The Second Moon ‎– The Second Moon (MCD 1998)

Country: Norway

Tracklist

1. Inner Apocalypse 00:43
2. Gods Of Destruction 04:14
3. A Trip To Heaven 05:42
4. Long Ago In A Hidden Valley 04:11
5. May The World Be Nothing 00:57
6. Aurora Borealis In The Atlantic 02:24
7. Eastern Intermezzo 01:27
8. ...To You 01:05
9. Stravinskijs Madness 00:58

The Second Moon was an one man project that was often compared to Limbonic Art or Bal Sagoth

because of the symphonic elements that incorporated.
The founder of the band was Kjell Svalastog Matheussen and the project was formed in the spring 1997.

He released a demo entitled "Living Shadows From The Second Moon" and a MCD entitled "The Second Moon".
Matheussen had also recorded two demos before the creation of The Second Moon 

on which the music was quite industrial and extremely fast. He had also played in some small project-bands.
Torbjorn Akkarhaugen (owner of "Akkarhaugen Soundstudio" and former member of "Thou Shalt Suffer") 

was the technician and co-producer of the recording of the vocals and guitars on the MCD 

that was released through Oskorei Productions.

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Andrzej Korzyński – Possession (1981)

Composer: Andrzej Korzyński

Tracklist

1. The Night The Screaming Stops (Opening Titles) 01:49
2. Opetanie 1 00:50
3. Meeting With A Pink Tie 01:53
4. Opetanie 2 00:27
5. Anna Rewards Mark 01:01
6. Possession - Orchestral Theme 1 00:48
7. Kreuzberg 1 02:00
8. Opetanie 3 01:15
9. Mark Looks In The Fridge 00:24
10. Heinrick's Demise 00:42
11. Opetanie 4 00:30
12. Possession - Orchestral Theme 2 00:33
13. Blue Ford B-AZ6 00:47
14. Helen Has Green Eyes 01:10
15. Opetanie 5 02:07
16. Bloody Embrace 00:22
17. Kreuzberg 2 01:26
18. Detective's Desserts 00:44
19. Kreuzberg 3 00:55
20. Kreuzberg 4 01:10
21. The Night The Screaming Stops (Tempo) 01:41
22. Mark Formulates A Plan 00:48
23. Mark Sees Everything 01:22
24. Closely Observered Anna 01:36
25. Opetanie 6 00:26
26. What Is It? 01:09
27. The Man With The Pink Socks 01:58

Andrzej Korzyński (born March 2, 1940 in Warsaw, Poland) is a Polish composer, arranger, pianist and organist.
In 1964 he graduated from the Social State Higher School of Music in Warsaw. 

He was a disciple of prof. Kazimierz Sikorski and studied composition and conducting. 

In 1965, together with Mateusz Święcicki and Witold Pograniczny founded Radio Studio "Rytm".
His creative partnership with Polish filmmaker Andrzej Żuławski 

is probably the most enduring and creatively fertile chapter in Korzyński’s career. 

The pair first worked together on Żuławski’s debut feature "The Third Part of the Night", 

and they would work on two more, "Devil" (1972) and "The Important Thing Is to Love" (1975),

before they would create what would be their defining and best work, 1981’s "Possession". 

Starring Sam Neil and Isabelle Adjani, the film was banned in the United Kingdom under the notorious Video Nasties list, 

but earned a dedicated cult following in the decades that followed. 

Korzyński’s minimal electronic score was highly sought after by collectors for many years until 2012, 

when the revered Finders Keepers label lovingly reissued it along with "The Third Part of the Night". 

The fruitful partnership of Żuławski and Korzyński would be seen and heard again on the films 

"On the Silver Globe" (1988), "Szamanka" (1996), and "Fidelity" (2000).

Throughout the ‘90s and 2000s, the Polish composer continued to work on various TV and film projects.

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Funeral Oration – Sursum Luna (1996)

 

Country: Italy 

Tracklist

1. Beltane's Night 07:47
2. Pregnant Whore 03:45
3. Intermezzo I 00:55
4. Me A Morte Libera Domine 05:07
5. Intermezzo II 01:09
6. The Age Of Apotheosis 04:15
7. Intermezzo III 00:47
8. Sursum Luna (Funesta Trilogia) 09:26
9. Intermezzo IV 01:11
10. Stigmata 03:26
11. Intermezzo V 01:25
12. Pagan Joy 07:34
13. Finale 00:51

Funeral Oration were a band from Italy, that formed in 1989.

They played a unique style of fast "technical" black metal with some atmospheric parts,
 that revealed a tight band with very strong compositions. 

Their line up featured Nick Curri on vocals, who wrote for the cult magazine "Flash" back in the early nineties, 

Malfeitor Fabban from Aborym (and Void Of Silence) on bass duties, some composition and lyrics, 

as well as Rodolfo Russo on drums and Luca La Cara on guitars and keyboards. 

The band started as a death metal act and after many line up changes they managed to release three demo's,
a vhs release and their one and only full length album  entitled "Sursum Luna" in 1996 through Avantgarde Music.

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Genitor Lvminis – Deam Adessa (10'' EP 1999)

 

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Untitled (Side A1) / Untitled (Side A2) 14:53

2. Untitled (Side B1) / Untitled (Side B2) 11:35

Genitor Lvminis was a project by Magnus Engwall, which began in 1997. 

