Memories Yet To Come 2018

In alphabetical order:

1. Ad Hominem – Napalm For All (Full-length 2018)
2. Akrabu – Kispu Ina Ina Nekelmu (Reissue 2018)
3. Alice In Chains – Rainier Fog (Full-length 2018)
4. Alrakis – Echoes From η Carinae (Full-length 2018)
5. Autokrator – Hammer Of The Heretics (Full-length 2018)
6. Caedes Cruenta - Cult Of Eibon – The Wizard Of Yaddith - The Sleeper Of R'Lyeh (Split 7'' EP 2018)
7. Colin Stetson – Hereditary (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2018)
8. Dakhma – Hamkar Atonement (Full-length 2018)
9. Daron Malakian And Scars On Broadway – Dictator (Full-length 2018)
10. Dead Can Dance – Dionysus (Full-length 2018)
11. Det Eviga Leendet – Lenience (Full-length 2018)
12. Embrace Of Thorns – Scorn Aesthetics (Full-length 2018)
13. Entropy Created Consciousness – Impressions Of The Morning Star (Full-length 2018)
14. Equitant – The Circle Of Agurak (Compilation 2018)
15. Exiled Shadow – North Abyss Shadows (Compilation 2018)
16. Heads For The Dead – Serpent's Curse (Full-length 2018)
17. Jóhann Jóhannsson – Mandy (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 2018)
18. King Dude – Music To Make War To (Full-length 2018)
19. Knokkelklang – Jeg Begraver (Full-length 2018)
20. Kwade Droes – De Duivel En Zijn Gore Oude Kankermoer (Full-length 2018)
21. Lykaionas – The Diabolical Manifesto (Full-length 2018) 
22. Medieval Demon – Medieval Necromancy (Full-length 2018)
23. Myrkraverk – Nær Døden (Full-length 2018)
24. MZ.412 – Ulvens Broder (10'' EP 2018)
25. Ov Shadows – The Darkness Between Stars (Full-length 2018)
26. Sequestered Keep – The Vale Of Ruined Towers (Full-length 2018)
27. Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows – The Spiral Sacrifice (Full-length 2018)
28. Sorcier Des Glaces – Sorcier Des Glaces (Full-length 2018)
29. Spectral Wound – Infernal Decadence (Full-length 2018)
30. Varde – Asgaardsreien (EP 2018)

Louis And Bebe Barron – Forbidden Planet (1976)

Composer: Louis And Bebe Barron

Tracklist

1. Main Titles - Overture 02:21
2. Deceleration 00:55
3. Once Around Altair 01:10
4. The Landing 00:50
5. Flurry Of Dust - A Robot Approaches 01:10
6. A Shangri-La In The Desert / Garden With Cuddly Tiger 01:33
7. Graveyard-A Night With Two Moons 01:16
8. "Robby, Make Me A Gown" 01:18
9. An Invisible Monster Approaches 00:48
10. Robby Arranges Flowers, Zaps Monkey 01:18
11. Love At The Swimming Hole 03:12
12. Morbius' Study 00:38
13. Ancient Krell Music 01:48
14. The Mind Booster - Creation Of Matter 00:58
15. Krell Shuttle Ride And Power Station 02:34
16. Giant Footprints In The Sand 00:45
17. "Nothing Like This Claw Found In Nature!" 01:26
18. Robby, The Cook, And 60 Gallons Of Booze 01:07
19. Battle With Invisible Monster 02:55
20. "Come Back To Earth With Me" 01:19
21. The Monster Pursues - Morbius Is Overcome 05:49
22. The Homecoming 01:59
23. Overture - Reprise 02:15

Bebe Barron (June 16, 1925 – April 20, 2008) and Louis Barron (April 23, 1920 – November 1, 1989)

were two American pioneers in the field of electronic music.

They are credited with writing the first electronic music for magnetic tape,

and the first entirely electronic film score for the MGM movie Forbidden Planet (1956).
The couple married in 1947 and moved to New York City.
The first electronic music for magnetic tape composed in America

was completed by Louis and Bebe in 1950 and was titled Heavenly Menagerie.
MGM producer Dore Schary discovered the couple and hired them on the spot

to compose the musical score for Forbidden Planet.
The Barrons' electronic composition is credited with being the first completely electronic film score, 

preceding the invention of the Moog synthesizer by eight years (1964).
Using ideas from the book Cybernetics: Or Control And Communication In The Animal And The Machine (1948)

by the mathematician and electrical engineer Norbert Wiener,

Louis Barron constructed his own electronic circuits that he used to generate the score's "bleeps, hums and screeches". Most of these sounds were generated using an electronic circuit called a "ring modulator".

After recording the basic sounds, the Barrons further manipulated the sounds by adding other effects, 

such as reverberation and delay, and reversing or changing the speeds of certain sounds.
Since Bebe and Louis Barron did not belong to the Musicians Union,

their work could not be considered for an Academy Award, in either the "soundtrack" or the "sound effects" categories.

MGM declined to publish a soundtrack album at the time that Forbidden Planet was released.
However, film composer and conductor David Rose later published a 7" single of his original main title theme

that he had recorded at the MGM Studios in Culver City during March 1956.

His main title theme had been discarded when Rose, who had originally been hired to compose the musical score in 1955, was discharged from the project by Dore Schary.
The Barrons finally released their soundtrack in 1976 as an LP album for the film's 20th anniversary,

on their own Planet Records label (later changed to Small Planet Records and distributed by GNP Crescendo Records).

