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Alghazanth - Wreath Of Thevetat - 2008

This Finnish five piece have seven official releases behind their name, not counting the demos, so it is time for me to give their new album 'Wreath Of Thevetat' a good listen. Quite often I have heard the comparison with Dimmu Borgir's earlier work, the opening track 'Moving Mountains' works perfectly. Harmonious guitar passages combined with speed and atmospheric keyboards. Clearly they have good writing skills, the tracks sound catchy, as far as you can say when it comes to black metal that is. This one is surely worth checking out.

1.Moving Mountains
2.The Kings to Come
3.The Phosphorescent
4.On Blackening Soil
5.Rain of Stars
6.Twice-Born
7.Future Made Flesh
8.As Nothing Consumes Everything

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GLOOMY GRIM - Under The Spell Of The Unlight (2008)

This is a release to remind us that it’s not only love metal the music that the Finnish can play! GLOOMY GRIM is an awesome act that moves in between black and death metal, paying dues to their main influences of the past such as VENOM, HELLHAMMER and BATHORY. They are not a new band; they have already released four albums, It started as a one-man band by Agathon and today it is a quintet that has much experience in music. The atmosphere of their majestic metal is magical. You can get easily trapped in its melodic web... I am quiet impressed and about to listen to it many more times. Well done guys, you can consider me a fan of yours from now on!...Ville Vallo sucks…

01. April - Within The Woods
02. May - Why Are They Screaming At Night?
03. June - Åkerspöke
04. July - Cold Fingers
05. August - So I Slept & Slept
06. September - Invoking The Flames (Burn, Burn, Burn)
07. October - Cellar Dweller
08. Novemer - And The Bird Came In
09. December - The Bells Toll My Name
10. January - Dying Breed
11. February - Astral Planes I Have Travelled Through
12. March - The Call

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Tamtrum - Elektronik Blakc Mess (2006)

French industrialists TAMTRUM...''Elektronic Blakc Mess'' takes power industrial electro delivered with a dark goth/metal look and sounds that veer between harsh electro sequences, distorted vocals and blistering drum patterns comparable to bands like HOCICO, with a rather MANSON(esque) attitude. Their music and lyrics (in French & English) are morbid, disturbing, nasty, sick, noisy and above all hyper-danceable. A new hi-energy and merciless aggressive assault for all fans of hardcore Electro.

01. In a little skull box (feat. Rose Hreidmarr)
02. The world you live in
03. Pervert inc.
04. Paranoïak, Hypokondriak and Toxicomaniak
05. Deshumanization
06. My fall
07. Abort the pope
08. Swallow the life
09. Heteroïne
10. Terrorissmo (my apokalypse)
11. Cujus animam gementem

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Red Cell - Hybrid Society (2005)

To combine EBM/Electro with Metal is surely not a new formula of success, and the Swedish act Red Cell can be considered to be a part of this genre, they have earned a lot of recognition from fans of both genres, Electro and Metal, with high chart positions.

01. Related Skin
02. Society
03. Invisible Poetry
04. Siamese Cell
05. Nothing
06. Designed To Fail
07. Attraction
08. New Law
09. Naked
10. Vision

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Grendel - Harsh Generation (2007)

ten brutal tracks of harsh EBM and electronics. "Harsh Generation" has one motive in mind - to get your adrenaline flowing. Distorted vocals, acidic synth lines, pummeling bass lines, and jagged melodies streamline the release to make it the most addictive Grendel assault to date.

1- Intro
2- Harsh Generation
3- Void Malign
4- The Judged Ones
5- Remnants
6- B.A.A.L.
7- Dirty
8- Hate This
9- New Flesh
10- Outro

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VIDEO: 1349 - Sculptor Of Flesh

"Sculptor of Flesh" video from Black Metal band 1349's - album "Hellfire"

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VIDEO: Opeth - Porcelain Heart

Sweden's OPETH filmed this video for an edit of the song "Porcelain Heart". The clip was shot in Vaxholm, Sweden at the marvellous Bogesund castle, built in the 1640s.

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Lacrimas Profundere - Songs For The Last View (EP) - 2008

The new ep by the German melancholic rockers of Lacrimas Profundere, 'Songs For The Last View', is musically seen pretty much a logical successor of the last album, 'Filthy Notes... After this album, singer Christopher left, apparently because he couldn't handle the stress of being in a band...the songs on this new album sound really good. It rocks just as well as before and new singer Rob handles his vocals creatively. He sounds as though he could positively surprise us with his abilities.

1.- A Pearl
2.- We Shouldn't Be Here
3.- A Dead Man
4.- And God's Ocean

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Tiamat - Amanethes (2008)

... do not expect another 'Prey' or another 'Deeper Kind Of Slumber' or another 'Wildhoney'. There are many classical TIAMAT elements throughout this album, taken from all the periods of the band. Of course, the music is still Gothic metal, however dressed with many different musical ideas. (...) their sound is heavier than it used to be, more powerful…All tracks have a dark mood… The more you listen to it, the more you come across some ideas you didn’t notice before.

