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CDs / DVDs ACID WITCH "Stoned" (CD)  /  $10 Psychedelic Occult Doom Metal HELLS 058 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio ACID WITCH "Stoned" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 058 release date:   January 18, 2011 ♫ audio preview Detroit's most evil doom band raises hell this Halloween with one of the heaviest, crushing albums ever made! Mixing 70's psych, NWOBHM, 80's doom metal, crust, and death, this album is sure to possess even the holiest by the power of weed, spell and Satanism! Expect no typical doom metal here eerie listeners, this album isn't just a bunch of recycled Black Sabbath riffs, Acid Witch have crafted their own sound that sounds like no other band now or from the past. Their influences melt together like wax from black candles on an age-old satanic ritual. The production is warm and heavy, yet raw and filthy. All lyrics, art, layout, writing & recording was done by the band themselves, bringing back a punk D.I.Y. attitude the underground is missing nowadays. The Witch is back, and its time to get STONED! Recommended for worshippers of Witchfinder General, Trouble, Deep Purple and Winter. ARMOUR "Armour" (CD)  /  $10 Heavy Metal Punishment HELLS 045 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio ARMOUR "Armour" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 045 release date:   March 5, 2010 ♫ audio preview 8-page booklet with slightly different layout than the European pressing. After rollin' out several successful EPs, the heavy metal hammer of ARMOUR strikes hard n' heavy with their highly anticipated debut full-lengther featuring all new high voltage hits. This is no lame retro-joke playing pub tribute nights; these accomplished Finn's boast the best elements from the great heavy metal 80's with style n' class. Expect no melodic glam, ARMOUR are heavy as Hades delivering it fast n' loud... a real jammer guaranteed to rock your socks off! Cover painting by Joe "Motorhead" Petagno. FOR DIE HARDS OF: early W.A.S.P., Accept, Running Wild, Exciter TRACK LIST: Rock'n'Roll Tonite, The Time Is Right, Sex Demon, Roll Out (Or Get Rocked), Satan's Knights, Can't Resist Your Spell, Magick Armour, Hellfire, Ready to Attack, Heavy Metal Drinkers "The badass party record of the year, filled with heavy anthems guaranteed to gain them a good deal of attention...10 irresistible cuts of metal that are sure to make them big-time legends in their own right...Bringing back what made '80s metal so grand and glorious, Armour is THE band destined to present a whole new generation an almighty taste of a genre that shall never die. The year may be young, but it's safe to say that Armour has surely unleashed one of the finest metal debuts of 2010" -Highwire Daze "The song titles, the solos, the cover art - EVERYTHING is there on the Finns' self-titled album, and it's all really, really AWESOME. Well... the lyrics are kind of stupid, but who needs lyrics when you've got riffs and fist-pumping anthems, anyway?...Armour might be a means of more stripped-down, back-to-the-basics metal, but goddamn if they couldn't fit right next to TANK, ACCEPT, or W.A.S.P. But it doesn't feel like a throwback - it sounds earnest, and the songs are, ultimately, AWESOME. Have I used 'awesome' yet?...At the end of the day, Armour seems more sincere than a plethora of throwback bands playing metal the way metal was played in its heyday, and that's the reassuring and redeeming thing about this band...Ultimately, Armour should remind people why they like metal in the first place" -Metalsucks.net [4.5/5 rating] "Succeeds wildly and leaves the listener with a permanent grin and a fist thrust high in the air... Those that either came of age during the '80s or that have gone back to find out what all the fuss was about will find ARMOUR's frill-free exercise in bombastic '80s party-time metal a gigantic treat...Transcending the actual songwriting is a white-hot and supremely high-energy heavy metal vibe that feels so right. A slew of killer solos bolster the effort big time. Not unlike what Sweden's BULLET did on Bite the Bullet, Armour's self-titled disc pays respect to the rockin' side of '80s heavy metal in a genuinely appealing way by cranking the amps and letting it all hang out. Put simply, Armour nails it" -Blabbermouth.net [8/10 rating] "File this one under holy shit: Finland's Armour have just released one of the finest slabs of '80s-fueled heavy metal to come across the desk over here at Chez Hellbound in quite some time...these bad boys pay homage to the fist pumping sounds of ACCEPT and W.A.S.P. in their prime. Great riffs, anthemic choruses and just enough testosterone and swagger to pull this stuff off...Really impressive stuff" -Hellbound.ca ARPHAXAT "Loudun la Maudite" (CD)  /  $10 Primitive Black Metal HELLS 028 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio ARPHAXAT "Loudun la Maudite" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 028 release date:   October 28, 2008 ♫ audio preview The long awaited full-length album from the mighty ARPHAXAT now awaits! Truly Necro & Morbid Blasphemous hymns, NOT for open-minded idiots who have no idea what true primitive Black Metal is about! Consists of Shaxul (ex-HIRILORN, ex-founding DEATHSPELL OMEGA member, SABBAT (Jpn) session member, etc). and DRAKEN (ex-Putrefactor). "Loudun la Maudite" forges even more holocaustic obscurity inspired by their majestic and mysterious myths of Pictavia. Those possessed by their 2003 demo tape easily know what to expect from this obscure album. Review from Nathan T. Birk of METAL MANIACS/ZERO TOLERANCE: If you ask me (and you didn't), the first era of Deathspell Omega beats the newer, second era everyone's seemingly so enamored with, hands down. Dunno specifically, but there was simply an intangible something - filth meets mysticism, maybe? - that made the once-shadowy band stand head 'n' shoulders above most other early Noughties black metal. Now, the secret's out and the "message" seems more profound, but it's also a lot more complicated/convoluted, and I just don't got the time to figure it out. (And I could name the reasons why Fas - Ite, Maledicti, in Ignem Aeternum won this mag's writers poll last year, but it'd make me appear more of an asshole than I already am.) Give me back the days when everyone hated BM. Which is all to say it's quite interesting to see/hear former DsO co-founder Shaxul back in action with Arphaxat. Loudun la Maudite is the French duo's debut album, and it features no guitar whatsoever. In other words, this is all drums and bass (but not drum 'n' bass, mind). And surprisingly, it's not the downtuned dirge-fest - or Beherit buried in mud, whichever - I was expecting. Instead, Shaxul and vocalist Draken erect coursing, cruising waves of total dinge, the former favoring the high strings and then running that shit through a broken distortion pedal, in effect giving proceedings a classic crust sound: more Prophecy of Doom than Fallen Angel of Doom, if you will. Despite the abundance of hooks - and a handful of 'em mightily reminiscent of the Infernal Battles era, too - much of the record begins to blur into itself, but for sodden, sooty atmosphere alone, you can't do much better these days. Let the hate begin again. ATOMIC AGGRESSOR "Rise Of The Ancient Ones" (CD)  /  $10 Ancient Death Thrash HELLS 026 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio ATOMIC AGGRESSOR "Rise Of The Ancient Ones" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 026 release date:   October 28, 2008 ♫ audio preview Skin-gnawing, ancient RIFF-ORIENTED death/thrash! Previously bootlegged several years ago, this is an official release compiling this obscure cult Chilean bands demos from 1989-1991 plus previously unreleased bonus tracks! Unreserved, uncompromising, unpolished death/thrash sure to appeal those destroyed by the barbaric blitzkrieg of DEATH YELL and the more meticulous violence of countrymates PENTAGRAM as well as other South American champions like MUTILATOR, SARCOFAGO, and cult