The LP was premiered at MidAmeriCon, the 34th World Science Fiction Convention, held in Kansas City,

as part of a 20th Anniversary celebration of Forbidden Planet.
The Barrons were there promoting their album's first release, signing all the copies sold at the convention.
A decade later, in 1986, their soundtrack was released on a music CD for the film's 30th Anniversary, 

with a six-page color booklet containing images from Forbidden Planet,

plus liner notes from the composers, Bebe and Louis Barron, and Bill Malone.

Memory

Hoedh – Hymnvs (1993)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Heilige (Sophisme Sonores) 10:27
2. Hoedh (Sonnenklang) 03:23
3. Vom Zauber Der Weihe 04:04
4. Hymnus (Neuroprogrammierung) 09:53
5. Aurora (Pfad Der Imagination) 07:05
6. Das Geistige Universum 12:19
7. Heilige (Mantra Der Rotation) 08:22

Hoedh was the personal project of German ambient & trance artist Thorn Hoedh Thiel 
(member of Die Wappen Des Thodt, DLS, Helix 12, Moksha, Ordo Catharis Templi, Zoomorph),
who prematurely died in May 2003.
"Hymnvs" was his first release in 1993 through Dark Vinyl's sublabel Atmosphere.
In 2004 Dark Vinyl Records released the second and last studio album "Universum"
that was the musical testament of the project.
Beautiful and melancholic, emotional ambient soundscapes from an extraordinary talent that was Thorn Hoedh Thiel.

Memory

Land Of Passion – The Prayer (Demo 1993)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Joy Around 07:04
2. Song For Lucy 05:33
3. Lonesome Guys 05:25
4. The Prayer 09:16
5. Dying Deep 12:19
6. We Fall 03:12
7. Into My Soul 05:11
8. Gothic Night 04:54

 Land Of Passion was originally founded in 1989 by Lagartija Nick (gtr), Stefan Zimny (bass) and Fred Andre (vox).
Federico Iovino (drums) joined the band in 1990.
Bands name was at this time The Nomads Land and recorded one demo tape.
In 1991 the band decided to change its name into Land Of Passion.
Andre & Zimny left the band in 1991/92 and Mister H & Jeff Sholley (bass) came in 1992

followed by Pat (gtr) in the beginning 1993.
With this line up (Lagartija, Iovino, Sholley, Pat, & Mister H), the band played many gigs all over Europe until fall 1998
with bands such as Clan Of Xymox, Faith & The Muse, Angina Pectoris, Ordo Equitum Solis, Into The Abyss etc.
Land Of Passion recorded several demos and one full length album.
They also contributed to many tape & CD compilations and has been reviewed in magazines all over the world.
Fall 1998 Mister H & Pat decided to leave the band.

Then, Nick, Federico & Jeff decided to stop playing live to work in studio on the next album.

As the line up and the music both evolved a lot, the band decided to change its name into Popoї Sdioh in 2000.

Memory

Cranial Dust – Ultimate Uprising (Demo 1996)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. This Frozen Night 04:03
2. My Bloodstained Skin 03:22
3. Ultimate Uprising 04:47
4. Towards Heaven 06:06

Cranial Dust was a black metal band that formed in 1993 in Umeå, Sweden.
Ther first demo "Ultimate Uprising" was released in 1996, revealing a very tight band

performing Swedish black metal with some melodic parts.
In 1997 a split cassette with their death/thrash countrymen Xenofanes was followed

 that published by Cadla Communications.
Two more demos were recorded entitled "The Destiny Of Once Betrayed" 

and "In The Void Of Deepest Desperation... Life Bow To The Ground" in 1998 and 1999 respectively.
Cranial Dust also appeared in many Swedish compilations and around 2000 the band split up.

Memory

Jääportit ‎– Kauan Koskematon (1999)

Country: Finland

Tracklist

1. Askeleet Valottomuuteen 05:42
2. Kauan Koskematon 05:29
3. Unohdetut Lumouksen Unelmat 04:32
4. Kauas 04:23
5. Tulensinisen Hohto 04:09
6. Talvenkaltainen 07:33
7. Hänen Jäätävä Katseensa 06:41
8. Kohtalon Sinetti 01:36

Jääportit was started by Tuomas M. Mäkelä as his solo project in the northern parts of Finland in 1997.
First demo “Halki Lumisen Metsän” was self-published in 1998 as a limited to 50 handmade CDR's.
In 1999 the limited to 500 copies cassette album “Kauan koskematon” was released by the Finnish label Noitavasara, introducing the music style of Jääportit, creating dreamy synth/ambient/neo classical, in the vein of Mortiis and Arcana.
This release also featured artwork cover done by Aslak Tolonen from the Finnish band Nest.
Next album “Uumenissa” (Firebox Records, 2004) contained dreamful frostbitten ambient music, 

painted with soothing electronic synthwaves, atmospheric and cosmic sounds.
The 3rd full-length Jääportit album “Avarrus” (Epidemie Records, 2006) kept on the line of musical experiments 

as it had more rhythmic elements, electronic beats and percussion, than the earlier releases.  
Jääportit released its 4th full-length album entitled “Voimasuo” in 2009 as a CD Digipak by Epidemie Records.

This wide-ranging album introduced another metamorphosis of Jääportit 

as combination of ambient electronica with the touch of frosty post-rock flavours.
The latest fifth full-length Jääportit album titled as “Jääportit” was released in 2018.
For this album, Tuomas created everything by himself from composing music to designing album covers,
so as to maintain the aspect of loneliness and diy-spirit as it was back in 1997, when he started this project.

Only now guitar was more involved than before and all songs were built around guitar riffs.

Sound is less “dungeon synth” and more “post-rock” in a way.
Also in 2018 the Ukrainian label Old Captain released the "Halki Lumisen Metsän" and "Kauan Koskematon" records 

for the first time on a compilation CD as a 6-panel matte-laminated Digipak, limited to 300 copies.

