*Year: 2023
*Genre: Experimental Sludge/Doom Metal/Drone
*Country: United Kingdom
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 135MB

Tracklist:
1. Eternally Doomed Nation 24:16
2. Entracte 03:33
3. The Weight of the Ocean 14:27
4. Bradypus Versus Pulsatrix 11:08
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Total playing time: 53:24





[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Paul Sloth - Bass (ex-Diascorium, ex-Reth, ex-Slaughter Throne, The Owl, ex-Aubzagl, ex-Narcosis, ex-Tangaroa, ex-Narayana, ex-Bathroom City, ex-Canvas, ex-Cerebral Constriction, ex-Eye of Phetkanha, ex-Fucking Hostel, ex-Gets Worse, ex-Gloomweaver, ex-Hundred Year Old Man, ex-Incandescence, ex-Mother Nature versus Father Time, ex-No Fucks Given, ex-Obliterated by Wormholes, ex-Thesixhundred, ex-Whoever)
Dan Sloth - Drums (ex-Wizard's Beard, ex-Ache, ex-Blasphemer, ex-Dismal, ex-Snakebite)
Luke Sloth - Electronics
Rich Sloth - Vocals (Fatalist, ex-Eborsisk, ex-Mountains Crave, ex-Once I Tried, ex-Ache, Gets Worse, The Afternoon Gentlemen, ex-Confine)
Bernard Sloth - Vocals (Deus Vermin, Eye-Gouge, Fatalist, ex-Cancerous Womb, ex-Diascorium, ex-Proskynesis, ex-Revokation, ex-Inquinamentum, ex-Narayana)

'Troops Of Doom' marches directly on from the Preparation Is For Cowards album, and is the second in the series of four releases from the one day, fully improvised session with Hohm Recordings.

This one comes with big nods towards (and huge respect to!) Corrupted, Primitive Man, Iron Monkey, Palehorse, Bismuth, Ommadon, Monarch, Wolves In The Throne Room, and a whole myriad of other extreme metal / experimental / noise / jazz / electronic / ambient artists on top.[/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Blackened Death Metal/Grindcore
*Country: Norway
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 106MB

Tracklist:
1. Every Death You Take 02:33
2. Futile 02:23
3. Novgorod 02:55
4. Ruins 02:21
5. Iri 03:57
6. The Black Sun 06:31
7. Dragged Back to Life 02:53
8. Übernecro 03:12
9. Spell No Stones 02:57
10. Unending Appetite 01:27
11. In a Rut 01:34
12. ...and Then There Were None 09:21
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Total playing time: 42:04



[more=Extended info]Line - up:
Arve Barsnes - Bass (Deject, ex-Bloodscorn)
Kikken Vegsund - Drums (Bye the Sunn, ex-Fortytwo, Hell Hell Hell, Livstid, ex-Whip, ex-Octavia Sperati)
Rikard Jonsson - Guitars (Deject, ex-Fortíð)
Patrick Wivegh - Guitars (Snakes in Southern Flames, Deject)
Audun Mehl - Vocals (Blodspor, ex-Timeworn, Silence the Sky)

Guest/Session:
Olav Bieltvedt - Vocals (track 4)
Marius Haraldsen - Drones and machines (tracks 6, 12)
Pål Gauslaa Sivertzen - Egg shakers (track 2) (Orbiter)[/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Symphonic Deathcore
*Country: United States
*Format: flac
*Size: 56MB

Tracklist:
1. The Frozen Lake, Pt. II (The Ruined) 07:35
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[more=Extended info][youtube]zkRn4H2XTBI[/youtube][/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Stoner/Doom Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 98MB

Tracklist:
1. Law 03:45
2. Crow 06:42
3. Mean Green 08:02
4. Fiend 04:19
5. Last Bullet 06:47
6. Grease Monkey 03:53
7. The Deal 07:25
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Total playing time: 40:53



