Simargal – Intus Susceptio (Demo 1997)

Country: Serbia

Tracklist

1. In Nominus Satanas 03:37
2. The End 03:18
3. Exumed Again 03:20
4. Pandemonium 02:56
5. All Christians Are Destroyed 03:53

At the end of 1995, a metal band named Abadon was founded in Trstenik, Serbia.
After a few rehearsals the members decided to change the name from Abadon to Simargal.
At that time Simargal was consisted of:
Goran Smiljković (vocals, bass), Igor Škrinjar (guitars), Aleksandar Milutinović (guitars) and Zoran Dragojević (drums).
After a year of some serious work, in June 1997, Simargal entered Češnjak Studio 

and recorded their first demo entitled "Intus Susceptio".
At that beginning Simargal played death metal but they had already started to develop and change that style 

leaning more to melodic black metal with death metal influences.
In the middle of 1998, Aleksandar Milutinović left the band and was replaced by Danijel Pešić.

With the development of their sound they also needed a keyboard player and Milica Gabor took that place.
In 1999 they entered studio and recorded their debut album called “Meeting With…” which was consisted of six songs.

A Belgrade publisher, Rock Express Records, released the album in March 2001.
“Meeting With…” was recorded in Češnjak Studio and sold 2000 CDs all over the world.
In 2000, Ivan Pešić joined the band as a bass-player while Milica Gabor was replaced by Vladimir Jovanović.
After that they recorded their second album called “...Hidden God” 

that was consisted of seven songs and two re-makes from the first demo “Intus Susceptio”.
This album came out also from Češnjak Studio and was recorded in the period 

from 23rd of November up to 2nd of December 2002 in production of Sasa Vujić.

“...Hidden God” was released in 2004.

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Caroline K – Now Wait For Last Year (1987)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. The Happening World 20:50
2. Animal Lattice 04:56
3. Chearth 06:04
4. Tracking With Close-Ups 04:45
5. Leaving 02:37

Caroline Kaye Walters (1957 – 12 July 2008), known as Caroline K, was an English singer, songwriter and artist/producer.
She was a co-founder of the legendary UK industrial groups The Pump and Nocturnal Emissions with Nigel Ayers, contributing voice, synthesizer, bass and drum programming to the group’s early releases.
She was also responsible for Sterile Records alongside Nigel Ayers, 

a record label that released albums by Lustmord, SPK and Maurizio Bianchi.
Her only solo album, the title of which was taken from a Philip K. Dick 1966 sci-fi novel that revolves 

around a pill-based hallucinogenic drug, was released on Earthly Delights in 1987 entitled "Now Wait For Last Year".
The album is considered a classic of beautiful and haunting ambient recordings 

full of autumnal atmosphere and melancholy.
In 2010 a remastered/reissue CD version of the LP saw the light of day through the Austrian Klanggalerie label 

and featured three bonus tracks ("In Between The Spaces 1-3") that were recorded after the album, 

while a second CD reissue of the same label that was released in 2015 featured one more bonus track ("In A Box") 

taken from the Sterile Records compilation "Standard Response" from 1980 

that Caroline recorded under the pseudonym S.M. Andrews.
In later life Caroline retreated from the public eye, and in 2001 married Daniel Ayers 

(Nigel’s brother, also of Nocturnal Emissions, and her collaborator in The Pump), moving to Garfagnana, Italy, 

where she resided until her death from leukaemia complications on July 12, 2008.

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Cranial Torment – Decaying In The Mud (Demo 1998)

Country: Greece

Tracklist

1. Baptized In Urine 03:50
2. Reduction To Ashes 03:06
3. Decaying In The Mud 01:55

Cranial Torment started in May 1998 by two guys,

Vasilis Benakis (guitar, vocals, bass) and Kostas Vaxevanos (drums, backing vocals)

in order to play brutal death metal with some grinding parts.
A bass player joined them but after a few rehearsals, he left the band.
In August 1998, they recorded their first demo tape entitled "Decaying In The Mud" with 3 tracks.
Some copies were spread in zine and distros but in October 1998 Kostas left the band.
In January 1999 as an one man band Vasilis went to studio and recorded the second demo 

"The Triumph Of Impudence" that contained 9 tracks.
About 500 copies in 4 months were spread and in May 1999 Vasilis went back to studio to record a new demo.
The third and last demo tape of the band was entitled "Death Is Rising".

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