Forgotten Woods - The Curse Of Mankind

 

Genre: Black
Country: Norway
Year: 1996

1. Overmotets Pris
2. My Scars Hold Your Dreams
3. The Starlit Waters / I, The Mountain
4. With Swans I'll Share My Thirst
5. Den Ansiktslose
6. The Velvet Room

2nd album by Forgotten Woods. It is a must listen not only for black metal enthusiast, but for extreme metal fans in general, as it has everything a metal album must have, great guitar riffs, long songs, terrific vocal efforts, a cohesive collection of tracks, challenging paces and rhythms and some kind of magic it'll make you say it is a classic.

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His Hero Is Gone - The Dead Of Night In Eight Movements '7 Ep

 

Genre: Crust/Sludge/Hardcore
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1996

1. Epidemic
2. Headcount
3. T Minus Zero
4. Unvisited Grave
5. Internally Bleeding
6. Richter
7. Marry And Reproduce
8. The End Result Of 11 Months In Prison

8-track 'Ep by His Hero Is Gone. Dark, aggressive hardcore, which featured low-end heavy, sludgy guitars and some manic, guttural vocals. 

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Χάσμα - Όλοι Τόσο Μόνοι (Demo)

 

Genre: Punk Rock/Hardcore
Country: Greece
Year: 1996

1. Όλοι Τόσο Μόνοι
2. Χωρίς Αυταπάτες
3. Εικόνες Τρέλας
4. Ταξίδι
5. Καταγγελία
6. Στρατηγός
7. Πλύση Εγκεφάλου
8. Φώτα

1st demo by Χάσμα, that has been released only in cassette format. Great, melodic hardcore/punk rock that will bring a kind of revival for the genre in Greece back in '96. 

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Morgoth - Feel Sorry For The Fanatic

 

Genre: Industrial/Exp.Hard Rock
Country: Germany
Year: 1996

1. This Fantastic Decade
2. Last Laugh
3. Cash...
4. ...And Its Amazing Consequences
5. Curiosity
6. Forgotten Days
7. Souls On A Pleasuretrip
8. Graceland
9. Watch The Fortune Wheel
10. A New Start

3rd album by Morgoth. After a 3-year hiatus, they have released a record that is full of experimentation that really pays off. They stray from their death metal roots and embrace a more hard rock sound. The vocals have lost every shred of death metal influence, sounding rough and husky rather than low.

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Joyless - Unlimited Hate

 

Genre: Black
Country: Norway
Year: 1996

1. Inherent Emptiness
2. Your Crystal Fragments
3. Bla Melankoli
4. (Don't Need) Religion (Motorhead cover)
5. Overmotets Pris (new version)
6. Jomfrulysets Fall
7. Dimensions Of The Blackest Dark
8. The Haunting Of Julia

Debut album by Joyless, a project of Forgotten Woods members. It contains some songs from the Forgotten Woods days along with new ones that already had some rock influences. The difference between the two projects seems to be that Joyless leans more toward the rock end of the spectrum, whereas Forgotten Woods were decidedly a black metal band.

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Old Man's Child - Born Of The Flickering

Genre: Black
Country: Norway
Year: 1996

1. Demons Of The Thorncastle
2. Swallowed By A Buried One
3. Born Of The Flickering
4. King Of The Dark Ages
5. Wounds From The Night Of Magic
6. On Through The Desert Storm
7. Christian Death
8. Funeral, Swords And Souls
9. The Last Chapter
10. ...Leads To Utopia / The Old Man's Dream

Debut album by Old Man's Child. An impressive debut release, that put the group in the world map of black metal. Great and many ideas accompanied by occasional synth lines added here and there. The rawest release of their discography.

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Sacrilege - Lost In The Beauty You Slay

Genre: Mel. Death
Country: Sweden
Year: 1996

1. Frozen Thoughts
2. Beyond The Gates Of Pain
3. Without Delight
4. Crying Statues Of Paleness And Ice
5. Fettered in Shackles Of Light
6. Lost In The Beauty You Slay
7. Silence In A Beloved Scream
8. Torment Of Life
9. Initio Silentium Noctis

Debut album by Sacrilege. Swedish melodic death metal, full of crazy catchy, uplifting guitars and atmosphere. It is certainly a very good album, providing a solid mixture of heaviness and melody that works effectively to make it a very strong album.

