Bearer Of The Inmost Sun – Destroyed Beauty (7'' EP 1999)

Country: Austria

Tracklist

1. Fate Of Resistance 08:31
2. Hail Jerusalem! 05:18
3. Empire 04:59

One-man project created by Eric Sinister-Dexter (Operation Julmond, Der Blutharsch)

that released only one 7" EP in addition to some compilation contributions.
Another 10" EP was planned to be released on the German label Membrum Debile Propaganda, but was never happened.
At the few live concerts (featuring Jörg Lanz from Amestigon, Graumahd and Der Blutharsch, among others),

further unreleased tracks were performed while some were included on various artists compilations,

the rest remain unreleased to this day.

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The Protagonist – A Rebours (1998)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. The Eternal Abjectness Of Life 06:12
2. Kämpfende Pferde 06:39
3. Mutability 06:30
4. Zoroaster 05:48
5. Song Of Innocence 04:53
6. The Puritan 06:38
7. Imitation 05:08
8. The End 06:02

Between 1987 and 1991 Magnus Sundström (also in Des Esseintes) started collaborating

with Peter Nyström (Negru Voda, Megaptera, Each Dawn I Die) on the projects Fiskebåtarna and First Aid.

After Nyström joined Megaptera Magnus Sundström was involved on another project in 1992 called Twat.

It wasn't until 1994 that Sundström discovered that he could make industrial music

when Peter Nyström asked him if he wanted to participate on a split tape together with his new side project Negru Voda. Sundström accepted and after choosing the name Third Eye

 the split cassette was released later that year on the Italian label Slaughter Productions.
In 1995 Third Eye also appeared on the Death In June tribute compilation "Heilige Tod".
In 1996 after changing the name to The Protagonist Sundström appeared on the "Palace Of Worms" compilation.
More compilation contributions followed like "Riefenstahl" (1996), "In De Ban Van Tiwar" (1996), 

"Ahimsâ" (1997), "Thorak" (1998) and "The Absolute Supper" (1998).
By 1998 the band had already build a well respected name and their forthcoming debut was highly anticipated.
"A Rebours" was finally released in late 1998 through Cold Meat Industry 

and was excitedly greeted and well received by the dark industrial crowd.
The album's modern classical/orchestral music draws a lot of inspiration from cinematic and literary sources

as well as the ancient zoroastric religion, leaving little doubt about the ardour

with which Sundström approaches his compositions.
Guest appearances on vocals featured Mark St. John Ellis (Elijah's Mantle),

Peter Pettersson (Arcana), Mårten Kellerman (Each Dawn I Die), and Izze.
In 2005 Magnus Sundström released the MCD "Interim"

and later the same year his second, and last, album entitled "Songs Of Experience".

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Archaos – Vestes Terrae (1997)

Country: Romania

Tracklist

1. Intro 04:52
2. The Gods 03:32
3. Nulla Salus Bello 05:06
4. Samotrace 05:35
5. Neolithic 01:50
6. Oceanus (Part II) 00:48
7. Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes 05:17
8. Untitled 00:51
9. Mystic Dark 04:21
10. Impavidum Ferient Ruinae 01:25
11. Vestes Terrae 03:06
12. Mors 03:28
13. Laudator Temporis Acti 09:15
14. Contempus 02:51
15. Ritus Cineri 02:15

Archaos formed in Bucharest in early 1993 by Dan Serbanescu (aka Vourckolakos) and Radu Nicolescu (aka Putrefactorus)

as a two man artistic act with both of them sharing guitars, keyboards, vocals, percussion, programming and effects duties.
The early period of the group had as a result the recordings of several demo tapes (about 12 of them) 
and the promotion of Archaos as a dark archaic mystic ambient/gothic/dungeon synth/dark wave band 
of the local scene inspired by the Mediterranean archaic spirituality and forgotten cultures.
The first official Archaos work was released in 1997 entitled "Vestes Terrae" 

and was promoted on national and international basis.
This album is mostly a compilation of tracks from the early demo discography of the group 
and was released by the well known Romanian label Bestial Records.

