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Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Disgrace - Grey Misery (1992)


1. My Dark Paradise
2. Unity's Interlude Dyes Blind Tomorrow
3. Abtruse Myth
4. Obscurity in the Azure
5. The Chasm
6. And Below Rise Eternity
7. Waves of Hypocrisy Seas
8. Debris
9. Immortality's Open Lake
10. Transcendental Dimension


Origin - Finland
Style - Death Metal


" Disgrace is a Finnish band that started in 1989 and is still going today...but are some sort of punkrock fuck I dont know band. What we are talking about is death metal on this debut album...And while I prefer the "Inside the Labyrinth of Depression"Demo, This is a solid album from the day "


" One thing that irked me about this Lp...was that they changed the production from the demo..so as not to be as heavy sounding, Less Bass,Less guitar more Cymbals....Anyway..The music is a mixture of death metal and grind. A filthy guitarsound with few leads, deep and brutal growling and the impressive speed. This is raw, groovy and hammering death metal..not that far away from Demilich,and some others."



Here you will get the Finnish death of the day done by a great band and one worthy of being remembered !



By the way this has been re-issued with all the Demo's in tow....


I will put up the original demo's soon.......stay tuned !



Go For It!

Monday, September 29, 2008

Requiem - Premier Killing League (2007)


1. Can't Afford Won't Go Forward
2. Premier Killing League
3. Isolated
4. No Means Nothing
5. From Ashes To Ashes
6. I, Terrorist
7. The System Has Failed
8. Into The Unknown
9. The Great Masquerade
10. Trapped Inside


Origin - Switzerland
Style - Death Metal


" Produced by Andy Classen, death metal producer extraordinaire, “Premier Killing League” is a fucking death metal monster, boasting an exceptionally heavy, thick production, even more so than that of “Government Denies Knowledge”, on top of layers of thick riffs, excellent tempo variations, and a thick, prominent bass. In short, this is death metal in the vein of Bolt Thrower and Blood Red Throne at its absolute finest with no fillers whatsoever. In addition, the dual vocals of the deep seated growl combined with the Mitch Harris-style backing screeches once again work extremely well on “Premier Killing League”. Throw in politically-charged, war torn lyrical content, and you have such an effective barnstormer of an album "


" This may not be completely original....Fuck it who cares!....Requiem have enough firepower to pierce through the armour of scepticism donned by today's pure death metal fans, and going by their usually combustible nature, easily blow them up along with their house out of excitement. Premier Killing League is a smashing death metal album with substance and lasting power "



World Downfall !........Get It!

Sunday, September 28, 2008

Maimed - Demo #1 (1991)



1. Cranial Embalment
2. Burned
3. Engulfed In Cysts
4. Of The Dead
5. Maimed Excisions


Origin - USA
Genre - Death/Doom Metal


" Talk about a "Rare" item......Here is a band from Midlothian, Illinois that made this terrific demo in 1991 then disappeared....Never to record again"

" Maimed played a mixture of Doomy Candlemass style slow riffing with up-beat Cannibal Corpse style passages. Very cool....the track will start out crushingly slowww then kick into a fast deathly riff then gear down again. Awesome production for the period....its just a shame these guys didnt stick around to at least get a full length out !


Enjoy this piece of history........


Hey!....You!........Get It!

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Bloodstone - Hour of the Gate (1996)


1. Shadow World
2. Wanderer Beyond the Mists of Eternity
3. Burning Eye of Infinity
4. Hour of the Gate
5. Branded at the Threshold of the Damned
6. Vengeance From the Grave
7. Angel of Fornication


Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal


" Another gem.......Compilation of their only two demos....Satanic Death Metal in the early Marduk vein. Now re-released on vinyl from the Kick-ass Blood Harvest Records !

" Evil sounding death at its rawest.....Recorded at Sunlight Studios with Tomas Skogsberg "



Kiss The Goat !.........Get It!

Friday, September 26, 2008

Agretator - Delusions (1994)



1. Prophecy
2. Critical Dimensions
3. Blistering Madness
4. An Infirm Soul
5. Pointless Objection
6. Merciless Living
7. Human Decay
8. Internal Severity
9. Pictures


Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal


" Here's a rare item.....Agretator or Pre(Darkane) started out in 1990 as Demise then changed names and styles....This is three of the regular members of Darkane as we know it "

" Agretator was influenced by bands like Death, Morbid Angel, Slayer, Sepultura and even a little of Pantera. One and only full length !


