tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73411710132849083042024-03-05T15:22:11.092-08:00TEMPLE OF PERDITIONUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger863125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341171013284908304.post-13603467056821124402015-02-15T09:58:00.000-08:002015-02-15T09:59:16.604-08:00... a year of DOOM : TOP 15 of 2014<span style="color: red; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><i><b>It's not because T.O.P. is asleep that I won't post my usual Best-Of the year !!! there's a few pieces here that came out late in the year (November/December), so it took a few supplementary weeks to get into everything and give those the great place they were deserving... No order of preference, just ranked by alphabetical order ! </b></i></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341171013284908304.post-49934534122306486652013-12-21T22:05:00.000-08:002013-12-22T01:27:03.178-08:00... 2013 Year's end list PtII w/ WO FAT, BEELZEFUZZ, ATARAXIE, ICE DRAGON, MOURNING DAWN, etc...<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
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ALBUMS OF 2013</b></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Cathedral “Last Spire”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Autopsy “Headless Ritual”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Miasma “Odori Sepulcrorum”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Solitude “Sister”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Avatarium “ST”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Solstice “Death’s Crown Is Victory”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Sabbath in Paris (Bercy)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tribulation at killtown death fest <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Feg “Laser Enforcer“<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Tribulation “Wanderer in the outer darkness”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was a really productive year for me as I was able to release two new albums in
total: Funeralium “Deceived Idealism” in February and Ataraxie “L’être Et La
Nausée” in September. That’s always frustrating to have your albums delayed
again and again. Regarding gigs, I particularly enjoyed myself playing at
Killtown Deathfest as I saw lot of cool bands and met some cool people there.
As for other gigs in general, that was also nice to play again with Mournful Congregation,
Mourning Beloveth, Ophis or Marche Funèbre as they now are long time doom
comrades.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As for
what happened in 2013 in our world, we were one more time overfed with sterile
and nonsense debates. That’s what I call the culture of VOID! Media know too
well how to manipulate the mass so as avoid REAL debates and help politicians
to keep on getting more and more from us without facing any trouble. Anyway,
don’t hope for any better things now…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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LABELS OF 2013</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Weird
Truth<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Ostra
Records<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Iron
Bonehead<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Earthless "From the Ages"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Tombstones "Red Skies and Dead Eyes"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Church of Misery "Thy Kingdom Scum"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Egypt "Become the Sun"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. The Disease Concept "Your Destroyer"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Elder "Spires Burn/Release"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Ultra Magnetic Mega Galactic S/T<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. Harsh Toke "Light Up and Live"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">11. Switchblade Jesus S/T<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">12. Arrowhead "Atomsmasher"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Performances</b></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I saw some amazing shows this year and it's tough to
pick the best, but I think I would have to say that one night - April 20th at
Roadburn - will always be a memorable one for me. I saw High on Fire
sound better and rock harder than I've ever heard them sound before and I also
got to see Elder absolutely destroy as well. In addition to the great
performances by the bands, the vibe at Roadburn with the crowd and fans was a
transcendent experience for me. Awesome, awesome experience that
I'm thrilled to have been a part of.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The other absolutely epic show I saw this year was
Sleep in Denton, Texas. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Earthless "From the Ages"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Egypt "Ancient Enemy"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Church of Misery "B.T.K."<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new Blood Farmers record<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new Las Cruces record<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2013 was a great year for me. We did our first
European tour and got to be a part of both Roadburn and Desertfest London,
which were among the coolest shows I've ever gotten to play. I also saw
so many great performances and got to see some of my favorite bands live that I
thought I may never get to see. Some of the kick ass sets that I saw this
year were Sleep, Orange Goblin, Church of Misery (who finally made it to
Dallas), Ufomammut (at Desertfest), Egypt, Kadaver, Lowrider, Saint
Vitus, Ape Machine, Freedom Hawk, Dark Earth, Black Pussy.... So many great
bands, so many great shows. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2013 also was a landmark year for me because myself
and Michael and Tim from Wo Fat bought the studio that I have worked at for
many years and that all of the Wo Fat albums were recorded at. </span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>Clint (<a href="http://www.handofdoomradio.com/">Hand of Doom radio</a>)</b></span></span><br />
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to 11 and went one louder. I could have made 10 louder, but this list goes to
11)</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.emeticrecords.com/ProductDetails.asp?ProductCode=com-tks-lp"><span lang="EN-US">CHURCH OF MISERY –
THY KINGDOM SCUM</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://windhandva.bandcamp.com/album/soma"><span lang="EN-US">WINDHAND – SOMA</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://www.iexistmusic.com/product/from-darkness-black-2x12-lp"><span lang="EN-US">I EXIST – FROM
DARKNESS</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://cryptlurker.bandcamp.com/album/baneful-magic-death-worship-and-necromancy-rites-archaic"><span lang="EN-US">CRYPT LURKER –
BANEFUL MAGIC, DEATH WORSHIP AND NECROMANCY RITES ARCHAIC</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://clagg.bandcamp.com/"><span lang="EN-US">CLAGG – GATHER YOUR
BEASTS</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://nomadicrituals.bandcamp.com/"><span lang="EN-US">NOMADIC RITUALS – HOLY GIANTS</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://tonerlow.bandcamp.com/"><span lang="EN-US">TONER LOW – III</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://grime666.bandcamp.com/"><span lang="EN-US">GRIME – DETERIORATE</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://beastwars.bandcamp.com/"><span lang="EN-US">BEASTWARS – BLOOD
BECOMES FIRE</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://hollowleg666.bandcamp.com/"><span lang="EN-US">HOLLOW LEG - ABYSMAL</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://talbot.bandcamp.com/album/scaled"><span lang="EN-US">TALBOT – SCALED</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://alephnull.bandcamp.com/"><span lang="EN-US">ALEPH NULL –
BELLADONNA</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://sumeru.bandcamp.com/album/self-titled-e-p"><span lang="EN-US">SUMERU – SPINES</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://lizzardwizzard.bandcamp.com/"><span lang="EN-US">LIZZARD WIZZARD – LIZZARD WIZZARD</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://sunburster.bandcamp.com/music"><span lang="EN-US">SUNBURSTER – SOLAR BIPOLAR</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://mammothstorm.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2013"><span lang="EN-US">MAMMOTH STORM - DEMO</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><b>3)BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2013</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/saltownsend/media_set?set=a.10152281907609152.1073741827.700219151&type=3"><span lang="EN-US">CHURCH OF MISERY @
THE TOTE, MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 6 OCT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc;">SLEEP /</span> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://summonus.com/"><span lang="EN-US">SUMMONUS</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color: #cccccc;">/</span> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/thedevilridesoutband?fref=ts"><span lang="EN-US">THE DEVIL RIDES OUT</span></a></span><span lang="EN-AU"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc;">@ THE MANNING BAR,
SYDNEY 27 OCT <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SLEEP @ THE PRINCE BANDROOM, MELBOURNE 26 OCT <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc;">KADAVAR / BLUES PILLS / </span></span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/childtheband?hc_location=timeline"><span lang="EN-US">CHILD</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> / </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kingofthenorthband?fref=ts"><span lang="EN-US">KING OF THE NORTH</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color: #cccccc;">26 NOV<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OM @ THE HIFI BAR, MELBOURNE</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4) BEST ALBUM COVERS OF 2013</span></b></div>
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<a href="http://www.richeybeckett.com/image/62803253307"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I EXIST – FROM DARKNESS –
Stunning artwork from Richey Beckett</span></a></div>
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<a href="http://nickbkeller.blogspot.com.au/2011/03/beastwars.html"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Beastwars – Blood
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc;">For me that’s the</span> </span><span lang="EN-AU"><a href="http://alephnull.bandcamp.com/album/dale-ep"><span lang="EN-US">“Dale” EP by Aleph Null</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US"> <span style="color: #cccccc;">which came out in
January of 2012 – seriously overlooked and far better than a lot of the full
length albums released last year. This didn’t miss my attention in 2012, but
given how great it is the lack of attention it received was criminal!</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yob<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Blues Pills, Kingdom of Sorrow, Red Fang, Orange Goblin, Vista Chino, along with some seeing some amazing
Australian bands in Child and Horsehunter take shape (these bands will have
some impressive albums out in 2014!), a new album from Clagg was a highlight
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Elder at Desertfest Berlin as well as getting to see all three of these bands
live for the very first time. Cannot wait to meet Windhand and see them live at
Roadburn and Heavy Days in Doomtown. And am very much hoping to see the amazing
Aleph Null perform live at some point during April when I’m in Europe.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Whales and Leeches<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">QOTSA - ...
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Buzzard</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Valley of the
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Clutch/Sword/American
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<span lang="EN" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cro-Mags/Black
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Clutch - The
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Heavy Eyes
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to jam with some amazing musicians during the year. A frieght train of killer
times and tunes.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Guided by Voices – English Little League <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Guided by Voices – Down by the </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Racetrack </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;">Killing Joke The Musical Box Goblin</span></div>
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to say Ice Dragon – Born a Heavy Morning but instead I’ll go with: Realmbuilder
– Blue Flame Cavalry (though I haven’t heard the album yet) 5) <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I’m still discovering stuff from the </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‘60s and ‘70s; I’ll get to 2012 in fifty years.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Guided by Voices – Motivational </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jumpsuit </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whatever else Robert Pollard puts out<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><b>BEST ALBUMS OF 2013</b></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">COFFINS - The Fleshland</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">FUNERALIUM - Deceived Idealism<br />KRYPTS - Unending Degradation<br />DREAM DEATH - Somnium Excessum<br />ONIROPHAGUS - Prehuman<br />ATARAXIE - L’être et la Nausée<br />ABYSMAL GRIEF - Feretri<br />GRAVE MIASMA - Odori Sepulcrorum<br />SHADOW OF THE TORTURER - Dronestown<br />ILSA - Intoxicantations<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BÖLZER - Aura </span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SHEOL - Promo MMXIII </span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PRAISE THE FLAME - Profane Cult </span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DEMENTIA 13 - Tales for the Carnivorous </span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NECRORITE - In Death’s Certitude</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I couldn’t attend barely any show this year. Budget’s tight and I chose </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to invest most of my money on the label.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">AUTOPSY - The Headless Ritual</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SHADOW OF THE TORTURER - Indianapolis/Ukiah</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SINISTROUS DIABOLUS - Total Doom//Desecration</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The new TRIPTYKON and the debut full-length by SWALLOWED. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>8) </b></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a pretty rad year labelwise, with great releases such as</span></span></div>
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“best albums of 2013” list out of a -most probably- stupid sense of modesty.
Ahem. And regarding 2014, I just can’t fucking wait. We’ll be putting out more
releases than ever before and I’m really anticipating them all.</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Stangala / StoneBirds split
“Kreiz-Breizh Sessions”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Talbot “Scaled”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">-</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Plöw “No Highness Below The Crown”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Fanttasma “Another
Sleepless Night”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">-</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">As_Autumn_Calls_-_Cold,_Black_&_Everlasting<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Absenth / Minded
“Earthtone”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Castero “Revolutions”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Horse Latitudes “Black
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Sendelica “The
Kaleidoscopic Kat And It’s Autoscopic Ego”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Peacemaker “Cult.45”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. The Moon Mistress
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. The Grand <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Astoria</st1:place></st1:city> “Then You Win”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-The Moon Mistress and
Talbot gig in Saint-Petersburg. Even though I don’t remember a half of that
evening.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Moss “Horrible Nights”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Stangala “Konk Kerne”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Plöw “Captain Gungus”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Castero “He Must Rule”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-The Moon Mistress “Shimla”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Realmbuilder “Fortifications
of the Pale Architect” (it was re-released by I Hate Records in 2012, so it
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Realmbuilder “Blue Flame
Cavalry”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Jack Frost<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Echthros<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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about this year and - if there’s any particular - your expectations for 2014?</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There was enough of doom in
2013 and there will be even more in 2014 as well there’re always a damned lot
of opportunities to find perfect balance and harmony. Ohm shanti ohm.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-Northern Silence<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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Life Sentence <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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THOTH - Blood Moon Rise<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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- Die Erste Levitation<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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NOIR - Hellfest <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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THOTH - Brussels – Magasin 4 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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CHRISTOS – Brussels – Magasin 4 <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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special mention to the first edition of WOLFTHRONE FEST near Paris. Two days of
black death done the rightest way you could dream of!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">VAN Records</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Black Sabbath -13</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Cathedral- The Last Spire</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Goatess- Goatess</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Age Of Taurus- Desperate Souls Of Tortured Times</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5.Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats- Mind Control</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6. Curse The Sun- Psychache</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">7. Clamfight- I Versus the Glacier</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">8. Devil To Pay- Fate Is Your Muse</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">9. Weed Is Weed- Blunt Force Trauma</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10. Admiral Browning- Give No Quarter</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Heavy Temple- Unholy Communion</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Doctor Smoke- Doomo</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Black Blizzard- Broken Hands, Broken Hearts</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Slagstorm</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">5. Second Grave- Antithesis</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Hammer of Doom!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Stoner Hands Of Doom</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. Blood Farmers!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2. Pilgrim- Void Worship </span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3. Serpent Venom- Of Things Seen And Unseen</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4. Sigiriya- Darkness Died Today</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">My first encounter with EGYPT was</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;"> in the beginning o</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">f</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;"> 2010 </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">when </span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">I got </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">just another </span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">package from All That Is Heavy. Inside, </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">along</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;"> with the stuff I had ordered I found a
simple black and white </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">cover </span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">CD</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> with a stylized
falcon and the back of it said “EGYPT was Aaron Esterby/ Chad Heille/ Ryan
Grahn”. It turned out to be a bonus item (oh, how I like presents!), an EP by a
band that had split a few years back and I absolutely loved the music that was
on it. No wonder I got super excited when I heard last year that EGYPT was going
to release new material. “Become the Sun” and “Cyclopean Riffs” (split with WO
FAT) followed the good news, both are excellent records and received due
attention from the fans of the heavy and the slow. Now the band seems more
active than ever and is preparing to record more material but more on that you
can learn from Aaron….<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">It has
been (almost) a year since you released your first full length </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">album </span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Become the Sun”, as far as I know it
got very positive response. The same for your split with </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">WO FAT</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">….. What has changed for the band since
you resurrected </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">EGYPT</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">?</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The response to the new stuff has been extremely
positive for the most part. Some people were a bit disappointed that </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Become the Sun</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">”</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
wasn't the S/T EP part 2. We're really proud of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Become
the Sun</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">”</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">“</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Cyclopean
Riffs</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">”</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> (</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">WO FAT</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
split). We've grown a lot as a band and cover more ground musically. The main
thing that has changed for us since we got back together is there is more
dedication. We are always rehearsing and writing. Working on becoming the best
we can be. </span></span></div>
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<i>Do you approach music and creating music
the same way you used to, say 10 years ago?</i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">When we started back in 2003, all the songs we
basically just jammed out. Someone would come up with a riff and we would jam
on that until something would happen. Kind of let everything breathe until
changes occurred on there own. Our approach now is a bit different. There are a
lot more formed ideas being brought to the table. Sometimes even complete
songs. Everyone is contributing riffs and structure. We still jam some tunes
out, but the songwriting and the way that is happens is a bit more mature.</span></div>
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</span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Do</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;"> you have other musical projects </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">that kept </span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">you in shape during the years?</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Not really. I go through phases where I absolutely
do not want to pick up an instrument or have anything to do with music. The way
the first incarnation of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">EGYPT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ended
bummed me out and I had little interest in playing. During </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">EGYPT</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">'s hiatus, Chad (drummer) played
and recorded in a few projects. He recorded an album where he played all the
instruments. The project was called </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">EL
SUPREMO</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">
and it's worth checking out if you can get your hands on it. Our guitar player,
Neal Stein, had a bunch of bands we was involved with. One of which is </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">GORGATRON</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">. An absolutely killer death metal band.
Everyone should check them out. They rule.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: justify;">Mostly science fiction and lore. I usually will try
to tell some kind of story. I have a hard time sitting down and writing lyrics.
For the most part, the lyrics kind of come to me when we are jamming on new
ideas. A lot of the songs seem to end up being about the Sun dying for some
reason. Probably because that would be pretty bad...haha</span><br />
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<i>You are </i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">already </span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">planning
your next record. </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Tell me i</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">n
what direction are you going this time musically?</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We are planning on heading into the studio in
January 2014. We have a TON of new material. We been playing quite a few of the
new songs live and people seem to really dig them. There is not much of a
direction change. Some songs are heavy and slow, others are heavy and groovy.
It's a pretty mixed bag. I think the tentative idea is to release the new
material as 2 shorter length records. To try to keep the running time 40
minutes or under for each record. The idea is in it's infancy so we'll what
materializes. We're excited to get in the studio and start working.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #45818e; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">“Become
The Sun” and</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> the split with WO FAT “</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">Cyclopean
Riffs</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">”were released through</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">Totem Cat Records and Doomentia Records.
Are you going to release the next one </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">with</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">one of these
labels</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;"> or you have
something else in mind?</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We're not sure what we are going to do. Both Totem
Cat and Doomentia are great labels that are awesome to work with. They both put
the music first and really care about putting out a product that looks and
sounds killer. We'll see what happens when we are finished with the sessions.
We would work with either of them again.</span></div>
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<i>Playing live or </i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">just </span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">picking up the fruits </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">of</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">your work</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;">
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">First and foremost, we are a live band. That is what
we do best and what we enjoy the most. The studio is fun but there is nothing
like playing a show. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We play quite a bit locally and regionally. We'd
like to get out and play more on a national level. It can be pretty tough to do
when you have families and full time jobs but it can be done. We are going to
really try to tour the States in 2014. We would also love to get to Europe. We
are hoping to do that in 2014 as well. As for our local scene in Fargo, I'd say
it's pretty good for the size of the community. We have some great bands here.
