Lustmørd ‎– Heresy (1990)

Country: Wales

Tracklist

1. Heresy Part I 07:32
2. Heresy Part II 10:20
3. Heresy Part III 16:04
4. Heresy Part IV 06:37
5. Heresy Part V 07:59
6. Heresy Part VI 14:42

Brian Williams is a Welsh industrial musician, sound designer and film score composer.
He is often credited for creating the dark ambient genre with albums recorded under the name Lustmord.
Williams was raised in rural Wales, before relocating to London in his late teens.
There he befriended Throbbing Gristle members Cosey Fanni Tutti and Chris Carter, who urged him to make his own music.
He started recording as Lustmord in 1980 before joining SPK in 1982.
Lustmord has extracted field recordings made in crypts, caves, and slaughterhouses,
and combined it with occasional ritualistic incantations and Tibetan horns.
His treatments of acoustic phenomena encased in digitally expanded bass rumbles have a dark ambient quality.
Some of Lustmord's most notable collaborations include Robert Rich, Jarboe, John Balance of Coil, 
Monte Cazazza, Clock DVA, Chris & Cosey, Paul Haslinger, Tool and The Melvins.
Williams collaborated with Graeme Revell and Paul Haslinger as musical sound designer
and occasionally as additional composer to 44 Hollywood film soundtracks, most notably on "The Crow" and "Underworld".
He also composed the soundtrack for the 2017 film "First Reformed" directed by Paul Schrader.
Around 1999, Lustmord was also involved with the video game "Planescape: Torment"
but his work eventually went unused when the project changed direction.
He provided music and sound design for a variety of other projects since, such as "Far Cry Instincts", 
"Master Of Orion", NVIDIA demos and in 2015 he composed the soundtrack for "Evolve" with Jason Graves.
In 1990 Williams released the album "Heresy" on the American label Soleilmoon Recordings.
"Heresy" is the culmination of work from 1987 to 1989 and utilizes subterranean location recordings originated within crypts, caverns, mines, deep shelters and catacombs together with material of a seismic and volcanic origin.
It also takes advantage of psycho-acoustic phenomena and the physical effects of low frequency information.

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Akira Yamaoka – Silent Hill Original Soundtrack (1999)

Composer: Akira Yamaoka

Tracklist
1. Silent Hill 02:51
2. All 02:07
3. The Wait 00:09
4. Until Death 00:51
5. Over 02:04
6. Devil's Lyric 01:26
7. Rising Sun 00:57
8. For All 02:39
9. Follow The Leader 00:52
10. Claw Finger 01:32
11. Hear Nothing 01:33
12. Flesh Kill 00:19
13. Killed By Death 01:25
14. Don't Cry 01:29
15. The Bitter Season 01:26
16. Moonchild 02:48
17. Never Again 00:45
18. Fear Of The Dark 01:13
19. Half Day 00:39
20. Heaven Give Me Say 01:47
21. Far 01:14
22. I'll Kill You 02:52
23. My Justice For You 01:21
24. Devil's Lyric 2 00:25
25. Dead End 00:17
26. Ain't Gonna Run 01:12
27. Nothing Else 00:51
28. Alive 00:33
29. Never Again 01:01
30. Die 00:56
31. Never End_Never End_Never End 00:46
32. Down Time 01:38
33. Kill Angels 01:16
34. Only You 01:16
35. Not Tomorrow 1 00:48
36. Not Tomorrow 2 01:38
37. My Heaven 03:17
38. Tears Of... 03:16
39. Killing Time 02:54
40. She 02:36
41. Esperándote 06:26
42. Silent Hill (Otherside) 06:23

Silent Hill is a survival horror video game for the PlayStation published by Konami and developed by Team Silent.
It is the first installment in the Silent Hill series and was released
in North America and Europe in February 1999 and in Japan in March 1999.
The game follows Harry Mason as he searches for his missing adopted daughter in the town of Silent Hill.
Akira Yamaoka (born February 6, 1968) is a Japanese video game music composer, sound designer, guitarist, and producer.
Yamaoka attended Tokyo Art College, where he studied product design and interior design.
He joined Konami on September 21, 1993 and immediately began to work on the games
Contra: Hard Corps, Sparkster, and Sparkster: Rocket Knight Adventures 2.
He then shortly thereafter worked on the music for the PC Engine and Sega CD versions of Snatcher.
When Konami began searching for a musician to compose Silent Hill's score,
Yamaoka volunteered because he thought he was the only one capable of making the soundtrack.
Although initially hired as a composer, he soon became involved in overall sound design.
In addition to the music, he was in charge of tasks such as sound effect creation and audio mastering.
Yamaoka did not watch game scenes, but created the music independently from its visuals.
The style of his compositions was influenced by Twin Peaks composer Angelo Badalamenti.
To differentiate Silent Hill from other games and to give it a cold and rusty feel, Yamaoka opted for industrial music.
When he presented his music to the other staff members for the first time, they misinterpreted his sound as a game bug.
Yamaoka had to explain that this noise was intended for the music,
and the team only withdrew their initial objection after he elaborated on his reasons for choosing this style.
On March 5, 1999, the album Silent Hill Original Soundtracks was released in Japan.
The 41st track on the CD "Esperándote" was composed by Rika Muranaka.
After Yamaoka had approached her to create a piece of music for the game,
she suggested the use of bandoneóns, violins, and a Spanish-speaking singer.
It was decided to make the song a tango, and Muranaka composed the melody for the English lyrics she had conceived.
When she arrived in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to record the translated Spanish lyrics with Argentine singer Vanesa Quiroz,
Muranaka realized that the syllables did not match the melodic line any more, and she had to recompose it in five minutes.
Silent Hill received positive reviews from critics on its release and was commercially successful.
It is considered a defining title in the survival horror genre,
and is also considered by many to be one of the greatest video games ever made,
as it moved away from B movie horror elements toward a more psychological horror style, emphasizing atmosphere.

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Bazzah – Death Is All I See... (1999)

Country: Malaysia

Tracklist

1. Prince Of Darkness 03:55
2. The Apparition 03:10
3. Priestess 04:10
4. Breath Of Dragon 03:05
5. Incantation 05:28
6. Widow Lust 06:23
7. Witch Queen 02:54
8. Serpent King 04:13

Bazzah was formed around 1993 by Tok Penghulu (aka The Death) in Pahang, Malysia.
Their name was taken from Arabic word Barzakh, meaning a veil between the dead and their return to world of the living.
"Necromancy" was Bazzah's debut demo and was produced back in 1993

with the helping of other band members which came from The Death's circle of avid metal enthusiasts.

The songs were all written by The Death and the demo was recorded at Amerah Studio.
An appearance on the compilation "Intrusion Of Dark Journey" was followed

and after that Bazzah stayed below the radar for quite a long time.
The band made a strong comeback with the release of their debut album entitled "Kingdom Of The Death"

that was recorded in 1997 at Tri-Castle studio and released in 1998 through Ultra Hingax Production.
On the debut album all the vocal parts were taken over by Agathos Daemon a closed friend of The Death.
In fall of 1998 Bazzah entered King Studio and recorded their sophomore album entitled "Death Is All I See..."

that was released through Nebiula Production in 1999.
The album featured a better line up with three guitarists, two bassists, two vocalists and The Death himself on drums.
During that period Bazzah faced constant oppression by their local government due to the nature of their music.
After a very long hietus of almost 7 years without a studio album

Bazzah made their come back in 2006 with the release of a demo entitled "Possessed By Evil",

that was produced by Bazzah at Hell Realm studio and released on 06/06/06.

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