Darkane Fan's should check this out to see what was going on in the early days...


Get It Bro!

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Obscura - Retribution (2006)


1. Humankind
2. Nothing
3. Unhinged
4. None Shall Be Spared
5. Alone
6. Hymn to a Nocturnal Visitor
7. Intoxicated
8. Exit Life
9. Sentiment
10. Sweet Silence
11. Lack of Compehension (Death Cover)


Origin - Germany
Style - Progressive Death Metal


" This german super-group put this record out themselves..then landed the opening slot for Suffocation's european tour...alot in a short time. But when the band is consisting of Necrophagist,Pestilence,Black Horizon's members one can expect something great....or can we? "


" Fuken eh right !.....These guys are in the technical mold of Pestilence,Atheist,and of course the mighty Death !....And get it done right! Now they are signed to Relapse records and are recording their second album.....I for one cannot wait to see what this unit has in store for us"


This is an excellent debut that gives reason to expect even more powerful contributions from Obscura in the future...



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

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Gates of Ishtar - A Bloodred Path (1996)



1. Inanna (Intro)
2. Where The Winds Of Darkness Blow
3. The Silence
4. Tears
5. The Dreaming Glade
6. When Daylight's Gone
7. Into Seasons Of Frost
8. A Bloodred Path
9. I Wanna Be Somebody (W.A.S.P. cover)


Origin - Sweden
Style - Melodic Death Metal


" Gates of Ishtar are a largelly unknown melodic death metal band from Sweden. Despite being fairly obscure, they put out 3 cracking albums in the late ninties, developed a bit of a following and were fairly influential on later bands of the style such as Kalmah and Children of Bodom "

" Gates of Ishtar sound fairly similar to the earlier styles of In flames and Dark Tranquillity, athough i'd say they're a bit more straight forward then both of them (esp DT) and have a lot more tremelo picked riffs. In fact, this album is pretty much dominated by riffs comprising of notes rather then chords. There's, as usual, some harmonic dual leads, blast beats, black metal-esque vocals, some cool time changes and a harrowing sense of sorrow and despair"

" I think there is a strong Dissection influence as well...Big points in my book !

All in all, a forgotten classic in a period of growth for the melodic death metal scene in Sweden and a jewel to rediscover for its pureness and sincerity"


All Swedish Fan's,and Melo Deth Fan's......This is a must !


Icy Cold !.............Get It!

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Eternal Devastation - Slaughterhouse (2006)


1. Dry Law
2. Into Christians Mind
3. Bar Maniac
4. Hunting Priest
5. Sobers Sacrifice
6. Kill The Nonalcoholic Cells
7. Buried in Blasphemies
8. M.A.D. (Mutual Assured Destruction)


Origin - Brazil
Style - Thrash Metal


" Excellent fast-paced death/thrash metal with a classic flavour. Although having taken their name from a Destruction album, their sound is more along the lines of bands like Defleshed and Ravage. The guys thrash with gusto and conviction, producing a very fast and sharp sound, which at times threatens to fall apart, but doesn't: "Into Christian’s Mind". Every song is a gem of aggressive, speedy thrash, as the death metal elements play a secondary role here. Even the longer tracks, like "Sober’s Sacrifice" and "Hunting Priest", which closes on 6-min, are fast and relentless (this is actually the most brutal piece, with shades of death), with a short Slayer-esque slower mid-section. This is explosive uncompromising classic thrash at its best, and although the Brazilian metal scene has been producing similarly styled acts in heaps for the past few years, these guys have no reasons to worry that they will be soon forgotten, even if they don't release anything else after this one "


Highly Recommended !


De las calles del Brasil !.......... Consígalo!