I'm a big fan of <i><b>Shit on</b></i> <b><i>Top of Shit (SOTOS)</i></b>, and the death metal crushers
<b><i>Gorgatron</i></b> that I mentioned earlier. The biggest issue we have around here is a
lack of good venues for original music. Also, show attendance can be a problem
but I think that's a problem everywhere.</span></div>
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<i>In another interview from about a year
ago you said that exposure isn’t that important to you. Is it still so? Is the
hype good or bad thing?</i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Well, exposure is never a bad thing. The more people
that listen to your music the better. What I meant is, that it isn't important
to what we do. It isn't going to change anything we do. We would play in a
garage for 3 people. We just like to write and play music. We are humbled that
people dig our stuff. We certainly never expected when we recorded the S/T EP
in our practice space years ago that it would be heard by anyone. And we would
have never thought we'd be writing and recording a third album 10 plus years later.
We are very grateful to the fans of our music. </span></div>
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<i>Thank you for taking the time to do this!
Is there anything else you want people to know about </i></span><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">EGYPT</span></i><i><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;"> that I didn’t asked you?</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">We have had any amazing year. We've played with some
awesome bands, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">WO FAT</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">WEEDEATER</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">ORANGE GOBLIN</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">CHURCH OF MISERY</span><span lang="BG" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> to name
a few. We would like to thank everyone that came out to shows, bought merch at
shows or online, bought us drinks, shook our hands, and had a floor for us to
crash on. Thank all of you so much. For real. We hope to see a lot of you in
2014. Cheers.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="BG" style="color: #76a5af; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><i><b>Interview by Vania Yosifova</b></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="BG"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Egypt-Doom/220951734668136"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Egypt-Doom/220951734668136</span></a></span><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="BG"><a href="http://www.doomentia.com/"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">http://www.doomentia.com/</span></a></span><span lang="BG" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341171013284908304.post-81192879528658956802013-12-19T07:28:00.002-08:002013-12-19T07:28:19.123-08:00Reflections of a doomed blogger : chapter final...<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">(following <a href="http://templeofperdition.blogspot.fr/2013/02/reflections-of-doomed-blogger.html">part I</a>) </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe you didn't believe it or just didn't read your local newspaper for a while or simply you already forgot, but this is a fact : Temple of Perdition is about to end; there'll be just one Interview after this special post and then the 2nd part of the BEST OF 2013 (it's better ending on positive notes)... but, yes, it'll be very soon its fucking END...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course such an experience is above all marked by positive points that one might easily guess but I'm not only here for this, rather more for a bitter report of facts which could eventually serve for present and potencial future bloggers and contributors, also - that is sure - to relieve a bit of my pain... Probably some people will feel a bit hurted by such thoughts but we're dealing with and between humans, it's no wonderland, just facts and the reflect of my thoughts and somewhat a few problems of our actual society ! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This said, I don't wanna incriminate anyone especially, I guess there's never been any serious bad intentions from anyone towards me and the blog, let's say - just some awkwardness; I don't have resentment, just disappointment. This is merely what I feel, I have my own faults of course and always knew in my inner consciousness that this couldn't last a decade or even half of it. I haven't been able to maintain an intact motivation for writing myself - I previously said it, most often writing reviews bores me, my ultimate goal was to continue post daily with competent people to write reviews, leting me concentrate on interviews beside taking care of posting the stuff, managing the facebook page and relations... this failed for several reasons and I can not stand the idea of making things half and too sporadically, while more and more bands and labels are sending submissions and waiting for their turn... it's better to stop there, be honest with everyone, most importantly the artists that place trust on you. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Time is so precious that I'm not in here to have more additional stress than what normal fucking life brings me yet... I haven't succeeded to create a team spirit and/or a guiding identity to implicate steadily or better increasingly (enough) people through time...I've been often too kind, too naïve, not enough opportunist and (positively) aggressive, not enough selfish, too idealistic and tortured too in what may sound like stupid reflections when it's not your "game" ... </span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">but shit, I enjoyed it so much - <b>thanx to you bands !!!</b> I've been proud to help a bit spread the word and good vibes, to host stellar reviews (from comrades), to be sometimes the 1st to interview, to be the 1st to write on a couple of stunning US bands in Europe, to be the 1st to give a good exposure to another french or european one in the States, to help revealing or confirming some true talents for writing, to help revealing true musical talents to those writers, etc... thanx, really !</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Find it sarcastic, pathetic, worthless or completely opposite to your own experience or vision of it, that's your right but if you intend to start a blog or are wondering about its development, let me tell ya a few things that could help ya, ok ?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Of course it requires time but, when you can pretend to it, try to have exclusive streaming of bands new materials... sell the word "exclusive" as a junkie bitch sells her ass for next fix; apparently, just one song will work much much better than all details to find out about a new album in a too fucking loooonnng to read interview...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you want to have quick attention from a fair amount of people, do not make things too quickly with the newest cool underground bands... let other obscure blogs do the job before, wait that the name gets known around, people become really curious about a new sensation just before it becomes "trendy"...</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- If someone tells you "we're not internet, we're lazy and don't have time, but man we'll do it" after receiving an interview, that's not a good sign at all ! generally if you don't get the answers back after 2 or 3 weeks, the best is to forget about it and prepare a new one...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">-if you meet someone that didn't answer a 1st interview (despite his promise) and the guys says "oh sorry man, now that's ok, I owe you those questions, come on send an updated intie!", then beware again...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- avoid interviews with bands that don't master their communication anymore but are subjected to their label's doubtful policy... some do find ridiculous pretext not to share their own words like "me and my singer made too similar answers"... coudln't imagine this from those guys - after good relations since quite some time !!! it's been rare but a couple of other bands who answered interviews also did not share anything, even just a thanx, maybe they thought this would be posted on Doommantia ...!?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Remember, you may have to become a junkie bitch ! time for your new fix... so i</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">f possible be a good servant of thy big labels,... share their links and those dozens generic mails from major promo agencies that lazy ones rely on, that's what will help people to come on your facebook page and probably gain their attention !</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- do never give more than one band at a time to review for a contributor, especially if he asks for 3 or more at the same time from your list of submissions, you'll easily get one or two download codes buried and in the end get a review after four or five weeks and a reminder...</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">make sure to fix delays to respect (reasonnable of course) when you submit stuff to contributors, one exception or a clarification of a temporary unavailability can be obviously accepted but don't let this person do things without following a few elementary rules, otherwise make sure to not count on him and in the end loose your time and a bit of credibility towards bands or labels.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- consider that some contributor may not help any second to promote the blog! if you kindly ask him, he will eventually share his review/interview on his page and send it to the band (in case he's submited his own stuff) but always keep an eye on this to make sure this happens...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Do never forget the risk that a contributor may be there for a lot more personal ambitions than what you may think...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- don't be surprised if a band which is mentioned advantageously in your Best of list(s) of the year totally ignores this but prefers to value its 44th position in Stereoshit or Metalgum... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Do not think that blogging and having good fun with people you dig the music and art will prevent you from human deceptions... this is again a minority but you'll have to face the sudden disappearance of a few supposed friends when they don't need you anymore or just because you didn't like their new album as much as the previous one ! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- One good thing to implement is to find one or two guys in your team who do(es) his or their stuff independantly of any submissions you get (I'm still not convinced about that but maybe are those guys totally right with this vision ?!), but be attentive to find a good balance in that, just as between interviews and reviews... </span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- keep always in mind that the bigger blogs will do their best to overshadow yours, it's much better to deal and share with small rats of your category... but beware of those who could become predators after a while !</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- If one day you decide to stop your blog, don't be too much surprised to see that a contributor could have already crossed the street for the neighbored concurrency, almost before you'll have officialized your announcement...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fuck, some shit sounds a lot like in real life indeed !!! Probably I'm not a good profiler as I've lived all those situations here and there, and I certainly forgot a few good ones but ... you'll see by yourself dude!!! </span><br />
<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">luckily, <b>again</b>, most of the bands and contributors have been loyal and pleasant to deal with, but the blog arrived at a point where more needed to be done, while little by little less was effectively done... I was not gonna wait ages to get the problem sorted out, always looking for some more new contributors is tiring and often disappointing in the end, expecting more from people who already seem to do their best or simply don't have the same vision of blogging ??? shit, no, sorry, not anymore...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There's always good things to take from the negative ones, I'll try to learn out from this all for further adventures... Now, you, potencial blogger, cumfortably installed in front of your screen, I'd advise to play your game alone if you can... </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I wish all the guys who nicely succeed to do it alone to keep their flame burning, may they be blessed for their immense work and remain preserved to avoid supplementary false promises and deceived hopes than what they already have to face with their own responsabilities !!! to them and also </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to all those who have enough charisma, strength and talent to lead a team, I would simply say "hats off" and keep the doomin' support going on ! <b><i>(SLS)</i></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>As said above, next post will include the last interview ever on T.o.P. ... with EGYPT !!! ( watch out for it later today)</i></b></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341171013284908304.post-57350233719551468442013-12-17T11:56:00.001-08:002013-12-17T12:00:51.022-08:00Interview with FANGS OF THE MOLOSSSUS<div class="MsoNoSpacing" style="text-align: justify;">
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f9cb9c;">Probably I won't honour all my engagements towards bands for interviews but one of the last ones I wanted to make sure to be respected was for FANGS OF THE MOLOSSUS who made a great impression on me with their amazing debut album (reviewed <a href="http://templeofperdition.blogspot.fr/2013/09/cult-of-nefarious-fangs-of-molossus.html">here</a>).</span></i><br />
<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f9cb9c;">Filled with blackened and psyched-out droning Doom, this self-titled five tracks has an additional local touch that makes it terribly addictive for fans of (italian) Doomed sounds. But was that the simple and pretty classical Sleepian riffage or the supposedly classical psyched-out vapours or simply the "distracting" presence of Necromass members as guests ??? I must admit that I was underestimating the firm identity and vision of those hellhounds... Thanx Gianluca for opening my red eyes to this - as wide as my ears were already to your sound ! F.o.t.M is a rising force that will count in the future, so be present from now on at their sides, support them, check out the album and/or the 7'' !!! </span></i><br />
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<i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #f9cb9c;">Your bio says it took more than a year to the band to have a
steady line-up but in fact this didn’t last too long as Acid King Khanjia your
singer/guitarist left the band a couple of months ago… how did
this happen at about the same moment of the album release ? it looks
like you’re more satisfied with the work of guitarist Amp Zilla who took the place instead, how do
his vocals differ and fit better with the band’s music ?</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Acid had to leave because it
was harder and harder to make our schedules work. No quarrel or differing
musical goals: just the evidence that it was better for both to part ways. He
stays a good friend of ours and nothing has changed, for that matter. One could
consider that "bad timing" for the band, but it was just a
combination. You can't always plan everything and everyone's priorities may
change from one day to the next, so it's really nobody's fault. It just
happened. Personally, I like Amp Zilla's previous experiences as a singer too,
and that's the reason why he quickly got used to the idea of singing in this
band too. He was reluctant at first, but after all it was on behalf of songs he
wrote, so I guess everything came out naturally for him, in the end. His voice
may be a bit less harsh than Acid, but he has a wider range and knows a few
tricks too, trust me. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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4 proper songs, I was a bit surprised that one of them ‘I drink your blood’ is
released as a 7’’ EP … was it also self-released and seen as a kind of nice
accomplishment or maybe a special
opportunity you couldn’t refuse ?</span></i><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I would consider all five
tracks: the fact that one is an unplugged instrumental doesn't put it
necessarily on a level of a twenty second intro. Either way, the ‘I drink your
blood’ you hear on the CD is not the same you hear on the 7" (same goes
with the B side). We self-released it separately because we had two versions
for the song: the one on the single, shorter and only played by us, and the one
you find on the CD, which is a longer edit and features Necromass. The song was
ready to go before we planned to include any special guest, but once we
involved Necromass we just thought it would be cool to have both versions
available, and in two different formats. And we love vinyl, so why not? CDs in
general do not sell already, while vinyl is performing quite well lately,
especially in some "circles", and if you ask people like me you'll
always be answered that vinyl is almost the "only" real format for
music, no matter what selling trends say. Plus, it's colored! Hahahah.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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wellknown places for Italian Renaissance arts, have any of you in some way
been influenced by this cultural and historical legacy ? am I wrong or is there a lot more Stoner/doom bands in the
north of Italy than in the South ?</span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not into Renaissance so much,
as a specific interest, personally. But in general all people from Florence and
Tuscany may show a slightly deeper dedication to whatever is artistic and
creative. This is not stating that we're all painters, sculptors or architects.
It's just a more naturally artistic approach to things than I see in other
parts of our Country. It's maybe a Renaissance "leftover" that we all
grow up with, even without noticing it. Luckily, as long as the school system
keeps working, there is always someone who reminds us, as we grow up, about our
noble and "enlightening" predecessors. Present day is so grey and dry
here, that sometimes the only way out is to find shelter in a past grandeur of
intellectuals, artists and men of thought, trying not to let it all go forever.
Southern Italy has good bands too, though, but it's the entire scene there (not
only stoner or doom) that is necessarily more underground: lack of structures,
venues and opportunities, not good will or ideas.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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touch, could be seen as black metal meets Sleep or something… I don’t see any references to Black Metal in
your bio or previous experiences mentioned, so is that the presence of
Necromass member which gives it this texture ?
what do black and violet sounds
of Italian legends like Death SS, Paul Chain, Mortuary Drape, Necromass … represent
for you guys ?</span></i><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There are no black metal
references in our bio because we simply never played black metal. That's also
the reason why the contribution of real black metal musicians could add
something different to that song. The vocal lines of Ain Soph Aour make it more
aggressive and diverse than it would have been otherwise. If you have a chance
to listen to the 7 inch version too, you'll notice the difference. Mortuary
Drape and Necromass are our generation peers and I feel very close to the
latter, also for geographical proximity reasons. I remember their early days as
a time of great enthusiasm and commitment for both fans and the emerging black
metal scene: I still have Necromass first two singles, both signed by the ex-singer
(and founder of the band), a school mate of mine played the guitar in their
first demo tape ("Connected Body Pentagram") and I went to see them
live on numerous occasions in the early nineties. They really opened the doors
to this subgenre in Italy, setting up their name in the international
underground circuit with tape trading, contacts with fanzines from everywhere
in the world and an iron will that you don't see often in today's small acts.
Music wise, we undoubtedly feel our sound is closer to Paul Chain and classic
doom/psych metal. Paul and Steve (the two main souls of early Death SS) are an
undeniable point of pride for any Italian band that plays something slow, dark
and heavy, that's for sure. My favorite of Chain's albums is "Detaching
from Satan": in just a few tracks you have all the different dimensions
that doom metal can take: it's aggressive but also atmospheric, slow but also
catchy, very solid but it also indulges in improvisation parts. Not least: it's
not long and boring as many people think a doom record should be: it's not by
making the listener sleep that you earn his respect, but trying to compress the
best of what you do in something that makes him want to listen to it, again and
again. The perfect record, I'd say. As for Death SS, after Chain's departures
there were many highs and lows, and more than once the band seemed to lose its
identity a little bit, trying to "refresh" the original formula in
ways that not all die-hard fans appreciated at times. Their current line-up
anyway is top notch, and it really seems they are living their "second
childhood" now. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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adds something, but don’t you think that the affiliation with this black metal
band could make some fans of Sleep and Electric Wizard miss your band thinking
you’re NOT stoner/Doom ?</span></i><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't think it is an issue
to have special guests from different genres. Having a black metal guest
musician doesn't make your record a black metal one. If one misses a record he
might like because he sees a guest name on the cover he doesn't know or like I
am sorry, but I can't help to think that that guy has some preconception, and I
can't do anything to change it. The presence of Attila Csihar on a Sunn O)))
record, for instance, doesn't "make it" a black metal record: it may add
a black vein, approach or sensibility, but that's it, and missing (just to name
one) a masterpiece like "Monoliths & Dimensions" just because
you're not into black metal would be just a crime! Moreover, people see our CD
reviewed online, or on sale at gigs, and in both cases they have a chance to
either listen to or understand what we play before they decide, so there is not
room for misunderstandings. Necromass is also a highly respected name over
here, beyond the genre they play, so it was an honor and an opportunity for us
to do this collaboration. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Electric Taurus, Funeral Marmoori, Witche's Brew…. It looks like the scene is pretty active in your area, could
you speak about it please and let us know how do your songs evolute on stage
through certainly pretty long jams ?</span></i><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We also supported Mondo
Generator at Musica W Festival in Castellina, last august. There is a scene anyway.
Quite underground though, and the few big foreign names that happen to visit
our land once in a while give local bands a great chance to give their music
some exposure. Together with the bands you mentioned there are also other good
acts, like the ones under Lo-Fi Creatures (the label), then Doomraiser (very
good) and Stoner Kebab. As for the "evolution" of the songs once
played live, it depends on our mood and the time we are given: if possible, we
stretch things sometimes and let some parts of some songs go ahead a bit more
than on record, improvising jam style or just repeating parts but moving from
"piano" to "forte" (intensity, loudness, crunch), back and
forth. Nothing groundbreaking, to be honest: it's quite normal in this genre,
but that may sometimes sound unusual to die-hard (orthodox) metal audiences,
that are more used to hear on stage the exact same stuff they heard on the CD.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #ffe599;"><i>The bio again says ‘</i></span><span class="textexposedshow"><span lang="EN-US"><i><span style="color: #ffe599;">We find intriguing subjects anywhere:
ancient Roman or Etruscan history and mythology, just as much as early 70's
horror movies, science fiction literature, a Beksinski painting or a comic book
by Hideshi Hino’…does this mostly concern new songs ? cause well, except for ‘I drink your Blood’, I’m sorry but lyrics on the album like on
‘Caligula’ or ‘Cult of the Witch Goddess’ don’t seem really achieved and I’m
sure there’ll be a great improvement on this in the future… what do you think ?</span></i><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Of course four lyrics don't make a career, and there
are other songs (both from the past and the ones we are currently working on).
