EnGrave – Polaris (1997)

Country: United States

 

Tracklist

1. Recoil 04:31
2. Into Your Iris (A Longing For Home) 03:30
3. Northeast (Loneliness) 06:56
4. Electron Plasma 04:55
5. Forged In Fire 05:32
6. Eiserner Vorhang 06:11
7. Lebensgefahr 03:17
8. Euro-Span 05:40
9. Soul Probe 05:52
10. Intercession 04:07

 

Solo project of Nathan Morris (also in Novä Sphere), co-founder of Velvet Empire label that operated from mid to late 90s.
Nathan spent most of his life in Cyprus, and in 1989 he moved to Germany before living in USA

where he began Velvet Empire and wrote in 1996 the first demo cassette of EnGrave entitled "Benediction".
His music is heavily influenced by Europe and his love for synthesized sounds.

"Polaris" is a collection of songs written between 1996-1997

(4 new ones, 2 taken from compilations and the 4 songs from the "Benediction" demo)

and capture the best of a hybrid mix between ambient and electro darkwave.
A second album was planed for release in the spring of 1999 but this never happened.

 
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Parca Pace – Parca Pace (1999)

Country: Sweden

 

Tracklist

1.  Parca Pace 50:00

 

Parca Pace was a solo project of Jan Carleklev of Sanctum created in the late 90s.
This release was originally meant as a soundtrack to a multimedia installation

about the closing of a factory and the effects on the adjacent community.
Eventually grew into a proper album, and parts of this would also find their way into the Sanctum live sets subsequently.
Produced by Samuel Durling of Mental Destruction Parca Pace offers a variety of industrial sounds

that unfold in a dark ambient atmosphere, held together by tribal beats and hypnotic neo-classical passages.

 
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Inade – Aldebaran (1996)

Country: Germany

 

Tracklist

1. Signals From 68 Dimensions 11:21
2. Signals From 68 Dimensions 07:01
3. The Conquest Of Being Separated 10:54
4. The Conquest Of Being Separated 04:49
5. The Crushing Of Earthly Foundations 09:09
6. The Crushing Of Earthly Foundations 05:46
7. The End Of The Beginning 07:45
8. The End Of The Beginning 06:01

 

 German duo consisting of Knut Enderlein and René Lehmann

specializing in warped, strange and hypnotic sounds since 1991.
"Aldebaran" is the first pillar of Inade´s Audio Mythology with walls of solid pulsating sound waves,

crushing explosions of stellar noises, wails and voices dragged from the very depths of space itself, 

along with blanketing swathes of night-encrusted atonal skitterings echoing in dark cathedrals.
The album focuses on the German Vril society myths of "Aldebaran",

the black sun of the secret knowledge, from which universal spirituality is said to originate.
The ultimate document of deep and cavernous dark ambient.

 
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Organ 31 – Spiritus Sanctum (1985)

Country: United States

 

Tracklist

 Spiritus Lycanthropique
1. Hounds Of Hell 05:31
2. Dog Star 09:34
3. Danbhalah La Flambeau 07:48
4. Digitaria 06:02
Hymn Of Ur
5. The Gate Way 04:28
6. Sumerian Charm Against Daemons That Assail In The Night 07:11
7. ...And He Strayed From The Path With She 04:17
8. Niether-Niether 04:42
9. Kether 10:12

 

Organhouse is the umbrella since 1982 for the following groups Organ 31, Aktion Direkt, and Organization 31 

originally from Non-Dasein (Sherpa Studio) Fullerton, CA USA.
Non-Dasein founded by members of Republic Of Sherpa

 and previous tenants were Fullerton punk rock legends The Mechanics.

Groups and persons that vied for studio time and performed there include: Republic Of Sherpa, LINT,  

Topper Krause & The T-Birds, Tim Maag, Toxic Era, TAO MAO, Bile, Aktion Direkt, Goat,  

Organhouse, KORE, DI, Whale, SPFN, Zits, Social Distortion, Torn Memory and many more.
In Spring of 1986 Organhouse would move to the mountains in northern New Mexico

where they are currently producing and (re) releasing music once again.
The official name used for all current releases is Organhouse 

while past re-issues will be under their originating names respectively.

