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.

 
Memory

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.

 
Memory

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.

 
Memory

Raism – The Very Best Of Pain (MCD 1996)

Country: Greece / Finland

 

Tracklist

1. Chaosphere 03:54
2. Killing Machine 04:49
3. Les 120 Journees De Sodome (A Velvet Ballad For Desade) 04:37
4. Alienation 04:10
5. What Kind Of Hell Is This Anyway? 04:32

 

 Raism was the continuation of Diabolos Rising project that featured Magus Wampyr Daoloth (Thou Art Lord,

The Magus, ex-Necromantia, ex-N.A.O.S., ex-Danse Macabre) and Mika Luttinen (Impaled Nazarene).

The band took its moniker from Gilles De Rais and here the dark atmosphere of Diabolos Rising is left aside

for a more groovier and catchier industrial metal melodies with anti-social and misanthropic themes.

Sotiris Vayenas of Septic Flesh is handling the guitars

while Spiros Antoniou (also from Septic Flesh) is responsible for the cover art of the MCD.

In 1997 Raism released their only full length album entitled "Aesthetic Terrorism"

where most of the tracks are followed by a hardcore techno remix version of them.

 
Memory

GLOD – Gnosis (1995)

Country: United States

 

Tracklist

1. Black Song For A Dead Sun 06:03
2. Overmind 04:46
3. Redgnosis 11:37
4. Breath Of Fire 11:10
5. Return To Zero 13:15
6. Molecular Noisefloor 21:19

 

 GLOD (aka G.L.O.D. God Loves Over Dose) officially began around 1988 and consisted of Frank107 on vocals,

effects and manipulations, David Martin samplers and keyboards and Michael Dead on stick guitar.
A couple of home-recorded tapes were put out in limited editions,

the first being "23V" and the second being "The Gold Tape".

Around that time Frank, Shelley Soma and Mike Dead began to put out the self-published booklets,

on each solstice and equinox, which later became known as "Glod Propaganda".

As work commenced on the self-titled first LP, which was initially put out as a limited edition on marbelized clear vinyl,

then later on CD with additional tracks, GLOD coalesced into a coherent sonic endeavor

comprised of Frank, David, Mike and SSoma as a percussionist and auxillary vocalist.

Wolfgang joined late in the production, in time to make it on the CD as a second percussionist for the song "Sacriscar".
Their first CD was an exploration of sound and texture in a ritualistic format,

with not much regard for commerciality or the numerous technical obstacles which confronted the band members.

At the same time their early live performances quickly gained them attention with their occult symbolism,

ritualistic drumming, body manipulations and usage of blood sacrifice.
After the release of the first CD, Mike Dead departed the band, choosing to pursue his own path.
Also the band upgraded their home studio equipment, played some live dates around the US

(including some in the Midwest with Ordo Equitum Solis) and produced a video titled "A Private Release",

which was a sort of documentary to the events which centered around the making of the first CD.
With work on the new CD underway, GLOD signed on with the Italian label Musica Maxima Magnetica,

which also re-released the first CD in Europe.

For "Gnosis" GLOD worked with guitarist Dreike, Wolfgang shifted from drums to bass guitar

and a new drummer, Xian, was joined from the Detroit percussive band Batterie Acid.

On the visual side, Frank and SSoma produced the cover artwork and text.
"Gnosis" is a more coherent elaboration of the gnostic state that the band explored with their first release.

It explores ritualistically styled old elegies using the interplay of violin, trumpet and kettledrums 

juxtaposed with sublimely textured samples, non-traditional guitar and aggressive bass.
Weaving seductive rhythms, psychedelia-tinged trance laden with atavistic percussion and ecstatic vocal chants.
The compilations "Magnetic Submission" and the Charnel Music release "Arrhythmia III" followed.
By 1996 GLOD started working on their third CD that saw the light of day in 1999 under the title "Babe In Abyss".

