*Year: 2018
*Genre: Raw Black Metal
*Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 64MB

Tracklist:
01. Untitled 28:09
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Total playing time: 28:09

[more=Extended info]Blood and Oak...

This must have sold out within hours, if not minutes, as the evening of release it was unavaiable from the label's webshop and many affiliated distros. Fortunately, I was able to get it from Discogs at effective retail value - fortunately the "flipping" culture hasn't yet reached all trade routes out of Bosnia. It's like the modern-day Silk Road, but with basement dwelling mouth-breathers instead of traders.

Vetëvrakh's latest is a half-an-hour opus horribilis, consisting of the usual raw theatrics, moistened somewhat with some nice acoustics and chilled sections somewhat breaking down the toughened gristle that holds this entire piece together. It's officially one track, but if you constitute each change and breakdown as a seperate entity, there's a good three or four recordings here.

As a stand-alone piece of work, this is a decent tape well worth the toil committed unto it, and as an entity with a starchy and impressive back catalogue already, the gestation period between "III and IV" has certainly not been for naught.

"IV" is a little bit of an endurance test for those not into lengthy tracks, or ADHD; which may in-fact rule out a number of modern day black metal "fans", but that's what we want, so more of this please.
For those that take and pass the test, "IV" is Vetëvrakh's finest recording to date.[/more]

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*Year: 2008
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: Finland
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 24MB

Tracklist:
1. Black Curse upon the Final Breath 05:31
2. Vuodet kuolemassa ja kärsimyksessä 04:26
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Total playing time: 9:57

[more=Extended info]From Blood and Oak...

This is my rip, and I've included scans. PCT is a nice aural cacophony of torment and isolation; leaving itself a suitable enough impression on the scene to afford itself a re-release.
Clearly one of those times where two tracks aren't enough. Also, if the image conjured up in the name of the project doesn't make you shudder, then I have to wonder what the hell would?[/more]

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Album=Demo 1
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Year=2008

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*Year: 2014
*Genre: Raw Black Metal | Raw Black Metal
*Country: United States | United States
*Format: mp3@CBR160kbps
*Size: 5MB

Tracklist:
Allumn:
1. Insidious 02:33
Spira:
2. I Dug the Mass Grave 02:34
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Total playing time: 5:07

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*Year: 2015
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 56MB

Tracklist:
1. Attache 03:10
2. J'aurais du-savoir 04:02
3. Vallee de la Mort 04:10
4. Vague qui est Blanc 05:46
5. Tombes 03:46
6. Baphomet 03:54
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Total playing time: 24:48

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*Year: 2015
*Genre: Black Metal | Raw Black Metal
*Country: United States | United States
*Format: mp3@VBR220kbps
*Size: 111MB

Tracklist:
Spira:
1. Cinders Drawing Ever Near 03:37
2. Dual moons triple jaw 05:43
3. She That Operates From Afar 05:02
4. Crossroads 09:22
Blood Scroll:
5. Upon The Throne Of Night 04:50
6. The Distant One 08:18
7. As The Flames Burn In Rememberance 06:29
8. Path Of The Spiritual Essence 09:31
9. Call Of The Torch 07:23
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Total playing time: 1:00:15

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Artist=Spira
Album=Hekate Coven
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*Year: 2015
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: Germany
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 42MB

Tracklist:
1. Hell in a Trench 02:24
2. Anti Subhuman Commando 04:59
3. Blood Red Moon 03:15
4. Temple of Baal 03:08
5. Night of the Demons 03:49
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Total playing time: 17:35

[more=Extended info]Blood and Oak...


The only release so far by Elitist is a more recent effort, but one indisputably worthy of having its named carved into the hallowed Oak here. Elitist's work is high-end black metal, produced with gusto and sheen, while refusing to compromise any of their integrity and aggression.

Showcasing an unbridled talent for writing great songs, every instrument is audible and the material reminds me of the earlier days of Gorgoroth, Marduk, Absu, and so on...

The one thing that really impresses with this cassette is the fact that it's packaged in black card with a wax seal to give it the archaic look, and for anyone that doesn't have it, the contents are sealed, and sealed well.

I've included full scans as this is apparently now sold out.[/more]

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Artist=Elitist
Album=Elitist
Tracknumber=1
Year=2015

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Both reupped

*Year: 2015
*Genre: Black Metal | Black Metal
*Country: United States | United States
*Format: mp3@CBR128kbps
*Size: 44MB

Tracklist:
1. Gloriam Draconis - Baleum in Caelo (Dawn) 09:37
2. Blood Scroll - Upon Moonlit Shores of Honour 05:54
3. Gloriam Draconis - Ave Azerate 05:34
4. Blood Scroll - Within Walls of Old Fate Lies Below 07:14
5. Gloriam Draconis - Haunting to No End 03:48
6. Blood Scroll - Steel Raised in Hand as Before 07:52
7. Gloriam Draconis - Athanor 04:48
8. Blood Scroll - Night of Mourn 04:12
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Total playing time: 48:59

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Tracknumber=2/8
Year=2015

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If you bothered to read the write-up, you would see why it is not fake. You seem to not understand the nature of underground black metal. Black metal and google are not friends. Just because something is not on google or m-a, does not mean it doesn't exist -.-

Evening, can this be rehosted please?

