Archaos – Vestes Terrae (1997)

Country: Romania

Tracklist

1. Intro 04:52
2. The Gods 03:32
3. Nulla Salus Bello 05:06
4. Samotrace 05:35
5. Neolithic 01:50
6. Oceanus (Part II) 00:48
7. Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes 05:17
8. Untitled 00:51
9. Mystic Dark 04:21
10. Impavidum Ferient Ruinae 01:25
11. Vestes Terrae 03:06
12. Mors 03:28
13. Laudator Temporis Acti 09:15
14. Contempus 02:51
15. Ritus Cineri 02:15

Archaos formed in Bucharest in early 1993 by Dan Serbanescu (aka Vourckolakos) and Radu Nicolescu (aka Putrefactorus)

as a two man artistic act with both of them sharing guitars, keyboards, vocals, percussion, programming and effects duties.
The early period of the group had as a result the recordings of several demo tapes (about 12 of them) 
and the promotion of Archaos as a dark archaic mystic ambient/gothic/dungeon synth/dark wave band 
of the local scene inspired by the Mediterranean archaic spirituality and forgotten cultures.
The first official Archaos work was released in 1997 entitled "Vestes Terrae" 

and was promoted on national and international basis.
This album is mostly a compilation of tracks from the early demo discography of the group 
and was released by the well known Romanian label Bestial Records.

Also in late 1997 the band performed live for the first time.
In April 1999, a second album was released under the same label 
entitled "The Land/Love Obsession" and included two EPs dated 1998 & 1999.
"Centuries Of Obedience", the third album of the group has its beginning in September 1999 
and was released in May 2000 also at the same label and featured 4 long tracks of deep gothic/dark wave music.
In 2001 the band ceased to exist while Dan Serbanescu continues today with his other projects
(Divine Muzak, Tanz Ohne Musik, Alone In The Hollow Garden and ARM).

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Simargal – Intus Susceptio (Demo 1997)

Country: Serbia

Tracklist

1. In Nominus Satanas 03:37
2. The End 03:18
3. Exumed Again 03:20
4. Pandemonium 02:56
5. All Christians Are Destroyed 03:53

At the end of 1995, a metal band named Abadon was founded in Trstenik, Serbia.
After a few rehearsals the members decided to change the name from Abadon to Simargal.
At that time Simargal was consisted of:
Goran Smiljković (vocals, bass), Igor Škrinjar (guitars), Aleksandar Milutinović (guitars) and Zoran Dragojević (drums).
After a year of some serious work, in June 1997, Simargal entered Češnjak Studio 

and recorded their first demo entitled "Intus Susceptio".
At that beginning Simargal played death metal but they had already started to develop and change that style 

leaning more to melodic black metal with death metal influences.
In the middle of 1998, Aleksandar Milutinović left the band and was replaced by Danijel Pešić.

With the development of their sound they also needed a keyboard player and Milica Gabor took that place.
In 1999 they entered studio and recorded their debut album called “Meeting With…” which was consisted of six songs.

A Belgrade publisher, Rock Express Records, released the album in March 2001.
“Meeting With…” was recorded in Češnjak Studio and sold 2000 CDs all over the world.
In 2000, Ivan Pešić joined the band as a bass-player while Milica Gabor was replaced by Vladimir Jovanović.
After that they recorded their second album called “...Hidden God” 

that was consisted of seven songs and two re-makes from the first demo “Intus Susceptio”.
This album came out also from Češnjak Studio and was recorded in the period 

from 23rd of November up to 2nd of December 2002 in production of Sasa Vujić.

“...Hidden God” was released in 2004.

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Caroline K – Now Wait For Last Year (1987)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. The Happening World 20:50
2. Animal Lattice 04:56
3. Chearth 06:04
4. Tracking With Close-Ups 04:45
5. Leaving 02:37

Caroline Kaye Walters (1957 – 12 July 2008), known as Caroline K, was an English singer, songwriter and artist/producer.
She was a co-founder of the legendary UK industrial groups The Pump and Nocturnal Emissions with Nigel Ayers, contributing voice, synthesizer, bass and drum programming to the group’s early releases.
She was also responsible for Sterile Records alongside Nigel Ayers, 

a record label that released albums by Lustmord, SPK and Maurizio Bianchi.
Her only solo album, the title of which was taken from a Philip K. Dick 1966 sci-fi novel that revolves 

around a pill-based hallucinogenic drug, was released on Earthly Delights in 1987 entitled "Now Wait For Last Year".
The album is considered a classic of beautiful and haunting ambient recordings 

full of autumnal atmosphere and melancholy.
In 2010 a remastered/reissue CD version of the LP saw the light of day through the Austrian Klanggalerie label 

and featured three bonus tracks ("In Between The Spaces 1-3") that were recorded after the album, 

while a second CD reissue of the same label that was released in 2015 featured one more bonus track ("In A Box") 

taken from the Sterile Records compilation "Standard Response" from 1980 

that Caroline recorded under the pseudonym S.M. Andrews.
In later life Caroline retreated from the public eye, and in 2001 married Daniel Ayers 

(Nigel’s brother, also of Nocturnal Emissions, and her collaborator in The Pump), moving to Garfagnana, Italy, 

where she resided until her death from leukaemia complications on July 12, 2008.

