personal favorite bands from Sweden...Sadly gone now "

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Hypocrisy - The Final Chapter (1997)

1. Inseminated Adoption

2. A Coming Race

3. Dominion

4. Inquire Within

5. Last Vanguard

6. Request Denied

7. Through the Window of Time

8. Shamateur

9. Adjusting the Sun

10. Lies

11. Evil Invaders (Razor cover)

12. The Final Chapter

Origin - Sweden
Style - Melodic Death Metal


" Continuing with the theme of alien abduction begun on Abducted, Hypocrisy forge on with a tunnel-visioned relentlessness, remaining far from boring by adding varied tempos and changing their attack from song to song. Choosing favorites is a difficult task, as The Final Chapter is meant to be an album experience. The production by guitarist/vocalist/bandleader Peter Tagtgren is first-rate for a death metal band, featuring an encyclopedia of guitar tones and vocal stylings, solidifying Hypocrisy's reputation as one of the most progressive death metal acts of the '90s. Shortly before the release of this album, the band announced that they were breaking up to pursue other side projects "

Fortunately.......They Did not...and are still going today !


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Coercion - Forever Dead (1997)

1. Coughing Blood

2. Blind Witness

3. Cursed With Existence

4. Dead Meat

5. Crawling In Filth

6. Breeding The Enemy

7. Down We Go

8. Human Failure

9. March

10. Forever Dead

11. Scattered

12. Grief (Beyond Belief)

Origin - Sweden
Genre - Death Metal

" Debut full length from the swedish bulldozers..Coercion "

" Embodying the Swedish death metal sound made famous by bands like Entombed and Dismember, Coercion execute some stylish metal here by mixing faster and slower tempos while injecting more than a few interesting riffs. Combining elements of early Entombed, Fleshcrawl and even some latter-day Gorefest, Coercion are able to avoid the tag of ripping off a sound made popular years ago. Production by Dan Swano at his Unisound Studio accounts for the good sound on this disc "

" 50+ minutes of crushing old-school death metal at its finest!


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Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I (1997)

1. Dreamlore Degenerate

2. Zodijackyl Light

3. Hedon

4. Scythe, Rage and Roses

5. Constant

6. Dissolution Factor Red

7. Insanity's Crescendo

8. Still Moving Sinews

9. Atom Heart 243.5

10. Tidal Tantrum

11. Tongues

12. The Mind's Eye

Origin - Sweden

Genre - Melodic Death Metal

" If Dark tranquillity have an album in their regular discography that has been overlooked, it's for sure 'The mind's I'...many fans considered their previous album(The Gallery) the top of the heap. To me this record just refined and progressed on what they had done before. Make no mistake, 'The mind's I' is undoubtedly a Dark tranquillity album, sporting the same level of technical finesse of the rest of their works, both in lyrics and music, and all of it finished with an exceptional production. 'The mind's I' is still in the pre-electronica age of the band, which means that we don't have keyboards, and instead there are acoustic guitars and female voices at some points..but we still get the twin guitars and the terrific voice of Mikael Stanne"

" Epic songs often with movement-like structures, mad driving speed, graceful riffing that is ambiguously dripping with prog-like AND gothenburg-like attributes"

Gothenburg/Melodeath classic!........Get It!

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Illdisposed - There's Something Rotten In The State of Denmark (1997)

1. Psychic Cyclus I-III

2. Near The Gates

3. We Lie In The Snow

4. Wake Up Dead (Megadeth cover)

5. Life: An Evaluation

6. There's Something Rotten...

7. Pimp

8. Days On The Floor

9. Not A Vision - 1991

10. Instrumentally Illdisposed

11. Horsens Highway

Origin - Denmark

Genre - Death Metal

" 'There's Something Rotten In The State Of Denmark' is forty minutes of chugging and grooving and melodic riffs plus a bunch of fantastic solo's. Melodic Death with punch, play it loud and you'll understand what I mean.The riffs remind me of Bolt Thrower and Obituary, but with more of a groovy element. The disc has a nice old school sound, but with excellent production"

Quite a bit different than their latest stuff....but brilliant anyway!

For those who like their Death Metal free from blast beats and bursting corpses........Get It!

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Martyr - Hopeless Hopes (1997)

1. Hopeless Hopes

2. Prototype

3. Elementals

4. Non Conformis

5. Ostrogoth

6. The Blind's Reflection

7. Inner Peace

8. Ars Nova

9. Nipskÿ

Origin - Canada

Genre - Technical Death Metal

"Combine later era Death with a cold, clincal, almost mechnical feal and you get Hopeless Hopes.They have taken a big influence from Florida Death Metal bands such as Death, Atheist and Cynic"

"From the first bars of the title track to the end of the record, it's all finesse. From the basslines to the drum fills, without skipping the jazzy guitar solos and time changes, there's something special about this band"

"Hopeless Hopes is a fantastic blend of everything that works well in a Death Metal / Jazz fusion band; excellent riffs, insane solos, melody, and absolultely insane groove!

