Republic – Freedom Through Ability (7'' EP 1995)

Country: United States

 

Tracklist

 1. Herald/Responsibility 04:31
2. Freedom Through Ability 05:13

 

 Obscure project that was formed by Harold Arthur McNeill and James Banner aka one half member of the band Enstruction.
Republic released only this limited edition 7inch EP, that comes with a two-sided insert, in 1995 through Storm Records.
It contains two tracks recorded on 4-track tape in Seattle 1982,

including the song "Herald" that features Hiram Gordon Wells who was another memnber of Enstruction.
Typsetting and liner notes by the publisher Michael Moynihan of Blood Axis.

 
Memory

Indra Karmuka – Su'O / Rana (7'' EP 1996)

Country: Holland

 

Tracklist

 1. Su'O 06:32
2. Rana 07:18

 

"Su'O / Rana" was the first release by this trio from Amsterdam (Floris Sirag, Peter Veenstra, Raymond Dijkstra),

that deals with religious themes from the Indian mythology.
"Indra Karmuka" is a notion from the Sanskrit language spoken in India.
The two titles are pieces of flowing and transcendental droning music using bells, synths and strange minimal sources.
Released on Drone Records as a clear vinyl with a transparent cover artwork limited to 250 copies.

 
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Havohej – Black Perversion (12'' EP 1994)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Black Perversion 07:18
2. Unholy Sodomy 02:00
3. Mary Goddess Of Shit 06:00

Solo experimental black metal project of Paul Ledney, formed in 1993 after the split of Profanatica the previous year.

Former Profanatica and Incantation member Brett Makowski assisted with guitars and bass on the first Havohej album,

"Dethrone The Son Of God" in 1993, which consists mainly of re-worked and re-recorded Profanatica tracks.

During the following years Havohej developed a much more unique and experimental style

of minimalist black metal, mixed with dark ambient and noise/industrial elements.

On September 29th, 2007 the band made their very first and only performance ever at the Autumn Equinox V festival.

 
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.

 
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Idpa – Stream (7'' EP 1997)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Ilu - White Stream 06:10
2. Idpa 05:52

Dark Ambient / Industrial project of Marco Koch,
known as the owner of the cult German industrial and experimental electronics label Stateart 

that operated from 1996 to 2006.
Idpa first release was back in 1996 with the split 7'' EP "Documents Of Neural Assault" together with Thorofon.
"Stream" EP followed in a limited edition of 200 hand numbered copies.
The final appearance of the project was on the collaboration vinyl entitled "Live Action / Voodoo Bumble Bee"

that featured a live performance of Idpa together with Column One and Mz.412 

in Collapse festival, Rostock, Germany 19.08.2000.
The Memory link feature as bonus the track "Thou Sun" from the split EP with Thorofon.

 
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Drape Excrement – Born Dead (1995)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Sirayat 01:37
2. Leitbild 04:25
3. Dangerous Gases 03:56
4. Out Of Control 04:14
5. I Want You 02:19
6. Yaum Ed Din 03:48
7. The Lost Age 04:51
8. Sinnlose Opfer 02:27
9. Jammer Und Geheul 04:12
10. Good Grief 04:48
11. I Give My Soul 04:10

German industrial/noise project created by Markus Kropfreiter 

(also known as a part of Söldnergeist and Metaplakia projects) that runs the Art Konkret label.
"Born Dead" offers dark death-industrial combined with deep bass droning
and atmospheric crackling sounds creating a menacing atmosphere.
Released by Art Konkret as a limited edition vinyl of 525 copies.