Memory

Coil – Hellraiser Themes (MCD 1990)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Hellraiser Theme 02:49
2. The Hellbound Heart 02:21
3. Box Theme 03:04
4. No New World 03:57
5. Attack Of The Sennapods 01:54
6. Main Title 03:13

Coil were an English experimental music group, founded in 1982 by John Balance in London.
Initially envisioned as a solo project by lead singer and songwriter Balance (born Geoffrey Burton) 
while he was in the band Psychic TV, Coil evolved into a full-time project with the addition of Peter Christopherson,
a former member of pioneering industrial group Throbbing Gristle who became Balance's creative and personal partner.
Throughout the group's existence, Balance and Christopherson were the only constant members.
Coil worked in such genres as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone, and minimalism, treating their works more as magical rituals than as musical pieces
and becoming the forefront of European experimentalism and electronic music.
In 1985, the group began working on a series of soundtracks, among them music for the first Hellraiser movie
based on the novel The Hellbound Heart by their acquaintance at that time, Clive Barker.
Unfortunately Coil withdrew from the project when they suspected their music would not be used
as the production company wanted a more commercial soundtrack and Christopher Young was their man of choice.
Furthermore, Coil claimed inspiration for Pinhead was partly drawn from the PFIQ (Piercing Fans International Quarterly) magazines that director Barker borrowed from the group.
In 1987 the 10'' EP "The Unreleased Themes For Hellraiser" (subtitled "The Consequences Of Raising Hell") was released
with printed notes on sleeve by Clive Barker stating:
"The only group I've heard on disc, whose records I've taken off because they made my bowels churn."
The CD edition entitled "Hellraiser Themes" was released later in 1990 and featured three extra unreleased tracks.
With the passing of Balance on 13 November 2004 Christopherson decided that Coil would not continue.
Six years later Christopherson died in his sleep on 24 November 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Memory

Zwickau – The Serpent's Law (1995)

Country: Portugal

Tracklist

1. Janus Caeli 01:41
2. Serpent Goddess 02:52
3. A Roda Celtibera 02:02
4. Red Gathering (Spear's Mass) 04:24
5. The March Of Etzel 07:10
6. Nidhoog Gnaws The Roots Of Life 03:09
7. Serpe Cornuda 01:30
8. Senhor Da Roda (Naked Warriors Bardit) 02:54
9. Mare Cronivm 04:14
10. Mother Of Life 01:03
11. Midgard Spins Round The World 07:29
12. Janus Inferni 02:20

Bruno Ardo (born 30 January 1973 in Penafiel, Portugal) is a Portuguese multi-instrumentalist and composer.

Most of his work has been focused on instrument collecting and field-recordings.
Ardo has collaborated both as a guitarist and as a composer with a number of projects

from experimental music to folk or psych rock.
Zwickau was another B. Ardo's project (Sangre Cavallum, Silence, Warriors Of Nature among others) 

that was performing ritualistic dark/ambient soundscapes.
At least two cassetes were released through Ardo's personal label Forgotten Blood.
A couple of songs also featured on some compilations.
Zwickau's second album "The Serpent's Law" was released through Emanuele Lago's 

Italian cassette label Psychotic Release in 1995 as a limited edition of 222 copies in A5 package.

Memory

Semsis – Letting Go (1999)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Streets Of Fear 09:49
2. Generation Vexed 06:32
3. Big Balls 05:37
4. Letting Go 07:31
5. Heroes & Madmen 07:43
6. Seven 06:53
7. Temptress 06:21
8. Holding On 07:29

Semsis was a UK duo formed by Nick Smith and Iain Rive.
Before the release of their first, and only one, album the band had recorded several EP's

and had established themselves as a well known dance act on the club circles.
After signing to the UK goa/psychedelic trance label Atomic Records they released their full length album in 1999

entitled "Letting Go" that received excellent reviews internationally.
The album featured actual guitarist and drummer on selected tracks adding a different vibe to their work.
Their music style links heavy beats with dark psy/goa trance along with experimental techno influences

that work well on fast tracks and slowed down melodies.

Memory

Udumbal – Ahi Budhnya (1999)

Country: Belarus

Tracklist

1. Intro - Grnano Nila Gatar 06:41  
2. Intro - Таинство демонское скорби (Sacrament Of Demonic Grief) 06:46
3. Intro - От мёртвых (From The Dead) 06:08
4. Intro - Chyama Adevas 08:52
5. Intro - Дыхание мёртвых дымглено (Breath Of First-Born Ashes) - Outro 07:42
6. Ananta 03:11
7. Изрещи слепым к небытию стенания (Visions Of The Blind About Chaos Of Crying) - Outro 08:02
8. Agadha Tamas 04:11
9. Intro - Ativata Durbhuta 07:06
10. Intro - Ahi Budhnya 10:07

Udumbal was formed in 1998 by Voist Angiras as an experimental project 

in which there was an attempt to recreate the ritual Vedic Brahmans in the style of black metal.

With the help of Wraith Angiras on bass, sampling and programming 

they recorded their first album in 1998 entitled "Sarcis".
After the publication of "Sarcis", work began on the following material,

that was released at the end of 1999 under the title "Ahi Budhnya".
The album is based on the envocation of the archetype of the Serpent and to the primary Chaos

and its unmanifested nature, consuming the duality of Creation through the womb of Shakti,

in connection with the tantric tradition.
Both albums were originally released in a cassette format on Possession Productions.
From 1998 to 2008 another four albums were recorded that finally released in 2011 as a compilation box

under the title "From Beyond MXMVIII-MMVIII".
Udumbal's lyrics are in Sanskrit, Sumerian and Ancient Russian.

