Dark & luxurious
Melodic Black/Dark Metal from Portland (Oregon) on The End Records;
excellent Gothik Doom comparable to Metal Blade's IN RUINS! The End Records
says:
"Pale Folklore" features 8 songs at a total running-time of over 62
minutes! Very elaborate & diverse; surrounded by the majesty of nature &
the burden of human existence, this album bursts with melodies based in
dark, yet very emotional concepts. Creating auras of dark, symphonic
melancholia, "Pale Folklore" turns out to be one of the most tragic &
mournful, yet expressive listening experiences ever!
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NOKTURNAL MORTEM
"To the Gates of Blasphemous Fire"
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NOKTURNAL MORTEM (Ukr.)
"Goat Horns"
From The End Records' brochure:
"Nokturnal Mortum dwells in one of the darkest & forsaken realms of the
underground. Emanating from the Ukraine, they have become legends in their
ancient lands & are now ready to sweep the rest of us.
"In seven opuses they feature beauty in its darkes & most extreme form.
What can be described as Lunar Black Metal, they take on a majestic journey
that combines devastating Metal with folklore & classical elements! An
amalgam of pagan & eerie melodies, this is a legendary epic; a graniose
masterpiece that only NOKTURNAL MORTUM can deliver in what is wickedly
entitled "Goat Horns".
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CATHOLICON
"Lost Chronicles of the War in Heaven"
12-song Debut album of anti-christian Black Metal blasphemy
from USA! Brutal & raging + atmospheric keyboard interludes! Definitely
worth checking out because these guys KILL!
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EPOCH OF UNLIGHT
"What Will Be Has Been"
"It is a
time of darkness; an age of horror-- an Epoch of Unlight! The debut
full-length album of this hellish band from Tennessee entitled "What Will
Be Has Been" reveals a transcendent symbiosis of Death & Melodic Black
Metal streaming to a euphoria of harness & untamed brutality! Epoch of
Unlight take metal to new levels of extremity by feverishly carving musical
plateaus with their Blackish guitars, bloodcurdling vokills, & stellar
battery! Nothing less than unrelenting dark metal excellence!!!" --The End
Records
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SCHOLOMANCE
"A Treatise of Love"
Very technical
(but thankfully NOT "mathematical") Swedish-styled Blackened Death/Extreme
Metal with a lot of emotion! Virtuoso keyboard fireworks duel with racing
& grindy guitars!
The End Records says: "Built upon dark and esoteric visions, this release
is one of the most unique albums ever to be unveiled in the metal scene.
The songs are constructed on multi-layered orchestrations encompassing
brilliant radiances in an array of elements from progressive to avant
garde, Black, Death, and Classical among others. Together with the
anguished vocals, the music unleashes a frantic dynamism by drawing from
opposite dimensions: being noble and artful on one end while raw and
obscure on the other. A symphonic excellence, sure to startle and
mesmerize."
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SCULPTURED
"The Spear of the Lily is Aureoled"
From The End Records' brochure:
"SCULPTURED take a journey straight into our heart indicating that love can
be cold & very painful. This tragic exploration is presented to you in an
avant-garde/progressive Death Metal fashion: majestic atmospheres,
breathtaking chants, highly original & expressive vocals, colorful
textures, & a euphoria of lavish melodies delivered by an array of
instruments including keyboards, piano, & trumpets that captivate with
their colorful sound-scapes! Love has two sides, get ready to see its
darker one. From the heart-broken SCULPTURED comes one of the best & most
magnificent US debuts in a l
ong time, "The Spear of the Lily is Aureoled"--
can you feel the pain?
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ODES OF ECSTASY
"Embossed Dream in Four"
Soaring melodic Death & atmospheric
Metal from Hellas (Greece) by four guys & 2 ladies. Both majestic &
brutal, heavily keyboard-oriented & classically-influenced (a track
entitled "War Symphony" is their adaptation of Mozart's "Requiem", etc.),
with interplaying vocal of operatic female soprano duets! Equal to the
best Dark/Melodic Death bands on HOLY Records; comparable to ANGIZIA w
ith a
harder edge! Highly recommended!
From THE END Records. *(See also: Mental Home, Nocturnal Mortem, & "The
End" compilation CD)
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Various Artists
"...Until the End of Time"
The triumphant arrival of
Andreas' The End Records, out of Pasadena, California! This introductory
budget priced sampler presents high quality NEW Extreme Metal bands, the
best newcomers that the world has to offer! Bands featured (as yet
unreleased tracks!): Epoch of Unlight, Odes of Ecstasy, Mental Home (2
songs
!), Scholomance, Nokturnal Mortum (2 songs!), & Scholomance!
Recommended!
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EPOCH OF UNLIGHT
"Black & Crimson Glory"
Unholy Black Metal from Memphis,
Tennessee's Thrashing Black quartet! Raw & brutal, but melodically adept
at bringing Nordic atmospheres to basic Blasphemy/Profanatica-styled
Blackened Death/Thrash-- excellently executed! Not your average
post-Grindcore blast-beat fueled "newly converted" BM garage band, this is
a totally great 3-song MCD of amazing darkness & Modern BM attack th
at
you'll want to program on your CD-player to "Repeat" over & over again!
Give this a chance-- you will NOT be disappointed!
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LYCANTHROPY
"As the Mourners Arise"
Unholy & raging Scandinavian-influenced Black Metal; German Import! Hail Baalberith!
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LYCANTHROPY
"The Veils of Sorrow"
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