 
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Luciano Dari – Wajd (1989)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Metatron Of The Sea 07:45
2. Sirens 03:25
3. La Luz 06:35
4. Night Of Djinn 04:05
5. Lotus 04:34
6. Manvantara 05:43
7. Antro Dei Misteri 04:05
8. Inno Ad Helios (Bonus Track) 02:38
9. Lapide Minerali (Bonus Track) 03:49
10. Theatrum Naturae (Bonus Track) 22:13

Luciano Dari is an Italian dark ambient musician/producer

and founder of the Musica Maxima Magnetica label that operated from the late 80s to late 00s.
In 1987 he released "Idrogeni Superiori", as part of the split album together with The Hafler Trio, 

followed by the album "Wajd" in 1989.
He also participated in many cassette compilation releases.
The Memory link contains three bonus tracks that were taken fron Dari's participation in the compilations:

"Hora Aurea (1989)", "Devastating Templaric Sounds (1990)" and "Nature Morte (1991)".

 
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Bearer Of The Inmost Sun – Destroyed Beauty (7'' EP 1999)

Country: Austria

Tracklist

1. Fate Of Resistance 08:31
2. Hail Jerusalem! 05:18
3. Empire 04:59

One-man project created by Eric Sinister-Dexter (Operation Julmond, Der Blutharsch)

that released only one 7" EP in addition to some compilation contributions.
Another 10" EP was planned to be released on the German label Membrum Debile Propaganda, but was never happened.
At the few live concerts (featuring Jörg Lanz from Amestigon, Graumahd and Der Blutharsch, among others),

further unreleased tracks were performed while some were included on various artists compilations,

the rest remain unreleased to this day.

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The Thieves Of Impressions – Trifolium: The Autumn Catharsis (7'' EP 1994)

 

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Changes 06:13
2. Leszerazz Galliard 05:42
3. Autumn 02:05

Short lived project formed in 1993 and led by author Aleš Pickar

 who together with Stefan Alt (aka Salt) were the two founders of the cult label Ant-Zen.
The band gathered many members among their releases featuring Aleš Pickar (keys, bass, drums, guitar, vocals, flute),

Erich Kogler (vocals, bass, piano), Katha (vocals), Peter Megele (guitar), Sirod Allabmort (vocals),

Uli Jenne (drums), Wolfgang Hierl (guitars, vocals, flute, keys) and Pia Horn (violin).
The Thieves Of Impressions later reshaped into the band Concrescence 

while Aleš Pickar, together with Brandon Gonsalves, was also involved with the ambient project Tidal Flow.

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Stigma – Structures Of Chaos (7'' EP 1995)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Untitled 07:32
2. Lethal Radiations 03:54
3. Structures Of Chaos 04:18

French short lived project featuring Licinio Da Costa (No Empty Room, Noït, Onukeio),

Antonio Da Costa and Laurent Kistler (Neon Cage Experiment).

They self released in 1994 on cassette their first album "Anastigmatic Aperture",

followed by "Putrefaction Taste" in 1995, on Daft Records, and "Inhumanity" in 1996, on Ant-Zen.

Their style was a mixture of industrial/dark ambient with chaotic rhythmic percussions.

"Structures Of Chaos" was co-issued by Ant-Zen and Ombre Sonore in 1995,

as a limited edition clear vinyl of 327 copies in a printed folder.

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Fabio Fabor – Pape Satan (1980)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Ad Inferos 02:52
2. Acheron 03:06
3. Infernal Galop 03:14
4. La Forgia 03:26
5. Segno Di Fuoco 02:13
6. Caronte 02:58
7. Dies Irae 03:34
8. Stige 03:20
9. Trillo Del Diavolo 02:39
10. Dalle Sirene 03:49
11. V Bolgia 02:33
12. Diabolic Love 02:40

Fabio Borgazzi (24 April 1920 - 3 August 2011), also known as Fabio Fabor,

was one of the most prolific library music composers in Italy between the 1960s and 1980s.
A versatile and multi-talented musician, he explored almost all existing genres, from classical to jazz, 

from pop to electronic music, and released hundreds of records through his own publishing company, Minstrel,

and its numerous sub-labels, such as World, Hard, Flam, Fonovideo and Ring.
"Pape Satan" was originally released on the Hard label in 1980 and has become a cult record,

one often regarded as a groundbreaking exploration of electronic music.
In this work Borgazzi makes extensive use of synthesizers (ARP 2600, ARP 3620, ARP Omni and Roland System 700),

percussion, keyboard instruments (piano, harpsichord, Fender Rhodes) and voices,

developing an abstract and experimental electro-acoustic soundtrack to a dark and infernal environment,

or, as Borgazzi himself explained in the liner notes, an "eschatological-Dantesque environment

caught in its side of transcendent imagination metaphysics and, sometimes, even ironic interpretation.".