Memory

Vincent Price – Witchcraft - Magic: An Adventure In Demonology (2xLP 1969)

Country: United States

Tracklist

Side A 25:30
1. Prologue
2. The Tale Of Master Seth
3. Hitler And Witchcraft
4. Witchcraft In History
5. Women As Witches
6. Witch Burning
7. Witch Tortures
Side B 25:56
1. Witch Tortures (Continued)
2. The World Of Spirits And Demons
3. Preparation For Magic
4. Instruments Of Magic
5. How To Invoke Spirits, Demons, Unseen Forces
6. The Magic Bloodstone
7. The Witches Cauldron
8. How To Communicate With The Spirits
Side C 26:45
1. How To Communicate With The Spirits (Continued)
2. Gerald Yorke And Necromancy
3. How To Make A Pact With The Devil
4. How To Become A Witch
5. Curses, Spells, Charms
Side D 26:25
1. Curses, Spells, Charms (Continued)
2. Potions
3. The Hand Of Glory
4. The Witches Sabbat
5. Witchcraft Today
6. Epilogue

Vincent Leonard Price Jr. (May 27, 1911 – October 25, 1993) was an American actor,
known for his performances in horror films.
He identified with gothic horror and crazed villainy through a series of leading film roles in the 1960s 
that were based on Edgar Allan Poe poems and short stories such as The Raven, The Fall of the House of Usher,
The Pit and the Pendulum, and The Masque of the Red Death all of them directed by Roger Corman.
Thanks to the actor's wide exposure in those movies and others like them, his voice became immediately associated 
with the horror genre, opening the door for Price to contribute to a number of different recordings.
During the early 1970s, Price hosted and starred in BBC Radio's horror and mystery series The Price Of Fear.
He also recorded dramatic readings of Edgar Allan Poe's short stories and poems,
which were collected together with readings by Basil Rathbone.
Around 1975 he greatly reduced his film work, as horror itself suffered a slump, and increased his narrative and voice work.
His spooky laughter alone was enough to conjure all sorts of macabre thoughts and associations,
and his elegant diction only enhanced the effect.
A sampling of Price's contributions includes an appearance on Alice Cooper's "Welcome To My Nightmare" in 1975
and a guest spot on Michael Jackson's "Thriller" in 1982.
Price's album,  "Witchcraft - Magic: An Adventure In Demonology", was released by Capitol Records.

Memory

Warlust – The Final War (MCD 1999)

Country: Netherlands

Tracklist

1. Haat 06:30
2. Diabolical Hordes 03:49
3. Zyklon 05:59
4. Murder of God 06:04
5. The Final War 03:40

Warlust was raised by Furor, Sick and Nocturnasz in the spring of 1998.
They all played in various bands before, so they all had some musical experience.
In the beginning Warlust also had a vocalist and a bass player,

but a couple of months later they left because of musical discord with the rest of the band.
The music Warlust plays can be described as fast and aggressive black metal,

with minor thrash and death metal influences, combined with slower but still powerful parts.
In January and February 1999 the band recorded their debut mini-CD "The Final War".

The MCD contains 5 songs of blackened war metal, and was released in July 1999 on Happy Holochrist Records.

The vocals on this recording are done by Lord Charagnanna (Charagnanna, Unshrouded Bitterness, ex-Sabbatical Goat),

who later became a permanent member in Warlust.
Shortly after Troll, another ex-member of Sabbatical Goat, joined Warlust on bass.
With this line-up Warlust recorded in 2001 their only full length album "Trench War" that was released in 2003.
Soon after the recording of "Trench War" the band split up 

while Nocturnasz and Furor continued with their side project band Pestis.

Memory

ConSono – Onus Uteri (1991)

 

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. Onus Uteri 02:06
2. Stone To Flesh 06:56
3. First Arousal 06:37
4. Insect Dawn 01:24
5. Crave Divine 04:07
6. Tide 06:12
7. Nefarior 02:06
8. White Light 02:44

ConSono was formed in Södertälje, Sweden, 1990 by Jens Lindh and Magnus Bjärlind.
Their first cassette "Onus Uteri" was released in 1991,
featuring 8 tracks ranging from tribal sounds to ambient/industrial with some neoclassical hints.
Onus Uteri was released on Sound Source, a now defunct side label of Cold Meat Industry.
ConSono contributed to a number of international compilations between 1991 and 1995,

such as Le Cenacle, Karmanik Collection, Death Odors and more.
Some of the tracks were reissued in the compilation CD "Hymns Of Deceased Deities",

that was released on Cold Meat Industry in 1995.
Their last album, "Ignoto Deo", released in 1998, brought a substantial musical change,

with a style more similar to neoclassical/darkwave and gothic atmospheres.

Memory

Forbidden Site – Catharsis (Demo 1994)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Heretic 04:15
2. Celebrating My Desolation 08:40
3. Children Of Doom 09:08
4. Anathema 01:53

Forbidden Site was a French avant-garde/black/gothic metal band from Grenoble, formed in 1993.
In 1994 the group released their first demo entitled "Catharsis".
A second demo followed in 1996 under the title "Renaissances Noires".
Their lyrical themes dealt with poetry and literature inspired by Victor Hugo, Gérard de Nerval,  
Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam and Antonin Artaud.
In January 1997, the group released their first studio album "Sturm Und Drang", which received very positive reviews.
A second studio album, named "Astralgeist" was published in 1999 on the German label Solistitium Records.
The music offered by this release had a distant relationship with black metal 
with many rock and gothic passages take precedence over the traditional metal orchestrations.
The group announced its separation in 2003 at a farewell concert at the Locomotive, in Paris.
During its existence Forbidden Site shared the stage with groups like Cradle Of Filth, Misanthrope,
Dimmu Borgir, Anorexia Nervosa, Siebenburgen and The Gathering.

