Memories Yet To Come 2022

In alphabetical order:

 

 

 

1. ᛋᚢᚱᛏᚱ ᚹᛟᚢᚾᛞᛋ (aka Surtr Wounds) – ᛋ​ᚢ​ᚱ​ᛏ​ᚱ ᚹ​ᛟ​ᚢ​ᚾ​ᛞ​ᛋ (Full-length 2022)

 

 

2. Aeon Winds – Extinguishing The Light (EP 2022)

 

3. Aethek & Lustmord – Scorn (Original Soundtrack 2022)

 

 

4. African Imperial Wizard – Nzinga Mbande (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

5. Akolyytti – Akolyytti (Full-length 2022)

 

 

6. Archgoat – All Christianity Ends (EP 2022)

  

 

 

7. Auriferous Flame – The Great Mist Within (Full-length 2022)

8. Dødskvad – Kompendium - Krønike I & Krønike II (Compilation 2022)

 

 

 

9. Devil Master – Ecstasies Of Never Ending Night (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

 10. Embrace Of Thorns – Entropy Dynamics (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

11. Essence Of Blasphemers – Between The Five Spikes (EP 2022)

 

 

12. Eternality – Dea​þ​wyrd (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

13. Förgjord – Ruumissaarna Pt. 1 (Full-length 2022)

 

 

14. Gam – Hvisken Fra Skyggernes Vrå (Full-length 2022)

 

15. Gates Of Londra – Servants Of The Runestaff (Full-length 2022)

 

 

16. Imperator – Threnody Of Wind (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

17. Maȟpíya Lúta – W​ó​ohitike (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

18. Menace Ruine – Nekyia (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

19. Morrigan – Anwynn (Full-length 2022)

 

 

20. Night Of The Vampire – Eternal Night (EP 2022)

 

 

21. Nightfell – Never Comes The Storm (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

22. Old Nick – Ghost O' Clock (EP 2022)

 

 

 

23. Pilori – Quand Bien M​ê​me L'Enfer Et Le D​é​luge S'abattraient Sur Nous (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

24. Prometheus – Aornos (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

25. The Gloomy Radiance Of The Moon – When The Nameless Stars Serenade Your Ravenous Usurpation Of The Blackness  (Full-length 2022)

 

 

26. The Lovecraft Sextet – Miserere (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

27. Tormentador – Morte Negra (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

28. Triumvir Foul – Onslaught To Seraphim (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

29. Vetëvrakh – Satanic Black Moloch (Full-length 2022)

 

 

30. Wampyrinacht – Night Of The Desecration (Full-length 2022)

 

 

 

Het Zweet – Het Zweet (1987)

Country: Netherlands

Tracklist

1. Cry Or Laugh 02:30
2. From The Lowland 06:56
3. Topsy Turvy 06:36
4. Wild Man 02:53
5. Ram 02:51
6. On Earth 04:33
7. Red Robe 04:41
8. Massive Trance 07:11

Het Zweet was an experimental/ritualistic/tribal/industrial project

created by Marien Van Oers and formed in Breda, Netherlands.

Active since early to late 80s Marien started the project as a duo with Eric Haamers 

under the name Forced Run and released their self-titled cassette in 1982 on Marien's own DIY label Het Zweet,

which later next year transformed into Zweepslag in order to release his first solo tapes.
Forced Run gradually turned into Het Zweet and released material on such legendary labels

as Staaltape and Dossier while also appeared on many international compilations.
Het Zweet music consisted of percussion pieces played upon organic noises, ritualistic-ambiance, soundscapes

and mantras intended to produce trance-like effects via rhythm and repetition.

Music was played on self-built instruments (shopping trolleys, blown cardboard tubes etc.)

with Marien's own vocals and extra pre-recorded sounds.
The music was often placed in the industrial camp and linked with the likes of Test Dept. and Z'EV.
Het Zweet's trip lasted until 1988, when Marien eliminated all public music activities.

Since then he was recording only for himself and this period (1992-2012) can be heard on the compilation

"Compilatie Blue Room" released by his friend Mark Rietveld (Mor Time D'or),

after Marien passed away on January 8, 2013.
"Het Zweet" was the only material by Marien that was released on vinyl and in 2022 was remastered and reissued

with five bonus tracks by Klanggalerie on CD and by Staalplaat on double LP.
The Memory link contains as bonus the excellent "Massive Trance" cassette that was released in 1983.

