lördag 14 november 2009

Exsickator - Prepare For War [2009]



Track list:

1.Prepare for War
05:23
2.Before me, Hell's Precipice06:31
3.Ruined Souls06:43
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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lördag 31 oktober 2009

Steel - Heavy Metal Machine [1998]

Cassette bonus track:
3. Say Goodbye (To Love) [4:24]
1.Heavy Metal Machine03:34
2.Rock Tonite04:11
Total playing time07:45

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 Stars01:34[view lyrics]
2.The Voyagers Beneath the Mare Imbrium04:39[view lyrics]
3.The Empyreal Lexicon06:06[view lyrics]
4.Of Carnage and a Gathering of the Wolves06:06[view lyrics]
5.Callisto Rising04:35[view lyrics]
6.The Scourge of the Fourth Celestial Host06:41[view lyrics]
7.Behold, the Armies of War Descend Screaming From the Heavens!06:00[view lyrics]
8.The Thirteen Cryptical Prophecies of Mu05:34[view lyrics]
Total playing time41:15

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 Kla01:59
2.Dreaming of Atlantean Spires06:15
3.Spellcraft & Moonfire (Beyond the Citadel of Frosts)07:10
4.A Black Moon Broods Over Lemuria09:53
5.Enthroned in the Temple of the Serpent Kings05:09
6.Shadows 'Neath the Black Pyramid06:30
7.Witch-Storm05:07
8.The Ravening02:23
9.Into the Silent Chambers of the Sapphirean Throne (Sagas From the Antediluvian Scrolls)08:27
10.Valley of Silent Paths01:34
Total playing time54:27

Rating: 3.21

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

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Taake - Nattestid Ser Porten Vid [1999]

1.Part I05:55[view lyrics]
2.Part II05:34[view lyrics]
3.Part III04:31[view lyrics]
4.Part IV04:35
5.Part V04:10[view lyrics]
6.Part VI07:33[view lyrics]
7.Part VII09:37[view lyrics]
Total playing time41:55

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 Existence02:00
2.Transform All Sufferings into Plagues05:25
3.Fgmenth, Thy Gift04:29
4.His Sleeping Majesty03:33
5.Exiled Archangels05:07
6.Dive the Deepest Abyss05:50
7.The Coronation of the Serpent04:06
8.The Fourth Knight of Revelation (Part 1 & 2)06:47
Total playing time37:17

Rating: 3.83

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

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