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Alex Wierback - Bass (ex-One Armed Jefferson)
James Matthews - Drums (ex-One Armed Jefferson)
Jake Helms - Guitars, Vocals (ex-One Armed Jefferson)

Mean Green’s self-titled first release is a full length album consisting of songs written in their first year of the band's forming. Mean Green wrote this album to convey a stripped down and bare bones look at sludge, stoner, and doom metal. Relying heavily on tone and a slow moving freight train like tempo for most of their songs, they bring their own twist on the genre. With crushing guitar tone, wall shaking low end, bludgeoning percussion, and growling vocals, this album is a first look into the roots and inspiration of Mean Green.[/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Death Metal
*Country: Chile
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 35MB

Tracklist:
1. Pathetic Existence 03:25
2. Viva Sodoma y Gomorra 04:58
3. Kill, Suck, Pray 04:00
4. Putrid Bondage 02:52
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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Death/Post-Metal
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 231MB

Tracklist:
1. Any Day Now... 05:28
2. Frozen 04:11
3. Twisted 03:41
4. The Alter 03:39
5. Diadem 04:12
6. Retaliation 03:17
7. Second Cocoon 03:00
8. Denial 05:40
9. Collective Consciousness 05:52
10. :Data 04:03
11. Recreant 14:58
12. Straight Jacket 05:37
13. Split 04:20
14. Chernobyl 04:07
15. Curse 03:53
16. Monolith 05:33
17. Fentanyl 03:01
18. Trekking In The Desolation 02:35
19. Eternally Chasing My Precious Into the Abyss 03:17
20. Collision (feat. Boiund to Limitless) 03:20
21. Faulted (feat. Dallas Vance) 04:28
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Total playing time: 1:38:12



[more=Extended info]Line - up:
Brandon Mitchell - Guitars, Bass, Orchestrations, Drum Programming (Ivory Draco, Zion Code, ex-Swallowed by Apathy, Salt and Light, ex-Vultaria, ex-Notorium)
Brittney Madeline - Vocals (lead) (Psydonia, ex-Zion Code)

Guest/Session:
Brandon Ball - Vocals (additional) (Zion Code, ex-Swallowed by Apathy)
Dallas Vance - Vocals (additional)[/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Atmospheric Sludge
*Country: Sweden
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 99MB

Tracklist:
1. Remnants 05:42
2. Ashes 06:33
3. Tracing Steps 07:03
4. A Prelude (Replacements) 06:20
5. With Eyes Wide Open 07:17
6. Red Sea: Karma 08:35
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Total playing time: 41:30



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Niklas Eriksson - Bass
Johan Hertil - Drums (Total Incineration, ex-Carrion Carnage)
Magnus Strigner - Guitars (Siberian, Total Incineration)
Stefan Jörbo - Guitars (ex-Carrion Carnage)
Kristoffer Karlsson - Vocals[/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Old School Death Metal | Old School Death Metal | Technical Death Metal | Old School Death Metal | Old School Death Metal
*Country: Australia | United States | United States | Norway | Italy
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 140MB

Tracklist:
Vile Apparition:
1. The Abyssal Plain 00:36
2. Anatomized Remnants 04:56
3. Atrocious Captivity 04:23
4. Featureless Deity 04:33
Congealed Putrescence:
5. Dissolved in Hyphae 02:50
6. Asphyxiating Eukaryote 02:07
7. Amanita Bisporigera 02:15
Constant Torment:
8. Introduction 00:34
9. Gallery of the Dead 04:33
10. Embrace the Hexagon Sun 03:47
11. Constant Torment 03:10
Horrifier:
12. Howl from the Grave 04:46
13. Brain Dead 01:32
14. Kandarian Rites 04:50
15. Hooks in Flesh 03:49
Goredawn:
16. Intro 01:30
17. Redemption Through Damnation 04:12
18. Soul Reaping Terror 04:05
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Total playing time: 58:28



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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Sludge/Post-Metal
*Country: United Kingdom
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 46MB

Tracklist:
1. Deign Torrent 09:50
2. Gild 09:39
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Total playing time: 19:29




[more=Extended info]Following up their self-titled 2022 Trepanation debut, Glasgow's Void of Light return with a two track EP, "Enshroud."

