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Temisto
February 21, 2016 (no.4 in February)
Ninja
Atrocious Abnormality
Omnium Gatherum Deformatory
Primitiv
Panndora
HellArise
Abyssic
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M-H (WA state) (free)
Crypter (free)
Revenant Vrykolakos (free)
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Temisto
Temisto
label: Pulverised
release: 26 February 2016
I have noticed that some people call Temisto
(Sweden) death metal and others are hesitant
to do so, and some others seem to hear more
of a black metal vibe. Temisto, formerly
Chapel, is Leo Ekström Sollenmo and
Sebastian Lindbom Gunnari, who recognize
no boundaries for extreme metal between
death metal, black metal, black thrash, war
metal, old school death metal, and traditional
death metal. Temisto is not too far from the
general spirit of old Watain and Nifelheim. In
some ways, Temisto sounds like today’s
incarnation of the bestial metal of the first EP
by Sodom and Destruction, the first EP and
album by Sepultura, the first album by
Sarcófago, so on and so forth. The vocals are
far from the normal growling found in the
dominant subgenres of death metal. Instead,
the vocals are more maniacal, throat-ripping
black metal crazed screams. It’s all feeling:
possessed by lunatic growling and screaming,
and it sounds awesome.
The fast guitar and drumming are another
attractive aspect of the recording. The riffing
runs through the black thrash, deaththrash
and black metal repertoire of signature
moves, and fast soloing. The drumming is
barbaric and convincing. Temisto prefers for
the recording to sound like underground
metal, not too melodic and clean. However,
do not mistake this barbaric metal for lack of
skill. There is melody all over the place, but it’s
done in the way appropriate for the genre.
Also, there most definitely are riffs in
abundance. This is not one of those “groove”
albums that is all loud volume and chugging.
Furthermore, unlike some bands in this genre,
Temisto works at making the songs different
from each other. There are even some
passages or interludes of atmosphere that you
will find surprising. By doing that the band
shows that they are not afraid of adding
moods and emotions to the album, and it
makes them sound confident and strong.
Logically, I have no idea what’s gotten into
the heads of Temisto, who they are musically
or even where they come from in terms of
music. Be that as it may, but on this recording
they have put together an album that has
interested me in several ways, as I have been
trying to explain above. I have not been
listening to this album just for a review. I hear a
whole bunch of big and small details that are
worth looking into, if you want an extreme
metal band that is beyond the novelty of
playing fast (which they do) for the sake of
speed, noise and brutality. It sounds to me like
there’s an effort to have creativity and
extremity on guitar. Naturally, the vocals are
more than just some guy growling away on
the mic, it’s not another complacent “brutal
death metal” band.
Temisto, as you can imagine, works with a
rather raw production on purpose. On this
particular matter is where the band will
encounter some objections in some quarters,
especially from those that demand a super
clean production or from those that require
the sounds of a bigger budget. Now, Temisto
is
no
amateur-sounding
or
youthful
inexperience like the Death or Hellhammer
demos, but it’s still a chaotic sound overall, still
dirty, still nasty. Some want the necro, some
want the clinically perfect sounds. There’s no
way to please everyone.
By the way, those in the know might find it
agreeable to learn that this album was
produced by ex-Morbus Chron frontman
Robert Andersson with Elias Scharmer (exAbduction, ex-Mutilate), and mastered at
Necromorbus Studio by Tore Stjerna (Watain,
Desultory, Repugnant, etc). Apparently, a
precursor of Temisto was called Whore, which
ended around 2011 or so. Temisto had a
demo in 2013 and now this is the debut and it
was recorded in 2015.
At any rate, one thing is beyond dispute,
Temisto is obscurantist extreme metal that
leans heavily towards the bestial/barbaric
variety. They have a bit of experience and
have been around the block a time or two. All
in all, the recording offers the listener the
knowledge of that experience for an album
that brings imagination to the execution of
primal metal. This album is a keeper.
www.pulverised.bandcamp.com/album/temi
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www.pulverised.net
www.facebook.com/pulverisedrecords/
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NEWS:
Ninja
Into the Fire
label: Pure Steel Records
release: 18th March 2016
Traditional
heavy
metal
band
Ninja
(Germany) started out in the 80s and the
background actually reaches back into the
early 80s. The band also saw activity in the 90s.
After some stops and starts, in 2014 Ninja
finally returned for good to bring the classicstyle metal that they did back in the day. You
may not have heard of the band, but if
traditional heavy metal is in your veins, then
you will use this injection from Ninja! Check
out what Taste of Khaos says about Ninja:
"A soul resides in this music that is grand and
powerful, loving these vocals that expand
over the tracks giving it all life. Those riffs just
hammer away and mean to destroy! It's as if a
completely different band just stepped
behind the mic, they go from pure and
passionate, to a distorted power that can NOT
be questioned. Uncanny versatility and talent
in this lineup."
hometowns of the Musicians of NINJA.
NINJA had been founded in 1986 by
Holger vom Scheidt (voc),
Ulrich Siefen (guitar),
Martin Reinert (guitar),
Jörg Lennartz (bass)
Christoph Segreff (drums).