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Scald - Will Of Gods Is A Great Power

Genre: Epic/Doom
Country: Russia
Year: 1996



1. Night Sky
2. Sepulchral Bonfire
3. A Tumulus
4. In The Open Sea
5. Eternal Stone
6. Ragnaradi Eve
7. Bilrost

Debut album by Scald. The album features a fantastic mixture of the majestic grand riffs and vivid imagery of Bathory’s Viking metal style albums and downtuned guitars of traditional doom bands like Candlemass and Solitude Aeturnus. It is overall an incredible album with the only real flaw being certain parts in the production.

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Occult - The Enemy Within

Genre: Black/Death/Thrash
Country: Holland
Year: 1996

1. Souls
2. Inquisitions Of The Holy
3. Crossing The Boundaries (Of Life And Death)
4. Selfbetrayed
5. Twisted Words (My Darkest Emotions)
6. Through Dark And Light I Dwell
7. One Way Out
8. Passive Relations
9. Eyes Of Blood
10. Until The Battle
11. Delusions

2nd album by Occult, a legendary dutch group that later changed name to Legion Of The Damned. Here we find a primitive blend of blackened death/thrash featuring Rachel Heyzer (ex-Sinister) behind the mic. The production by Harris Johns and Martin Erfurt is timeless, absolutely perfect and easily meets today's standards.

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In Flames - The Jester Race

Genre: Mel.Death
Country: Sweden
Year:1996

1. Moonshield
2. The Jester's Dance
3. Artifacts Of The Black Rain
4. Graveland
5. Lord Hypnos
6. Dead Eternity
7. The Jester Race
8. December Flower
9. Wayfaerer
10. Dead God In Me

2nd album by In Flames. This is one of In Flames' finest moments and it is considered by many to be In Flames’ masterpiece. Every song is extremely melodic, both in the actual sound, and the mood of the music. 

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Desaster - A Touch Of Medieval Darkness

Genre: Black/Thrash
Country: Germany
Year: 1996

1. Skyline In Flames
2. In A Winter Battle
3. A Touch Of Medieval Darkness
4. Fields Of Triumph
5. Devil's Sword
6. Into A Magical Night
7. Crypts Of Dracul
8. Visions In The Autumn Shades
9. Porter Of Hellgate
10. Home For The Brave (Outro)

Debut album by Desaster. The memorable songs with the dark medieval atmosphere they managed to saturate their sound with, made their debut a promising release. Amazing, primitive black/thrash, that manages to become epic in times and shows the first steps of this unique band.

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Gehennah - King Of The Sidewalk

Genre: Black/Thrash'n'Roll
Country: Sweden
Year: 1996

1. Rock-n-Roll Patrol
2. Hellstorm
3. Bitch With A Bulletbelt
4. King Of The Sidewalk
5. (You're the) Devil In Disguise
6. Bang Your Heads For Satan
7. Chickenrace
8. Tough Guys Don't Look Good
9. Saturdaynight Blasphemer
10. Bulldozer
11. Demolition Team

2nd album by Gehennah. Recorded on eight tracks, this release continues demonstrating the group's effort against discos and posers! 11 catchy songs of Motorhead-inspired thrash/black, that will make you bang your head.

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Adorned Brood - Hiltia

Genre: Black/Folk
Country: Germany
Year: 1996

1. Intro
2. For Honour And Land
3. Hiltia
4. Unehrenhaftes Feindesblut
5. Furor Teutonicus
6. Donerhammer
7. Undisclosed Treasures of The Mortal
8. Adora
9. Kissing The Heathen Amulet
10. Die Rede Des Erhabenen
11. Outro

Debut album by Adorned Brood. Primitive black/folk of high quality, concerning the ideas and the songwritting. Raw and rough production, shrieks and clean vocals, flute and acoustic passages, are some elements you can find here. A highly influential album for the genre.

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Dodheimsgard - Monumental Possession

Genre: Black
Country: Norway
Year: 1996

1. Intro
2. Utopia Running Scarlet
3. The Crystal Specter
4. Bluebell Heart
5. Monumental Possession
6. Fluency
7. Angel Death
8. Lost In Faces
9. The Ultimate Reflection

2nd album by Dodheimsgard. The musical approach is more primitive and straightforward compared to their debut, while the vocal performance is shared between three different members. A mix of old school black metal with black/thrash. The improvement in all the sections is obvious, while some avant garde moments are thrown in.