 
Memory

T • A • G • C – Digitaria (1986)

Country: England

 

Tracklist

1. Blood Burns Into Water 03:03
2. Dog Star 04:23
3. Balag Anti 08:12
4. Chozzar Over Abyss 02:13
5. Pre-Eval 05:03
6. Ghost Cultures Under Collapse 06:59
7. Noosphere 08:12
8. Lux Nox 09:07
9. Tzaddi (1994 CD Bonus Track) 01:27
10. The Abominable Plateau Of Leng (1994 CD Bonus Track) 01:56
11. Sekhet (1994 CD Bonus Track) 04:59
12. ShgL 3.33 (1987 CD Bonus Track) 03:36
13. Sunset Eyes Thru Water (1987 CD Bonus Track) 05:39
14. Po-Ema (1987 CD Bonus Track) 02:41

 

 The Anti-Group Communications (or T.A.G.C.)  is an open-membership collaborative art and information project

formed in 1978 by Adi Newton and Steven James Turner of Clock DVA fame.

The T.A.G.C. acronym refers to the four different types of DNA Nucleotide: thymine, adenine, guanine, and cytosine.

The group's main objective was to combine interactive and mixed media art, installations,

and research on psycho acoustics and philosophical concepts to produce fascinating presentations.
The first non theoretical action devised by T.A.G.C. was the film "The Delivery", a 16mm triptych projection and soundtrack,

and the Anti theater performance "The Discussion" designed for five tape recorders and multi-video projection systems.

These two works were first presented at the "De Doelen" center in Rotterdam on Saturday, September 22nd, 1985.

"The Delivery" has been exhibited at the "2nd Atonal Festival" in "The Ballhaus Tiergarten" Berlin, Feb 18th 1985

where the soundtrack was recorded on a mobile 24 track system.

This document was released as "The Anti Group - The Delivery" on Atonal Records.
After these initial performances T.A.G.C. concentrated on audio development.

It was during this period 1985 to 1987 that the above recordings were realized

along with the highly acclaimed ambisonic album "Digitaria" which is a technological and ethnological work

based on the ideas of the Sabean cults of ancient Khem and the Dogon tribe of Mali.

Having worked through these areas, it became the next logical step to move into the application of Psychophysics 

developing the use of frequencies and Psychoacoustics with computer aided technology.

Performance of these ideas took place at the "3rd Atonal Festival" at "Alte TU-Mensa" Berlin on December 13th, 1986

and "SO 36" Berlin on Feb 14th 1987 and at the "Museum Of Contemporary Art" Prato, Italy on Sept 23rd 1988.
It was at this time also that T.A.G.C. displayed their first Meontological visual experiment "Burning Water".

The recordings utilized in these performances were released as part of a series of recordings

entitled Meontological Research Recordings 1 + 2.

T.A.G.C. performances were held at the Electro-Acoustic Music Academy Stockholm, August, 23rd 1990

and at the ARS Electronica symposium on Virtual Reality held in Linz, Austria on September 8th, 1990.

Meontological Research Recordings 3 + 4 followed where Recording 3 explores the central ideas 

expressed in the Coulier Noire and Recording 4 centers around the current research project

into the development of methods and techniques to aid expanded consciousness

in collaboration with R.E.S.T., SpaceTimeTanks and Relaxation Center Chicago, America.
All these psychoacoustic experiments and carefully constructed aural rituals are usually accompanied 

by lengthy liner notes, explaining the theoretical underpinnings of the recordings.
In this way, T.A.G.C. presents itself explicitly as acoustic research rather than music.

 Although the group disbanded in 1996, Newton continued the project with CD releases and live performances in 2009.
T.A.G.C. audio recordings are released on Newton's Anterior Research Recordings label.