Memory

Thirst – The Might Of The Pagan Belief (1994)

Country: Poland

Tracklist

1. Adremelech 09:25
2. The Book Of Knowledge Snatched From The Abyss Of The Loss 05:29
3. Irresistible Temptation 04:57
4. The Last Hymn That Was Obtained From Flames 06:06
5. A Prayer To The Evil One 05:57
6. Call From The Grave (Bathory Cover) 05:02

Thirst is a Polish black metal band that was formed around 1991-92 in Przasnysz, Masovia.
Some session members of the band Sacrificed were involved

but the primary member was always Occulta (vocals, guitars, keyboards, drum programming).
After the release of a demo-rehearsal tape in 1993 entitled "...Darkness...",

Thirst released in 1994 their debut "The Might Of The Pagan Belief".

The album was recorded during August of 1994 at Gnome Studio and released through Astral Wings Records on cassette.
Occulta was assisted on the release by Morlock (guitars), Aiwass (drums) and session member Norberd Osiński (keyboards).

"The Might Of The Pagan Belief" was reissued in 2005 on cassette by Total War 

and in 2021 was published for the first time on vinyl by ASRAR.
A second full length album was released in 2004 under the title "Per Aspera Ad Astra"

and a third one in 2008 entitled "Blacklight", both of them on Polish label Alles Stenar.

Memory

Eraserhead Original Soundtrack (1982)

Composers: David Lynch, Alan R. Splet, Peter Scott Ivers

Tracklist

1. Side A (Digah's Stomp, Lenox Avenue Blues, Stompin' The Bug, Messin' Around With The Blues) 20:08
2. Side B (In Heaven - Lady In The Radiator Song) 18:22
3. In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song) 01:38
4. Pete's Boogie (Previously Unreleased) 03:58
5. Eraserhead Dance Mix 10:16

 

 "Eraserhead" is a 1977 American surrealist horror film written, directed, produced, and edited by David Lynch.

Lynch also created its score and sound design, which included pieces by a variety of other musicians.
Shot in black and white, it was Lynch's first feature-length effort following several short films.
Starring Jack Nance, Charlotte Stewart, Jeanne Bates, Judith Anna Roberts, Laurel Near, and Jack Fisk, 

it tells the story of a man who is left to care for his grossly deformed child in a desolate industrial landscape.
The soundtrack of the film was composed by David Lynch and Alan R. Splet

and was originally released via I.R.S. Records on LP in the United States on June 15, 1982 with 5 tracks.
Alan R. Splet (December 31, 1939 – December 2, 1994) was an American sound designer and sound editor

known for his collaborations with director David Lynch on "The Elephant Man", "Dune" and "Blue Velvet".
Due to being legally blind, Splet rarely traveled and mainly worked from Berkeley, California.
In 1980, he won an Oscar for his work on the film "The Black Stallion"

and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing for "Never Cry Wolf".
The mood and tone of "Eraserhead" and its soundtrack were influenced by Philadelphia's post-industrial history.

Lynch lived in the city while studying painting at the Pennsylvania Academy Of Fine Arts

and was fascinated by its feeling of constant danger, describing it both as a:

"sick, twisted, violent, fear ridden, decaying place" and "beautiful, if you see it the right way.".
Lynch and Splet used avant-garde approaches to recording on the soundtrack,

including crafting almost every sound in the soundtrack from scratch using bizarre methods.
The ambiance of the love scene in the movie, for example,

was produced by recording air blown through a microphone as it sat inside a bottle floating in a bathtub.
Lynch and Splet worked "9 hours a day for 63 days" to produce the soundtrack and all of the sound effects in the film.

Splet recalls the sound effects Lynch called on him to produce for "Eraserhead" as "snapping, humming, buzzing, banging, like lightning, shrieking, squealing” over the five years it took to produce the film and its soundtrack.
Also during the production of the soundtrack, Lynch drew two telephone wires for Splet,

each line indicating between four and five pitches he wanted to be represented in the movie's music and sound effects.
When Splet played Lynch pipe organ parts from American jazz pianist, organist, Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller

(May 21, 1904 – December 15, 1943) as soundtrack material, Lynch was immediately confident in the pipe-organ style,

stating that he had "never listened to any other kind of music for ("Eraserhead"). I knew that was it."
Except the excerpts of organ music by Fats Waller the soundtrack also included piano parts by Phil Worde

and the song "In Heaven (Lady In The Radiator Song)",

written for the film and sang by Peter Scott Ivers (September 20, 1946 – March 3, 1983).

