13 Candles – Angels Of Mourning Silence (1997)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. The Prayer Of Eternal Damnation 01:53
2. Join Me In Death 03:08
3. The Hunger Within 03:56
4. Woman Of Dark Desires 03:15
5. Siren (Nightingale Mix) 06:23
6. Death Awaits You (Dracula The Undead) 06:07
7. Carmille (Addiction) 04:33
8. Bleed My Emotion 04:27
9. Ghosts 03:33
10. In The Name Of Darkness 03:07
11. Ultimatum 03:35
12. Carpathian Moonrise 05:49
13. Between The Dark And The Light 05:55

13 Candles was born in 1992.
Their debut album "Come Out Of The Dark" was released via Nightbreed Recordings in late 1995
and it was while gigging in support of the album as special guests to Cradle Of Filth on their "Dusk And Her Embrace" tour, that they were asked to sign with Cacophonous Records.
The result of this union was the album "Angels Of Mourning Silence" that was released in 1997.
After a brief UK tour however, the band parted company with vocalist Louis Holloway and took a short break to regroup.
They returned in 1998 with new vocalist Danny J. Finch and drummer Paul Mackey.
Soon after, they entered Academy Studios to create the album "Killing For Culture".
Upon its official release on Def2Music in 2003, "Killing For Culture" showcased a heavier direction for the band
with hard rock metallic riffs and industrial strength rhythms joining forces
alongside the established gothic elements that were long associated with the band.
Since then 13 Candles has been playing their own headline shows and making festival appearances nationwide.

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Exotoendo – Endorcism Process (1998)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Inner Picture 1 06:25
2. Inner Picture 2 05:53
3. Inner Picture 3 10:48
4. Between 05:28
5. Outer Picture 1 08:20
6. Outer Picture 2 06:15
7. Outer Picture 3 14:29

Exotoendo was a dark ambient project created by Cyril Herry (Ashes To Ashes, Lecanora, Sechres Mound, Ninth Desert).
"Endorcism Process" was the debut CD by this French "endorcist" (the contrary of exorcism) project 
offering heavily ritualistic material mixed with deep, meditative ambient and dark shamanic sounds.
The album was released by Old Europa Cafe in 1998 and was limited to 500 numbered copies.
The same year the project released on the French label Harmonie the cassette album "Transept"
that is chronologically placed before the "Endorcism Process" album and contains the very first tracks of the band.
In 2000 the last album of Exotoendo entitled "Push Kara" was published by the Athanor label.
"Push Kara" is inspired by the Tibetan Book Of The Dead 
and represents the 6 states between life/death/rebirth, as explained in the booklet.

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L'Ham De Foc – U (1999)

Country: Spain

Tracklist

1. El Nord 01:54
2. Lluna D'Algeps 04:16
3. Al Matí 03:46
4. Veritat 03:48
5. Cançó De Bressol 02:20
6. D'Un Joc De Flors 05:41
7. Nikita I Estelis 03:46
8. Els Camins 03:21
9. La Lluna No Vol 04:18
10. Rodamons 04:32
11. Si 04:38
12. Dels Amors Del Dimoni 06:01
13. Tocs Occitans 03:00
14. La Fe 02:21

L'Ham De Foc ("The Hook Of Fire") were a band from Valencia, 
composing music based on traditions from around the Mediterranean,
mixing it with influences from Medieval, Middle Eastern, and Eastern Mediterranean music,
using a variety of traditional instruments and constantly searching for new and inspiring musical resources.
Their first album was "U" (meaning "One" in the Valencà language),
released in 1999 by the Madrid company Sonifolk.
After a period spent researching on the island of Crete, they went back to the recording studio in August 2001
in order to record their second album, "Cançó De Dona I Home" ("Song Of Woman And Man").
After extensive tour and a long stay of Efrén López in the north of Greece, he returned to Valencia
with the aim of releasing L'Ham De Foc's most complex and delirious album "Cor De Porc" ("Pig Heart") in 2005.
In this work we find, in addition to the usual musicians (Eduard Navarro, Mara Aranda and Diego López),
many others who have been collaborating with the band.
At the end of 2007 the group disbanded and the two key members of the band (Efrén López and Mara Aranda)
continued playing music with their solo projects.

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Uncanny – Splenium For Nyktophobia (1994)

Country: Sweden

Tracklist

1. Elohim 04:11
2. Tales From The Tomb 02:50
3. Brain Access 03:13
4. Timeless 03:35
5. Screaming In Phobia 03:33
6. Enkelbiljetten 01:12
7. Indication Vitalis 03:36
8. Soul Incest 03:49
9. Spräng Skitten 02:04
10. Towards The Endless Throne 03:02
11. Lepra 01:39
12. The Final Conflict (The Pornoflute Pt. 2) 03:09
13. Splenium For Nyktophobia 02:22

Uncanny is a Death Metal band from Avesta, Sweden, that was formed in 1990.
In 1991 and 1992 they released two demos "Transportation To The Uncanny" and "Nyktalgia".
In 1993 they recorded a split 12" ep with Ancient Rites and in 1994 Unisound Records released their full-length album "Splenium For Nyktophobia" that was recorded with Dan Swanö.
Then the band split up and Fredrik Norrman joined Katatonia, Kennet joined Dellamorte and Moondark,

Mats Forsell had his other band Fulmination and Jens continued to do the vocals in Uncurbed.
Several years later in January 2008 Uncanny did a reunion gig at Daniel Ekeroth's second release party 

for his book "Swedish Death Metal" together with Treblinka and Obscurity.