Memory

Saerpe Metal Union (Split 1998)

Country: Norway

Tracklist

1. Infernal – Bloody Upon The Altar 04:31
2. Infernal – Once Again 02:49
3. Infernal – Holy Unholy 02:01
4. Infernal – The Last Eternal Winter 03:43
5. Infernal – The World Is Mine 01:52
6. Sunshine's Gone – Shield Of Flames 03:34
7. Sunshine's Gone – In The Black 03:47
8. Sunshine's Gone – When Sunshine's Gone 05:35
9. Soul Transition – The Call From Within 03:35
10. Soul Transition – In The Perdition Hearse / Dead While Living 04:09
11. Soul Transition – Nivlheim 03:39
12. Con Anima – The House On The Hill 06:19
13. Con Anima – The Price (Twisted Sister Cover) 03:49
14. Con Anima – The Angel Of Melancholy 06:47

Saerpe Metal Union was a demo compilation of four bands from the Sarpsborg (Særpe) area 
and was released in 1998 by Scarlet Records.
Infernal was formed from the ashes of Baalberith, in early 1997.
The band recorded three demos, of which the second one named "Holy Unholy" is featured here.
This demo was spread to friends and labels, in a very small number of CD-R copies.
Freddy Olsen from Con Anima was also a member of the band that ended splitting up in 2001.
Sunshine's Gone was a project band featuring members of Kharon and Ragnarok.
Thyme (Dag Ronny "Dæskis" Hansen) is providing the vocals here in their selftitled demo,
released in 1997, reminding the early releases of Ragnarok.
Soul Transition was formed by "Kessel" Frode Kobberstad and Stian "Culto" Johansen, both members of Perdition Hearse.
Their first demo entitled "The Calling" is included in the compilation and was originally released in 1996.
Con Anima was another project band of Stian "Culto" Johansen.
They released a demo entitled "The Angel Of Melancholy" (also called "Promo Tape 1998")
and a full length in 1999 entitled "The Book Of Riddles".

Memory

Secret Discovery – Into The Void (1993)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Introduction / Time Has Come 06:36
2. Western World 03:42
3. Execution Day 03:48
4. Despair 04:48
5. Part Of Me 06:39
6. I Left The Real 04:14
7. Let Me Always 07:01
8. Salvation 04:08
9. Into The Void 05:17

Secret Discovery was a rock band from Bochum, whose style was initially based heavily on bands 

such as Fields Of The Nephilim, The Sisters Of Mercy and The Mission.
The band was founded in 1989 by the brothers Kai (vocals) and Falk Hoffmann (guitar),

Michael Gusky (guitar) and Mattes Glathe (bass).
Secret Discovery, alongside acts like Project Pitchfork, Deine Lakaien, Das Ich, Lacrimosa and Goethes Erben,

were not only a strong motor for the renaissance of the German gothic scene in the early Nineties,

but also forerunners of gothic metal made in Germany,

and their 1993 offering, "Into The Void" is still considered a genre classic.
From 1990 to 1994 the band released four albums and in 1995 they signed up to Gun Records 

for the release of "A Question Of Time" album, which saw the light of day in 1996.
This was followed by appearances on the Out of the Dark festival with Moonspell, Crematory and The Gathering.
In 1996, the band went on a tour supporting Rammstein.
"Slave" appeared in 1997 and again used a tougher music style,

featuring a cover version of "Slave To The Rhythm" song from Grace Jones.
In 1999 before their dissolution, the compilation "The Final Chapter" was released featuring rare material and new songs.

After a successful final tour, the band split up.
In 2002, Secret Discovery reunited and "Pray", the reunion album, was released in 2004.
Several single gigs with Oomph!, Tiamat and Nightwish followed. Their last album "Alternate" was released in 2006.
The following tour was completed with Unheilig and also played at the Leipzig Wave Gotik Treffen 

as well as the Blackfield Open Air in Gelsenkirchen and a concert in the Bochum KULT Club.

Memory

Siglo XX – Under A Purple Sky (1989)

Country: Belgium

Tracklist

1. Baby Divine 03:52
2. When Will It Be Me 04:07
3. I Send You My Tears 03:59
4. Untouchable Flame 03:55
5. Body Meets Body 03:44
6. Alice 03:27
7. Vanity Lane 03:14
8. City In Dust 03:16
9. Summers Die 04:48
10. Waiting For A Friend 03:29

Siglo XX was a Belgian Coldwave/Darkwave/Rock group from Genk active from 1978-1990.
Their sound was influenced by the music of Joy Division and other Factory Records bands 

using dark basses, moody synths and depressive vocals.
In 1980 Siglo XX independently released their first 7'' single "The Naked And The Death".

Things really got rolling two years later with the maxi-single "The Art Of War".

Later they signed to Antler Records where they released a few of their albums and maxi’s.

In the mid 80’s a move to Play It Again Sam followed, and three albums came out.

The last was "Under A Purple Sky" in 1989.
Siglo XX was one of the more well-known Belgian Coldwave bands 

and by 2010 was considered to have been a key influence on the Belgian music scene.