Memory

The Eye – Supremacy (1997)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. The Eternal Oath Of Lie 06:37
2. The Land 02:50
3. The Call Of A Thousand Souls 07:07
4. My Supremacy 06:26
5. Aidyl 03:10
6. The Purest Domination In Wisdom (The Eternal Eye) 05:12
7. Your Weakness... (Bastard Son Of Fear) 05:55
8. The Eye 02:09

Formed around 1996 in Mondeville, Lower Normandy, France, The Eye was a side-project of Vindsval, 

better known from his band Blut Aus Nord among his other acts.

Much like the early Blut Aus Nord albums, Vindsval recorded everything on his own,

and the style of music is quite similar to that of the first Blut Aus Nord albums,

meaning dark, repetitive compositions of cold, hypnotic black metal.

In its short lived existence The Eye released a demo in 1996 entitled "Normanniska"

and a full length album in 1997 on the French label Velvet Music International entitled "Supremacy".
In 2014 there was a rumor that Vindsval had reformed the project

this time with the help of Tor-Helge Skei (aka Cernunnus of Manes, Manii) but no news have surfaced since then.
The Memory link contains as bonus the tracks from their demo.

Memory

Primordia – The Gleaming Eye (1993)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Meléni 05:28
2. Surface Tension 03:48
3. The Gleaming Eye (Vers.) 04:24
4. Laughing Torso 05:17
5. Mother Love II 05:12
6. Kaosphere 04:44
7. Samhain 05:53
8. What The Breather Brings 04:19
9. Coming Down Fast / The Gleaming Eye 08:24
10. Forever Years 05:10
11. Ikon 13:22

Primordia was a short lived synth-goth project of the late 80s/early 90s.
The band featured Lucy Furlong and W.M. Owens,

that he is also known for his participation on the early albums of Fire + Ice.

Their sound is balancing gracefully between embedded orchestral darkwave elements

and electro/industrial pulsating rhythms.
"The Gleaming Eye" is a collection of recordings from 1988 to 1992 and was released by World Serpent Distribution.

Memory

Namanax – Audiotronic (1997)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. The Return Of The Deadly Mantis 13:52
2. Immune 14:08
3. Aquanax 18:19
4. Tomb Of The Seagull 16:26
5. The Giggling Winds 10:06

Namanax was the project of multi-instrumentalist Bill Yurkiewicz, co-founder of Relapse Records

 and musician performing in grindcore, metal, industrial and noise bands, who operated his studio in Pennsylvania.
With Namanax Yurkiewicz tried to produce loud noise through the layering of multiple sources of sound.
His first two albums, "Multi-Phase Electrodynamics" (Release, 1993)

and "Cascading Waves Of Electronic Turbulence" (Release, 1996) were recorded live

and were notable mainly for their intensity.
On his third release, "Audiotronic" (Release, 1997), Yurkiewicz was joined by guitarist/producer James Plotkin 

and Kipp Johnson on the synthesizers/samples.
The album contains five lengthy pieces inspired by soundtracks of monster movies.
"Audiotronic" increases the doses of guitar experimentation and the creation of dark textures

but also toning down the noise violence.
Their last album, "Monstrous" (Release, 1998), was basically a continuation of "Audiotronic" featuring four long tracks.
Namanax was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1997 film "Gummo" with the track "The Medicine Man".
At the same period Bill Yurkiewicz was also involved in a side-project with Kipp Johnson

 and the help of James Plotkin, named Solarus.