That's why you don't find all of those "influences" on our debut. The
original inspiration for ‘I Drink your Blood’ was the same name movie (a 70's
horror flick), then my lyrics were changed by Acid. But "influence"
doesn't simply mean that you explicitly and literally name the topics, people
and events that inspire you in the lyrics. If I were a satanist I wouldn't probably
write "praise Satan" in a song. That's not what would make it
"satanic". An influence should model your music (and the mood it
creates) and its lyrics in a way that is more than just a caption to it. So
sometimes I agree that there are clichés (‘Cult of the Witch Goddess’), but some
other times even just the intentional repetition of one word (‘Caligula’) makes
sense, because that is the mood that the influence led us to: obsession, insanity,
ineluctable decay. Trust me, it is harder to evoke the myth of Caligula that
way, rather than just by listing dates and occurrences, like in a school paper,
or in an Iced Earth song about Gettysburg (band that I fully respect, but it
was needed as a term for comparison). Furthermore, Amp Zilla's lyrics will necessarily
be different from Acid's, so we will see what happens. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #ffe599;">You did a filmed interview for Rec Rock which is
pretty amazing with visual effects on your cosmic gestures, is that stuff you
enjoy to do, I mean work on images and/or gestures ?</span></i><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nothing rehearsed. That was just an improvised thing
we quickly did for a rock club. Sincerely, we didn't really know what to do, as
all we knew was that it had to be a short promo. So we just did it that way,
and it was quite funny. It would be cool to plan something similar, but also do
it a bit better!<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><span style="color: #ffe599;">Did you reach your goals for the band in 2013 ? what
can we expect from you guys in 2014 ? Tell us what merchandise is actually
available ?</span></i><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span class="textexposedshow"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes. Self produced CD, one vinyl (that was the main
achievement for me!), some gigs here and there, one support date for Mondo
Generator and -finally- we started writing new material. I think we're all
set! In 2014 it would be great to find a
deal for re-releasing the CD in vinyl (we are in contact with a few labels and
hopefully we'll make it) while we finalize the new tracks, so that we can soon
be ready to book some new gigs with a longer set and play something different
too. As for the merchandise, we have of course CDs (only regular edition in
slipcase, since the first hand-numbered edition in black PVC bag, with handmade
stencil symbol, is sold out), seven inch singles, badges and pins. Stickers and
T-shirts are just a matter of time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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site die... I found out so many amazing bands through it, so hold tight and doom
on! The scene needs committed people like you, really.</span></span></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: black; color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Hi folks ! here's the 2013 edition of our special Year's End List... as always, we've got here people who took part in one way or another in the dynamic actuality of this year; including a couple of new categories, this reveals again a ton of worthy informations and potencial discoveries that hopefully will keep you busy for a while... and to make your read even more comfortable I attached a video to everyone's best-of with several classics and some more obscure stuff that I've already discovered thanx to you hellhounds !!! </i></span></strong></div>
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<strong><span style="background-color: black; color: #cc0000; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>If you intended to answer but forgot about the deadline or were too busy with Mrs Claus, don't worry... <a href="http://templeofperdition.blogspot.fr/2013/12/2013-years-end-list-w-wo-fat-beelzefuzz.html">2nd Part</a> will be coming in about a week or so, but don't waste too much time now !!! </i></span></strong></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">1) BEST ALBUMS OF 2013</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- CHROME HOOF - Chrome Black Gold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- GORGUTS - Colored Sands<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- GUAPO - History Of The Visitation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- YEAR OF NO LIGHT - Tocsin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- GRAVE MIASMA - Odori Sepulcrorum<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- SETNA - Guérison<br />
- MASTER MUSICIANS OF BUKKAKE - Far West<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- THE KNIFE - Shaking The Inhabitual<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- VORUM - Poisoned Void<br />
- DEAD IN THE DIRT - The Blind Hole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- BONE SICKNESS - Alone In The Grave <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- BÖLZER - Aura<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- HARK - Mythopoeia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- ACID DEATH TRIP - s/t<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MESHUGGAH - Pitch Black<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- CULT OF LUNA (Hellfest)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Red Fang (Hellfest)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Grime (Heavy Days In Doomtown)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- The Swans (Hellfest)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Belzebong (Heavy Days In Doomtown) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- YEAR OF NO LIGHT - Tocsin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- WATAIN - The Wild Hunt<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- VORUM - Poisoned Void<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- SWAHILI - "Soma" (Swahili)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- THE KNIFE - "Without You My Life Would Be
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- DARKTHRONE - Leave No Cross Unturned<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- GRAND GENERAL "The Fall Of Troy" (Grand
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- MAGMA - tba<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- SUNN O))) & ULVER - Terrestrials<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- ENTOMBED - Back To The Front<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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your own appreciations about this year and - if there’s any particular - your
expectations for 2014 ?</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- CATHEDRAL has splited up and BLACK SABBATH's reformation
album "13" is disappointing as we suspected..so we don't have any
reason to live anymore! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Expectation for 2014 ? Like every year, hope to
finally have an encounter of the third kind !</span><br />
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4) Big Business - Battlefields Forever<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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6) Ambersmoke - Une femme est une femme<br />
7) Jucifer - </span><span style="color: #cccccc;">за волгой для нас земли нет</span><span lang="EN-US"><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
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9) Sea of Bones - The Earth Wants Us Dead</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
10) Nomadic Rituals - Holy Giants</span><br />
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Top EP's, singles & demos 2013</span></b><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">1) Fuck The Facts - Amer <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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2) Melvins - Le Trabendo, Paris<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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2) Howl - Bloodlines<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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Best Songs of 2013</span></b><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Blood on Satan's Claw from Seal of Beleth</span><br />
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Best Overlooked Album of 2012</span></b><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">Ishmael - Hell Is Empty And All The Devils Are Here<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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hometown one night this summer. Had no idea who they were but they
drenched the audience in warm Orange amp goodness of heavy riffs and ended with
a Pentagram cover. Nice dudes as well. Seek them out.</span><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Still here, still rocking. More deaths in the
underground metal community again this year, but we keep moving forward.
Friends, Love, and Rock and Roll are still the true path in this existence.</span></span><br />
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ALBUMS OF 2013 :</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It was really hard to pick
just 10 albums.I easily could have chosen 20, but never ever would I break the
rules. As you can see below I managed it to confine myself to just 10.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1.0) Lords of Bukkake - Desagravio</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">1.5) Nightslug - Dismal Fucker</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2.0) Eibon - II</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2.5) Tentacle - Ingot Eye<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">2.5.1) The Disease Concept -Your Destroyer</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5.0) When The Deadbolt Breaks
- Drifting Towards the Edge of the Earth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tocsin</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5.5) In The Company Of
Serpents - Of the Flock</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">6.0) Obelyskkh - Hymn To Pan</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">6.5) Uzala - Tales of Blood
and Fire</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">7.0) UR - S/T</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">7.5) Buioingola - Dopo l'Apnea</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">8.0) Curse The Son – Psychache<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">8.0.1) Oranssi Pazuzu - Valonielu</span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7341171013284908304" name="_GoBack"></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">8.5) Electricjezus - </span><span lang="DE" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Грязь</span><span lang="DE" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span lang="DE" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">поколений</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">'(Mud of Generations)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">8.5.1) La Chinga – La Chinga</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">9.0) Iron Man - South of the
Earth</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">9.5) Boneworm - s/t</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">10.0) Tumbleweed Dealer - S/T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">10.5) </span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Black
Capricorn - Born Under the Capricorn</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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EPs/DEMOS OF 2013 </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">…and even with the huge amount of excellent demos and EP’s, you see I
contained myself and picked just 5</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1.0) Napalm Christ - 2013 Demo</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1.5) Shroud Eater - Dead Ends</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2.0) Opium Lord - The Calendrical Cycle - Prologue: The Healer</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2.5) Blood Red Water - All the Ills of Mankind</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3.0) Young Hunter - Embers at the Foot of Dark Mountain</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3.5) Plague Mask - The Frailty Of Human Existence</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4.0) Palm Desert - Adayoff</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4.5) Barbarian Fist - Demo</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5.0) Coltsblood - Beyond The Lake Of Madness/Demo 2013</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5.5) Massive Thunderfuck - Demo 1213</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: 14pt;"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: 14pt;"><b style="background-color: black;">BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2013</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1) Cultura Tres, March 22nd @MTC Cologne/Germany</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">They turned a simple music club into a magical place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2) The Sword, Jan.14th @Underground Cologne/Germany</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">They put the night on fire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3) Meth Drinker, Graves At Sea,May, 17th @Nightslug’s rehearsal
room/Germany</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">They created an intense, electric atmosphere</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4) Nightslug, July 19th @somebody else’s rehearsal room/Germany</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The epitome of Sludge on stage … nuff said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="DE" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5) Pilgrim, Nov.2nd
@Perron 55 (Mudfest) Venlo/Holland</span><span lang="DE" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #cccccc; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The Wizard throws bananas at the audience (and hits my husband), but he may
be forgiven, because it clearly was part of the magic ritual.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: 14pt;"><b style="background-color: black;">BEST ALBUM COVERS OF 2013 </b></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Cultura Tres - Rezando
al Miedo</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Eibon
- II</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: FR; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: DE;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 14pt;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">BEST
SONGS OF 2013</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2014 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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promises the debuts made, were kept or even more than that by their successors…
Nightslug, Eibon, Tentacle, Cult of Occult, In the Company of Serpents, Uzala,
buioingola, Curse the Son, Shroud Eater, Blood Red Water… nearly every album I
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">1)
ALBUMS</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Purtenance
- Awaken from Slumber<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Coffins
- The Fleshland<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Autopsy
- The Headless Ritual<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Krypts -
Unending Degradation<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Procession
- To Reap the Heavens Apart<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Civil
War - The Killer Angels<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sulphur
Aeon - Swallowed by the Ocean's Tide<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Decaying
- The Last Days of War<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Icon - Perennial Anguish<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Torture
Killer - Phobia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span>2)
DEMOS/EPS</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Slaughterday
- Cosmic Horror<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Crippler
- Threshing Sledge<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Urgamla
- Minun Tahdostani, Sinun Nimeesi<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mold -
Cremated Alive<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Into
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at Hammer Open Air, Lieto<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bolt
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maveth,
Corpsessed, Gorephilia at Semifinal, Helsinki<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Orange
Goblin, Archgoat, Tankard at Jalometalli, Oulu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- The Fleshland<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Killer - Phobia<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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- Hour of the Cannibal<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ANTICIPATED 2014</span></b></div>
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- Abysmal Thresholds<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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2013 was overall an awesome year! Solothus released their first full-length
album and we did a bunch of gigs too. Great gigs and albums too! Started
writing for Enslain zine and joined in a new band. New band, Pyuria, well
release their fouth album next year, so will be busy with that. Solothus will
go to studio probably late next year too. Also, there is a band me and couple
of friends are going to put up. Few songs already finished. Some old and putrid
death metal! Just you all wait...</span></div>
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Mori<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="color: #cc0000;">QUENTIN (<a href="http://marblechariot.bandcamp.com/">Marble Chariot</a>)</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a2c4c9;"><b>1) My fave Doom albums of 2013 are</b>:</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Machine - demo</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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cover/artwork</b></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"> : Year of no Light - Tocsin</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 13.5pt; line-height: 115%;"><u1:p></u1:p><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Whilt,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Whilt; </span></i><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Corrections House,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Hoax the System</span></i><span lang="EN-US">; Low
Gravity/Mega Blue Stallion,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Mega Low Blue
Gravity Stallion</span></i><span lang="EN-US">; Ides of Gemini,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Hexagram;</span></i><span lang="EN-US">The Body,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Master, We Perish.<o:p></o:p></span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">With the exception of Corrections House & Fister,
we've been lucky enough to play with all of the bands I've listed above in the
last year, but a few performances really stood out. Gravecode Nebula
absolutely floored me at this year's Denver Doomfest. I'd heard of them
from friends in Stoic Dissention, but I hadn't actually heard them until they
played right after us. It was definitely one of the more menacing &
visceral performances I've caught to this date. When bands try to be
scary it typically comes off as juvenile hocus pocus, but these folks are the
real deal. Nothing but pure, raw, cathartic funeral doom delivered with
the utmost conviction. If you have the opportunity to catch them live
jump on it. </span><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">We played with both Hivelords & Sadgiqacea on the
same bill when their tour rolled through, and both of those bands slay it live.
I'd recommend each highly. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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live sound is nothing short of punishingly heavy, and their songwriting
approach is phenomenal as well. We've discussed doing a
possible split with them next year, and I really hope to see that come to
fruition here in the next few months. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Body is another one of these insanely cathartic
live bands. We scrambled to get a last-minute show together with them
when they were rolling through on tour earlier this year, and the lineup ended
up being us, The Body, and two bands that were completely incompatible with
either of our sounds. To be fair, we had jumped on an existing bill with
these two other bands with less than a week to spare prior to the show, and it
was cool of them to split the bill, but, goddamn, that had to be extremely
jarring for any doom/sludge fans who turned up prior to us taking the stage.
I can only imagine we scared the shit out of any fans those other bands
brought. In any case, despite this, the Body still put on a fantastic
show, and I'm stoked we had the opportunity to play with such a punishing band.
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Samothrace is the last one I'll throw on here.
We've been fortunate enough to play with them twice this year, and their
ability to hit the full spectrum of anything heavy is impressive. Their
sound is incredibly dynamic, and I hope to hear more from them in the very near
future.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Primitive Man,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Scorn</span></i><span lang="EN-US">.</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Ethan's artwork
style is perfectly suited to his music. That record cover looks like
it wants to rip your soul out of your chest and shit on it, and that's what
their music sounds like. Sheer menace.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Whilt,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Whilt</span></i><span lang="EN-US">. This is our
drummer Joe's other doomy project, and the art was done by a killer local
Denver artist by the name of Josh Finley. He's done several flyers for
ITCOS, and his work is always solid. On top of everything always coming
out looking amazing, Josh is able to churn out awesome shit like this in a
fraction of the time it would take many other talented artists. The man
has skills.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">In the Company of Serpents,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Of the Flock. </span></i><span lang="EN-US">It's probably a
cop-out for me to list our own record here, but Mike Lawrence did an amazing
job with our latest record, and I want to recognize him for it. The final
product looks gorgeous, and I'm thrilled our first slab of wax came together so
well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Fister's <i>Antitheist </i>is an absolutely
crushing way to lead off a record. They've obviously pushed themselves
here, and I won't be shocked if that record makes virtually every other 'best
of' list for doom this year. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">I really love
Windhand's side of their split with Cough. Don't get me wrong- the
Cough side rips, too. But Windhand seems to really be on their game at
the moment. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Primitive Man's</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Antietam</span></i><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">gets stuck in my
head all the fucking time. So damned heavy...</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">It pains me to say Ladybird's demo. That band
destroys on so many levels, yet they're virtually unknown. I'm of the
opinion that they should be a household name for anyone who is into this form
of music. </span><span lang="EN-US"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">I'm stoked to see what will come from Primitive Man
now that they've got Relapse backing them. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Ice Dragon had a remarkably slow year by Ice Dragon's
standards. Does that mean we'll get 5+ full-lengths next year? One
can dream...</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have to break out of the 3 band limit (Sorry,
Steph!), but I look forward to hearing more from our friends in Stoic
Dissention, Dreadnought, Call of the Void, Low Gravity, Buzzkiller, Dead
Temple, Speedwolf, Space in Time, Whilt and all our other Denver metal brethren.
