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.

 
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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.

 
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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.

 
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