OFFICIAL INFORMATION:
Since 1997 nobody has heard from NINJA. In
2014 the band had a comeback with a new
studio album, but this album was only
available on a self-made CD-Rom. The same
procedure the band had chosen for their
second and third albums. This is probably the
reason why they stayed in the underground.
Apart from the new album, NINJA's other
three albums will be released in a high-quality
CD edition by Pure Steel/Karthago Records.
NINJA represent traditional German Heavy
Metal with good songwriting. Their sound
sometimes reminds you of WASP with a pinch
of ACCEPT and AC/DC, all done very cleverly.
Those bands would certainly like to have
songs of a quality like "Thunder", "Vagabond
Heart" oder "Blood of my blood" in their
program. NINJA are definitely the German
rediscovery of 2016!
HISTORY:
Wuppertal / Solingen are famous for the sharp
Knives all over the world, but they are also the
Cradle and the Center of German Metal,
where famous international acts like ACCEPT
started their career. They are also the
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Each of these musicians had already a
creative backhistory. Ulrich Siefen (git) had a
band with the Ex-members of ACCEPT Jörg
Fischer (git) and Frank Friedrich (drums)
called BLACK JACK back in 1982. Holger vom
Scheidt had been the Shouter of DANTON
and MORDOR in the early 80´s. They played a
lot of gigs all over Germany and established
also the first Record Deal with DS Recording.
In 1988 the first Album INVINCIBLE was
released. This Creation received positive
CRITICS by
METALHAMMER and positive
reactions from the Fanbase. Götz Kühnemund
called Ninja the melodic ACCEPT(1989).
Intensive Live Touring followed but at end of
1989 Christoph Segreff and Ulrich Siefen had
been called to, leave the band, because of
personal differences. Christoph Segreff was
not a lucky man at all, after an car accident
and after a long time choma he finally was
relieved in 2009. RIP Christoph,one day we will
meet again!
1992 the remaining members released a self
produced album called LIBERTY but this was
also not a constant line up. In 1993 after NINJA
was dissembled Holger vom Scheidt was the
shouter of Ulrich Siefens new Line up US
FORCE. They start touring. In 1997 Holger vom
Scheidt and Ulrich Siefen bring NINJA back to
life again and recorded Valley of Wolves, an
album with good Song Material but 1997 was
not the time anymore for classic Metal and
the Album was not released. Again NINJA was
in Hibernation. In 2004 Holger vom Scheidt
and Ulrich Siefen recorded a new HARD ROCK
Album under the new Name LIVING WRECK
but also this formation ends in 2005. In May
2014 Holger vom Scheidt and Ulrich Siefen
reunite again under the name NINJA with new
songs and a new Album and live Line UP to be
released End of 2014.
DISCOGRAPHY:
DemoDemo1987
Invincible Full-length 1988
Liberty
Full-length 1992
Valley of Wolves Full-length 1997
Into the Fire Full-length 2014
www.soundcloud.com/puresteelrecords/ninja
-thunder
www.facebook.com/NINJACLASSICGERMAN
METAL
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NEWS:
Atrocious Abnormality
Formed in Disgust
label: Comatose Music
release: 4 March 2016
The day of brutality is quickly approaching:
"death metal...plain and simple" is how the
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band describes itself, and they know what
they are talking about from years of
experience making socially unacceptable
disgusting music that metal sickos love. About
the new album Metal Music Archives says:
"The music on Formed in Disgust is technical
brutal death metal. Extremely well played stuff
with some prominent bass being a defining
feature. The vocals are mostly the deep and
indiscernible type common to this style of
death metal." In addition, The Metal Observer
adds: "Led by guitarist/vocalist Steve Green,
the main man behind brutal death metal
purveyors
Comatose
Music,
Atrocious
Abnormality also features drummer Brent
Williams and bassist James O’Neal, all of
whom who, to varying degrees, jam in death
metal acts Lust of Decay, Lecherous
Nocturne, and Cesspool of Vermin. The style
here is unabashedly brutal and technical,
racing greedily through riffs and sequences
while offering the listener only sporadic
moments of focal adjustment. The group’s
penchant for high-speed pummeling may
frustrate those seeking a few more footholds,
but fans of acts like Guttural Secrete, Necrotic
Disgorgement, Repulsive Dissection, or any
other of the subgenre’s leading lead-foots
should feel right at home dissecting the
record’s profusion of surgical riffery and
stunning percussion." Speaking about the new
album in an interview with Noise Reduction
the band reminds their supporters that: "... We
hope that people enjoy the new release
“Formed in Disgust”, it took us a very long time
to finally get it out there, but we feel it was
worth the wait, so we hope you all do too.
Also huge thanks to all who have supported
Atrocious Abnormality, including labels,
promoters, bands, reviewers, interviewers, and
especially fans and friends who have been
ever so patient with us concerning this new
album. We are eternally thankful."