Memory

Darrin Verhagen ‎– Soft Ash (1997)

Country: Australia

Tracklist

1. Soft Ash - Origins 05:56
2. The White Death: Part 1 (Meuse Valley, Belgium 1930) 05:12
3. MIC (Bhopal, India 1984) 07:05
4. The Plague Wind (London 1871) 08:04
5. Chernobyl (Former USSR April 26 1986) 04:54
6. The White Death: Part 2 (Meuse Valley, Belgium 1930) 06:23
7. Fragments (Monnongahela Rice Valley, USA October 25-31 1948) 10:51

Darrin Verhagen is an Australian composer known for his projects Shinjuku Thief,
Shinjuku Filth, E.P.A., and Professor Richmann.
He lectures in sound design, soundtrack and electronic music at RMIT university,

previously having run the Dorobo record label.
In 1997 he released his first solo album entitled "Soft Ash".
The movement through a range of compositional techniques is inspired by historical reports
of a series of lethal atmospheric inversions, ranging from the killer fogs of London in the 1880's
through to the incidents at Union Carbide and Chernobyl.
As the album unfolds, bleak electroacoustic themes become more surreal,
ending up with conceptually inaccurate atmospheric ambience and rhythmic minimalism.
Recorded at P3 facility and mastered by François Tétaz.

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Athothep – Badb-Catha (7'' EP 1995)

Country: Switzerland

Tracklist

1. Under The Black Wings Of The Battle Crow 02:47
2. Crying Havoc 02:38
3. Gateway To Infinity 03:45

Sometime during 1992/1993 two guitarist in Switzerland decided to form a black metal band.
They managed to find a drummer but they still had to find a bassist yet.
After finding a rehearsal place one of the two former guitarist wanted to go in a different musical direction, so he left.

At this point of time the two remaining members Thomas Augustiny (drums) 
and Daniel Bisang (guitars, vocals) chosen the band name Spheres Of Dawn.

They recorded one track which was released on Daniel's compilation tape "Infernal Holocaust" 

featuring tracks from Fleurety, Moonspell, Curse, Thy Serpent and others.

After a while Spheres Of Dawn was laid on ice and the duo decided to form a second band named Athothep.
They released their first demo entitled "Rites Of The Necrogoat" in 1993 and sold about 300 copies.
A second demo entitled "...And The Pale Light Shined On" was released in 1994 with the help of Jonas on synths.
In 1995 the German label Noise V. released the limited to 500 numbered copies 7'' EP "Badb-Catha" 

which was the final effort of Athothep.

There were plans for a full length CD and also for the release of the first demo of Spheres Of Dawn 

but unfortunately these never happened.

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Nijiumu – Era Of Sad Wings (1993)

Country: Japan

Tracklist

1. Untitled 02:39
2. Untitled 16:10
3. Untitled 06:52
4. Untitled 05:13
5. Untitled 04:54
6. Untitled 09:30
7. Untitled 05:07
8. Untitled 04:48
9. Untitled 06:52
10. Untitled 03:56

Keiji Haino (灰野 敬二 Haino Keiji) born May 3, 1952 in Chiba, Japan, and currently residing in Kawagoe, 

is a Japanese musician and singer-songwriter whose work has included rock, free improvisation, 

noise music, percussion, psychedelic music, minimalism and drone music.
Haino's initial artistic outlet was theater, inspired by the radical writings of Antonin Artaud.

An epiphanic moment came when he heard The Doors' "When The Music's Over" 

and changed course towards music creating the improvised rock band Lost Aaraaf in 1970.

In the mid 1970s, having left Lost Aaraaf, he collaborated with psychedelic multi-instrumentalist Magical Power Mako.
Other groups Haino has formed include rock duo Fushitsusha in 1978, Aihiyo in 1998,

Vajra (with underground folk singer Kan Mikami and drummer Toshiaki Ishizuka),

Knead (with the avant-prog outfit Ruins), Sanhedolin (with Yoshida Tatsuya of Ruins and Mitsuru Nasuno of Korekyojinn, Altered States and Ground Zero) and a solo project called Nijiumu.
Nijiumu (滲有無) featured Keiji Haino, Asahito Nanjo (who left in 1990), Takashi Matsuoka and Shizuo Uchida.
They created mysterious soundscapes mixing acoustic instruments, electronic treatments and Haino's vocals.
Asahito Nanjo (member of High Rise, Toho Sara) speaks about it in an interview:
"Nijiumu concentrate on creating an atmosphere. There was no clear concept,

sometimes we wouldn't even talk about what we were going to do.

Nijiumu is like Fushitsusha in that it was started with the aim of doing something that no one else had thought of.

It doesn't have any clear philosophy behind it."
Haino has also collaborated with many artists, including Faust, Boris, Derek Bailey,

Bill Laswell, Stephen O'Malley, Jim O'Rourke, John Zorn and John Duncan.
Haino cites a broad range of influences, including troubadour music, Marlene Dietrich,

Iannis Xenakis, Blue Cheer, Syd Barrett, Charlie Parker and Butoh dancing.
NHK, Japan's national broadcaster, banned him from broadcast from 1973 to 2013.
He has been active since the 1970s and continues to record regularly and in new styles.

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Akrabu – Kispu Ina Ina Nekelmu (1996)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Awakening The Serpent Force (Declaration) 00:19
2. Raising The Serpent Force (Conservation And Channeling) 01:54
3. Summoning The Desert Winds From The Scorpion's Domain 02:06
4. Invoking The Chaos Beyond The Stars 03:26
5. Chant Of The Dreaming Ancients, A Curse Unto The Elders 05:32
6. Conjuring The Shadowed Mountains Of Mashu 03:04
7. Procession Through The Desert Lands Of Sumeria 01:02
8. Invoking The Temptress Of The Dark Waters 03:02
9. Summoning The Ancient And Immortal Ones 05:16
10. Spilling The Water Of Life Upon The Stone Altar (The Sacrifice) 02:59
11. Opening The Gate Beyond The Stars 06:45
12. Embracing The Immortal Wine (Communion) 03:02
13. Conjuration Of The Serpentine Eye (Ascending The Path Of The Vampire) 02:47
14. Channeling The Dragon Realm (Awakening) 02:31
15. Towards The Veil Of The Dreaming (Crossing The Veil Of The Abyss) 04:57
16. The Scorpion's Sting (Penetrating The Sleeper's Astral) 04:43
17. Unleashing The Serpent Force 01:43
18. Releasing The Ancient Winds 03:01

