Coffinworm - Great Bringer Of Night

Very unique sludge from Indiana, this is another must have, and the last one for the year. Enjoy!

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Peste Noire - Ballade cuntre lo Anemi Francor

Although it's a bit late but this is Peste Noire's newest release, raw, orthodox black metal. Recommended for Deathspell fans, French Black metal at it's best.. Mandatory!!!

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Horror Of Horrors - Blood, Fangs and Foulness: The Complete Cursed Chronicles

Horror of Horrors might be the most underrated death metal bands out of the early 90’s. One of the first extreme bands out of Maryland, here are 2 tracks from the upcoming re-released and re-mastered album (combining the two earlier released albums “Fangs Breaking the Skin” and “Sounds of Eerie”). This is a promotional package since their record label hasn’t even heard it yet. Enjoy, Highly Recommended for fans of early death metal!

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Misery's Omen - Hope Dies

I've always thought of this band as a better Stargazer. Progressive Black/Doom/Death, if you have an open mind give this band a try.. members of Mournful Congregation, Stargazer and... Portal.

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Impetuous Ritual - Relentless Execution Of Ceremonial Excrescence

Here it is folks another release from the mighty Profound Lore, and who couldn't write a better review then the label themselves (this also might be laziness on my behalf.)
"Featuring two members from fellow like-minded death metal fiends PORTAL, Impetuous Ritual have delivered a work of true death metal blasphemy that comes across as a vile mix of the crawling doomy dirge-like ambience of INCANTATION’s “Onward To Golgotha”, the ferocious sonic violence of BESTIAL WARLUST’s “Blood And Valour” and with the surreal-like blurred riffing of Portal respectively. Nonetheless “Relentless Execution” shall deliver its unholy carnage in manifesting a true vision of what brutal death metal should portray."

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Gnaw Their Tongues - An Epiphanic Vomiting of Blood

Somewhere between Black Metal, Noise and people being tortured to death.

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Kraken Duumvirate - From the Dying Soil to the Eternal Sea

Here's a new find that has been in constant rotation since I've obtained it, unorthodox black metal in the vein of Deathspell Omega. Mandatory!

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Tribute to Thergothon - Rising of Yog-Sothoth

This should need no introduction.

CD1

1. Asunder – Who Rides The Astral Wings
2. Officium Triste – Crying Blood And Crimson Snow
3. Evoken – Yet The Watchers Guard
4. Imindain – Everlasting
5. Colosseum – The Unknown Kadath In The Cold Waste
6. Mournful Congregation – Elemental
7. Worship – Evoken
8. Umbra Nihil – The Twilight Fade
9. Persistence In Mourning – Dancing In The Realm Of Shades


CD2:

1. Nojda – Evoken
2. Otzepenevshiye – The Unknown Kadath In The Cold Waste
3. Krohm – Everlasting
4. Inter Arbores – Who Rides The Astral Wings
5. Astral Sleep – Yet The Watchers Guard
6. Aarni – Verivaikerrus – Hurmehanki
7. Axis Of Advance – Elemental
8. Singultus – The Twilight Fade

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Sorrow - Forgotten Sunrise

Old School Death/Doom band from New York. If you like Winter you’ll love this... and nevermind the terrible cover art.

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Black Wreath - A Pyre of Lost Dreams

What sounds like a epic movie soundtrack is actually just an insanely good funeral doom band called Black Wreath. Combining actual violins and cellos with actual funeral music and the occasional creepy grunts. Highly recommended!!

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The Black - The Priest Of Satan

After you've played every Dissection album 1,000 times what do you do? Search for more things by Jon Nödtveidt and here is the awesome result. If you like Dissection and Watain give it a listen.

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Destroyer 666 - Unchain The Wolves

The two things I have to say about this album are one you should already own this and two "Set the night on fire!!!!" Evil thrash-black metal from Australia and just so damn catchy too.

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Wake Up On Fire - S/T

For Kevin. Rest in Peace my friend!

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Norrsken - Discography

The band that pre-dates Witchcraft, I tried to find the "Armageddon Single" only but this will have to do. Great stuff, a little bit different from Witchcraft vocally but but still the same 70's blues rock worship.

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Bunkur - Nullify

It's a sad day when I'm not informed that Bunkur releases a new album which actually came out in September. Usual stuff 1 song, 1 hour, really heavy doom. I posted an earlier album from them here so when you get this get Bludgeon as well.

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Portal - The Sweyy EP

This record has many tracks already on other albums; why is this important you may ask? Two live tracks and the versions differ from those on other albums.

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My Dying Bride - Towards The Sinister (Demo)

Before My Dying Bride turned into total crap they released a few epic doom records, the demo material in particular.

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Arcturus - Aspera Hiems Symfonia

Garm of Ulver fame provides the vocals to this almost flawless black metal masterpiece, and still one of my all time favorite metal singers. Even though I'm not huge on symphonic black metal I highly recommend this record.

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Stargazer / Invocation Split

In further celebration of the new Portal record I decided to post the pre-Portal band Invocation's split with Stargazer. Enjoy.. but don't expect another Seepia.

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Portal - Swarth

It's finally here! The band I named this blog after, the band I spend way too much money and time on, the band that's playing deathfest and I'm loosing sleep over, here it is the brand new record!!! I pre-ordered Portal's new record from Profound Lore about a week ago and I have not been disappointed and while it's not like Seepia or Outre it's still a great record none the less. So stop reading this and get it!