Lastly, keep an eye out for a new band called Khemmis- they've been
around for barely more than a few months, but I've seen them crush on some very
heavy-hitting bills! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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supported us in any way! We're humbled by the response
we've received for Of the Flock so far, and we hope to have another
handful of releases available for you next year! Extra thanks go to Steph
& TOP for the continued support of our band!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.75pt;"><b>-BEST REISSUES OF 2013 : </b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.75pt;">Sunn0))),</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.75pt;"> </span><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span lang="EN-US">Black One</span></i><i style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.75pt;"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 15.75pt;">is a gorgeous
reissue. Very happy to finally have a copy of that record on wax.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US">Bongzilla's</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><i><span lang="EN-US">Methods for
Attaining Extreme Altitudes</span></i><i><span lang="EN-US"> </span></i><span lang="EN-US">reissue<i> </i>has
some of the greatest packaging I've ever seen. Twist one up!</span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cult Of Occult – Hic Est Domus</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Windhand – Soma</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Phantom Glue – A War Of Light Cones</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Humanfly – Awesome Science </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2) BEST EPs/DEMOS OF 2013</b> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Druid – The Cosmic Serpent</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">DoctoR Doom - DoomO</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #a2c4c9;"><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3) BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2013</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Cough and The Shrine at Dessertfest – London </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Arabrot at The Old Blue - London </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>4) BEST ALBUM COVERS OF 2013</b> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Curse The Son - Psychache</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Old Wounds – From Where We Came Is Where We’ll Rest</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">5) BEST SONGS OF 2013</b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Freeks - Big Black Chunk (Full On album)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Tombstone – Born Of a Jackal (Where The Dead Belong album)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">6) BEST OVERLOOKED ALBUM OF 2012 </b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Void Of Sleep – Tales Between Reality and Madness</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>7) MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2014</b> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alcest</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Opeth</span><br />
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<b style="text-indent: 18pt;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1) BEST ALBUMS OF 2013 </span></span></b></div>
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Goatess - Goatess</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Orchid - The Mouths Of Madness</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Serpent Throne - Brother Lucifer</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Blood Ceremony - The Eldritch Dark</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Magic Circle - Magic Circle</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Wolf People - Fain</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Iron Hearse - Get In The Hearse</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Victor Griffin's In-Graved - In-Graved</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Mountain Witch - Cold River</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Uzala - Tales Of Blood & Fire</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">2) BEST EPs/DEMOS OF 2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;">The Gates Of Slumber - Stormcrow</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Demon Eye - EP</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Ice Dragon - Steel Veins b/w Queen of the Black Harvest</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Lord Montague - Lord Montague</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Mist - Demo 2013</span><br />
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Orchid - The Mouths Of Madness</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Iron Hearse - Get In The Hearse</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Sons of Huns - Banishment Ritual</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">5) BEST SONGS OF 2013</span></b> <span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Black Sabbath – End of the beginning <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Orchid - Marching Dogs Of War</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Blood Ceremony - Ballad Of The Weird Sisters</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Wolf People - Hesperus</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
Goatess - Alpha Omega (of course)</span><br />
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Zodiac - Zodiac (Demo) or The Heavy Eyes - Maera or Diagonal - The Second
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">1) BEST ALBUMS OF 2013</span></b><span style="color: #444444;"> </span><span style="color: #cccccc;">(in no particular order)</span></span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Kylesa - Ultraviolet</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Cult of Luna - Vertikal</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Russian Circles - Memorial</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Toner low - III</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Spider Kittens - Cougar club</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Pelican - Forever becoming</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Blaak Heat Shujaa - The Edge of an Era</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Gnaw - This Chamber</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Primitive Man - Scorn</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Sofy Major - Idolize</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>2) BEST EPs/DEMOS OF 2013 </b></span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Netra - Dreading Consciousness</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- DoctoR DooM - DoomO</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Death Engine - Amen</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- The Melvins + Scott Kelly - Venom Tribute</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Cult Of Luna - Vertikal 2</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>3) BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2013 </b></span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Northwinds at Anthems of doom (Bressuire)</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Stangala at Gwernandour (Brasparts)</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- EyeHateGod / Verdun at Raymond Bar (Clermont-Ferrand)</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Graveyard at Hellfestt (Clisson)</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Cult of Luna at Echonova (Saint-Avé)</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>4) BEST ALBUM COVERS OF 2013 </b></span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Whatever comes out of The Melvins... let's see... this time will be the Venom tribute 7", cover by Tom Hazelmyer and Buzz's wife Mackie</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">5) BEST SONGS OF 2013</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Chelsea Wolfe - "House of Metal" from Pain is Beauty</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- True Widow - "Trollstigen" from Circumambulation</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Hangman's Chair - "A Scar To Remember" from Hope Dope Rope</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Prurient - "You Show Great Spirit" from Through The Window</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Black Rainbows - "Chakra Temple" from Holy Moon</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>6) BEST OVERLOOKED ALBUM OF 2012</b></span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- The Midnight Ghost Train - Buffalo</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><b>7)</b> </span><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2014</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></b></span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- Tool (?)</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">- well... ours !</span><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><br style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">8)</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></b></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">2013 was a good year for us, first tour with Stangala across France and UK, discovered and met a lot of good bands and peoples, Northwinds, Bigelow bighorns, Steph... Then the creation of L'Amicale du Fuzz association, built to meet more cool people and bands. We are now focused on 2014 and our first album, a lot of work have been made but a lot more is to come, we're also to tour extensively and plan to make a serious french tour in June, hope to meet you all there !</span></span><br />
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OF 2013</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The Old Wind – Feast on
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Reflection of the Negative (Split)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Uncle Acid & The
Deadbeats – Mind Control</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Lumbar – The First and
Last Days of Unwelcome</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Wo-Fat/Egypt –
Cyclopean Riffs (Split)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Beelzefuzz – S/T</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">SubRosa – More constant
than the Gods</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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EPs/DEMOS OF 2013</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-size: 11.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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PERFORMANCES OF 2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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COVERS OF 2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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finds its release, and probably the next Melvins-album.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Hymn will probably enter the studio to record some killer grooves as well.
Gonna slay!</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: FR;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Desertfest in London was the absolute highlight of 2013. Wish for 2014 to top
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Year’s End List</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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the beginning of the year and it never let go. Great tunes complemented by some
great sequencing. </span></span></div>
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‘Void Abyss’ was everything I hoped for…and more. Trippy, menacing, and utterly
evil sounding. </span></span></div>
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still maintain that Uzala is one of the most unique doom bands going today.
Super cool people and they destroy live.</span></span></div>
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*The depth to this album is simply mind-blowing. Dark, often surreal atmospheres dominate
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band just gets better with every release. ‘Saga’ is the band’s trippiest and
most varied release to date. </span></span></div>
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Unwelcome’ *I had high hopes for this release and I wasn’t disappointed. Pure
rage is off-set by obscured moments of hope. My only complaint is that it’s too
short.</span></span></div>
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Flock’ *Similar to Uzala, In the Company of Serpents have released an album
that does an amazing job of capturing their live sound. The duo has progressed
and the results are amazing. </span></span></div>
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*Seemingly content to move even further from their doom roots, Ice Dragon is
still churning out amazing tunes. Is it weird that my favorite track is “(I
Will) Watch My Hair Grow”? </span></span></div>
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as their debut…nonetheless ‘Soma’ is a narcotizing wave of doom. </span></span></div>
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Antahkarana’ is a sprawling trip that is as dark as it is invigorating. Not for
everyday listening, but it fills a niche that few other bands can come close to
touching.</span></span></div>
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order): GOATESS - ‘Goatess’, SUMMONER - ‘Atlantian’, GRAVECODE NEBULA -
‘Sempiternal Void’, TORTUGA - ‘Tortuga’, SHALLOW GRAVE - ‘Shallow Grave’, ROTE
MARE – ‘The Invocation’ & ‘The Kingdom’, BEELZEFUZZ – ‘Beelzefuzz’</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1. BÖLZER – ‘Aura’ *I have to thank Chad
Remains for turning me on to these guys. Blackened death metal isn’t usually my
thing, but this EP is otherworldly and it flat-out slays. Looking forward to
the follow-up, ‘Soma’.</span></span></div>
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Negative’ *Despite the differences in tone and style, this team-up totally
works. Two killer tunes from Windhand nicely complements the dark and twisted
direction that Cough has taken with “Athame”, their strongest tune to date.</span></span></div>
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that I initially bought this split for the Rote Mare tunes and I ended up being
blown away by Dire Fate. Both bands deliver some excellent slabs of traditional
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*Probably the most disappointing story of 2013…the demise of venerable
doomlords—The Gates of Slumber. But the band couldn’t have gone out with a
stronger recording. Here’s looking forward to new creative endeavors from Simon
and McCash…</span></span></div>
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DRAGON – ‘Steel Veins b/w Queen of the Black Harvest’ *Ice Dragon still has
it—a killer way to close out the year. </span></span></div>
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LIVE PERFORMANCES</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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PENTAGRAM, KADAVAR, IN THE COMPANY OF SERPENTS, BLACK ACID DEVIL, DEAD TEMPLE</span></span></div>
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Redeemist’ *I was a huge fan of the band’s self-titled debut, but somehow
‘Defender, Redeemist’ escaped me. The band was scheduled to play in Denver with
support from In the Company of Serpents and I was stoked for this killer lineup.
I began spinning ‘Defender, Redeemist’ and I was blown away. Unfortunately the
band never made it to Denver as it was announced that Kevin McDade had passed
away. The sky was the limit for this unique band and though things won’t be the
same I’m glad that the other members have decided to press on…</span></span></div>
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ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2014</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other highly anticipated albums: SERPENT
VENOM - 'Of Things Seen and Unseen', SLOMATICS – ‘Estron’, TRIPTY<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7341171013284908304" name="_GoBack"></a>KON – ‘Melana Chasmata’, BÖLZER – ‘Soma’, STOIC DISSENTION, BURNING SAVIOURS, and
hopefully a demo from Karl Simon’s WRETCH…</span></span></div>
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REISSUES</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2013:</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> To be honest 2013 was a blur and it
went by way too fast. Hopefully, in the long run, everything that I’m working
so hard for will come together and pay-off without any disillusionment or too
many dashed expectations. It was cool getting to know a handful of
writers/bloggers and even some of the bands that have released music that
really made an impression on me or caught my ear. Of course, I also can’t
underestimate or take for granted the support that I get from my girl. </span></span></div>
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mid-way through the year giving me the time to really pursue my interests and
allow more time for writing and other creative endeavors. Hopefully 2014 will
be just as good musically as it has been the previous few years. </span></span></div>
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order. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">1) BEST ALBUMS OF
2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Gorguts - Colored
Sands</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hail of Bullets -
III The Rommel Chronicles<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black Sabbath -
13<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Greyon - self
titled<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Noisem - Agony
Defined<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Disease
Concept - Your Destroyer<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Weekend Nachos -
Still<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Power Trip -
Manifest Decimation<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grouper - The Man
Who Died in his Boat<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">IRON REAGAN -
Worse than Dead<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">2) BEST EPs/DEMOS
OF 2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Disfortune -
Disanthropy<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">SICK/TIRED -
manufractured 7"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Austerymn - In
Death...We Speak<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Sumokem - The
Doctor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Blut Aus Nord -
What Once Was...Liber III<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">3) BEST LIVE
PERFORMANCES OF 2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Neurosis @Emo's
Austin, Tx 2-17-2013</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carcass -
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Immolation -
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jex Thoth -
"The Places You Walk"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Power Trip -
"Crossbreaker"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Voivod -
"Target Earth"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Carcass - "A
Congealed Clot Of Blood"<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #a2c4c9;">6) BEST OVERLOOKED
ALBUM OF 2012</span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jungle Juice -
Involuntary Convulsions 7"</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seahag -
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><b>-BEST REISSUES OF
2013</b> </span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Besieged -
Victims Beyond All Help<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">-BEST LABELS OF
2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">aka shameless
plug for three labels we've worked with in 2013<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Goat Skull
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(Debemur Morti)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- The Body - Christs, Redeemers
(Thrill Jockey)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Bottom Feeder - Grinding Teeth
(Raw Birth Records)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Author & Punisher - Women
& Children (Seventh Rule Recordings)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Benchpress - Controlled By Death
(Autoproduction)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Aosoth - IV : Arrow In Heart
(Agonia Records)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
(Columbia Records)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- SubRosa - More Constant Than The
Gods (Profound Lore Records)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- The Icarus Line - Slave Vows
(Agitated Records)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">2) BEST EPs/DEMOS OF 2013</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Flourishing - Intersubjectivity
(The Pathless Traveled Records)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;">3) BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2013 </b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Pharmakon / MAMCS <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">4) BEST ALBUM COVERS OF 2013</span><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></b></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Oozing Wound - Retrash (Thrill
Jockey)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Nine Inch Nails - Hesitation Marks
digipack edition (Columbia Records)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Wormlust - The Feral Wisdom
(Demonhood Prod)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a2c4c9;"><b>5) BEST SONGS OF 2013 </b></span></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- 'This Horrible Chamber" /
Gnaw - Horrible Chamber (freak of the year)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- "She Found Now" / My
Bloody Valentine - MBV (fuzz of the year)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- "D" / Rorcal - Vilagvége
(blizzard of the year)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- "Astro-Mancy" / MGMT -
MGMT (sirocco of the year)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- "Can You Feel My Heart"
/ Bring Me The Horizon - Sempiternal (blockbuster of the year)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b style="background-color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #a2c4c9; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6) BEST OVERLOOKED ALBUM OF 2012 </span></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- Neurosis - Honor Found In Decay
(Neurot Recordings)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">7) MOST ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2014 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">- That's a secret.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">8)</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't really know if it's just me or
not, but damn mates, once again, what a fucking great year, especially for us
doomsters and sludge worshippers (I mean I should add in my top 10 the latest
releases of Cathedral, Kylesa, Obelyskkh, Nightslug, Grime, Yidhra, 11
Paranoias, Palehorse, and many more, but I do respect T.O.P's rules !) Just
wish 2014 to be even louder, lower and slower.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #a2c4c9;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">BEST </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ALBUMS </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OF </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>2013</b> (in</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">no</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">particular</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">order)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“The</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Eldritch </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Dark”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span>Blood <span lang="EN-US"> </span>Ceremony<span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“Soma” <span lang="EN-US"> </span>by <span lang="EN-US"> </span>Windhand<span lang="EN-US"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Adversarial” </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Black </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Pyramid</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Mouths</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">of </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Madness” </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Orchid</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Spiritual</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Relics”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Bloody </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Hammers</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Desperate </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Souls </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">of </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Tortured </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Times” </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Age </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">of </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Taurus</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Atlantian”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Summoner</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Infestissuman” </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Ghost </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">(B.C.)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Become </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">the </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Sun”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Egypt</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“The</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Hundredth </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Name” </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Demon </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Lung</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span lang="EN-US">2)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">BEST</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">EPs/DEMOS</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">OF </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">2013</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Demon</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Eye”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Demon</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Eye</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Belladonna” </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Aleph </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Null</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Of</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Gods </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Flesh”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Rozamov</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> “Seasons</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">of </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Might” </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Black </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Thai</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Reflection</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">of </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">the </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Negative” </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">split </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Windhand/Cough</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span lang="EN-US">3)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">BEST </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">LIVE </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">PERFORMANCES</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">OF </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">2013</span></span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Ides</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">of </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Gemini </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">at</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">The</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Roxy,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Boston</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">MA</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Scimitar </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">at </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Ralph’s,</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Worcester</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">MA</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"><span lang="EN-US">4)</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">BEST</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">ALBUM</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">COVERS</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">OF </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span></b><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">2013</span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Atlantian”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Summoner</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“The</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Hundredth </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Name”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Demon </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Lung</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Spiritual</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Relics”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Bloody</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Hammers</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">“Satan’s</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Country”</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Black </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Prism</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US"> “Tales</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">of </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Blood </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">and</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Fire” </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">by </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US">Uzala </span><span lang="EN-US"> </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #a2c4c9;"><b>8)</b></span><span lang="EN-US"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"> </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2013 </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">was </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">great </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">year </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; 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font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">doom/ stoner </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">scene, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">in </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> general.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">were </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">able </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">to </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">share </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">stage </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">with</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">likes </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">of </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Castle, Elder, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pilgrim, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Gozu, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Black</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thai, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Lo</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">‐</span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pan, </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and </span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc; 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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">BEST
ALBUMS OF 2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">AUTOPSY - THE HEADLESS RITUAL<br />
BLACK OATH - OV QLIPHOTH AND DARKNESS (check spelling!)<br />
BEASTMILK - CLIMAX<br />
PROCESSION - TO REAP HEAVENS APART<br />
COFFINS - THE FLESHLAND<br />
ABYSMAL GRIEF - FERETRI<br />
DARKTHRONE - THE UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE<br />
SOLOTHUS - SUMMONED FROM THE VOID<br />
WITCHGRAVE - S/T<br />
SATANS SATYRS – WILD BEYOND BELIEF<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">BEST EPs/DEMOS OF 2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">LIVE BURIAL - CD DEMO<br />
HOODED MENACE - EP<br />
HELLKRUSHER - SPLIT EPS<br />
UNDER THE CHURCH - DEMO<o:p></o:p></span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">OBNOXIOUS YOUTH - SUCK ON THE CROSS</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">BEST LIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">WATAIN -
ELECTRIC BALLROOM LONDON<br />
HELLSHOCK - LEEDS<br />
EXTINCTION OF MANKIND - LEEDS<br />
BONESAW - EDINBURGH<br />
DOOM - MIDDLESBROUGH<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;"> BEST ALBUM COVERS OF 2013 </span></b><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
AUTOPSY -THE HEADLESS RITUAL</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
DARKTHRONE - THE UNDERGROUND RESISTANCE</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
ABYSMAL GRIEF - FERETRI</span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;">
COFFINS - THE FLESHLAND<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">BEST SONGS OF 2013 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">BEST
OVERLOOKED ALBUM OF 2012 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><b><span style="color: #a2c4c9;">MOST
ANTICIPATED ALBUMS OF 2014 </span></b><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc;">NEW
AUTOPSY!<br />
NEW SKITSYSTEM?!<br />
WINDS OF GENOCIDE - USURPING THE THRONE OF DISEASE!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #999999; font-size: 14pt;"><b>When the Deadbolt Breaks</b> - ‘Drifting Towards the Edge Complete’</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;"> *<i> this largely underrated band released here
a masterful double album of atmospheric Sludge, blending almost all possible
HEAVY genres you can imagine… Alternatively heavy as fuck, droning, roaring, brutal, mesmerizing, experimental, somber and mystical, this band crafted here incredible moods encompassing brilliantly everything I'm looking for in music ! I go rarely for lengthy stuff but this
double album is a serious exception, an overwhelming journey into sonic grace...<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;"> Kadavar “Abra Kadavar’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">Tombstones ‘Red Skies and Dead Eyes’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">Special mention for STONE MAGNUM ’From Time… To Eternity’ special
European edition with 1<sup>st</sup> album as bonus, awesome release !!!</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">- Doctor Doom ‘Doomo’ </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">(grooviest band I’ve ever seen on stage ! can’t wait for the next
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">. NORTHWINDS – Anthems of Doom, Bressuire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">Special mention for SLEEP at Hellfest, I’m definitely reconciled with
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">ROTE MARE ‘The Hour of Doom’</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">SPACE GOD RITUAL ‘The Mad Alhazred’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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surprise; utterly haunting, raw, wild and bewitching… this one instantly became
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">SIGIRIYA ‘Darkness died Today’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">SHEAVY ‘Moons in Penumbra’ (released this week but shall be attached to 2014, will get it for Christmas, thanx to Jason Williams!)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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WOUNDED KINGS and YOB… debuts from ORDER
OF THE SOLAR TEMPLE and HEAVY TEMPLE +
new BLOOD FARMERS, THE BOTTLE DOOM LAZY BAND and BARABBAS if they ever happen to
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blog, gigs, tons of awesome music accompanying my safe and lonely moments, nice
people I’ve met, spoken and chated with; kids amazingly growing, wife loving me madly (she's very deserving!)... but on the other hand, 2013 has been very
tiring with the tragic loss of Pit (my dog/best friend over the 13 last years)
and unexpected issues at work, where I wasted huge amounts of energy - which in the end seriously affected my
diabetes… </span><span style="font-size: 14pt;">stress and insomnia are bad for everyone but things get multipIied with
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-size: 14pt;">SAINT VITUS ‘C.o.D.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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soundtrack, the pictures and stories are all here in my head<i>.</i> Once again Year Of No Light prove that
they aren’t only able to write a perfect soundtrack to a movie, but that they
can write a perfect “soundtrack” that creates a movie in your head.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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and the soundtrack project <i>Vampyr, Tocsin</i>
now is the third full length album (and the first through ‘Debemur Morti
Productions’ ) of the French Post-Metal band from Bordeaux. The album comprises
five tracks with an overall playing time of nearly one hour - one hour of atmospheres
and heaviness, carefully balanced out to keep up the tension between a sense of
a lurking hovering menace, its execution and its emotional impact. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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</i>takes its time to conjure up a haunting atmosphere, beginning with quiet synth
sounds, slow paced drumming a dirge like doomy atmosphere which builds up as a
harbinger of pain and sorrow. The ambient sounds grow slowly from ripples into
huge waves a colossal sea monster would raise when emerging from the dark cold
depths of the oceans. By the time you notice and recognize its presence in form
of a heavy monolithic riff you’re already lost in the deathly embrace of its
tentacles, dragging you down to meet cold dark emptiness in dissonant
electronic sounds and feedback. The track is indeed a perfect introduction into
the album. Starting slow, quite simple in structure, but with details and
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the opener had set. Much faster and sounding almost cheery and light,it’s a
real counterpart to all other songs, but actually it gives expression to the
state of mind after you’ve met a devastating evil force. Jarring black metal
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yourself, quasi in sober state again, in the dark lonely vast emptiness,
recognizing its inescapability with an utter depressing heaviness executed by
droning sludge doom. Here the balance between crushing heavy power and and
melancholic solemn atmosphere is most outstanding and of vibrant emotional
tension which is continued in the following track <i>Stella Rectrix. </i>A short quiet and slow synth intro, followed by a
monstrous riff and beautiful melancholic melodies, gaining speed with a dynamic
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Is it the fact that it’s entirely instrumental, or indeed <i>YONL’s </i> experience of
actually having made movie soundtracks, the overall dark and epic orchestral
sound (3 guitars, 2 drums, 1 bass ,4 of 6 band members taking care of all the
electronic sounds, syths/keys), or their ability to create that incredible
balance and tension between heaviness and atmospheric parts of which both
strike with a devastating emotional impact?… whatever might be to blame for
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Vin De Mia Trix (<st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Kiev</st1:place>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Ukraine</st1:country-region></st1:city>) openly
labels their music as death/doom metal, saturated with a number of different influences from adjacent genres.