SEPULTURA. ATOMIZER "Caustic Music For The Spiritually Bankrupt" (2CD)  /  $14 Bleak Atomic Metal Power HELLS 025 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio ATOMIZER "Caustic Music For The Spiritually Bankrupt" (DOUBLE CD) price:   US $14.00 catalog #:   HELLS 025 release date:   November 26, 2009 ♫ audio preview OUT NOW! - Deluxe limited edition DOUBLE CD in 12" size glossy gatefold cover with 20 page 12" size book featuring 21 tracks of previously unreleased demo/rehearsal material & long out-of-print/hard-to-find 7" EP tracks. Also comes with an obi strip & extra insert with commentary about each song featured on the bonus CD. This is a one time pressing of only 500 copies! The bleakest, most powerful ATOMIZER offering, completely evolved and removed from the conjurations of any other thrash or black metal outputs of today. The band has stripped down their already well-known style and dejected the atomic metal power with a dismal aggression full of depth and gritty catchiness backed by a strong murky production, compliments of Kurt Ballou (Converge). In addition to the radical audio and superb gloom packaging, guest contributions have been made by drummer Sean Cummiskey (Astriaal), Iscariah (ex-Immortal, Dead To This World) and Yasuyuki (Abigail, Barbatos). TRACK LIST FOR BONUS DISC: 1) Now That's Fuckin' Evil - Taken from Rehearsal Tape 15.10.1998 2) The End Of Forever - Taken from Rehearsal Tape 15.10.1998 3) Gimme Natural Selection - Taken from the 'Gimme Natural Selection' 7" Recorded mid 2000 4) I Wish You Were A Beer - Taken from the 'Gimme Natural Selection' 7" Recorded late 2000 5) Ace Of Spades - Taken from the 'Gimme Natural Selection' 7" Recorded 19.11.1999 6) Ritual - Taken from Atomizer Demo January 2001 7) Unit 731 - Taken from Atomizer Demo January 2001 8) Somebody's Gonna Die Tonight - Down Home Hatebreeder Mix 9) The Only Good Human - Seething Mortal Flesh Mix 10) Intro Oriax/Thy Blood Eterne - Taken from the Tyrus: The Doom War 7". Recorded October 2002 11) Cold Steel, Warm Death - Taken from the Tyrus: The Doom War 7". Recorded October 2002 12) The War That Never Ended - Taken from Atomizer Demo July 2002 13) The Only Weapon Of Choice - Taken from Atomizer Demo July 2002 14) For Blackness Absolute - Taken from Atomizer Demo August 2002 15) And The Hunt Starts Again - Taken from Atomizer Demo August 2002 16) Untitled - Taken from the Songs To Swing To Demo 2005 17) Hail Hail To The Hangman - Taken from the Songs To Swing To Demo 2005 18) The Bellman's Lament - Taken from the Songs To Swing To Demo 2005 19) Fucked Up - Taken from the Songs To Swing To Demo 2005 20) A Song To Swing To - Taken from the Caustic Music... Demo 2005-2006 21) Science: The Great Usurper - Taken from the Caustic Music... Demo 2005-2006 ATOMIZER "Caustic Music For The Spiritually Bankrupt" (CD - Single Disc)  /  $10 Bleak Atomic Metal Power HELLS 025 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio ATOMIZER "Caustic Music For The Spiritually Bankrupt" (CD - Single Disc) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 025 release date:   September 23, 2008 ♫ audio preview The bleakest, most powerful ATOMIZER offering, completely evolved and removed from the conjurations of any other thrash or black metal outputs of today. The band has stripped down their already well-known style and dejected the atomic metal power with a dismal aggression full of depth and gritty catchiness backed by a strong murky production, compliments of Kurt Ballou (Converge). In addition to the radical audio and superb gloom packaging, guest contributions have been made by drummer Sean Cummiskey (Astriaal), Iscariah (ex-Immortal, Dead To This World) and Yasuyuki (Abigail, Barbatos). BEHERIT "At The Devil's Studio 1990" (CD)  /  $11 Bestial Black Metal Originators HELLS 071 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio BEHERIT "At The Devil's Studio 1990" (CD) price:   US $11.00 catalog #:   HELLS 071 release date:   August 2, 2011 ♫ audio preview This American pressing has the exact same layout as the European KVLT pressing. "The Oath of Black Blood" is a compilation of a demo and 7" EP. "At The Devil's Studio 1990" is the REAL debut album! The VERY FIRST Beherit debut studio album recorded back in 1990! You NEVER HEARD this recording or the two previously UNRELEASED tracks featured! Finally unearthed from Sodomatic Slaughter's personal collection after being lost for the last 20 years. Recorded as a duo by Nuclear Holocausto Vengeance and Sodomatic Slaughter in Ala Ky Studio and mastered in 2010 by Joona Lukala. TRACK LIST: 1) Rehearsal, 2) Grave Desecration Vengeance, 3) At The Devil's Churns, 4) Nocturnal Evil, 5) Whores of Belial, 6) Witchcraft, 7) The Oath of Black Blood , 8) Six Days With Sadistic Slayer, 9) Demonomancy BESTIAL MOCKERY "Christcrushing Hammerchainsaw" (CD)  /  $10 Chainsaw Black Thrash HELLS 040 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio BESTIAL MOCKERY "Christcrushing Hammerchainsaw" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 040 release date:   March 5, 2010 ♫ audio preview Comes with an 8-page booklet featuring lyrics & band photos. Their long out-of-print debut album (often regarded as their finest effort), now available again. Unpure, unholy, untight buzzing chainsaw guitars thrashing ugly punkish black metal riffs backed by mental vocals screaming rants of war, hate, blasphemy and Satan. Features new artwork (in color) by Chris Moyen. FOR DIE HARDS OF: Nifelheim, Gospel of the Horns, Venom, NunSlaughter SONG TITLES: Bestial Warfare, Suicide Blasphemy, Bestial Satanic Sacrifice, Crucified In Dirt, Warfuck, Morbid Invertation, Chainsaw Inkarnated, Raise The Chalice, Christcrushing Hammerchainsaw, Final Attack "No self-respecting metalhead would lack this album in his or her collection... An early purveyor of a blackened thrash sound, Bestial Mockery also incorporate a strong sense of punk rock into their core sound. The performances are stripped down and raw, with noise harnessed for all its worth... No longer infecting the metal world with its particular form of stench, these Swedes still eat posers without hesitation. Do as Bestial Mockery command: Burn the priests drunk on the putrid Wine of Satan! Those that can't must rot" -Examiner.com "Has actually aged quite well, still delivering a Swedish-styled SODOM attack with energy, aplomb and unbridled fury. Hammerchainsaw rides the line between D-beat and punk/thrash with retarded brilliance, and remains an intense-and a self-proclaimed 'un-tight' portrait of retro-thrash done right'" -Metalmaniacs.com "The 10 songs here fly by at the speed of a full-throttle chainsaw...Totally basic, stripped down and primal, the music is vicious, and anything but catchy or melodic...Saying that, there is much to like about this disc, mostly due to the sheer ferocity of the whole thing. There isn't a single bit of wasted noise to be found here. No intro, outro, or crappy filler at all...Bestial Mockery doesn't leave a single moment for you to catch your breath or lose your attention. This is all-out musical war, from beginning to end" -GaspETC.com BLACK WITCHERY "Inferno Of Sacred Destruction" (CD/DVD)  /  $12 Black Death Chaostorm HELLS 061 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio BLACK WITCHERY "Inferno Of Sacred Destruction" (CD/DVD) price:   US $12.00 catalog #:   HELLS 061 release date:   January 18, 2011 ♫ audio preview Comes with a 20 page booklet featuring artwork for each track and a live DVD in Helsinki with multi-angle footage & soundboard audio. This HHR pressing is the exact same as the Osmose Productions European pressing. In 2001, BLACK WITCHERY decimated an unsuspecting scene with their "Desecration of the Holy Kingdom" debut. Four years later came another strategic strike against the weak 'n' false with "Upheaval of Satanic Might." Now, as anticipation reaches a fever pitch, BLACK WITCHERY return to claim their crown as the unrivalled masters of unrepentantly barbaric blackdeath with "Inferno of Sacred Destruction." More caustic, close-minded, and crushing