Songe D'Enfer / Miasthenia – Visions Of Nocturnal Tragedies (Split 1998)

Country: Brazil

Tracklist

1. Songe D'Enfer – Et Vidit Quod Esset Bonum... (Sublime Blasphemy) 05:32
2. Songe D'Enfer – My Lady Princess Of Hell (Conjuration To Gorgon) 05:36
3. Songe D'Enfer – My Visions In The Forest 08:00
4. Miasthenia – Introdução 01:43
5. Miasthenia – Hynno A Pã 11:49
6. Miasthenia – Faun - Trágica Música Noturna 12:01

Songe D'Enfer was formed in 1993 by Fog as a one-man project.
In 1994, Hashcloud, Lechis and Reston joined and with this line-up they recorded the demo "My Visions In The Forest",

that stood out amongst the few South American acts as having a very mid-90s European symphonic black metal sound.
Lechis left the band after the recording of the demo in 1995 and was replaced by Alexandre Kaffer in the beginning of 1996.
Hofgodhar joined in 1996 and was kicked out in 1998 over ideological differences.
The band hoped to release "My Visions In The Forest" on vinyl and record a new album in 2008, but have since parted ways.

The DVD "Live In Piracicaba" was released in 2008 by the band in an unknown limited amount of numbers.
Miasthenia was formed in early 1994, idealized by Hécate (vocal/guitar), Vlad ( bass/vocal) and Mictlantecutli (drums).
In 1995 they recorded the rehearsal-demo “Para O Encanto Do Sabbat...” that was distributed by Sound Riot.
In 1996 they recorded the demo "Faun - Trágica Música Noturna" in which they started including the keys to their music.

Hécate took place on the keyboards/vocals and the bass and Vlad the guitars and vocals.
At this very time began the proposals for concerts and because of that they decided to invite Mist to handle the bass.
In 1998 they had the demo "Faun - Trágica Música Noturna" re-released through Evil Horde Records

in a split CD together with the demo "My Visions In The Forest" of their countrymen Songe D'Enfer.
Since 1998 the compositions started basically from the keyboard lines and their lyrical themes gradually influenced

by pagan South American mythology and by the wars for the conquest of South America in the 16th century.
In 1999 Vlad left the band and Hécate took all the vocals along with the keyboards.

In order to have a full line-up they invited Thormianak to play the guitars.
His influence from the 80's metal school added a strong personality to the sound of the band.
From 1999 to 2000 the band worked on the production of its first album "XVI" released through Somber Music.
In 2004 they release the album "Batalha Ritual” and invited to take part in a mini tour as opening act 

for the Belgian band Enthroned and the Brazilian band Evilwar.
In 2005 Mictlantecutli (drums) left the band and was replaced by Hamon (Mythological Cold Towers, ex-Spell Forest).
In 2006 the band returns to the stages and performs some concerts in southeast of the country

and also in one of the biggest metal festivals in the country the “Brutal Devastation” in Belo Horizonte.
In April 2008 they release the conceptual album "Supremacia Ancestral"

that was inspired by a South American pagan resistance movement or sect against the indoctrination

in the colonial South America and based on Pre-Colombian profanations and apostasy.
From 2014 to 2017 Miasthenia released two more albums, "Legados Do Inframundo" and "Antípodas".

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Dying Ground – Dying Ground (1998)

Country: Japan / United States

Tracklist

1. The Cruel One 05:04
2. Descension Of Vapors 06:03
3. Kripa 02:57
4. Ascension Into The Heavens 06:28
5. I Am Fire 02:15
6. One Eyed Wolf 05:46
7. The Chosen One 12:53

Dying Ground was a jazz-rock/avantgarde/experimental trio, composed of Eyvind Kang, Kato Hideki and G. Calvin Weston.
The band released in 1998 their only self titled album "Dying Ground"

that was essentially a live recording setting at New York's Knitting Factory venue in 1996.
Eyvindur Y. Kang (born 23 June 1971 in Corvallis, Oregon, United States) is an American composer and multi-instrumentalist. His primary instrument is viola, but has also performed on violin, tuba, keyboards and others.
In addition to his solo work, Kang has worked extensively with Bill Frisell, John Zorn

 while he has played viola and created string arrangements with different bands and artists like

Mr. Bungle, Secret Chiefs, Laurie Anderson, Blonde Redhead, Laura Veirs, The Stares, and many more.
Kato Hideki (born 1962 in Nagoya, Japan) is a Japanese musician and composer.

