Lord - Demo 1995

Lord (fra) - Demo 1995
1) Shadows of Massacre
2) Calling from the Deepest Darkness
3) Gates to the Blazing Kingdom

Reuploaded

A quick post before I'm off to travel to Nummirock, here's the first demo of French black metallers Lord who could have really picked up a bit more original band name. Ripped from a copy I got by tape trading once upon a time and again decorated with a Metal Archives image. The dub is decent quality and music is, like on their debut album, of the more symphonic/atmospheric kind of black metal with lenghty, melodic songs backed by synths and operating mostly at mid tempo paces. It's not too "sweet" or upbeat, if not very necro either. Approved, even if I prefer their current style (for once I say this!) and wouldn't mind a new album.

Moonspell - Live in Charneca do Lumiar 06.11.1993

Moonspell - Live in Charneca do Lumiar, Lisboa Portugal 06.11.1993
1) Prologue
2) Goat on Fire
3) Wolves from the Fog
4) Ancient Winter Goddess
5) Opus Diabolicum
6) Imperium Lusitanum
7) Tenebrarum Oratorium II / Drum solo
8) Tenebrarum Oratorium I
9) Serpent Angel
10) Hymn to Lucifer / Grand Final

Depositfiles

What a surprise, I'm posting another Moonspell live bootleg! Well this one is different being a show from 1993 which means it features all the demo songs (including "Serpent Angel" from their Morbid God-days) and early versions of tracks that appear on their MCD "Under the Moonspell" released in 1994. The versions played here naturally differ from the MCD versions and "Tenebrarum Oratorium"(-s) lyrics appear to have been expanded/re-written. Fernando's vocals are naturally not quite as refined as later. There are also several screw ups every now and then but the enthusiasm and energy makes up for a few mistakes, agree? The sound is actually good, much better than I remembered. I received this dub from one of my tape traders long ago, my first Moonspell live recording actually. Ok, not much more to add, recommended download not only for Moonspell fans but also to anyone interested in old "southern" black metal.

Actually, I'd be pleased to receive confirmation of the venue, so if you know anything feel free to share.

EDIT: Received information on the venue from the person who videotaped the show back then, this was also the first Moonspell performance! Thanks for the infos! Venue info corrected on the current upload.

Barathrum - Rehearsal 01.10.1993

Barathrum - Rehearsal 1st October 1993
1) Soaring up from Hell
2) Sinister Autumn

Depositfiles

Barathrum should be a pretty familiar name to all readers by now. If not, then you haven't been reading this blog for long and/or haven't been listening to black metal for long enough. Not going to add much, this is a two song rehearsal tape dubbed to some people by Sova (including me) and then spread in the tape-trading circles. Pretty bad sound, very much leaning to one side but I decided against ripping it as mono (which might increase listenability - let me know if you want so). Early 90s Finnish cult black metal.

Enthrone - Black Winds demo 1992

Enthrone (nor) - Black Winds
1) The Forest (Intro)
2) Ave Sathanas
3) taoG dedooH ehT
4) Impurity
5) Summoning
6) Vampire
7) Black Winds
8) Under the Moon
9) Seed of Belial (Outro)

Reuploaded

This one is for comrade Barghest aka colehawlins - though I was planning to do this one "soon", honest. It's not my rip, received on a CDr from a trader and then ripped to mp3 by yours truly. I'm afraid the sound is a little murky (even if I upped the volume a little bit) but what can you expect from an early 1992 underground demo?

Plenty of tracks here but many are "just" intros - and oh yeah it's about time I mention Enthrone is pre-Carpathian Forest, huh? Well this stuff is quite raw and recalls their early influences, but on the other hand it is very much valid for friends of early CF material, since there's only months (I guess) between this and first Carpathian Forest demos. Old school black metal from Norge, what more can you want? Covers/logo/anything probably, but alas none were found so contact me if you happen to have 'em!

UPDATE: Reuploaded. There's also an old picture up there to decorate the post and yes, I know it's an old Carpathian Forest pic, not Enthrone but it's the same guys anyways.

Perkele - Summernight (Rough Mix 1995)

Perkele (fin) - Summernight advance rough mix track 1995
1) Summernight (Rough mix)

Mediafire

A quick & brief post now, while ripping some other stuff I received from master Honkonen back when most of the readers did not have a driver's licence/could not yet walk/whatever implication to writer's aging crisis you want to use, I stumbled upon this semi-forgotten advance track for Perkele's promo tape. Unusual for most advance stuff, this actually is different enough from the final product as it is a rough mix of the song. So without further ado, go and grab it.

Tales Of Ancient Lakes - Compilation Tape Volume 1 (1998)

 

Various Artists - Tales of Ancient Lakes compilation, volume 1 (1998)
1) Crypthowl - Of Seductress In Obsequal Attire
2) On Wings - My Page
3) Vigilia Mortum - Creature at the Threshold
4) Skyforger - Night of the Winter Solstice
5) Insania Trivium - My Jesus is Dead
6) Con Dolore - Test to Freedom
7) Heaven Grey - Shadows in Rain
8) Valhalla - Lost in the Forest
9) S.C.A.L.P. - Till the Clouds Fly
10) Grenouer - Wakening of the Lords
11) Nightsky Bequest - Enchanted Name
12) Poccolus - Kirsk, Medeine, Kirsk
13) Promontory - Unknown Person
14) Apraxia - Northern Wind & Black Sky
15) Maze Of Cako Torments - Niavi Gavs Cechls (Remix)
16) Postmortem - No Peace

Reuploaded - 2022

I wrote I'd do some compilations too so I guess it's about time I post one. I thought I'd start with this compilation tape from 1998 released by Ancient Lakes Productions of Belarus, containing almost 90 minutes of death, doom, black and folky metal from the former Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance-countries. Mostly good sound and content ranges from the quite well-known and excellent to the never-heard and less than interesting. Overall it leaves a positive feeling and in many cases an urge to hear more. Speaking of which, I want more Maze Of Cako Torments so leave me a note if you have their demos. The compilation was ripped from my original copy which I got from who knows where, so it is a decent rip and scans of the covers are enclosed.

Dalmerot's Kingdom - Promo 1997

Dalmerot's Kingdom - Promo/Advance Tape 1997
1) The Fall Of The White Light
2) Invoke Thy Enchanted Dreams
3) Satisfaction In Belagror's Ancient Form

Reuploaded

Symphonic/melodic black metal from Israel, this advance tape from 1997 contains three songs which were supposed to be rough advance versions of tracks from the band's first promo "Tower Of The Black Rose" but they never completed and released that tape (as far as I know) choosing instead to record their debut album. These advance tracks were copied to people on normal tapes, so no covers available. This is an early generation dub so the sound is good.

I haven't been really listening to the more symphonic black metal bands for some time so I'm not feeling very well qualified to make comparisons. The first two songs are quite long at 8 and 7 minutes and both have many parts of varying tempos etc. while the third song is a little shorter at 5 minutes and mostly slower with many sorts of vocals employed, with shall we say varying degrees of success. Overall, this has more of that elusive Mediterranean quality than some other symphonic efforts made around the same time, maybe due the more restricted use of synth. Not bad really, give it a shot if this sort of material at all interests you. I'm still kind of tired after Hammer Open Air so you're not going to get much more out of me.