March 22 2008 at 12:47:47 AM
Slow starting black metallers Vassafor hail from Auckland, New Zealand and have released two previous demo tapes with about an eight year gap between them. This latest 7” displays the band at their current peak with roaring black-tar emissions of unwieldy and intricate design.
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March 22 2008 at 12:41:54 AM
With inspired equivalence, Ruins of Beverast’s lone creator, German-born Alexander von Meilenwald traces his music directly to its mythical origin
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March 22 2008 at 12:37:55 AM
For every band that's held up as an arbitrary standard of the genre's arch grandeur, there are dozens who remain buried in obscurity regardless of their contributions, and in short time what was once artifice is turned into artifact.
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March 22 2008 at 12:34:22 AM
At one time comprised entirely of Polish expatriates, Chicago’s Forest of Impaled returns here with long-time member Duane Timlin (ex-Krieg, Sarcophagus) on drums and new vocalist/bassist Zion
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March 21 2008 at 11:39:20 PM
Anti-Humanism's limited cassette edition preserves this unique recording complete with its confounding dedication to "Austrian Black Metal and the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer."
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March 21 2008 at 11:24:15 PM
Obscurant, absurd, unmusical, Dead Reptile Shrine has become increasingly spoken of, but seldom actually heard since their first (and very limited) label release,
A Journey Through The Darkest Of Forest, began circulating out from native Finland’s Werewolf Records in 2005.
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March 21 2008 at 11:18:11 PM
The Novato boys return with their first full-length record.
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March 21 2008 at 11:12:34 PM
A re-release of this solo recording by Cult of Daath’s Wargoat Obscurum, first recorded on tape in 2002.
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March 21 2008 at 10:50:07 PM
Subverting nearly any paradigm of what constitutes homogenous and selfsame product, Omid Yamini’s Outlaw Recordings has consistently resisted trend’s vile undertow, working a singular and focused vision into a slow, driving furnace of yield. What’s brought forth from the kiln is fiercely original, at once oblivious and indifferent to the toothless din that erupts all around it. more here...