Mynox Layh ‎– Intra In Caelum (1990)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Nie Wieder Politik 03:01
2. Take A Picture 03:19
3. Mynox Lai 04:15
4. Absolve Nos 03:41
5. Short Way 03:56
6. Save The Ania 03:57
7. Elia 02:39
8. Phantom's Life 03:56
9. Steinern 03:39
10. Illuminated 03:43
11. Turn Of Stage 06:57
12. Ecstasize 03:23
13. Ich Bin Mein Hirte 06:17

A shrouded-in-mystery industrial project hailing from Düsseldorf, Germany, 

the trio Mynox Layh was musically active during the years 1990-1995. 

In this period, the band released a series of critically acclaimed albums, 

which featured a cross-over of bombastic film music, neo-classical arrangements, 

martial percussion and avant-garde sample-collages.

While their sound bears similarity with bombastic industrial acts such as Laibach,  

Einstürzende Neubauten, SPK or Test Dept.,

Mynox Layh deployed their very own atmosphere by introducing a surrealistic, cheek-in-tongue form of irony. 

After the band's demise, some band members pursued a solo career, most prominently Andreas Resch.

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Lunar Gate – A Secret Well Kept (Demo 1996)

Country: Ireland

Tracklist

1. Towards The Infinity 02:13
2. Wounded 05:45
3. Thoughts Beneath Hooves 01:21
4. Sandswept 02:21
5. Descending Upon Dark Waters 08:18

Lunar Gate was formed in 1996 by Emmett Rees in Arklow, Ireland.
The band released three demos, two EPs and one split with their countrymen Mourning Beloveth.
Emmett Rees was also behind a black metal band called Cernunnos and he briefly played guitar for the band Crom.
He also played session keyboards for Paul Kearns band, Arcane Sun, on their "Eden Eclipsed" demo 
and did a couple of gigs with them as a bass player.
Emmett was the main man behind Lunar Gate but he also had some guest appearances on a few of the tracks, 
at least on the two first demos of the band, featuring, among the others, Paul Kearns (Solstice, ex-Arcane sun) 
and Máirtín Mac Cormaic (ex-Waylander).
Musically "A Secret Well Kept" has nothing to do with metal. 
This is more of an ambient-atmosheric stuff that can be very hypnotic and trancending.

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Vatican's Children ‎– Satan (1994)

Country: Austria

Tracklist

1. Satan 06:26
2. Rigor Mortis 06:04
3. Ice-Machine 04:50
4. The End Of The Road 05:00
5. Darkside 04:00
6. The Shadow 04:15
7. The Way 02:30
8. A Fragment 01:49
9. We Have Nothing To Do With... 05:05
10. Try It 02:31
11. Das 7. Siegel 07:49

Vatican's Children was a darkwave band from Austria, formed by Andrej Nuncic and T.Lament in 1994.
Everything started with a band named L.A.A., formed by Andrej, Alzbeth and Albin Julius in 1991, 

they played two concerts and recorded some tracks in studio. 

After too many understanding problems, Alzbeth and Albin formed The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud 

and Andrej departed to form Vatican's Children with T.Lament, a member of the pre-L.A.A. project called Gods Gift.
Nihal, E.Win and also Godot (Projekt Angst) did some session with them.
The band released two albums, "Satan" and "Secrets...", 
and a compilation, "Over The Bridges Of Time", with unreleased and old recording sessions material.
They decided to end the project in the year 2000 and started a new one with the name Swallowredrain.

In 2006 they released their first album as Swallowredrain entitled "Nocturne".

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Helheim (The Helheim Society) – Fenris (MCD 1996)

Country: Norway

Tracklist

1. Syndens Makt 07:56
2. Saga Mørket 04:52
3. Amok 07:51
4. Fimbulvinter 04:41

Helheim formed in Sarpsborg, Norway in 1992.
The band consisted of Jon (Vocals, R.I.P. 2004), Zorn (Bass, Guitars, Drum programming) 
and Zeb (Drum programming, Samples, Keyboards).
The trio recorded 2 demos before releasing their last work, Fenris MCD, in 1996.
Their style was industrialized black metal with distorted vocals, drum-machine and the appropriate amount of synths,
while lyrically they were influenced by paganism, occultism and mythology.
The band often called themselves The Helheim Society in order to avoid confusion. 
It never appeared on the front-covers of their releases, but it did appear in fanzines, 
in their official P.O. Box address and on their later MySpace site.
Fenris was re-issued on StaalPakt (Darker Than Black Records) in 2012 under the band name The Helheim Society 
and added as bonus were the songs recorded by Vendetta Blitz, a later industrial-electro project by Zorn.

