Abyssmal Nocturne – The Gates Beyond The Stars (Demo 1999)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. Summoning The Infernal Storm 03:03
2. When Coldness Reigns The Earth 03:35
3. Through The Mist Of Battle 03:02
4. The Gates Beyond The Stars 04:49

Abyssmal Nocturne was formed in California in 1999

and was mostly known at the time for the participation of Nocturnal Overlord (ex-Crimson Moon).

The same year they released their demo "The Gates Beyond The Stars"

that featured four compositions of atmospheric occult black metal.

After a long hiatus the band released their debut album "From The Astral Abyss" in 2005

through the American label Spectral Arts Productions that was founded by their vocalist Blackstorm (aka Joe Walker).

Their last work was the EP "Death Gate Funeral" in 2010.

Since then the status of the band remains unknown.

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Khephra – Khephra (MCD 1998)

Country: Italy

 Tracklist

1. Baptized In Blood 04:14
2. Khephra 04:41
3. Silent Clouds Beyond The Tenebrous Gates 03:58
4. Andras Shutt Madras 03:37

Khephra is an Italian black metal project created back in 1993.
Initially, their line up consisted of: Shadow (guitars), Andras (vocals) and Draughar (drums).
In 1996 before the recordings of their first demo, Shadow left the band for personal reasons and was replaced by Arioch.

Two years later their self titled demo was re-released as a MCD by Lucretia Records International.

After the release of their demo Arioch left the band and he was succeeded by Alastor.
With the new line Khephra recorded eight new songs but these were never published.
A very long period of silence was followed until 2010 when Khephra,

under a new line up and with only Draughar remaining from their original members,

managed to find a label and released their first full length album entitled "Resurrection".
During the period 2013-2019 two more albums and three split releases were published.

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Cultus Sanguine – Cultus Sanguine (MCD 1995)

Country: Italy

Tracklist

1. Il Richiamo In Rosso 01:38
2. I Ride The Winds Of Hate 05:45
3. My Journey Is Long, But My Time Is Endless 06:23
4. Into The Field Of Screaming Souls 07:21

Cultus Sanguine is an Italian dark metal band formed in 1993 in Milan, Italy.
Their music is a weird and original mixture of doom metal, gothic metal and black metal,

with a very melancholic and depressive sound.
The band was founded as a duo in 1993, but soon after expanded featuring in their ranks Joe Ferghieph (vocals),

Aqua Regis (aka Roberto Mammarella of Monumentum on guitars, bass),

Ouranos (aka Mauro Berchi of Ras Algethi and Canaan on keyboards)

and Custos Arcanorum (Figli Di Nessuno, Khephra, Malanova, Speculum Mortis on drums).
After recording a rehearsal demo in 1994 they released their self titled MCD in 1995 through Wounded Love Records,

containing the same songs from their rehearsal plus an intro.
Later the same year keyboard player Rex Nebulah joined

before signing to Candlelight Records for their 1997 album "Shadows' Blood".

Following this release guitarist/bassist Aqua Regis and drummer Custos Arcanorum left the group,

and they were replaced by guitarist Aurian and drummer Nox Perpetua.
Their second full length album "The Sum of All Fears" was published by Season Of Mist in 1999

and the group disbanded in 2001.
In 2018 Cultus Sanguine was re-activated and working for the release of their third album.

The Memory Link contains as bonus the rehearsal demo tracks.

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Bo Harwood & Lance Rubin – Happy Birthday To Me (1981)

Composers: Bo Harwood & Lance Rubin

Tracklist

1 - 19 Untitled 52:41

 

 Happy Birthday To Me is a 1981 slasher film directed by J. Lee Thompson,

(famous for the 1962 classic movie Cape Fear), and starring Melissa Sue Anderson and Glenn Ford.
Its plot revolves around six brutal murders occurring around a popular high school senior's birthday.
The movie was released theatrically in North America on May 15, 1981

and while reception was generally negative, it has since achieved a cult following.
Actress Melissa Sue Anderson, who had garnered childhood fame for her portrayal of Mary Ingalls

 on the television series Little House On The Prairie, was cast in the film's lead, marking her major feature debut.
Hollywood actor Glenn Ford, who played Jonathan Kent in Richard Donner’s Superman (1978),

was less-than-thrilled to be in a slasher film and apparently he was unpleasant on the set.
The make-up effects were done by special effects guru Tom Burman.
The film's ending was changed to hide the fact that the script was being rewritten so late in production.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment released Happy Birthday To Me on DVD in 2004 with an entirely different,

uncredited musical score that diverged from the one used in the original cut.
On October 13, 2009, Anchor Bay Entertainment re-released the film on DVD with original musical score reintroduced.
Bo Harwood (known for his work on films directed by John Cassavetes) and Lance Rubin provided the film's score.