Until recently the band had only demos and an Ep, and the guys were probably more
known for their live performances, but combined efforts of
Canadian label Hypnotic Dirge and our Solitude Prod. have finally led to release the first full-length Vin De Mia Trix album "Once Hidden From Sight". There
are a lot of successful experiments with "weight, gloom, melodic and
atmospheric sound" on this record, let’s talk directly with members of Vin
de Mia Trix. Andrew Tkachenko (vocals), Serge Pokhvala (guitars), Alex
Vynogradoff (bass, vocals) are on-line right now.</b><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d9ead3;"><b>Hey there! Could you introduce
yourselves? Who are the people behind Vin de Mia Trix?</b></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serge: Hails! We are Vin de Mia Trix from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Kiev</st1:city>, <st1:country-region w:st="on">Ukraine</st1:country-region></st1:place></st1:city>.
The band’s line-up consists of Andrew Tkachenko (vocals), Serge Pokhvala
(guitars), Alex Vynogradoff (bass, vocals) and Igor Babayev (drums). I would
also like to mention our technician and fifth member Vadim Hedyuk, who helps us
in every aspect, from stage sound engineering to creating video backgrounds for
the shows.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d9ead3;">You have released your
first EP titled</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9ead3;"> <b>“El Sueño de <st1:personname productid="la Razon Produce" w:st="on">la Razon Produce</st1:personname>
Monstruos” (quite a lengthy title!) on Satanarsa Records in 2010. How mature
was this work, and how important was it for you to have it released?</b></span><span style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex: Of course, judging from today’s perspective this EP feels quite
raw, although that’s exactly what makes it interesting. I think it will be
worth listening to even in 10 years. At the time, obviously, it was an
extremely important step for us. Many Ukrainian bands play lots of live shows,
but don’t record anything. We, on the other hand, have always wanted to be
known for our releases.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d9ead3;">I don’t know much
about Ukrainian doom bands. Whom do you consider worth checking out?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrew: You surely know the heavyweights, such as Autumnia. Among
younger bands I’d like to mention our label-mates Odradek Room, also fond of
mixing genres and creating very interesting and multi-faceted music; and our
friends Suffer Yourself, who are one of the heaviest and darkest bands on
Ukrainian scene.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serge: I think that Embrace of Silence and Torrens Coscientium also
deserve mentioning.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d9ead3;">Satanarsa Records is a
totally underground label with little relation to outside world and scene. Can
you say it helped Vin de Mia Trix in any way to become better known?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex: Despite Satanarsa being a very underground label, a couple dozens
of people from all over the world learned about our existence thanks to this
EP. Doom-metal.com, particularly, published a favorable review, attracting
certain amount of attention to that release.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serge: When we played at Moscow Doom Festival this spring, one of the
listeners from <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Saint Petersburg</st1:place></st1:city>
told us he owns a copy of our EP. It was a pleasant surprise.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrew: We were also quite amazed when we met an American who was highly
interested in all releases specifically from Satanarsa’s catalogue. This shows
that bands and labels even from the deepest underground have their audience.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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like Doom Over <st1:city w:st="on">Kiev</st1:city> or <st1:city w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Moscow</st1:place></st1:city> Doom Festival, can one draw
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrew: I was somewhat surprised when I learned that many bands from
this part of the world are quite favored by the western audience. There are
certain people who think that <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region>
and <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Ukraine</st1:place></st1:country-region>
are something of a Promised Land for doom fans. And they dream of seeing our
bands live. But it’s usually too expensive for promoters to bring a Ukrainian
or Russian doom band to play in <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serge: I can’t really say that any kind of metal (especially doom) is
really popular in our country. Doom really is a kind of genre that was never
intended to be popular.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d9ead3;">This year saw a
release of Vin de Mia Trix’s first full-length, “Once Hidden From Sight”. I
know that it was released simultaneously by two labels – Solitude Productions
from <st1:country-region w:st="on">Russia</st1:country-region> and Hypnotic
Dirge Records from <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Canada</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
Is that right?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrew: That’s right, our album has become a first co-release between
these two labels. We have spent a long time looking for a label to publish our
first album. HDR has attracted our attention from the very beginning, so it was
one of the first labels to which we’ve sent promos. We had to wait a few
excruciating months, but when Nick, the guy behind HDR, has finally sorted
everything out and offered to release the album, it felt just fantastic. A
co-release with Solitude Prod. was also his idea – HDR has been an official Solitude’s
distributor in both <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Americas</st1:place></st1:country-region>
for a few years now, so a co-release was a logical step for them. In the end we
have gained support of two well-known and respected labels, so we are very
pleased by this arrangement.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d9ead3;">The album is quite
diverse. For instance, I find that the intro to “Silent World” reminds me of
Empyrium. Have you ever considered stepping beyond the boundaries of doom
towards something, well… less popular?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex: In our case it’s impossible to move to something less popular -
we’re already at the very edge! But if you mean deviating from death/doom
canons, you can already hear this on Once Hidden From Sight - there are bits of
black metal, progressive, blues, and some other styles scattered all over the
record. And we plan to incorporate more such elements into our music in the
future - it’s boring to play the same stuff all the time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serge: We were never forcing ourselves into any genre boundaries. But I
don’t think our sound will change radically - a smooth evolution is more
likely. We listen to lots of different music, and it influences and inspires
us.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrew:<b> </b>I’ve noticed that we
rarely get compared to a same band twice. Thank you for mentioning Empyrium, it
is an unusual, but a flattering association. Our new material, which we plan to
start recording next year, will be even more diverse and contain more elements
and influences from non-doom styles - although the doom foundation will also
become more crushing and powerful.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Andrew: We were never adding more elements just for the sake of it. Each
of these new songs was either written during a sudden outburst of inspiration,
or carefully composed and polished over the years, even before the band itself
was formed. So I am sure that every element of these tracks is in its own
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Hidden From Sight stands out among the others, in your opinion?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex: I think that it’s best to listen to the album as a whole,
experiencing its whole range of feeling and emotions. It’s not a good idea to
tear particular songs out of the context. But my personal favorites are Nowhere
is Here and matr.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serge: I agree that matr is probably our most emotionally overwhelming
track.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d9ead3;">This last song’s title
is in Sanskrit, if I’m not mistaken. What does it mean and what’s this song
about?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex: You are right, it’s Sanskrit. This word translates as “mother”. It
is the most enigmatic of our songs, both musically and lyrically, and we can’t
be completely sure about its meaning ourselves. It is a submersion into
pre-conscious state, the source of all poetry. Sanskrit was chosen to stress
the age of this word and the eternity of a concept it describes. There’s no use
in searching for definite meanings here, because in the mother’s womb the world
is not yet divided into object and subject, black and white.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d9ead3;">Can you describe a
listener who could be potentially interested in Vin de Mia Trix’ music? Is it
correct to talk about “educating” the listeners through complex music, lyrics,
concepts? Or is it enough to just embrace the well-established genre boundaries
and play metal like the founding fathers did?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex: Our listener is a music lover who doesn’t hold any genre
prejudices or stereotypes, who appreciates the complexity of emotions expressed
by the music and, therefore, the complexity of music itself. We have already
noticed that our most devoted listeners are the people who are <i>interested</i>, in all senses of the word. I
doubt that we could really “educate” someone (this certainly is not our goal),
but it’s true that our music is directed at the prepared listeners.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And I don’t agree that the great bands just played metal. They’ve
reached this status exactly because they created their own genres, not
hesitating to experiment and push the boundaries. Be it Black Sabbath, My Dying
Bride or Paradise Lost - they all started as brave and bold novators, and only
then the waves of copycat followers formed the genre’s stereotypes and
templates. Every time I listen to the classic bands’ iconic albums I feel that
they’re still several feet ahead of most contemporary bands.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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there some necessary doom metal attributes without which Vin de Mia Trix would
be unimaginable?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex: I think we all like doom for its slow tempo, specific emotions and
incredible flexibility of the genre which easily incorporates the outside
elements. Doom metal has always been comprised of several quite different
styles. So those vague boundaries that do exist in this genre have always been
acceptable for us and nothing stopped us from adding whatever we want to our
music. In other words, we play <i>music</i>
first, doom metal second.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #d9ead3;">Who could you name
your “teachers” in doom metal? And are there any Ukrainian or Russian names in
this list?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Serge: Probably it’s My Dying Bride, Anathema, Esoteric, Evoken, Ahab,
Urna, Ataraxie. These bands have formed my taste in doom. Unfortunately, there
are very few good bands in Russia and Ukraine. I was very impressed by live
performance of Comatose Vigil. As of Ukrainian bands, Autumnia is the most
successful and interesting one.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Alex: I could add Mournful Congregation and early Katatonia and Opeth to
this list. All these bands have melancholic mood and acoustic interludes in
their songs, which we really appreciate, and they have been using non-standard
song structures (unlike 90% of doom songs that consist of 3-4 riffs played over
and over again). We always aimed at being independent from Ukrainian or Russian
scene - a good band in any genre, especially doom, is a rare treasure, and you
have to search all over the world to find it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Igor: For me it’s definitely Evoken and Skepticism. But on the other
hand, as the guys already said, doom can be a mix of various styles and genres
of music. Even classical music or funk can suggest you some interesting moves
that can be useful in doom.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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good luck in your further creative efforts. See you! And… hey, what does the
name Vin de Mia Trix mean?</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Serge: Let it remain a sort of secret to your readers! ;-)</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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adjectives and explanations describing how Ice Dragon pretty much do whatever
the fuck they want. Under a handful of monikers Ron, Carter, Joe, and recent
addition Brad have covered Sabbathian doom, Cthulhu-inspired drone-terror,
dream pop, and with this year’s masterful ‘Born a Heavy Morning’ AM radio
influenced tunes that transcend the source material simply by being channeled
through the subconscious collective that is Ice Dragon. Despite the occasional
curveball Ice Dragon have yet to make a weak album. Though 2013 hasn’t been
quite as productive as 2012, the band has released some of its trippiest, most
far-out material and, as Tentacle, some of the most sinister and acerbic. With
2013 coming to an end Ice Dragon have unexpectedly unleashed ‘Steel Veins b/w
Queen of the Black Harvest’, two tunes that delve into the doomier side of the
band. For those who have missed the doomed-out heft and crawl of ‘The Burl, the
Earth, the Aether’, ‘The Sorrowful Sun’, or ‘Tome of the Future
Ancients’—prepare to rock-the-fuck-out.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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opening bassline that “Steel Veins” is going to be something special. After the
brief bass intro signifying nothing short of impending doom the guitars come
crashing in for a wholly enjoyable experience. The guys still have it. “Steel
Veins” has everything that made early Ice Dragon releases so great—crawling
mid-tempo guitar crunch, simple yet ominous Mark Adams’ styled basslines, and
Ron’s ability to pair his vocals with virtually any type of cacophony the band
is creating. On the flip-side, “Queen of the Black Harvest” trades in a bit of
the guitar crunch for a stoner-doom groove that is embellished with moments of
crashing percussive noise, backwards winding tape abuse, and a return to the
darker, fantasy inspired lyrics that would have been right at home amongst the
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Dragon is that they are not afraid to experiment or push their creative
boundaries. The band is able to draw from a variety of influences and styles in
order to create something new without resulting in mere pastiche. And they do
it well. The only significant thread throughout the band’s discography is a
heavy dose of psychedelia and ‘Steel Veins b/w Queen of the Black Harvest’ is
no exception. Even though Ice Dragon has released a fair amount of
material that could be considered doom, it had looked as if the heavier side of
the band would be forever relegated to output from Tentacle. Again, Ice Dragon
has thrown another curveball with “Steel Veins” and “Queen of the Black
Harvest”—a Hell-of-a-way to close out the year. Highly recommended…<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Don't know if anyone will follow me on this feeling, but NC music -at times- awesomely reminds me the good old early years of At the Gates, when a certain Alf Svensson was giving birth and (a brief) sense to melodic Death Metal... But NC's sound includes more than just catchy death metal with piercing melodies, strangled yellings and tremolo picking, it also reflects some pure fucking Doominess with chaos, dissonance, grace and sorrow; believe me, you've got here new cadors to rip your ears !!! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NC: The most honest answer is that were old, slow and a little lazy. Of course you got other things like wives, kids, jobs, other bands, hangovers, diarrhea, athlete's foot and so on. But all those things are ultimately just excuses for being dumb, not so young and full of shit.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NC: Dave was an original member of Shredded Corpse but I only played bass for a few shows in Arkansas and Tennessee along with recording one song with the band on one of their last demos. He and I met at the first Shredded Corpse show in Little Rock as I was playing in another death metal band around the area. We've played together in a number of short lived bands since then.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NC: You pretty much said it yourself with the first three words there. But nobody in the band writes from a purist perspective and a good riff is a good riff no matter what genre it may or may not bring to mind. That doesn't mean we're going to try and fit a grind/reggae part into a folk power ballad but we never really know what exactly is going to fall out of our asses.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">NC: It'll definitely make a lot more people aware of us along with making our releases more available. We're slightly different than what some might interpret as an A389 band. But at the same time there's no shortage of bands on there that we share a lot of the same sounds and traits with. There's an awesome balance of HC, Grind, Thrash and a bit of Doom and Death in there too. </span></div>
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whirlwind year or so for Portland sludge-slingers Mammoth Salmon. Paul Dudziak (guitar / vocals) & Mitch Meidinger
(drums) came together in summer 2012 and released their debut EP by
Christmas. On the EP, the duo threw
their collective hat into the ring of contenders for the title of heaviest band
in the world. By spring the band had a
second three song EP on bandcamp which carried much the same weight as its
predecessor, only the songs were becoming longer, the band were beginning to
explore the limits of their own creations allowing chords to ring and drone.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This tendency to
ring out and drone away continues into the band’s recently released third EP
‘Call of the Mammoth’. Droney
sensibilities give each of the five songs on the EP scope and heft even though
none of them surpass the nine minute mark and three of them stop short of five
minutes in length. The album’s 27
minutes are drenched in ponderous heaviness as befitting the band’s name. Instrumental “Dark Descent” kicks things off
in an unassuming way, as wah guitar drips from the ceiling like water from a
stalagtite before descending into the cave of crash heavy darkness. Musically, cavernous themes are further
explored on “In Constant Darkness”.</span></span></div>
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‘The Call of the Mammoth’ has established its own distinctive feel. The songs are slow but short and they pulsate
the way you might imagine cave walls breathe exerting tremendous pressure on
the listener. In a live setting, it must
be an almost devotional experience, fans of the slow and heavy rolling in the
aisles of the venue with rolling eyes and glossolalia on their tongues. “Sacred Smoke” does nothing to dislodge the
listener from this state. The title
track drags the listener further into the dark netherworld. The track kicks off with a Lee Dorrian style
vocal, although Cathedral never got this dark and just as the song is about to
hammer away with increasing excitement, they veer in an unexpected direction,
hitting the nail on the head with a zombie-slow, droney middle section. This is the beauty of spelunking, there’s no
end to the twists and turns the band can take and they come by them
honestly. It’s only then that we can
delve miles beneath the surface into “Eulogy”.</span></span></div>
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slowest, longest building song the band has yet attempted and I’ll say this of
the listening experience. If you’re not
fully enthralled in what the band is doing by this point, you might not want to
see it through to its conclusion. A
close listen however ensures that ‘Call of the Mammoth’ becomes an addictive
experience, you will want to become lost in the depth of this EP again and
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<span lang="EN-CA"><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With this EP the
band is beginning to master its own techniques while continuing to experiment
and push their own limits. Since the
release of ‘Call of the Mammoth’, Mammoth Salmon has also introduced a third
full-time member in the form of bassist Alex Bateman which should only further
deepen the band’s sound. The band is
currently working on releasing a pair of tracks from this EP on a 7” record so
check their facebook for updates and stay tuned. Despite being a newer band on the scene,
Mammoth Salmon has established an identity that distinguishes them from most
Portland bands and they’ve kept a good pace of releasing material, it’s a bit
early to start comparing the band to Neurosis or YOB or Cathedral, but they’re
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The litany of
80s US metal is full of underdogs, from bands who once made a mark but were
later forgotten by all but a die-hard minority (Riot, Omen, Crimson Glory),
bands who achieved a cult following but never, arguably, the break-out success
they deserve (Manilla Road, Virgin Steele, Cirith Ungol) and finally bands
whose enthusiasm for heavy metal exceeded their grasp of its idioms, leading to
idiosyncratic offerings of metal as outsider art, albums that you either love
or hate. Broca’s Helm and Coven, now Coven 13, exemplify this category in my
mind. Coven 13’s 1987 debut, ‘Worship New Gods’ was a ragged, uneven and
gloriously cheesy affair; most of all, for anyone who loves the spirit of
classic heavy metal, it was an album with its heart in the right place. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">More than two
decades on, the boys (now middle-aged men) are back, and this new album is
better produced and more assured than their debut, but it’s still a little a
tad amateurish – in the good sense of being motivated by a love for the thing
being done, but also to an extent in the other sense of not being done with a
certain level of expertise or smoothness. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Certainly there
is nothing to complain about on the basic level of musicianship. The band is
tight and effective, and there are melodies and riffs that stand out. For the
most part, though, there is nothing especially original here. The solos are expressive,
the arrangements are effective, there is a an air of restraint and a skillful
evocation of atmosphere which shows the distance these musicians have traversed
since their 80s debut. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">These songs are
likeable, sometimes catchy. The vocal style is the most unpredictable aspect
here, from the Reverend Bizarre-like deep vocals of ‘Thor’s Twins’ to the more
punky delivery of ‘Spellbound’ or the wail on ‘Solitary Days’ which weirdly
reminds me of Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli. I can’t help but feel that David
Landrum isn’t as bad a vocalist as he’s sometimes made out to be, simply one
who should work within the limits of his range more effectively. On the plus
side, he does have a variety of vocal shadings to draw upon. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although the
band now style themselves ‘Nordic Doom Metal’, the music is largely uptempo, as
in ‘Thor’s Twins’, the rousing ‘She Rides The Dawn’ or ‘Frost Giants’.