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Brainbombs ‎– Genius And Brutality - Taste And Power (1994)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. Angels Crawling 03:50
2. Graveyard Kitchen 06:12
3. My Place 04:15
4. Right Side Of Hell 08:12
5. The Whore 05:08
6. Who Can You Trust 04:13
7. Fuckmurder 05:13
8. Wash In Blood 05:01
9. Queen Of Necrophiles 05:18

Brainbombs are a noise rock group from Hudiksvall, Sweden formed around 1986. 

The band consists of Dan Raberg, Peter Raberg, Jonas Tiljander, Drajan Bryngelsson and Lanchy Orre.

Drajan and Lanchy also play in the punk band Totalitär.

Brainbombs have been infamous not only for their abrasive music but their extremely explicit lyrics, 

depicting rape, murder and child abuse among other things.

Despite only being able to produce limited releases and do small tours,  

Brainbombs have been continuously active since their formation.
In 1986 they appeared on two underground compilation albums, "Unveiled" on Mechanik Cassettes 

and "In The Shadow Of Death" on Cold Meat Industry.

Soon after they released their first single "Jack The Ripper Lover-No End".

Between 1986 and 1992 they had a few more singles and compilation appearances 

before releasing their first full-length album "Burning Hell" on Big Ball Records.
Throughout the 90s Brainbombs released three more albums: "Genius And Brutality-Taste And Power", 

"Obey" and "Urge To Kill", as well as some more singles and EPs.

In the 2000s they continued releasing singles but didn't release another full-length record until 2008's "Fucking Mess" followed by "Disposal Of A Dead Body" in 2013.

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The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud – The Smell Of Blood But Victory (1997)

Country: Austria

Tracklist

1 - 24 Untitled 01:33:42

Founded in Austria in 1993, The Moon Lay Hidden Beneath A Cloud was a medieval martial ambient project 

formed by musician Albin Julius (also in Der Blutharsch) and vocalist Alzbeth.
The music was all created electronically, shifting in style from pure ambient soundscapes to pounding martial anthems, 

while the vocals ranged from soothing ethereal love songs to shouted declarations of war 

and European medievalism including ritual, clerical chants.
When performing live, the band often played in old churches, fortresses, medieval prisons 

and theaters that provided an appropriate atmosphere for their static, militaristic performances.
All the bands releases were through their own personal label Arthur's Round Table 

which was based in Switzerland, and distributed by World Serpent.
With each release the band presented themes traveling further into European history 

and becoming more martial, choral and bombastic in approach, culminating in their final album, 

the largely World War II-inspired The Smell Of Blood But Victory 

which was released as a limited edition box of 2000 copies including CD, a bonus MCD and a poster.
The group disbanded in 1998 after Albin's and Alzbeth's partnership broke up.
In 2000 Alzbeth released ART 13, which is a complete book of lyrics, photographs and references 

for the historical themes used by the band. This book is stated to be the final word in the project.

The Memory link contains also the book in pdf format.

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Helios Creed ‎– X-Rated Fairy Tales (1985)

 

Country: United States 

Tracklist

1. The Descent 04:08
2. Un-Human Condition 03:33
3. Invitation 02:52
4. X-Rated Fairy Tales 04:20
5. Blood Red 03:02
6. Mystery Room 04:07
7. Showdown 02:51
8. Sex Voodoo Venus 04:32
9. Money Man 03:41
10. Johnny 03:52

Helios Creed is an American guitarist, singer and band leader. 
He first came to prominence in the mid-1970s with the San Francisco band Chrome. 
They are credited with being the godfathers of what later became known as Industrial Rock music. 
The band Chrome broke up in the mid-80s when founding member Damon Edge moved to Paris. 
Helios then recruited some local hard rock musicians and launched a solo career.
The music is usually mid-tempo to slow-tempo space rock, hard rock, acid rock.
Creed uses a large number of effects on his voice and his guitar, including echoes, 
phase shifters, flangers, guitar synthesizers, fuzz, and octave dividers.
X-Rated Fairy Tales is the debut album of the and it was released in 1985 on Subterranean Records.

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