The lineup was updated with Mattias Norrman (ex Katatonia, Dellamorte etc) on bass 

and Johan Jansson (Interment, Demonical etc) on guitar.
In the middle of 2011 Uncanny was offered to release an 7" ep on Dark Descent.
Two new songs were made by Fredrik Norrman that we later recorded in November in studio SoundPeaQ 

by Petri Kuusisto (ex Carnal Forge, In Thy Dreams etc).

The vinyl was released in 2012 entitled "The Path Of Flesh".
In 2016 the ep "Liturgy" was released and featured three new songs.

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Dracul – Order Of The Dragon (1999)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Pondering Of Darkness 07:08

2. Blood Stained Chalice 07:24

3. Rise Of Tiamat 04:43

4. Call From Beyond The Dismal Trench 06:58

5. Astral Predator 07:03

6. Sacrifice Of The Lamb 03:54

7. Pondering Of Darkness (Instrumental Version) 07:08

8. Blood Stained Chalice (Instrumental Version) 07:24

9. Rise Of Tiamat (Instrumental Version) 04:43

10. Call From Beyond The Dismal Trench (Instrumental Version) 06:58

11. Astral Predator (Instrumental Version) 07:03

12. Sacrifice Of The Lamb (Instrumental Version) 03:52

Dracul (aka Dracul Order Of The Dragon) was a ritual/dark ambient/neoclassical project from the United States.
The project included as members Faunus Amadeus Loki (Mastema, Endoki Forest etc.), Mephistopheles and Deacon Damien.
In 1999 they released their only album entitled "Order Of The Dragon" (aka "Rites Of The Apocalypse") on a limited CDR,
featuring ritual incantations spoken by Mephistopheles and instrumentation's performed by Faunus Amadeus Loki.
Dracul also performed live in 1997 in New York City.

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Bleeding Like Mine – In The Eyes Of Lovelost (1997)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Untitled # 5 06:20
2. Shattering A Silver Sky 04:26
3. Red 04:22
4. Like Winter's Rain, Slowly Melting 04:27
5. Willow 03:29
6. Garland 05:30
7. Nothing Seems The Same 07:30
8. Idaho 05:21
9. Castaway 02:24
10. Will This Ever Touch Me Again? 05:09
11. Bleeding Like Mine 05:57
12. Dramatique 03:51
13. Untitled # 8 : Chapter 4 05:36

Bleeding Like Mine was an ethereal darkwave group from Milwaukee, WI, United States,

started in 1994 by multi-instrumentalist Curt Emmer and vocalist Holly Emmer.
Their first album, "In The Eyes Of Lovelost", was released in 1997 on the Italian label Palace Of Worms.
It consists of melancholic and slow darkwave music, where the ghostly ambiences and cyclical piano melodies

created by Curt meet the ethereal vocals of Holly, whose singing is occasionally multi-tracked into an eerie chorus.
Their second album, "Never Again Will I Dream...", was released in 2001, again on Palace Of Worms.
This time the addition of the deep vocals of Hugues Dammarie (O Quam Tristis, Thy Violent Vanities) 

are combined with the heavenly vocals of Holly Emmer and with bolder percussion and rhythm developments.
"In The Eyes Of Lovelost" was re-released in 2002 and contains approx. 12 extra minutes of music

at the end of the track 13 that weren't present on the original release.
The Memory link contains also this track.

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Furnace – Cremated Souls (7'' EP 1992)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Cremated Souls 04:57
2. Nerve 03:42
3. Vagus 02:35

Furnace, the brain child of DJ Resin aka Brian Artwick (member of Absu, Equimanthorn, Equitant), 

was created in early 1992 when he recruited Incarnus (aka Shaftiel of Dolmen, Absu, Equitant etc.) for vocals.
Shortly after Toxin, Radium, and Ortho joined on guitars.
Furnace immediately created their first self-titled demo which was released on Chamber Noise Recordings.
It was at that time that DJ Resin coined the term "Cybergrind" to describe their new mix of computer generated grindcore. After hearing the debut Furnace release, Gothic Records re-released it as a 7" vinyl EP entitled "Cremated Souls."
In early 1993 Furnace went through a complete facelift as DJ Resin replaced all other members of the group.
At this point Synthetic joined on vocals and shortly after #6 also joined on guitar.
It was at this time that Furnace abandoned the grindcore elements in their music

and switched to a noise/industrial format and incorporated mass visuals in their live shows.

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