Memory

Arkham – Obscurs Et Éternels (Demo 1996)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Blood Is Life 05:54
2. The Haunter Of The Dark 08:55
3. Live Evil 03:21
4. Seasons Of The Underworld 07:05

The band was formed in January 1994 by Comte d’Erlette (Bass/Vocals)

and Syuth n’ Guaraath (Guitars/Vocals, also member of The Last Battle)

under the name of Necromancya as a tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft's stories.
During the summer of 1994 they changed their name to Arkham and joined by Vincent (Drums) and Joachim (2nd Guitar).
In winter of 1995 Mathieu (Synths) and Marion (Female Vocals) recruited but Joachim left the band.
With this line up they recorded their first demo "Obscurs Et Éternels" in June of 1996 that sold more than 200 copies.
In the next few months Vincent, Marion and Mathieu left the band.
At the end of 1996, Lord Von Carthasis joined Arkham as a new drummer.
The year after, in March, they recorded the "Promo - Tape 1897" (later was used on their split with Nuit Noire)

of which one track was also presented on the Velvet Music International's compilation "Encyclopedia Pestilentia".
In July of 1997 a rehearsal tape was recorded.
By the end of 1999 Lord Von Carthasis had left the band as he preferred to devote himself to his projects

and Tenebras (from Nuit Noire) replaced him handling the drums followed by Sire Cedric who realized the sound effects.
Thanks to this new line-up Arkham released in 2000 the "Malediction" demo album, composed of eight tracks.
In 2004 their EP "Chapter III: The Madness From The Sea" was released as a limited edition CD of 994 handnumbered copies.

Memory

Les Baxter – The Pit And The Pendulum (1961)

Composer: Les Baxter

Tracklist

1. Main Titles 04:46
2. Francis Inquires 01:32
3. Elizabeth's Tomb 02:46
4. Nicholas' Trauma 06:22
5. Music In The Night 03:09
6. Incipient Madness 02:41
7. Castle Medina 00:58
8. Nightmare 00:40
9. Dark Corridors 01:26
10. Dead End 02:09
11. Nicholas' Guilt 01:45
12. Late Wife 00:24
13. Suspicions 03:03
14. True, True! 05:19
15. Voices And Spiderwebs 05:10
16. Don Medina's Return 02:18
17. The Pit And The Pendulum 06:29
18. End Titles 02:12

The Pit And The Pendulum is a 1961 horror film directed by Roger Corman,

starring Vincent Price, Barbara Steele, John Kerr, and Luana Anders.

The screenplay by Richard Matheson was loosely inspired by Edgar Allan Poe's 1842 short story of the same name.
The film was the second title in the popular series of Poe adaptations released by American International Pictures,

the first having been Corman's House Of Usher released the previous year.
Like House, the film features widescreen cinematography by Floyd Crosby,

sets designed by art director Daniel Haller, and a film score composed by Les Baxter.

A critical and box-office hit, Pit's success convinced AIP and Corman to continue adapting Poe stories 

for another six films, five of them starring Vincent Price.

The series ended in 1965 with the release of The Tomb Of Ligeia.
Film critics have noted the film's strong influence on numerous subsequent Italian thrillers,

from Mario Bava's The Whip And The Body (1963) to Dario Argento's Deep Red (1975).
Stephen King has described one of Pit's major shock sequences

as being among the most important moments in post-1960 horror film.
Leslie Thompson "Les" Baxter (March 14, 1922 – January 15, 1996) was a best-selling American musician and composer.

After working as an arranger and composer for swing bands,

he developed his own style of easy listening music, known as Exotica and scored over 100 motion pictures.
Baxter studied piano at the Detroit Conservatory before moving to Los Angeles at Pepperdine College.
From 1943 on he played tenor and baritone saxophone for the Freddie Slack big band.
Abandoning a concert career as a pianist, he turned to popular music as a singer.
In 1950 Baxter started arranging and conducting for Capitol Records 

 and conducted the orchestra in two early Nat King Cole hits, "Mona Lisa" and "Too Young".

He also recorded Yma Sumac's first album: "Voice Of The Xtabay",

which can be considered one of the first recordings of Exotica.
In 1951 he made the original recording of "Quiet Village" which years later became a hit for Martin Denny.

In 1953 he scored his first movie, the sailing travelogue Tanga Tika.
With his own orchestra, he released a number of hits including "Ruby" (1953), "Unchained Melody" (1955),

"The Poor People Of Paris" (1956) and "Sinner Man" (1956).
"Unchained Melody" was the first million seller for Baxter and was awarded a gold disc.
"The Poor People Of Paris" also sold over one million copies.
He also achieved success with concept albums of his own orchestral suites: Le Sacre Du Sauvage, Festival Of The Gnomes,

Ports Of Pleasure, and Brazil Now, the first three for Capitol and the fourth on Gene Norman's Crescendo label.