than ever, this unholy black/death speed trinity create an unholy conflagration guaranteed to devour and destroy even the most battle-hardened underground warrior - witness the "Inferno of Sacred Destruction"! Recommended for maniacs of BLASPHEMY, ARCHGOAT, REVENGE. CD TRACK LIST: Holocaustic Church Devastation, Antichrist Order of Holy Death, Apocalyptic Carnage, Barbarism Domination, Inferno of Sacred Destruction, Kingdom Against Kingdom, Sepulchral Witchcraft, Ascension of the Obscure Moon DVD TRACK LIST: Crush The Messiah, Blasphemous Onslaught, Command Of The Iron Baphomet, Heretic Death Call, Desecration Of The Holy Kingdom, Blood Oath, Chaostorms of Demonic Hate, The Angelholocaust CEREKLOTH "Halo Of Syringes" (MCD)  /  $4 Evil Death Worship HELLS 067 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio CEREKLOTH "Halo Of Syringes" (MCD) price:   US $4.00 catalog #:   HELLS 067 release date:   July 1, 2011 ♫ audio preview Limited edition 1-time pressing for only $4! Comes in a slimline jewel case. The Danish abomination of Cerekloth come slithering with an album teaser in the form of a 3 track EP on both 7" vinyl & CD format. Presenting an exclusive version of "Halo of Syringes" that will be the most obscure track on the forthcoming and yet untitled debut album. This release also holds a final and slightly re-arranged version of "Shattered Hourglass" (Previously only released in rehearsal format) as well as an exclusive instrumental named "Detaching". Extremely dark and unsettling new material from Denmark's best kept death metal secret, finally unleashed upon mankind with a powerful production and stellar artwork. CEREKLOTH "Pandemonium Prayers" (CD)  /  $7 Evil Metal Of Death Worship HELLS 036 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio CEREKLOTH "Pandemonium Prayers" (CD) price:   US $7.00 catalog #:   HELLS 036 release date:   August 28, 2009 ♫ audio preview No bullshit Death Metal the way it used to be played. Nothing fancy or technical here, just simple, catchy, non compromising, evil death worship recorded at Necromanteion Studio (Funeral Winds, Infinity, etc). This CD edition has the correct sounding audio (master audio to vinyl output sounded dodgy), and features an improved layout/artwork plus 1 exclusive bonus track not available on the 7" EP. Played in the fucking graveyard by members of VICTIMIZER, KARNARIUM and more. CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY "It's Time to Face the Doomsday" (CD)  /  $10 Motorcharged Thrashing Crust HELLS 053 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY "It's Time to Face the Doomsday" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 053 release date:   October 26, 2010 ♫ audio preview Comes with a 10-page booklet featuring lyrics & band photos. It's Time to Face the Doomsday... and CHILDREN OF TECHNOLOGY are here to meet the apocalypse head on! Taking only the dirtiest, gnarliest aspects of nuclear-powered thrash and crushing crust-punk, on their debut album these angry Italian gangsters spray paint a desolate, blown-out portrait of the future... and then commence to D-beat the debris into ashes. Features eight sleazy motorcharged anthems to the earth's impending doom and not-so-inevitable rebirth! Recommended for diehards of VENOM, ONSLAUGHT, DISCHARGE, TOXIC HOLOCAUST and ANTI-CIMEX "This is mid-80s-style crossover thrash with a MOTORHEAD-esque vibe, and there's even a bit of early VENOM in here... rocks so much that it's not much of a stretch to also throw it into the 'Thrash 'n' Roll' category. Raw, basic, dirty, sloppy, catchy and downright fun is what this is, plain and simple... Where many of the newer thrash bands focus on reliving the '80s thrash sound, Children of Technology haven taken it and successfully blended it with the late '70s/early '80s punk/rock-ish heavy metal style. It's unpolished, a bit nuts lyrics-wise and addictive. A bit on the short side, it just leaves you begging for more" -Metalcrypt.com "D-beat-freaks, crust heads, and scum-thrash fiends will revel in the awesomeness of Children of Technology. This Italian tribe of toxic politi-thugs will force your head to bang and your limbs to swing like the still-limp corpses that you will be whirling above your head while listening to this album. If music could bring about anarchy, these would be the anthems of 'Doomsday' for sure, so crank this thing louder than what makes your ears bleed and grab the modern world of bullshit by its testicles and start tearing some flesh. No one gets out of this one alive and The End never sounding so good!" -Hellridemusic.com "These Italian scumbags are clearly more than just a throwback to the '80s, though, their metalpunk atrocities - as exemplified by debut album It's Time To Face The Doomdsay - pushing the metalpunk genre forward in a way that continues to be massively underexplored" -Zero Tolerance "High-octane, apocalyptic thrash 'n' smash crust-punk that paints a world that looks like an awful lot like the one painted by the members of WASTELANDER and sounds like old-new-school thrashers TOXIC HOLOCAUST in a 'new' sense, yet with Bronze-era MOTORHEAD and DISCHARGE kicking hard in the gaps and VOIVOD jumping on stage in the middle of it all just to up the chaos. Of course, it is D-beaten and razor-bladed to ruin with gritty vocals and the feeling one gets when the buckles break loose and the buttons pop off. As always, the riffs will make it or break it, and in that regard, It's Time to Face the Doomsday makes it: effective as much for the primal simplicity as the heat rising off the strings" -Blabbermouth.net CHURCH BIZARRE "Sic Luceat Lux" (2CD)  /  $12 Teutonic Black/Death metal HELLS 027 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio CHURCH BIZARRE "Sic Luceat Lux" (DOUBLE CD) price:   US $12.00 catalog #:   HELLS 027 release date:   December 10, 2008 ♫ audio preview The final death breath from the temple of Church Bizarre. This deluxe 32 track double CD set includes all recorded demo and EP material to date as well as tons of bonus material. Good sounding live tracks, unreleased Nunslaughter cover and rehearsal demos for the second and never recorded album - it's all included here along with a few other surprises (does NOT include their debut album "Sinister Glorification"). Comes in high quality packaging and includes tons of photos from all eras of Church Bizarre. A fucking massive overdose of Bizarre, catchy, filthy and fucking Evil black/death metal with a vengeance! "From the river of Styx to the womb of judgement". Booklet features a nice metallic silver foil stamping. DISC 1: 1. Into the Womb of Judgement 2. The Liberating Darkness 3. Where the Souls Were Sold 4. Chapel of Suffering 5. Son of the Burning Path 6. Redeemer and the Scythe 7. Into the Womb of Judgement 8. Return of the Gemini 9. Church Bizarre (NunSlaughter cover) 10. The Horned Majesty 11. Death Incarnate 12. Into the Womb of Judgement 13. Son of the Burning Path DISC 2: 1. Judging Eyes (Intro) 2. Evoked or Not: Evil Will Come 3. Chapel of Suffering 4. Son of the Mourning 5. Return of the Gemini 6. Burning Sentence (Outro) 7. Consumed by the Southern Cross 8. Jesus Is Doomed (NunSlaughter cover) 9. Judging Eyes/ Evoked or Not: Evil Will Come 10. Consumed by the Southern Cross 11. Sinister Glorification 12. Intro/ The Horned Majesty 13. Into the Dark (Where Witches Burned) 14. Chapel of Suffering 15. Enter the Temple of Shadows 16. Intro 17. The Horned Majesty 18. Enigma of Hades 19. Devil Metal (NunSlaughter cover) 20. Church Bizarre (NunSlaughter cover) CIANIDE "Gods Of Death" (CD)  /  $10 Death, Doom & Destruction! HELLS 070 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio CIANIDE "Gods Of Death" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 070 release date:   May 2, 2011 ♫ audio preview Formed in 1988, CIANIDE's vision was to create the heaviest Death Metal in existence... and they DID! Their 6th full-length album sees no mess about progression, only a continuation of the death, doom & destruction maniacs have come to expect over the last 20+ years! CIANIDE is