*ARMON KUILU "armon kuilu" mcd (7.00,-) "The first release from Totuuden Sarvi Levyt is a piece of Finnish art destined to remain in the minds of those who hear it. The debut mini-album by Armon Kuilu is a funereal musical journey. two long progressive compositions built out mostly of classical piano. strings. orchestral drums. singing. prayers and invocations in male and female voices. More of a gothic work than a total assault on the senses. yet one must remember that the word gothic is often abused in connotation with just a melancholic form of new age entertainment music but here the soundscapes bring to mind images of forlorn cemetaries. initiatory cults. bloodletting. woodlands and altered states of consciousness. At times the melodies of chamber music break out into squeals. groans and crackling which haunt the space and resonate with the Finnish poetry. that most of the time reminds one of a satanic ceremony. Some passages sound familiar to the listeners of European avantgarde and progressive music such as ACTUS. ART ZOYD and releases from the label Athanor. Post-industrial fans should also listen to this work but remember that this is not your generic so-called occult album with the usual Crowley spoken parts. Instead this is a deeply personal work with challenging classical and sometimes jazz or progressive melodies composed by the master behind the project and performed by real musicians with authentic instruments and also utilizing real actors for the various voices and spoken parts. Believe me. you will hear the difference. The mini-album comes in a black & white sleeve with a full color 8-page art booklet (size 7x7"). built from nature-mystical imagery shot on infrared film." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSQ-afq0bX0
*ARSE "discography" cd (12.00,-) This Finnish band triumphed shortly during 1992-1993, followed in footsteps of Sore Throat, Seven Minutes of Nausea and most of all, early ANAL CUNT! Live assaults and one "studio demo" is compiled to one nearly 50 minute CD! Test the limits of noisecore chaos you can take! Absolute must! Lolita Slavinder Records. http://cfprod.com/fa/kuvat/LS-ARSEcd.jpg
*BAPTISM "Grim Arts of Melancholy" cd (7.00,-) BAPTISM is known as one of the most reliable Finnish black metal acts with it´s instantly recognizable. yet deeply traditional. sort of puritanical "Eliterian" musical worship and esotericism. Referencing both older metal and a newly awakened purpose for a more extreme form of Luciferian art. BAPTISM´s work is always more than mere music - it´s a theistic black metal ceremony. As it is. "Grim Arts of Melancholy" stands as a natural continuation of the work BAPTISM initiated in the 90´s. Sargofagian´s articulated vocals unveil mysteries of a blackest nature in the foreground of a deeply darkened. almost insane. mostly mid-paced riffscape. which seems this time to have kept to a minimum the use of beautiful counterpointing of melodies. Old-school thrashing parts are captured amidst songs in their flight across godless depths. yet return to obscurity as soon as the listener is awakened from the morbid trance of a mid-paced minor key hammering. For most of the time the whole album sounds like one single extended ceremonial track dedicated to Azazel or some other force whose name is unknown to mankind. It achieves this atmosphere without using standard tricks such as extremely lo-fi production; in fact. this one probably has the clearest and most dynamic production BAPTISM ever had. It serves it´s purpose here to highlight the nature of the album as a sort of anti-symphony. a prayer. a clear vision of doom. The messages of BAPTISM´s "Grim Arts" are serious prophecies. not entertaining background music!
6 panel cover booklet including exclusive artwork and for the first time all lyrics printed also in CD version. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WgUFy9oQeo
*ENDSTUFE "live (wo wir sind brennt die luft)" cd (12.00,-) great sounding live from legendary german wp band.
*ENDVRA "great god pan" cd (12.00,-) More rare Elfenblut release. some scrathes, plays fine!
*EVIL CHURCH "anticlerical hardcore" cd (12.00,-) italian hatecore
*EXORDIUM "In Wrath Principle" cd (7.00,-) Debut full length. Known from 10"/mCD. 7". live tape. V/A Crushing The Holy Trinity. but in first album Exordium is stronger than ever! Fast and aggressive black metal from Finland! NORTHERN HERITAGE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JG2n6zhEieU
*EXORDIUM "s/t" mcd (5.00,-) intro + 3 songs in 24 minutes. Previously been released by NH as 10" vinyl, limited 400 copies and sold out long ago. CD version is re-mastered with louder and clearer drums. Booklet with lyrics and lay-out following the dark style of original 10" version. Raw, but well played black metal ! See their interview in NH#3 zine! Northern Heritage.
*GRUNT "World Draped In A Camouflage" cd (7.00,-) Since "Petturien Rooli" CD (2009). there has not been much else than re-issues. live materials and few compilation tracks by Grunt. It certainly have not meant anything else than preparation for the new full length assault. 10 tracks abuse diverse approaches. from tape manipulation. crushing loops. classical instruments. deep tones. concrete sounds. dry sonic elements stripped to be bone as well as multi-layers complex compositions. Grunt pours in loads of different sound elements. different sound qualities and experimentation. yet from other end of meatgrinder emerges the solid mix of ugly power electronics in form of "World Draped In A Camouflage". CD with 12 pages booklet including all lyrics and artwork. LP comes out late october!! Freak Animal. http://cfprod.com/fa/kuvat/fa-grunt2012.jpg
*KORPSE "Mirror Distance" cd (12.00,-) Collection of classic demo,EP and studio out takes for fans of old Autopsy and Voi Vod! The band released two albums in the mid 90´s on Candlelight Records. Aphelion Prod
*ULVHEDNER / GALDRER "split" cd (12.00,-) Ulvhedner play raw, majestic Black/Viking Metal in the old vein and Galdrer perform pure Trollish Black/Viking Metal exclusively. The result is a killer split for fans of the more melodic kind of Northern Black Metal
*UMBRA NIHIL "the borderland rituals" cd (12.00,-)
*UNDOR "I" cd (12.00,-) extreme black metal by BILSKIRNIR side project. Reminding early days of ABRUPTUM. Low, sick and horrid black metal torture on border of todays crudest doom/free form music leanings. Bestial Burst