Feb. 2006 by Brent Williams, former drummer
of such bands as Lust of Decay, Putrilage,
Chaosego and more, and Steve Green of Lust
of Decay and Comatose Music. After a month
or so James O'Neal from Apotheosys and now
Lecherous Nocturne was recruited for the bass
duties, which he handles quite well! After
about a year and a half of writing Atrocious
Abnormality entered Sound Lab Studios in
Columbia S.C. with engineer Bob Moore in
July 2007 to begin recording of the debut full
length album "Echoes of the Rotting".
www.facebook.com/AtrociousAbnormality
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OFFICIAL INFORMATION
North Carolina death metal machine
Atrocious Abnormality are poised to strike with
their highly anticipated second full length CD,
Formed in Disgust. A punishing follow up to
their 2007 debut release Echoes of the Rotting,
this new offering is a brutal combination of
throat ripping guttural vocals and bowel
shredding guitar riffs, together with an
onslaught of merciless drumming and a bass
bombardment of deadly precision. Ranging
from fast technical sections, to slower
haunting passages, to pit crushing slam and
groove breakdowns, this CD has something
for everyone and will satisfy the ravenous
hunger of the most discerning death metal
cannibals. In addition to this outbreak of
sickness, there are also some respectable
guest vocalist featured throughout the album
to maximize the blasphemous carnage.
Artwork for Formed in Disgust by Marco
Hasmann. Comatose Music will unleash
Formed in Disgust on March 4.
Atrocious Abnormality is a brutal death metal
band from Kings Mountain, N.C., formed in
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review by The Man of Much Metal
Artist: Omnium Gatherum
Album Title: The Grey Heavens
Label: Lifeforce Records
Date Of Release: 26 February 2016
Ah, Omnium Gatherum. A band that have
gone from being an ok melodic death metal
band to arguably my most favourite band
within the genre. These Finns really are a
special outfit and with ’Grey Heavens’ they
have once again proved how peerless they
are. That said, the sextet will say that they are
fundamentally different from the rest of the
genre and, to a greater or lesser extent, they
would be right to say this. The band refer to
themselves as ’adult-oriented death metal’
thanks to the blend of extreme metal and
AOR-inspired melodies. Of course, the whole
idea with melodeath is to fuse catchy
melodies and hooks with extreme metal but
there is something fundamentally different
about Omnium Gatherum. It is almost
intangible but it is like their style of songwriting
is just that little bit more sophisticated and
honed than the vast majority of their peers.
lighter and ever so slightly softer around the
edges. Personally though, it is difficult to pick a
favourite between the two because both are
magnificent.
I remember the moment that I fell in love with
Omnium Gatherum like it was yesterday. I was
taking the dog out for a walk and was on
about the fifth spin of previous album
’Beyond’. Something just clicked, like a
moment of enlightened euphoria and from
then on, I have been thoroughly smitten.
’Beyond’ ended 2013 as my second favourite
album of the entire year. My love of ’Grey
Heavens’ blossomed in almost identical
fashion; out with the dog again but, rather
than one song bowling me over, it was more
the vibe of the whole record, the sounds, the
mood, the atmosphere. The smile spread and
once again, I have found myself well and truly
hooked.
Omnium Gatherum 2016 is untouched from
the previous record and is therefore
comprised of vocalist Jukka Pelkonen,
guitarists Markus Vanhala (Insomnium) and
Joonus ’Jope’ Koto (To/Die/For), keyboardist
Aapo Koivisto, bassist Erkki Silvennoinen and
drummer Jarmo Pikka. And, based on the
output of ’Grey Heavens’, this continuity has
paid massive dividends.
The blueprint for ’Grey Heavens’ is very similar
to its predecessors but if anything, it is a little
harsher, a little heavier and a little bit darker. It
may be a trick being played on my ears but
’Beyond’ just felt a touch more positive, a little
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Instead
of
an
anthemic
introductory
instrumental,
’Grey
Heavens’
wastes
absolutely no time in blasting away any
lingering cobwebs for the listener. ’The Pit’ is a
blood and thunder opener that takes no
prisoners thanks to its fast pace, double-pedal
drumming and gruff vocals from the outset.
Before long though, those unmistakeable
synths enter the fray, bringing with them a
groovy riff and really nice intricate lead guitar
embellishments. And then, at the half-way
mark, the track slows to allow a soulful lead
guitar solo and some superb clean vocals,
almost choral in nature rather than a single
voice. The pace quickly increases again and
the song races to a conclusion. An exquisite
opener.
In contrast, ’Skyline’ is a groove-monster,
reminiscent of early In Flames in terms of the
guitar riff and the cheekiness with which the
composition is imbued. I defy anyone who
likes quality metal not to listen to this track
without a big grin on their face; it’s that kind
of song.
’Frontiers’ opens with a big atmospheric
keyboard intro before a chugging stop-start
riff joins the fray. The keys are instrumental in
creating the central melodies on this track
and, coupled with a emotive lead guitar line,
create an infectious and subtly beautiful
chorus. At the half way point, everything
quietens to allow the keyboards to take
centre stage alongside some hushed clean
vocals again, before the song is ushered out
via a cracking but all-too-short lead guitar
solo.