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Cranial Torment – Decaying In The Mud (Demo 1998)

Country: Greece

Tracklist

1. Baptized In Urine 03:50
2. Reduction To Ashes 03:06
3. Decaying In The Mud 01:55

Cranial Torment started in May 1998 by two guys,

Vasilis Benakis (guitar, vocals, bass) and Kostas Vaxevanos (drums, backing vocals)

in order to play brutal death metal with some grinding parts.
A bass player joined them but after a few rehearsals, he left the band.
In August 1998, they recorded their first demo tape entitled "Decaying In The Mud" with 3 tracks.
Some copies were spread in zine and distros but in October 1998 Kostas left the band.
In January 1999 as an one man band Vasilis went to studio and recorded the second demo 

"The Triumph Of Impudence" that contained 9 tracks.
About 500 copies in 4 months were spread and in May 1999 Vasilis went back to studio to record a new demo.
The third and last demo tape of the band was entitled "Death Is Rising".

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F:A.R. ‎– Passi Uguali (1990)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Io Non Moriro' Mai 02:12
2. Passi Uguali 05:01
3. Gli Occhi 03:42
4. Abbandònati 1 01:23
5. Segreti 03:43
6. Dinosauri 03:08
7. Cuore 03:43
8. Gioca 02:51
9. Pipifi 05:22
10. Aaaarghhh 01:27
11. Abbandònati 2 01:23
12. Solo Andata 02:56
13. Orgia 07:14

F:A.R. (aka Final Alternative Relation) was one of the first Italian post-industrial music groups

led by Mauro Guazzotti (later known as MGZ).
The band's history goes back in the early 80's and since then they released 3 LP's,

a lot of cassettes albums and appearances in many collections.
In the early 90s they disappeared only to re-appear in 2010 with the publication of a DVD.
The group was often used to line up changes but Mauro Guazzotti was the only constant member.
Guazzotti later started the side project MGZ, and also ran the record label Technological Feeling.

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HAM – Buffalo Virgin (1989)

Country: Iceland

Tracklist

1. Slave 02:44
2. Youth 03:36
3. Voulez Vous 04:06
4. Linda Blair 02:53
5. Svin 03:43
6. Whole Lotta Love 03:14
7. Misery 04:57
8. Egg Ya Hummie 03:00
9. Forbidden Lovers 03:01
10. Death 02:43

 HAM is an Icelandic rock band formed in 1988.
They are often listed as a heavy metal band (with bizarre almost black metal vocals)
 but have never categorized themselves as such.
They have gradually come to be acknowledged as an important part of Icelandic rock history.
HAM's first album was "Hold", a controversial record which received no radio airtime.
The following year they released the album "Buffalo Virgin" and held several concerts in New York.
The album "Pleasing The Pirahna" was recorded in 1990 but was never released.
Supposedly another album by the name "Pimpmobile" was also recorded but remains unreleased.
In 1991-1992, the band participated in the making of the film "Sódóma Reykjavík",

with singer and guitarist Sigurjón Kjartansson writing most of the soundtrack 

and with Óttarr Olaf Proppé (singer of the band) participating in the film.
The album "Saga Rokksins" was released in 1993.

On June 4, 1994, the band held its last concert in the now defunct night club Tunglið in downtown Reykjavík.

The live concert recording was subsequently released as the album "Lengi Lifi".

In 1995, the band's remaining studio recordings were released as the album "Dauður Hestur".
HAM remained inactive until 2001 when they performed live again in the Gaukur á Stöng bar.

This concert was later released as the live album "Skert Flog".
In 2011 they released their first new album in 16 years, "Svik, Harmur, Dauði" 

and in 2017 they released another album entitled "Söngvar Um Helvíti Mannanna".
HAM featured as members Hallur Ingólfsson (know from the band XIII) 

and Jóhann Jóhannsson (born on 19 September 1969 – died on 9 February 2018) 

known mostly for his soundtracks for Denis Villeneuve's movies (Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival), 

while the singer Óttarr Proppé is also an Icelandic politician and actor.

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Mastiphal – Sowing Profane Seed (Demo 1994)

Country: Poland

Tracklist

1. Intro - A Dawn Of Pagan Deeds 03:48
2. Aim / I.Sowing Profane Seed / II.Worship... 08:45
3. Confirmation 05:49
4. In The Shadow Of Nastrand 07:41
5. Outro - Calling 01:13

Mastiphal is one of the earliest black metal bands to appear in Poland.
Formed in 1991 under the name Dissolution, they originally started as a death metal band.
By 1992 vocalist Flauros and guitarist Cymeris, adopted the name Mastiphal changing their musical style to black metal.
The band’s fondness for synths had been evident even in the Dissolution days, 
but would become more prominent with Mastiphal.
The founding duo even employed a full-time keyboard player alongside a bassist and drummer.
All together they released the group’s first demo, entitled "Sowing Profane Seed".
A year later Baron Records issued their first full-length album entitled "For A Glory Of All Evil Spirits, Rise For Victory".
In 1996 the band returned as a trio and released a promo/demo with two new songs, 
a cover of KAT’s "Mag-Sex" for the compilation "Czarne Zastępy: W Hołdzie KAT" (Black Hordes: Tribute to KAT), 
and the track "Summoned Howling" that appeared on Full Moon Production’s "A Tribute to Hell – Satanic Rites" compilation.
In 1997 Mastiphal signed a deal with Full Moon Produtions for the release of a mini-album, "Bloody Heresy" 
and for a full-length entitled "Vampiric Prose".
They started recordings but these releases were never finished and never released.
By 1999 the band was put on hold due to creative differences between Flauros and Cymeris.
Flauros had begun the side project Darzamat in 1995 and when Mastiphal ceased activity this band became his sole focus.
In 2009 a return would occur with the release of a compilation called "Damnatio Memoriae" by Witching Hour Productions, that included all previous studio recordings as well as live material.
The band that re-emerged was now utilizing three new members that contributed on 2011’s album "Parvzya".

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