Converter – Shock Front (1999)

Country: United States

 

Tracklist

1. Conqueror 08:05
2. Shock Front 07:15
3. Cannibals 05:00
4. Spirit Shield 06:24
5. Coma 06:12
6. Sacrifice 08:13
7. Memory-Trace 09:23
8. Deadman (Perdition) 04:38
9. Denogginizer 11:40
10. Sadist 03:19

 

Converter is the brainchild of Ohio based artist Scott Sturgis,

also the force behind the project Pain Station, Lowness and Notime, created in 1998.
Converter saw its first release in 1999, with "Shock Front",

a mature work in the same vein as other artists in the Ant-Zen family such as P·A·L and Imminent Starvation,

as well as well-known rhythmic noise innovators like Dive and Esplendor Geometrico.
The project investigates the industrial field, and with his debut album Sturgis creates hard hitting, 

rhythmic noise filled with bombastic machine-driven rhythms coupled with tweaked synths

creating an atmosphere of distorted aggression reinforced by a wall of impenetrable percussion on nearly every track. Sturgis also began his own label, Auricle Media, in 2000 with fellow artist KarloZ.M of Manufactura.

 
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Malefic Oath – The Land Where Evil Dwells (Demo 1992)

Country: Netherlands

 

Tracklist

 1. Intro 01:04
2. Prediction Of The Unborn Son 04:34
3. The Endless Way To The Unknown 03:11
4. Garden Of Memories 06:15
5. Outro 02:39

 

 Cult early 90s black/doom band from Holland

featuring Marco Kehren (guitars, vocals, drums) of Deinonychus and Michel (guitars).
The band only released one demo, "The Land Where Evil Dwells" that was recorded in 27 June 1992 at Twinstudios.
Also The Unsane from Bestial Summoning joined the project at some point as a vocalist.
For its 30th anniversary, Iron Bonehead Productions released it in 2022 as a 12" EP in limited black and red vinyl variants.

 
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Werkbund – Aquis Submersus (1989)

Country: Germany

 

Tracklist

1. Beginne Den Tag Mit Sterben 21:12
2. Der Feind Sieht Dein Licht Verdunkeln 27:13

 

 Enigmatic industrial and experimental band from Hamburg, active since the late 1980s.
Speculation has involved collaborations with other Hamburg artists such as Felix Kubin and Uli Rehberg

 and possibly Asmus Tietchens, though Tietchens has repeatedly denied involvement.
Their sound deals mainly with marine tales and myths from Northern Germany,

incorporating experimental, ambient, field recordings and industrial styles to create cold mystical nuances.
Released by German label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien that was founded in 1980 by Uli Rehberg.

 
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Storm – Nordavind (1995)

Country: Norway

 

Tracklist

1. Innferd 01:35
2. Mellom Bakkar Og Berg 02:43
3. Haavard Hedde 03:19
4. Villemann 02:14
5. Nagellstev 01:03
6. Oppi Fjellet 04:02
7. Langt Borti Lia 07:15
8. Lokk 00:53
9. Noregsgard 08:13
10. Utferd 01:58

 

 Storm was a Norwegian folk metal band that originally included Satyr of Satyricon and Fenriz of Darkthrone.
Soon Kari Rueslåtten, formerly of the band The 3rd And The Mortal, joined them on vocals.
The project released only one album, entitled "Nordavind", on Satyr's personal label Moonfog Productions.
After the recording of the album, Kari Rueslåtten publicly stated regrets over her involvement with Storm,

as she felt betrayed by Satyr and Fenriz because Satyr wrote a new end to the song "Oppi Fjellet"

which contained strongly anti-Christian lyrics.
The Memory link features two bonus tracks, the unreleased "Oppunder Skrent Og Villmark"

and the rehearsal version of "Mellom Bakkar Og Berg",

that both appeared on the compilation "Crusade From The North" in 1996.

 
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