What
I
particularly
love
about
Omnium
Gatherum is the way in which they don’t ever
overdo the clean vocals. They do have a soft
and gentle side and they do inject plenty of
warm and memorable AOR melodies into
their music. However, they never seem to lose
sight of the fact that they are also an extreme
metal band. As such the wonderfully gravelly
and low bass rumble of Pelkonen is almost
ever-present, with those subtle clean vocals
only added sparingly when absolutely
necessary. This also means that there’s no
danger of Omnium Gatherum descending
into that dreaded emo or metalcore territory.
As with the last few albums, the Finns include
a longer, epic track into proceedings. This
time, it is present in the form of the delectable
’Majesty And Silence’. One of the most striking
aspects of this track is the inclusion of acoustic
guitars to such an extent. This is a more
atmospheric and sprawling number that
features some achingly beautiful melodies as
well as something approaching a progressive
metal structure as it shifts from one idea to
another, flitting from light to shade, heavy to
soft and melodic to harsh seemingly at will.
The vocals even veer into more black metal
territory at one point. As the title suggests, this
is a majestic track, one of the album
highlights, of which there are many.
Elsewhere, I love the bright and breezy feel of
’Foundation’ and the almost power metal
leanings of ’The Great Liberation’ that also
has a faint Children Of Bodom hint to it as well
as an absolutely killer last ten seconds.
’Ophidian Sunrise’ reintroduces the acoustic
guitar alongside some of the best melodic
moments on the album, the instrumental
piece ’These Grey Heavens’ is nothing short of
sublime in terms of the bittersweet
atmosphere it creates and closer ’Storm Front’
concludes the album as it began; fast, furious,
heavy and powerful.
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There’s really not much more to say about this
record. It is exactly the kind of album that I
hoped for from this talented group of
musicians, a band that continue to grow and
go from strength to strength. With ’Grey
Heavens’, Omnium Gatherum have just
increased their stock further and, for me at
least, stand at the very summit of the melodic
death metal genre.
The Score Of Much Metal: 9.5
Read more writings by The Man of Much
Metal:
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www.twitter.com/ManOfMuchMetal
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NEWS:
Deformatory
Malediction
label: CDN Records
release: 5 February 2016
The all-consuming, all-loving loyalists of
brutalfat technical death metal now have a
Canadian squad to devour. Check out what
The True Bringer of Death Zine has said about
these Canadian deviants: "Throughout the
album you can hear a great mixture of
slow, mid paced and fast parts and the
riffs also add melodies into some parts of
the songs and the solos and leads also
bring in more of a technical style of
death metal while also being very melodic
at the same time and some songs also
bring in a small amount of spoken word
samples and the whole album also
remains very heavy and brutal from
beginning to ending of the recording."
Meanwhile, for its part, Toilet Ov Hell has
observed: "Deformatory may not be unique in
the world of death metal, but they are a rare
gem indeed. Their blend of crushing brutality
and technical aptitude is a force to be
reckoned with, and I look forward to the
continuing saga of Saväel. Malediction should
not be missed by fans of any realm of death
metal, technical or otherwise. Check them
out at the Bandcamp link above and on
Facebook, and tell them the Toilet says hi."
OFFICIAL INFORMATION
Canada, having spawned extreme metal
luminaries such as GORGUTS, CRYPTOPSY,
BENEATH THE MASSACRE, BEYOND CREATION,
and ARCHSPIRE, is once again poised to put
brutal technical death metal on the world
stage... with emphasis on 'brutal'! Enter
Ottawa's DEFORMATORY, who have set out to
create a relentlessly extreme and unique
sound with their sophomore effort, entitled
Malediction. This latest slab of inhuman
resonance fuses together classic death metal
influences
(Cryptopsy,
Morbid
Angel,
Suffocation, etc.) and the band's love for
modern tech death. Malediction is the first
installment in a series of concept albums
revolving around Saväel, the creator of
Darkness, and the original source of pure evil.
In Malediction, the story follows the discovery
of the sacred incantation text, his reawakening, and the subsequent obliteration
of the Light, the Heavens, and all remnants of
humanity. This is an album that will appeal to
the nostalgia of old school death metal,
delivered with a modern, dark and technical
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ferocity.
Forming
in
2010,
DEFORMATORY
independently released their full length debut,
In The Wake of Pestilence, in December of
2013. This pummeling 9-track debut has been
exceptionally
well-received
by
fans
worldwide, and has been cited as being an
“outstanding and monstrous debut album.
Essential.” (Frank Rini – AllAboutTheRock, ex:
Internal Bleeding), and “flawless in every way”
(TheBloodShed). Having shared the stage with
bands like Cryptopsy, Napalm Death,
Obscura, Beyond Creation, Gorod, Archspire
and Fuck The Facts, DEFORMATORY are more
than comfortable delivering their crushing
brand of extreme metal to live, screaming,
and sweaty audiences.
www.deformatory.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/Deformatory
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NEWS:
Primitiv
Immortal & Vile
label:
Transcending
Distribution
release: 1 February 2016
Obscurity
The band says that they are not old school
death metal, they are primitive death metal.