 
Memory

Iron Halo Device – The Collapsing Void (1998)

Country: United States

 

Tracklist

 Pulsating Flesh
1. Introduction - Eyespark, The Man 12:04
2. Penetration - Intruding The Skin 10:37
3. Reflection - The Collapsing Void 15:41
4. Completion - An Empty Anthem 09:14
Spliced & Segmented
5. Creation - The Abduction Of Winter 05:54
6. Evolution - The Expanding Void 04:19
7. Observation - Red Memory 03:32
8. Contemplation - A Passion Vessel 03:29

 

 Project of Philip T. Easter (aka eyespark), member of Stone Glass Steel and Death In Arcadia.
Additionally, Easter was the creative director at Malignant Records

 and he has done the mastering for a large number of releases in the industrial/noise genre.
"The Collapsing Void" was the debut album of the project offering a mix of heavy pounding drum patterns

with experimental noise and dark ambient atmospheres combined with many samples.
Tracks 1-4 were recorded live at the Hurricane in Kansas City on July 31, 1996

while tracks 5-8 were compiled from home demos recorded in August and September 1995.
Released through Malignant Records in 1998 in plain jewel case CD with transparent tray and 3-fold out booklet.

 
Memory

Immortal Agony – A Virgin Among The Living Dead (1996)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. In Blood We Trust 11:25
2. La Fontaine De Sang 04:23
3. A Very Strange Agony 06:22
4. The Haunted Boudoir 08:19
5. Gothic 04:52
6. Soporiferous Sex (Liquid Emission) 04:56
7. Pagan Orgasms 03:16

Another project of Emanuele Lago (Black Mountains Chronicles, Tombstone, Crisantemo Nero etc.) 

that focuses on death/ambient and horror/industrial soundscapes.
Originally released in 1996 on his label Psychotic Release on a limited edition cassette with 2 inserts,

a little ceramic bat and a small booklet with images for each track.

Later in 2001 it was reissued on CDr together with his previous album "The Queen Of Heaven & The Queen Of Hell".

 
Memory

Subklinik ‎– Feasting On Souls (1996)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Feasting On Souls 08:17
2. Journey Through The Halls Of Darkness 13:44
3. Beyond The Existence Of Time And Space 08:08
4. Pt.III 10:35
5. Pleasant Stench 10:03
6. Corpsegrind 07:47
7. Hardening Of The Arteries 06:56
8. Mortuor Lesson 03:10
9. Tormenter 08:03

Subklinik is another project of Chad Davis (Mortuor, Anu, Draath, Hour Of Thirteen, Obscurae, Old Ghoul etc.)

that was formed in 1995 and is one of the longest running Death Industrial / Black Ambient projects

still active in the USA and celebrating its 30 years of existence.
Here Subklinik offers nightmarish necro-soundscapes from the darkest depths of the mind.
Released on Slaughter Productions as a double cassette and packaged in a VHS box with surgical scissors and cotton.

 
Memory

Asmorod – Involution Toward Chtonian Depths (1997)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Poison - Transcendance 07:37
2. De Cantico Funebri 06:04
3. For A Brighter Faint Light (Fragile Salicacée Sous Un Terne Suaire) 03:16
4. Through Oceanic Calls 05:49
5. Ïa! Ïa! Cthulhu Fhtagn! 12:47
6. Subplutonary Incubation I 12:19
7. Subplutonary Incubation II (Abandon À La Morphine Céleste) 08:29
8. Chtonian Transubtantiation: Lorsqu'ils Rient Mais Ne Sourient Plus 17:19

Dark Ambient project from France, founded by Nicolas D. Faure

 (Dies Sanguini, Kurotokage, Ligeia's Sore Neurosis, Les Amants Maudits, Ephel Duath) in 1994.
The first demo tape, "Dance In The Winter Fog",

was released in the same year and was a mixture of dungeon synth and black metal.
In 1997 Asmorod released on Solistitium Records their first full-length album titled "Involution Toward Chtonian Depths",

which saw the participation of Cédric Codognet (Sator Absentia) and Vanessa Hidden.

With this album the project started to provide its typical mysterious,

deep dark ambient that distinguishes them from other releases of the same style.
Other albums followed, "A Faint Light Below" in 1998, "Derelict" in 1999, and "Hysope" in 2006.

