Enid – Nachtgedanken (1998)

Country: Germany

Tracklist

1. Silentium Obscuritate 01:08
2. Institutio Immortales 08:26
3. Of Wisdom's Shadows 06:13
4. Aurora 06:27
5. Nachtgedanken 09:22
6. Art Of The Blacksmith 04:23
7. Nebelthron 01:58
8. Intransitority 07:28

Martin Wiese and Florian Dammasch found the project Enid in 1997 inspired by Summoning’s "Minas Morgul" album.
The same year they released their self titled demo with music solely composed by Martin.
200 copies were sold to several distribution services and the tape was enthusiastically reviewed by some fanzines.
After the release of the demo the recordings of two songs for a 7“ EP entitled "Der Tag Zur Nacht Sich Senkt...“ began.
This release finally saw the light of day in 2001 as a 10“ MLP limited to 500 copies,
including two bonus tracks and released by the German label Ketzer.
In August 1998 eight new songs were recorded for their debut album named "Nachtgedanken" ("Night Thoughts")
that was released on tape format by Elven Witchcraft.
After signing to Austrian label CCP Records the CD version of "Nachtgedanken" was available in 1999.
In August 1999 the large part of the material for their second album was already completed.
After Florian got in contact with drummer Moritz Neuner (Abigor, DornenReich, Darkwell, Graveworm, Korova, Angizia etc.) and vocalist Maria Dorn (Stardust, Agony, Vanitas) and asked them to join Enid,
the band entered the CCP Studio in April 2000 to record their second album entitled "Abschiedsreigen".
After some line up changes in 2001 Enid signed a deal for 4 albums with the  Italian label Code666 
and in 2002 the album "Seelenspiegel" was completed.
Enid’s first gig took place in Porta Westfalica during the release party of "Seelenspiegel".
Several other live performances followed with bands like Menhir, Odroerir and Anubiz.
In September 2003 their fourth album "Gradwanderer" saw the light of day followed by "Munsalvaesche" in 2011.

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Rapoon – The Fires Of The Borderlands (1998)

Country: England

Tracklist

1. Hollow Flight 06:18
2. Groundswell 03:37
3. Cires Divam 05:05
4. Snake Of Earth 04:53
5. Omaneska 13:51
6. Deserted Shadows 07:03
7. Looking... Not Finding 08:02
8. Circling Globes 04:40
9. Talking To A Stick 03:32
10. Still, So Still 05:40
11. A Softer Light 04:44

Rapoon is the solo project of Robin Storey (born in 1955 in Cumbria, England), operating since 1992.
While studying fine arts at Sunderland University, he began pursuing a long-held interest in sound manipulation 
by taking classes in electronic and experimental composition,
additionally joining with friends to perform the works of Karlheinz Stockhausen 
(a key influence, as were the Krautrock bands of the early 1970s).
In 1979 Storey was one of the founding members of the pioneering group Zoviet France 
and remained as a member until 1993.
The year previous, he issued the first Rapoon album, "Dream Circle",
with entrancing fusion of Indian ragas, African rhythms and experimental textures,
anticipating the evocative soundscapes of the many releases to follow.
To date he has released numerous solo albums which are widely and internationally regarded
as both innovative and influential and has participated in numerous other collaborations and side projects
including Reformed Faction with Mark Spybey and Hank & Slim with Nigel Ayers.
Also a noted visual artist, painter and animator, Storey's work has been exhibited throughout the world,
with two of his pieces on display at the Berlin Museum of Modern Art.
"The Fires Of The Borderlands" was re-issued in 2014 as a 6-panel 2CD digipak with a bonus disc and limited to 500 copies.
The bonus disc features a live Rapoon performance at KFJC 89.7 FM, San Francisco on July 1996.

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Memories Yet To Come 2019

In alphabetical order:

1. African Imperial Wizard – Cetshwayo kaMpande (12'' EP 2019)
2. Aoratos – Gods Without Name (Full-length 2019) 
3. Blue Hummingbird On The Left – Atl Tlachinolli (Full-length 2019)
4. Blut Aus Nord – Hallucinogen (Full-length 2019)
5. Bölzer – Lese Majesty (MCD 2019)
6. Carlos Viola – Blasphemous (Original Game Soundtrack 2019)
7. Celestial Grave – Secular Flesh (Full-length 2019)
 8. Ehlder – Nordabetraktelse (Full-length 2019)
9. Funeral Oration – Eliphas Love (Full-length 2019)
10. Funereal Presence – Achatius (Full-length 2019)
11. Gevurahel – Un Nuevo Amanecer Satánico (Full-length 2019)
12. Ghul – To Profane The Flesh With Crimson Teeth (12'' EP 2019)
13. Haeiresis – Emanations (Cassette EP 2019)
14. Hate Manifesto – Herald Of Triumph (MCD 2019)
15. Ice Ages – Nullify (Full-length 2019)
 16. Imha Tarikat – Kara Ihlas (Full-length 2019)
17. Imprecation - Black Blood Invocation – Diabolical Flames Of The Ascended Plague (Split 2019)
18. Infernal Conjuration – Infernale Metallum Mortis (Full-length 2019)
19. Lamp Of Murmuur – Melancholy Howls In Ceremonial Penitence (Demo 2019)
20. LVME – The Blazing Iniquity (Full-length 2019)
21. Mark Korven – The Lighthouse (Original Soundtrack 2019) 
22. MZ.412 – Svartmyrkr (Full-length 2019)
23. Pa Vesh En – Pyrefication (Full-length 2019)
24. Rammstein – Rammstein (Full-length 2019)
25. Rome – Le Ceneri Di Heliodoro (Full-length 2019)
26. Serpens Luminis – Bright Euphoria (Full-length 2019)
27. Skrawl – Nil (Demo 2019)
28. Tenebrae In Perpetuum – Anorexia Obscura (Full-length 2019) 
29. Yellow Eyes – Rare Field Ceiling (Full-length 2019)
30. Aiμα – Tragos (Full-length 2019)

Jocelyn Pook – Flood (1999)

Country: England

Tracklist
1. Requiem Aeternam 04:34
2. Migrations (1999 Mix) 03:48
3. Romeo And Juliet 05:09
4. Oppenheimer 06:46
5. Blow The Wind / Pie Jesu 02:57
6. Masked Ball (1999 Extended Mix) 03:37
7. Forever Without End (Solo Voices) 01:49
8. La Blanche Traversée 03:58
9. Thousand Year Dream 03:20
10. Goya's Nightmare 05:51
11. Forever Without End (1999 Remix) 04:40
12. Flood 03:56

Jocelyn Pook (born 14 February 1960) is an English composer, pianist and violist.
Pook graduated in 1983 from London's Guildhall School of Music and Drama where she studied the viola and piano.
She took part in ABC's Lexicon Of Love World Tour and appeared in the Julian Temple/ABC movie Mantrap,
continuing with a period of recording and performing with artists including Massive Attack, PJ Harvey, Peter Gabriel
and as a member of The Communards for their three year life.
As a composer her early works were mainly for dance and she wrote scores for DV8 Physical Theatre shows
including Strange Fish which won a Prix Italia Award for Music.
She co-founded neoclassical chamber quartet Electra Strings alongside Australian violinist Sonia Slany.
Electra Strings recorded, arranged and performed with many artists including Jools Holland, Mark Knopfler,
The Stranglers, The Cranberries, This Mortal Coil, Nick Cave, Divine Comedy, Paul Weller, Ryuichi Sakamoto,
Michael Nyman, Laurie Anderson and in 1991 appeared in Derek Jarman’s film Edward II.
Her career as a film composer took off when Stanley Kubrick heard her album Deluge
and asked her to score his film Eyes Wide Shut.
The piece Masked Ball, which incorporates a fragment of an Orthodox Liturgy played backwards
and lyrics sung (or chanted) in Romanian, underscored the masked ball sequence.
Pook's score for Eyes Wide Shut received a Chicago Film Award and a Golden Globe nomination.
Pook's score to Michael Radford's film The Merchant Of Venice with Al Pacino
featured countertenor Andreas Scholl and was nominated for a Classical Brit Award.
Other notable film scores include Brick Lane (by Sarah Gavron), Heidi (by Paul Marcus), Time Out (by Laurent Cantet),
Julio Medem’s Caótica Ana and Room In Rome and a piece for Gangs Of New York directed by Martin Scorsese.
In 2018, she composed the soundtrack for The Wife starring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce and Christian Slater,
which won the 2019 Music & Sound Award for Best Original Composition in a Feature Film.
Pook was nominated for a BAFTA for her score for Channel 4’s The Government Inspector (by Peter Kosminsky)
and in April 2018 she won a BAFTA for her music for the 2017 TV film version of King Charles III (by Rupert Gould).
She also wrote the score for Netflix documentary series The Staircase directed by Jean-Xavier Lestrade.

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Blood Storm – Pestilence From The Dragonstar (1999)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Wrath and Vengeance 03:46
2. Death Thunder 03:47
3. The Chaos Magician 07:35
4. The Angel Web 06:24
5. Sirius Rebellion 07:33
6. Successor to the Plague Gods 07:07
7. Oruthaaht Xun Xihron (The Intellect Devourer) 04:33
8. Nibiru Assassins 05:42
9. Invader of Darkness 03:46

Blood Storm was formed in 1994 in Philadelphia, United States by Chris Gamble (aka Mezzadurus).
Mezzadurus was heavily influenced by the more 80s conceptual extreme metal artists like

Celtic Frost, Voivod, Sodom, Venom and Pentagram.
The band released two demo tapes and made numerous metal festival appearances

that gained stronger support and cult status.
Also the founder member Mezzadurus, was well known for helping Absu

mostly as a live member from 1995 to 2002 handling the bass and the vocals.
Their debut album "The Atlantean Wardragon" was released on Cacophonous Records label in 1997

and the track "Destroyer" was also featured in the compilation "The Unholy Bible".
The line up here was Mezzadurus on vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards

and his older brother, Teloc Coraxo, was handling the drums.
In 1999 they released the "Pestilence From The Dragonstar" album on the American Soul Sold Music label.

