Petrychor

Some very, very impressive folk/tribal/black metal album. Phenomenal musicianship and songwriting. It's ritualistic and pagan and folky all at the same time. Absolutely beautiful. Well done.

2011 - Effigies and Epitaphs


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Nachzehrer - Pestilence Hungers in the Shadows

A goddamned headbanger! Nachzehrer play black metal mixed with thrash. Think D666 but more straightforward. Leather Jackets, bullet belts, cheap whiskey by the handle. If any of those sound good to you, check this group of Bostonians out!

2011 - Pestilence Hungers in the Shadows


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Boglord - Total Fucking Eclipse of the Sun

Here is a cautionary tale for all bands submitting here. Please don't say you are a "blackened punk" act when in reality you are a raw black metal band with a decent amount of punk influence. I don't care what you are, I'll post your tunes no matter what. Just don't misrepresent yourselves.

Boglord are a raw black metal band with some punk influences. This demo is kinda sloppy when the speed picks up, so your best bets are the tracks where the speed stays at a stompy level. Not the greatest thing to pass my desk, but far from the worst. Check it out
(ps - any band who has a member who's pseudonym is a drug from the Elder Scrolls video games can't be that bad)

2011 - Total Fucking Eclipse of the Sun


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Northward - In Sturmes Wind

Wow. An honest-to-goodness fucking submission that wasn't Post-this, /that, just a good old fashioned cold black metal release with WAY too much reverb and some decent melodies. It's atmospheric, but not slow. It sounds like a demo because it is a demo. The wheel definitely wasn't reinvented here, but that's ok.

2011 - In Sturmes Wind


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Folkstorm - Valavond

Folkstorm is a black metal/folk band that really sounds a lot like what would happen if Agalloch and Falls of Rauros (buy their new fucking album, The Light That Dwells In Rotted Wood, then fucking thank me) combined to create something new. Their first album was good, but this is damn good. This is top notch material and is a must for any fans of folkish black metal.

2011 - Valavond


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Happy Autumnal Equinox/Field of Spears - Pale Eulogies (EP)

As the Autumnal Equinox is here, I thought I'd give the new Field of Spears EP I'd been working on out in celebration. As Serpent & Sodom celebrated summer and sweltering sin, Pale Eulogies is inspired by the impending chill of Autumn and the inescapable finality of death.

2011 - Pale Eulogies


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1. The Great Equalizer
2. Veil
3. Before the Pale
Bonus Tracks:
4. Runes and Men (Death In June cover)
5. Vici Ruinam (unreleased song from the Serpent and Sodom sessions)

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Avulse - Too Kvlt to Fuck EP

In advance of our splits with Disguster and Malveillance (as well as the physical release of this EP). Here is the new Avulse EP "Too Kvlt to Fuck". Its kind of a midway point between the introspection of I Am The Liquor and the fuck it attitude of Granted but Grace from this World. Lots of Poison Idea was listened to when this was written.

2011 - Too Kvlt to Fuck


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We should have some of these made within the next month or so.

Sheer Ignorance - Conditioning

More Crust Punx-cum-black metal goodness. These guys lean more towards the crust side of things, but keep a good helping of the black metal going.

2011 - Conditioning


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Disguster - Live at Meat Gum

This is a recording of what (if I'm correct) is the first and thus far only Disguster live performance. It definitely doesn't have the greatest sound, but it still sucks you in and traps you in its rawness. A big thanks to Nick for sending this over (not completely related, but later in the year look out for the Disguster/Avulse split tape.)

2011 - Live at Meat Gum


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Aksumite - The Gleam of Wetted Lips

Ferocious raw black metal mixed with hardcore punk. This is raw like dry-fucked asshole. If you like it noisy, dirty, and covered in filth, you will fucking love this.