 
Memory

Umbra – Unclean Spirit (1999)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. The Valley Of Dry Bones 06:25
2. Poison Control 08:11
3. Lecher 05:23
4. From The Well 04:24
5. Tangleld Gullet 07:01
6. Washed Up On The Banks 07:52
7. Stacking The Dead 06:12
8. The Conscious Dead (Sallow Mix) 07:09
9. Spiders Under The Skin 02:11
10. Hacking The Root 06:26
11. Husk (Remix - Recontextualization By Azoikum) 03:38

Umbra was a collaborative effort between Scott Candey of Gruntsplatter

 and Stephen Petrus of Murderous Vision (In Death's Throes).
The idea for doing a collaborative project arose in late 1998.
Despite the long distance between them, one being in California and the other in Ohio,

by early 1999 they had completed enough material for a full length release

as well as contributing a track to the "Baited Breath" double cassette compilation.
In early April 1999 Stephen visited San Francisco

and together with Scott they were able to play what would be their one and only show.
This performance was recorded and released as a very limited edition CDR titled, "Perish: A Live Document".
The full length album, "Unclean Spirit", was released by The Rectrix Records as their debut offering.
It shows a varied approach while remaining within the sphere of dark experimental.
Moving from dark ambient to more abusive, grating textures,

"Unclean Spirit" also wove in rhythmic elements that shifted from meditative ritualism to tantruming machinery.
Rooted in a dirty lo-fi aesthetic it emerged as a project unique unto itself.
In addition to nine brand new tracks "Unclean Spirit" also features a track, using the album material as soundsource, reinterpreted by Azoikum and a more ambient mix of "The Conscious Dead",

which appeared on the "Baited Breath" compilation.

 
Memory

Predominance – Hindenburg (1998)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Ascending Colossus 05:31
2. Luftschiffe 05:05
3. In Through The Eyes Of Heaven 06:48
4. Encoded Pages (Inade Rmx) 06:13
5. Four Symbols 07:00
6. Under The Blackened Sun 04:51
7. Out From The Eyes Of Heaven 05:49
8. Lakehurst - A Tragic Moment Frozen In Time / Luftschiffe 2002 11:17
9. Epilog 00:37

Predominance was a German Dark Ambient/Industrial project of Gerd "G.Z." Zaunig.
Zaunig began his musical career as a drummer of the German Death Metal/Grindcore band Enslaved in 1989.
In early 1991 he decided to go on his own path creating a new project under the name Dogmatized Machinery.
Together with two other members they experimented with heavy guitars, drum-machines

and tape samples but split in 1993 because of personal differences.
Together with one remaining member of Dogmatized Machinery (M. Heiser)

he formed another project called Death Is the Mother Of Beauty.
A short time later, he also founded his solo project Wolverine, that experiment with Power/Death Industrial.

However, as Wolverine became more intense, all of his other activated projects died.
In December 1994, from the ashes of all the experiences and influences of the past, Zaunig created Predominance.
In early 2000s he also created the project Virologic that focused on manipulating raw computer data into sound.
With the album "Hindenburg" Zaunig delivered a historical concept work on the legendary airship disaster

but also tried to draw parallels with the Led Zeppelin band (a decisive spark in his teenage years

that stimulated his interest in music) through various elements.

The cover motif is intentionally based on that of the first Led Zeppelin LP from 1969.

The track "Luftschiffe" begins like their last regular studio album "In Through The Out Door". 

"Encoded Pages", for example, is a multi-track collage that was created on the computer

and consists only of Led Zeppelin samples, which were of course also alienated (encrypted).

At the live presentation in Dresden in 1998, further key symbols were added.
"Hindenburg" was originally released in 1998 as a 6 track Mini-LP through Loki Foundation 

and later re-released on CD featuring three unreleased tracks and a exclusive remix by Inade.
Predominance officially disbanded on 20th November 2017.