Monday, September 22, 2008

Eternal Solstice - Horrible Within (1995)


1. Unholy Trinity D.V.
2. Culpable Homicide
3. The Ceremony Has Begun
4. Mask The Face of Death
5. One Last Vision (Prepare!)
6. By Your Command
7. T.W.I.F.T.T.T.
8. Eager For Death
9. A Wish Beyond
10. Worn With Age


Origin - Netherlands
Style - Death Metal


" Eternal Solstice's 2nd slab of brutal old school death metal simply picked up where their debut album left off. Groove monsters like "Unholy trinity D.V.", "The ceremony has begun", "One last vision" or "Eager for death" will turn your living room into a one-man moshpit in no time! In comparison to "The wish..." a bit more usage of cool lead guitar riffs is found on this new album. Ramon's vocals still sound as foul and nasty as growl's should be and the double vocals definitely add a Glenn Benton-feel "

" A really good combination of heaviness, speed, memorable riffs, great playing, and superb sound...They experiment a little bit, but generally just go for the kill, combining fast parts with Doom riffs to really create their own style "


Its been 13 years since this was released....And I am glad it was brought up ...I had not heard it for a while...but I am now snapping my neck in my office and bothering my fucking co-workers !.........Fuck em If they cant take it !


Request by Gorth


Path to Perdition !...........Get It!

Sunday, September 21, 2008

Flatline - Pave The Way (2008)



1. Blessed By Death
2. Generations Fall
3. Collapse
4. Dying Breed
5. Nefarious
6. The Passing
7. Deleted
8. God As My Witness
9. Worn Thin
10. Mulch


Origin - USA
Style - Melodic Death/Thrash Metal


" Flatline contains five natives from the US and these guys' name of the game is Thrash Metal music in the first place influenced by Pantera (Vulgar Display Of Power, Far Beyond Driven, Cowboys From Hell) and a strongfull Slayer touch."

" Guitar driven Melo-Thrash....now when I say Melodic...its done tastefully...not-overDone. Sweeping Acoustic guitars and melodys only in the chorus sections...otherwise..crushing Pantera Styled riffs..only heavier and damn catchy!

Vocally, Sort of a Anselmo style bark and some spoken parts...all this backed by a powerful production ! "


This one is for fans of Thrash,Pantera,With some great Melo-Deth melody....

I forgot to say that there are the kinda solo's that remind of Diamond Darrell himself !.....Great Stuff !



Salt The Wound!.........Fuckers !

Saturday, September 20, 2008

One Man Army and the Undead Quartet - Grim Tales (2008)


1. Black Clouds
2. Misfit With A Machinegun
3. Saint Lucifer
4. Cursed By The Knife
5. A Date With Suicide
6. Death Makes It All Go Away
7. Dominator Of The Flesh
8. Bonebreaker Propaganda
9. Make Them Die Slowly
10. The Frisco Reaper
11. Bastards Of Monstrosity


Origin - Sweden
Style - Death/Thrash Metal


" 3rd full length on this Death/Thrash Saturday "


Fucking voice-overs on this one too !



But you will get the idea.......This ones good!


Can you get a longer Moniker?..........Get It!

Darkane - Demonic Art (2008)


1. Variations of an Eye Crush (instrumental)
2. Leaving Existence
3. Demonic Art
4. Absolution
5. Execution 44
6. Impetious Constant Chaos
7. Demigod
8. Soul Survivor
9. The Killing of I
10. Wrong Grave (instrumental)
11. Still in Progress
12. Wrath Connection


Origin - Sweden
Style - Death/Thrash Metal


" 5th full length from the Helsingborg Sweden Death/Thrashers"

" People...I normally dont put up anything with the annoying voice-overs...but Im bored so here you go....I will replace it with a clean version soon.....


First 3 tracks have no voice-overs


Bastard Voice-Overs !...........Get It!

Friday, September 19, 2008

Vomiturition - A Leftover (1995)


1. Sacred Tree The Pain
2. A Beast Revived
3. Depression
4. A Leftover
5. Head Tales
6. Unsucceeded
7. Expectations
8. Trifle
9. Improvement-Unimprovement
10. Extinction
11. Abandonment
12. Malleus Malificarum


Origin - Finland
Style - Death Metal


" The only full-length released by this cult Finnish death metal band with members of Rotten Sound, Wintersun and ...And Oceans and Cartilage "

" Vomiturition played a brand of down-tuned,Evil Death Metal bordering on Doom Metal...With bone-crushing guitars and deep hoarse vocals. Tempo is varied quite abit even within the tracks...all kept in place by the top-notch drumming of Kai Hahto(Rotten Sound)This guy kills !


For sure a cult classic in my book.......



Absurd Manslaughter!.............Get It!

