Exsickator - Prepare For War [2009]

Track list:

1.	Prepare for War	05:23
2.	Before me, Hell's Precipice	06:31
3.	Ruined Souls	06:43

Total playing time 18:37

Rating: N/A

This is a relatively new project from Sweden. You could describe the music as black and death metal with symphonic and progressive influences. With three truely unique songs they definitely recieved my full attention.

Released: 2009
Country: Sweden
Genre: progressive black metal, progressive death metal

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Steel - Heavy Metal Machine [1998]

Cassette bonus track:
3. Say Goodbye (To Love) [4:24]

1.	Heavy Metal Machine	03:34
2.	Rock Tonite	04:11
Total playing time		07:45

Rating: 3.44

Steel is a one-off power metal project from Sweden that featured Dan Swanö and members of Opeth. Started in 1996, this collaboration emerged during the recording sessions for Opeth's Morningrise album. During a jam session, when the band were soundchecking the drums, they hit upon an idea to record a short piece for fun, entitled Guitars and Metal. This gave birth to Steel. Subsequently, they were asked to record more songs and when they did, the songs which were originally meant for a demo, actually appeared on a limited picture 7" EP, entitled Heavy Metal Machine released by Near Dark Productions. To this date, it remains their sole record.

"I met Dan ofcourse in the studio during the Orchid/Morningrse sessions and we recorded Steel together which was also a moment that I thought I´d die from laughing when he recorded the vocals." Anders Nordin, ex-Opeth


Released: 1998
Country: Sweden
Genre: Heavy Metal/Power Metal

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Nasheim - Sövande Mjöd Vill Jag Tömma [2007]

4. Sövande Mjöd Vill Jag Tömma 25:13

Rating: 3.88 (for the whole split)

This song is from an album split with the band Angantyr. The first 3 tracks are songs of Angantyr and the last is a Nasheim-song. The reason I didn't include Angantyr here is because I dread them. They are crap basically. But Nasheim saved the split with this majestic 25 min song.

Released: 2007
Country: Sweden
Genre: Black Metal

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Bal-Sagoth - The Power Cosmic [1999]

1.	The Awakening of the Stars	01:34	[view lyrics]
2.	The Voyagers Beneath the Mare Imbrium	04:39	[view lyrics]
3.	The Empyreal Lexicon	06:06	[view lyrics]
4.	Of Carnage and a Gathering of the Wolves	06:06	[view lyrics]
5.	Callisto Rising	04:35	[view lyrics]
6.	The Scourge of the Fourth Celestial Host	06:41	[view lyrics]
7.	Behold, the Armies of War Descend Screaming From the Heavens!	06:00	[view lyrics]
8.	The Thirteen Cryptical Prophecies of Mu	05:34	[view lyrics]
Total playing time		41:15

Rating: 3.28

Released: 1993
Country: Greece
Genre: Symphonic Black Metal/Power Metal

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Bal-Sagoth - A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria [1995]

1.	Hatheg Kla	01:59
2.	Dreaming of Atlantean Spires	06:15
3.	Spellcraft & Moonfire (Beyond the Citadel of Frosts)	07:10
4.	A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria	09:53
5.	Enthroned in the Temple of the Serpent Kings	05:09
6.	Shadows 'Neath the Black Pyramid	06:30
7.	Witch-Storm	05:07
8.	The Ravening	02:23
9.	Into the Silent Chambers of the Sapphirean Throne (Sagas From the Antediluvian Scrolls)	08:27
10.	Valley of Silent Paths	01:34
Total playing time		54:27

Rating: 3.21

Released: 1995
Country: Great Britain
Genre: Symphonic Black Metal

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Taake - Nattestid Ser Porten Vid [1999]

1.	Part I	05:55	[view lyrics]
2.	Part II	05:34	[view lyrics]
3.	Part III	04:31	[view lyrics]
4.	Part IV	04:35
5.	Part V	04:10	[view lyrics]
6.	Part VI	07:33	[view lyrics]
7.	Part VII	09:37	[view lyrics]
Total playing time		41:55

Rating: 3.98

Released: 1999
Country: Norway
Genre: Black Metal/Melodic Black Metal

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Rotting Christ - Thy Mighty Contract [1993]

1.	The Sign of Evil Existence	02:00
2.	Transform All Sufferings into Plagues	05:25
3.	Fgmenth, Thy Gift	04:29
4.	His Sleeping Majesty	03:33
5.	Exiled Archangels	05:07
6.	Dive the Deepest Abyss	05:50
7.	The Coronation of the Serpent	04:06
8.	The Fourth Knight of Revelation (Part 1 & 2)	06:47
Total playing time		37:17

Rating: 3.83

Released: 1993
Country: Greece
Genre: Black Metal/Melodic Black Metal

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