line-up :
Jake Evans - Guitar, Vocals
Mark Taylor - Guitar
Sheg Itome - Bass
Sean Verabioff - Drums (Jaww)
| 1. | Unquiet Infinity | 07:02 | |
| 2. | Forced To Fury | 06:22 | |
| 3. | Electric Saddle Toy | 03:59 | |
| 4. | Into Out | 06:28 | |
| Total playing time | 23:51 | ||
| 1. | Raabj�rn Speiler Draugheimens Skodde | 05:29 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Over Bleknede Bl�ner Til Dommedag | 04:40 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Hunnerkongens Sorgsvarte Ferd Over Steppene | 03:37 | [view lyrics] |
| 4. | Stien (Instrumental Version) | 02:16 | |
| 5. | For All Tid | 07:31 | [view lyrics] |
| 6. | Den Gjemte Sannhets Hersker | 04:36 | |
| 7. | Under Korpens Vinger | 05:01 | |
| Total playing time | 33:1 | ||
Line-up :
Andres Matos - Vocals, keyboards
Kiko Loureiro - Guitar
Rafael Bittencourt - Guitar
Luis Mariutti - Bass
Ricardo Confessori - Drums
Originally a Japan only release. Re-released by Limb Music for the rest of the
world in 2000, including the bonus track "Time" [demo version] (5:36).
| 1. | Evil Warning (1994 version) | 06:42 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Angels Cry (1994 version) | 06:51 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Carry On (1994 version) | 05:11 | [view lyrics] |
| 4. | Wuthering Heights (edit) | 03:33 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 22:17 | ||
Line Up :
Aldrahn - Vocals, Guitar
Vicotnik - Drums
Fenriz - Bass
| 1. | En Krig Å Seire | 04:58 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Starcave, Depths And Chained | 03:39 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Når Vi Har Dolket Guds Hjerte | 04:47 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 13:24 | ||
Lineup:
Nick Holmes - Vocals
Gregor Mackintosh - Guitar
Aaron Aedy - Guitar
Stephen Edmondson - Bass
Matt Archer - Drums
Review :
A year after and awesome Icon album was released, Paradise Lost released this little stop-gap EP for the fans. It contains two of the better songs from Icon "Embers Fire", and "True Belief", a new song, and a live version of the song "Your Hand In Mine" from the "Shades of God" album. Since two songs are already on Icon, there's really only two songs worth mentioning here. The new song "Sweetness" is a terrific song that shows Paradise Lost moving in a more gothic direction with more clean singing and keyboards. The live version of "Your Hand In Mine" is nice enough, although it's nothing you really need.
I would only recommend this EP for the Paradise Lost completists. The song Sweetness is definitely worth having and the artwork is terrific, but the rest of this EP is somewhat useless espcially if you already own the Icon album.
| 1. | Embers Fire | 04:44 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Sweetness | 05:34 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | True Belief | 04:29 | [view lyrics] |
| 4. | Your Hand In Mine (live) | 06:38 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 21:25 | ||
Line Up:
Aaron Aedy: Guitar
Matt Archer: Drums
Nick Holmes: Vocals
Gregor Mackintosh: Guitar
Lee Morris: Drums
Track 4 - Previously unreleased version
All music - G.Mackintosh
All lyrics - N. Holmes
| 1. | Gothic | 04:42 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Rotting Misery (Doom Dub) | 06:00 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Breeding Fear (Demolition Dub) | 04:47 | [view lyrics] |
| 4. | The Painless | 03:56 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 19:25 | ||
Line-up:
Grusom - Vocals, guitars and synth
Jardar - Guitars
Tjodalv - Drums and vocals
Brynjard Tristan - Bass
The demo which got them signed, and was later released as a split with Dimmu
Borgir.
Review :
But not great. It's certainly better than DB's part of the split (I bought this as part of a split) but it isn't the best I've heard. The production isn't bad in any way, but it's kinda overdriven and overwashed at parts. The distorted guitar comes in after the clean guitar does this intro of sorts, and then goes into typical DB/OMC faire, with keyboards lining the sides of the guitar lines. The guitar tone is similar to that of DB's For All Tid. The rest of the demo concludes with this same formula, with acoustic guitars beginning the second song. The band also seems to love the 6/8 formula, which I wish they would stop using so much, because it gets annoying after awhile, along with Galder's vocals, which aren't developed, it seems. Overall, this music is a lot calmer than most of DB's stuff, and is akin more to Stormblaast after several listens, but with a more produced and active guitarist, along with better production and a few other differences here and there.