Formed in 1995 with the release of the "Kakos Draconis" demo, 

Akrabu has been the musical outlet of Scorpios Androctonus (Crimson Moon, Sabnack, Possession Ritual).
Consisting entirely of acoustic instruments, Akrabu has continued with this tradition throughout its recordings, 

avoiding the use of synthesizers or sampled/synthetic sounds.
Based on Sumerian lore/ritual and mythology, the music of Akrabu is intended to evoke a meditative state 

utilizing a variety of acoustic guitars, exotic stringed and wind instruments, various percussion, voices and field recordings.
The hour long album "Kispu Ina Ina Nekelmu" was recorded entirely with acoustic instruments, 

chanting and voices without the use of synthesizers.
It was originally released on Dark Age Productions in 1996 as a cassette covered by printed paper sleeve, 
wrapped in snakeskin, all in black velveteen bag with printed booklet in a limited edition of 100 copies 
and it was reissued on it's 22nd anniversary with a different cover, again on a cassette and for the first time on a CD format.

Recorded at the Serpent Chamber, Covina California on analog 4-track in 1996 and performed by Scorpios Androctonus 
with the help of Darke Shadoe on female vocals, conjurations and invocations.

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Lucifugum – Path Of Wolf (Demo 1996)

Country: Ukraine

Tracklist

1. On Search Of My Soul 03:48
2. Bringing By Rain 04:25
3. The Mysterious Garden (Hymn To The Black Art) 05:13
4. The Sabbat 03:36
5. Wolves... 04:15

Lucifugum was formed in 1995 in Zhytomyr by Khlyst, Bal-a-Myth and Faunus.
Faunus left the band in 2001, and Bal-a-Myth died in his sleep on October 5, 2002.
The albums "...Back To Chopped Down Roots" and "Sociopath: Philosophy Cynicism" were recorded in 2003 

with different session musicians which, however, didn't join the band.
In 2004 Khlyst moved to the Ukrainian city Mykolaiv to continue the activity of Lucifugum 

together with local black metal musician Elena (aka Stabaath).

"Vector33" was the first album with Stabaath, where she recorded vocals, guitars, bass and keyboards.

The album "Sublimessiah" was the last one to feature vocals by Stabaath 

because of critical problems with her throat during the record of the vocals on the album.

Khlyst is handling the vocals since then.
Khlyst and Stabaath (Igor and Elena Naumchuk) are the owners of the black metal label Propaganda and they are married.
Igor Naumchuk also used to have close ties with the band Nokturnal Mortum 

but later all relations have been stopped due to ideological disagreements.

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Eden – Fire & Rain (1995)

Country: Australia

Tracklist

1. The Darkness In Me 05:30
2. Snake 03:53
3. Why? 05:17
4. Hooveless Horses 05:12
5. Fire And Rain 04:03
6. Sky Above; Sea Below 03:58
7. Song Slowly Song 02:58
8. Stretched On Your Grave 06:19
9. Rooms Above The Sea 02:08
10. Breath Upon New Eyes 03:39
11. Just Like Water; You Run From My Eyes! 04:20

Eden founding members Sean Bowley and Pieter Bourke began a song writing partnership in Melbourne, Australia in 1988. Eden’s initial 12 inch EP "The Light Between Worlds" was released in 1990 on Nightshift Records, Scotland.
The EP caught the attention of BBC Radio’s John Peel who featured tracks on his show, 

resulting in rapid support of Eden by The Alternative Press Magazine in the USA.
In 1991 Eden moved to London based label Third Mind who continued to grow the band’s profile in Europe and the USA with the release of Eden’s first full length CD "Gateway To The Mysteries" in 1992.
In 1993 Eden joined the roster of Projekt Records, releasing "Healingbow" (1993) and "Fire And Rain" (1995).
The same year Eden released a CD of remixes and rarities titled "Earthbound".
In live performance they have shared the stage in Australia and overseas with Love Spirals Downward, Lycia,  

Rowland S. Howard, These Immortal Souls, Underground Lovers, Attrition, Heligoland, Ostia and countless others. 

Eden undertook a promotional visit to the UK (1990) and an extensive tour of live dates in the USA (1996).
After two decades of silence, in June 2017 Eden went to Germany, 

joining The Mission, Skinny Puppy and She Past Away performing at Wave-Gotik-Treffen Festival in Leipzig.  

Eden's performance was combined with the release of their eighth album "The Edge Of Winter".
The album was recorded by Adam Calaitzis and produced at Melbourne’s Toyland Studios.
"The Edge Of Winter" delivers on the promise of the distinctively diverse, uniquely sumptuous sonic palette  

Eden has long been known for, spanning darkwave, neo-psychedelic and ethereal genres and featuring the reknown sublime eastern-tinged baritone vocals of Sean Bowley.
Their current line up features Sean Bowley (Vocals, 6 & 12 String Guitars, Keyboards),  

Andrew Kutzer (12 String Guitar) and Matthew Sigley (Bass Guitar, Drum Machine and Keyboards).