How primitive do they get? Well, below you
can listen to the music on Bandcamp and
judge for yourself. Just be aware that it is for
the death metal diehards totally.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION
Featuring members of Albatross and Killibrium,
Primitiv unearth a form of music that can only
be called primitive. One of the most active
bands in the live circuit around the country,
Primitiv lay waste to poseurs peddling in
anything less than catastrophically heavy like
they do.
gigged across India and has garnered a loyal
fanbase in a small amount of time. The current
lineup includes Nitin Rajan (Sledge, Morticide),
Kiron Kumar (Hellwind, Colossus) and Pushkar
Joshi (Blood Meridian), in addition to
Dasgupta and Bhattacharyya.
Sound
The sound of the band is a vile blend of
heavy, doom and death metal. A blend the
band likes to call- 'Stone Age Metal'.
It is an amalgamation of the varied collective
influences of all the members.
Sounding humongous, the music plods
powerfully, each step creating shock waves,
as the legendary vocalist of the Indian metal
scene, Nitin Rajan, growls like a thundering
beast. Reverberations of his voice tear
through the heart of those residing in his
earthly kingdom. Primitiv's debut is about the
creation of mankind, amidst dominating
creatures, and its ponderous progression
towards damnation. The music is as morbid,
crude and old school as it can get, and at the
same time, it marks a cyclic evolution for the
genre as a whole, as it retraces the roots of
the genre and sets out afresh to carve a path
that's only half as familiar - a second life given
to the genre of death metal, set in the primal
proto-death/doom
period,
but
finding
relevance today in the soulless mechanical
era. This is where pure brute force meets
suspenseful exploration, and gives new hope
for the future of the style.
History
Primitiv was conceived when Riju Dasgupta
and
Rajarshi
Bhattacharyya
(formerly
bandmates in Albatross and Workshop)
wanted to start a new project together; which
was so extremely old school that it was
'primitive'. What started out as a joke has
today become an explosive live act, that has
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Theme
Each song is a story in itself, telling the tale of
a post-apocalyptic world populated by
monsters, machines and magic. And man's
place in such a realm.
Gigs
Primitiv is one of the busiest bands in the
Indian Live circuit, having played 20 gigs in 8
different cities, including prestigious gigs like
Bangalore Open Air Series, Entombed Metal
Fest, Domination: The Deathfest and venues
like Blue Frog, Vapour and Hard Rock Cafe.
Releases
Debut full length "Immortal and Vile" out on
Transcending Obscurity, Jan 2016.
The band has released two singles- 'Taurus'
and 'Lords of Primitiv' as a teaser, for the
material to follow. Both have become cult
underground hits. These singles have been
complemented by a collection of live videos
on youtube, both official and bootleg.
www.transcendingobscurityindia.bandcamp.
com/album/immortal-and-vile-death-metal
www.facebook.com/Primitivband/
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NEWS:
Assorted Heap
The Experience of Horror
label: Vic Records
release: 22 February 2016
This is a reissue for all the maniacs that love to
find the cult bands. This is death/thrash from
Germany.
OFFICIAL INFORMATION
Assorted Heap was a cult death / thrash
Metal band from Aurich, a town in Lower
Saxony, Germany. Their debut demo, "Killing
Peace", was recorded in early 1988 and
received very good reviews from many
underground magazines. In 1991, the band
signed a deal with new extreme metal label
1MF records (Torchure, Blood) and recorded
their debut album in the Dust Music Studio.
The album "The Experience Of Horror" was
originally supposed to be just an EP / mini
album. The original LP had six tracks, the CD
three additional bonus tracks (‘Terrorized
Brains’, ‘Grave New World’ and ‘Frisia Non
Cantat’). This re-issue features all nine original
1991 recordings plus the demo 1988 as bonus,
including two never before released tracks
from these same recording sessions. All songs
are remastered by Assorted Heap guitars
player Klaus Kessemeier. Special guest is S.L.
Coe (ex Scanner, ex Angel Dust), backing
vocals on ‘Unexpiated Bloodshed’.
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Assorted Heap was a cult Death/Thrash Metal
band from Aurich, town in Lower Saxony. The
band was born from the ashes of T.G.T, band
in which the drummer Thomas Marter and the
guitarist Gunter Groen militated. In fact,
decided to play harder and faster music, they
left the band and immediately started looking
for other members for their project. They
found the singer Dirk Schiemann and the
bassist Joachim “Lord” Meyer, who played in
the Death Metal band Slaughter. The band
started practicing in September 1987 and
shortly afterwards developed its own style,
based on powerful, fast rhythms and rough,
extreme vocals. Made the first recordings, the
group members agreed to add a second
guitarist to the line-up, in order to make the
sound more varied and powerful. So, during a
party, they met the guitarist Klaus Kessemeier,
who already played in a metal band from
Aurich: the line-up was now complete. The first
live appearances of Assorted Heap were
together with bands like Tankard and
Protector. The first demo of the band, "Killing
Peace", was produced in a small closet
(which was the band's rehearsal room) in
early 1988 and received very good reviews
from many underground magazines (Black
Thorn, Morbid Mag, Aardschok, Metal
Hammer ... NL). With this demo, which sold
about 400 copies, Assorted Heap earned the
first fans in the local metal scene and
proposed as one of the most brutal Thrash
bands in Europe.
