warhorse -"as heaven turns to ash" (2001 Southern Lord)

1. Dusk 1:56
2. Doom's Bride 9:20
3. Black Acid Prophecy 8:56
4. Amber Vial 3:28
5. Every Flower Dies No Matter The Thorns (Wither) 8:35
6. Lysergic Communion 10:17
7. Dawn 1:48
8. Scrape 10:32
9. ...And The Angels Begin To Weep... 1:31


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Century Sleeper - "awaken" (2006 bombworks)

consisting of Ian Arkley of My Silent Wake, Seventh Angel, Ashen Mortality,etc.
and James Allin of death/doom band Visionaire.
having been a fan of several earlier projects from the band members here i really had no idea what to expect.
i suppose it could be said that this release in some ways isn't as heavy as other projects of the guys involved...but that isn't really the case, rather there just isn't as much of a death metal feel.  its been too easily dismissed, for this is a great album, if you heard a bit in passing, give it another shot, surely you will be rewarded.

its doomy and gloomy and gothy to be sure.

at first i wasn't sure what to make of things, but after listening for about 6 minutes, it all started to so beautifully sink in and i realized what a gothy metal treat i'd stumbled upon. the vocals are interesting and emotive and are not stuck in one particular style or form of delivery, which is nice. heavy, not as slow as you'd expect, but strangely catchy dark music from these two accomplished vets.

1. voyage

2. arnos vale

3. my face in eternity

4. look straight through

5. lost on your ocean

6. fainted world

7. centenary

8. your once loving heart

9. the end

10. as i close the final page

11. autumn

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pale horse - "mournful" (1993 a.r.t. records)

incredibly excellent release.  here we see a welcome addition to the already fantastic pale horse sound with the inclusion of a few guest artists and some sparingly used (but in all the right places) clean vocals.
a.r.t. records was a really terrible anti-fan, anti-artist  label, but pale horse was really great.

1. iniquity
2. finding solace
3. sublime kingdom
4. false prophet among us
5. through the eyes of deception
6. the treasure
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disembowelment - "transcendence into the peripheral" (1993 Nuclear Blast)

always impressive doom metal..ranging from ultra slow almost ambient funeral doom to blasting quick shots.
really great release.

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various artists - "in the shadow of death" (2000 endtime productions)

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HALLOWEEN TREATS 3 (2011)

NEXT CALLER short film

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david bowie video for little wonder

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my dying bride concept video the thrash of naked limbs

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Daughter (2002 Eduardo Rodriguez)
DAUGHTER (re-up)
only around 13 min...but better than MANY horror films period.
enjoy:)

abske fides - "disenlightenment" (2009 beneath the fog productions)

1. Intro
2. Unfortunate Dream of Mankind
3. Aesthetic Hallucination of Reality
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morgion - "among majestic ruin" *re-post*(1997 relapse)

at times reminds me of the first paramæcium album with orchestral and acoustic elements added.
VERY good doom/death metal.

1.Relic Of A Darkened Past
2.In Ashen Tears (Thus I Cry)
3.Travesty 
4.Basking Under A Blacksun Dawning
5.Invalid Prodigy

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Forsaken - "After the Fall" (2009 I HATE RECORDS)

killer pow-trad-doom-metal-opus

review from metal storm: http://www.metalstorm.net/bands/album.php?album_id=24676

review from the metal crypt: http://www.metalcrypt.com/pages/review.php?revid=4898

1.Tenebrarum (Intro)
2.Aidenn Falls
3.Sins of the Tempter
4.The Lord Sayeth
5.Vanguards of the Void
6.Armida's Kiss
7.The Sage
8.Dies Irae (Day of Wrath)
9.Metatron and the Mibor Mythos

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various artists - "NORWEGIAN LIGHTS" (1996 rowe productions)

Norwegian death/doom/metal compilation.

extol and antestor both sound extremely different here than what they went on to sound like shortly afterwards.

its a shame really, both of these bands should have explored there sound presented here for a bit longer than they did. oh well, at least we have this!

1. the last creed

2. you maintain

3. coming of the dawn

4.ascention

5.true wisdom

6.no one

7.mercy lord

8.thoughts

9.inmost fear

10. vicious intent

11. misunderstood

12. seek the righteous

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Paramæcium - "repentance" (1997 self released)

a couple of months ago i began ripping the "silent carnage" tape by austrailia's Paramæcium, but decided against it in favour of the cd reissue with bonus tracks.
why not? it has a cleaner sound and the two recorded tracks are very much well worth having.
the original "silent carnage" songs sound markedly different from what came after in the career of Paramæcium, but are easily among my favorite output of theirs, though it isn't really fair to measure it all up side by side. (how's THAT for a run-on sentence?!)

Tracks 1 and 2 were recorded in 1994 with new arrangements and feature the band's "Within The Ancient Forest" lineup, while straying FAR from the "within..." sound.
Tracks 3 to 6 are the 1991 "Silent Carnage" recordings. a recording of "abstraction" would have been a magnificent addition to this EP...it definitely should have been here, i have no idea why they didn't record/include it here.
still, this is a ridiculously sweet EP of old school death / doom.

1 Silent Carnage
2 Dead To Death
3 Sogno Di Morte
4 Silent Carnage
5 Dead To Death
6 Abstraction


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Virgin Black - "trance ep" (1998 self released)

*(the back cover art looks really sweet, but i haven't gotten around to taking a pic yet and can't find it on the web)*

1. opera De Trance

2.a Saint is Weeping

3.Whispers of Dead Sisters

   I    sadness

   II   angst

   III reflection

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DISMAL XXV

DJ NON presents: DISMAL XXV

*with this particular episode of DISMAL, many tracks were remixed and/or edited, but not all*

1.fennesz - grey scale
2.skadi - novissima nox
3.northern valentine - already gone
4.endvra - the frozen moon
5.progetto morte - novita' (self titled version)
6.brighterdeathnow - necrose evangelicum
7.navicon torture technologies - what would i be without this feeling? (original version)
8.kayoma-sdyeane - behold the sky/...over the i
9.thorofon - punished by blindness
10.caul & kirchenkampf - i am the one whom you have hidden from
11.caul - darkness (remixed and remastered)
12.me, myself & i - overstimulated (a hymn for her remix/edit)
13.bealiah - untitled (from anthology of the undead)
14.anaphylaxis - respite (remastered dismal edit)
15.anaphylaxis - level
16.merzbow + nordvargr - hidden

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