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Bohack – It Took Several Wives (1982)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. The Rock Of Joe The Dog Crowd Noticed 02:24
2. Slow Clock 02:24
3. A Waiter Dies A Large Family For A Tip Leaves 01:10
4. Shot Himself After Falling Three Days 01:19
5. Fat Jaw 01:31
6. If You Feel Frogie Jump 01:05
7. Jesus In Mono 02:51
8. Old Hog Pissing In Sepia 01:32
9. Jerky In Color 03:22
10. To Save A Safe Artist's Ass 02:15
11. Good Brown 03:21
12. It Took Several Wives 05:34
13. The Man With The Flower In His Mouth 02:38
14. They Came As One Person 00:43
15. The White Hand Burned While The Red Hand Held On 01:22
16. Potatoe Skin Hair 01:39
17. 50 Perfumes (Part 1) 03:53
18. 50 Perfumes (Part 2) 02:53

Vincent Gallo (born April 11, 1961) is an American actor, director, writer, producer, musician, and model.

He has won several accolades, including a Volpi Cup for Best Actor, and has been nominated for numerous more,

including the Palme d'Or, the Golden Lion, and the Bronze Horse.
Following a childhood working for the local mafia, Gallo started his professional career as a Formula II motorcycle racer.

In the early '70s he began playing electric bass and sang in garage bands,

during which time he developed an appreciation of both prog rock and proto-punk bands.
He participated in Buffalo-based bands like Blue Mood, a progressive rock cover band named Zephyr 

which did one performance at Lincoln Park Tonawanda New York in 1978,

The Good (with Bernie Kugel and Larry Galanowitz), The Detours, and the Plastics.
At the age of 16 Gallo relocated to New York City and in winter of 1979 he met Wayne Richard Clifford.

That same evening they rented a rehearsal space to improvise music together.
Wayne already a member of a industrial/noise group called Gray

asked Vincent to join the band that also featured renowned artist Jean Michel Basquiat.
Although they played regularly at such N.Y.C. hot spots as Max's Kansas City, CBGB's, Hurrahs, and the Mudd Club,

the group split up before any recordings could be made.
A short period afterwards Vincent Gallo and Wayne Richard Clifford along with Claudia Porcelli formed Bohack.
Immediately after forming Bohack the trio played one live improvised show.
After this single performance Bohack began recording

in Vincent Gallo's American Indian Studios in 1980 and continued to do so until the spring of 1981.
Gallo produced Bohack on a single track monophonic Ampex 350 recorder and a single RCA KU-3 microphone.
The album was mixed by Gallo on an ALTEC 250 SU mixer he also formed the label Family Friend Records to release it.
About 1000 copies were printed and the band sold 60 of them through Bleecker Bob's record store

and another 150 through a distributer while 500 were destroyed in a New York City fire.
In 1984 Gallo threw about 100 of them in a trash container and passed out the rest one night on St. Mark's Place, NYC.
When Bohack disbanded, Gallo turned his back on a musical career, and focused primarily on acting in movies,

landing steady work as either an actor, director, or composer.
As a filmmaker, he directed, wrote, and starred in three independent films:

"Buffalo '66" (1998), "The Brown Bunny" (2003), and "Promises Written In Water" (2010)

while also directed and starred in numerous short films and several music videos.
After including several of his own original compositions on 1998's "Buffalo '66" soundtrack,

Gallo decided to give a musical career another shot, forming the group Bunny with actor/musician Lukas Haas.

Despite a successful Japanese tour and a debut album completed for Sony

(with renowned Yes producer Eddie Offord overseeing the recording),

the group split up, resulting in the shelving of the debut's release.

