Nightmare Lodge – Negative Planet (1994)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. First Contrast 01:15
2. Baby / Death 06:34
3. Become Visible 03:59
4. The Bird Comes Back 03:44
5. Negative Planet 04:32
6. Mirage IV 05:56
7. Toxic Ways 02:54
8. Grey Wind 03:31
9. The Glorious Animal 03:20
10. Presence 04:54
11. Endless Pleasure (On) 03:49

Nightmare Lodge started in June 1987 as a musical project founded by Minus Habens Records / Disturbance founder

Ivan Iusco alongside vocalist B. Mazzilli and bass player Gianni Mantelli,

when the trio decided to embark on a path in search of their own dreamlike musical dimensions.
Soon they entered a small recording studio in Bari to record their first cassette "Big Mother In The Strain",

that was released on December 12, 1987 as the first publication of Minus Habens founded in the same year by Iusco.
After a few months, because of trivial disputes, the lineup was changed.
Ivan found himself completely alone deciding the Nightmare Lodge destiny.
In the meantime, he met female vocalist M. Cioce, that was selected

to be involved in two tracks on the split LP "The Oneiric Transgression / Noise And Dream",

with the Roman band Lyke Wake, the first vinyl release of Minus Habens Records in 1989.
When the album was out, M. Cioce left and B. Mazzilli returned.

Nightmare Lodge succeeded to assemble two new works across 1990 and 1991,

a split LP, " Ice Skin / The Gospel According To The Men In Black" with the band Blackhouse and a tape entitled "Asylum".
These two releases marked a long retirement period for the duo

caused by the compulsory military service that overwhelmed Ivan and B. Mazzilli.
In that time Nightmare Lodge produced only some tracks on various compilations around the world.
With the relocation of Mazzilli in Veneto in 1992 and the collaboration of Ivan Iusco with the Belgian Dirk Ivens for Dive,

the post-industrial period of Nightmare Lodge closed.
When Ivan came back from the military service he was busy in raising again his record label Minus Habens.
Due to this, the Nightmare Lodge inactivity existed until 1994.
In that year a new friendship born with the mysterious Russolo,

a very talented electronic composer passionate with horror and science fiction cinema.
A perfect union was made and since then Nightmare Lodge released a CD trilogy

("Negative Planet", "Luminescence", "The Enemy Within"),

that received considerable attention from critics and audiences in various countries.
In 1998 Nightmare Lodge composed the soundtrack (in collaboration with the Sicilian musician Paolo Bigazzi)

of the independent science fiction film "Syrena" by Mariano Equizzi

followed by two albums ("Blind Miniatures" and "Tentacled") for the U.S. label Red Stream.
In the summer of 2000, Nightmare Lodge, with guitarist Nicola Cipriani,

performed live for the first time in Calabria a soundtrack written specifically for the film "The War Of The Worlds".
Ivan Iusco has also involved with the project It and composed two songs for the sci-fi video game "Cyberpunk 2077".

 
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Immortal Agony – A Virgin Among The Living Dead (1996)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. In Blood We Trust 11:25
2. La Fontaine De Sang 04:23
3. A Very Strange Agony 06:22
4. The Haunted Boudoir 08:19
5. Gothic 04:52
6. Soporiferous Sex (Liquid Emission) 04:56
7. Pagan Orgasms 03:16

Another project of Emanuele Lago (Black Mountains Chronicles, Tombstone, Crisantemo Nero etc.) 

that focuses on death/ambient and horror/industrial soundscapes.
Originally released in 1996 on his label Psychotic Release on a limited edition cassette with 2 inserts,

a little ceramic bat and a small booklet with images for each track.

Later in 2001 it was reissued on CDr together with his previous album "The Queen Of Heaven & The Queen Of Hell".

 
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Morte Macabre – Symphonic Holocaust (1998)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. Apoteosi Del Mistero 4:20
2. Threats Of Stark Reality 2:59
3. Sequenza Ritmica E Tema 7:06
4. Lullaby 8:05
5. Quiet Drops 6:46
6. Opening Theme 2:53
7. The Photosession 7:14
8. Symphonic Holocaust 17:51
9. Suoni Dissonanti (Vinyl Bonus Track) 03:17

Morte Macabre was formed by the members of two Swedish progressive bands, Landberk and Anekdoten.
In 1998, Nicklas Barker and Peter Nordins of Anekdoten,

along with Stefan Dimle (Landberk, Paatos) and Reine Fiske (Landberk, Paatos, The Guild)

released the album "Symphonic Holocaust" on the Swedish label Mellotronen.
The album mostly consists of covered themes from horror movies, such as "City Of The Living Dead", 

"The Beyond", "Rosemary's Baby", "Beyond The Darkness", "Cannibal Holocaust" and "Golden Girls", 

with the exception of two original compositions.
The music is instrumental and characterized by improvisation and heavy use of mellotron and synthesizers.

The Memory link also features the bonus track "Suoni Dissonanti" that was included on the vinyl version of the album.

 
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