Fullmoon Bongzai - Noisense

Excellent new band from Greece, amazing psychedelic industrial black metal; Truly an original approach to the genre, almost all tracks feature sampled vocals by such artists as Diamanda Gallas (!!!!!), Jalacy Hawkins etc. three tracks feature Necroabyssious of Varathron doing vocals; lot’s of beats and the great fucked up composition make this album stand high out in the sea of generic bm. Really refreshing, unconventional music!
Highly recommended for all fans of “out of the box” music.

2008 - Noisense


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Morrigan - Headcult

Fourth album, this one is probably my favorite one. Unlike the other one I posted, the thrashy songs are basically omitted and the emphasis is on the epic mid paced songs. Lots of clean vocals and majestic passages make this one a real gem. Highly recommended to all fans of epic music.

2005 - Headcult


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Morrigan - Enter The Sea of Flames

Second album by this excellent Epic black metal band; great mix between faster paced old-school black metal and really epic slower paced Bathory-like songs. The clean vocals are a real highlight as they make the songs truly majestic. A must for all fans of old school Viking black metal!

2002 - Enter The Sea of Flames


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Nihil Nocturne - Necrohell

Excellent release by this German band. Although considered a full-length release I see it more like a compilation as it was recorded in two different sessions. The first four songs are more in the vein of their recent releases, dark well constructed pieces with superb use of keyboards creating a nice occult atmosphere. The second part of the album features a more stripped down sound, rawer in sound but just as good in execution.
Essential release!
[this is the tape cover, I've put it because I like it more then the one from the cd release; also wrong year on the tags, sorry about that]

2003 - Necrohell


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Månegarm - Nordstjärnans Tidsålder

Debut album from this Swedish band, personally my favorite album of theirs. Great mix of really powerful black metal and simple tastefully used folk elements; although the best part of the album are definitely the strong raspy vocals, too bad this guy was only on this album.
This album is a great example how folky black metal should be done. Highly recommended!

1998 - Nordstjärnans Tidsålder


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The Ruins of Beverast / Urfaust - Split 7"

7” split from these well respected bands, The Ruins of Beverast is as amazing as ever, excellent well structured song with the great dark feel they usually create, very much in the vein of the songs from the debut. Urfaust’s song is just amazing, exactly what you’d expect from them, raw and epic in their own unique way.
With bands like these you just can’t go wrong!

2007 - Split 7"


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Malveillance - Insignifiance

D-beat black metal from Canada, I’m a total sucker for these crust-punk black metal bands and this album is right up there with the best. Excellent simple well composed songs usually not longer then two minutes, with some great raspy vocals. A must for fans of Bone Awl, Vordr and Akitsa.

2005 - Insignifiance


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Bosque / Senthil - Split

Nice release by these two acts, Portugal’s Bosque plays blackened funeral doom, very spacey composition with some haunting vocals; very atmospheric. Senthil from the states performs some tortured black doom; the highlight are definitely the truly abysmal vocals, all together making quite a psychedelic experience!
All in all a worthy release.

2006 - Split CD


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Stutthof - Towards Thy Astral Path...

Excellent black metal from Greece, this is their first album; great composition with epic touches and piercing vocals; truly an amazing release. Highly recommended!!!

2003 - Towards Thy Astral Path...


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Kult Ov Azazel / Vrolok - Feast of Sacrilegious Impurity

Another great split release featuring Vrolok, this one is with Kult Ov Azazel; KoV performs some nice fast black metal, the live tracks are great, also features a Sodom cover; Vroloks material sounds a lot like Soul Amputation, which is great, pure raw dark black metal!!

2006 - Feast of Sacrilegious Impurity


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Emit / Vrolok - Pestilence 1440 / The Divine Eye

Great split album between these two occult entities, Emit presents some of the most focused work I heard from them, not as abstract as the other works; they really create an eerie dark mood, personally some of my favorite songs by them are on this one. Vroloks side is pure dark black metal, the material is as good as any by them.
Another nice thing about this release is that both artists create a similar dark atmosphere, so it’s almost like listening an album by the same artist.

2005 - The Divine Eye / Pestilence 1440


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Matricide - Black Mass Gathering

Satanic black metal from Sweden, amazing riff-driven album, the songs have excellent composition, the sound is perfect and it gives the album a real malignant feel. This is right up there with the best Swedish acts. Recommended!!