The list of musicians on these recordings includes Plas Johnson and Clare Fischer.
Baxter also wrote the "Whistle" theme from the TV show Lassie.
In the 1960s, he formed the Balladeers, a conservative folk group in suits that at one time featured a young David Crosby.

Later he used some of the same singers from that group for a studio project called The Forum.

He worked in radio as musical director of The Halls Of Ivy and the Bob Hope and Abbott And Costello shows.
Like his counterparts Henry Mancini and Lalo Schifrin, Baxter worked in films in the 1960s and 1970s. 

He worked on movie scores for B-movie studio American International Pictures 

where he composed scores for Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe films and other horror and beach party films

including House Of Usher, The Pit And The Pendulum, The Raven, Muscle Beach Party and Beach Blanket Bingo.

He also composed a new score for the theatrical release of the 1970 horror film Cry Of The Banshee 

after AIP rejected Wilfred Josephs's original one.

Howard W. Koch recalled that Baxter composed, orchestrated and recorded

the entire score of The Yellow Tomahawk (1954) in a total of three hours for $5,000.
When soundtrack work fell off in the 1980s, he scored music for theme parks such as SeaWorld.

Memory

Faun – Betrothed Unto Death (Demo 1995)

Country: Norway

Tracklist

1. Som Taager I Maaneskjaer 02:58
2. En Hyllest Til Døden 02:50
3. Winternight's Lightning 02:29
4. Alene 02:51
5. Pagan Sons Of The Artic Realm 02:07
6. Within The Shadows Of Darkness 03:06
7. I Prakten Ligger Makten 01:37
8. Into The Web Of Winter (Reh. W/Full Line Up, No Voc) 03:08

Faun was risen from the ashes of early 90´s Norwegian cult bands Energumen and Coffin Of Lament, 

being part of the legendary Hønefoss Black Metal scene beside bands such as Dim Nagel, Kvist and Urgehal.
In 1992 Northgrove and Ravenloft created the band Coffin Of Lament and released the demo "Gwrach-Y-Rhibyn".
In 1994 they changed the name of the band to Faun.
Ravenloft was replaced by Razaak and Agina Taran joined as a session member in 1995.
Faun released three demo tapes before disbanding in 1996 after Northgrove focused on his new band Vulture Lord.

Memory

Opus Malefici – Obscure Thoughts (MCD 1997)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Liber Theth: Into The Whirl Of Lust & Ecstasy 03:12
2. Inhuman Destiny 03:57
3. Dark Empty Way 03:07

Opus Malefici was an Italian black metal band that was formed in 1995 with members from Darkness.
In April 1996 their debut demo was recorded and professionally printed and distributed by Dyna Records.
A few months later three members left in order to keep playing in Darkness and a new line up was established.
Some appearances on Italian compilation were followed and later they offered a deal from Nocturnal Music

 for the release of a MCD which was also the first from this newly created back then label.
The MCD was recorded on December of 1996 and released in 1997 entitled "Obscure Thoughts" 

featuring Simone Biliotti (Ghoul Vault, Menschenfeind) on vocals,

Marco Mazzoni (ex-Necromass, ex-Handful Of Hate) on guitars and Matteo Bennici (ex-Cryogen, ex-Merdiolence) on bass.

The drums were written by Matteo Kleeman and recorded on a drum machine.

There were future plans for a full length album as the band was working on new songs but this was never happened.

Memory

Drusus – Spleen (7'' EP 1997)

Country: Romania

Tracklist

1. Cîntec De Mormînt / Grabgesang 07:49
2. Nervi De Toamnă / Herbstnerven 07:42

Pre-RA project created by Andrei Rusu (ex-Agathodaimon) in 1995.
After several demos Rusu released this limited EP (600 hand numbered copies) in 1997 through German Sombre Records.
The lyrics on the two tracks were taken from Romanian poets Mihai Eminescu and George Bacovia.
The name of the project changed in 1999 to RA.