Syreeta Wright, one-time wife of Stevie Wonder, provided the eerie closing track,

composed by Lance Rubin that plays over the credits.

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Allgrena – Tonräder (1999)

Country: Austria

Tracklist

1. Tonräder 08:54
2. Im Haus Ist Feuer 04:22
3. Aufmarsch Ins Ego 08:34
4. Partitur Ur 03:17
5. Traum Rotor 09:59
6. Entfesselt 12:14
7. Era 03:19
8. Erdgut 09:18
9. Häutung 04:06
10. Tonräder 03:12

11. Wo Die Wilden Kerle Wohnen (Bonus Track) 04:25

Allgrena is a dark post-industrial ritual project that has been run by Franz Nigl since 1990

with the help of various guest musicians.
The name is an invented word and means "all nature",

made up of "All" and "Grena" for the color green that stands for nature.
At the beginning (1990-94) Allgrena was a neo-folk project,

with the helps of some musicians from the group Rozengracht, a band in which Nigl did percussion and vocals.
Since 1994 he has been creating music only in the industrial way working with iron or steel percussion, 

pianos, flutes, drums, water noises and recording sounds in unusual places.
On "Tonräder" he was supported by Sonja Leutmetzer (Violin), Norbert Payer (Samples, ex-Rozengracht member)

and Johannes Nendwich (Clarinet, ex-Rozengracht member).
Parts of the album were recorded in "extraordinary" locations: percussion on the walls of a bunker (Vienna Wall),

clarinet, violin and organ pipe in the Vienna Canal (with Sonja and Johannes),

percussion on water tanks in an old factory in Dresden

and percussion and clarinet (with Johannes) in one of the 4 gasometer towers in Vienna Simmering.
Allgrena has produced three full length albums, various cassette releases, a 7'' EP

and a VHS tape dedicated to the four elements earth, water, fire and air.
The Memory Link contains a bonus track that was taken from Allgrena's participation on the the 7'' EP compilation

"Wo Die Wilden Kerle Wohnen", that was released in 2000 and featured Allerseelen, Der Blutharsch and Nový Svět.

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Katahtonios – Katahtonios (1991)

Country: England (?)

Tracklist

1. Untitled Side A 21:55

2. Untitled Side B 19:40

Obscure musical project shrouded in mystery, as there is no information about it.
"Katahtonios" was published as a limited edition of 200 hand-numbered copies

in a professionally printed jacket, with a smaller paper sheet affixed to the cover.
The entire release is packaged in a beige or olive satin-like bag.

Side B ends in a lock groove.
Released in 1991 by the British label Lashtal.

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Master/Slave Relationship – Music For A Sadomasochistic Scene (1995)

Country: United States

Tracklist

1. I. 07:56
2. II. 07:03
3. III. 03:31
4. IV. 08:35
5. V. 06:33
6. VI. 06:29
7. VII. 10:18
8. VIII. 07:46
9. IX. 12:31

Master/Slave Relationship is an industrial project from Los Angeles, CA, United States,

formed in Autumn of 1984 by Deborah Jaffe as a one-person music and photographic project

to explore her own interests in elements of emotional domination and submission.
For more than twenty years Jaffe has self-produced a unique brand of industrial music and art

showing keen interest in Dada, abstract expressionism, photography, visual art and graphic design.
From 1982 to 1988 she formed the experimental avant-garde project Viscera with Hal McGee 

and together they created the label Cause And Effect which was a cassette-only music mail order outlet in the Midwest.
She also co-founded blackmetal.com in 1996.
In 2009 after a very long hiatus Master/Slave Relationship recorded a new music piece

for Hal McGee's Dictaphonia compilation called "Give".
She was also a member of the Dada Action Group with James Banner

 and collaborated with Stefan Kozak on his project The Skaden.
From 2014 to 2016 new recordings were released under the moniker Debbie Jaffe.
"Music For A Sadomasochistic Scene" was originally released on the Belgian label Daft Records

 and reissued in 2002 by Cybertzara label.
This music was also featured as interim music on the "Smut Picture Racket" CD-ROM in 1995.

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