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Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Doom Metal

Darkside is the second album by Swedish Blackened death metal band Necrophobic. It was released in 1997. Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Death Metal

Swedish doom metallers, Sorcerer, will release a definitive compilation (1988-1992) via Hammerheart Records on deluxe CD and deluxe 2LP editions in May. The Sorcerer will be released on deluxe CD format limited to 500 copies, and as a double-vinyl limite Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Doom Metal

There are two Swedish death metal albums that I absolutely worship and can't imagine life without them. You can erase everything else, but not these two LPs. "The Nocturnal Silence" is first of the two. The other one is titled "Like an Ever Flowing Stream". Of course I remember also about the other Swedish masterpieces - I'm not denying the greatness of "Left Hand Path", "Into the Grave" or "Seeming Salvation". But those two albums I've mentioned in the beginning are for me the most brilliant and perfect; only "Altars of Madness" and "Testimony of the Ancients" can rival them. That's my opinion and whether you agree or not, I don't give a shit. So, Necrophobic... The band didn't come out of nowhere... Two cool demo tapes and killer EP gave them a strong background. But even though I love the second demo and EP, I just couldn't expect they'll be able to deliver such a stunning recording. "The Nocturnal Silence" is an album, that has been perfected in every detail and each song from it is able to give me thrills. I think one of the major winning aspect of the album is the fact how strong melodically it is, but without ending sugarry or boring. Basically most of the riffs are melodic, but the thing is they're also savage, aggressive, catchy, thus Necrophobic created an overwhelming, dark atmosphere. I can't believe how catchy the album is, but at the same time it has this cold, sinister, satanic feeling that freezes my blood. It's evil to the bone. One fine example is the title song, with its slow opening melody, which quickly transforms into fast, uncompromising riffing. Simple, but how well executed and composed. The band delivers a well diversified music, with very brutal and aggressive tracks like "Inborn Evil" and songs more focused on melody like "Awakening..." or "Unholy Prophecies". Or the best song from the album, killer "The Ancients Gate". Even if the whole album is played in mid tempos, or even has slight Cemetary's "An Evil Shade of Grey" feeling here and there, no way it's boring or monotonous. It completely the opposite - it draws attention and devours like a beast that just crawled out from the abyss. The performance of every band member is really good, but I must say that the guitar playing of David Parland is just top quality; he's amazing and I can feel what he later transformed into much faster and unrelenting black metal style of Dark Funeral. His leads - like the one in "Sacrificial Rites" or "Before the Dawn" - are fantastic and only David Blomqvist equals him! Then there's also brilliant work of the vocalist Anders Strokirk, who's been new in the band and lasted only one year, but as much as I also like the present vocalist, Tobias, Anders had amazing voice, that fitted perfectly to Necrophobic style and Swedish death metal (remember he also contributed to such bands as Hetsheads and Mykorrhiza, but it's not the same league). I'm not sure whether he's also responsible for the lyrics, I don't think so, but they're some of the most satanic and evil texts ever written in the Swedish death metal scene. Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Death Metal

Körgul The Exterminator prepared a split release with their drummer’s one-man black metal band Akerbeltz! Performing two new songs each band and covering the other’s two in their every own style! Fours same songs each band sounding completely different! It’s also our first recording as a trio before our new stuff with our new bassist Javi Bastard, and it’s been recorded in the Redrum Studios rehearsal room to bring back our primal garage sound! You want it raw and you will get it! Let the garage soand roar again! Ugh! On the surface, Spain’s Körgull the Exterminator seem like a rather too obtuse tribute to Canadian progressive sci-fi metal masters Voivod. The similarities do not end here, because the Spaniards are essentially borrowing the formula found on War and Pain and Rrroooaaarrr and then trampling it out to an unholy extreme of blackened death and thrash. What’s more, Körgull the Exterminator have one of the most vicious female vocalists in the business right now, in the magnificently named Lilith Necrobitch, and she goes a long way towards the long term effects of this album. The band is just a dynamo whirlwind storm of holocaust and death, honing in more on a strategy of beating the listener to death than any intricacy in raw compositional skill. However, such a highbrow bearing would be inconceivable for this, because Lilith’s vocals are so fucking hostile, the guitars carving out your skin like nuclear saws, that you have no choice but to be destroyed under the album’s weight. Before two good works which demonstrated that Akerbeltz are the inheritors of Darkthrone’s sound legacy in the Spanish scene. Black metal in their pure form but now more atmospheric, going deeply into the atmosphere and the darkness of their sound. With a minor dose of violence and aggressiveness, but with cold and melodies they create hypnotic passages of glooms. This split album brings the evil and raw sound of the band to a higher level, darker, colder... Hear this album and fell how the sunny day turns into dark winter night! Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Black Metal