01. The Temple Of The Crescent Moon
02. Equinox Of The Gods
03. Until The Hellhounds Sleep Again
04. Will They Come?
05. Lucienne06. Summertime Is Gone
07. Katarraktis Apo Aima
08. Raining Dead Angels
09. Misantropolis
10. Amanitis
11. Meliae
12. Via Dolorosa
13. Circles
14. Amanes

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Sin.thetic Squad - Mad Desires Of Diseased World (2007)

Dark electro / EBM from Russia

Track List:

01. Intro.duction of the Damned
02. Rise & Fall
03. DeathBringers (Album Version)
04. Cleaner
05. Broken Dreams
06. Death Wish
07. The Revenge (V.2MVII)
08. Freedom Fighters
09. Meaningless Life - Crash
10. Black Sadness (Outro)

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Norma Jean - Redeemer (2006)

Norma Jean is an interesting beast. They seem to be striking that balance between mainstream appeal and fringe extremism. The music is easy to get into, yet isn't easily accessible. They are toeing the line between experimental dissonance and more crushing/melodic metalcore. The barrier is being pressed to the breaking point in a way for a younger generation.

Tracklist:
1. A Grand Scene For Color Film
2. A Small Spark Vs. A Great Forest
3. A Tempermental Widower
4. Amnesty Please
5. Blue Prints For Future Homes
6. Cemetery Like Stage
7. Like Swimming Circles
8. No Passenger No Parasite
9. Songs Sound Much Sadder
10. The End Of All Things Will Be Tell
11. The Longest Last Statement

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KATAPLEXIA - Supreme Authority (2008)

Brutal Death Metal From Helsinki,Finland

1. Life under Earth
2. Unpredictable Spiritualism
3. Sight of the Anonymous Identities
4. Endless Suffering
5. Inexplicable Extinction
6. Circle of Sickness
7. Supreme Authority
8. ....The Unknown
9. The Unknown's Conquest

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Siebenbürgen - Revelation VI - 2008

Swedish melodic black metallers SIEBENBÜRGEN split up in February 2006, explaining at the time that "after 12 years, we sadly don't have the energy and inspiration to take the band any further and it would be wrong to us and to our fans to continue without the passion that SIEBENBÜRGEN deserve."

1. Awaken
2. Rebirth Of The Nameless
3. Infernaliia
4. Revelation VI
5. Grimheim
6. After The Wolf (Do Dead Men Follow)
7. S.I.N.
8. The Oaken Throne
9. The Soulless
10. Enter Omega (Bonus Track)
11. In Sanctum
12. Fire Leaps High
13. At The End Of Twilight

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Charon - Songs for the sinners (2005)

Finland's premier melodic rock/metal combo Charon .Songs For The Sinners has resulted in a heavier edged album than heard from Charon previously, without losing any of their characteristic knack for killer guitar melodies and memorable vocal lines.

1. Colder
2. Deep Water
3. Bullet
4. Rain
5. Air
6. She Hates
7. Ride On Tears
8. Gray
9. Rust
10. House Of The Silent

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CAPITOLLIUM - Bloodfall Of Flesh (2008)

Symphonic Black Metal from Ukraine

Bloodfall of Flesh
Nihil Versus Dei
Ego Sum Lead
Arachnophobia
Petrified Mirk
Mensis Of Mind
Triumphator
Chant For Eschaton 2000 (Behemoth cover)
Open the Gates (Hidden Track)

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Malnatt - La Voce Dei Morti - 2008

Folk Black Metal from Italy

01. Fantasmi 07:37
02. I Felt A Funeral 04:48
03. Novembre 07:17
04. Penombre 05:04
05. Chi Sono? 03:41
06. Sono Una Creatura 04:33
07. E Come Potevamo Noi Cantare 04:21
08. Piangi Tu Che Hai 06:18
09. La Voce Dei Morti 02:16

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Downtime - To Perish The Pantomime (2008)

Death metal, thrash metal,from Kassel Hessen, Germany

Tracklist:
1. Lokai
2. The Eyechitect
3. So Called Humanity
4. My Bleeding You
5. Crisis (The Violently Vicious & Voracious Violation Of Violition)
6. The Legion
7. To Perish The Pantomime
8. Bound By Weakness
9. As The Day Runs Out
10. Down To The Bones
11. Be Like Us
12. After This Fight
13. Epitaph

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The Retrosic - Nightcrawler - (2006)

The Retrosic is a German terror electronic body music (EBM) / industrial group. they stand out from many EBM acts by blending their harsh electronics and distorted vocals with rich ambient elements featuring flutes, violins, trumpets, and sometimes more heavenly female vocals. . If you liked thier prior album, God Of Hell...than you'll like Nightcrawler as well...(the lyrics on all of their albums are in english...just in case that's important to you.)

1. Unleash hell
2. Revolution
3. Desperate youth
4. Bloodsport
5. Deathdealer
6. The lucky ones
7. Quid pro quo
8. Silence
9. Bomb
10. Exit
11. (Unlisted track)

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Amnistia - Blackguard (2008)

Electro Industrial/EBM from Germany... and if you like dark electro-industrial music, you will like Amnistia. So go and have a listen.

01. init
02. emulate
03. anger management
04. blackguard
05. komplex
06. creed
07. fractured
08. zu staub
09. menacing
10. outrage
11. cold
12. our darkest path
13. scars [not just words

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