Never a dull moment!...............Get It!

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Ebony Tears - Tortura Insomniae (1997)

1. Moonlight

2. Freak Jesus

3. Nectars of Eden

4. With Tears in My Eyes

5. Involuntary Existence

6. Opacity

7. Spoonbender

8. Evergrey

9. Skunk Hour

Origin - Sweden

Genre - Melodic Death Metal

"Tortura Insomiae is a mixture of swedish folk music and

swedish melodic death metal....making for a interesting listen"

"The opening track, 'Moonlight' has a quiet intro which starts off with nice clean guitars and this is followed by a fast and furious death metal riff complemented by a violin !"

"There are violins in quite a few songs which add to the melodic approach...always followed by furious riffing"

"Overall, each and every song is well composed. They have plenty of tempo changes filled with plenty of great guitar riffing and melodies"

You Should Take A Look!............Get It!

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Autumn Leaves - Embraced By The Absolute (1997)

1. Blood

2. Forever The Destiny

3. Universal Flood

4. On The Verge Of Tears

5. Rise From Your Nest

6. Serpent

7. Hope Springs Eternal

8. The Surface Anger

9. Weakening Trip

10. Embraced By The Absolute

Origin - Denmark

Genre - Death Metal

"This is the debut album from this danish crew who later

formed The Arcane Order"

"Their style is unique with an absolute thrusting power of guitars overflowing with double bass drums and vocals that were carried down to earth on a decending angel of death. Bottom line this album is one of those thats gets better with the years. "

Cult Classic !.........Get It!

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Sadistic Intent - Ancient Black Earth (1997)mcd

1. Untimely End

2. Ancient Black Earth

3. Funerals Obscure

Origin - USA
Genre - Death Metal

"Sadistic Intent offer us a mixture of old POSSESSED (atmosphere and passion) and MORBID ANGEL with their "Altars Of Madness"-times (in case of the songwriting)"

"The production is crushing and the performance is great"
"Old-School Death Metal At its finest!

This Is Cult !..........Get It!
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Without Grief - Deflower (1997)

1. Suicidal Stroke

2. The Last Days

3. Deflower

4. Shallow Grave

5. The Failure's Crown

6. Your Empty Eyes

7. Betrayer of Compassion

8. Vocalise

Origin - Sweden

Genre - Melodic Death Metal

"Intertwining melodies and acoustic interludes that work with the music,This debut was a very good but overlooked Lp"

"For fans of Gothenburg Melodic death metal"

A Unknown Gem!.........Get It!

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Armageddon - Crossing the Rubicon (1997)

1. 2022 (Intro)

2. Godforsaken

3. The Juggernaut Divine

4. Astral Adventure

5. Funeral in Space

6. Asteroid Dominion

7. Galaxies Away

8. Faithless

9. Children of the New Sun

10. Into the Sun

Origin - Sweden

Genre - Melodic Death Metal

"Great album on War records! Featuring Christopher Amott Brother of Mike Amott of Arch Enemy and Carcass fame"

Grab It !

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Eucharist - Mirrorworlds (1997)

1. Mirrorworlds

2. Dissolving

3. With The Sun

4. The Eucharist

5. Demons

6. Fallen...

7. In Nakedness

8. Bloodred Stars

Origin - Sweden
Genre - Melodic Death Metal

"A Masterpiece of melody and Aggression!"
"Original On WAR Music "

What Are You Waiting For?......Get It !
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In Thy Dreams - Stream Of Dispraised Souls (1997)E.P.

1. Fateless

2. Glistening Truth

3. Fleeing Illusions

4. Dreams Within

5. Stream Of Dispraised Souls

Origin - Sweden
Genre - Melodic Death Metal

".....Featuring Members of Carnal Forge and Dellamorte.From Wrong Again Records !"War014

Go Ahead.............Get It !
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Defleshed - Under The Blade (1997)

1. Farewell To The Flesh

2. Entering My Yesterdays

3. Eat The Meat Raw

4. Sons Of Spellcraft And Starfalls

5. Metalbounded

6. Under The Blade

7. Thorns Of A Black Rose

8. Cinderellas Return And Departure

9. Walking The Moons Of Mars

10. Metallic Warlust

11. Curse The Gods (destruction cover)

Origin - Sweden
Genre - Thrash/Death Metal

"Far and away their best material ! Absolutely flesh-ripping Swedish death, practically exploding with devastating riffs!"

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October Tide - Rain Without End (1997)

1. 12 Days Of Rain
2. Ephemeral
3. All Painted Cold
4. Sightless
5. Losing Tomorrow
6. Blue Gallery
7. Infinite Submission


Origin - Sweden
Genre - Melodic Doom/Death Metal


"Band Created By Jonas and Frederick of Katatonia and Bloodbath Fame
Incredible Atmospheric Doom/Death Metal...A Classic !"

Go Ahead.................Get It !

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