Conqueror – Cries Of The Wolf (Demo 1997)

Country: Malaysia

Tracklist

1. The Storm (Intro) 05:18

2. His Majesty The Horned One 06:17

3. The Cries Of The Wolf - The Howling 08:58

Conqueror was a Malaysian black metal band that was formed around 1994.
The band consisted of three member, Emperor Demysteriis (Vocals, Bass, Effects),
Lord Of Blackheart (Guitars, Synths, Backing Vocals) and Duke Vanguard (Drums, Backing Vocals).
In 1997 they released their only demo entitled "Cries Of The Wolf" that had been recorded in 1995.
The demo offers mostly mid tempo cold atmospheric black metal with buzzing guitars,

hellish vocals and some synth parts, influenced by the early 90s Norwegian scene.
Conqueror also belonged to the Watchtower Fraternity Circle (similar to the Norwegian Inner Circle), 
forming a strong Malaysian scene together with bands like Nebiras, Rator and Bazzah.

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Bishop Of Hexen - Archives Of An Enchanted Philosophy (1997)

Country: Israel

Tracklist

1. Crossing The Borders Between Light And Darkness 02:27
2. The Surreal Touch Between Steel And Flesh 04:34
3. Lure My Spelled Emotions 05:54
4. Wading Through Sensuous Journeys 10:00
5. When A Witch Becomes A Pale Bride 07:38
6. Diaries Of Primeval Tragedies 07:11
7. To Begin The Quest Towards The Noble Dark Cause 05:02
8. The Fascinating Installment Of Triumph 01:58

Bishop Of Hexen was formed in late 1994 in Ramat-Hasharon, Israel.
In 1995, the band entered the studios to record its debut demo tape "Ancient Hymns Of Legends & Lore",
that got extremely good responses and was completely sold out at 450 copies.
Many record labels were interested in signing the band for a record deal
and finally Bishop Of Hexen signed with the South Korean label HammerHeart Productions for one full length album.
In July 1996 they entered the studios once again, and released the first full length album in April 1997,
entitled "Archives Of An Enchanted Philosophy", presenting 8 tracks of atmospheric/symphonic black metal.
In 2004, after seven years of silence, the band rejoined once again
and recorded a promo CD, entitled "Unveil The Curtain Of Sanity".
The promo contained 4 new tracks and was highly appraised by record labels & magazines around the scene.
In early 2005, Bishop Of Hexen signed with the Austrian label CCP Records and in June 2006
a second full length album entitled "The Nightmarish Compositions" was released.
In 2009, two tracks from the album, "The Somber Grounds Of Truth" and "A Serpentine Crave"
were picked to be featured on the highly praised "Brutal Legend" video game soundtrack
(Starring Jack Black as voice over), gaining to the band a vast exposure to new listeners.
In 2011 the band parted ways with CCP Records and in early 2012 The Bishop Of Hexen (now adding "The" on their logo) released a promo cd entitled "A Ceremony At the Edge Of A Burning Page".
Nowadays the band is still active and they are preparing the release of their new album entitled "The Death Masquerade".

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Coma Vi®us – Hidden (1996)

Country: Austria

Tracklist

1. Lower Than Epsilon 10:56
2. Arcana Mundi 16:45
3. Causality 07:45
4. The Thirty Seals 15:33

Paul Haslinger is an Austrian musician and composer that lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
After graduating, he decided to pursue music professionally

and studied at both the Vienna’s Academy of Music and the University of Vienna.
In 1985, Haslinger joined the German electronic music group Tangerine Dream.
During his 5 years with the group, he recorded a total of 15 albums,

participated in 4 international tours, and collaborated on a number of soundtracks.
In 1991, he left Tangerine Dream and relocated to Los Angeles.

At the time he started working on a joint progressive rock project with Peter Baumann, called Blue Room.
In 1994 Haslinger released his first solo record, Future Primitive (Wildcat!),

followed by World Without Rules (1996, RGB Records) and Score (1999, RGB Records).
Through the 1990s, he collaborated on a number of projects with a variety of artists,

among them dark-ambient icon Brian Williams, aka Lustmord.
In 1995, he began work on Coma Vi®us, a project born out of research and development at the Assembly Room Studio.