2011 - The Gleam of Wetted Lips

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While we are on the subject:

I have (re)started a new (old) blog for all things non-bm that me and my friends create, or demos that I receive that aren't quite what we strive for here: http://lastsunslight.blogspot.com/

This first post is another of the myriad projects I create, and I would recommend it for anyone who enjoys Death/Doom or just crushing music in general.

http://lastsunslight.blogspot.com/2011/08/black-chalice-years-of-flame.html

Perpetual Strife

Shameless promotion here. I've started another blog entitled Perpetual Strife. It's review oriented but will have tons of specials (interviews, features, etc) on all kinds of music from grindcore to black metal to ambient to punk.

Check it out!

perpetualstrifemusic.blogspot.com

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-F

Abu Lahab - As Chastened Angels Descend Into The Thoracic Tombs

"Abu Lahab is a project I started back in 2000 under a different name but forced to change the name later fearing that my identity would be discovered after my first demo gained some local fame because of the strong anti Islam elements it contained. Lately, the music I make/ try to make is mostly an outlet for me to express my personal frustrations (religious, sexual, social...), my take on the occult and an escapist activity to better cope with my illness."

Yeah...this is one weird fucking record. It is lo-fi black metal mixed with industrial and noise, with the occasional sample or Islamic prayer thrown in, and some fucking video game music. I could see this as auditory schizophrenia. If you enjoy generally fucked up unmusic, noise, or darkwave, give it a shot.

2011 - As Chastened Angels Descend Into The Thoracic Tombs

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Book of Sand - The Bees and the Butterflies

So, Book of Sand takes old American and European folk songs and interprets them as black metal. Its a pretty cool set up. Lots of violin and atmosphere. The vocals are pretty low in the mix, but I had to find something to bitch about.

2011 - The Bees and the Butterflies
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Yhdarl - Ave Maria

"YHDARL was formed in 2006 by D, doing everything, experimenting from suicidal black metal, drone, noise, funeral doom, ... In 2010, L (Larvalis) joined the project, doing insane female screams and inspiration of audial rape. With many free releases and some physical stuff available, YHDARL stood with a different, original banner of depressive music."

A nice and disturbing change of pace. The centerpiece here is the first disc, with two versions of "Ave Maria", the fifty-minute original and a beautiful and horror-filled orchestral version. The second disc contains a remix of the song, as well as two other originals and an Urfaust cover. Definitely grab this, dim your lights, and spend two and a half hours in another, more terrifying and grand place.

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Disguster - Ferocious Hell Blizzard

New Disguster promo. This was supposed to be released as a 10" EP, but seeing as that fell through, it is being released to all for free. As always, it rips and is worth the time and download.

2011 - Ferocious Hell Blizzard


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Urfaust- Der freiwillige Bettler

One of the few bands I actually try and keep up with. Drei Rituale Jenseits Des Kosmos... and Einsiedler are definitely my favorite works by this duo and while this release is a step more into solid black metal territory it's still good and just different enough to keep me surprised and interested. This band shows no sign of slowing down. Catch them this summer in Texas at Rites of Darkness (wish i was going)

2010- Der freiwillige Bettler

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Auspicium - Hope Is All You Have (demos)

It's not to common that a blog posts something of mine that isn't already up here. It's completely wacky that something I didn't even release officially got out into the interwebs. So, I have been tracking some demo tracks up on the Auspicium bandcamp website just to get some feedback and get the word out there for new material coming soon. This was just a precursor to the actual recordings of HIAYH, which is actually gonna have a real live drummer, as opposed to my shitty programming. So since I cant put the proverbial cat back in the bag, here is the OFFICIAL Hope is All You Have DEMO with 4 songs.

2011 - Hope is All You Have (demo)
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Malveillance - Avena Sativa

Unreleased material from one of my favorites, 4 tracks of ugly raw black metal with crust overtones, those into this know what to expect!

2010 - Avena Sativa



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Wholy Failure pt 2

Two more WF releases. Tree of Human Debris is noise and pyschotic black metal overtones. Good for doing lots of drugs to. The Black House is like Songs of Surrender, but with a more downtrodden attitude. It features a cover of Current 93's Soft Black Stars and Swans' Alcohol the Seed.

