Nebiras – The Great Rites... (MCD 1998)

Country: Malaysia

Tracklist

1. In The Name Of Thy Horned Divine - Part I 02:21
2. Culte Des Morts 02:00
3. Clavicule De Solomon 02:59
4. Les Bon Esp'rits 03:07
5. Les Secret Des Secrets 03:38
6. In The Name Of Thy Horned Divine - Part II 01:35
7. Thy Great Fullmoon Light 03:05
8. Dies Irae (Bonus Track) 02:21

Nebiras is a black metal band of the early underground circles,

most famously referenced by Darkthrone, as Agathos Daemon (Anak Liar, ex-Bazzah, ex-Rator)

got hailed/greeted in the booklet of "A Blaze In The Northern Sky", as well as Fenriz dedicated a poem to them,

written in the booklet of the '93 Demo "As The Sky Turns Black" of Nebiras.
Agathos Daemon also stayed in contact with the rising European black metal scene,

and with bands such as Samael and Rotting Christ.
Nebiras was the head of the Watchtower Fraternity Circle,

which was the Malaysian counterpart of the famous Black Circle in Norway, alongside Conqueror, Rator and Bazzah.
"The Great Rites..." was reissued in 2017 by Dunkelheit Produktionen on a limited edition vinyl of 500 copies.
The release was dedicated to the former guitarist of Nebiras, Y. Occultust,

who died in a car accident two years before the initial release of the album.
Also in 2018 Legion Music re-released "The Great Rites..." on a digipak CD,

including a bonus track, "Dies Irae", that was recorded at Helheim Studio in mid 2005.
Th band is still active and working on a new EP.

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Christian Death – Ashes (1985)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Ashes 07:05
2. Ashes Part II 02:24
3. When I Was Bed 07:56
4. Lament - Over The Shadows 02:48
5. Face 03:52
6. The Luxury Of Tears 06:54
7. Of The Wound 05:00

Christian Death is an American gothic rock band formed in Los Angeles County, California, in 1979

by Rozz Williams (November 6, 1963 – April 1, 1998) when he joined by guitarist Rikk Agnew of the band Adolescents,

James McGearty on bass guitar and George Belanger on drums.
This line-up was responsible for producing the band's best known work,

their 1982 debut album "Only Theatre Of Pain", which was highly influential

in the development of the style of music known as deathrock, as well as on the American gothic scene.
The original band broke up in 1983 amid band infighting and drug abuse.
Williams assembled a new version of the band later that year by merging with another L.A. rock band, Pompeii 99.
This lineup included guitarist Valor Kand, vocalist/keyboardist Gitane Demone and drummer David Glass.

The new version of the band recorded their next two albums,

"Catastrophe Ballet" (1984) (with bassist Constance Smith) and "Ashes" (1985) (with bassist Randy Wilde).
Following the release of the band's third album, "Ashes", in 1985, Williams left the band

and was controversially replaced by Valor as frontperson, with no original members of the band remaining.
At one point during the 1990s there were two bands with the name Christian Death.
During the late 1980s, while also recording as Shadow Project, Williams 

resurrected his own version of Christian Death,with his wife Eva O contributing guitar as well as vocals.

Billing themselves as the original Christian Death, they were rejoined by first guitarist Agnew for a 1989 tour on Canada.
The band was signed to Cleopatra Records, and released "The Iron Mask" and the "Skeleton Kiss" EP in 1992,

"The Path Of Sorrows" in 1993, and "The Rage Of Angels" in 1994, all under the Christian Death name.
A 1993 show featuring Only Theatre Of Pain-era members Williams, Agnew and Belanger (along with bassist Casey Chaos)

performing live at Los Angeles' Patriot Hall was recorded and later released in 2001 as a DVD by Cleopatra Records.
Williams' reclamation of the Christian Death name sparked a fierce battle with Kand.

However, Kand already had the rights to the name due to Williams' departure and subsequent neglect of the moniker.

Williams consequently billed his version of the band as Christian Death Featuring Rozz Williams.

After this, Williams' version would not release another full album of original material

and he went on to pursue other projects before committing suicide on April 1, 1998.
Valor's Christian Death continued performing and recording, releasing 12 studio albums since 1985.

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Vangelis – Invisible Connections (1985)

Country: Greece

Tracklist

1. Invisible Connections 18:37
2. Atom Blaster 07:49
3. Thermo Vision 13:19

Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known as Vangelis, was a Greek musician,

composer, songwriter and producer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music.

He was best known for his Academy Award-winning score to "Chariots Of Fire" (1981),

as well as for composing scores to the films "Blade Runner" (1982), "Missing" (1982), "Antarctica" (1983),

"The Bounty" (1984), "1492: Conquest Of Paradise" (1992), "Alexander" (2004)

and for the use of his music in the 1980 documentary series "Cosmos: A Personal Voyage" by Carl Sagan.
Born in Agria, he began his career working with several bands of the 1960s such as The Forminx and Aphrodite's Child,

with the latter's album "666" (1972) going on to be recognized as a progressive-psychedelic rock classic.

Throughout the 1970s, Vangelis composed scores for several animal documentaries, including "L'Apocalypse Des Animaux",

"La Fête Sauvage" and "Opéra Sauvage", the success of these scores brought him into the film scoring mainstream.

In 1975, he set up his new 16-track studio, Nemo Studios in London, which he named his "laboratory", 

releasing many solo studio albums on which experimented with music and concepts,

including "Heaven And Hell" and "China" among others.

In the early 1980s, Vangelis formed a musical partnership with Jon Anderson, the lead singer of progressive rock band Yes,

and the duo released several albums together as "Jon and Vangelis".

He also collaborated with Irene Papas on two albums of Greek traditional and religious songs.

In 1980, he composed the score for the Oscar-winning film "Chariots Of Fire",

for which he won an Academy Award for Best Original Score.

The soundtrack's single, the film's theme, also reached the top of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart

and was used as the background music at the London 2012 Olympics winners' medal presentation ceremonies.

He also composed the official anthem of the 2002 FIFA World Cup held in Korea and Japan.
In his last twenty years, Vangelis collaborated with NASA and ESA on music projects

"Mythodea", "Rosetta" and "Juno To Jupiter", which was his 23rd and last solo studio album in 2021.
Having had a career in music spanning over 50 years and having composed and performed more than 50 albums,

Vangelis is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of electronic music and modern film music.

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