A lot of people define this band as "pop death metal", but this stuff isn't really pop nor death metal. It's more like agressive, techy metalcore with a sick fuck, namely Tim Yeung, on drums. I downloaded this because I loved the single that came out before (Face Breaker), the clean vocals in that one are great. The rest ranges from mediocre to good, but don't expect anything brootal.
The production on this record is relatively clear and balanced. The guitars have just enough distortion, and the bass is audible beneath everything, which I always appreciate. I also really enjoyed the violin: the band uses it as a primary instrument throughout, just as a second guitar might be used. A flute is occasionally present as well, along with synth and piano. The drums are extremely crisp and clear, and I especially like the bass drum sound, which is subtle, yet just enough to add punch. The tracks with both violin and guitar sometimes seem a bit too treble-heavy, though, so maybe they could have used more of it? The vocals are right up-front in the mix, and are quite varied, from a harsh, tormented male voice to clean female vocals. This album represents a turning point in black metal history. The doors have been opened to more music of the same nature and that's something I will take delight in.
I once read a review where this album was compared to Cephalic Carnage, Ion Dissonance and Skinless. I love all three bands but they seemed totally arbitrary in this comparison. I gave 1000 Doors a try anyway, and I was pleasantly surprised. Not only that, but as weird as it sounds, the comparison was pretty accurate! It sounds like various styles of death metal mashed together with a modern, but dissonant sound. Add a slight bit of late Ion Dissonance chugs and weird riffs but with less tricky time signatures, Cephalic Carnage style experimental-ish death, and some pummeling midtempos. The production is crystal clear and they've added some electronic effects, noise, and acoustic interludes to add to the awesomeness. It's hard to describe 1000 Doors but I recommend you give it a try, you won't regret it. It's also a sure contender for my top albums list this year.
9 tracks of rotten, mostly mid-tempo brutal death metal in the style of old Asphyx & Pungent Stench. The music flows pretty easy and every song has a variety of rhythms, from groovy beatdowns to full blastbeat explosions & thrashy parts. There’s a slight problem with the sound, ‘cause it’s a bit blurry & bassy, but that shouldn’t keep you away from checking those guys out! Not really original, but they got the fucking spirit….. and that’s the thing I might say!!!!
There's not much that I can say about this except that it's Finnish death and it's awesome. I like the way this guy describes it:
Recorded by Tomas Skogsberg & Fred Estby (Dismember) at Sunlight Studios,
This is one of the creepiest, most eerie death metal albums ever recorded. This is an album for those who love the sounds of early-1990s death metal. It is a great album for death metal beginners and veterans alike. The guitars move quite quickly throughout the record, but the overall tempo of the songs is mediated by the drums, which run from slow to mid-tempo, with only a few fast parts. The strings utilize a foggy, blunt tone that is fuzzy without being ear-piercing or unclear. The bass is low and deep, with blunt attack and no punch (likely the bassist uses fingers rather than a pick). Add to this some vocals that rely on quick jumps from high-pitched shrieks to guttural growls in the same syllable, and the net effect is a sound that is gentle enough to convince you to let your guard down, yet for this reason manages to infect you with absolutely sickening melodies and tones. Sickening is just the right word, too: the songs make you feel like you're vomiting endlessly into an abyss filled with rotting green corpses, and I mean that in a good way. There are some moments on the album that will make any red-blooded metalhead burst into gore-obsessed giggles. to a pulp against the nearest concrete slab. This is one of the real gems of the genre, and is not to be missed. If you love that eerie early 1990s death metal sound, this is the album for you. 
This is really True Oldschool Death Metal with smal Thrash Metal influences. Also there are influences of such bands like as Morbid Angel, Venom, Terrorizer and legendary German Trinity - Kreator, Sodom & Destruction. Fuckin' great drums, fuckin' evil growling, fuckin' dark & agressive guitars, fuckin' pulse bass! Well, I'm fuckin' happy that I could to find and buy this disk. So I made a decision to rip it and share for you my brothers! Enjoy! Such music do not make now! But It's very pity that total playing time is very short. Only something about half an hour.
This is brand new and it's a famous band, I guess a lot of you will dig this. I enjoyed this album but I've never been a big fan of Behemoth, so I'll let the others write reviews if they want.
Morbid Angel is an American death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. They, along with Death, Possessed, Obituary, Massacre, Deicide, Cannibal Corpse, and a handful of others were crucial in the development of the death metal genre and its standards, separating it from the thrash metal genre completely. UK music magazine Terrorizer ranked two Morbid Angel albums in its "Top 40 Greatest Death Metal Albums," with Altars of Madness appearing at number 1. Decibel Magazine also rated guitarist Trey Azagthoth as the number 1 "Death Metal Guitarist Ever". The band's songs are complex in arrangement, owing to the considerable technical skills of both Azagthoth and drummer Pete Sandoval (who also played in the grindcore/death metal band Terrorizer). According to Nielsen SoundScan, Morbid Angel is the third best-selling death metal band in the United States with sales over 445,147 in the United States alone and releasing the best-selling death metal album in the United States of all time, Covenant, with sales over 127,154.