2004 - Black Mass Gathering


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Menace Ruine

Fresh blood from Canada, avatgardish raw black metal, truly amazing music.
From Tour De Garde: "Trance inducing mystical and rythmic music with a majestic aura"
From Alien8:"On Cult of Ruins one is subjected to a blend of super-intense sound layered with horrific howls and relentless blast beats, only to then be confronted with a melodic and haunting ambient approach that still retains immense power"
"In Vulva Infernum" must be one of the best demos in my collection, hope that says something. Highly Recommended!!!!

EDIT: New album is out, and it's amazing, it's a folky drone doom album with haunting female vocals and although different in execution from the previous two releases the atmosphere it creates is very much the same, so if you enjoyed "In Vulva Infernum" and "Cult of Ruins" I strongly suggest you get the new one, you won't be disappointed!

2008 - In Vulva Infernum

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2008 - Cult of Ruins

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2008 - The Die is Cast

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Luftwaffe Raid - Empire

“concept” album by this mysterious American band, this is a “musical journey” of Nazi Germany through WW2; Excellent release full of great songs, the production is great and everything has a really nice crisp sound; The music is mostly raw dark black metal with some really great experimental touches that make it truly unique, also throughout the album are various samples of WW2 that create a nice mood.
A great, under looked, release that I highly recommend!

2003 - Empire


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Corpus Christii - Carving a Pyramid of Thoughts (EP 2008)

A new release by Corpus Christii.

Corpus Christii - Carving a Pyramid of Thoughts (EP 2008)

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Darkthrone - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (2008)

New album by Darkthrone.

Darkthrone - Dark Thrones And Black Flags (2008)


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Taake - Taake (2008)

A new album by Taake.

Taake - Taake (2008)

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Isolation

Superb “new” band from Germany, Isolation is another one of the bands that fuses doom and black metal with great results. Incredible composition and production with some truly tortured vocals(Think Silencer). Also, one of the members is the owner of the excellent label “Choirs of Delusion”.
Quality all around!

2006 - Striding on the Path of Nihil
[Remastered version with additional guitar layers]

download: mp3@CBR 320kbps / FLAC


2008 - Isolation
[contains second demo and the "Hier am Ende der Welt" EP with additonal intro and outro]

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FLAC: part1 / part2


2008 - Bleak (split w/ Austere)

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FLAC: part1 / part2 / part3


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New layout

As you might have noticed, the blog has changed a bit and I'm quite proud of myself, especially considering how little time I spent doing it; So now if you want to get added to the links just ask on the cbox or email me and it will be done ASAP, also I noticed there are blogs linking to us even thought they're not on the list here, a big cheers to those blogs, you will be added soon so I can repay your support!
PS. ok it seems I fucked up real bad and deleted all the old links, all those who notice blogs that are linking us, please post in the cbox.

Also, I recommend subscribing through RSS / Feedburner / Atom, much easier to follow new posts.

With darkest regards,
Khaos[]

Lycanthropy's Spell - Glorification of the Night

Atmospheric black metal from Belgium, great release full of excellent songs that just ooze with atmosphere, the production is quite raw, but I wouldn’t have it any other way; the release has a really unique sound, something about the composition that really makes it special.
Released on a very nice looking red tape, definitely one of my most played tapes!

2005 - Glorification of the Night


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Trancelike Void

Great new band from Belgium consisting of Kilte members. Although they have only two releases out, both are very much worth your time. Trancelike Void performs some excellent slow atmospheric black metal, excellent composition that despite the repetitiveness never gets old; In my opinion this is better then Kilte, looking forward to future releases by them. Recommended!

2008 - Destroying Something Beautiful


2008 - What Night Brings... (split w/ Bosse)


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PS. the title of the debut (also the sample used on the last song) is taken from one of my all time favorite movies, which one? (no google)

Ithdabquth Qliphoth - Demonic Crown of Anticreation

Raw Russian black metal, buzzing malevolent occult music with excellent vocals, nothing new but done right and with the right spirit!!!

2002 - Demonic Crown of Anticreation


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Lyrinx

Excellent band from England, started out as experimental black metal, but after the last demo took a 180° turn and started playing some amazing doom laden black metal. Incredible songwriting, great vocals, all complimented by perfect production. Highly recommended!!!

2005 - The Years of Despair

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2007 - Nihilistic Purity -expanded edition-

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FLAC: part1 / part2


2008 - Ending the Circle of Life / Only the Wind Remembers (split w/ Austere)

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FLAC: part1 / part2 / part3


2008 - Universal Absence (split w/ Elysian Blaze & D.O.R)

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FLAC: part1 / part2 / part3



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