After relocating to Los Angeles, Gallo began laying down solo demos at his home recording studio, 

which attracted the attention of Warp Records.
The early 21st century saw the release of such critically acclaimed solo Gallo full-lengths

as 2001's "When" and 2002's "Recordings Of Music For Film".
Gallo's films possess a cult following, especially in Japan and his work has proven largely polarizing among film critics,

but has been highly praised by many filmmakers and actors.

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Alan Woxx – Daemonolatreia (12'' EP 1990)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Love Is An Emanation Of Death 05:14
2. Obscured Passion 05:26
3. Cycle Of Life 03:37
4. God Is Dead 05:36

Obscure hypnotic gothic/dark wave solo project of French artist Alan Woxx.
His first official release was the limited edition 12'' vinyl EP "Daemonolatreia" that was published by Limb Records.
"Daemonolatreia" had also previously self released by Alan Woxx on cassette as a promo.
Between 1992 and 1994 a few appearances were made on various compilations.
"Bloodrain" was his final work and was released in 2003 as a limited edition MCD of 666 copies,

published on his personal label The Luciferian University Of Atlantis.

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Kraken – Aquanaut (1999)

Country: Belgium

Tracklist

1. Liquid Enchantress / Lured Underneath 06:53
2. Demagogic Journey 08:21
3. Point Of Submersion / Maelstrom 07:36
4. Profound Aquatic Stasis 12:15
5. Descending Into The Abyss 09:00
6. Cerebral Core Of The Octopus / Hypnotic Preassure 02:58

Debut release for the project Kraken consisting of Ricardo Gomez and Joris Vermost.
The Belgian duo creates a perfect blend of lucid atmospheric ambient tunes with manipulated samples.
The result is a strange abyssal journey through the realm of neptunal underworlds.
Released on the Belgian Nautilus as a limited edition of 500 copies on heavy weight blue vinyl

of which 30 copies come in a large pizza-box that includes a t-shirt and postcards with seafood recipes.

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Krozier & The Generator – Tranceformer (1982)

Country: Australia

Tracklist

1. House Of The Sun 02:40
2. Khan-Khallili Razaar 03:27
3. The Devil May Care 08:23
4. Slave Traders 02:38
5. Land Of Unclean Spirits 04:03
6. Perhaps Reincarnation 02:02
7. House Of The Joker 08:27
8. Take A Look 04:56
9. Temple Of Exotic Delights 15:37
10. Feed You To The Sharks 01:47
11. Lapis-Lazuli 06:45
12. I´ll Be A Sphinx For You 01:37
13. Doubting Thomas 01:34
14. Paid Your Money 07:37

Geoff Krozier (Born Geofrey Thomas Crozier) was a music performance artist and avante garde magician.
His first connection with magik came when he amazed one of his teachers

by accurately predicting the placegetters in a school cross-country run.
A number of amateur appearances as an illusionist provided a slight insight into where he was going.
His first real break came whilst working as a set designer and props man for a Melbourne television station.

The booked act failed to turn up for a talent program, so he stood in and won.
Television appearances mushroomed nation wide, and by the late 1960’s the tendrils of rock and roll 

reached out and grabbed him and he often filled spots between main acts.
Geoff’s first real complete stage show came with the formation of Crozier’s Indian Medicine Show,

a wondrous show of pyrotechnics, smoke and lighting effects with multi-decibel rock and roll.
It would be a mistake however to assume that the shows were well planned or well rehearsed,

it was more like ‘hold on’ for the audience, and, ‘hang on tight’ for his band.

As Duncan Fry, one of Geoff’s earliest guitarists wrote:

“What he wanted was free-form continuous music for the 30 minutes or so that he performed,

while clouds of oily smoke, flashpots, and strobe lights alternately choked and dazzled the audience.

Most of the musicians who turned up for the audition couldn't handle such a laissez-faire attitude to the music side of things.

"But what songs are we going to play?" they would whine.

