Brotherhood Of Pagans – Tales Of Vampires (1995)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. The Gathering 02:07
2. Don't Fall 04:12
3. Warshow 04:53
4. Resurrection 05:00
5. Black Art 03:37
6. Sinner Comes To Bits 08:54
7. Halloween 04:20
8. Rooms 04:37
9. Guilty 06:06
10. God Damn My Soul 04:01

French Gothic/Rock group formed in March 1990

and risen from the ashes of two other act of the Cold Wave genre, Itchy Souls and Nuits Heretiques.
The band consisted of Alien (rhythm guitar and vocals), Coccs (synthesiser),

Sailor (drums), Elrik (bass) and Vox Populi (guitar).
Brotherhood Of Pagans began playing their first live gigs in 1991,

but it was during the course of 1993 that they started to make themselves known,

thanks principally to the beginning of a their relationship with the French label Darkland Of Tears.
Among other things, this enabled them to provide support for Corpus Delicti at a concert in Nice,

and to appear at a Festival in Dorsten (Germany) in front of 800 people.
This collaboration with Darkland Of Tears further allowed Brotherhood Of Pagans to participate on numerous compilation,

firstly those on the Darkland label such as "Cold Tears" and "Gothicland",

then on compilations produced by other re-known labels like "Goth Box" by Cleopatra, and "Death By Dawn" by Appolyon.
Their first album finally appeared in March 1995 under the title "Tales Of Vampires" and was an immediate success.
Unfortunately at the peak of it’s glory, the band split following the departure of bassist Elrik.
Elrik later joined the band Disorder and also Alien decided to focus on his solo project under the name Alien Marteens.
In 2006, Vox, Coccs and Sailor decided to head for the studio in order to start working on a new album entitled "Only Once".
In 2007 the first track of the album, also called "Only Once" was featured on the Str8line compilation "Movement One".
"Only Once" was finally released in 2009 through Alone Prod exploring various musical influences

that the remaining members of Brotherhood Of Pagans had gathered through the past years

and also featured a cover version of the track "Resurrection" from their first album.

 
Memory

Tyrant – Rise Of The Fallen (Demo 1998)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. This Frozen Realm 05:36
2. När Natten För Evigt Fallit 06:07
3. Era Av Blod 07:08
4. Outro 00:50

Swedish black metal project formed in 1996 in Jönköping and released only one demo in 1998 entitled "Rise Of The Fallen".

The band had a full line up featuring Lord Thurisaz (Drums), Tiwaz (Guitars, Keys),

Trollheim (Vocals, Bass) and Hate Svartulv (Guitars).
Tyrant offers here fast and aggressive black metal with the appropriate amount of keyboard parts when needed.
Later, in 1999, they changed their name to The Legion and released three albums before disbanding in 2010.

 
Memory

Subklinik ‎– Feasting On Souls (1996)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Feasting On Souls 08:17
2. Journey Through The Halls Of Darkness 13:44
3. Beyond The Existence Of Time And Space 08:08
4. Pt.III 10:35
5. Pleasant Stench 10:03
6. Corpsegrind 07:47
7. Hardening Of The Arteries 06:56
8. Mortuor Lesson 03:10
9. Tormenter 08:03

Subklinik is another project of Chad Davis (Mortuor, Anu, Draath, Hour Of Thirteen, Obscurae, Old Ghoul etc.)

that was formed in 1995 and is one of the longest running Death Industrial / Black Ambient projects

still active in the USA and celebrating its 30 years of existence.
Here Subklinik offers nightmarish necro-soundscapes from the darkest depths of the mind.
Released on Slaughter Productions as a double cassette and packaged in a VHS box with surgical scissors and cotton.

 
Memory

Biota – Rackabones (2xLP 1985)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Vagabones A 26:34

2. Vagabones B 26:12

3. Rackabones A 18:08

4. Rackabones B 17:57

American experimental music ensemble that created in 1979 in Fort Collins, Colorado

under the name Mnemonist Orchestra (shortened soon after to Mnemonists).
Biota founded by fellow scientists and community radio engineers Mark Derbyshire and William Sharp, 

the Mnemonists ensemble of artists, musicians, and college-town bohemians.
in 1984, the group split into two collaborative factions:

a visual-arts collective, which retained the name Mnemonists, and the musical group, Biota.
Biota adheres to an unpredictable method of organizing sounds that ideally invites listeners

to imbue proceedings with their own individualized interpretations and experiences

(much like interpreting a work of abstract visual art), thereby allowing for an element of "listener composition".

Such a concept is in keeping with notions of community collaboration

and song evolution inherent in many forms of traditional folk music.
Biota-Mnemonists has taken to the stage for live performance only twice,

in 1981, at the Colorado State University art school in Fort Collins, Colorado,

and in November 1990 at the then-annual New Music America festival, held that year in Montreal, Quebec.

 
Memory

Ishtar – Diabolical Hymns (MCD 1998)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. Mörkets Furste 10:43
2. Damnation 08:10
3. Dismal Paradise 06:07

Short lived Swedish Melodic Black Metal band with a lot of keyboard parts and some female vocals.
Ishtar released in 1998 their MCD "Diabolical Hymns" with Snöstorm handling the lead vocals.

In 1999 their one and only full length album "Krig" followed

but this time with their guitarist Ahldrathan on vocals after the departure of Snöstorm.
Both of them released on Hammerheart Records.

 
Memory

Gnome – Under The Black Moon (Demo 1996)

Country: Japan

Tracklist

1. La Forêt (I - II) 15:46
2. La Mer... 09:47
3. Oriental Flower (Bonus Track) 07:37

Japanese one-man Black Metal project from Osaka that was formed by Masanori "Wood" Haruta in 1995.
Gnome released two demos in mid 90s, the split "Story - Legendary Japanese Wolves" in 1999 with Nyarlathotep

 and the compilation "Silent Scream" in 2012.
The demo "Under The Black Moon" was originally released in 1996 and later in 1997 on the split with Hurusoma

 that was another Black Metal project of Masanori Haruta (along with the ambient project Human Soul).

The Memory link features as bonus the track "Oriental Flower"

that appeared on the compilation "In Search Of Weird Truth..." in 2000.

 
Memory