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Old Forest – Into The Old Forest (1999)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Grond (Hammer Of The Underworld) 04:29
2. Death In The Cemetary 04:57
3. To Haunt The Old Forest 03:38
4. Hymn Of The Deep 05:19
5. Glistening... 03:34
6. Where Trees Are Withered 04:05
7. Shadow Whispers 04:20
8. Become The Gods Of War 04:19
9. Hammer Of The Underworld (Demo Bonus Track) 04:13
10. Death In The Cemetary (Demo Bonus Track) 04:50
11. Shadows Whispers (Demo Bonus Track) 03:29
12. The Deepest Caves (Demo Bonus Track) 01:04

Old Forest was formed in 1998 and consisted of Kobold (James Fogarty of In the Woods..., Ewigkeit),

 Beleth and Lord Grond (Orcrypt).
With influences from the early 90s classic bands, such as Emperor, Ancient, Darkthrone and Burzum,

Old Forest formed in order to preserve the underground and, by then, lost feeling of cult spirit of Black Metal.
The debut demo "Of Mists And Graves" was self-released, and led to a handfull of offers 

from reputable black metal labels to release the debut album.
After the second demo "The Kingdom Of Darkness" was recorded,

Old Forest set about recording their debut album "Into The Old Forest" for the label Mordgrimm Records.
The album was universally hated by commercial magazines,

got terrible reviews and became an instant underground classic.
A second album was recorded in 1999, "None More Black", but this was never released.
The band was placed on hiatus and the master tapes of the unreleased album were buried in the New Forest in Hampshire.
In 2007, Old Forest reactivated once again re-releasing all of their demo recordings as free digital downloads,

to re-aquaint the old fans, and to act as a flag-bearer for a new crusade of anti-commercial Cult Black Metal.
They then began work on writing and recording the "Tales Of The Sussex Weald" trilogy of EPs

for the record label Death To Music Productions.
In 2011, the 3rd and final part of the trilogy was released,

along with parts 1 and 2, on the full-length album "Tales Of The Sussex Weald".
In 2015 the band released their latest album "Dagian" through the Avantgarde Music label

featuring Kobro (In the Woods..., ex-Carpathian Forest) on drums.

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Exiled Shadow – North Abyss Shadows (Demo 1999)

Country: Greece

Tracklist

1. Anguish Of Pagan Night 04:08
2. Where The Shadows Rise 02:00
3. Haunting The Light 02:23
4. The Testimonial Code Of Death 02:42
5. Savior Of Sorrow 02:27
6. Ancient Spirits Of Evil 01:49

Exiled Shadow was created in the summer of 1998 in Thessaloniki, Greece,
by Tasos (guitars, vocals) from Ptolemaida and Vasilis (drums) from Thessaloniki.
The group's basic influence was Scandinavian black metal while the lyrics were based on evil, darkness and paganism.
Their first demo "The Lost Mist Path" was released in September 1998 

with Kostas (of the local death/grind band Soultaker) handling the bass.
The second demo "North Abyss Shadows" was recorded only by Tasos and Vasilis and released in February 1999.
After a few months with the pseudonyms Shadefrost (Tasos) and Haggath (Vasilis) 

Naethor joined the band as a full time member in bass.
With this line up, apart from the old tracks, they also worked on four new songs 

which were released in September 2000 as their third demo "...And The Funeral Becomes".
Throughout their existence Exiled Shadow appeared live only once 

participating in a rock/metal festival in Ptolemaida in the summer of 2000.
In 2018 Askio Productions released "North Abyss Shadows" compilation 

that features all the demos of the band in a limited handmade ekopak CD-r edition of 50 copies.

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Univers Zero – Heresie (1979)

Country: Belgium

Tracklist

1. La Faulx 25:25
2. Jack The Ripper 13:30
3. Vous Le Saurez En Temps Voulu 13:02
4. Chaos Hermétique (Bonus Track Recorded In 1975) 11:52

Univers Zero are an instrumental progressive Belgian band formed in 1974 by drummer Daniel Denis.
The band is known for playing dark music heavily influenced by 20th-century chamber music.
In 1973, Claude Deron and Daniel Denis, both former members of the band Arkham, set up a new group, Necronomicon.
By that time, apart from Deron (trumpet) and Denis (drums), the group consisted of Roger Trigaux (guitar),  

Guy Segers (bass guitar), Patrick Hanappier (violin), John Van Rymenant (sax) and later on Vincent Motoulle (keyboards).
At the time, Guy Denis (percussion) took part in some shows and rehearsals 

and Jean-Luc Manderlier (keyboards) was present only during rehearsals.
Necronomicon was renamed to Univers Zero in 1974.
The band was part of a musical movement called Rock In Opposition (RIO) which strove to create dense challenging music, a direct contrast to the disco and punk music being produced in the late 1970s.
Obvious early influences were Bartók, Stravinsky and composers such as Albert Huybrechts, who was also Belgian.
Whereas their early albums were almost entirely acoustic, featuring oboes, spinets, harmoniums and Mellotrons, 

their 1980s albums tended to rely more on synthesizer and electric guitar, sounding much more electric.
In 1977, they released their first eponymous album "Univers Zéro", later remixed and renamed as "1313". 

The album shows a heavy rock and roll approach despite the fact that the instrumentation was largely acoustic.

This is mostly due to the use of drums and bass guitar.

Two years later the album "Heresie" proved to be even darker and more complex.

Subsequent albums lightened the sound only slightly but became ever more electric.
The group disbanded in 1987 but reformed in 1999.

In the interim, drummer Daniel Denis released two solo albums and joined Art Zoyd, a similar band from France.

Since 1999, Univers Zero released five studio albums.
In 2011, they joined forces with Belgian groups Present and Aranis 

to form a 17-member ensemble called Once Upon A Time In Belgium.

They premiered at the fourth edition of the Rock In Opposition festival held in Carmaux, France in September 2011,

where they performed "New York Transformations", a work composed by Kurt Budé.
Once Upon A Time In Belgium and Univers Zero appear in the documentary film

"Romantic Warriors II: A Progressive Music Saga About Rock In Opposition".

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