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Old Funeral - The Older Ones

Yes the much talked about Old Funeral and this record will NOT let you down. In the bands line up it saw such greats as Abbath (Immortal) and of course Varg (Burzum). Although this is a compilation it's a great one ranging from raw death metal to low-fi black metal.

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Wishbone Ash - First Light

If you've never heard Wishbone Ash before I will be both glad and unhappy to tell you this is the place to start and finish. Outside of the self-titled record which features every song on this record except for the unreleased track "Roads of Day to Day" which is probably my favorite next to "Errors Of My Way".. and.. "Queen Of Torture"...and... "Lady Whiskey." Enjoy this is great 70s blues rock.

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Tormentor - Anno Domini

Prior to Mayhem Attila was in this band Tormentor... now that I've shared this good luck not downloading this record.

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Order From Choas - Stillbirth Machine

How else to celebrate the reuniting of Kansas City death/black monoliths Order From Chaos? Easy, post my favorite record and hope that people listen and come to the shows. Plus, how can you go wrong with a band that has H.R. Giger work on the sleeve... it works for Celtic Frost.

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Nifelheim - Nifelheim

Evil black/thrash from Sweden and features Jon Nödtveidt from Dissection on guitar.

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Serpent Throne - Ride Satan Ride

Couldn't have put it better myself: "Say there was a heavy rock festival in like '72 where Black Sabbath, Wishbone Ash, the Scorpions, Budgie, and like Cactus are supposed to play, but then, due to a series of plane crashes and natural disasters, only 1 surviving member from each band can make it. In order to calm down the crowd of heavy rockers, Iommi grabs a couple dudes from the other bands and puts together an emergency band. And then Uli Roth says, "We don't need a singer because he'll just get in the way of the riffs." I think that's what Serpent Throne is aiming for. Whether we get there or not is another story, but we'll drink some beer and rip some guitar harmonies along the way."

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Jail - At The Crossroads

Sludge from Philly, if you haven't heard this you should. Fans of Sourvein, Iron Monkey and EyeHateGod take note.

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Faustcoven - Rising From Below The Earth

Norwegian Black/Doom!

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Alcest - Tristesse Hivernale

French Black Metal!

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Gospel of the Horns - A Call To Arms

Great black/thrash from Australia.

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Farquhar - Meadow Full Of Serpents

Once in a lifetime your handed a record that changes the way you view music. In regards to rock it would be this one. Thanks to Smoot for the permission to put it up. You must get this album!

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Cannabis Corpse & Ramming Speed Tour

So I promised these guys I'd drop the word on this tour, hopefully if any of you actually read this you'll help them out in one way or another.

Cannabus Corpse - Tube of the Resinated
Ramming Speed - Brainwreck

Empurios - Demo

Here's where I lay our old band to rest, I figured while I am running a blog I might as well post my old bands demo. To this day the record remains unmastered, somewhere out there we have a live performance recorded that sounds terrible.

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Oak - Self Titled

Crushing Death/Doom from Baltimore. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!! Thanks to Danny for doing most of the leg work, I just tried to make it idiot proof. Enjoy.

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Hellnation - A Sound Like Shit

Brutal and intense grind!

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Roky Erickson & The Aliens - The Evil One

One of the few albums I put on constant rotation and not a weak song on this record. If you value rock and roll give it a listen...now!

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Winter - Into Darkness + Eternal Frost

Took a long hiatus only to state that, I will be updating the blog more often now. In the meantime enjoy this Death/Doom gem from the early 90's.

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Fleshpress - Fleshpress

From the evil mastermind behind Deathspell Omega (Mikko Aspa) comes... Fleshpress! And it's not what you're expecting either.. straight eerie sludge/stoner!

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Innsmouth - The Departure Of Shub-Niggurath Demo

Australian death metal.

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Pagan Altar - Volume One

N.W.O.B.H.M. has never sounded so good!

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King Crimson - Larks' Tongues in Aspic

For a long time I wrote this band off as pretentious prog, over the past few years I've come to love them. This is the first album I was introduced to, thus it may be a good place for others as well.

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Harvey Milk - Life... The Best Game in Town

Like Melvins? Give these guys a try.

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Four Burials (Otesanek, Loss, Orthodox, Mournful Congregation)

It took awhile to track down this gem but it's completely worth it. Extreme funeral doom! If you're new to it, it's a good place to start.
1. Otesanek - Seven Are They
2. Loss - (To Pass Away) Death March Towards My Ruin
3. Orthodox - Heritage
4. Mournful Congregation - Left Unspoken

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Wormphlegm - Tomb of the Ancient King

Keeping in the spirit of Doom from Finland here's Wormphlegm, long drawn out Funeral Doom.

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Hooded Mence - Fulfill the Curse

Horror influenced Death/Doom from Finland, not to be overlooked!

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Ahab - The Divinity Of Oceans

New record from Ahab, crushing funeral doom from Germany.

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Nightbringer - Death and the Black Work

The proof is here that American Black Metal can be good. Thanks to Timpaler from Diabolic Force for another great recommendation.

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Cavity - Supercollider

Not too sure how I haven't slipped this one in yet. Yet again, sludge...enjoy!

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Warning - Watching From A Distance

So this will definitely be a hit or miss band for most of you. Traditional doom from the UK, but if your able to get past the vocals most of you will love this record.

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Bunkur - Bludgeon

I'm not too sure which version this is but the LP is one very long song and a Burzum cover. Again sludge/doom... I'm starting to see a reoccurring theme with my posts.

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