‘Elfstone’, a lyrical portrait of Tolkien’s Aragorn, is an anthemic piece of
classic NOWHM-leaning metal while ‘Witches Kiss’ has a groovy vibe that harkens
back to late-70s hard rock and metal. Te ominous ‘Walpurgisnacht’ showcases the
band’s more doomy side and ‘Winds Of Revelation’ is a suitably martial,
Nordic-themed album closer. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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likable album. I keep returning to that thought. I think it will work best if
you put aside the expectations you may have of the more polished heavy metal
put out by some other Shadow Kingdom artists and take the time to listen
‘Worship New Gods’ first, because, all said and done, Coven 13 have a unique
style of their own, a style hammered together from classic metal influences but
transmuted into a quirky and valid original metal vision. </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: black;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">Paying Homage to the rotten filth from which they were born, </span><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Blackwitch Pudding</b></span><span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span>is actually a band of three Wizards. Legend has it, they were raised from a stagnant used puddle of ergot, left by the mysterious Blackwitch, hundreds of years ago. Trained in the dark arts of doom and witchery, these Wizards wander the cosmos in search of nothing, for their path is a simple one.... the riffs must be heavy and the smoke must be heavier.</span><span style="line-height: 18px;"> Their debut LP was completely self produced, recorded at Toadhouse Studios (home of Red Fang, Black Pussy, Norska and others) and mixed and mastered by the legendary Billy Anderson...</span></i></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Including basically 7 songs and a</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">vailable as a name your price affair on Bandcamp, </span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">"Taste the Pudding" contains as a whole - with a bonus and their previous demo, 12 tracks of piercing Stoner/Doom; pretty simple in structures and not overusing the impact of weed on its karma (musically and thematically), yet certainly not devoided of feeling and hazy moods</span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">...</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Drenched in misery and maximum heaviness, Blackwitch Pudding's style relies in great proportions on lumbering chords ('Shark Commando', 'Tokin Man') with raspy vocals - perfectly consistent with a very uncanny general atmosphere; this permeates psychedelia in a slightly different than usual manner ! Like in the memorable 'Acid Castle Mountain Top', you're floating in unexpected territories where the obscure, the unknown and the transcendental form a fragile balance but if you reach it, the trip is great !!! </span><br />
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<span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black; line-height: 18px;">'Super Sluts from Outer Space' and a few accelerations here and there will confirm that the guys can also express some deep feelings through shredding notes but don't expect too much from this, as where the band is best is at its slowest and most ominous pace ! Logically, the interest of the album gets a bit eroded after the end of the 8th song (bonus) when the demo time is coming with a much lower quality in the sound and a style that was seemingly not as gloomy - in any cases there's not much wrong to make this statement after no less than about 48 minutes !!! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">Pudding is not recommended at all for diabetes suckers like me but - fuck, this one makes it beyond any recommendations and definitely this 'Taste the Pudding' </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;">reveals B.P. as a nice worthy addition to this very rich scene from Portland beside Boneworm and Mammoth Salmon for the heaviest on my radar.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After releasing their debut EP “Metropolis” on Atropine Records in 2010, CARNE recently returned - this time via <a href="http://solarflarerds.blogspot.fr/">Solar Flare rds</a> - with their first full-length album “Ville Morgue” which sees the brutish duo from Lyon (France) affirming themselves as one of our most promising acts regarding all kind of heavy and tortured sounds ... </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A duo ? yes, indeed, Carne consists in two tormented minds on guit/vocals and drums who blend in an uncompromisingly way sludgy HC mid-tempos and Noise Rock - refering to some of the filthiest US sounds of the 90's (think about Unsane and Buzz-oven); add to this, cold and dark reminiscences of post-industrial stuff who put the band definitely in this century and you've got now a better idea of what to expect from this winding assault !</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Angry, heavy, grinding, sluggish, yet always catchy, most of the songs include accurate tempo-changes within. For example 'Crown of Porns" or 'Chien Noir' basically move along in a sludgy, abrasive pace with Carne delivering nasty, slow-burning riffs and pounding drums, and can turn quite suddenly into something savagely up-beated ... and vice-versa for </span><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">other tunes as 'We are the Romanoes' or '1000 Beers' who see the duo sliding into a full hammering of intense riffs and furious hooks with an impressive menacing snarl in the vocal delivery, possibly deviating at one point to something more dark and tortured... </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But in fact, where CARNE bleakly excels and in my opinion stands out of the masses is </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"in between" the extremes -</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, where the disturbance reach peaks of anger and mesmerizing heaviness with an enhanced place for fragility and dementia... The 3rd song 'Fear Trade' has that chaotic vibe, insidious and unsettling but 'Slave/Her' is undoubtedly the highlight of the album with 'Ville Morgue', streching themselves across a full alienation spectrum. Vocals sound here more neurotic, still titanic the tone is more tensed and oppressive, until a piercing riffage accompanies demented guest vocals by Marion (Overmars, Abronzius), a song that cuts right through you. The closing title track ('Ville Morgue' - amazing and aptly choosen name !) starts on a furious blasting tempo, angry and noisy, even if just clocking at five minutes, it's quickly asphyxiating you with a maelstrom of vicious noise - full of reverb, dissonance and sickness. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Does this solid release mark a deliverance from what could be read as the story of an uncontrolled rising mental alienation ? hopefully not, those guys are just at the dawn of a promised productive carreer, from the EP period they've yet refined their powerful collision of noise and Sludge but have more to explore, more souls to torment and devour... time will prove it I'm sure and for you french fags I'll end this one easily with something like : d'eux on ne dira jamais...'Carne'(?)(:) 'assez' !!! - </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">désolé ;) </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That's almost a pure coïncidence again (well, ok , I could have posted this one tomorrow or the day after!), but - after a review on the nice female Doom band Mist yesterday (by Brendan Butler), let me now present you SERVANTS OF THE MIST !!! as you may already imagine, we're not exactly speaking about the same genre of Doom and even if those 5 guys from Tampa can be occasionally nicely well-dressed (see video below), they are by far more malevolent than the slovenian ladies ! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All along the 3 songs included, ruthlessly, the band utililizes that typical monolithic guitar tone with ridiculous amounts of fuzz and distortion, supported by abominable growls and screeching vocals. Swamps certainly aren't far, but the moods set place to a cold and dark world of horror and torture, this is harsh and makes makes no doubt to put them instantly in the Top of the most earth-shatteringly heavy bands of the world ! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The more the affair goes on, the more triumphant and crawling the tempos are, including in the closing title song some sort of invocated words that make the mood turn into a kind of voodoo damnation... This obscure ritualistic touch is enhanced by the fingers of lead guitarist on solos of songs 2 & 3 which are immensely throbbing and in the last minutes draining all that accumulated aching sorrow in hallucinated dementia... just fucking great ! </span></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Seemingly soaked in hopelessness, this 30 minutes malignant manifesto encapsulates a tasty turmoil of all the negative sides of human emotion (pain, hate, despair, frustration) as if the band decided the world had to know their suffering ! Ultimately, innovation rests with the blend of styles itself rather than in any original take on the basic elements, but the servants are of those who understood that there's countless ways to kill someone by the jugular...Self-released on December 10th, 'Suicide Sex Pact' has everything to become a classic in terms of experience, while looking forward for a full length album (the sooner the better, sometimes the other life doesn't wait too long to take you to it)...</span></div>
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place to you readers living in Europe, but as an American with little knowledge
of geography I must admit I had to look it up on a map. Just so you know Slovenia
is left of Italy, below Austria, to the right of Hungary and just above Croatia…there,
now that you’ve met your quota of geography for the day let me get to the
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Slovenia is home to a band of fine musicians called Mist. Mist would
seem like your normal occult themed doom band—and they are—except for the fact
that all five of the members are very attractive young woman. I didn’t assume
anything of the music based on this fact; I have seen many women perform very
well in a variety of metal bands and let face it, sexism is better left to the
past. I spun their demo, unimaginatively titled “Demo 2013”, several times and
then several more times. Let me tell you, I’m hooked.</span></span></div>
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is doesn’t allow a good cross section of all a band has to offer. In the case
of Mist their tracks “Phobia” and “The Living Dead” gave me a reasonable idea
of what to expect from these five women of doom. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The opener “Phobia” is easily the best song of the two with
excellent riffs, fantastic vocals and great lead work. The tone of the song is
drenched in an occult gloom which I found much to my liking with whispering
doubled over the chorus and plenty of tri tone riffage. Overall it sounds like
a solid slab of traditional doom. Unfortunately “The Living Dead” doesn’t
follow suit. </span></span></div>
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abandoning the creepy riffing of “Phobia” and attempting to capture a more
traditional heavy metal sound. Is the song good? Yes. Is it outstanding? No.
One of the stronger points of “Phobia” was Nina Spruk’s powerful and lilting
vocal delivery. This vocal style is cast away on “The Living Dead,” and
replaced with an aggressive, almost punk delivery which I found less then
satisfying. Between the change in mood and vocal style, the difference between
the two songs is abrupt and jarring leaving me to wonder if these ladies are
still trying to figure out their angle. </span></span></div>
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out this fine, albeit short demo from Slovenia. The instrumentation is solid,
the vocals are powerful and the production is strong. My only other complaint
besides style inconsistencies is that I’ve listened to this demo about twenty
times and I don’t know how long I’m going to have to wait for the full album; all I can say is that I hope they hurry up and record it already; I want some
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</span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://mistdoom.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #1155cc; line-height: 115%;">http://mistdoom.tumblr.com/</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #222222; line-height: 115%;"><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7341171013284908304.post-75589744872586724812013-11-25T01:34:00.000-08:002013-11-25T01:34:16.337-08:00... poets of tragedy : an Interview with LORELEI<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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“Lorelei” is associated in German folk culture with Greek sirens, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music
and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Though the Rhine is
not the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placetype w:st="on">Strait</st1:placetype> of
<st1:placename w:st="on">Messina</st1:placename></st1:place>, the river kept
its danger as well. The legend inspired Heinrich Heine, List and some other
poets and composers. Theatre of Tragedy devoted a song to this legend and now a
Russian band took the name of Lorelei. The name is chosen well enough, since it
describes everything the legend tells us about: death and tragedy with the
enchanting female voice. Lorelei is playing a very quality death-doom, enriched
by soprano and growl vocals. If you didn’t manage to come across with this
band, this interview will be a fine opportunity to get acquainted with it.
Moreover, I (Aleksey) never advised you anything which is not worth your attention….
except one case, perhaps… Anyway, today our guests are Alexei Ignatovich
(guitar), Marina Ignatovich (keyboards), Ksenia Mikhailova (soprano) and
Alexander Grischenko (bass).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hi everybody! Since Lorelei has existed since 2003, I
can’t help but ask you about the main facts of the band’s history. Where have you been all this time?
What inspired you to start the project?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Alexei</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">: Hi,
Alexei! That’s right, formally the band was founded in 2003. That time we lived
in a small Siberian town (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Chita</st1:city></st1:place>,
Zabaikalsky Region). But even before that we made some attempts to start the
project and gathered a band in 1999, but we succeeded in this only four years
later when <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Marina</st1:city></st1:place>
joined the band. The line-up changed from time to time: from duet to several
people. But in the course of all this time only <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Marina</st1:city></st1:place> and I have been in the band and
continued our project. In 2002,
inspired by H. Heine’s poem “Lorelei” we chose it as a name for our band. The
same year we wrote a song “Lorelei”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Since that time
we’ve continued with the music. But earlier the band was more of a hobby and we
even didn’t think to offer our music to listeners. But sometimes when the
line-up was full we took part in concerts and small festivals. In 2007 we were
invited to take part in a festival in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Irkutsk</st1:city></st1:place>
and after it recorded a demo, consisting of 4 songs.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But after it
something went wrong and the band broke up. We tried form a new line-up several
times but our attempts were not successful. In 2008 we moved to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Moscow</st1:city></st1:place>.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><st1:city w:st="on"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Marina</span></b></st1:city><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">: In <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Moscow</st1:city></st1:place>
we formed a new line-up. It has changed a little and now the line-up is almost
formed.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ksenia
Mikhailova – soprano vocal<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Ignatovich – guitar<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In 2011 we
recorded EP album “Ston Razbitoy Dushy” (“Mourn of the Torn Soul”) in recording
studio “Primordial Studio”. We included in the album songs of different periods
of the band’s history, that’s why a definite genre of it can hardly be defined.
It was our first experience of a studio recording.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Alexei</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">: During
that time me and Marina started to work on new material, which differed greatly
from what we did before. We wanted our music to be heavier, deeper and more
melodic. We saw it as a fine combination of heavy guitar section, melodic
keyboards parts and contrasting duet of low growls and tender soprano.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Finally, we
managed to bring our idea into life 2 years later in the album “Ugrumye Volny
Studenogo Morya” (“Gloomy Waves of the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Cold</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Sea</st1:placetype></st1:place>”)…</span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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female vocal in your music, didn’t you? Do you have any sketches that were not
used in the album? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Marina</span></span></b></st1:city></st1:place><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">: In fact, we always saw our music with a female vocal
and considered it, as well as growls, as an important part of it. Before Ksenia
joined us we had an experience of implementing female vocal in our music. We
were amazed by the beauty of Ksenia’s voice at once, and it fitted the music
greatly. We are glad to feel her devotion and see development of her skills. As
for sketches, we have included in the album everything we planned to. By all
means we have some sketches, but they have a little to do with the album.</span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know, that besides Lorelei’s line-up some guest musicians from well-known doom-metal bands took parts in the recording of the
album. The album mixing was done in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sweden</st1:country-region></st1:place>. Will you tell us some words
about it?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Alexei</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">: That’s
true, among the invited musicians are E.S. (Who Dies in Siberian Slush, Decay
of Reality) who performed parts for growls and Vladimir Lyashkov (Beheaded
Zombie, Decay of Reality) who performed the drum parts. In 2011 on one of the
doom-metal gigs in Moscow we heard E.S. growls live and we thought it a fine
idea to invite E.S. for the recording of the album, since his growls is exactly
the one we wanted to hear in our music. We are glad that his vocals fitted the
music extremely well. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Thanks to
Vladimir Lyashkov’s efforts the music became rich and deep in sound. He
perfectly performed the drum parties I spent so much time on, while composing
them. This album was also recorded at Primordial Studio. But for Hater’s (the
owner of the studio) experience in recording and his friendly attitude to us,
the process of the recording of the albums wouldn’t have been so nice. We
overcame all the difficulties with utmost ease. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Then we sent the
recorded song to <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Sweden</st1:country-region></st1:place>
for mixing. It was a new experience for us. We chose among several studios.