*Year: 1997
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: Malaysia
*Format: mp3@CBR192kbps
*Size: 27MB

Tracklist:
1. Devouring the Purity of Holliness 06:00
2. Sauts Monastery 05:12
3. Midnight Ville 05:06
4. Zarach Ba'al Taragh 03:35
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Total playing time: 19:53

[more=Extended info]Blood and Oak

Sauts Monastery are one of a very small number of Malaysian acts that have ever come to my attention, and like most bands from Malay, their material is hard to obtain.

This is a rip of the first demo cassette from 1997. I've never owned this material, but this was sent to me by a band member during an email correspondence a while ago.

The band actually sound surprisingly fresh, the music is fast paced and aggressive, like a lot of black metal was in those days, and Eastern aggression has always been a part of the territory. I tend to find that Muslim/Shinto/Hindu/Buddhist nations really accentuate the "Extreme" in extreme metal.

A cursory search tells me that this is the first leak of this release, so hopefully it'll appease one or two of you wanderers. If nothing else, Bandwidth is cheap, right? Sorry about the 192 bitrate. There's no way I can legitimately boost it.[/more]

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Title=Devouring The Purity of Holiness
Artist=Sauts Alastor
Album=Sauts Monastery
Tracknumber=1/4
Year=1997
Genre=Black Metal

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*Year: 2013
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: Germany
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 46MB

Tracklist:
1. This Is Saarland Black Metal 04:35
2. Malditz 03:44
3. Die Schlacht im Kirkeler Wald 04:50
4. Instrumetal 02:42
5. Hordes of Nebulah (Darkthrone cover) 07:10
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Total playing time: 23:01

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Title=Instrumetal
Artist=Old Pagan
Album=This Is Saarland Black Metal
Tracknumber=4/5

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*Year: 1999
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR192kbps
*Size: 27MB

Tracklist:
1. Hymnfrost 4:30
2. Interrupting Night Skies 8:22
3. Dancing in Fields Enraged 3:44
4. Envenom Thy Winds 3:30
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Total playing time: 20:06

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Comments :
Title=Hymnfrost
Artist=Envenom Thy Winds
Album=Blast of Winter
Tracknumber=1/4
Genre=Black Metal

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*Year: 2004
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: Italy
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 52MB

Tracklist:
1. X-Seke 2:25
2. Condamned Under Ground 4:14
3. Era 1.50 1:50
4. A Moment of... 1:16
5. Evil Secret 2:34
6. Blue Neon Church 2:08
7. Polifemo 2:01
8. Morte 2:30
9. Ruin 3:19
10. Wild Pleasure Dream 0:39
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Total playing time: 22:56

[more=Extended info]Blood and Oak...

Fortiis is a relatively obscure / long-forgotten Italian act from the turn of the Century. The last demo "X-Seke" was released in 2004, to a seeming lack of public interest. This is a huge shame, as the 96 people that own a copy are quite lucky. The demo consists of a number of short tracks, combining black/death vocals eerily similar to Jason Mendonca's work on Akercocke's 1998 debut "Rape of the Bastard Nazarene".



These are complemented with fast riffs, tremolo picks, and a general aura of stagnant evilness that hallmarks "X-Seke" as a strikingly good track. I've included high-quality scans of the tape. The overall quality is quite low in the mix, and the recording could use a volume boost, but i'm sure any of you desperate to amplify it could easily do so. There's a little bit of tape noise too, but it almost exclusively doesn't interfere with the acoustics or general nous of this demo. Sorry about that.[/more]

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Artist=Fortiis
Album=X-Seke
Tracknumber=4
Year=2004

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*Year: 2017
*Genre: Raw Black Metal
*Country: Netherlands
*Format: mp3@VBR234kbps
*Size: 41MB

Tracklist:
1. Show me, Lord, my Life’s End and the Number of my Days 6:48
2. The Fruit of the Righteous is a Tree of Life 6:59
3. Integrity of the Word and the Deed 10:18
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Total playing time: 24:05

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Artist=Paleas Comburet Igni Inextinguibili
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Tracknumber=1
Year=2017
Genre=Black Metal

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*Year: 1998
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: France
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 60MB

Tracklist:
1. On the Warpath... 02:31 instrumental
2. To Drag the Bastard onto the Sodomite Altar (The Call) 04:48
3. A Waltz in the Depth of Winter (Prelude to the Emperor) 04:56
4. Through the Chant of Witch Stars (The Coming) 05:01
5. Under the Celtic Solstice (Chronicles of Battles) 06:17
6. Satyre Divina (The Reign) 02:38
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Total playing time: 26:11

[more=Extended info]Blood and Oak...