Memory

Alejandro Jodorowsky / Don Cherry / Ronald Frangipane – The Holy Mountain (1973)

Composers: Alejandro Jodorowsky, Don Cherry, Ronald Frangipane

Tracklist

1. Trance Mutation 03:31
2. Pissed And Passed Out 01:48
3. Violence Of The Lambs 02:02
4. Drink It 01:37
5. Christs 4 Sale 00:43
6. Cast Out And Pissed 01:47
7. Eye Of The Beholder 02:17
8. Communion 01:23
9. Rainbow Room 04:40
10. Alchemical Room 04:14
11. Tarot Will Teach You / Burn Your Money 08:44
12. Mattresses, Masks & Pearls 05:53
13. Isla (The Sapphic Sleep) 02:21
14. Psychedelic Weapons 01:11
15. Rich Man In A Fishbowl 04:09
16. Miniature Plastic Bomb Shop 03:14
17. Fuck Machine 03:12
18. Baby Snakes 01:20
19. A Walk In The Park 01:31
20. Mice And Massacre 03:27
21. City Of Freedom 03:21
22. Starfish 02:21
23. The Climb / Reality (Zoom Back Camera) 04:14
24. Pantheon Bar (Bees Make Honey...) 03:45

The Holy Mountain (Spanish: La Montaña Sagrada) is a 1973 Mexican surreal-fantasy film

directed, written, produced, co-scored, co-edited by and starring Alejandro Jodorowsky,

who also participated as a set designer and costume designer on the film.

Following Jodorowsky's underground hit El Topo, acclaimed by both John Lennon and George Harrison,

the film was produced by The Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO Music And Records.

Lennon and Yoko Ono put up production money and the film was shown at various international film festivals in 1973,

including Cannes and limited screenings in New York and San Francisco.
The film is based on Ascent Of Mount Carmel by John Of The Cross 

and Mount Analogue by René Daumal, who was a student of George Gurdjieff.

In this film, much of Jodorowsky's visually psychedelic story follows the metaphysical thrust of Mount Analogue.

This is revealed in such events as the climb to the alchemist, the assembly of individuals with specific skills,

the discovery of the mountain that unites Heaven and Earth "that cannot not exist"

and symbolic challenges along the mountain ascent.

Daumal died before finishing his allegorical novel, and Jodorowsky's improvised ending

provides a way of completing the work (both symbolically and otherwise).
Before the principal photography would commence,

Jodorowsky and his wife spent a week without sleep under the direction of a Japanese Zen master.
Members of the cast spent three months doing various spiritual exercises guided by Oscar Ichazo of the Arica Institute.

The Arica training features Zen, Sufi and yoga exercises along with eclectic concepts drawn from the Kabbalah,

the I Ching and the teachings of George Gurdjieff.

After the training, the group lived for one month communally in Jodorowsky's home before production. 

Thereafter, the filming started in early 1972 and was shot sequentially, entirely in Mexico, at a budget of $750,000.
Jodorowsky was also instructed by Ichazo to take LSD for the purpose of spiritual exploration.

He also administered psilocybin mushrooms to the actors during the shooting of the death-rebirth scene.

The film was completed just in time for the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, where it was much awaited.

Jodorowsky edited out twenty minutes of dialogue, with the intention of removing as much dialogue as he could.

The film had its premiere at Waverly Theatre, an art house movie theater in New York City on 29 November 1973,

where it had restricted run at midnights on Friday and Saturday for sixteen months.
It was also shown at Filmex on 30 March 1974, which was described as the "American premiere".
At a few places it was released as a double bill with Jodorowsky's 1970 film El Topo

 and eventually became a cult film with its influence on popular culture.

Memory

Thy Grief – The Frozen Tomb Of Mankind (1997)

Country: Norway

Tracklist

1. The Frozen Tomb Of Mankind 06:10
2. Blod På Himmelen 04:42
3. Into The Land Of Shadows 05:39
4. Twilight Shine Upon Majestic Mountains 05:34
5. Da Mørket Omfavnet Meg 04:11
6. Nocturnal Eyes 04:51
7. In Spite Of Victory 04:36
8. Echoes From A Past Forgotten 07:59
9. Sorgens Klør 04:35

Thy Grief was formed in the beginning of 1995 with the wish to create music

that combined darkness and rawness atmospheric harmonies.

It was also essential to put effort into improving the quality of their music and the sound as well,

and at the same time still hold on to the genre.