Realized without compromise, Coma Vi®us is a complex sonic tapestry of ambivalence,

further expanding musical frontiers previously only glimpsed at, where pure sound meets musical esthetics.
The first commercially available recording of the project was released on the Side Effects, Deep Net compilation

on July 22, 1996, followed on September 23 by the album Hidden, also on Side Effects.
In 1998, Haslinger was asked to join the team around film composer Graeme Revell.
He worked as a music programmer and arranger on films such as Chinese Box (1999), The Negotiator (1998),

The Siege (1998), Pitch Black (2000), Blow (2001), and Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001).
In 2003, he scored his first film to open at number 1 at the U.S. box office, Underworld, directed by Len Wiseman.

He returned to the popular franchise, scoring both Underworld: Rise Of The Lycans and Underworld: Awakening.
Haslinger also composed the music for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter (2017), directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.
In 2019 he scored the American psychological horror thriller film The Perfection.

 Haslinger's involvement with video games music started in 2005, when he was approached by Ubisoft

to score the video game Far Cry Instincts. Since then, he has scored a string of game releases, 

including Rainbow Six: Vegas, Wolverine, Need For Speed.

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Kyprian's Circle – Noitatulen Vartija (MCD 1999)

Country: Finland

Tracklist

Ikiyön Liekit 01:06
Kun Puhui Myrskyn Henki 06:27
Noitatulen Vartija 04:51
Helvetin Pajassa On Miekkamme Taottu 03:15
Kuolemasi Minä Olen 03:05

Kyprian Nurmi formed Kyprian's Circle around 1994.
Until 1993 he was playing for another band but he always wanted to make his own music.
During the period 1995-1996 he created 5 tracks in which some riffs of his past years were used.
Around the same time he recorded a demo of two songs for his other project Strigoi Mort that was released in winter 1996.
The aforementioned 5 tracks were recorded in 1996 and mixed at Sound Ateljee studios
for the first Kyprian's Circle demo entitled "In The Mystique Of The Moonbeams" using a drum machine.
Soon after the release Kyprian began gathering material for the next demo.
Four songs were completed with the style of music being now more mature and the tempo having slowed down a bit.
This time he wanted to use a real drummer, so Abyssin joined in as well a bass player,
whereas Shatraug (Horna) and Nazgul (Horna, Pest) took over the vocal duties.
With this line up in the beginning of 1997 the second demo entitled "The Nightwind Tunes"
was recorded again in Sound Ateljee studios.
A year later the third demo "Käärmeenkantaja" was released
with Vsondar handling this time the vocals and Unknown taking over the drums.
For the next release Kyprian used once again Abyssin for the drums and Nazgul of Horna as a vocalist
while the synths were handled by Toni Raehalme and the bass by Sammy Roiha.
Five tracks were recorded in early 1999 for the MCD "Noitatulen Vartija"
that was released in spring of 1999 by the Finnish label Silverhorn Production.
The two first tracks on this release were re-aranged versions of older tracks taken from the demos.
A full-length album was in the future plans to be released on Woodcut Records but this unfortunately was never happened.
 "Noitatulen Vartija" was re-released in 2018 on CD format and, for the first time ever, on 12" vinyl by Werewolf Records.

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Tempest 2000 – The Soundtrack (1994)

Composers: Alastair Lindsay, Ian Howe, Julian Hodgson, Kevin Saville

Tracklist

1. Thermal Resolution 03:59
2. Mind's Eye 04:52
3. T2K 05:23
4. Ease Yourself 07:52
5. Tracking Depth 05:04
6. Constructive Demolition 04:05
7. Future Tense 05:54
8. Digital Terror 05:07
9. Hyper Prism 04:26
10. Glide Control 05:12
11. Ultra Yak 04:00
12. 2000 Dub 07:31

"Tempest 2000" is a tube shooter video game originally developed by Llamasoft and published by Atari Corporation 

for the Atari Jaguar in North America on 13 April, 1994, later released in Europe on 27 June of the same year

and finally in Japan on 15 December of the same year as well.
"Tempest 2000" was critically acclaimed with critics praising the graphics, gameplay and soundtrack. 