"No songs, just play, play" Geoff would reply, setting off another flashpot.”
Throughout the 1970’s Geoff and various incarnations of the Indian Medicine band toured Australia widely,

putting on performances, which ranged between brilliant and totally chaotic.

He was variously faced with stunned silence or rapturous scenes of mayhem as the audience went wild.
Despite the showings of appreciation, his act languished for the want of wider acceptance.

He lapsed into a deep depression and eventually left for America.

He worked with a variety of musicians and then disappeared again, this time to appear in Paris,

where he was the highlight act at the Olympia.
Another stint back in the USA followed, he formed Kongress, with noted keyboardist Otto Von Ruggins,

but he was tiring of the rock & roll element of his shows, and indeed felt a need to return to his native Australia,

and so it was he reappeared in Melbourne, Australia in the late 1970's.
It was then that he connected with the experimental group The Generator (aka Rainbow Generator),

a two-man outfit consisting of Rob Greaves on all manner of synths and rhythm machines

and David Labuschagne on guitar and synths.
Rainbow Generator had tried to produce something new and unheard in their studios.

Releasing dozens of tapes which were thrashed and no one ever seen them.

They come up with a full length in 1978 entitled "Dance Of The Spheres" 

that was released in 399 copies from which only 200 survived the floods.
Blending experimental electronics with tribal elements and using instruments like Didgeridoo

with some drony psychedelic rock fusions.
As Krozier & The Generator they played an intense series of shows in and around Melbourne in the later part of 1980.

In January 1981 he and the entire show, menagerie and all, relocated to the Fission Chips Studio

(a three story building in the squats of Woolloomooloo NSW), operated by Generator guitarist, David Labuschagne.
There was to be a lay-off while David shaped hours of recorded material together,

and Geoff devised a new set of illusions, all in preparation for a national tour.
Unfortunately Geoff Krozier died on May 17th 1981 at the age of 33,

from an accident at his home, before that tour manifested.
The double vinyl album "Trancerformer" was released in mid 1981 as a tribute to him

featuring tracks that were selected from recordings of the last live shows by the group,

between January 7th and 26th 1981, prior to Geoffrey´s death.
That album was subsequently re-released in in 2015 on the Finders Keepers label.

Memory

Het Zweet – Het Zweet (1987)

Country: Netherlands

Tracklist

1. Cry Or Laugh 02:30
2. From The Lowland 06:56
3. Topsy Turvy 06:36
4. Wild Man 02:53
5. Ram 02:51
6. On Earth 04:33
7. Red Robe 04:41
8. Massive Trance 07:11

Het Zweet was an experimental/ritualistic/tribal/industrial project

created by Marien Van Oers and formed in Breda, Netherlands.

Active since early to late 80s Marien started the project as a duo with Eric Haamers 

under the name Forced Run and released their self-titled cassette in 1982 on Marien's own DIY label Het Zweet,

which later next year transformed into Zweepslag in order to release his first solo tapes.
Forced Run gradually turned into Het Zweet and released material on such legendary labels

as Staaltape and Dossier while also appeared on many international compilations.
Het Zweet music consisted of percussion pieces played upon organic noises, ritualistic-ambiance, soundscapes

and mantras intended to produce trance-like effects via rhythm and repetition.

Music was played on self-built instruments (shopping trolleys, blown cardboard tubes etc.)

with Marien's own vocals and extra pre-recorded sounds.
The music was often placed in the industrial camp and linked with the likes of Test Dept. and Z'EV.
Het Zweet's trip lasted until 1988, when Marien eliminated all public music activities.

Since then he was recording only for himself and this period (1992-2012) can be heard on the compilation

"Compilatie Blue Room" released by his friend Mark Rietveld (Mor Time D'or),

after Marien passed away on January 8, 2013.
"Het Zweet" was the only material by Marien that was released on vinyl and in 2022 was remastered and reissued

with five bonus tracks by Klanggalerie on CD and by Staalplaat on double LP.
The Memory link contains as bonus the excellent "Massive Trance" cassette that was released in 1983.