| 1. | St. Aidens Fall | 05:48 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Seeds of the Ancient Gods | 06:37 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Manet Sorgfull Igjennom Skogen | 05:34 | [view lyrics] |
| 4. | The Old Man's Child | 03:56 | [view lyrics] |
| 5. | ...Og Jeg Iakttok Dødsrikets Inntog | 05:04 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 27:08 | ||
Line Up :
Raymond I. Rohonyi - Vocals
Liv Kristine Espenæs - Vocals
Pal Bjastad - Guitar
Tommy Lindal - Guitar
Eirik T. Saltrø - Bass
Lorentz Aspen - Keyboards
Hein Frode Hansen - Drums
| 1. | A Song by the Hearth?! | 04:52 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | A Hamlet for a Slothful Vassal | 04:13 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Dying – I Only Feel Apathy | 05:30 | [view lyrics] |
| 4. | Soliloquy | 02:45 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 17:20 | ||
Line-up:
Mantus Iberius Daemonium: Six string occult citar
Tanngrisnir Imperator Ignis: Six string celtic harp
Langsuyar Tenebrarum Rex: Dramatic, erudit vox and passioned metaphors
Neophytus Lupus Maris: Ethnic and tragic ambience keys
Nisroth de Occulta Fraternitatis: Traditional, classical and vile percussions
Tetragrammaton Tremendae Majestatis: Four string arabid 'ud
All music by Moonspell
All additional instruments' compositions created by Moonspell & performed by:
Bisel flute - Sara Carreiras
Violin - Nuno Flores
Lyric feminin vox - Antonieta Lopes
Sara Arega moans on "Opus Diabolicum".
Arabic vocals on intro by Abdul Sewtea.
Timpan & gong cedeed by Sociedade Filarmónica Comércio e Indústria da Amadora.
Recorded between December '93 e.v. & January '94 e.v. in Edit Studio
Produced by Quim Monte
Mixed by Jorge Adónis & Moonspell.
Photos by Jason Williams - Back Door Press.
Logo by Christophe Szpajdel.
In 2001 Adippocere Records has repressed this cd again with some slighty
differences in the booklet.
There's also a picture (by Painkiller Records) and a normal edition in 12''
vinyl.
Review :
Although "Under the Moonspell" is not Moonspells first album it might easily be the earliest album available to the non-kvlt kids. Here we have a nice piece of Folk Metal. That's right I didn't use the term folk/black metal, because suffice to say there is none if even nairy a trace of black metal on this album.
Well no wait the lyrics are very pagan black metalish with the ideals of pagan gods, destroying the Christian God, and one of Moonspell's favorate topics...sex. Yep this could be in fact Moonspell's either most romantic or perviest album depending on your point of view.
The album opens up with what sounds like the mournful chant of some guy as a mideastern type tune plays in the background. Soon the drumming becomes faster but still maintains it's mideastern influence. This is a good intro by Moonspell, and they must have loved it too alot. If you listen to the intro song on "Sin/Pecado" you can in fact here this intro laced in with that intro.
The intro leads to the second song which is a quick paced folk metal song. Again I won't call it black metal because the music is too slow, there are no blast beats, and the guitar work is not based entirely around either speed metal or thrash metal which is normally what black metal uses for most of its riffs. The song opens up with a nice little shout and blast of music and the sound of demented laughter. The guitar riffs on this song and the other songs given are intricut little gems that make use of the scales in a plethora of differant effects. There are a few instances of simple thrash riffing but it usually never lasts too long. The bass follows within the same value as the guitar, meanings it's just as good as it. The drumming never goes off into the wanking world of blasterbation, and instead the drummer has made quite some interesting drumming patterns suitable for the likes of folk metal. The vocals are also more harsh than on other records although not as raspy as most black metal vocalists.
Now what makes each of the songs unique is the other instruments used. On the fourth song which is a tad bit slower you can hear the distinct use of a violin. For all of you pervs out there you can also here a woman having an orgasm, so that should make alot of you happy. Don't worry it's not some scream fest like in a certain CoF song.
Jumping back to the third song it's "almost" the same as the second song guitar, bass, and drumming wise. To make things a bit differant they did change up the riffs quite abit though. This song is also a bit slower than the second song although not as slow as the fourth song. There is also a nigh bit of chanting going on here as the vocalist sings mostly about sex, pagan sex, words of pagan sexual nature that normally translate to tits, cunt, dick, and boobies, and the idea of lust.
