perjantai 24. heinäkuuta 2015

Noitavalkea - Demo 99


Noitavalkea - Demo I 1999
1) Noitain sapatti
2) Ensimmäinen tuleminen
3) Infernal Legions

Zippyshare / Yandex

For your Friday night's pleasure (or not), Velkaarn and Grev present Noitavalkea from Finland with their only demo titled simply "Demo 99" and this was a request. It is also another link in a mini-series of Stålhammar and affiliated releases we had going around the end of last year, this tape was sth-026 and despite being based in Siuntio, where I assume Riena whose gig this mainly was lived, I count it firmly among the cold HVNK kvlts. Easy when it was recorded in Hellkult Studio, produced and mixed by Narqath who also wrote the lyrics and had Kalma (Oath, formerly of Azaghal and a ton of related projects) on sessions drums. Brother Grev also provided a cover scan, thanks as always!

Looking at the seven minute playtime of this three song demo it'd be easy to assume they go for punkier sort of black metal or even grind, but the first track is just an intro really and the two others fast and slightly chaotic black metal. Not too far from old Azaghal to be honest. Raw, but that's given and the sound is still decent enough to distinguish things from other things instead of wall of noise or so. As often happens these days, this sounds better now than on the initial listen. Though the third track is pretty awful, did it stick out this badly when I last listened to this? And who do I think can answer that? But the intro and second track are pretty good so that puts this in the fabled okayish category of stuff. Naturally you want to check this out if you have an obsession with the old HVNK stuff, collect Finnish demo recordings or really, really like your black metal fast, raw and somewhat generic.

15 kommenttia:

Emptiness Cycle kirjoitti...

Thank you very much, Herr Velkaarn!

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@EC:

You're welcome, I had ripped this tape quite a while ago but it was forgotten till I got a request recently. Slightly surprised it hasn't surfaced before.

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

"obsession with the old HVNK stuff"

that's me! Do you happen to know anything about a band called Fallen that Kalma was in, by any chance?

GREV kirjoitti...

Hails!

You're very welcome!

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@anon:

We serve the one with horns and the mysteries unveil as they are wont. Perhaps brother Grev may help. I am in the middle of ceremony right now.

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

Thank you for the wonderful blog! Do you have a rip of Sarcophagus - From the Ruin of Paradise? It was only released on limited edition vinyl and I've never heard it, but I saw your Metal Archives review.

(Sorry if you got this message twice - I couldn't tell if the first one was sent successfully).

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@anon:

It's okay, I need to approve the comments and I haven't checked them for a few days. As for Sarcophagus... I'm not really sure, it's been long since that review and I might've lost my rip with the external drive that was broken the other year. Though there's a possibility I have it burned on a disc. Will check and let you know.

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

Thanks for checking!

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

You're in luck, I found the rip burned on a disc. I'll check the quality next.

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

Great! Thank you!

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

It was 192 kbps rip, decent enough quality. If you need it quickly send me an email and I'll upload it and throw a link.

Anonyymi kirjoitti...

Is the coven still alive??

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@anon:

Yes, but lying low for now. Expect a return.

Gilberto Huamán Reátegui kirjoitti...

Hailz. Could you send me the SARCOPHAGUS vynil rip? Here please. sapainka@msn.com

Thanks in advance

Velkaarn kirjoitti...

@Gilberto:

I've finally re-located & uploaded the rip. Sent you an email.