Lyrically Thy Grief is pure fictional with aspects to bring the music and lyrics closer together

through describing the emotions experienced within.
In August 1995 Thy Grief entered a studio to record the debut demo called "A Frozen Realm"

with Kim Anders Johannessen (guitar, keys), Kjetil Monsen (bass), Ken Larsen (guitar, keys) and Roald Fosse (vocals).

As the band had no permanent drummer at the time, Vrolok of Aeternus helped out with the drums on the recording.

The demo was recorded and mixed in four days in a 16-track studio.

Despite the short period the demo attained very good sound quality and received good responds.

As a result in May 1996 Thy Grief signed a two album record contract with the German label Solistitium Records.
At the time there were some line up problems when Ken and Roald left the band

and two new members had to be recruited.

This turned out to be Christer Korsvold (bass, keys) and Frode Gaustad (drums).
The new line up caused a delay due to rehearsals

as the recording of the debut album was originally scheduled to begin in August 1996.
Finally, in February 1997, Thy Grief could enter the studio to record their debut album "The Frozen Tomb Of Mankind".

The album was recorded in a 16-track digital studio containing nine tracks

and is a pointer to the high potential of Thy Grief could have.
After the recording of the album Christer left the band as he felt he couldn't express his music.
Some musical disputes were also present.

There were plans for a second album with half of the new songs been composed,

based on a slower tempo and given more weight on the melodic parts of the music,

and with the intention to to enter the recording studio in August-September of 1998,

but this never happened and the band split up around 1999 - 2000.

Memory

Noise-Maker's Fifes – Soundscapes Of The Inner Eye (1995)

Country: Belgium

Tracklist

1. Beyond Description 21:40
2. Burnt By Ice 16:07
3. Dead City 17:27
4. The Battló House #2 08:23
5. The Battló House #1 09:33

Noise Maker's Fifes was a Belgian experimental/improvised music collective

that was formed in 1990 by Geert Feytons and Timo Van Luijk.
Their music was created by a variety of often self-made instruments

in combination with electronics, effects and environmental sound recordings.
During its 17 years of existence the group underwent a big evolution.

They started solely as a music group and gradually became more multidisciplinary

incorporating video, dance, sound installations and performance in order to create complex audio visual events.
In 1993 Greg Jacobs joined the group and sound engineer Eric Faes became a regular member until 1998.
In 1996 Timo Van Luijk moved to the background to concentrate on his personal musical work

and Marc Wroblewski appeared in the fixed NMF line-up.
NMF slowly grew out to an audio visual unit working with many different artists depending on the nature of the projects.

All video work, where surreal imagery and visualisation of sound play an important role, was realised by Geert Feytons.

Ciro Carcatella, Vilbjorg Broch and Stella Spitaleri were mostly responsible for the performance and dance aspect

while the sound installations were conceived and created by Marc Wroblewski and Geert Feytons, the core of NMF.
The regular participants for the musical part, depending on the project were Greg Jacobs,

Timo Van Luijk, Bryan Seating, Luc Van Lieshout and Michael Prime.

Other guests for specific projects were Miet Brands, Laura Maes, Jacques Brodier,

Hans Van Koolwijk, Daniel Denis and others.
Improvised music, mostly on self made instruments, structured within a visual frame

remained a constant in the NMF creations and especially the visual aspect became more and more sophisticated.
For the construction of the instruments and the autonomously functioning sound sculptures and installations,

materials as cords, recycled metal, glass, wood, stones, liquids were used.
The video work was determined by the desire to visualize different sound sources

and to use images in which sounds manifested themselves.
The last few years Marc and Geert also concentrated on pure audio-visual installations (eg. Naos).
NMF created about 10 major audio visual projects

and over the last decade the group toured extensively throughout Europe in different configurations.
Apart from their proper activities the group was also active creating music for dance.
About 20 titles (CD's, 7", 10") got released on various international labels.
With the death of Geert Feytons in 2006,

the other members decided to stop working under the NMF banner and formed the group Onde.

However, they also decided to preserve all existing audio and video material

and to release archival material on a regular basis.

Memory

Drift – The Beyond (1995)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Burial Ground 24:22
2. Before Silence 18:58
3. Under 21:59
4. My Eyes Still See 21:11

Ultra bleak soundtrack atmospheres and sinister-droning sounds created by Drift.
Gabriele Giuliani is the main person behind this Italian dark ambient project,

mostly known for his act Dead Body Love among others (Alzheimer T.V., Discordance, Gridlock, Oleoresin Capsicum).
Drift existed from mid 90s to 2000 and published several releases on cassette and CD format.