| 1. | Allah Akbar! La Allah Ella Allah! (Praeludium / Incantatum Solstitium) | 01:51 | |
| 2. | Tenebrarum Oratorium (Andamento I / Erudit Compendyum - Interludium / Incantatum Oequinoctium) | 07:25 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Tenebrarum Oratorium (Andamento II / Erotic Compendyum) | 06:02 | [view lyrics] |
| 4. | Opus Diabolicum (Andamento III / Instrumental Compendyum) | 04:22 | [view lyrics] |
| 5. | Chorai Lusitânia! (Epilogus / Incantatam Maresia) | 01:46 | |
| Total playing time | 21:26 | ||
Line-up:
Satan - Source of inspiration
Langsugar T.R. - Vocals
Mantus H.G.D. - Lead guitars
Malah L.L. - Rhythm guitar
Tetragrammaton T.M. - Bass
Nisroch O.F. - Drums
| Released by Molon Lave records from Greece, this 7'' Ep had two versions, one in black vinyl and one in red vinyl. |
| 1. | Goat on Fire | 06:33 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Wolves from the Fog | 06:04 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 12:37 | ||
Line-up:
Alexi Laiho - Vocals & Guitar
Samuli Miettinen - Bass
Jaska Raatikainen - Drums
-Recorded at Munkkiniemen demostudio with a 24 track recorder, 20th & 21st of
August 1994
-Music written by Alexi Laiho, lyrics by Samuli Miettinen.
-The outro "Tss, Aah !!!" is more or less a joke. The guitar melody of it is
from an advertisement of some light beer which was shown in Finnish TV in 1994.
"Tss" describes the sound of opening the beer bottle and "Aah" stands for
pleasure of the drinker. On Children of Bodom's cover of 'Hellion' (W.A.S.P.) an
intro appears that sounds very similar to this outro.
| 1. | Chaos | 04:29 | |
| 2. | Shards of Truth | 06:31 | |
| 3. | Implosion of Heaven | 03:55 | |
| 4. | Tss, Ahh!!! | 00:40 | |
| Total playing time | 15:28 | ||
line-up :
Flap - Guitars (The Avatar)
Azagdaimon aka Zynux (David Hollands) - Drums (Solemn Vitus, Aetherium)
Stijn - Bass
Izarothas - Keyboards (The Avatar, For Greater Good, Guardian Heliotrope)
Occulta (Jerden van Grop) - Vocals, Guitars (The Avatar, Grinning Ghoul)
Klaartje - Female vocals
Recorded on Halloween's Eve 1994
| 1. | A Lost City | 05:47 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | The Curse of Nosferatu | 03:49 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Queen of Death | 02:15 | [view lyrics] |
| 4. | The Vampire's Sleep | 03:16 | [view lyrics] |
| 5. | Emperors of the Night | 06:33 | [view lyrics] |
| 6. | Night Of Demonic Worship | 04:53 | [view lyrics] |
| 7. | Hymn to the Ancient Ones | 05:20 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 31:53 | ||
Line Up :
Karl Sanders - Vocals/Guitar
Chief Spires - Bass
Pete Hammoura - Drums
Cassette demo.
Much different than their later material, vocalist Chief Spires on this album
uses clean thrash metal vocals.
| 1. | Le Chant du Cygne | 04:38 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Worship the Animal | 05:22 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Nepenthe | 07:39 | [view lyrics] |
| 4. | Surrounded by Fright | 07:58 | [view lyrics] |
| 5. | Mecca | 08:51 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 36:00 | ||
Line-up:
Vocals - Rod Tyler
Guitar - Michael Romeo
Bass - Thomas Miller
Drums - Jason Rullo
Keyboards - Michael Pinnella
Symphony X hail from New Jersey, USA and were founded there in April 1994. Guitarist Michael Romeo had already been receiving a lot of praise and attention for his self produced solo-tape "The Dark Chapter", which eventually led to the birth of Symphony X. Joining Michael at first was bass player Thomas Miller, who had played with Michael on numerous occasions in the past. Soon after that, vocalist Rod Tyler and drummer Jason Rullo were recruited and finally with the arrival of Michael Pinnella
| 1. | Taunting the Notorious | 03:42 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Rapture or Pain | 06:14 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Danse Macabre | 05:38 | |
| 4. | Guitar Solo | 04:04 | |
| 5. | Guitar Solo II | 03:39 | |
| Total playing time | 23:17 | ||
Line Up :
Vocals : Christiano Adacher
Guitars : Luca Turilli
Bass : Andrea Furlan
Drums : Daniele Carbonera
Keyboards : Alex Staropoli
"Invernal Fury" will change to "Rage of the Winter"
"Alive and Proud" will change in "Lord of the Thunder"
"Holy wind" will change in "Riding the Winds of Eternity"
"Tears At Nightfall" will not appear in any future album.
| 1. | Invernal Fury | 04:38 | [view lyrics] |
| 2. | Warrior of Ice | 04:10 | [view lyrics] |
| 3. | Tears At Nightfall | 01:14 | |
| 4. | Alive And Proud | 06:02 | [view lyrics] |
| 5. | Land of Immortals | 05:45 | [view lyrics] |
| 6. | Holy Wind | 03:41 | [view lyrics] |
| 7. | Eternal Glory | 09:35 | [view lyrics] |
| Total playing time | 36:00 | ||
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