This is one of the most brutal death metal bands, Krisiun have the fastest drummer, one of the best guitars , and a very hard growling. Masters of Death Metal Krisiun. Enjoy!!!
Black Force Domain (1995)
Apocalyptic Revelation (1998)
Conquerors Of Armageddon (2000)
Live In Curitiba (2000)
Ageless Venomous (2001)
Conquering North America 1999 - 2000 (2002)
Works Of Carnage (2003)
Bloodshed (2004)
Assassination (2006)
Southern Storm (2008)
Debut album of young, talented group from St. Petersburg (Russia). The Album contains eight melodic and heavy songs, enriched by violin and synths, with lyrics in Russian. You will plunge into the atmosphere of romanticism, boundless and probably unrequited love. The album is recommended to all who likes heavy melodic music. Must have especially for fans of Swallow The Sun, Novembers Doom and Draconian.
Abyssos was formed in January 1996 by Rehn, Meidal and Söderlund in Sundsvall, Sweden. In February 1996, Abyssos entered the Hedberska Studios to record their "Wherever the Witches Might Fly" demo, which features 3 hymns of Atmospheric, melodic and witching metal. The demo was released on the first of September and Abyssos gained a great deal of interest from various labels. This demo has received a huge response from all over the world. Indeed, several bands, fanzines and radio stations believe that it was the best demo released in 1996 and indeed the best demo to come out of Sweden. Shortly after the release of the demo tape, the band signed a deal with London based cult label Cacophonous. In May 1997, Abyssos entered Academy studios, situated in Yorkshire (England) to record their debut album - "Together We Summon The Dark" which features 9 tracks of darkest Satanic metal and was unleashed by Cacophonous in October 1997. The album features some of the most spectacular Vampyric artwork ever to be seen in this genre. In November 1998, Rehn and Soderlund returned to British shores to record their second album for Cacophonous at Academy, entitled "Fhinsthanian Nightbreed" (unleashed In May 1999) which encompasses 9 tracks of symphonic Witching Metal in the vein of such luminaries of the genre as Emperor and Dimmu Borgir. This album also features more spectacular artwork and finished copies appear with a fold out Horror Film style booklet. Due to the exemplary nature of the album artwork, merchandise will also accompany the release.
Together We Summon The Dark (1997)
Carcass is considered the major inspiration and musical foundation for most gore metal and deathgrind/goregrind bands as well as being one of the founding fathers of melodic death metal.
Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment (Demo 1987)
Reek Of Putrefaction (1988)
Symphonies Of Sickness (Demo 1988)
Pathologic EP (1989)
The Peel Sessions EP (1989)
Symphonies Of Sickness (1989)
Necroticism - Descanting The Insalubrious (1991)
Tools Of The Trade EP (1992)
The Heartwork EP (1993)
Heartwork & Pre-Heartwork Parr Street Demos (1993)
Swansong (1996)
Requiems Of Revulsion - A Tribute To Carcass (2001)
An unquestionable masterpiece of Finnish death. I'd describe it as a mix of Demilich and Demigod. Somewhat less odd than the former, and a bit more hard to grasp, and slightly more melodic than the latter. It has every typical characterictic of the style and it's one of the best you'll ever find.
I guess that this group no need in promotions!
The Purity Of Perversion (1999)
Engineering The Dead (2001)
Goremageddon: The Saw And The Carnage Done (2003)
The Archaic Abattoir (2005)
Slaughter & Apparatus: A Methodical Overture (2007)
Strychnine.213 (2008)
Exclusive live performance from the blasphemal horde, Dark release from a concert In Colombia, this is a very rare material never released by the band
If you like Obituary, you need to listen this Stuff, old school death metal like the mid era of Obituary, great shit !!! enjoy it
More old Finnish death metal, because this is the stuff you can never have enough of.
Four-way split featuring Sect Of Execration, Godless Truth, Sarcolytic and Devourment. The only stuff I ever paid attention to is the Cannibal Corpse cover (The Pick-Axe Murders) done by Devourment, which is really good.
Abyssmal Nocturne is a band that you may have found out by the childish antics of Nocturnal Overlord and his desire to steal Crimson Moon. Anyways, onto the music and their debut full length. Abyssmal Nocturne is a band that plays black metal in the sense of Crimson Moon, surprisingly... Their style is very similar to Crimson Moon containing the prominent yet not dominant keyboards and the clean vocals that transcends into a ritualistic style of music.
They may not be original but there are differences that will allow you to separate Crimson Moon's To Embrace... and Abyssmal Nocturne's album (AN being the less interesting). The guitars seem a bit thin and a bit empty. The bass isn't very noticeable at times. The vocalist does the simple rasps rather than the signature scratchy raspy vocals of Scorpios.
Overall, I did enjoy this album after a couple listens since I am a big fan of this style of BM and I am not a person that listens to things that are only "original". There are 1000s of Darkthrone clones, so why should this band be considered "unoriginal". Simply, there are differences in the music, and I am looking forward to their new album, regardless of originality.