what DEATH METAL is all about! TRACK LIST: 1) Desecration Storm, 2) Forsaken Doom, 3) Rising of the Beast, 4) Dead and Rotting, 5) Idolator, 6) Terrorstrikes, 7) The One True Death, 8) Contained and Controlled   CRUCIFIED MORTALS "Crucified Mortals" (CD)  /  $10 Horror Thrashing Death HELLS 055 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio CRUCIFIED MORTALS "Crucified Mortals" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 055 release date:   March 15, 2011 ♫ audio preview Comes with 10 page booklet features lyrics, band pics & extra artwork. Get ready to be hit in the face with an iron fist of thrash metal insanity... after ten years of several EP and demo outputs, Crucified Mortals release their first full-length album. Comprised of eleven horror tales transcribed into metallic hymns the album continues the bands' own appalling sound with arguably their best material to date. A truly unique style of well-played and evil fucking thrash with hints of death metal that showcases a diverse range sure to satisfy the ear's craving for speed, heavy and memorable riffing complimented with harsh angry vocals and pounding drums. Hammer the nails & thrash 'til fucking death! RECOMMENDED FOR DIE HARDS OF: Hobbs' Angel Of Death, Rigor Mortis (Texas), Deceased & Carnivore TRACK LIST: 1) The Seance, 2) Sordid Treachery, 3) Hidden Tomb, 4) Resurrected Fiend, 5) Figure In Black, 6) Desecrating The Dead, 7) Perpetrator, 8) Ghastly Affliction, 9) Fatal Scheme, 10) Masked Murder, 11) Doom "There is anger abound here! Plenty of it! This is macho shit! With a lot of cojones! Musically, there's all the classic thrash metal riffs with a bit of ancient death metal touch here and there. Well, there's not really a big difference in the riffs, really, but how they are played. Death metal, black metal, thrash metal: three products of the same cow" -Currents "Born from the unholy congress of [CELTIC FROST's] Morbid Tales and [SLAYER's] Haunting The Chapel. With virtually the same guitar tone throughout, one may accuse Crucified Mortals of beating a dead horse, but when that skeletal steed is so rancid, so damn metal-infested, it's hard to hate...solid as a headstone. Fans of LAIR OF THE MINOTAUR, take note" -Zero Tolerance "Here's a bit of a throwback to the mid '80s when the fault-lines between primitive death and thrash metal were still being drawn. Crucified Mortals' self-titled debut perfectly nails the sound of the era with slightly sloppy playing, an analog-inspired production, particularly in the drum sound, and all of the right songwriting elements. Composed of some of the members of the long running cult act NUNSLAUGHTER, Crucified Mortals pile catchy riffs upon a generally quick approach that never quite makes it to the blastbeat era...a dead-ringer for DEATHROW... In short, Crucified Mortals' debut is well-done, old- school death/ thrash from veterans who are obviously intimately familiar with the era" -About.com "Well-written, energetic thrash in the vein of RAZOR, SODOM, SLAYER and KREATOR, with vocals that remind me of a mix between Tom Araya and King Fowley. This is definitely a pretty authentic record, minus all the fashion-thrashin' bullshit, with a serious take on the style that does not belay the intelligence...definitely entertaining while it lasts, and credit should be given that Crucified Mortals entirely avoids the self-referential pageantry that has plagued new thrash acts throughout the 21st century. These men obviously care about the real deal, listen to all the right influences, and their output is indisputably sincere. In fact, I'd say I enjoy this more than a number of NUNSLAUGHTER releases, and certainly more than a lot of the less interesting US thrash retroverts like WARBRINGER or LICH KING" -From the Dust Returned webzine "It is time to dust off the denim and leather, sew those patches back on and get thrashing! I would describe this album as 'satisfyingly unfashionable' for several reasons. Firstly, this is thrash metal how it always used to be, not how it has been 'remembered' -dark, grisly, aggressive and slightly rough around the edges, Crucified Mortals sound like thrash metal fans who have definitely been there since the beginning, probably beating up glam rock posers outside the school gates. Secondly, this thrash album isn't laced with sickly-sweet melody like so many modern metal albums that claim to be influenced by thrash metal. Instead, this self-titled album is enjoyably tune-free, concentrating on caving your skull in with brute force rather than pouring sugar into your ears...containing everything you probably already knew about thrash metal: powerful, crunchy, dark, frenetic riffs, brief, guitar-mangling solos, and is pretty frantic and energetic throughout. What may actually be a surprise, though, is how good it actually is" -MetalTeamUK.net METAL MANIACS Review (by Mike Abominator): Crucified Mortals have been around in the underground for a while now (2001 to be exact.) This started as a one man project founded by Craig Reaper to bring some thrashy death metal to the infernal party. Now with a full line up that also features fellow Nunslaughter friends, and after a slew of killer demos, EPs and splits, we now have the debut album from these Ohio maniacs. And these guys play some crazy, barbaric and bad ass death thrashing madness that reminds me of Carnivore gone death at times. The Whiplash, Bloodfeast and At War influences are there as well. Not too bad to be compared to those 4 gods huh? Just imagine that mixed with some other thrash and death influences and you get a basic idea as to what Crucified Mortals sound like. It is all done with good songwriting and an old school approach. The album starts off with the creepy intro "The Seance". Then takes off with the first song "Sordid Treachery". It has a manic and fast beginning, that goes into some mid paced banging when the vocals kick in, then back and forth. It keeps the mid paced murder going for a bit with some heavy as fuck riffing. Then it speeds up again. The vocals are aggressive and attacking, and have that At War/Carnivore vibe to them. "Hidden Tomb" comes up next with it's killer thrash gallop. The simple and straight to the point riffs shred along and the song keeps a mostly fast pace until it slowwwwssss down a bit for a headbanging part. Then picks up again. GREAT RIFFS! They are brutal yet catchy! "Resurrected Fiend" has one of the best riffs on here as it's opener. Another fast banger that then hits the middle part and slows down a bit into a mid paced headbanging part. FUCK YEAH! This song rules! The soloing from the guitars is KILLS. Each song has a trade off part where the guitarists shred the shit out of everything in sight. "Figure In Black" is next. Total relentless fast banger here for this one. But yet another mid paced break to give us some breathing room. "Desecrating The Dead" starts off as a fast ripper as well, has a short break and then takes off again. It is shorter and it is done before you know it. But a killer song regardless! "Perpetrator" continues the deadly assault. Another short and sweet fast banger that rips your throat out. It attacks and bludgeons the ears with sheer anger and violence. I FUCKING LOVE IT! "Ghastly Affliction" starts fast, with it's sing along chorus. And things stay fast the whole time on this one. The production is clean, and you can hear everything, but it's not over-processed at all. It has a dirty old school sound. "Fatal Scheme" is up next. It has a nice roller coaster effect of having time and tempo changes that are all over the place compared to the other songs. But the same killer riffs and deadly attack are here,so that's all that matters. I love the way the bass sounds on this album, which often gets lost in many recordings. The bass clangs like a chainsaw and cuts through in the mix. The old classic "Masked Murder" is re-done here, and crushes with more of the same madness, but then slows things down for a bit with it's slow/mid paced banging thrash riffs. "Doom" brings the album to a close with some killer double