Furthering their established post-metal style, this release takes the band's emotive and brutal sound into new territory with their unique dynamic drawing from a wider range of influences such as post punk, ambient, and death metal.

Intricate guitar arrangements, flowing and expressive drumming, fluid bass, and rousing vocals create a sweeping soundscape of building rhythms and crushing riffs.

Void of Light will be undertaking a UK tour with Edinburgh's Codespeaker in April 2023 ahead of beginning work on a full length album.[/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Stoner/Garage Rock
*Country: Finland
*Format: flac
*Size: 248MB

Tracklist:
1. Well Seasoning 02:48
2. Model 670 02:37
3. Midnight Call 04:40
4. Mr. Fulltrade 03:29
5. Final Episode 05:18
6. Earthrise 07:11
7. Rowdy Barrel 02:37
8. Sigh for Sore Mind 03:24
9. Moose & Gutbucket 02:13
10. Encounter at Dawn 04:20
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Total playing time: 38:37



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Marvellous Sidney Safe - Drums (ex-Repulse, Trouble Bound Gospel, ex-Muurame)
Janitor Mustasch - Vocals (Mannhai, ex-Repulse, Helge Kontio Populär, ex-Gunpowder Power & Gold, ex-Muurame, ex-Uhrijuhla)
Olivier Lawny - Guitars (Shake)
Dr. Heavenly - Bass (Magenta Skycode)
Janne Lastumäki - Keyboards[/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Modern Heavy/Thrash Metal/Alternative Rock
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 103MB

Tracklist:
1. My Pain
2. Skyscraper
3. Night Howlers
4. Scopa
5. Let Them Return
6. Ride Low
7. Dance of the Dead
8. Trip
9. Cosmos
10. The Void
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Total playing time: 42:50



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Tye Trujillo - Bass, Vocals (backing) (Suicidal Tendencies (live), ex-The Helmets, ex-Korn (live))
Bryan Noah Ferretti - Vocals, Guitars (ex-The Helmets)
Patrick "Triko" Chavez - Drums (ex-Captor of Sin, ex-Feed the Beast)

[youtube]vTlRumyfaM8[/youtube]
[youtube]1C2VVUfCVeI[/youtube]
[youtube]JinvmhzID4o[/youtube][/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Atmospheric/Depressive Black Metal
*Country: Italy
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 127MB

Tracklist:
1. Abyss 03:57
2. Anti 07:54
3. Ramblin' 09:27
4. Breath 06:04
5. Hear Me 06:07
6. Lullaby 04:03 instrumental
7. Requiem in Do Diesis Minore 15:28
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Total playing time: 53:00



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Adimere - Guitars (rhythm), Keyboards, Orchestrations (Nocturnal Nightmare, ex-Follia Suicida, ex-Loneliness over Schizophrenic Trauma, Neoclassical Suicide, ex-Vereor Nox, ex-Vitam Nihil Est)
J.S. - Bass (Abyss Nöir)
F.B. - Drums (And Harmony Dies, Cioran)
D.D.T. - Guitars (lead), Keyboards
R.M. - Vocals (Marbas, Nightmare Slave, The Bleeding)

Contra Omnes is the disillusioned, hysterical and warlike mantra that pervades the vision of the uncouth and hypocritical theatre that surrounds us. It is meant to be a vein of nihilism that spurts disdain towards the illusory and asphyxiating constructs of a decadent society. We are used to the worst, but there is never enough. We are against, we are not there, do not count on us. NO, simply and categorically, the motto, the summa, the concept.

«Come ratti, fuggite.»

Written and produced by Afraid of Destiny between 2019 and 2021.
Recorded between January and April 2022.
Drums recorded at Virtual Studio (Treviso, Italy). Vocals recorded at Pyramid Studios (Treviso, Italy). Mixed and mastered at Mordor Sounds Studio (Nuremberg, Germany).