(© Metal-Archives, by bestialbear666)
Abyssmal Sorrow is a fresh name in the funeral doom metal. Great material!
Abyssmal Sorrow EP (2007)
Lament (2008)
Everyone knows old Finnish death metal is one of the best things you can treat your ears with. 'A Leftover' has the gloomy atmosphere typical of the style, yet is surprisingly melodic compared to other DM classics from Finland. Vomiturition featured members of Cartilage (another excellent Finnish DM band from the early 90s) and Rotten Sound (who probably need no introduction) just to mention a few. This album is their first and only full-length, after releasing it they split up. It's consistently good, and rare as it is, I can say it has no bad songs at all. It's pretty much perfect.
It’s been said that Abyssic Hate is Burzum worship. Well…it is. But this kills Burzum dead. Right from the start, the misanthropy of this album engulfs the listener. Like Burzum (especially on say Filosofem), this album is repetitive as fuck, so if you don’t like that sort of thing, fuck off and listen to Dream Theater. Abyssic Hate is not for you and they probably hate you anyway. Depression Pt 1 is a plodding, atmospheric, depressing work of art. Like most of the songs on this album, this track screams feelings of despair, rage and loneliness. Betrayal is every bit as good. Now I’m not saying that there’s anything new to be found on this album. Like melodic death metal, black metal is a crowded field that has been beaten into the ground by crapacts and clonery. This album is a nice reminder of what black metal used to be: raw, intense, uncompromising, depressing, dark and all things grim. The tracks on this album are as short as 7 minutes and as long as 17, so if you’re a lamegrind fan with the attention span of a goldfish or a brutal death nerd, get lost. Abyssic Hate are above your complaining and petty mockery.
(© Metal-Archives, by heavens_coffin)
Formed by the members of Hypocrisy (Swe).
This album is highly recommended, whether you are a fan of old Hypocrisy, or early 90s Scandinavian Black Metal. Either way, you will not be disappointed.
The album is short and to-the-point. It makes you wish that Hypocrisy had split up to focus on this project, since it is much better than their recent output. Hints of this sound can be heard on "Abducted" and "The Final Chapter", both Hypocrisy albums that featured some Black Metal riffs, so for those who were teased by that, I recommend this. This kills everything coming from Sweden around this time, with the exception of the mighty Dissection...
Re-issued version of both The Abyss's albums. Better quality of record!
Unrelenting satanic death metal onslaught from Poland. Tremolo picking and pinch harmonics galore. Even though this is Azarath's cleanest and most well-produced effort, it kind of kills my thoughts that the people who are playing on this CD ever cuddled or loved anyone. This is hateful. This is vile. This is uncompromising. This is awesome and you must get it.
I re-upload and re-post this album because recently I received this CD! So I have made the decision to share it for you! This is high-quality rip from my CD! Just take it! Enjoy!
Let me just start by saying this album is absolutely stunning! Rarely have I been so satisfied. This is the only cd that i have ever been able to listen to all the way through, and remain well focused. This is 45 minutes that will at no part bore you. Honestly, the only reason I don't give this album a 100, is just because I don't give anything a 100.
But on to why Omnicide is so great. First off, it's is one of the most original sounding cd's I have ever heard, with completely unique vocals, guitar tones, and drums. Very creative. Terrific recording and sound quality I might add. Also, it's very easy to just let the cd play through because it's always changing. Not in genre, but tempos, beats, riffs etc... Because it's frequently changing it gives the album a very diverse feel, and is constantly changing directions. And there is just never a dull moment in this cd.
Talk about heavy, Omnicide has some serious weight to it. This album dominates your ears with an overwhelming, powerful, and just a superbly sludgy sound (One of the guys is even wearing a Disgorge shirt in their picture, so I think we know where they get that awesome sludge from!). Great energy! Everything in this albums fits perfectly, the drums, guitars, and vocals. Nothing seems out of place. Don't be mislead by my word choice though; in this genre, everything is putrid and ugly (but isn't that why it's so beautiful?).
I strongly recommend buying this cd to just about anybody who likes death metal. Even my friends who don't like metal as heavy as I do can't disagree that this cd is very entertaining and fun to listen to.
Buy it!!! (© Metal-Archives, by october1918)
One of the most underrated bands to come out of the Norweigan black metal scene, Abysmal released one excellent album and then promptly split up. Damn shame too, because this is really quite unique stuff. Abysmal played a twisted blend of black/doom, which is really unlike pretty much any band. This album is more of the more obscure sounding albums ever, not obscure in the sense of it being a demo limited to 50 copies, but obscure in the sense of music that would eminate from some malicious looking fog rolling through a forested valley. The band's career (this album and the demo, the demo I have not heard at the time of this writing) is a loose concept told out of order. One of the techniques that these guys perfected is building up on previous riffs. Listening to this album on headphones is recommended, as the bass weaves in and out with the guitar and drums to create a haunting atmosphere. Really the only thing I could compare this to would be the first Bethlehem album, but even then that comparison would be slightly inaccurate, as these guys have much more of a 'mystical' and occult feel than Bethlehem ever did. Fans of ambience in their black metal would do good to track this overlooked release down.
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