Wednesday, 30 July 2025

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.

Monday, 28 July 2025

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.

Sunday, 27 July 2025

Red Harvest – Hybreed (1996)


Country: Norway
 
Tracklist
1. MaztürNation 03:13
2. The Lone Walk 10:07
3. Mutant 03:42
4. After All... 04:20
5. Ozrham 09:44
6. On Sacred Ground 09:34
7. The Harder They Fall 04:07
8. Underwater 08:33
9. Monumental 06:22
10. In Deep 12:27
11. The Burning Wheel 05:54
 
 Red Harvest is a Norwegian industrial metal band, formed in 1989 as a Slayer tribute band.
They released the demo "Occultica" in 1989 followed by the demo "Psychotica" in 1990,
before releasing their debut album "Nomindsland" in 1992.
From 1994, with the album "There's Beauty In The Purity Of Sadness" the band moved towards
an experimental hybrid of progressive metal, gothic rock, industrial, and doom metal.
1995's "The Maztürnation" and 1996's "HyBreed" allowed the band to reach a wider audience,
resulting in them opening for American gothic metal act Type O Negative on their European tour in 1997.
In 1998, they released an EP entitled "NewRage World Music", which was re-released in 2001
and contains the original EP and four bonus tracks with minor alterations under the title of "New World Rage Music".
After the original EP release, the band perfected their progressive industrial-tinged sound
and their follow-up "Cold Dark Matter" album was released in 2000.
In 2002, "Sick Transit Gloria Mundi" was nominated for a Spellemannprisen,
the Norwegian equivalent of a Grammy Award and an alternative Grammy in the "Best Metal Album" category.
In 2004, Red Harvest released the album "Internal Punishment Programs" and in 2006 the "Harvest Bloody Harvest" DVD.
"A Greater Darkness" followed in early 2007 and in 2008, they released "The Redline Archives",
a compilation of remixes and alternate versions of previously released tracks along with a number of unreleased songs.
From 1998 and later their sound drew elements from industrial metal bands such as Godflesh and Ministry, Neurosis, Voivod,
fellow Norwegian black metal bands and certain styles of electronica, such as drum'n'bass, industrial, and gabber.
The band played a show on 24 October 2009 in Oslo, to mark the twentieth anniversary from their formation.
According to their official website, Red Harvest disbanded in May 2010, stating no specific reasons for the breakup.
They eventually reformed 5 years later in 2015.
Most of their members are also part of the project
Dunkelheit.