“Requiem in Do Diesis Minore" has been written in memory of Angel Cobos Martínez. May his memory stay alive.

«Well done Afraid of Destiny in trying to go beyond the stylistic features of the classic Depressive, 'Contra Omnes' may not make you cry out for a miracle but it shouldn't go unnoticed especially by those who love to dive into the murky waters of the most desperate and engaging Atmospheric Black Metal.»
Grind on the Road - 7.5/10

Sample in “Hear Me" taken from the 2015 movie “Anesthesia" directed by Tim Blake Nelson.
Sample in “Requiem in Do Diesis Minore" taken from the 1999 movie “Bicentennial Man" directed by Chris Columbus.
Excerpt from the lyrics in “Ramblin’" taken from the 1983 movie “Rumble Fish" directed by Francis Ford Coppola.[/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Stoner Metal/Rock
*Country: United Kingdom
*Format: flac
*Size: 236MB

Tracklist:
1. The Origin of North 04:32
2. Hellfayre 03:58
3. Sinkhole 04:51
4. Naysayer 05:25
5. Slingshot Around the Sun 04:39
6. Terra Nova 03:59
7. Prima Materia 04:40
8. Wings of Reverie 05:30
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Total playing time: 37:34



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Phil the Mountain - Guitars (lead)
Bones the Beard - Vocals, Bass (ex-Karn8)
Raj the Guru - Drums

Morass of Molasses create a rich blend of lumbering heavy blues riffs and emotive vocals. They have effortlessly established themselves as a force to be reckoned with live, having shared stages with such luminaries as Crowbar, Orange Goblin, Elephant Tree, and Green Lung. In the post-pandemic world, the band release their 3rd studio Album ‘End All We Know,’ a diverse collection of songs that continues their trajectory into new and unexplored musical territory.[/more]

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Lyrics=The gates of opportunity is gilded in gold and silver, its roads are paved by hard work, and it guarded over by Lady Liberty. However it is not all as it seems, underneath the veil of perfection there is a dark truth. Money controls everything. It has been the running force for the working man, for the greed of our nation, and for those impoverished and in need. In the US today, more than 15% of the population live below the poverty line. This number is attained through accounting many issues, and it “is currently calculated to be an annual income of $23,050 for a family of four”(https://diigo.com/0757t2). The number of people falling underneath the poverty line contains to grow as employment rates drop. Yet our nation still has people who are living in ridiculous luxury, people wasting wealth and the opportunity of others for simple leisure. The gap between the rich and the poor continues to grow, and it becomes clear that the US lives under a single monetary standard. Money is a chain that keeps people from being humane, money is the fuel of immoral actions, and it is because of that greed does the values of all go astray. Through research is has been proven that while the association with rich and poor show a dichotomous split in morality, it is false and rather it is the nation's' philosophy that fails to teach a proper moral system having no correlation between the rich and the poor.

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Heavy Metal/Hard Rock
*Country: Germany
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 90MB

Tracklist:
1. Firmament 04:54
2. The Void 03:49
3. Dreams of Misery 04:14
4. Live in the Night 03:20
5. Loosing You 04:23
6. Hide & Seek 03:48
7. On the Edge 04:26
8. No Future 04:57
9. Last Desire 04:02
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Total playing time: 37:53




[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Stefan Deutsch - Bass (ex-Prisma)
Jonas Zeidler - Drums (Acid Blade, ex-Tension, ex-Angel Blade, ex-Prowler, ex-Steelclad, ex-Sintage (live), ex-Mogrob)
Tom Michalik - Guitars (Wayward, ex-Toxic Beast, ex-Deathrite, ex-Tension)
Philipp Meyer - Guitars (ex-Tension)
Maik Huber - Vocals (ex-Pace of Hearse, ex-Tension, Okkatus, ex-Serpent, ex-Beerdrinkinator, ex-Sepsist, ex-Storm of Stress)

Hailing from Leipzig, Germany’s FIRMAMENT are a new heavy rock quintet begun in early 2021 by ex-members of TENSION, Prisma, and Wayward. Despite three of the members having done time in TENSION – who released their critically acclaimed debut album, Tension, via DYING VICTIMS last year – the goal for FIRMAMENT from the start was to write moving and thus catchy hard rock songs that get stuck in your head immediately as well as stylistically/spiritually returning to an era before traditional heavy metal even existed. So, while it’s tempting to superficially think FIRMAMENT are an extension of where TENSION left off, the truth is that FIRMAMENT are indeed their own “firmament.”