He was a seminal member of the Tokyo Noise music scene of the late 80s and early 90s,

collaborating with Japanese musicians such as Otomo Yoshihide, Tatsuya Yoshida, Makigami Koichi, and Yamatsuka Eye.

He also led his own bands, Player Piano and Bass Army.

He was a member of the original Ground Zero with Otomo and Uemura Masahiro.

In 1992 Kato moved to New York City where he still resides.
Since relocating to New York, Kato has recorded and performed with John Zorn, Marc Ribot, Christian Marclay,

Eyvind Kang, G. Calvin Weston, Billy Martin (percussionist), Nicolas Collins, Zeena Parkins, Charlie Burnham,

Karen Mantler, John King, Michael Schumacher, Chris Cochrane, Brian Chase and many others.
His collaborations include Dying Ground, Billy Martin's Socket, Phase III, Italian DOC Remix,and the Crescent Moon Trio.

He also has an electronic duo with James Fei. In 1995 he formed Death Ambient with Ikue Mori and Fred Frith

 and released three albums on the Tzadik label, including "Drunken Forest," in 2007.
In 2004 he formed the trio Green Zone, with Otomo Yoshihide and Uemura Masahiro,

the lineup of the original Ground Zero, but this time with Kato as leader.
His latest project is a rock'n'roll band, Plastic Spoon.
G. Calvin Weston was born June 6, 1959 in Philadelphia, PA.

He lived in North Philadelphia where he saw musicians like Stevie Wonder, The Jackson Five and James Brown.
Seeing his attention focused on the drums, his father bought him a small set.
In high school Calvin learned to read music and played second snare in the drum ensemble.

He co-founded the group Bad Influence which played in cabarets and clubs around Philadelphia.
At 17, Calvin joined Ornette Coleman's Prime Time band, with bass player Jamalaadean Tacuma,

his close friend from Philly, which toured extensively in North America and Europe.

After recording four albums with Prime Time, Calvin went on to play and record with guitarist James “Blood” Ulmer,

until he joined John Lurie's The Lounge Lizards in 1990.
During the late '90s Calvin recorded and toured with Billy Martin of Medeski Martin & Wood,

Tricky, Derek Baily, Mark Ribot, Jean-Paul Bourelly, Melvin Gibbs and James Carter.

He also played on several movie soundtracks including “Get Shorty”.
With Eyvind Kang and Kato Hideki he founded the trio Dying Grounds,

which also expanded into Socket with Shelley Hirsch and Billy Martin . The sextet Big Three followed in 2002.
He also has the group Free Form Funky Freqs with world guitarist, Vernon Reid and bass player, Jamalaadean Tacuma.

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Neetzach – Pinseltronen (Demo 1995)

Country: Norway

Tracklist

1. Intro 01:20
2. Brennende 03:48
3. The Demon That Opened My Grave 04:04
4. The Haunting Spirit 02:43

Neetzach was formed in 1993 by Gidim Xul (guitar/vocal/bass/synths)

and a second member that committed suicide shortly after the foundation.
The band was arise from the ashes of the project Sworn (and Rhim Haigl?) that featured members

of Gehenna, Neetzach and Theater Of Tragedy but never recorded anything except a few rehearsals.
Soon Gidim Xul recruited Noctifier (bass) and Sanrabb (guitars) from Gehenna to help him

but by the end of 1994 both of them had left the band.

Even Dolgar (The Deviant, ex-Gehenna, ex-Forlorn etc.) and Sir Vereda (ex-Gehenna)

seems to had a short involvement with the project at some point.
In 1995 Gidim Xul released the demo "Pinseltronen" that featured four tracks of melodic black metal 

very similar in style with the early Gehenna albums.
After the demo Neetzach stayed dormant until 2005 when Vrangsinn (Carpathian Forest etc.)

and Dirge Rep (The Konsortium, ex-Gehenna etc.) joined Gidim Xul.
The same year ANP Records re-released "Pinseltronen" on MCD

and in 2006 their first full length "True Servants Of Satan" was finally published.
In 2020 White Wolf Productions reissued their demo on cassette as a special and standard limited editions.

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