It is often considered as one of the best games released for the Jaguar and as of 1 April 1995, the Jaguar version

has sold more than 30,000 copies during its lifetime, making it one of the best selling games for the system.
The original Atari Jaguar version's music was created by Ian Howe, Alastair Lindsay, Kevin Saville and Julian Hodgson 

of Imagitec Design (a.k.a. Dream Weavers), who also created the music for "Defender 2000" on the Jaguar as well.
The music was composed in the Commodore Amiga MOD file format,

although non-Jaguar releases of the game played music from a CD.

At the time of its release, the music soundtrack could also be purchased on CD directly from Atari. 

The CD was also bundled with the Atari Jaguar CD to demonstrate the system's Virtual Light Machine music visualizer.
It became the basis for the audio for all conversions of the game to come including the PC, PlayStation and Saturn versions.
Several tracks, however, were not used in the Jaguar version due to cartridge space constraints.
The video game picked up an award for the "Best In-game Music" at the 1994 CES show.

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Lech Jankowski – Institute Benjamenta (1998)

Composer: Lech Jankowski

Tracklist

1. Canone Non Infinitone 05:26
2. A Very Old Mexican Dance 01:07
3. Finale 05:59
4. Con-Trapuncto 01:00
5. Lullaby/Waltz 09:25
6. Introdukja Liliowa 01:11
7. Mazurek 06:48
8. Kolysanka Wg. Erika S. 01:17
9. Marsz 02:48
10. Menuet I 03:01
11. Maly Cmentarz Harf 01:55
12. Waltz Z.K. Minor 03:06
13. Zym-Zym 02:42
14. Melodia Na Piec: (Part I,II,III) 03:20
15. Minuet With Hydrocephalus 01:01
16. Pavana Zza Parawana No. 5 01:16
17. (Repeat) Kolysanka Wg. Erika S. 01:17
18. Aria. Contrapuncto 02:14
19. Hymn. Coda. Choral 04:18
20. Melodia Na Piec: (Part III) 01:03

Lech Jankowski (born April 1, 1956 in Leszno ) is a Polish composer for theater and film music, painter and ethnologist.
His performances combine instruments and music theater as well as elements of visual art.
As a composer he has worked with various theater directors, mainly in Poland.
His paintings, which features elements of magical realism, have been presented in several exhibitions 

and are parts of private collections in Poland and abroad.
Jankowski has composed music for several short films by influential stop-motion animators Stephen and Timothy Quay,

aka the Brothers Quay, and also for their first live-action feature-length film

"Institute Benjamenta, or This Dream People Call Human Life", released in 1996.
The film is based on the novel "Jakob Von Gunten" (1909), written by Swiss writer Robert Walser.
The plot follows Jakob (Mark Rylance), a young man who enters a training school for servants,

run by brother and sister Johannes (Gottfried John) and Lisa Benjamenta (Alice Krige).
Though the film follows the same basic structure as the novel, its plot is more limited.
The Quays have characterized the film as a parallel universe of the novel.
The film has been described as thematically similar to a fairy tale, a fantasy or a dream world

and has been compared to Eraserhead due to its unconventional narrative and black-and-white filming style.
Parallels have also been drawn between the film and Expressionist films of the 1920s.

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Drawn – A New World? (1999)

Country: Norway

Tracklist

1. Rivawella Form 09:53
2. Yours And Mine 07:38   
3. So I Can't Dance, OK! 07:12   
4. Would Have Had 06:52
5. Marygold 08:07
6. A-Scape 08:53
7. Momento In Slomo 06:04
8. Improzigw 10:01

Drawn was formed around 1997 and consisted of Per K (Bass), Thomaz (Drums), Atle Dørum (Guitars, Vocals,)

and ex-In The Woods... member Christer-André Cederberg (Lead Vocals, Guitars).
The band self-released their promo/MCD "Drawn" in 1997 featuring four tracks and recorded at the Jailhouse Studio.
Their style was a blend of Psychedelic/Progressive/Metal with dark and eerie overtones.
After signing a deal with Prophecy Productions in 1998 their self-titled MCD was re-released under the title "Plan Be".
In 1999 their first, and last, full length album entitled "A New World?" was released in a digipak format.

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