Also in late 1997 the band performed live for the first time.
In April 1999, a second album was released under the same label 
entitled "The Land/Love Obsession" and included two EPs dated 1998 & 1999.
"Centuries Of Obedience", the third album of the group has its beginning in September 1999 
and was released in May 2000 also at the same label and featured 4 long tracks of deep gothic/dark wave music.
In 2001 the band ceased to exist while Dan Serbanescu continues today with his other projects
(Divine Muzak, Tanz Ohne Musik, Alone In The Hollow Garden and ARM).

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Warriors Of Nature ‎– The Roots Of Blood (1996)

Country: Portugal

Tracklist

1. Ophiussae 02:27
2. Callaecia 03:15
3. Oestrimis Et Saefis 03:31
4. Sun God Of Legions 02:13
5. Sunwheel's Skies 05:33
6. Seghus 02:08
7. Voluspa 04:14

Warriors Of Nature was a Portuguese tribal/ambient/experimental project 
formed by Bruno Nunes De Sousa aka B. Ardo (Sangre Cavallum, Silence, Zwickau) 
& Johan Aernus (Wolfskin, Karnnos, Oktober Black etc.) in the mid-1990s.
The project released only one album in cassette form entitled "The Roots Of Blood" in 1996
that contained songs about the Northwest Iberian mountains, Callaecia, the nowadays North Portugal and Galicia.
The cassette was released through B. Ardo's Forgotten Blood label that was specialized in experimental music 

with esoteric and mystical themes from the religious traditions of pagan Europe with specific interest on ancient Portugal.
"The Roots Of Blood" was limited to 60 hand-numbered copies packaged in a velvet pouch with a leather strap and a bell.

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Mynox Layh ‎– Intra In Caelum (1990)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Nie Wieder Politik 03:01
2. Take A Picture 03:19
3. Mynox Lai 04:15
4. Absolve Nos 03:41
5. Short Way 03:56
6. Save The Ania 03:57
7. Elia 02:39
8. Phantom's Life 03:56
9. Steinern 03:39
10. Illuminated 03:43
11. Turn Of Stage 06:57
12. Ecstasize 03:23
13. Ich Bin Mein Hirte 06:17

A shrouded-in-mystery industrial project hailing from Düsseldorf, Germany, 

the trio Mynox Layh was musically active during the years 1990-1995. 

In this period, the band released a series of critically acclaimed albums, 

which featured a cross-over of bombastic film music, neo-classical arrangements, 

martial percussion and avant-garde sample-collages.

While their sound bears similarity with bombastic industrial acts such as Laibach,  

Einstürzende Neubauten, SPK or Test Dept.,

Mynox Layh deployed their very own atmosphere by introducing a surrealistic, cheek-in-tongue form of irony. 

After the band's demise, some band members pursued a solo career, most prominently Andreas Resch.

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The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud – The Smell Of Blood But Victory (1997)

Country: Austria

Tracklist

1 - 24 Untitled 01:33:42

Founded in Austria in 1993, The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud was a medieval martial ambient project 

formed by musician Albin Julius (also in Der Blutharsch) and vocalist Alzbeth.
The music was all created electronically, shifting in style from pure ambient soundscapes to pounding martial anthems, 

while the vocals ranged from soothing ethereal love songs to shouted declarations of war 

and European medievalism including ritual, clerical chants.
When performing live, the band often played in old churches, fortresses, medieval prisons 

and theaters that provided an appropriate atmosphere for their static, militaristic performances.
All the bands releases were through their own personal label Arthur's Round Table 

which was based in Switzerland, and distributed by World Serpent.
With each release the band presented themes traveling further into European history 

and becoming more martial, choral and bombastic in approach, culminating in their final album, 

the largely World War II-inspired The Smell Of Blood But Victory 

which was released as a limited edition box of 2000 copies including CD, a bonus MCD and a poster.
The group disbanded in 1998 after Albin's and Alzbeth's partnership broke up.
In 2000 Alzbeth released ART 13, which is a complete book of lyrics, photographs and references 

for the historical themes used by the band. This book is stated to be the final word in the project.

The Memory link contains also the book in pdf format.

