Primordia – The Gleaming Eye (1993)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Meléni 05:28
2. Surface Tension 03:48
3. The Gleaming Eye (Vers.) 04:24
4. Laughing Torso 05:17
5. Mother Love II 05:12
6. Kaosphere 04:44
7. Samhain 05:53
8. What The Breather Brings 04:19
9. Coming Down Fast / The Gleaming Eye 08:24
10. Forever Years 05:10
11. Ikon 13:22

Primordia was a short lived synth-goth project of the late 80s/early 90s.
The band featured Lucy Furlong and W.M. Owens,

that he is also known for his participation on the early albums of Fire + Ice.

Their sound is balancing gracefully between embedded orchestral darkwave elements

and electro/industrial pulsating rhythms.
"The Gleaming Eye" is a collection of recordings from 1988 to 1992 and was released by World Serpent Distribution.

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Namanax – Audiotronic (1997)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. The Return Of The Deadly Mantis 13:52
2. Immune 14:08
3. Aquanax 18:19
4. Tomb Of The Seagull 16:26
5. The Giggling Winds 10:06

Namanax was the project of multi-instrumentalist Bill Yurkiewicz, co-founder of Relapse Records

 and musician performing in grindcore, metal, industrial and noise bands, who operated his studio in Pennsylvania.
With Namanax Yurkiewicz tried to produce loud noise through the layering of multiple sources of sound.
His first two albums, "Multi-Phase Electrodynamics" (Release, 1993)

and "Cascading Waves Of Electronic Turbulence" (Release, 1996) were recorded live

and were notable mainly for their intensity.
On his third release, "Audiotronic" (Release, 1997), Yurkiewicz was joined by guitarist/producer James Plotkin 

and Kipp Johnson on the synthesizers/samples.
The album contains five lengthy pieces inspired by soundtracks of monster movies.
"Audiotronic" increases the doses of guitar experimentation and the creation of dark textures

but also toning down the noise violence.
Their last album, "Monstrous" (Release, 1998), was basically a continuation of "Audiotronic" featuring four long tracks.
Namanax was also featured on the soundtrack of the 1997 film "Gummo" with the track "The Medicine Man".
At the same period Bill Yurkiewicz was also involved in a side-project with Kipp Johnson

 and the help of James Plotkin, named Solarus.

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Arkham – Obscurs Et Éternels (Demo 1996)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Blood Is Life 05:54
2. The Haunter Of The Dark 08:55
3. Live Evil 03:21
4. Seasons Of The Underworld 07:05

The band was formed in January 1994 by Comte d’Erlette (Bass/Vocals)

and Syuth n’ Guaraath (Guitars/Vocals, also member of The Last Battle)

under the name of Necromancya as a tribute to Howard Phillips Lovecraft's stories.
During the summer of 1994 they changed their name to Arkham and joined by Vincent (Drums) and Joachim (2nd Guitar).
In winter of 1995 Mathieu (Synths) and Marion (Female Vocals) recruited but Joachim left the band.
With this line up they recorded their first demo "Obscurs Et Éternels" in June of 1996 that sold more than 200 copies.
In the next few months Vincent, Marion and Mathieu left the band.
At the end of 1996, Lord Von Carthasis joined Arkham as a new drummer.
The year after, in March, they recorded the "Promo - Tape 1897" (later was used on their split with Nuit Noire)

of which one track was also presented on the Velvet Music International's compilation "Encyclopedia Pestilentia".
In July of 1997 a rehearsal tape was recorded.
By the end of 1999 Lord Von Carthasis had left the band as he preferred to devote himself to his projects

and Tenebras (from Nuit Noire) replaced him handling the drums followed by Sire Cedric who realized the sound effects.
Thanks to this new line-up Arkham released in 2000 the "Malediction" demo album, composed of eight tracks.
In 2004 their EP "Chapter III: The Madness From The Sea" was released as a limited edition CD of 994 handnumbered copies.

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