Saturday 31 August 2024

Drape Excrement – Born Dead (1995)


Country: Germany

Tracklist
1. Sirayat 01:37
2. Leitbild 04:25
3. Dangerous Gases 03:56
4. Out Of Control 04:14
5. I Want You 02:19
6. Yaum Ed Din 03:48
7. The Lost Age 04:51
8. Sinnlose Opfer 02:27
9. Jammer Und Geheul 04:12
10. Good Grief 04:48
11. I Give My Soul 04:10

German industrial/noise project created by Markus Kropfreiter 
(also known as a part of Söldnergeist and Metaplakia projects) that runs the Art Konkret label.
"Born Dead" offers dark death-industrial combined with deep bass droning
and atmospheric crackling sounds creating a menacing atmosphere.
Released by Art Konkret as a limited edition vinyl of 525 copies.

Friday 30 August 2024

Luciano Dari – Wajd (1989)


Country: Italy

Tracklist
1. Metatron Of The Sea 07:45
2. Sirens 03:25
3. La Luz 06:35
4. Night Of Djinn 04:05
5. Lotus 04:34
6. Manvantara 05:43
7. Antro Dei Misteri 04:05
8. Inno Ad Helios (Bonus Track) 02:38
9. Lapide Minerali (Bonus Track) 03:49
10. Theatrum Naturae (Bonus Track) 22:13

Luciano Dari is an Italian dark ambient musician/producer
and founder of the Musica Maxima Magnetica label that operated from the late 80s to late 00s.
In 1987 he released "Idrogeni Superiori", as part of the split album together with The Hafler Trio
followed by the album "Wajd" in 1989.
He also participated in many cassette compilation releases.
The Memory link contains three bonus tracks that were taken fron Dari's participation in the compilations:
"Hora Aurea (1989)", "Devastating Templaric Sounds (1990)" and "Nature Morte (1991)".

Saturday 24 August 2024

Keep Of Kalessin – Through Times Of War (1997)

 
Country: Norway

Tracklist
1. Through Times Of War 04:31
2. Den Siste Krig 04:43
3. As A Shadow Cast 06:09
4. I Choose To Suffer 06:50
5. Skygger Av Forg 05:22
6. Obliterator 05:42
7. Nectarious Red / Itch 14:19

Keep Of Kalessin is a Norwegian extreme metal band from Trondheim, formed in 1993.
The group's early lineup consisted of Ghash on vocals, Obsidian C. (the group founder) on guitars and keyboards,
Warach on bass, and Vyl on drums.
Two albums were released under this lineup, "Through Times Of War" in 1997,
and "Agnen: A Journey Through The Dark" in 1999, before splitting up.
Obsidian C. then toured with Satyricon, but revived the the band in 2003 with the release of the EP "Reclaim"
and all new members featuring Frost (Satyricon, 1349) on drums and Attila Csihar (Mayhem, Tormentor etc.) on vocals.
This line-up did not last and fell apart because of the distances between the band members.
In 2006, Obsidian C. once again reconstituted the group with a new lineup
and released two albums "Armada" in 2006 and "Kolossus" in 2008.
These releases brought a good attention from mainstream media in Norway
and as a result Keep Of Kalessin was nominated for a Spellemannprisen in the metal category in 2008.
In 2010 they also entered a song in the
the annual competition Melodi Grand Prix,
to select Norway's entry in the Eurovision Song Contest, but they failed finishing in the 3rd place overall.
The band released its fifth album, "Reptilian" in 2010 demonstrating a deviation
from the black metal influenced sound of their previous music in favor of a more extreme metal sound.
Two more albums followed, "Epistemology" in 2015 and "Katharsis" in 2023.