The band produced dark ambient soundscapes with industrial and neo-classical influences.

"Heliokrator" (cassette limited to 50 copies) was their first release in 1998, 

followed by "Deam Adessa" (10'' ep limited to 500 copies) in 1999 that was composed by M. Engwall during 1998-99 

and packaged with a 10 page booklet, with photos and a promotional insert.

It was released by the German Stateart label and was inspired by the studies in the Tellurian path 

that connects together in a holy line to converge in the ever present Goddess of birth and death.

In 2004 the band released a mini cd entitled "Virgae" that contained two tracks.

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Black Swan – When The Angels Of Twilight Dance (1998)

Country: Finland

Tracklist

1. The Tavastian Parade 07:41
2. Under Cloak And Hood 04:55
3. Into The Sea Of Sorrow 05:35
4. Autumn In Eden 05:54
5. The Withering Flower Of Life 05:01
6. Mist 02:21
7. To Behold The Sky Of Flames 07:50
8. When The Angels Of Twilight Dance 07:55

Black Swan started as a two-man project of T. Palokangas and J. Tuomivaara.

The band released ''Demo '96'' with T. Palokangas handling guitars and vocals 

and J. Tuomivaara handling keyboards and programming.

After the demo they decided to expand to a five-man set, 

mainly because of the impossibilities of playing a real live set with just two men.

A bit later Palokangas decided to concentrate mainly to the guitar work 

and Antti Haapapuro (also in Dolorian, Aeoga, Arktau Eos, Halo Manash and I.corax) joined the band as a vocalist.

In the summer of 1997 Black Swan started playing live shows steadily and recorded their second demo ''Autumn In Eden''.

In the fall they signed a record deal with Mastervox 

and one year later they offered their first full length album entitled "When The Angels Of Twilight Dance".
Ari Kukkohovi also provides live percussion for the bands Arktau Eos and Dolorian.

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Xenomorph – Cassandra's Nightmare (1998)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Necroid Millenium 07:58
2. Hallucinatory Spheres 09:15
3. Abominations 09:40
4. Torrent Of Insanity 09:49
5. Acid For Blood 07:17
6. Obscure Spectre 09:22
7. Apocalyptic Ritual 07:46
8. Cassandra's Nightmare 08:27

Xenomorph is the one-man band of Mark Petrick, based in Berlin, Germany.
The band is considered one of the veterans in the trance scene who has played live shows in many countries. 

Mark sees himself as the inventor of horror-trance, a unique style that was unprecedented in 1996 when he created songs like "Obscure Spectre" which has upset many goa-people and was considered "unspiritual" or "un-goa-ish". 

Regardless of the initial anti-sentiment against his music he has kept and refined his style throughout the years 

in which the community has become more open and appreciative for dark music.

Unlike most younger trance artists who just listen to trance music, Mark was exposed to a multitude 

of musical influences like new wave, punk/post-punk, gothic, rock-music, death-rock, industrial, EBM, 

power-noise, death-metal, crossover/hardcore as well as classical music and soundtracks.
He started to be musically active in 1985 as a bass-player in a goth-band called "Fog Drowning".

In 1990 he formed his own EBM band "Terminal Warfare" in which he was the lead singer and has composed the songs.
He then joined the local band "Whippet Of Trench" as a keyboard player besides his own project one year later.

Due to him being a multi-instrumentalist, he was asked to play guitar/bass and keyboards 

for a couple of shows with the local industrial band "The Unknown" in 1993.
As an enthusiastic fan of death-metal, he also found himself in loose collaborations with local death-metal bands 

as an audio-engineer/guitarist for their demo-recordings in the studio.
After a long time of inspiration the second Xenomorph album "Qlippoth" was released in 2003

on Gnostic Records which is Xenomorph's own record label.

Until today Xenomorph has continued to produce cutting-edge dark electronic music and he has done 

the mastering post-production for more than 30 releases of various labels.
In November 2007 the 3rd Xenomorph Album "Demagoguery Of The Obscurants" was released.

It contains 10 quite different tracks packed into an elaborate concept critically reflecting current, past 

and future world events already prophesizing the economic crisis of 2009 and the formation of the New World Order.

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Jackal's Truth ‎– Promo 98 (Demo 1998)

Country: Greece

Tracklist

1. The Quest Of The Ultimate Knowledge 07:24
2. Acherontas 05:28
3. Fovos - The Two Horned Man (Bonus Track) 05:40

Jackal's Truth was formed in early 1996 in Larissa, Greece by Kostas (vocals/guitars) and George A. (drums).

In the summer Zacharias (guitars) and George (bass) joined the group to complete the lineup.

In the autumn of 1996 they went to the studio to record their debut demo "Dominus Silvae" which was released in 1997, 

with the help of Agapi (female vocals) and Grigoris P. (keyboards/sound engineer).
The respond that the band got for their demo was great and helped them to perform live 

with bands such as Rotting Christ, Kawir, Exhumation and other local bands.
After the demo was released, Stefanos (also member of Stardrowned) joined the band as their keyboard player 

while Greg replaced George on bass and the band went on and recorded their 2nd release, 

called "Promo 98" which was exclusively for record companies.
The tracks on the promo were more extreme, technical and melodic than the ones on the demo.
Unfortunately, Jackal's Truth didn't make it in time and the band split up in 2000.
The Memory link contains as a bonus the amazing track "Fovos - The Two Horned Man".

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