Finally we decided to work with Dead Dog Farm Studio represented by Jerry
Torstensson from Draconian. He did a really great job and we are extremely
satisfied with the results.</span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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your music? Some time ago this term conveyed negative meaning like this music
is only for girls and “please will you spare me this My Dying Bride”.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Alexei</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">: I
wouldn’t like to judge about music genres in terms how good or bad they are. I
believe that both the so called “music for girls” and My Dying Bride have their
own fans. It’s up to everybody to decide what music to listen to. As for us, we try not to fit our music in
some particular genre. There was time when we were interested in gothic, our demo-album
of 2007 is a good example of that. Perhaps, now we are a bit tired of it. For
the present moment we make no connection with gothic, even though there is
growls-soprano duet in it. We try to make music our own and reflect in it what we feel is important, though sometimes
it contradicts some features of the genre.</span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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that the tracks are filled with professional soprano. And that’s true, if you listen to any of the
tracks where Ksenia sings you’ll hear her fine voice. Where did you study? Did
you want to sing in a metal band?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ksenia</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">: I did
want to sing in a metal band. More than that, I wanted to sing in a band whose
music doesn’t leave cold. I fancied it to be not only technically well but
harmonious, beautiful and inspiring as
well. We got acquainted with guys in the internet, though we lived and studied
in one and the same town. I joined the band. I was glad that they needed soprano and I couldn’t help but admired the
way they worked. It looked as if they were professionals though they were not,
in fact. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">I remember I’ve
been singing all my life. I finished music school and the teachers encouraged
me to apply to music college, but I chose the career of a dentist. But being a student of the medical academy I
couldn’t give up music and singing, and
for this reason I joined the Academy’s chorus. Then I realized that I wanted to
sing solo and began to take music lessons with a teacher. Then I left <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Chita</st1:city></st1:place> and even dreamed to
enter the Academy of music. Now I continue with music lessons with Maria
Belokurskaya.</span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Did you tell your teacher about your work with
Lorelei? What did she tell you about it? And what’s the attitude of your
relatives towards your occupation?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Ksenia</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">: I told
Maria (my teacher) that I sing in a metal band. And to my big surprise, she
supported me greatly in it. Almost all teachers of vocal are against such
hobbies of their students, especially if it’s heavy music. Of course it’s a
great responsibility due to the
peculiarities of opera vocal. But we work hard and I do my best not to bring
harm to my voice. I showed Maria
Lorelei’s tracks and moreover we work on the vocal parties at the lessons,
especially at complicated ones. This is a great experience for me. Everything I
can do is but for my teacher, she is a true professional. I must say that the
parties wouldn’t have been performed so well if it were not for her, for her
efforts. Unfortunately, we had little time to prepare for the recording, but
still when listening the album my teacher said that everything sounded rather
professional, as if we were professionals, not amateurs. As for my relatives I
can say that my mom has never shared my hobby and didn’t understand why I still
go on with singing if I can’t sing like Anna Netrebko. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">J</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> But when she heard “Gloomy Waves…” she changed her attitude towards
what I’m doing. Of course, like every mother she didn’t like growls and even
asked if growls participation is necessary… </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">J</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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am not a professional </span><span style="color: #999999;">my relatives are absolutely calm, and treat it as a
hobby.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As far as I understand Romanticism and Renaissance
literature form the basis of your lyrics and band’s concept on in general. How
important is to reflect these elements in your music and lyrics?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Alexei</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">: In fact
there are no elements of Renaissance literature in our music or lyrics, except
for Petrarch’s sonnet which we took for one of our tracks since it reflected
perfectly the concept and the mood of the album. It unites all the tracks,
making them an indivisible whole. “The Gloomy Waves…” shows the insignificance
of a man’s life in a cruel world, which pulls the strings of his life, leading
him to destruction. It’s compared to
the raging sea destroying a frail boat, which cannot resist its might.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">The basis of the
lyrics roots in Russian literature, Romanticism and Silver Age of Russian
poetry, which inspired me greatly. We tried not to use elements of this or that
literary genre deliberately, not to make it sound like cliché. Lyrics and music
cannot exist apart; they are in a fine proportion where music reflects the
lyrics building a particular mood.</span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Do these features of classical art are reflected
somehow in your music or you rather continue the tradition of death doom with
gothic elements whereas all the Renaissance elements remains only in your
lyrics.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Alexei</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">: We are
trying to combine classical music with death-doom. Though we deeply respect the
founders of the genre we try to find our own way, we understand that repeating
someone’s ideas in music would be odd, since you it will never be unique. We
reflect theideas, features of classical art, Romanticism both in music and lyrics.</span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">You mean some subjective Romanticism? To what degree
is “Gloomy Waves…” autobiographical? It’s not an accidental question. You know
different genres demand different approaches to express feelings and emotions.
For instance, it’s enough to say “life is shit, there is no money” for the
representatives of so-called Russian Rock movement, but here lyrics are full of
stylistic devices… I think I’ve brought myself to dead-lock</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">Alexei</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;">: I
believe that poetry as it is, is subjective, because it reflects the inner
world of a person. This is characteristic not only for Romanticism but for any
other genre as well. “Gloomy Waves…” is autobiographical to some degree. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">As for lyrics, I
can say that the way the author expresses his thoughts depends on him. Some
people like realism and express their ideas and emotions straight, the others
like symbolism, based on the author’s sufferings. The ideas here are often implicit here.</span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most unique band of this genre is Theatre of
Tragedy, their approach to their music was always integrated, though the genre
of the music changed several times. Are there any bands of this genre that are
perfect examples to you? Would you ever change the genre of you music so
radically as Theatre of tragedy?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Marina</span></span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">: I
totally agree, that Theatre of Tragedy is a fine band with perfect ideas and
wonderful lyrics, especially of the early period. There are also many other
good bands. However we don’t stick to a particular genre and listen to music of
different styles and genres. In my opinion, this strict conformity to
traditions, this orthodoxy, if I may say so, kills the creativity. You cannot
follow one and the same canon all the time. In the final and the music will be
exhausted. The changes are inevitable but I don’t think that in our music they
will be as radical as in Theatre of Tragedy music.</span><span style="color: #999999;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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everything you do.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 12pt;"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And thank you
for interesting questions and I wish you all the best back. There are lot of
talented people in Russia, but due to different reasons they give up. We would
like to wish them to be more confident, since all difficulties and obstacles
exist to be overcome! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #d9ead3;">Wishing all the
listeners all the best!</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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with the music they play with such precision and accuracy as Connecticut
three-piece <b>Sea of Bones - </b>a band whose name more than adequately describes the
desolate, laid-to-waste atmospherics that is as suggestive of a great
pestilence as it is of evoking visions of the remnants of a centuries old
hecatomb. The band has also managed to release an album that rivals the
malignant, misanthropic sludge/doom of Fister’s ‘Gemini’, an album that until
this point was unmatched in terms of downtuned, acerbic sludgery in 2013. At
six tracks and a runtime of over ninety minutes <b>Sea of Bones</b>’ ‘The Earth Wants
Us Dead’ is a harrowing journey that tests the listener’s propensity for
enduring prolonged exposure to seismic, gut-wrenching riffs, tortured vocals,
and atmospheric blight on a grand scale.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The potent album opener “The Stone the Slave
and the Architect” recalls the earth-quaking rumble found on Conan’s ‘Monnos’,
and it relentlessly heaves and struggles under its own weight for nearly nine
minutes. While ‘The Earth Wants Us Dead’ is, at its basest level, an exercise
in monolithic, slow-motion drudgery, most of the tunes are embellished with
enough subtle tempo changes and ambient textures to keep the album moving,
albeit it at a glacial pace. “Failure of Light” is the best example of how the
band deftly manages to include spacier moments into their uncompromising aural
battery, particularly with the song’s intro. Despite the trippy calm, it
doesn’t take long for “Failure of Light” to devolve into another writhing,
unsettled beast of a track. Following in a similar vein to “Failure of Light”
is the album standout “The Bridge”. Distant drums, calm, undulating noise, and
clean guitar slowly build into what is one of the finest tracks on the album.
After a four minute smolder, “The Bridge” launches into a mid-paced chug that
is reminiscent of Neurosis’ “Through Silver in Blood”. If ‘The Earth Wants Us
Dead’ gets released as a CD it’s going to be a two disc set, which leads to the
closing title-track—an album in itself due to its forty minute runtime. As the
entirety of ‘The Earth Wants Us Dead’ progresses so does the inclusion of
ambient noise, a trend that peaks and ultimately conquers with the eponymous
album closer—an instrumental tune wrought with a tension that falls somewhere
between serenity and escalating dread. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #d9ead3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Sea of Bones</b> have released one of the ugliest
sludge/doom albums of the year, not an easy feat considering some of the band’s
competition from the likes of both Fister and In the Company of Serpents.
Despite the album’s ugliness there are still fleeting moments of calm, though
they are inevitably engulfed by heaving waves of distortion. If it wasn’t for
the group’s deft handling of ethereal sounds and ambient textures, ‘The Earth
Wants Us Dead’ could run the risk of falling prey to gratuitous, mind-numbing
repetition. Instead, the band has crafted a subtly dynamic album that pays off
in the long run. Fans of Neurosis, Conan, Yob, and even Gravecode Nebula should
appreciate <b>Sea of Bones</b>’ brand of atmospheric sludge.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When I was young I wanted to be an explorer, to traverse the dark
places of earth and see things that no one else had ever seen. Unfortunately, I
was a boy during the 1990s and early 2000s; a time of rising technological
innovations the likes of GPS and satellite imaging. What’s the point of
traveling to remote locations when you can simple go there in the comfort of
your own home via Google earth? In short, I left my dream of exploration and
adventure behind and delved into the seemingly bottomless mass of obscure metal
instead.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many years later, Shadow Kingdom Records sends me a piece of gold, a
re-release of an utterly obscure and forgotten band from Italy with the enigmatic
moniker: Run After To. Naturally I was intrigued. The band formed in 1983,
released a demo entitled “Gjinn and Djinn” in 1985, a self-titled EP in 1988
and then, disappeared. After decades of neglect, these two recordings have been
re-mastered and paired together for one hell of a listening experience.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">But before I get ahead of myself with the accolades I must admit, I
was not completely sold on Run After To. The first three songs, though better
produced and containing a show of greater musicianship then the following six
tracks, came across as cheesy. These three tracks make up the bands 1988
self-titled EP and sound less like the proto doom I was expecting and more like
an 80’s soft metal band the likes of Metal Church, with the added embarrassment
of some truly schlocky keyboard sections and vocals delivered with eyebrow
raising half-heartedness.</span></span></div>
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some real standout performances, particularly in the bass lines which bring to
mind the finessed noodlings of Geezer Butler and Martin Swaney. The opening
track, “Who Cries for the Children” in particular has some spectacular riffing
while the EP’s 12 minute closer “My Name is Man” has one hell of an extended
solo. All in all however, I wasn’t exactly looking forward to the remaining six
songs luckily I forged on.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Once “Gjinn and Djinn” kicked off with “Occultism” I was enthralled.
Here was the music I was expecting: dark, heavy, and containing more riffs then
you can shake a stick at. This is Proto Doom at its best containing the melodic
edge of NWOBHM, whilst still dishing out punishingly heavy riffs. As far as its
production value goes, “Gjinn and Djinn” is much rawer then “Run After To” but
this does little to dampen its effect on the listener, in fact in some ways it
enhances the experience.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To be honest, after listening to “Occultism” (a song Paul Chain
covered in his 1984 Violet Theatre EP, Detaching from Satan), “Walking on the
Rainbow” and the impossibly heavy “Visions” I am now convinced that the “Gjinn
and Djinn” demo belongs next to the other standout recordings in a time when
Doom Metal was just being born. This includes; Pentagram’s “Relentless” Witchfinder
General’s “Death Penalty” and Candlemass’s “Epicus Doomicus Metallicus.” </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After years of listening to strange and unheard of bands the genre
of so-called “Pop Music” makes little sense to me now. How can radio friendly
music that is heard everywhere across the globe challenge the listener? How can
a person be satisfied in simply turning a knob on their radio and have instant
music? “Run After To” is all but unknown, save for those looking for something
truly obscure. It is satisfying knowing that bands like this exist and are just
waiting to be discovered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Damn shit, reviewing has never been something easy for your servitor, especially when it's about a striking album like 'Red Skies and Dead Eyes' which got wide attention and multiple stunning reviews over the few past weeks from the most competent blogs on my radar (</span><a href="http://theparanoidmusicblog.blogspot.no/2013/11/tombstones-red-skies-dead-eyes-album.html" style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ici</a><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> ou </span><a href="http://captain-beyond.blogspot.se/2013/11/tombstones-red-skies-and-dead-eyes.html" style="background-color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">là</a><span style="background-color: black; color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> for example), I did it recently for bands like Beelzefuzz and Stone Magnum... but rather than using tons of superlatives again and in the end having another bitter state in what still looks like my mouth, regarding my too limited and redundant way of reviewing, I thought it would be cool to have a different focus on this excellent stoned Doom band and crushing album through a few accurate questions to bassist Ole ... Watch out for Tombstones, a massive roaring monster of fuzz and northern bleakness !!! </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">The musical development on this new album is
maybe not as surprising as between 1st and 2nd albums, this time it’s more the
production work that makes difference with a thick, fuzzy and dynamic sound and
definitely a more and more doomed approach as the album is going, what’s been
your reflection towards the composition and production of this new album ?</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Sitting here with the final product at hand, I
can say we are happy with, and proud of the result. As on "Year of the
Burial", we had a very clear vision of how we wanted the album to sound,
and I think we nailed it to the point. The main goal of recording it as raw,
live and primal as we do, is to re-create the feeling we, and hopefully the
audience achieve during live shows. We have great fun while playing and always
try to catalyze that into the final product of recording. One shall feel the
music, not only hear it. As composition goes, the whole album was written in a
relatively short period of time, with extensive rehearsal the months prior to
recording. We have dug up a couple of riffs from the past, and combined them
with our approach of 2013'. The preparing-process was intense this time around,
and that feeling of fresh energy hopefully shows on the final outcome.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">If we compare the Tombstones from “Vol II” and
what you have achieved here on the new album, it feels like the classical
Stoner Rock has been devoured by awesome roaring Stoned Doom, how do you
explain this maturation ? new influences maybe ? did the loss of your former
guitarist and friend Jonas Martin Sørmo have an influence in the hardening of
your sound ? </span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>That transition was even more dramatic from
"Volume II" to "Year of the Burial", but yes, it's fair to
say Jonas' death had severe impact on the general mood of the sound we wanted
to put out. Something happened with our mindset, and that shows in the riffs we
brought to rehearsals. Being a three-piece also welcomed more extreme and
compact heavy riffery, which all of us enjoyed. We felt we brought something
new to the table as an entity.</b></span>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">There’s been 18 months between “Vol II” and “Year
of the Burial”, then again 18 months to release “red skies and dead eyes”, is
that an immuable rhythm of release for Tombstones like something you feel
reasonable while you could hardly do things more quickly or will a new 4th
album be released before April 2015 thinking you’re in a very positive dynamic
that needs to be looked after ?</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Hehe! Has it really been 18 months both times?
That is a funny coincidence. As of now we don't have any plans to enter the
studio again in the near future, but on the other hand, that wasn't the case
after "YotB" was released either. "Red Skies and Dead Eyes"
is just out and hopefully it will generate some live-action for us. But of
course there will be another album. New songs are slowly growing in the back of
the mind.</b></span><br /><span style="color: #cccccc;"><br /></span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">“Red skies and dead Eyes” has been recently
album of the day at Roadburn.com, that’s often the sign of an upcoming
participation at the fest and there’s still a few names to announce… is there a
chance to see you there or at other European festivals next spring ? (HDDT
pleaaaase !)</span><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Yeah, being album of the day at Roadburn was a
great honour for us! We would love to play lots of festivals, but nothing is
planned as of now. To take part in the Roadburn-lineup is a dream we have had
for years, and we really hope it will be reality some day. This goes for HDDT
aswell. I have sent them an email, letting them know of our interest. Their
lineup in Copenhagen this year was mental. Feel free to let them know you want
us to play there! Hehe!</span></b> </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">In September you took part at the 1st Hostsabbat
fest in Oslo gathering the best of the actual Norwegian scene, must have been
pretty awesome times ? you had the luck to play the same night as Lamented
Souls, a very rare band , was that a special appearance or are they still active
and plan something ?</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Yeah, Høstsabbat was an incredible weekend. So
much fun, and so many great bands. Huge success. Keep your eyes peeled for next
year!<br />
We actually played on saturday, and Lamented
Souls played friday, but we caught the gig nevertheless. They played a killer
set! I have the impression it was a one-off show, but you never know. They are
occupied with so many good bands, I don't know how much time the are granting
Lamented Souls</b></span> </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">You do regularly play with cool local and
international bands in your country but also had the luck to play a couple of
times in England this year, is that definitely a different feel to play in
foreign lands, get to see new people, conquer new fans, etc… ?</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Yeah, it is very exciting to play abroad. Our
gateway to England was the show at Desertfest in april, which was totally
killer! The tour in october was also a rad experience, we had a major blast and
met some really awesome people. We are returning to the UK next year, and we
can't wait.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">Your music can sure bring numerous images to
mind but is that really arisen from the bleak woods of Norway as the promo
sheet says ? are you guys living among wolves and hunting seals, whales and
bears like all normal norwegians ?! More seriously, how do you think your local
situation can influence your music ? Do you know Ocean Chief and their northern
Doom ?</span><br /><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Haha! Yeah, we live amongst wild wolves and
bears, hunting demons with our bow and arrow! Jokes aside- All of us live in
the Oslo-area nowadays, but we're born and raised in the deep Finnskogen woods,
on the border to Sweden. So our fascination for deep and dark woods are highly
authentic. I am sure our dark winters play a role in our music, at least that's
the case for me. It's during that time of the year the riffs appear.. while the
daylight loses against darkness. Ocean Chief are great!!</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cccccc;">What’s next now for Tombstones ? do you have any
dates confirmed for the next months ? Can you confirm the merchandising
actually available ?</span><br /><b><span style="color: #cc0000;">We have a couple of gigs lined up before
Christmas in Norway, and in february we're touring Europe again, also visiting
Paris! We're teaming up with UK-stoners Widows. Killer live-band. We're on the
road from february 1st through february 9th. Come catch us on stage!! Both "Red Skies and Dead
Eyes" and "Year of the Burial" are available on both vinyl and
CD. "Volume II" only on CD.. We have a small selection of jerseys and
patches for sale at gigs.<br />
Thank you again for your time and hope to see you on the road!</span></b></span></span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 12.75pt;">When Philip Swanson says underground,
it's not just lip service: After having stumbled upon Indian metal enthusiasts
</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 12.75pt;">Albatross</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 12.75pt;">, the man did not hesitate and instigated a joint release with his
sadly still widely overlooked band </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 12.75pt;">Vestal Claret</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 12.75pt;">. The Indian label's CD comes
in a tastefully layouted gatefold papersleeve including a booklet an, of course
Albatross' song cycle "The Kissing Flies" as well as a longtrack by
the American party.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #fff2cc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Intro "Wither" (some
acoustic boredom by Rat King's Murari Vasudevan) segues into straight Eighties
banger "Uncle Sunny At The Tavern", an oddball horror story in the
vein of Mercyful Fate, not least due to Biprorshee Das' theatrical singing.