In 1990, following the success of the previous
demo, the band decided to record another
rehearsal with songs in a live version. In 1991,
the band recorded in the DUST MUSIC Studio
the debut album, "The Experience Of Horror"
(which originally was supposed to be just an
EP). The album, produced by SL Coe (Angel
Dust, Scanner, Disharmonic Orchestra) and
distributed by "1 more flop records", was
violent, technical, based on fast drums,
aggressive and wild vocals , fast and sharp
guitar solos.
Assorted Heap didn’t cover topics like Horror
and Fantasy: for them the horror of real life
was enough, in fact they dealed with themes
like drugs, crime and rapes (as evident in the
beautiful title-track). The album met a good
underground success and allowed the band
to be recognized as one of the most brutal of
Europe in the Thrash scene. Alive, the band
played in Denmark, France and in the
Netherlands, supporting famous bands like
Atrocity or Pestilence and left for the tour with
Paradise Lost. In 1992, the band churned out
probably its real masterpiece, "Mindwaves",
more varied and technical but less violent
and fast than the debut. In any case,
"Mindwaves" sold fewer copies than "The
Experience Of Horror". In the same year the
band played the “Swing of the axe”-tour
together with the swedish Edge Of Sanity. But,
probably due to problems with the label, the
band suddenly broke up in 1992, surprising the
loyal fan base that supported them. From the
ashes of Assorted Heap BK49 was born, which
was short-lived and disbanded in 2003 after
two albums that didn’t reach the quality
peaks of outstanding albums as "Mindwaves"
and "The Experience Of Horror".
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www.vicrecords.com/shop/index.php?id_pro
duct=71&controller=product
www.facebook.com/Assorted-Heap-OfficialFansite-128505543882672/
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Panndora
Panndora
represents
the
defense
of
traditional heavy metal with real riffs, talent
and songs to remember and to rock out. Of
course, in this genre, a band may have great
melodies and fantastic tunes, but if the band
does not have the singer to carry the tunes,
then that's a deal breaker. Panndora is up to
the challenge! You don't have to go far and
wide to find out for yourself, either. At the
Soundcloud link below you can get a great
idea about the essence of this Brazilian metal
squad. The only requirement for you: heavy
metal or go away.
official information:
Panndora created in 2000 by a group of girls
which used to go the shows of the Metal
scene in Maringá – PR, Brazil with the purpose
of playing only Heavy Metal. The line up of the
band is: Adrismith (drums), Luana Bomb
(guitar), Taise Bijora (bass), Renata Paschoa
(vocals. Panndora is influenced for some
bands like: Black Sabbath (Dio and Ozzy), Kiss,
AC/DC, Twisted Sister, Wasp, Grave Digger,
Quiet Riot, Judas Priest, Running Wild,
Manowar, Vixen, Warlock, Acid, and more. In
its own musics the band follows the
heavy/traditional power metal line. The first
CD demo was "Choose your Side", released in
october 2003. This CD demo had more than a
thousand copies all over Brazil and abroad. In
2007 is released “Panndora” EP! In 2011 is
released “Heretic’s Box” – the first full lenght!
This album received a lot of good comments!
In 2012 Panndora released “Behind the
Crime” EP! It’s pure Heavy Metal! In 2013
Panndora released "Cold Eyes" video clip. The
essence of PANNDORA abridges in this
following phrase: "Everything is the result of
what we hear, like and support, without losing
the essence of the Metal roots"
discography:
2003, Choose your side,EP
2007, Panndora, EP
2010, Panndora Heretic’s Box promo EP
2011, Heretic’s Box, Wind of Fate Records
2012, Behind the Crime, EP, Wind of Fate
Records
2014, Cold Eyes 7', Supreme Music Creations
Records
www.soundcloud.com/panndora
www.facebook.com/panndoraband?fref=ts
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NEWS:
Abyssic
A Winter's Tale
Osmose Productions
Release: 26 February 2016
This band seems to have the objective of
making a masterpiece of death doom. Just
take a look at the songs. It's ambitious, to say
the least. The total death doom followers will
have plenty with this album. Bring your high
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expectations ready for this one if you are
doom.
1.A Funeral Elegy 12:37
2.A Winter's Tale 28:1
3.Sombre Dreams 15:23
4.The Silent Shrine 22:57
OFFICIAL INFORMATION
In 1997 Memnock (Susperia a.o) founded
Abyssic Dreams and recorded a two songdemo together with drummer Athera (now
vocalist in Susperia and Chrome Division). Not
much happened after that as they focused
on Susperia – a band they started together
with Tjodalv (Dimmu Borgir) and guitarist
Elvorn. Abyssic Dreams went into hibernation
and in 2012 Memnock wanted to give life to
his old project again after coincidentally
meeting Andre Aaslie who just had finished
the debut album of the orchestral extreme
metal band Growth. He told Memnock that
he worked on a doom metal project and they
decided to exchange ideas for a possible
cooperation. This was the beginning of a
unique collaboration between the two, and
within one and a half year they had material
enough to start the recording of the album.