FIRMAMENT’s first recording together was a two-song single, “The Void / Losing You,” which they recorded live in their rehearsal room. The single was first released digitally during the autumn of 2021, and then was released as a super-limited homemade tape sold exclusively at gigs. With such heartfelt and truly homemade passion, during March 2022 did FIRMAMENT enter the studio to record their debut album. Poignantly titled We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall, FIRMAMENT’s first full-length sees the five-piece steering the same ship – the unapologetically old-school vibes of the ‘70s and ‘80s and transferring them to the current time, without being stuck in specific genre boxes – but doing so more masterfully than before. Like those throwback eras (and particularly during the ‘70s), equal emphasis is placed on performance and songwriting, each one informing the other, resulting in an album-long experience where each of these nine songs retains its own identity and personality but come together to create a unified-yet-unique headspace. Just witness the deftly dynamic and era-authentic never-overdriven guitar work, where Tom Michalik and Philipp Meyer weave heartrending twin-guitar melodies; underneath that but actually taking center stage is the propulsive-yet-melodic bass work of Stefan Deutsch, which hooks just as effortlessly as those of his six-string partners. Of course, classic hard rock and proto-metal often lives or dies on the strength of its vocals, and in this department are FIRMAMENT no slouch: delivering his last performance with the band, frontman Maik Huber incites goosebumps with emotive, melancholic lines that sound as old as time and further add an air of mystery to We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall.

While FIRMAMENT are currently working on fresh material with new vocalist Marco Herrmann, We Don’t Rise, We Just Fall stands as a citadel of archaic melancholy – towering in its aura, yet approachable across its moss-covered landscape. Maniacs for ‘70s Scorpions, Blue Öyster Cult, Wishbone Ash, and Thin Lizzy, lay down your sword and stand before FIRMAMENT![/more]

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Metalcore/Death/Thrash Metal
*Country: Spain
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 68MB

Tracklist:
1. Beyond the Fear
2. Rise from Oblivion
3. The Monster Inside
4. Underrated
5. Haters
6. From Tears to Vengeance
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[more=Extended info]В ЛОУ

Line - up:

Marcos Morales - Bass, Vocals (backing) (Asfixia, ex-Anubis, ex-Breaker)
Daniel Juárez - Guitars, Vocals (backing)
Cristian Juárez - Vocals, Guitars (Leo Jiménez, ex-Leviatán)
Alexis Gálvez - Drums

[youtube]vBN1LI_ZjXU[/youtube]
[youtube]Dz-uo0nH5TI[/youtube][/more]

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Title=Haters
Artist=Dawn of Extinction
Album=From Tears to Vengeance (EP)
Tracknumber=5
Year=2023
Genre=Metalcore | Death | Thrash Metal

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Stoner Metal/Hardcore
*Country: United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 85MB

Tracklist:
1. Alia 05:44
2. Enveletration 02:31
3. Circles 03:27
4. Tourniquet 03:34
5. Weasel 03:21
6. Slumber 03:00
7. Proteus 03:07
8. Priest 03:17
9. Ixian 03:56
10. Grouper 04:09
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Total playing time: 36:06



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Jesse Roberts - Bass, Vocals (Old Iron)
Nat Damm - Drums (ex-Akimbo, ex-Tight Bros From Way Back When)
Jon Weisnewski - Guitars, Vocals (ex-Akimbo, ex-Homo Eradicus)