 
Memory

Idpa – Stream (7'' EP 1997)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Ilu - White Stream 06:10
2. Idpa 05:52

Dark Ambient / Industrial project of Marco Koch,
known as the owner of the cult German industrial and experimental electronics label Stateart 

that operated from 1996 to 2006.
Idpa first release was back in 1996 with the split 7'' EP "Documents Of Neural Assault" together with Thorofon.
"Stream" EP followed in a limited edition of 200 hand numbered copies.
The final appearance of the project was on the collaboration vinyl entitled "Live Action / Voodoo Bumble Bee"

that featured a live performance of Idpa together with Column One and Mz.412 

in Collapse festival, Rostock, Germany 19.08.2000.
The Memory link feature as bonus the track "Thou Sun" from the split EP with Thorofon.

 
Memory

Mortuor – Mortuor (MCD 1999)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Pain 01:50
2. Mortified 04:31
3. Death Endeth All For Every Man 06:30
4. Tormentor 06:41
5. Exhumed By Fire 04:40
6. Rot 03:38

Short lived project of Chad Davis (Subklinik, Anu, Draath, Hour Of Thirteen, Obscurae, Old Ghoul etc.).
The first offering of the band was the Mini CDR entitled "Mortuor",

that was released in a limited edition of 30 hand-numbered copies with a double paper cover.
Two more releases saw the light of day that moved more into Power Electronics/Death Industrial territories,
the Mini CDR "Nekro Schizo" in 2006 and the debut full length album "I'm Waiting For You…" in 2009.

 
Memory

Hieronymus Bosch – Hieronymus Bosch (1997)

Country: New Zealand

Tracklist

1. St. Veronicas Veil 09:11
2. The Sphinx Is Silent 13:09
3. Bleeding 05:06
4. Turf Meat 07:48
5. Bedlam And The Muses 06:29

Hieronymus Bosch is New Zealand's longest running dark industrial act formed around 1985-86.
The band originally used reel to reel tape recorders, loop effects,

steel objects and an arsenal of classic analog synths and drum machines.

They performed only three times as this incarnation, twice in New Zealand and once in Sydney, Australia.

Their live art performances included poetry and slide shows and were performed in art galleries.

Their sound has changed greatly throughout the years, due to collaborating and experimenting with a lot of different artists.
The mid-1980s saw the band become a three-piece, fusing Darkwave and Industrial.

This line-up only lasted a few months, playing one very loose live set

accompanying a gothic/dark art fashion show at an inner-city nightclub.
In 1990 guitarist Morpheus Ire and bassist/percussionist Paul Blanchard were recruited

adding a more chaotic, almost anarchic direction to the group.
Live performances meant the destruction of stage sets and props while audience participation was always encouraged.
As part of an early 1986 performance the entire interior of a soon to be demolished house was torn apart in a frenzied ritual, accompanied by looping noise tapes fed through a generator driven PA system.

Around 30 people took part in this now infamous display of art terrorism.
Hieronymus Bosch, during this period, attracted quite a large and loyal following from the Death/Punk Metal communities

whilst still maintaining their dedicated Industrial/Experimental music fanatics.
In late 1994, the band headed back to its roots of Industrial/Dark Ambient.
In 1996, Hieronymus Bosch reduced itself to two core of the original members.
Their sound is constructed by combining the organic with electronic, nature vs technology.

Layering samples with movement, frequencies and modulations with sounds of their own existence. 

Creating huge rhythm through repetition and looping of sounds and samples.

Constantly building and creating new directions and moods.

Their first recordings were zero-budget, on limited tape cassette format, and duplicated on a double stereo cassette deck.

In 1990 they moved to video format, with a five-track release entitled "Hieronymus Bosch - The Video", limited to 300 copies.

1997 saw the release of their self titled album followed by their second album, "The Divided Self", in 1998.