Memnock’s band mate in Susperia, Elvorn,
was engaged as guitarist, and soon after
Asgeir Mickelson (Borknagar, Ihsahn, Spiral
Architect a.o) came in to handle the drums.
The band changed name from Abyssic
Dreams to Abyssic and went into the
reputable Toproom Studio to record the
album during 2014. The mix & mastering found
place at the very same place the winter of
2015.
Abyssic is a unique symbiosis of atmospheric
approaches in funeral death/doom as well as
in the seventies progressive scene. The
signature
is
enhanced
by
cinematic
orchestrations in a seamless mosaic with
Mellotron and Minimoog. Abyssic is a result of
a unique collaboration between Memnock
(Susperia) and André Aaslie (Images At
Twilight, Gromth & Profane Burial). The debut
fullenght album will be released soon!
HellArise is a modern metal band that plays
thrashy groove metal with growled vocals
and singing, too. They are from Brazil and
several titles to their name. Hear the music on
Bandcamp at the link below. HellArise is for
metalheads into the modern aggro sounds of
groove/thrash.
music, that travels between Heavy, Thrash
and Death Metal. After a brief period and a
few gigs playing covers, they began to
compose their own songs and prepare to
record a demo CD, with their first songs. This
work was recorded between April and May,
2010, with Eduardo Murai, producer and
friend of some band's members. It includes
four songs: "Liar", "Human Disgrace", "Deadfall"
and "My Outrage", the last ones characterized
by the mixture of grunts and clean vocals, by
Morniëtári. Several changes later, in 2012 the
band had only Flávia Morniëtári on the vocals
and Mirella Max, assuming the drums and
guitars too. In the end of the year, they invited
Renato Canonico, from Ancesttral band, to
record and released the websingle "More
Mindless Violence". This single put the name
HellArise back on track in the especialized
media, receiving excellent reviews and being
pointed out as one of the promises for 2013,
by the renowned website Metal Samsara. In
the end of 2013, the band released their new
EP, "'Functional Disorder', having already
changed to mixed line-up and abandoning
the proposal of being a "girls' only" band
completely. The work was released on
October 31st and showed a musically more
mature and creative band, but even so, more
violent. A video for the single 'More Mindless
Violence' was released along with it. In 2014,
the EP was bought to a physical form by a
crowdfunding project, which was successfully
accomplished with the help of the fans. And
now, it's available on a deluxe digipack
edition. In 2015 the band releases the new
unreleased single 'Darkened Flames', in midJune and a new single, 'Shaded Land', on
December 8th.
official information:
HellArise is a metal band from São Paulo,
since 2009. Trying to get all the different
influences from each member in their songs,
the result is an aggressive and mixed kind of
www.hellarise.bandcamp.com/album/functio
nal-disorder
www.twitter.com/hellarise/
www.facebook.com/hellariseofficial
www.hellarise.com
Line-up of the band is now:
Elvorn (guitars),
Memnock (vocals, bass & contrabass),
Asgeir Mickelson (drums & guitars),
Andre Aaslie (keys, bass & vocals).
www.soundcloud.com/andr-aaslie/abyssicteaser-from-the-upcoming-debutalbum
www.facebook.com/AbyssicDreams
www.osmoseproductions.com/item/2/94903110402-1228-1-0/117873000/abyssic-a-winter-stale.html
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HellArise
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M-H
Brainmeat
release: August 22nd, 2015
label: independent
This is a free recording from the state of
Washington. Metal Archives just calls it
“melodic death/power metal,” but it’s
definitely not power metal. Bandcamp gives
the name of "Justin Quesenberry" and maybe
that is the person behind this entity. This
publication has only the Bandcamp link,
where you can hear and download the 29minute recording.
www.m-hmusic.bandcamp.com/releases
**
Crypter
Crypter is filthy thrash from Worcester,
Massachusetts, U.S. They say that they are
currently recording some new music, but not
much details are available yet. According to
Metal Archives, they started in 2009 and this is
their discography: "Out of the Crypt" (2009
demo);"Suffer the Hands of Filth" (2014 album);
"Cutthroats from Hell" (2014 live album). At
Bandcamp you will find ""Suffer the Hands of
Filth" available for free.
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The recording is a good, demo-quality
recording that indeed shows that this is dirty
thrash,
raw
music
built
upon
the
fundamentals: straightforward songs, quickimpact energy, riffs and energetic drumming
and angry vocals. The vocals are closer to
black metal, actually. You can call it old
school extreme metal or black thrash or filthy
metal or anything along those lines. For most
listeners into this style of music, this will sound
interesting, although now the question is
probably whether they can improve upon the
sound quality a bit. It sounds like real music
played by real people, and that's very
positive. It sounds real, and it's difficult not
appreciate the attitude of the band, really.