Enveletration is a mix of the words: envelopment and penetration. Conceptually it is kind of a late-night space out thought trap around the perceived power dynamic of sexual organs, inside out body parts, matter density within a void, atomic structures that are analogous to solar systems, and other weird human-cosmic relations that will really eat your brain if you think on them for a while. It’s basically imposter syndrome for all of humanity relative to the universe.[/more]

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Year=2023
Genre=Stoner Metal | Hardcore

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Death Metal/Goregrind
*Country: Costa Rica
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 73MB

Tracklist:
1. Shredded by Swines 02:29
2. Deviant Paradise 02:46
3. The Being Onahole Human, Ordure Overdose 03:03
4. Slave to kinbaku Shōjo 02:40
5. Bondage, Sexuality, Depravation of Ecleciastic B. D. S. M 03:31
6. N.T.R Ugly Bastard Rape with Mind Control 01:47
7. Endless Daze, Disembowelment of Lolicon 04:35
8. Teufelsspuk Fortissimus instrumental 02:46
9. Vomerophilia 01:59
10. Bondage, Sexuality, Depravation of Ecleciastic B. D. S. M (Instrumental) instrumental 05:24
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Total playing time: 31:00



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Ángel Legna - Guitars (Deception of Humanity, ex-Septic Karnage)
Jack Bundy - Drums
Mike Miles - Guitars
Christian Myers - Vocals[/more]

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Year=2023
Genre=Death Metal | Goregrind

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*Year: 2022
*Genre: Doom/Black Metal/Noise/Ambient
*Country: Slovakia
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 92MB

Tracklist:
1. Rituál so špinavou ihlou 03:00
2. Matdravya bhāvitaya 09:52
3. F65.8 01:54
4. Toxicomania 02:42
5. සීතල සම 02:18
6. Svayaṁ sætkam 00:19
7. F25 03:26
8. Duševná pitva 04:10
9. Pavitrāgāraya 11:45
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Total playing time: 39:26



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Title=Ritual so spinavou ihlou
Artist=Samūhaya
Album=Pikolover
Tracknumber=1
Year=2022
Genre=Doom | Black Metal | Noise | Ambient

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Heavy/Stoner Metal/Rock
*Country: Germany
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 73MB

Tracklist:
1. Bow Down 03:38
2. Negative Creep 03:29
3. A Cold One 03:25
4. Fortunate Son 03:00
5. Black Sunset 04:21
6. Trailer Park Witch 04:12
7. Saint Serpent 04:00
8. Dead Man Walking 04:16
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Total playing time: 30:21



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Patte - Bass (ex-Breeding Fear)
Michael Isselburg - Drums (ex-Breeding Fear)
Patrick - Guitars
Jan Meininghaus - Guitars (ex-Breeding Fear, ex-Death of a Demon)
Thomas Engel - Vocals (Immortal Scorn, ex-Ironstate)[/more]

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Artist=Saint Serpent
Album=The Moonshine Sessions and the Trailer Park Witch
Tracknumber=3
Year=2022
Genre=Heavy | Stoner Metal | Rock

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Technical Deathcore
*Country: Mexico
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 61MB

Tracklist:
1. Invocare 02:18
2. Agenda MMXXX 05:54
3. Reconfiguring a Broken System 03:47
4. 1666 04:41
5. By Paying Tribute to the Empire 05:08
6. Nebuchadnezzar 03:52
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Total playing time: 25:40



[more=Extended info]Line - up:
Homs - Bass
Ruben - Drums
Alan G. Pavón - Guitars
Adrian Veins - Vocals

Guest/Session:
Misstiq - Keyboards (track 2) (Earth Caller)[/more]

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Title=Invocare
Artist=Naica
Album=Agenda MMXXX (EP)
Tracknumber=1
Year=2023
Genre=Technical Deathcore

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Ambient/Black Metal/Shoegaze
*Country: Australia
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 137MB