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The Absolute Supper (1998)

Label: Cold Meat Industry

Tracklist

Disk 1

1. In Slaughter Natives – INRI... Raped By The Cross 08:36
2. The Protagonist – Imitation 04:43
3. The Protagonist – Zoroaster 05:51
4. Ordo Equilibrio – The Perplexity Of Hybris. I Glorify Myself 04:31
5. Sanctum – {-} 04:09
6. Puissance – Love Incinerate 05:16
7. Arcana – Winds Of The Lost Soul 04:35
8. Mortiis – Child Of Curiosity & The Old Man Of Knowledge 05:42
9. Desiderii Marginis – Chaos Undivided 04:12
10. Sephiroth – R'lyeh 09:21
11. Raison D'être – The Verge Of Somnolence 06:45
12. Hazard – Who Blew Out The Northern Lights? 05:50

Disk 2
1. Brighter Death Now – I Wish I Was A Little Girl 09:41
2. Frozen Faces – Zyklon B Doll 05:53
3. Mz.412 – N.B.S. Act 1 - Begravning 05:34
4. Megaptera – Don't Desecrate The Dead 06:31
5. Deutsch Nepal – Logo 09:37
6. Nacht – Svartsinn 08:12
7. Archon Satani – A Time Of Ruin 06:19
8. Ildfrost – Hearts Perturbe 05:07
9. Ildfrost – Slept Awake 02:15
10. Cintecele Diavolui – The Devil Must Kill 05:50

Cold Meat Industry was a Swedish independent record label, 
which specialized in dark ambient, death industrial, noise music and neo-classical.
It was founded by Roger Karmanik (mainly known for his project Brighter Death Now) in 1987.
At the time of its spreading popularity, end 1980s and mainly early 1990s, 
the label introduced a genuine innovation in music history. 
Especially within the gothic and industrial scenes, the innovations would become legendary.
In the early nineties, the phrase "Cold Meat Industry" for a while even denoted a musical genre, 
that is the avantgarde genre of industrial and dark ambient.
Cruel Moon International, Death Factory, and Sound Source were some of the most known sublabels of Cold Meat Industry.
In February 2014 a notification posted on the CMI facebook page claimed the official end of the label. 
The Absolute Supper released as a double cd in a quad-panel digipak and featured some of the major bands of the label.

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Skrol – Martyria (10'' EP 1998)

Country: Czech Republic

Tracklist

1. Soaking / Movie Martyr 10:22
2, Insomnia 08:00
3. Dei Irae 07:18

Skrol is a Czech avant-garde martial industrial band from Prague, formed in autumn 1995.
Bands activity started to evolve in 1996, consisting of composer, instrumentalist and sound alchemist Vladimir Hirsch, 
singer Martina Sanollova and lyricist and producer Tom Saivon.
The creative principle of the band is based on neo-classical concepts with a congregation of martial industrial, 
with an attempt to attain an organic amalgam of the two on rudiments of rock music patterns.
Martyria was released as a 10-inch LP on the LOKI Foundation/Power & Steel label 
in August 1998 as a limited edition of 300 copies. 
These tracks were also included in their later full-length album Insomnia Dei, released in 2001.

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Upsland – War (1994)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Awake 04:08
2. Iron Will 04:46
3. Mission 04:00
4. Dream 05:02
5. Solitude 03:02
6. Love 06:21
7. The Cross 04:42
8. Fall Out 04:55
9. Purple Wave 03:56

Beautifully arranged Martial Industrial by French band Upsland.

The band consisted of four members for this recording: Prince Éric, Freddy K. Junior, Hervé Love and Laura Move.

Released in 1994 by Cthulhu Records in a gold-embossed black digipak with booklet.

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In The Nursery – Anatomy Of A Poet (1994)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Bombed 05:49
2. Anatomy Of A Poet 04:33
3. In Perpetuum 04:49
4. Motive 03:37
5. Hallucinations? (Dream World Mix) 04:36
6. Blue Lovers 05:45
7. Paper Desert 05:09
8. Byzantium 03:23
9. The Seventh Seal 05:03
10. The Golden Journey 04:27
11. Touched With Fire 01:56

Twin brothers Klive and Nigel Humberstone formed this Sheffield, England-based band in 1981.
In The Nursery are a neo-classical electronic band, known for their cinematic sound.
They have provided soundtracks to a variety of TV programmes and films

and are known for their rescoring of films.
Anatomy Of A Poet is their eighth studio release, a concept album, featuring author Colin Wilson 
reciting poetry from Ernest Dowson, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats and James Elroy Flecker.
Also included a cover version of Scott Walker’s "Seventh Seal".
The Memory link is for the 1997 remastered reissue that contains 3 bonus tracks.

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