They have the songs, they have the right
perspective and they have their hearts in the
right place. All very positive, indeed. Maybe
the band will do more updates about the
current recording so that we can hear how
the new music is going. Friends into extreme
metal and independent bands, check this
band out and see what you think. This music
will keep you occupied until we hear the new
songs.
www.crypter1.bandcamp.com/releases
www.facebook.com/Crypter146776815336596/
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Revenant Vrykolakos
Revenant Vrykolakos has a 2016 free EP called
"Chthonic Metal" and it's more than 20
minutes of black metal from California, U.S.
The band began in 2012, according to the
Facebook page. The music is rather traditional
black metal, so that's good news. This is not
post-anything metal, it's metal, it's black metal
about the raw energy and the feeling of
black metal from start to finish. The declares:
"We are Revenant Vrykolakos. Foul creatures
of the Night, followers of the Darkness that
dwells in this world, above, below, and within
us. Our music is a continuously growing effort
to harness and manifest the chaos of
unrestricted creation and freedom. From the
Darkside of Greek Mythology our tales are
spun and weaved. We continue on this
journey seeking to capture the majestic
sounds of the Underworld, the Realm of Hades
and the Dead, life lost and rediscovered in
another form of existence. This is the forging of
Chthonic Metal! Listen and feel!" Therefore, if
today you are looking to hear some new
black metal, this is a free EP made for you.
www.revenant-vrykolakos.bandcamp.com
www.facebook.com/Revenant-Vrykolakos400887793320724/
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concert calendar
Seattle region concert calendar by Metal
Bulletin Zine (Washington state). If you know of
other metal concerts in the area, please get
in contact with Metal Bulletin Zine.
February 23 A Flourishing Scourge at Funhouse
- Seattle, WA
February 23 Cradle of Filth at The Showbox Seattle, WA
February
23
Gravespell,
Embryonic
Devourment at Funhouse, Seattle, WA
February 28 Transcribing The Necronomicon,
The Devils of Loudon, Anthropocene, Darkness
Stole the Sky, and Kommand at Highline Seattle, WA
March 3 Children Of Bodom at El Corazón
March
5
Cannibal
Corpse,
Obituary,
Cryptopsy, Abysmal Dawn at El Corazón Seattle, WA March 6 Helloween at The Showbox
March 7 Delain, Sonata Arctica, Nightwish at
Showbox SoDo
March 11 A Flourishing Scourge, Ghostblood
at Studio Seven - Seattle, WA
March 19 Queensryche at Snoqualmie Casino
Showroom - Snoqualmie, WA
March 19 Slayer, Testament, Carcass at
Paramount Theater - Seattle
March 24 Y & T, Zero Down at Studio Seven,
Seattle, WA
March 25 Lycus at Highline, Seattle, WA
March 26 Bell Witch at Highline, Seattle, WA
March 28 Satan, Skelator at Highline, Seattle,
WA
April 1 Decibel Magazinel Tour ABBATH, High
On Fire, Tribulation, Skeletonwitch at El
Corazón - Seattle, WA
April 11 Absu, Thantifaxath at Highline, Seattle,
WA
April 11 Iron Maiden at Tacoma Dome
April 14 Iron Kingdom, Skelator, Substratum at
The Kraken Bar and lounge - Seattle, WA
April 23 D.R.I. at El Corazón, Seattle WA
April 25 Sarcalogos at Substation, Seattle, WA
May 1 Napalm Death at The Showbox Seattle, WA
May 08 Primal Fear, Luca Turilli's Rhapsody at El
Corazón - Seattle, WA
May 17 Amon Amarth, Entombed AD,
Exmortus at Showbox Market - Seattle, WA
June 5 Iron Kingdom at Tony V's Garage in
Everett, WA
June 17 Perdition Temple, Sempiternal Dusk at
Highline, Seattle, WA
August 12, 13, 24 MIGRATION FESTIVAL at the
Capitol Theater in downtown Olympia, WA
AUROCH, THE BODY & KRIEG collaborative
performance, CHRISTIAN MISTRESS, DEAD TO A
DYING WORLD, FALSE, FÓRN, FULL OF HELL,
KHEMMIS, KOWLOON WALLED CITY, KRALLICE,
MUTILATION RITES, NIGHTFELL, OBSEQUIAE,
PALE CHALICE, THOU, VASTUM, VHOL, and
YELLOW EYES.
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metal programs (these are Pacific Times)
Mosh Pit (Madison, WI): Monday night 9:30pm12am WORT 89.9 fm www.wortfm.org
Sweet Nightmares (Houston, TX): Thursday
night 9pm-12am KPFT 90.1 fm www.kpft.org
Excuse All the Blood (Olympia, WA): Friday
night 11pm-1am www.kaosradio.org
Metal Shop (Seattle, WA): Saturday 11pm3am KISW 99.9fm www.kisw.com
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This zine is available at:
www.issuu.com/metalbulletinzine
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