 
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Cursed For Eternity – Cold Reality (Demo 1997)

Country: United States

 

Tracklist

1. Cursed For Eternity 03:47
2. To Know Pain 03:47
3. Bleed These Tears 04:20
4. Ashes Of Temptation 03:08
5. Lifeless 04:59

 

Cursed For Eternity was formed in June 1994 by Mike (vox/guitar), Pat guitar), and Jeff (drums).
After covering Slayer, Mayhem and other influential bands for a short time,

Josh joined on bass and the band began writing its own material.
Josh then left shortly before their demo was recorded to focus on his drumming in his other band, Destro, 

leaving Mike to handle the bass tracks.
In August of 1997, the band recorded on a four track five songs that that included on their first demo entitled "Cold Reality". The demo received favorable reviews in several metal 'zines and around 200 copies were sold.
Jay filled in on bass for shows and ended up joining the band to begin work in August of 1998

 on their second demo "Beyond The Unbound" that was released in August of 1999.
The songs on this demo are much more complex and experimental, yet the brutality increased as well.
Cursed For Eternity eventually disbanded in November 1999.
Mike, Jeff and Jay moved on to form Hirudinea and also are participating in bands like Embryonic Cryptopathia,

Cruentation, Impenitent Thief and Mucophagus while Pat and Josh formed the band Gutter.

 
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Atman – Like Pure Unawaited Magic (1996)

Country: Spain

 

Tracklist

 1. Prelude... On My Existence 01:10
2. Some Impressions From The Kingdom Of Plenitude 05:13
3. Beautiful Or Beautiless 04:23
4. Poetry And Passion (The Illumination Of The Aura) 06:00
5. Personification Of A Feeling 04:15
6. Remembrances of a Moment 05:15
7. Martyrs, Blasphemizers And The Sick 05:06
8. A World Without You, Imagination 05:43
9. An Epilog, A Fairwell... 02:10

 

 Another early Catalan black metal project that was formed in 1992, featuring Kali Yuga Psy Atman (Drums),

Koan Psy Atman (Guitars) and Darshan (Vocals, Guitars, Bass).
"Like Pure Unawaited Magic" was their debut album, recorded between 1994 and 1995

on an eight-track analogue at Metall Pesad Studio in Barcelona,

and presents a mix of fast black metal with atmospheric/experimental parts

with the addition of unique operatic soprano vocals by Fuencisla.
During the period 2001 - 2011 four more albums were released, followed by a split with Melangia in 2019.

 
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Sign Of KatuMarus – In Nostro Omnium Fletu (Demo 1995)

Country: Spain

 

Tracklist

 1. In Nostro Omnium Fletu 06:08
2. Mayhemic Archangels Reach The Highest Of The Agonies 03:40
3. Under The Purest Blackened Skies 07:35
4. The Cries Of The Thousand Legions 04:39
5. But Eternals Beheld His Vast Forests (Judas Iscariot Cover) 07:48

 

 Short lived Catalan project created around 1995 by Katu-Marus 

(aka Jordi Martinez also in Dawn Ov Hate, ex-Gorthaur, ex-Asgaroth, ex-Beheaded Lamb).
Sign Of KatuMarus was one of the first acts to emerge from the scene in Catalonia

together with bands like Ork, Zhatsaraeth and Gorthaur.
The project released only one demo in 1995 entitled "In Nostro Omnium Fletu"

and also participated on the Judas Iscariot tribute album "To The Triumph Of Evil" in 2006,

covering the song "But Eternals Beheld His Vast Forest".
"In Nostro Omnium Fletu" was re-released in 2006 on CD by Ad-Inferos label

and later in 2023 on cassette by Pesta Negra Records.

 
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