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Brutal Truth - Kill Trend Suicide

Genre: Grindcore/Death
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1996

1. Blind Leading The Blind
2. Pass Some Down
3. Let's Go To War
4. Hypocrite Invasion
5. Everflow
6. Zombie
7. Homesick
8. Humanity's Folly
9. I Killed My Family (YDI cover)
10. Kill Trend Suicide

3rd album by Brutal Truth. The last song lasts 15 minutes, but actually 10 minutes are pure silence! With a new drummer (Richard Hoak), the group continues performing experimental grindcore mixed with death metal, while inserting spastic moments, stoner riffs and noisecore sensibilities. This release is dedicated to the memory of Yoshitomo "Tottsuan" Suzuki (of S.O.B.).

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Sear Bliss - Phantoms

Genre: Atm.Black
Country: Hungary
Year: 1996


1. Winter Voices
2. Far Above The Trees
3. Aeons of Desolation
4. 1100 Years Ago
5. As The Bliss Is Burning
6. Land Of The Phantoms
7. Beyond The Darkness
8. With Mournful Eyes

Debut album by Sear Bliss. Back in the days it was presented as innovator because of the use of trumpet and trompone. It has some of the black metal cliches such us long songs, repetitive riffs and melodic riffing. Keys and trumpet are in the background though, supporting the rest instruments. The songs start long and slow, but during the end they pick up speed.

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Slayer - Undisputed Attitude

Genre: Punk/Hardcore/Thrash
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1996

1. Disintegration/Free Money (Verbal Abuse cover)
2. Verbal Abuse/Leeches (Verbal Abuse cover)
3. Abolish Government/Superficial Love (T.S.O.L. cover)
4. Can't Stand You
5. Ddamm
6. Guilty Of Being White (Minor Threat cover)
7. I Hate You (Verbal Abuse cover)
8. Filler/I Don't Want To Hear It (Minor Threat cover)
9. Spiritual Law (D.I. cover)
10. Mr. Freeze (Dr. Know cover) 11. Violent Pacification (D.R.I. cover)
12. Richard Hung Himself (D.I. cover) 13. I'm Gonna Be Your God (The Stooges cover)
14. Gemini

The 7th album by Slayer is a homage to some pioneering punk/hardcore groups. Jeff Hanneman used two of the four punk songs he had written in 1984 and 1985 as part of a side project called Pap Smear (tracks 4,5), while Kerry King and Tom Araya wrote an original song titled "Gemini".

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Defiance - No Future No Hope

Genre: Punk
Country: U.S.A.
Year: 1996

1. Fuck Them All
2. Fodder
3. No Future No Hope
4. How Much Longer
5. You Got It All Wrong
6. Anti Social
7. Fuck This City
8. Hands of the Few
9. I Hate Everything
10. Self Imposed Slavery
11. Burn
12. Rip Off
13. Police Oppression (Angelic Upstarts cover)

Debut album by Defiance, after 3 Ep's and 3 years of existance and touring. 13 songs clocking around 45 minutes of anarcho street punk. Raw and rough, full of aggression, a great start for this group.

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Mercyful Fate - Into The Unknown

Genre: Heavy
Country: Denmark
Year: 1996

1. Lucifer
2. The Uninvited Guest
3. The Ghost Of Change
4. Listen To The Bell
5. Fifteen Men (And A Bottle Of Rum)
6. Into The Unknown
7. Under The Spell
8. Deadtime
9. Holy Water
10. Kutulu (The Mad Arab Part Two)

5th album by Mercyful Fate. Shermann and Denner once again prove themselves to be perhaps one of the best guitar duo. Sharlee d'Angelo plays a very solid bass and Bjarne Holm, who has his debut here as new Mercyful Fate drummer does a great job. After the melodic 'Time' the group here becomes more raw and aggressive.

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Bethzaida - Nine Worlds

Genre: Mel.Black/Death
Country: Norway
Year: 1996

1. Dawn (Part II)
2. Dividement
3. ...And Then I Turned Towards
4. Frozen Wastes
5. Nine Worlds
6. The Outsider
7. The Tranquillity Of My Last Breath
8. Burn, Fire For The Ancient Vampire
9. Forever Night
10. 1349

Debut album by Bethzaida. The songs contain a nice mix of melodic black/death, often with doom passages and an amazing use of flute. Pretty original, mystical and hypnotising music, with harshing and croaking vocals, nice production and great guitarwork.

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