bass and more of the same great riffing. It does pick up pace with some faster parts that remind me of early Destruction. It slows a bit with more killer guitar solos and then ends with an all out speed assault! KILLER! Crucified Mortals have come to kick some ass and take some names. They came to do 2 things: 1. Drink your beer and 2. Kill You! And they are almost out of beer! Killer debut album that has been much anticipated. These maniacs bring the pain, death and hell on here as we knew they were capable of. This is some dedicated and dirty thrash death, that is murderous and sounds like it comes straight from hell. It's simple and catchy, straight to the point. But it also grabs you, violently beats your ass, kills you to finish the job, and then stomps on what remains. Just like bands of this style SHOULD do! ESSENTIAL!!!!!! GO GET IT NOW!!!!! Another gem from Hell's Headbangers! CULTES DES GHOULES "Haxan" (CD)  /  $10 Mesmerizing Occult Black Metal Filth HELLS 064 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio CULTES DES GHOULES "Haxan" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 064 release date:   April 18, 2011 ♫ audio preview Comes with a 10 page booklet featuring the exact same layout as the Under the Sign of Garazel pressing. Dread and disease wafting up from the abyss like fumes of the most potent sulfur, coiling and releasing in a tense coitus of godless abandon, the unremittingly repulsive sounds of death worship: this is the sound of CULTES DES GHOULES' "Haxan." After releasing a demo and 7" that were equally mega-cult & mega-essential, this mysterious Polish horde released their debut album, "Haxan,"in 2008 to rapturous acclaim in the underground. Now, Hells Headbangers is repressing this sold-out album on an international scale in preparation for CULTES DES GHOULES' next monolith. For the uninitiated, prepare yourself for mesmerizing occult black metal filth far beyond the copious norm - prepare for "Haxan"! FOR DIE HARDS OF: MORTUARY DRAPE, NECROMANTIA, VARATHRON and early BARATHRUM TRACK LIST: 1. Baptised by Barron (12:51), 2. The Covenant and the Sacrifice (07:39), 3. Stregoica Dance (10:10), 4. Scholomance (08:28), 5. The Impure Wedding (16:12) Total playing time: 55:20 "By the time I reached the end of this album, my mind was absolutely drained. The bass-heavy sound, doom-laden rhythm and the occult overtones make for some seriously heavy listening... a truly evil listening experience...A strong album" -Ice-Vajal.com [8/10 rating] "Really fucking raw, and filthy, filled to the brim with disgusting darkness and sinister devotion. To listen to this album is like listening to someone being tortured over a long period of time with very crude and primitive instruments, a chilling experience and tantalizing... If you are into black metal, this is a must. Great album" -Minacious.org "These mysterious Poles have upped the ante yet again, churning forth a murky, mildewed miasma of atmospheric rot that's as muscular as it is mesmerising... the rawness of yore remains but is more articulated here, exuding more power and authority -a confidence to work with primitive means but squarely aiming for transcendence" -Zero Tolerance DEIPHAGO "Filipino Antichrist" (CD, Digipak CD)  /  $10 Hi-Speed Satanic Bestial Metal HELLS 039 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio DEIPHAGO "Filipino Antichrist" (CD, Digipak CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 039 release date:   October 23, 2009 ♫ audio preview *CD (jewel case)*: 12 page booklet w/ metallic gold print & alternate layout/artwork from Digipak CD *CD (digipak)*: deluxe 10-panel fold-out digipak w/ metallic gold print & alternate layout/artwork from jewel case CD (limited one time pressing) The ultimate annihilation in audio torture is now at hand! In this time of over-saturated bestial metal, Deiphago blaze their own barbaric trail of Satanic Metal with the most punishing, primitive & bestial attack of 2009!! With a background of demo tapes throughout the 90's & their debut full-length endorsed by the Ross Bay Cult, the Filipino Antichrist's succeed in making this hi-speed attack even more rewarding than before. No wannabe Fallen Angel Of Doom, no wannabe The Oath Of Black Blood, no Angelcunt or even War Cult Supremacy. Just pure uncompromising, unconventional violence: this is bestiality. Deiphago are the true beasts. Fuck off to the false!! FOR DIE HARDS OF: Blasphemy, Sarcofago, Profanatica, Beherit, Archgoat ..."PICK OF THE ISSUE" IN ZERO TOLERANCE #30, view here... "Fucking EXTREME album!!!!!!! Furious vocals!!!" - Deathlord, Blasphemy/Ross Bay Cult "Filipino Antichrist is fucking INTENSE and rabid warfare noise metal!!! it's so fucking killer!" - Impurath, Black Witchery "The most chaotic and extreme recording... sounding like an ordinary thrash or grind metal group passed violently through some kind of human-size blender, every element of their recording feeling sore and bloody like a 29-minute sustained car accident" -The Convivial Hermit "Sounding like the bowels of hell opening up... Overall, this banshee-stabbing outfit are the Satanic missing link between JOHN ZORN'S PAINKILLER and PORTAL, only with 137% more virgin violation to their theoretical credit" -Hellbound.ca "I like the old-school sound as much as anyone, but this LP takes the sound way too far" -GaspETC.com "If the underground metal world had their own 'awards' show, then Deiphago would most definitely win for the most primitive, chaotic release of 2009 hands down... Fans of the more overdone, polished metal of the current scene will hate Deiphago, but fans of early blackened war/thrash metal like BEHERIT, SARCOFAGO, and ARCHGOAT or miss the days of rehearsal demos and tape-trading, get Deiphago and they will take you back to a time when metal (no matter the genre) was more chaotic and disturbing" -Primitive Ways webzine TRACK LIST: 01. Intro: Annihilation, 02. Christ Eater, 03. Articles of Death, 04. Storming Chaos, 05. Command Destruct, 06. Subliminal Satan, 07. Satanic Metal, 08. Hate (Sarcofago cover), 09. Satan, Semen and Blood, 10. Filipino Antichrist, 11. Outro DENOUNCEMENT PYRE "World Cremation" (CD, Digipak CD)  /  $10 Filthy Blackened Death HELLS 051 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio DENOUNCEMENT PYRE "World Cremation" (CD, Digipak CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 051 release date:   August 31, 2010 ♫ audio preview Comes with a 16-page booklet featuring illustrations & lyrics for each song. Limited edition DIGIPAK CD also comes with a 16-page booklet. "Album of the Year!" -Metal Maniacs Following the path of the fallen angel from down under, Denouncement Pyre spews forth from the mouth of the abyss their long-awaited full-length release entitled World Cremation. Delving deeper into the realm of the lawless gods whilst offering primitive blackened death metal far darker and more focused than previously displayed on past EPs and demos. Join or suffer... TRACK LIST: 1) Black Womb of Magdalene, 2) The Flesh of thy Master, 3) Purification, 4) Coven of Diabolical Prophecies, 5) Engulfed Temples, 6) Salvation, the fading light, 7) A Banner Drenched in Blood, 8) Invination of Poison "A perfect mutant hybrid of black metal, death metal, and thrash metal... This blackest thing about this band aside from their ideals is the soot of charred remains of things considered pure and sacred that they leave in their wake... grown into a mature sweltering heat-wave of hell's force. As refreshing for myself as it is offensive and fear-inducing to many naive and weak sheep, this is yet another storm of death complete with winds of holocaust to further plague our lives this year. Worshippers of violent murder and the morally corroded, rejoice and partake" -Metal Maniacs "Denouncement Pyre hail from Melbourne, Australia. Listening to its music, however, I do think you would have a hard time figuring it out straight away. Sure, there are some giveaways, but seriously, what blasting and thrashing metal ov death doesn't sound a bit Australian? The guys pretty much