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A lovely piece
of vinyl comes our way courtesy of Bloody Productions. There are 2
songs of Spanish black metal for us to spin and this is hand
numbered & limited to only 500 copies. The release comes with a cool
little parchment style booklet. Some good classic style riffing and
the hymns just seem to drip with hate and darkness. The vocals are a
little more on the unorthodox maniacal side of things. As opposed to
the classic grinding rasp of this old black metal style. All in all
two great hymns of blasphemy and cruel darkness but I need to hear
more from them. I will keep my eyes out for more Balmog releases in
the future.
– Dale
http://www.balmog.com/
http://www.bloodyprod.com/
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Black Goat's self-titled album was originally released in 1998 as a CDR and later repressed on CD by Nuclear War Now!. Now the LP-version of this excellent San Fransisco-band is available through Lyderhorn Records and NWN productions. Black Goat plays traditional thrashy black metal and featured members with relations to such bands as Weakling and Lord Weird Slough Feg. This high quality LP-pressing features brand new artwork by Ben West (Oaken Throne).
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Jeffrey Kusbel |
 
The roots of
this unholy creation can be traced way back to 1988, when, as
FLEGTHON, the band were first inspired by the myths and legends of
their native Greece. “The Raping of the Divine†was composed
between 1996 and 2005, and is imbued with the atmosphere of ancient
Greece. The music is in the vein of : ROTTING CHRIST, VARATHRON
NECROMANTIA or THOU ART LORD. Pressed on red vinyl.
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Jeffrey Kusbel
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NAER MATARON
(Gr) Was formed in 1994. This band plays quality Black Metal, with
the true Hellenic touch. Their contribution to this unholy union is
a pure Black Metal hymn, with excellent riffs and acoustic parts
giving it a melodic and epic touch. The strength of experience
possessed by the members of Spain's VOICE OF HATE enables this band
to experiment successfully with styles far removed from Death Metal.
Here, their extraordinary cover version of VELVET UNDERGROUND'S
Venus in Furs gives ample proof of how successful this
experimentation can be.
- Jeffrey
Kusbel
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Truly
beautiful acoustic folk and sometimes ambient from Germany in a
somewhat similar vein to bands like Of The Wand And The Moon, Orplid,
Tenhi but sometimes much dreamier and contemplative. This is a
highly limited vinyl release pressed on marbled and translucent red
vinyl. Foil embossed sleeves and just the highest quality packaging
all around.
- Jeffrey
Kusbel
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This was a great
surprise to receive. It is not often labels send vinyl for review
(and with good reason as that shit is more expensive to press and
mail out than the average record buyer would ever expect). So it is
something I truly appreciate and respect dedicated labels such as
DAS records that believe in their band and message so thoroughly.
The packaging on the vinyl is nice (though black print on black
jackets never stands out very well, but apparently that is what they
were going for) and my copy is yellow with black splatter. There is
also a green version with black mist – the whole thing is limited to
500 copies (200 yellow & 300 green). So now on to the music itself.
This is some exceptionally harsh and raw black metal. The recording
is low-fi and coarse as far as sound quality goes. But when it comes
to blitzkrieg, cold as a crypt black metal, then I rarely have a
problem with it. In fact, the energy is so primal and dark that it
often only enhances the overall ambiance. This is the sort of thing
that makes weak kneed christians tremble and quake under it’s
blasphemy. Wyqm is not adverse to injecting some more somber and
emotional passages. Yet, never forgetting it’s bleak reverence
towards encompassing darkness and Satanic majesty. The songs are
solidly crafted and backed with some excellent riffs. If you worship
early 90s black metal yet mixed with modern touches & cloaked in an
ambient tapestry. Then, look no farther than Wyqm, who are a fine
example. My copy is #063/500. – Dale
www.myspace.com/deathagoniesscreams
http://deathagoniesscreams.blogspot.com/
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