Thursday 31 October 2019

Murder (2 x 7'' EP 1994)


Country: United States

Tracklist
Side A
1. Edmund Emil Kemper (Sexual Murderer, Necrophiliac, "Co-Ed Killer")
"I Had Thought Of Annihilating The Entire Block That I Lived On." 06:18
Side B
2. Henry Lee Lucas (Murderer, Rapist, Arsonist, White Trash)
"I Was Death On Women." 07:26
Side C
3. Theodore Robert Bundy (Serial Murderer, "Phantom Prince")
"I'm The Most Cold-Blooded Son Of A Bitch That You'll Ever Meet." 06:51
Side D
4. Kenneth Bianchi (Rapist, Murderer, "Hillside Strangler")
"I Didn't See Anything Wrong With It - It Was Just There." 06:42

"Murder" was the first installment of a special interest series 
that would be dealt with the brutal reality of man's murderous capabilities.
Unfortunately no further installments were ever released.
This release contains portions of interviews with four convicted killers 

that many of them came from the documentaries The Killing of America (1981) and Murder: No Apparent Motive (1984).
"Murder" was released in 1994 by Alamut Records as a 2 x 45rpm 7" EP's, both on red vinyl.

Saturday 26 October 2019

Aeternus – Beyond The Wandering Moon (1997)


Country: Norway

Tracklist
1. Under The Blade Of The Dead 02:08
2. Sworn Revenge 06:35
3. White Realm 06:36
4. Sentinels Of Darkness 08:54
5. Embraced 07:18
6. Vind 07:06
7. Waiting For The Storms 05:57
8. Winter Tale 08:14
9. To Enter The Realm Of Legend 07:53
10. Celtic Harp Solo (The Last Feast) 04:23

Aeternus is a black/death metal band from Bergen, Norway.
It was formed in 1993 as an idea of Ronny Hovland, aka Ares, and Erik Heggernes, aka Vrolok.
Later in 1996 Nicola Trier, aka Morrigan, joined the duo as a bass player,
forming the core trio that created the band's first two albums.
They released their debut album, "Beyond The Wandering Moon", in 1997 on Hammerheart Records 
and toured that year with black metal bands Emperor and Limbonic Art through Europe.
Their second album, "...And So The Night Became" was released in 1998, accompanied by a tour supporting Deicide.
In 1999's "Shadows Of Old" album their sound moved from darkened black metal
toward a faster and more aggressive death metal sound.
Morrigan left the group in 2001 for personal reasons and was later replaced by V'gandr of Helheim.
Later that year they released their fourth full-length album called "Ascension Of Terror".
Their next album "A Darker Monument" was released on the new Nocturnal Art Productions label in 2003.
After the release of their sixth full-length "HeXaeon",
long-time member Vrolok left the band and was replaced by S. Winter on drums early in 2006.
In the period between 2008 and 2011, the band entered a lull.
V'gandr left the band to concentrate his work on his own band Helheim.
Ares reformed the band with Phobos on drums and Specter as a new guitarist
and released in 2013 their seventh full-length album, "...And The Seventh His Soul Detesteth".
In 2018 the band released their latest album entitled "Heathen".

Sunday 13 October 2019

Azmodan – Evil Obscurity (1998)


Country: Germany

Tracklist
1. The Arrival 08:38
2. Hellbound 09:11
3. Evil Obscurity 04:15
4. A Bestia 06:57
5. Remember Them 05:56
6. Once Were Warriors 06:09
7. Signum Vitiosum Dance 06:23

Azmodan was a German melodic/symphonic black metal band created by Lord Azmodan (aka René Pfeiffer).
Lord Azmodan was also contributing vocals from 1998 to 2001 for the German death metal band My Darkest Hate.
Azmodan was created in 1996 and released two albums, "Evil Obscurity" in 1998
and "Of Angels And Demons" in 1999, both of them published by Iron Glory Records.
"Evil Obscurity" featured a full line up, with Lord Azmodan (Vocals, Guitar),
Andariel (Guitar), Vorax (Drums) and Mefastus (Bass)
while for the creation of "Of Angels And Demons" Lord Azmodan went solo handling everything, 
with only the assistance of Carmen Clark on female vocals.
A third album entitled "Everblasting" was about to be released in 2009 but this was never happened.