invented that field... the band is not the kind to let you go easy, and I think people will be drawn to this album more than just one time around. If you are looking for hard and well-played black/death metal, then this is the band for you" -Currents "Eight tracks of well-recorded blackened death assaults, destruction drums and hateful vocals... delivering exactly what you have come to expect from Denouncement Pyre. What you may not expect is how good this release actually sounds compared to their previous rituals. I use the term 'good' very loosely in this sense because I honestly think that the more chaotic, un-produced and raw sound of their earlier works are a better fit for this style of music. Denouncement Pyre in previous efforts unquestionably established themselves as a domineering, furious force of darkness. World Cremation shows us their focus, their methodology and their progression to the next level of malevolent artistry" -Forbidden Magazine "One of the best black metal albums I've heard in quite some time. It's not at all surprising that the band hails from Australia, the land of all things filthy 'n' furious when it comes to heavy metal. While many of their countrymen emphasize thrash over black metal, Denouncement Pyre does just the opposite, cultivating a heavily blackened sound with hints of thrash creeping up around its rough edges" -That's How Kids Die webzine "The album brings the most intense Denouncement Pyre material to date, lifted up by a gargantuan yet rather primitive and raw production. The blaspheme symbiosis of raging death metal and unholy black metal sounds very obscure, old school-inspired and oppressing, with a rhythmic, thrash-driven and energetic drive and a rather dirty atmosphere, something the Australian (underground) scene is known for - and something I do hail...performed with such a grotesque bravura, you cannot but love this recording" -Concreteweb.be [8.7/10 rating] DESTROYER 666 "To The Devil His Due" (CD)  /  $11 Aussie Black/Thrash Originators HELLS 066 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio DESTROYER 666 "To The Devil His Due" (CD) price:   US $11.00 catalog #:   HELLS 066 release date:   April 15, 2011 ♫ audio preview CD version with 8 page booklet archiving all EP cover art, lyrics, band photos & liner notes. Australian and antichrist, king of kings, the lords of the wild: the legendary DESTROYER 666 are all this and infinitely more, feeding the hellbangers' insatiable need with their long-awaited "To The Devil His Due" collection. Compiling the band's cult (and long-out-of-print) 7" vinyl releases onto a fiery full-length, "To the Devil His Due" is perhaps DESTROYER 666's greatest clutch of songs, their most memorable material ever, immediately ingraining and marching forward to victory. Satanic speed metal majesty with which to dominate, fuck, and destroy - "To The Devil His Due"! Recommended for diehards of DESTROYER 666, because there is only one DESTROYER 666, now and forever. TRACK LIST: "Satanic Speed Metal" EP 1996: 1. Satanic Speed Metal 03:40 2. The Sirens Call 03:46 "King of Kings" EP 2000: 3. King of Kings 03:55 4. Lord of the Wild 05:34 "...Of Wolves, Women & War" EP 2002: 5. Ghost Dance 03:47 6. Taste the Poison 02:46 7. Levens Bloed 02:12 "See You In Hell" EP 2010: 8. Through the Broken Pentagram 04:46 9. See You in Hell 04:10 Total playing time 34:36 "The perfect excuse for those new to Destroyer 666 to sample material from throughout the band's long discography and history. You can't go wrong!" -About.com "A quality collection that gives D666 fans the chance to hear rare songs from the Aussie warmachine... you can't really complain. Production variations aside, this is like having another DESTROYER 666 full-length. You won't be disappointed with it" -Ice-Vajal.com [8/10 rating] "For a Destroyer 666 fan, this is probably the most important release of the year. It collects some essential material that the ordinary Joe/Jane doesn't possess on vinyl. I would recommend this to everyone who considers him/herself a fan to get this immediately. Pretty damn essential" -MetalTeamUK.net "You can follow their progression into better and more capable musicians, how they have developed as a band and musically... One of the best bands out there right now" -Minacious.org DESTRUKTOR "Nailed" (CD)  /  $10 Warring Black Metal of Death HELLS 035 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio DESTRUKTOR "Nailed" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 035 release date:   October 21, 2009 ♫ audio preview *CD*:   printed on black paper with metallic foil stamping. Raging for well over a decade in the isolated land of Australia, Destruktor have stood the test of time with a few EPs and a demo under their bullet belts. Now after much anticipation the war beast strikes again with their debut full-length album entitled "Nailed" featuring 10 new tracks of the highest degree accompanied by blasphemous Riddick illustrations. Harnessing the essential elements of fore founding extreme metal troops, Destruktor deliver a dark brutal desecration of exceptional warring bestial black metal of death that easily rivals those in the same battlefield. Destruktor will win the war... with or without your support!!! FOR FANS OF: Bestial Warlust, Order From Chaos, Destroyer 666, Corpse Molestation, Abominator TEETH OF THE DIVINE REVIEW: "Man, I'm still sweating and I've not done anything but sit on my ass and allow the deafening tones of Destruktor's "Nailed" to wash over me... like a layer of soot. The Australian firebrands don't care much about easing into anything; it's about assuming the position - head down, fingers positioned on the frets, drum sticks in the air, and amps cranked to 10 - and fucking going for it! Anything else is left to the pansies and pretenders. What we have here is not a failure to communicate. Rather Nailed kicks the groan and punches the throat with a style that marries old school death (think Drawn and Quartered, Necrovation, etc) to blasting - and sometimes thrashing - black metal. The bellowing growls, the grainy images of bullet-belted men in an Olympic synchronized haircopter competition, and the suffocating denseness is genuine. It is the stuff of mass genuflection at the feet of the ancient Death Metal gods. Much of Nailed is straight forward blasting intensity, but it is not without compositional refinement, that is, once the dizziness from the initial body blows begins to subside. You'll hear more variety during the second half in particular with songs like "After Death Murmurs" that lean toward blackened thrash and the rather epic (in a hate fueled shitstorm kind of way) album capper "Spawning the Immortal," complete with naked, nefarious bass lines and effective pace changes. What can I say? Australian metal extremism and Hells Headbangers; two peas in a motherfucking pod. I'm sure a goat was involved at some point as well." - Written by Scott Alisoglu DISHAMMER "Vintage Addiction" (CD)  /  $10 Blasphemous Crusty Metal Punk HELLS 029 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio DISHAMMER "Vintage Addiction" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 029 release date:   January 27, 2009 ♫ audio preview A perverted overdose of raw diabolic metal punk. Sounds like a fist-fight between Hellhammer and Discharge while Motorhead, Bathory & GBH are being blasted in the background! Played by members from other established underground bands. SONG TITLES INCLUDE: 1) Smoke Of Death 2) Wish Of Suffering 3) The End Here And Now 4) Exterminate The Parasite 5) Werewolves On Wheels 6) Pain In The Ass 7) Into The Bong 8) Asmodeus (By My Side) 9) Blessed With Catalepsy 10) Age Of Disgrace 11) Bomb In The Womb 12) Vintage Addiction TEETH OF THE DIVINE "From the opening moments of that chainsaw riff and bruising bass/drum propulsion on "Smoke of Death" you just know that you are hearing something some of us like to call "the real deal." It is just something about that raw, live-like production and bullshit-free bass/drum/guitar attack on Dishammer's Vintage Addiction that