"The Beyond" was recorded between April - May 1995 and released on cassette by Slaughter Productions 

in an A5 sleeve with decorated transparent covers.

Memory

Omala – Germ (1988)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. (Theme From) Cockroaches 04:55
2. Davul 07:33
3. Cataplasm 03:51
4. 709 05:36
5. Smell Touch Taste 05:25
6. Essential Embrocation 02:19
7. War 03:33
8. He Who Hath 06:19
9. Sand Of Nubia 08:33
10. Blue Azur Valley 14:19
11. Shaping Blades With Bare Hands 05:41
12. Somniferous 06:54

Omala (Andreas Karperyd and Mattias Tegnér) was one of the early Swedish ambient/industrial acts 

that produced several releases from late 80s to early 90s before disappearing.
The duo later resurfaced with the project He Said Omala, collaborating with Edward Graham Lewis.
Andreas Karperyd and Mattias Tegnér are also known for their electronic/trance project Obconic 

where in the late 90s they produced a couple of releases.
"Germ" was originally released on vinyl in 1988 by the Swedish label Frequent Frenzy

 and reissued in 1993 by Hyperium Records on CD format featuring four bonus tracks

that were taken from their 1987 cassette release "Cataclysm".

Memory

T.G.V.T. – Terra Lingua (1994)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Memorandum 02:41
2. Proton Nekrotaphion 05:15
3. Ner Tamid 02:56
4. Mother Father Blood'n Guts 05:25
5. Tribal Tongues 04:15
6. Sex Glow 05:20
7. Cemitèrion Oriental 03:56
8. Soil Of Abyss 04:41
9. Mumur 06:40
10. Aqua Regis 05:12
11. Atoll 08:49
12. Memorandum (Lingua) 03:37

T.G.V.T. (Third Global Vagina Torture) was an ethno-industrial project from Germany,

creating noisy collages of sinister sounds and frequencies that they broadcast in every part of their expressive form.
Their work stylishly resembles the structures of groups such as Throbbing Gristle or SPK.
The project released the albums "Rinde Humano" in 1991 and "Terra Lingua" in 1994,

followed by their last work in 1998 the 10'' EP "Paralysis".
The Memory link also contains as bonus tracks their vinyl EP.

Memory

Cromagnon – Cromagnon (1969)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Caledonia 04:21
2. Ritual Feast Of The Libido 03:26
3. Organic Sundown 07:10
4. Fantasy 07:19
5. Crow Of The Black Tree 09:40
6. Genitalia 02:46
7. Toth, Scribe I 10:38
8. First World Of Bronze 02:47

Cromagnon was an American experimental band that was active during the late 1960s.
Led by multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriters Austin Grasmere and Brian Elliot,
the band released their one and only self-titled album

(later reissued as "Cave Rock" and also as "Orgasm") in 1969 on the ESP-Disk record label.
Cromagnon is said to have foreshadowed the rise of noise rock, no wave and industrial rock genres

that came into existence in the following decades.
Their album combined psychedelia, folk rock and noise with primitive instrumentation (including sticks and stones).
It was recorded at A-1 Sound Studio in the Upper West Side of New York City in 1969.
Phil Spector's "Wall of Sound" technique, of which producer Brian Elliot was a fan, heavily influenced the album's sound.
During recording, band members brought in random people from the street and asked them to contribute to the album.
The result was a non-linear journey through the subconscious,

weaving together bizarre instrumentation and meter with a psychotic blending of musical styles.
Bagpipes, pounding percussion, blood-curdling yelps, tribal chanting, laughing, and billowing subterranean rumblings

create the otherworldly soundscape of an album that was ridiculously ahead of its time.

Memory

Arud – 2001... The Saturnus Mission (Demo 1998)

Country: Hungary

Tracklist

1. 2001... The Saturnus Mission 10:50

2. Coldwave 09:46

Hungarian short lived project of Roland Horvath (aka Winter),

known for his involvement with bands such as Forest Silence, Nefarious, Satanik Art and Sear Bliss.
The project released only one tape in 1998 on Horvath's personal label Winter Productions
featuring two tracks of electronic/cosmic dark ambient.

Memory