They have also produced short film soundtracks for video artists in Belgium and Australia,

featured in many various international compilations

and made a couple of appearances on the mid 90's performance/video release series Technohell.
Their third album "The Dream Songs" was released in 2004 on the Polish label, Fluttering Dragon.
In 2011, they released a limited edition 7-inch vinyl, "Black Light / Black Star" to mark their 25th anniversary.

 
Memory

Ornament – Adorers (1999)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Feed The Fortress Of Hate 06:31
2. Burning Blood-Vessels 05:31
3. New Flesh For Your Incarnation 06:48
4. Terminal Equinox 12:05
5. The Absent God 03:19
6. Plague-Spreader 09:57
7. The Finger 04:40
8. Chasm 08:26

Ornament was the first solo project of Italian artist Davide Del Col, that was created in 1999 and ended in 2003.
In 1999 he released his first mini-album on cassette "Strychninlovenectar",

published by the label Ossarium, which consisted of four structured death-industrial tracks.
His second work entitled "Adorers", inspired by the great plague,

was released shortly after on Oktagön Records as a limited edition CD-R.
In 2000 Davide released the album "Unicorn Lullaby" on Ossarium label, where he explored deep dark-ambient territories.
In 2002 "Yzaniaveis" was published by Blade Records followed by "Effortless"

that was made available by the author in late 2003 on his own website

and later in 2006 was published in digital version by the net label Benekkea.
Davide Del Col was also involved with the projects:

O Diabo De Vila Velha (electronic compositions based on 70s and 80s cosmic music), Nimeton Geist (experimental ambient),

Echran (experimental abstract-ambient in collaboration with Fabio Volpi and Accursio Graffeo),  

Molnija Aura (cosmic ambient project in collaboration with Andrea Marutti),
Rhetra (black metal band with guitarist-vocalist Sophia Anna Pezzaliin),

30 Seconds Over Teheran (collaboration with Paolo Romano of I/O),

while his more active ones are Antikatechon, Cult Of Light (with Ascanio Borga)

and We Promise To Betray (collaboration with Giuseppe Verticchio of Nimh).

 
Memory

Law – Wading Knee-Deep In Your Blood (1999)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Negation Of Desire 11:29
2. Sacrificial Key 05:39
3. 7.62 x 39 07:12
4. Negative Silence 09:37
5. Swift And Severe Retribution 03:58
6. Procedure 09:54
7. Flows Through Me 06:44
8. Solitary Determination 12:12

Law was an dark ambient/industrial/power electronics act based in Elkhart, IN, United States,

created by Mitchell Altum, founder of the Triumvirate label, with the help of Marissa Lafferty.

The project was active between 1994 to 2004, with releases on Ant-Zen, Old Europa Cafe, Triumvirate and Nuit et Brouillard.
Mitchell Altum was also involved with the project Citadel.
"Wading Knee-Deep In Your Blood" was originally released by Old Europa Cafe as a limited edition clear red vinyl

in 350 hand-numbered copies and later in 2002 was reissued on CD with two bonus tracks.

 
Memory

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.

 
Memory

Agonije – Testament (1994)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Testament 05:23
2. Adieu, Les Jours 04:33
3. Désir De L'Âme 03:33
4. Millenium 04:57
5. De Loin (Deuxième Movement) 04:05
6. À La Lune 02:32
7. Jeux De Massacre 06:10
8. La Fin 05:30
9. Testament II (The Prelude) 11:53

Agonije was another project by Italian artist Angel G. Villani (also in Black Raven).
The first work of Agonije was published in 1991 with the cassette "Orgasme Du Temp" on the Italian label Hax.
Later in 1992 some tracks from the cassette appeared on the Italian compilation "Tecnologie Del Movimento II".
"Testament" was released in 1994 on the Swiss label Allegoria 

and recorded at Acqualuce Studio and Radio Video Studio in Turin between 1993-94.