cannot be copied by faux metal wannabes. It is the kind of sonic atrocity that you feel in your guts. And when the pace picks up on that very same song and gets all Discharge on your ass, the feeling is pure 'n crusty metallic punk bliss. With a vocal style that falls somewhere between Venom and Darkthrone, along with a blistering and ugly guitar tone and an amp-blowing sound mix, Vintage Addiction is designed to be played at one volume only: loud as fuck! Every damn song is a monster; the lyrics spat out like poison and the attack absolutely pummeling. Much of it is played in crust punk overdrive with the occasional thrashy riff (the title track in particular) and a layer of dirt reminiscent of Hellhammer and the first couple of Bathory albums. "Wish of Suffering" and "The End Here and Now" are probably most representative of the style. The bass work is tough as hell too, often vital to the heart and soul of the song, as "Exterminate the Parasite" demonstrates. The bass rumbling on this one is fantastic and when the (early) Motorhead-ish solo hits with that rock-hard rhythm section backing it up the result is nearly orgasmic. Nobody is bullshitting around with Pro-Tools or needless overdubs here. Indeed, Vintage Addiction is about as real as it gets. And how about that album cover? Makes ya feel a little dirty, doesn't it? It's ok, just go with it, man. Besides, wait until you see the back cover and the pictures in the booklet - pure filth and degradation, just like the music! Seriously, get off your ass and buy this album. It is essential!" - Scott Alisoglu EMBALMED "Exalt The Imperial Beast" (CD)  /  $10.00 Barbaric Black Death HELLS 073 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio EMBALMED "Exalt The Imperial Beast" (CD) price:   US $10.00.00 catalog #:   HELLS 073 release date:   November 4, 2011 ♫ audio preview 6-panel foldout booklet with metallic silver ink archives all lyrics, art & band photo. Killer cover artwork by Antichrist Kramer. After 17 years of strategically scattered EPs & demos, EMBALMED finally mark their triumphant return with their very first full-length album. Hailing from the darkest abyss of Mexico, EMBALMED leave nothing to subtlety when it comes to their raison d'etre - "Exalt the Imperial Beast"! A ceaselessly violent, gnawing torrent of black/death barbarity and sulfurous ritualism that is equally atrocious and dark but still retains a certain Death Metal character in the songwriting. A cult name that lurked in the shadows for far too long, EMBALMED surpass 95% of what is being offered in the current "black/death" scene - worship or die! Recommended for diehards of BESTIAL WARLUST, early MYSTIFIER, classic TEITANBLOOD, IMPURITY, and NYOGTHAEBLISZ. *"Amazing... sickening, filthy, raw black metal at its finest" -AmericanAftermath.net *"These Mexicans perform one of the most crude, disgusting and barbaric approximations of black metal I've heard in about 20 years with the second wave of the genre. Curiously enough, they've been around all that time...we've just never really heard much out of them save for a handful of demos and EPs. With that much history beneath their belts, and not much to show for it, you might understand how a band can be so fucking pissed off as to create a godhating claptrap such as this...but that STILL won't prepare you for Embalmed... This is fucking insane. Simple... an album that makes ANGELCORPSE, IMPIETY and GORGOROTH's Destroyer sound like nursery rhymes" -From the Dust Returned webzine *"Crafted in the vein of IMPIETY and BESTIAL WARLUST, this album from start to finish takes no prisoners. Melody and harmony are ignored, perhaps even mocked, as this duo focuses only on the brash and the harsh... To say this thing is old school would be accurate, given the foundations of the band. However, Embalmed cultivate the modern also, although they are not concerned with evoking subtle atmosphere or even darkened sensibilities. No, Embalmed's interests lie in the crafting of hate and violence, and in this they succeed" -Examiner.com *"A gem, if you will, from and for the deepest dungeons of the underworld. The Venegas brothers have truly returned and certainly lost none of the total bestiality of their art. It's barbaric and atrocious death metal, lusting for blood!...Death to the doubters and hail to the amassing hordes! Relax (but only for a split-second) and behold the merging of BESTIAL WARLUST/Ross Bay brutality with the complete evilness of MYSTIFIER! Behold, and beware, or you will not survive this relentless intensity of Embalmed. If in doubt, retreat! Run away!" -MetalTeamUK.net *"Scorched to the bone is the death/black metal by these Mexicans. The first thing that sprung to mind is very early TEITANBLOOD and some BESTIAL WARLUST. Chaotic at first hearing, but after several spins, a certain line can be discerned. Are you looking for a clear and full production? Then see to it you get away from it all as soon as possible, because this is no listening matter for softies... Rotting, barbaric, violent, sulfurous, and more evil than most black metal bands. Satan listens to this with trembling knees because he knows he is charity personified compared to what Embalmed unleashes unto humanity with Exalt The Imperial Beast" -Lordsofmetal.nl *"Those looking for even an inch of compromises in their blend of black and death metal, turn away right now... nothing but chaotic, incoherent, violent, fast, murky, grindy, underground black / death metal. You could think of the half-improvised first albums by KRIEG but with more death metal therein, and you've got this album... worth looking into if you care more about devilish atmospheres rather than compositional qualities. I know there are fans of this barbaric style out there" -Vehement Conjuration webzine FLAME "March Into Firelands" (CD)  /  $10 Finnish Bestial Blackthrash HELLS 063 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio FLAME "March Into Firelands" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 063 release date:   March 24, 2011 ♫ audio preview Features killer artwork by Juanjo Castellano (Incantation, Anal Vomit, etc) across 12 pages with lyrics, photos, etc. Layout is exactly the same as the European Primitive Reaction pressing. Prepare to March Into Firelands - FLAME are here to burn you straight to hell! A cult name in their native Finnish scene, FLAME summon forth triumphant epics of gnarliness that are equal parts ancient blackthrash and just-as-ancient bestial metal. And now, six years after their Into the Age of Fire debut LP, FLAME return with the highly anticipated March Into Firelands, proving that their unholy conflagration's as potent as ever: dynamic yet immediately headbanging, rooted in the old ways yet never recreating anyone's past glories... feel this FLAME and take this torch! Played by members of Adorior, Barathrum, Urn & Hell Spirit. Recommended for diehards of NIFELHEIM, early VULCANO, AURA NOIR, and old DESASTER! TRACK LIST: 1) Black Realm of Satanas, 2) Doomed..., 3) Burning Horror, 4) Fireland, 5) Rites of Endless Hatred, 6) Destructive Saint, 7) Flaming Magic Assault, 8) Gateway to the Birth of Lunacy Total playing time: 36:02 "If any remember my 'riff-shitter' catchphrase, Flame are another one of those bands who can literally pull riffs out of their asses. Track by track, new album March Into Firelands drags you through the outer reaches of hell, stomping through an inferno of riffs, reverb and South American battery - that said, the sound of this record may even remind you of VULCANO's Bloody Vengeance! As their second release, March... is a much more dedicated attack than their previous effort" -Zero Tolerance "Flame perform your basic black metal concoction, two parts old BATHORY, one part MAYHEM, with some HORNA stirred in to draw out the added flavor. It's a timeless blend, but not tireless, and the Finns do just enough to keep their compositions interesting through the dark resonance of the record's atmosphere. In listening through this sophomore, you experience the very image of the cover art in real timefans