"Whirlwinds..." is the rare first demo by one of my favorite French bands, invoking the spirit of Celestia, but with less romanticism and more battleaxes. It's interesting to see the homophobic stance that this band used in 1998 as well, which seems to have been dropped further down the line. All of the tracks on here are excellent, but a starting block nomination has to go to "Through the Chant of Witch Stars...".[/more]

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Artist=Crystalium
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Year=1998
Genre=Black Metal

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*Year: 1994
*Genre: Melodic Black Metal
*Country: Sweden
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 29MB

Tracklist:
1. Solens skugge (Intro) 01:52
2. It's Here I Belong 02:54
3. Freezing Shadows 04:02
4. Our Dawn of Glory 02:33
5. River of Lost Souls (Outro) 01:20
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Total playing time: 12:41

[more=Extended info]Of Blood and Oak...

As one of the most beloved Swedish metal bands of all time, and one of the pioneers of Melodic black metal, it's always been a mystery that the two Vinterland demos have never been available, re-released, leaked, or posted online as a sample or two.
Well, this is the second demo. I found this via a private trade a long time ago, and feel it's long overdue that this is posted. It's as excellent as the full-length, "Welcome my Last Chapter" (sic), and if anything, this further cements the short-lived groups legacy as figureheads of the Swedish scene.
Regrettably, this comes without scans, but i'll take a victory whenever I find one, and pyrrhic is the last thing that this is.

Sadly I don't have the other tape, and unless someone reading this does, and decides to donate it (thank you, if this ever happens!), I doubt it'll ever get out into the public domain.

One is better than none though, and as we enter the weekend, I can't think of a better way to wake up legally.[/more]

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*Year: 1997
*Genre: Epic Black Metal
*Country: Germany
*Format: mp3@CBR160kbps
*Size: 38MB

Tracklist:
1 Moonstruck 7:57
2 I am All 7:20
3 Fullmoon Witchery 4:31
4 Hordes of Hate 6:31
5 Kingdom Under... 7:20
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Total playing time: 33:39

[more=Extended info]Unreleased EP.[/more]

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Title=Fullmoon witchery
Artist=Moonblood
Album=Warriors of the apokalypse
Tracknumber=3
Genre=Black

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*Year: 1998
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: Germany
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 71MB

Tracklist:
1. Damonenblut 3:32
2. The Scourge of Mankind 7:24
3. Ein Mitternachtsschrei 4:03
4. Our Revenge Has Come 5:47
5. Beyond This Life 2:48
6. The Surges of Hate 3:53
7. His Instant Is There 3:41
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Total playing time: 31:08

[more=Extended info]Scans Included[/more]

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Title=Damonenblut
Artist=Thy Majesty
Album=Metaphern des Innern
Tracknumber=1
Year=1998

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*Year: 2001
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: Germany
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 191MB

Tracklist:
1. Schreie der Verzweiflung 08:37
2. Die Entstehung 09:04
3. Erlösung 12:30
4. Das Angesicht Gottes 10:30
5. Das Sterben eines Traumes 04:52
6. Hoffnungstod 10:56
7. Der Weg in ein anderes Dasein 09:28
8. Outro 18:08
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Total playing time: 1:24:05

[more=Extended info]Very, Very rare private demo.[/more]

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Artist=Wigrid
Album=Das Sterben eines Traumes
Tracknumber=5
Year=2001

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*Year: 1999
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: Australia
*Format: mp3@VBR193kbps
*Size: 28MB

Tracklist:
1. Surrounded by Unlight 04:59
2. A Shred of Flesh 05:04
3. Black Moon Night 04:43
4. Cries of Satanic Zeal 06:41
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Total playing time: 21:27

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Comments :
Title=Black Moon Night
Artist=Myrddraal
Album=Black Construction
Tracknumber=3
Year=1999-00-00
Genre=Black Metal

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*Year: 2011
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@VBR223kbps
*Size: 33MB

Tracklist:
1. Loss 08:42
2. Numb 07:08
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Total playing time: 15:50

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Title=Numb
Artist=Darktower
Album=End
Tracknumber=2

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*Year: 2011
*Genre: Black Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 33MB

Tracklist:
1. Introit 02:09
2. Daughter of the Night 07:04
3. Standing Beneath the Rising Flame 03:56
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Total playing time: 13:09

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Artist=Darktower
Album=Beneath the Flame of Asmodeus

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