Altar Of Plagues re-issues on vinyl! To "celebrate" Altar Of Plagues' goodbye to this cruel world Hammerheart Records has come to an agreement with these Irish gentlemen once more. Hammerheart Records will re-issue both “Sol” (with a killer live bonustrack) and “White Tomb” on vinyl. Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Black Metal

Altar Of Plagues re-issues on vinyl! To "celebrate" Altar Of Plagues' goodbye to this cruel world Hammerheart Records has come to an agreement with these Irish gentlemen once more. Hammerheart Records will re-issue both “Sol” (with a killer live bonustrack) and “White Tomb” on vinyl. Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Black Metal

digipak.It’s not often a new band drops jaws. Dutch black metallers Kjeld, from Friesland, are one such band. Corrupting the good minds of northern Netherlands (and Germany) for the better part of their eight years as a band, Kjeld is modern yet reflective on new album, Skym. They play “Proud and pure Frisian black metal since 2004!” Which means there’s a sense of triumph, rebellion, and individuality in their music. Although, Frisian sounds like a hair style, it’s actually a region where the ancient ancestors first started to tame the sea by building hills for homes. Sounds peasant-like, but they were defending themselves against the roar of Mother Nature when most peoples were flinging poop and fighting over caves. “Kjeld’s music could best be described as deeply rooted in the Scandinavian Black Metal tradition,” says Kjeld in a collective growl. “Where cold melodic passages and brutal assaults nicely merge into their own magickal blend. Ancient rituals and traditions (lyrics are in the Frisian language) combine with intense musicianship on the highest level! The CD version comes in a deluxe 6-panel digipack with booklet and the LP comes as a deluxe gatefold 180-gram 2-LP with vinyl-exclusive bonus track! Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Black Metal

Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Death Metal

All of the die-hard SKYCLAD should be familiar to the name of THE CLAN DESTINED. It is a project band (at least this is how it started) formed by Mr Martin Walkyier who is mainly known from his glorious days with SKYCLAD and his on-going story with SABBAT Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Heavy Metal

All of the die-hard SKYCLAD should be familiar to the name of THE CLAN DESTINED. It is a project band (at least this is how it started) formed by Mr Martin Walkyier who is mainly known from his glorious days with SKYCLAD and his on-going story with SABBAT Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Heavy Metal

Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Trash Metal

Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Trash Metal

Record Label: Hammerheart Style: Trash Metal

Solitude Aeturnus have been one of the biggest names in epic doom metal for quite a while, combining the solid crushing doom metal of Candlemass with more up-tempo music has lead to them gathering up a fan base all of their own. Downfall isn't the bands strongest release, but it's certainly up to Solitude Aeturnus quality, and for the reason is impossible to pass up. Better yet, it shows them foc Style: Doom Metal

Artist: Hades Label: Hammerheart

Artist: Cobalt Label: Hammerheart

Artist: Cobalt Label: Hammerheart

Rowdy British death-grinders The Rotted have teamed up with Dutch grind troupe Collision to release a brand new split 7″. The Rotted should be a familiar name to anyone with even the slightest interest in the UK’s metal scene. Rising out of the ashes of Gorerotted in 2008, the band have since gone in an even punkier direction, lacing their rabid death metal onslaught with a deluge of d-beats and vitriol. Collision have been walking a similar path over the course of their 14 year career, making them a perfect choice for this new split release. Style: Grindcore

Hard to find Dutch Death Metal classic gets re-issued with follow-up album included! Both albums are collectable by now and in high demand Style: Death Metal