2011 - Tree of Human Debris
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2011 - The Black House
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rosaceae - rosaceae

This is a project of one of our readers. He descirbes it as Post-Black metal. To me, it sounds like the hybrid of Isolationist/DS black metal and Saetia (for those who aren't familiar with Saetia, they were a "screamo" band from the 90's. This is when screamo was a synonym for Chaotic Hardcore, not anime hair and overproduced douche shit music. Go to youtube and search for Venus and Bacchus.), with a touch of post rock. If you are a purist you might not like it. However, if you enjoyed Vestiges or Yellow Eyes, you'll definitely want to give this a spin.

2011 - rosaceae


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Celephaïs - Becoming The Deceased

"This is the first demo-release of my musical project Celephaïs. The demo is called "Becoming The Deceased". Musically it's some kind of PostRock-Influenced Black Metal or something. The demo is a digital release meant for free downloading, but maybe some discs will be pressed in the future"

This descripion says it all. Very well put together Post-Black Metal. My only gripe is the drum programming being a little too prominent in the mix, predominantly the cymbals. No vocals.

2011 - Becoming the Deceased


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Field of Spears - Serpent and Sodom

Slightly less off the wall than The Drunk and the Endless. Serpent and Sodom is a journey into a world of summers ending, occultism, and the power of "sin". Lo-fi Neofolk/neoclassical blend the ilk of Sol Invictus and Agalloch's neofolk material.

2011 - Serpent & Sodom
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The Austrasian Goat - Stains of Resignation

Amazing album from The Austrasian Goat, a marvelous mix of black metal, doom and dark folk all coated in a dark atmospheric sound. Brilliant!
Also, check out this great video for the song Arrheton

2010 - Stains Of Resignation



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Avulse - I Am The Liquor

So back in '09 I told you that Avulse might not release anything after Granted but Grace from this World, fuck me right? If anything, don't expect GbGftW: Part 2. To start, its a much darker album, without being more abrasive. Musically, it roots itself again in the punk/d-beat/black metal hybrid, moving away from the earlier releases of bestial black metal.

2011 - I Am The Liquor
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Blackdeath - Katharsis: Kalte Lieder Aus Der Hölle

Latest album from Blackdeath released last year, I've been listening to this one a lot, definitely one of the better albums from them and that says a lot, well worth picking up!

2010 - Katharsis: Kalte Lieder Aus Der Hölle



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Liturgy - Immortal Life

Debut ep from Liturgy, quite similar to the debut only with much shorter songs, in comparison it sounds more like a demo really.

2008 - Immortal Life



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Intra Tenebrae - Melting Snow Reveals Our Blood

This is Melting Snow Reveals Our Blood, the rarest Intra Tenebrae release, through Darkness Shade Records . It was released on ultra limited cassette (8 copies) and sold to a select few people in the UKBM scene.

Good release from Intra Tenebrae, first track is a 20 minute song with a slower pace, the other two pick up the pace a bit; raw black metal with tortured vocals, reminds me old Krieg with slower parts...

2010 - Melting Snow Reveals Our Blood



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Drudgery - Demo

This is our first recording, we released it as a split tape with anchor rites from brooklyn, but i don't have their side of the split but its mostly just our demo anyway. We actually were a two-piece when we recorded this and are now working on becoming a three-piece so hopefully we'll be able to make more stuff in the near future and further develop our sound.

Our songs are also on www.stereokiller.com/drudgery in case you wanna listen to them before you spend time downloading it.

This is a nice release. It has some nice melodic passages, has a very powerful presence, and can do some great things. Just get a better snare sound.

2011 - DemoDownload

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Nuklearenpest - Consigned to the Black Plague

Decent raw black metal from New Jersey. There is some pretty good riffage here, and its not a single monotone beat.

2011 - Consigned to the Black Plague

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