Tracklist:
1. The Air Thickens and Time Slows 02:14
2. Windows 05:55
3. Splinter Skull 01:55
4. No Way Out 03:33
5. 27 lvie (Evil - Live) 03:35
6. A Vain Calling 03:30
7. A Shape in the Dark (Demo Version) 04:48
8. Silence... (Demo Version) 07:44
9. (Compliments to the Machine) Old Rotten Fake Branches 01:50
10. Decium 01:36
11. Nowhere 04:50
12. Isolation Ambience 07:07
13. Fearr}}} 09:52
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Total playing time: 58:29



[more=Extended info]A compilation of demos, remasters and unreleased tracks.
A lot of the ambience has been stripped from these older/demo versions of tracks, something that I feel makes them rawer and more chaotic in a way.
Some tracks never made it past the demo phase or had some cool alternate versions, others I wanted to revisit.
This will most likely be the only compilation release I'll do for Zkarv as most tracks in future will follow more of a conceptual writing pattern.
I always love releasing demos for things, it gives you a lot of freedom for writing, mixing and allows music to be raw and unfiltered, so I'll consider this the last Zkarv demo release.
Some of my favourite music in the world are demo releases.

The first track and the last five are all original.
Tracks 2 - 8 are demos, remasters & alternative versions of existing tracks.[/more]

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Title=A Vain Calling
Artist=Zkarv
Album=Exiles (Compilation)
Tracknumber=6
Year=2023
Genre=Ambient | Black Metal | Shoegaze

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Death Metal/Crust
*Country: Belgium
*Format: flac
*Size: 146MB

Tracklist:
1. Succumb 02:53
2. Blackened Ichor 04:31
3. In the Wake of 02:06
4. The Gutter 04:29
5. The Pyre of Equivalence 06:03
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Total playing time: 20:02



[more=Extended info]Line - up:

Kevin Steegmans - Drums (ex-Fungus Inc., ex-Sons of a Wanted Man)
Dille - Guitars (Lurking, Predatoria, ex-Ars Veneficium (live), ex-Torturerama, ex-Shattered Skull (live))
Yenthe Meeus - Vocals, Bass (ex-Human Vivisection, ex-Klysma, ex-Eratomania)
Niels Castermans - Guitars, Vocals[/more]

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Comments :
Genre=Death Metal | Crust
Album=The Pyre Of Equivalence (EP)
Artist=Head of the Baptist
Album Artist=Head of the Baptist
Lyrics=The nest, imprisoned by the Throne of Want
The covetous, yet righteous
Somatic, in perdition
The war within
The crescent appears
Twice slain, thrice born

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Symphonic Power Metal/Spoken Word
*Country: Poland
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 132MB

Tracklist:
1. The Ancient Destiny 01:24
2. Straight to Elden 04:32
3. Heroes from the Kingdom 04:12
4. Forgotten Forest of Amon 07:30
5. The Camp 01:17
6. Flames of Hate 04:45
7. Song of the Wild Wind 03:41
8. Silent Whisper 06:15
9. Guards of the Faith 04:40
10. The Mystic Prophecy of Warrior 11:41
11. Wizard of Death 05:30
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Total playing time: 55:27

Spotify

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Title=Song of the Wild Wind
Artist=Emerald Force
Album=Tales of Ancient Destiny
Tracknumber=7
Year=2023
Genre=Symphonic Power Metal | Spoken Word

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*Year: 2023
*Genre: Atmospheric/Technical Deathcore | Deathcore
*Country: United States | United States
*Format: mp3@CBR320kbps
*Size: 37MB

Tracklist:
The Green Leaves:
1. Closed Mouths 03:39
2. Combat Seat 03:54
Dead Nerves:
3. No Future 03:47
4. The Gift 03:53
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Total playing time: 15:13

[more=Extended info][youtube]uzR_bvEMcuI[/youtube][/more]

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Title=Combat Seat
Artist=The Green Leaves
Album=Indiana Michigan Power (Split)
Tracknumber=02
Year=2023-03-10
Genre=Atmospheric | Technical Deathcore

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