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Drusus – Spleen (7'' EP 1997)

Country: Romania

Tracklist

1. Cîntec De Mormînt / Grabgesang 07:49
2. Nervi De Toamnă / Herbstnerven 07:42

Pre-RA project created by Andrei Rusu (ex-Agathodaimon) in 1995.
After several demos Rusu released this limited EP (600 hand numbered copies) in 1997 through German Sombre Records.
The lyrics on the two tracks were taken from Romanian poets Mihai Eminescu and George Bacovia.
The name of the project changed in 1999 to RA.

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T.G.V.T. – Terra Lingua (1994)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Memorandum 02:41
2. Proton Nekrotaphion 05:15
3. Ner Tamid 02:56
4. Mother Father Blood'n Guts 05:25
5. Tribal Tongues 04:15
6. Sex Glow 05:20
7. Cemitèrion Oriental 03:56
8. Soil Of Abyss 04:41
9. Mumur 06:40
10. Aqua Regis 05:12
11. Atoll 08:49
12. Memorandum (Lingua) 03:37

T.G.V.T. (Third Global Vagina Torture) was an ethno-industrial project from Germany,

creating noisy collages of sinister sounds and frequencies that they broadcast in every part of their expressive form.
Their work stylishly resembles the structures of groups such as Throbbing Gristle or SPK.
The project released the albums "Rinde Humano" in 1991 and "Terra Lingua" in 1994,

followed by their last work in 1998 the 10'' EP "Paralysis".
The Memory link also contains as bonus tracks their vinyl EP.

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Voxus Imp. – Idafeld (1998)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Opfergang 05:03
2. Speermerkung 04:59
3. Idafeld 05:26
4. Uruz 06:20
5. Sonnwend 2:30
6. Berserkergang 04:23
7. Bloataar 09:06
8. Heill Dagr 05:48
9. Donarsdagr (Bonus Track) 04:36

Ambient / Experimental music project that remains rather underground

when compared to some of the better known artists operating in the post industrial genre.
The music of Voxus Imp. is deeply rooted in themes of Central and Northern European Heathen spirituality,

drawing upon predominately Nordic and Northern Germanic mythological references.
Voxus Imp. has created a unique brand of percussion driven music that experimentally combines

various musical elements into a powerful and effective musical formula.
The unconstrained heathen essentials of faith, refuting themselves by diverging visions of downfall,

are the subject matter of the artistic concept of "Idafeld".
In classical Icelandic literature, "Idafeld" is the symbol of the everlasting.
At this place of renewal, the guiltless gods unite to strive towards Ragnarok (The Twilight of the Gods) once more.
In stanza 58 of the Völuspá (The Vision of the Prophetess), a major poem of the Elder Edda, it is written:

"The Aesir find each other on Idafeld, also to commemorate the mighty world-entwining Midgard Serpent,

and there they remember the grand judgments and the ancient Runes Of Fimbultýr (Odin)."
The only possible access to this subject matter is via ritual.
Only the rite grants the ability to comprehend the manifold through the exceptional.
The approach is done by sacrifice and the resulting overcoming of given boundaries,

initiated by means of spiritual elevation: music.
This "ritual music" by Voxus Imp. is largely purely electronic, but with a pleasantly organic feel to it.
"Idafeld" was originally released in 1998 by Mjölnir Tonkunst on vinyl on a limited edition of 300 copies

and in 2005 it was re-mastered and re-released by Eis Und Licht as a limited gatefold Digipak CD including a bonus track.

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Katahtonios – Katahtonios (1991)

Country: England (?)

Tracklist

1. Untitled Side A 21:55

2. Untitled Side B 19:40

Obscure musical project shrouded in mystery, as there is no information about it.
"Katahtonios" was published as a limited edition of 200 hand-numbered copies

in a professionally printed jacket, with a smaller paper sheet affixed to the cover.
The entire release is packaged in a beige or olive satin-like bag.

Side B ends in a lock groove.
Released in 1991 by the British label Lashtal.

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