Both guitarists love their leads, so comparisons with the Great Dane and his
henchmen are quite justified. Ten-minute highlight "Kissing Flies"
shows Wolf's Niklas Stålvind as a guest in dialogue with the front man. The
musical fundament is comparatively unassuming, maybe apart from some prominent
fretless bass parts that establish a distinguishable motif. Riju's remarkable,
low buzz are also the icing on the exceptionally sinister cake which is
"From Ashes Comes Life". Here, we hear another vocalist (screamer) as
well, namely The Demonstealer from Indian colleagues Demonic Resurrection.
Perhaps thanks to their relative isolation, Albatross generally sound rather
original. As compared to their debut "Dinner Is You", the music seems
more dynamic in terms of tempo and mood, thus giving the impression of some
kind of mini opera. With their raw, yet crafty style, the group should be well
received in Europe, given the current "retro" climate within the
metal scene.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Vestal Claret, though, are able to top
Albatross' contribution. Their 18-minute piece takes all the time it needs to
really get going: At first, Swanson appears to evoke a black mass, then clean
guitars give way to distortion. The trio sounds close to epic doom now, yet
with less pathos than true gothic flair, which has always been one of the
group's main characteristics. The lyrics remain cryptic as usual, and
Tuozzoli's leads are more than just a bit touching at times. Come half time -
you almost expected it - Vestal Claret become faster, and because of their
simple riffing alongside eerie chorus vocals sound very British - yet finally,
the threesome find their way back to where they came from, resulting in an
overall hypnotic, compelling composition that whets your appetite for a
complete album ... by both groups, mark you.</span><span style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If you search for new
and fresh sludgy death doom metal, then let me introduce you Absent/Minded from <st1:city w:st="on">Bamberg</st1:city> of German <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Bavaria</st1:place></st1:state>.
The band is active since 2009 and until recently those men had just one solid full-length
album “Pulsar”. Yet on July 12th , Absent/Minded did release their second work
“Earthtone” and it sounds damned heavy and honest. Jürgen Frohling, band’s drummer, is here to
spread the words of Doom and Death amongst us!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hail Jürgen! How are
you man? Of course new album of Absent / Minded “Earthtone” is main news, but
let me start with one simple question – how did you get into the band? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Hello, I´m fine! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, in the spring of 2009 I searched for
musicians to make some downtempo stuff or something like that. After a short
time I found our guitarist Uwe. Micha, a friend of him, entered the band with
his bass guitar... a friend of mine, Steve, grabbed the microphone: ABSENT/
MINDED was born.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I see that you were
involved in few different bands and projects, so can you say that Absent /
Minded is main one for you?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes, Absent/ Minded is main for me. My 2nd band
is My Shameful. But the founder and songwriter Sami lives in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:city w:st="on">Helsinki</st1:city></st1:place>. So we have no regular rehearsals.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">How did you forge
band’s sound through the years? Absent / Minded has recognizable “hollow” and
“groovy” sound on the edge of sludge and death doom, so I wonder what kind of
feelings did you put into your songs? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the first 3-4 songs we didn’t have a
clear idea how Absent Minded should sounding like. We just wanted to transport
a lot of energy. And we didn´t want to copy our idols or other bands. We had
to grow thru the years to find our own sound and our own kind of working. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each member of the band connects own meanings
with the songs on a different way. We have no main- songwriter. We are all a
part of this thing. When we start writing songs it doesn´t matter where the
ideas come from. My personal fee</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">lings I put into the songs are rage, sadness,
relaxation and happiness. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And does that sort of
therapy work in your case? Do you feel real therapeutic effect of such
practice?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;">Oh yes, the most times it works. But I would it
not call therapeutic effect. It´s more like a liberating effect. </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Things like rage or sadness for example wanna
flow. And I just let it flow into the songs. And of course: it makes a lot of
fun to rock our songs with the guys! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jürgen, one of most
famous bands in which you did play is My Shameful, how does this experience
reflect in your work with Absent / Minded? And how do you work over new stuff?
Does everyone in the band have their part in song writing?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, a few years ago I played in a couple of
bands with a higher speed level, black/deathmetal or something. I still love
blastbeats. In 2007 I joined My Shameful a few weeks before our Doom Shall Rise
gig. It was difficult to switch from blastbeats to funeral doom. But it was
awesome. I always liked it to play slow stuff like Deftones or My dying bride.
But with the experience in My Shameful I changed more and more from high speed
technical drumming to mid/ downtempo- heavy beats. It´s wonderful to create a
lot of different moods with this kind of grooves! <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most time when we work with new material we
are all together in the rehearsal room. Sometimes it starts with a simple
theme, sometimes anyone have some riffs or beats ... that´s different. Then we
let it grow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And I hope we gonna find a new label for My
Shameful and for the new record. The recordings are done already.</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Oh! So I have to ask
you about new My Shameful stuff! Do you feel some noticeable changes in band’s
songs? Or is classical depressive death doom enough for you in itself?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Yes of course. The “Descent” record was
released more than five years ago. A lot of things happened since then. The new
stuff is still close to funeral doom, but with a lot of more different
influences and moods. The most songs are very strong. The first time I heard
the songs, I heard the typical My Shameful harmonies, but on a different way.
We wanna release the record in December this year. The chance to form your own
opinion later ;)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I never thought
about that indeed, so you’re first man who I ask: do you see enough space to
improve your skills as a drummer in one band? Usually it seems that doom is
pretty slow to leave free space to demonstration of any astonishing
attainments, will you break my stereotypes man?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That depends on how many genres you like and
what you wish to play. I like the drummers from Cult of Luna, Katatonia,
Deftones to Gojira, <st1:place w:st="on">Nile</st1:place> and Strapping young
lad for example. So it is not possible for me to bring all my favorites in one
band. But a few bands are able to manage this.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I think the most important thing is, what kind
of music or music-playing gives you the most!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And sometimes I realize, that very slow stuff
is the hell lot more difficult to play than fast stuff! Because there is so
much space where a beat exists but no hits on the drums. That is what I like in
this kind of music: Space!</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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difficult parts of “Earthtone” record-session?<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The most difficult part was to find a good
studio with a good producer. In our
music the sound is essential With the Earthtone record we needed more power, dynamics,
rawness on a good quality level. And of course, it shoulded be affordable for
us. We had good fortune with the choice of V. Santura and his Woodshed Studio/ <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>.
We had a really good collaboration. He pushed us a bit, he dealed with our
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">The biggest problem now is to find a good
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So you mean that there
were no problems with records of some drums parties or parties of other
instruments during this session at all? Just want to clarify that all went well
and smooth! :-)<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">No, we had no problems in the studio. We had
snowy weather in the middle of nowhere, our producer was relaxed and competent
and we practiced the songs enough. So everything went well and we had enough
time for the sound, organizing the tracks etc.</span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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about another way to relax besides music? Does alcohol or – opposite -some
sports exercises help as well? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">Well, sometimes alcohol helps, but only for a
few hours! (laughing) It´s important for me to get enough time for myself or
spending time outside. I get a lot of energy on this way. Another way to relax
is the whole private stuff, spending time with my girlfriend or hanging around
with friends. Keeping life in a balance with everything you do is a good way
for relaxing ;) </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I see that “Earthtone”
is DIY album as you release it without any labels, I wonder if you did knock in
some labels’ doors before you get decision to do all things by yourself? <o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Yes of course. We did some calls to a few
record labels with the Pulsar record. With the Earthtone- album also. We have a
lot of good reviews. But it´s difficult at the moment. It´s pretty hard to find
somebody for a band, who do not care
about mainstream or trends. But on the other hand it´s not bad to deal
everything by yourself. We can do whatever we want, we have all the rights on
our songs in the band´s hand. And:
Nobody can exploit us! But we will see, maybe we gonna find a label who cares
about the music at first… </span><span lang="RU"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I guess that musicians
are worst critics of their own creations, I often hear it from them. But dare I
ask you to evaluate both strong and weak (if these ones exist) sides of Absent
/ Minded.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Haha, good question! I think one of our strong
sides is, we are a unity on stage. “We are able to go with the flow.” We know
what we want. We don’t want to sell our souls for commercial success. We don’t
want to become a bunch of jerks for popularity. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of our so called weak sides is, we are not
perfectionists. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What kind of reasons
do you see for such intensive growing of doom scene for last few years? Is it
because of society’s satiety? You know – it sometimes looks like slow fall down
as such things as we have now were simply impossible 30 years ago, I mean
extreme musical genres for example.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, I don’t know the exact reasons, but we
realize, that this scene is growing. In my opinion, a lot of people are tired
of this huge pool of overproduced bands and of the big metal- business. There
are so many releases during the last years, which sound like other 100 bands. I
think the individuality in attitude and sound is getting lost more and more in
this mass of bands. In the most modern bands I miss the dirt and innovation.
Most of the doom bands are not focused
on popularity, business or perfectionism. Sometimes less is more! And yes, I
think a lot of listeners are saturated. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Maybe another reason is, that slow, intensely
music could be a countermovement to the faster and faster becoming times.
Especially in the so called “rich nations”.
I think this kind of music is focused on what really matters, our
origins for example. Or just having fun <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #cccccc;">And of course, it´s difficult to create new
ways in all the typical metal genres. So much is played already. I mean, what
will be when all the great bands of the early days will finish? What comes next
when Metallica, Slayer, Iron Maiden etc. are saying goodbye? Which way will the
hard´ n heavy scene goes? I´m curious about this. </span><span style="color: #6aa84f;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Jürgen may you give me
a universal answer – what drive adult dudes to play such highly energized heavy
music? This interview turns like philosophical dispute but it’s pretty
interesting and common phenomena, so I wonder if those who addicted to such
kinds of music see some concrete reasons for such obsession.<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">We are young and we need money! ;))))) (joke)<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #cccccc; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So...Tones and Music are one of the strongest
forms to catch feelings and energies and bring them on a way. We love it to
create new songs with no boundaries and to play the stuff on stage. There were
a lot of bands, who gave us so much. And if I could give a bit back to anybody,
that would be one of my highest reasons. And it really really doesn’t matter
how old are you to play in a band and
walk the way of Rock´n roll!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-US"><span style="color: #6aa84f; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ha-ha, the answer is
accepted! :-) Thanks for your time man! Wish you all the best on band’s way to
glory’n’money :-) Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #cccccc;">Thank you for the interview! And some Doooom
Greez from <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:country-region w:st="on">Germany</st1:country-region></st1:place>!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #6aa84f;"><i><b>Interview by Aleksey Evdokimov</b></i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="RU"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/aminded?fref=ts">https://www.facebook.com/aminded</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">On the eve of the vinyl release of their excellent
self-titled debut courtesy of STB Records, Brimstone Coven have conjured forth
‘II’, an album that expands on the vintage vibes that the band established on
their 2012 release. Rather than simply going through the motions by trying to
recreate past successes the band has expanded on their sound by incorporating a
wider range of influences and seemingly spending more time translating their
tunes into a final recorded product. The end result is that ‘II’ is a richer
listening experience reflecting subtle nuances that were not as apparent on
their debut. Overall ‘II’ is a more subdued album that foregoes the predominant
doom-laden groove of its predecessor in favor of a singular, melancholic mood
that is perfect for an autumn day. This isn’t to say that ‘II’ is devoid of
heavy grooves—quite the contrary—but the album is masked by a monochromatic
filter that produces an all-enveloping atmosphere that is forlorn and distant.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> Where the self-titled album had an
unwavering focus on proto-doom and 70’s inspired psychedelia—still a priority
for the band—‘II’ seems to include within its gaze the entirety of 70’ hard
rock and early metal which has yielded tunes that are more complex and varied.
Album outlier “The Black Door”, “Blood on the Wall”, and “Vying” are examples
of the band’s growth and willingness to experiment. The “retro-future” vocal
effect during the chorus of “The Black Door” is a bit disarming at first, but
the mesmerizing bassline and layered clean vocals more than make up for
it. “The Black Door” is easily the catchiest track on the album due to
the pulsating groove and layered vocal harmonies of John Williams who, again,
does an outstanding job complementing the songs with a dose of soul. The morose
“Blood on the Wall” has a dusty, road-weary feel that fits right in with the
overall tone of the album. “Vying”, for the most part, is a scorcher where
rhythm section swing is emblazoned with killer leads until the song fizzles to
a slow-burn instrumental fadeout.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> While the band has clearly
expanded on their sound ‘II’ isn’t completely defined by songwriting
progression. Brimstone Coven haven’t forsaken the doom and occult leanings that
ran rampant on the debut. The second track “Behold, the Anunnaki”, is probably
the best tune that Witchcraft or Burning Saviours never recorded. It’s a
deceptively simple track that channels the best of 70’s inspired doom with
catchy vocals and a shredding finale. Other album highlights in a similar vein
include “The Grave” and “The Séance”—a tune that comes crashing in following
the gentle denouement of “Vying”. “The Séance” flat-out rocks with an urgency
unmatched by anything on the album and despite the fact that it’s one of the
shortest tracks it still finds room to take a respite from the riffs for a
breakdown that showcases the individual talents of the players. The ominous
“Hades Hymn” is a simple, yet effective instrumental that features a lone organ
accompanying a thunderstorm. At only a minute-and-a-half the instrumental
doesn’t overstay its welcome and builds up perfectly to “The Folly of Faust”,
an epic tale of woe and misery that finishes out ‘II’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="color: #d0e0e3; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> What’s interesting about Brimstone
Coven’s ‘II’ is that though the songs are more varied, complex, and have
greater depth, the album is united by an overarching mood that is cheerless
and, at times, remote. And in a good way. While the self-titled album was
instantly gratifying and familiar, ‘II’ is densely layered and rewards multiple
listens. The band has minimized some of their more overt influences in favor of
an all-inclusive approach to their songwriting allowing them to experiment and
expand their sonic palette. Not only is ‘II’ a well-rounded, kickass record,
but it also stands as a portal that gives a glimpse into the possibilities of
prospective recordings. Brimstone Coven have made an impressive leap with their
second outing and it will be interesting to see how the band further develops
in the future. The vinyl of the band’s debut is about to be released through
the excellent STB Records imprint. ‘II’ is available for download through the
band’s Bandcamp page and on CD directly from the band upon request.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: black; font-size: 11.5pt;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #d0e0e3;"><b><i> Words: Steve Miller</i></b></span><span style="color: #444444;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Ta-da: Italy's stoner scene is rife with bands, but hardly any of them can claim to be paragons of originality. This goes for Turin's Firelord as well, but this does not imply that they are unlistenable. In fact, the music on their debut is a lot of fun thanks to the no-frills trio approach, albeit frontman Mario overdubbed his guitar for his solos ... yes, he's actually not afraid of the higher registers on his fretboard, which the vast majority of his colleagues within the genre seem to be.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Another plus of "Among The Snakes" is the energy displayed throughout: Most songs are uptempo, such as the first two "Man Of Mayhem" and "Black Kommander", yet when Firelord slow down the pace, they do not run danger of boring the listener, as they appear to know when it's time to stomp on the pedal again. The eleven-minute "The Ghost Of Eymerich", which stands at the centre of the record, attests to this songwriting ability, while frankly speaking, Mario's voice fails to impress with its uniformly hoarse snarl. It keeps sounding a tad distorted and tends to disappear into the background as just another instrument come halftime.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From the instrumental side of things though, the stronger tracks are even to be found at the back: "Werewolf" shows of some subtle twin harmonies, and closer "Among The Snakes II" is the dust-kicker of the album with some of the most powerful passages you will hear. All in all, this is conventional fare, but not to a degree that it leaves you craving for the real deal. Firelord deliver the obligatory programm (warts and all ... plus an okay cover of "Children Of The Grave") and no freestyle - which in itself can be a commendable characteristic in times of mindless crossover.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: #e69138; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i><b>words by Andreas Schiffmann</b></i></span></div>
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