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Cynic - Traced In Air (2008)


1. Nunc Fluens
2. The Space for This
3. Evolutionary Sleeper
4. Integral Birth
5. The Unknown Guest
6. Adam's Murmur
7. King of Those Who Know
8. Nunc Stans


Origin - USA
Style - Progressive/Fusion Metal?



" New album from the Miami,Florida legends "



Dwellers of the Threshold!......Get It!

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

Chemical Breath - Fatal Exposure (1992)


1. The advantage of disbelief
2. Arachnid
3. Chamber of lust
4. Deny fear
5. Erased from existence
6. Several hours to judgement
7. Lost tribes
8. Hideous perspectives
9. Mutilation


Origin - Belgium
Style - Technical Death/Thrash Metal


" This was the debut from this criminally under-rated band from Belgium"

" To give you an idea of what they sound like just picture......Death and Pestilence in the same package. Fast technical guitar riffing and solo's....a cool screamy growl(in The Chuck Vein)and a penchant for writing challenging but catchy tracks"


" All this wrapped in a good production...and you get a classic from the day!..."

All Death,Pestilence,Thrash Fan's should check this out !!


Brutal Violation !..................Get It@!

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Treblinka - Severe Abomination (1989) 7"



1. Severe Abomination
2. Earwigs in Your Veins


Origin - Sweden
Style - Black/Death Metal


" Ok kiddies....Here is Tiamat before Tiamat....A really rare 7" on black vinyl from the obscure "Mould in Hell Records"....probably around 666 copies of this floating around"


" Old-School Death/Black/Thrash is whats on here....Tiamat fans..should listen to what they were up to in the early days...Fuken cool stuff !


Go Ahead !......*** ** !

Monday, September 15, 2008

Gojira - The Way Of All Flesh (2008)



1. Oroborus
2. Toxic Garbage Island
3. A Sight To Behold
4. Yama's Messengers
5. The Silver Cord
6. Adoration For None
7. All The Tears
8. The Art Of Dying
9. Esoteric Surgery
10. Vacuity
11. Wolf Down The Earth
12. The Way Of All Flesh


Origin - France
Style - Death/Thrash/Groove Metal


" New 4th full length from the french crushers"


" Upon first listen.......I can tell I need more listens...........But I do dig on these guys and I think this record will be a grower "



Godzilla !...........Get It!

Sunday, September 14, 2008

Wargasm - Why Play Around (1988)


1. Wasteland
2. Revenge
3. Bullets & Blades
4. Undead
5. Merritt's Girlfriend
6. Sudden Death
7. Wargasm
8. Le Coucou
9. Humanoid


Origin - USA
Style - Thrash Metal


" With their debut album Wargasm added some inventive touches to the standard thrash metal formula. For being the band's first release, Why Play Around? is surprisingly mature and filled with incredibly tasty and catchy riffs. The music contains some strong Motorhead influences, which shows in the relaxed sound and bouncy rhythms of many songs on this album "


" Vocally...its different than any other band .....but it fits nicely..catchy thrash songs is what you get here including one of the best thrash anthems ever.."Bullets And Blades"...this shit sticks in your head and you cant help but sing this over and over again...I always thought these guys reminded me of the nwobhm group Tank also equally awesome"


Truly one of the best Thrash Metal albums ever!!!!!!


Satan Stole My Lunch Money!.......Get It

Saturday, September 13, 2008

Crypt of Kerberos - Cyclone of Insanity (1992) E.P.



1. Cyclone of Insanity
2. The Ancient War


Origin - Sweden
Style - Death Metal


" Awesome 7" E.P. on Adipocere Records "

" Personally....My Favorite recording that C.O.K released...It has a powerful production...unlike the earlier recordings. Vocals are as deep as any at that time and the lead guitars are exceptional"


This is a classic in every sense of the word !


Atila with the request

Visions Beyond Darkness!.........Get It

Friday, September 12, 2008

Funebre - Cranial Torment (1989) Demo




1. Cranial Torment
2. Necropolis Discomposure
3. Brainspoon
4. Carbonized
5. Leprophiliac

Origin - Finland
Style - Death Metal


" Just Like many death metal bands from the late 1980s..Funebre absorbed their influences from the swedish death metal scene and brought their own twists and turns"

This is the original demo from 1989.....so take it for what its worth...which is death metal purity.



Get This shit Dalen !