 
Memory

Masaharu Iwata – Baroque Original Soundtrack (1998)

Composer: Masaharu Iwata

Tracklist

01. Great Heat 20320514 02:31
02. Into Our Trespasses 01:06
03. Sanctuary 03:04
04. Iraiza 02:47
05. Confusion 03:04
06. A Style Of Baroque 01:13
07. Namu Ami 03:08
08. Little 02:31
09. One Foot In The Grave 03:32
10. Alice in 03:29
11. One 02:40
12. Neverending Cycle 00:57
13. Multiplex 03:59
14. Hold Baroque Inside 04:10
15. Deep Interludium (John Pee) 01:47
16. Baroque 204 Forest (Toshiaki Dakoda) 01:02
17. Baroque 205 Blue (Toshiaki Dakoda) 01:21
18. Baroque 206 Black (Toshiaki Dakoda) 00:37
19. Proto One 03:01
20. Proto Two 02:09
21. Miraculous Loop (Haruko Aoki) 06:36
22. Timelessness 06:32

Baroque is a roguelike role-playing video game developed by Sting Entertainment.

It was originally released for the Sega Saturn in 1998 by Entertainment Software Publishing,

then ported to the PlayStation the following year.

A remake for PlayStation 2 and Wii was released in Japan by Sting Entertainment in 2007 and later overseas in 2008.
Baroque is set in a post-apocalyptic world,

where an experiment to understand the Absolute God caused devastating climate change,

with surviving humans becoming physically twisted by manifestations of guilt.

This experiment was led by a being called Archangel.

The protagonist is guided by Archangel through the Neuro Tower to find the Absolute God and fix the world.

All versions of the game feature dungeon-crawling through randomly-generated floors of the Neuro Tower,

with deaths in the dungeon advancing the narrative.

The original uses a first-person perspective,

while he remake includes a third-person camera and adjustable difficulty levels.
The game was conceived by Kazunari Yonemitsu,

who was involved in multiple aspects of its design and created the narrative.

Originally in production for the PC-9800 series, Yonemitsu's wish for 3D graphics resulted in it shifting to the Saturn.

Its dark tone, a reaction to Yonemitsu's previous work, was influenced by European cinema and film noir.

The gameplay drew inspiration from Torneko no Daibōken: Fushigi no Dungeon.

The music was composed by Masaharu Iwata, who blended ambient noise and sound samples into the tracks.

Baroque was supported with several supplementary products, including a visual novel based on a promotional novella.

The remake featured new staff and several changes,including redone character designs from Kenjiro Suzuki and replacement music by in-house composer Shigeki Hayashi.
The music of Baroque was composed and arranged by Masaharu Iwata,

who had previously worked with Sting Entertainment on Treasure Hunter G.

When asking for music, Yonemitsu requested tracks that did not sound like music,

using the natural sound backgrounds of documentaries as reference

for creating natural emotion in an audience without using a separate musical track.

Sometimes as descriptions, Yonemitsu would send Iwata a short poem,

but even then it was difficult for Iwata to create satisfactory tracks.

When Iwata complained about a lack of reference material, Yonemitsu found some suitable musical tracks,

notably music from the anime Night Head and Adiemus albums by Karl Jenkins.

The tracks were designed to be listened to alongside the in-game sound effects.
The first song created for the soundtrack was "Sanctuary".

Originally planned as a story location theme, it was reused as a dungeon track.

While an opening theme was created by in-house composer Toshiaki Sakoda,

Iwata was asked to create a new opening theme.

Something he was able to do on the project that was new to him

was adding in sound effects to increase the ambience impact of his tracks.

The track was half a minute too long, so in-game it was cut short while the album release featured the full track.

The track "Confusion" was made entirely with sound effect samples.

He considered his strangest theme to be the track "Namu Ami", which he described as a meaningless Buddhist-like chant.

His last song was the staff roll "Hold Baroque Inside", which was a subdued piece based on the game's story themes.

Iwata described both the game's content and the music he had to create for it as entirely new to him at the time,

and was impressed by Yonemitsu's vision despite not understanding it at times.

Yonemitsu named all the tracks.

Memory