The band is still active and preparing the release of their upcoming 6th full length album.
Devastating black/deathrashing metal in the vein of early Absu.

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Basil Poledouris – Conan The Barbarian - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1982)

Composer: Basil Poledouris

Tracklist

1. Anvil Of Crom 02:30
2. Riddle Of Steel / Riders Of Doom 05:31
3. Gift Of Fury 03:47
4. Wheel Of Pain 04:05
5. Atlantean Sword 03:53
6. Theology / Civilization 03:10
7. Wifeing 02:07
8. The Search 03:05
9. The Orgy 04:10
10. Funeral Pyre 04:28
11. Battle Of The Mounds 04:48
12. Orphans Of Doom / The Awakening 05:28

Basil Konstantine Poledouris (August 21, 1945 – November 8, 2006) was a Greek-American 

composer, conductor and orchestrator of film and television scores,

best known for his long-running collaborations with directors John Milius and Paul Verhoeven.

Among his works are scores for the films Conan The Barbarian (1982), Flesh & Blood (1985), RoboCop (1987),

The Hunt For Red October (1990), Harley Davidson And The Marlboro Man (1991) and Starship Troopers (1997).
Conan The Barbarian is a 1982 American epic sword and sorcery film directed and co-written by John Milius.
The film stars Arnold Schwarzenegger and James Earl Jones, and tells the story of a young muscular barbarian warrior named Conan (Schwarzenegger), who seeks vengeance for the death of his parents 

at the hands of Thulsa Doom (Jones), the leader of a snake cult.
The composer was given the opportunity to compose the film's music based on the initial storyboards 

and to modify it throughout filming before recording the score near the end of production.
Poledouris made extensive use of Musync, a music and tempo editing hardware and software system, 

to modify the tempo of his compositions and synchronize them with the action in the film.
The film's music mostly conveys a sense of power, energy, and brutality, yet tender moments occur.
According to Poledouris, Milius envisioned Conan as an opera with little or no dialogue.
The main musical theme, the "Anvil Of Crom", opens the film with a brassy sound of 24 French horns 

in a dramatic intonation of the melody, while pounding drums add an incessantly driven rhythmic propulsion.
Milius initially wanted a chorus based on Carl Orff's Carmina Burana to herald the appearance

of Doom and his warriors for the attack on Conan's village at the beginning of the film.

After learning that the film Excalibur (1981) had used Orff's work,

he changed his mind and asked his composer for an original creation.

Poledouris' theme for Doom consists of "energetic choral passages",

chanted by the villain's followers to salute their leader and their actions in his name.

The lyrics were composed in English and roughly translated into Latin.

Poledouris was "more concerned about the way the Latin words sounded than with the sense they actually made".

He set these words to a melody adapted from the 13th-century Gregorian hymn, Dies Irae,

which was chosen to "communicate the tragic aspects of the cruelty wrought by Thulsa Doom".
From late November 1981, Poledouris spent three weeks recording his score in Rome.
He engaged a 90-instrument orchestra and a 24-member choir from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

and the RAI National Symphony Orchestra and conducted them personally.

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Cydonia – In Fear Of A Red Planet (1999)

Country: England

Tracklist
1. Haunted World 06:09
2. Why? 05:46
3. Columbian Necktie 07:59
4. Cactus 07:30
5. Mindhunter 07:50
6. Animal People 07:20
7. Freakshow 07:02
8. Lightning 08:49
9. Narco Nympho 09:06

Brighton based Cydonia consisted of Dino Psaras, Steve Ronan and Ian Rive (Semsis).
The band was created in 1993 and released several eps in labels like Blue Room, Medium Records and Atomic Records.
"In Fear Of A Red Planet" was the only album from Cydonia and was initially released on Blue Room in 1999.
The band here offers fast, pounding industrial/psychedelic goa trance with eerie/dark sounds.
The album includes a remix version of the classic track "Colombian Necktie" of Frontline Assembly 
that was featured on the 2cd compilation "Re-Wind" and a rebuilt version of the track "Mindhunter" by Tim Schuldt.
In spring of 2003 the album was digitally re-mastered and re-released
on Avatar's sublabel Pro File, with a re-designed CD cover.
DJ Dino Psaras, the main figure in Cydonia, is considered to be one of the most familiar
and influential DJs in the psytrance scene, especially in the 90s.

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