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Cult black death metal from the South of The Netherlands. Formed in 1989, demo ‘Day of the Lord’ was originally released in 1990. New cover art, remastered, rare and old pictures. Extensive liner notes from Steven Willems (Rock Tribune, Streams of Ancient Wisdom: The History of Dutch Death And Extreme Metal). Young musicians as Roel Sanders on drums (Asphyx, God Dethroned, Inhume) and Ron van de Pol on bass & vocals (also featuring on Asphyx – Asphyx album from 1994) started their musical career in Malignant. One of the most appreciated cult demos from the Netherlands now on  mini cd, 17 minutes of old school evil extreme metal.

Skeletal Earth was one of those bands that stuck out. Being influenced by both death and thrash metal as well as the more crossover style where hardcore punk meets metal they came up with an original sounding couple of demos and albums. ‘De.ev o.lu’shun’ is their second full length. The album was recorded at Tampa, Florida based Morrisound Studios ( Death, Cynic, Agent Steel) and produced by Scott Burns (Cannibal Corpse, Atheist, Deicide). Due to the end of the label around the same time as the release of ‘De.ev o.lu’shun’ is the album never had any serious promotion nor distribution. Drummer Doug Sylvia also played with Fear of God (featuring Detente ‘s Dawn Crosby R.I.P.)

VIC-reissue with the Dreighphuck EP and the A Taste of Bile live 1988 recording as bonus. 31 Songs in total!

official reissue on Vic Records

Released in 1997 A DEEPER KIND OF SLUMBER is the most experimental TIAMAT album and a native progression from the fully successful WILDHONEY. Produced by: Dirk Draeger

Recorded in Woodhouse studio in Germany Jan-March 1997. Featuring Anders Iwers (In Flames, Cemetery, Dark Tranquillity). Produced, mixed and mastered at Woodhouse Studios by Siggi Bemm (Kreator, The Gathering,  Melechesh). Produced and engineered by Dirk Draeger (Morgoth, Despair). Photography art by Harald Hoffmann (Apocalyptica, Heaven’s Gate, Kreator).

The doom metal band Hamferd from the Faroe Islands took 6 years to complete their follow-up album to 2018's Tamsins likam.

The band deliberately took their time and finally recorded the album together live in the studio.

Concertedly eschewing all the quick-fix trickery of modern recording technology, the band recorded the songs playing all together live in the studio, without a click-track. The result is a resoundingly human album that heaves, swoops and shifts in elemental style - from passages of glacial post-metallic beauty through sorrowful folky goth cadences, via icy blackened blastbeats to shuddering vistas of extreme doom mastery - with a crackling tight-but-loose interplay recalling the giants of yesteryear.

Existing at the forefront of the Polish black metal movement, Blaze Of Perdition return in 2024 with their sixth full-length, Upharsin – a product of the band members environments and is somehow a step back to a more orthodox approach of black metal.
Having their previous album The Harrowing Of Hearts released right before the beginning of a global pandemic was a setback for Blaze Of Perdition since all touring plans on both sides of the pond were reduced to ash and the band consquently went on some sort of hiatus. Blaze Of Perdition still played a handful of shows from time to time but mainmen S. and XCIII decided to mainly focus on their other bands Manbryne and Piolun respectively for a while.

Musically, Upharsin is a step back from the somewhat unusual direction the band followed on The Harrowing of Hearts. A rather dark and pessimistic tone is reflected by appropriately opressive music. Haunting and melancholic melodies rooted in traditional black metal meet unforgiving blastbeats and solemn marches, while emotional yet feral vocals aim to bring a proper sense of rage and disgust.

Music and lyrics by Sorh,
except lyrics to "Blady Świt" (by S.)
and ambient elements (by Exurge).

Guest vocals:
"Blady Świt" and "Antychryst" - S.
Melodeclamation in "Imię Gwiazdy" - Ashgan

Vocals and guitars recorded in various places,
with the help of: Paweł "Chudy" Chyła, Renz.
Drums recorded at Roslyn Studio.
Mix and mastering by Marcin Rybicki - Left Hand Sounds studio.
Samples taken form "The Seventh Seal" by Ingmar Bergman.
Bible quote taken from "Biblia Tysiąclecia".

Ancient Death Metal returns!
FINALLY, a brand new studio album from PENTACLE! Heavy, traditional, deathly, twisted and without any compromise!
Recorded at Toneshed (PESTILENCE, DEAD HEAD, etc). Artwork by Manuel Tinnemans.