of the first three BATHORY full-lengths or URN will probably want to give this a listen. This album toasts more than marshmallows. It toasts the innocent, and then pleasures itself with their eternal misery" -From the Dust Returned webzine "The band has become infinitely heavier, more powerful, adding further elements of death metal into their aggressive, hard-hitting blackened old-school thrash, ranging from the old Germans to a DESTROYER 666 vibe...A release that most certainly deserves the gatefold format and the incredible artwork that comes with it. I would definitely recommend this album to lovers of the black/thrash/death genres" -MetalTeamUK.net "Open your mind and ears and prepare to be raped by Flame...old-school black/thrash metal intolerance for those of us that still think black metal should be raw and harsh...hailing the gods of the early black metal scene, not so much BATHORY or VENOM, more SARCOFAGO, VULCANO and BEHERIT, but also with hints of the aforementioned" -Minacious.org GRAVEWURM "Blood Of The Pentagram" (CD)  /  $10 Swampy BlackDeath HELLS 056 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio GRAVEWURM "Blood Of The Pentagram" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 056 release date:   October 26, 2010 ♫ audio preview From the deepest pit of the American underground cult crawls the GRAVEWURM, relentlessly pursuing their muse since 1990: only the darkest, ugliest, absolutely swampiest blackdeath. Now with their seventh and final album "Blood of the Pentagram," GRAVEWURM continue to perfect that muse, engrossingly hypnotizing with an addictive minimalism that's simply bred for headbanging. Darker than ever, uglier than ever, and ever obedient to his majesty at the swamp - drink deep the Blood of the Pentagram! Recommended for diehards of GOATLORD, SODOM, HELLHAMMER, NUNSLAUGHTER, early VARATHRON, and SATHANAS/BATHYM! TRACK LIST: 1) Goat Command, 2) Grave, 3) Deeper Dungeons, 4) Blood Of The Pentagram, 5) Necromance, 6) Brought Before The Altar, 7) Infernal Devilry, 8) Lycanthropic, 9) Hordes Of Hell, 10) Two Coins For Charon, 11) In Praise Of Evil, 12) The Sign Of A Dark Destiny "Some of the most vile, most evil-sounding metal out there" -Metalassaultradio.com "This disgusting and hideously glorious band goes out with a magnificent stench withBlood of the Pentagram... Classic raw, aggressive, nihilistic metal with a moderate punkgrit like most early black metal classics, this thing delivers the true feel of cult and rottennostalgia... I honestly can't say anything except buy this sleaze and wallow in the blissfulfilth that Gravewurm unleashes. This release brings tears to my eyes, quite possibly fromthe foul burning fumes that leach out from within this album, but it's more than likely mysentimental side that is always deeply touched when paying a farewell to the beautifullyperverse and crude" -Metal Maniacs "A slow, ugly, minimalist form of black metal, albeit with a modern sounding production. Slow, simple riffing, a generally slow to mid-paced percussion, and greasy, yet understandable rasps are typical of Blood of the Pentagram, an album with the same sort of vibe that I get from ACHERON... catchy, memorable riffs, all the while backed up by the greasily rasped vocals and an audible bass" -About.com "I wasn't too keen on this at first spin, as I thought it had a kind of 'black 'n' roll' feel to it, but this grew on me until it dawned on me that this disc could be summed up with: SODOM. Yeah, pretty much. If you liked In the Sign of Evil, you will like this. For a veteran band to sound this primitive, it has to be on purpose, and it's all here. Raw, primal riffs, a caveman production job, the vocals that sound like a glass-gargling dwarf - everything about this is stripped down to the bone, sounding like the most unevolved proto-thrash/black metal you can imagine. If you love this kind of HELLHAMMER/VENOM stuff, then get this fucker and go nuts" -Metalreviews.com [4/5 rating] "Minimalistic and filthy metal hailing the early pioneers of death metal, thrash metal and black metal. No fancy shit - just straightforward, relentless black metal with a lot of death metal, thrash metal and a few doom metal influences. Music to denounce God and bang your head to" -Minacious.org "In line with the band's often doomy black efforts, Blood of the Pentagram combinessome of the old CELTIC FROST sound with a hint of MORBID's December Moon thrownin... While retaining that thin foreboding essence to the music, Blood also taps into theold Swedish reserve oh-so-generously with the aforementioned MORBID and someENTOMBED... This album reverberates like one of the old demos we'd get in the mail backin the day from some underground band that had the right formula if not the luck ofthe draw. In that sense, it's a cult throwback... There's something to be said for that old-school feel" -Metalpsalter.com GRAVE DESECRATOR "Insult" (CD)  /  $11 Brazil's Blackest Death Massacre HELLS 059 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio GRAVE DESECRATOR "Insult" (CD) price:   US $11.00 catalog #:   HELLS 059 release date:   January 18, 2011 ♫ audio preview Comes with a 16 page booklet featuring artwork & lyrics for each track. Shaking up the increasingly complacent bestial metal scene in 2008 with their "Sign of Doom" debut, Brazilian beasts GRAVE DESECRATOR return to bury the still-standing with their second and latest album, "Insult." Foregoing fifth-generation clones of newer hordes, GRAVE DESECRATOR drive deep into the roots of South American darkness with nuclear-powered blackgrind rife with psychotic solos and eldritch dread, all whilst never losing sight of "song" over "chaos." Full-moon rituals and alcoholic rites - GRAVE DESECRATOR spit the gravest "Insult"! Recommended for diehards of VULCANO, early SEPULTURA, SARCOFAGO, and early MYSTIFIER. TRACK LIST: 1. Black Vengeance, 2. Stared To Hell, 3. Hellhound Breed, 4. Insult, 5. Stained By Blood, 6. Dangerous Cult, 7. Serpent Seedline, 8. Decline Of Faith, 9. Jesus Joint, 10. Poisoned Purity, 11. The Satanic Coven, 12. Baphomet SOD / DOA REVIEW (9 skulls): "Raging forth like a cross between early Sarcofago and Sodom, Grave Desecrator casts false idols aside and launches a full-scale assault on Christianity with the curiously titled Insult. The production is suffocating but the guitar blasts ring true with punishing clarity with effective use of stereo effects and wicked breaks and solos. Standout tracks like "Stared to Hell", "Decline of Faith" and "Baphomet" capture the raw excitement of mid-80's brutal Thrash Metal assaults that forged the Golden Age of the genre. One listen to the hypnotic riffwork on the title track will be enough to convert you to the legions of Grave Desecrator's." (DH) HAVOHEJ "Dethrone The Son Of God" (CD)  /  $10 Extreme Black Metal Pioneers HELLS 017 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio HAVOHEJ "Dethrone The Son Of God" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 017 release date:   August 13, 2007 ♫ audio preview Without a doubt this album stands strong as one of the most significant Black Metal releases ever!!! Released in 1993 on Candlelight Records, the debut full length CD of HAVOHEJ (Jehovah spelled backwards) came forth originally as a vessel for continuing the PROFANATICA legacy. It features what some consider the best versions of many PROFANATICA classic blasphemies as well as a few newer tracks never before recorded. More than any other recording to date, this release showcases an exceptionally unique drumming style that merges with the guitar riffs in a way that no other band has ever managed to come close to. This IS the essence of evil and blackness with each and every sinister guitar riff, complimented by a signature vocal style that truly embodies the meaning of true Unholy Black Metal. This re-issue has a reworked layout with additional artwork, liner notes & corrected track list which creates a package that by far rivals the original TRACK LIST 1) Spilling Holy Blood 2) Final Hour of Christ 3) Weeping in Heaven 4) I Arose 5) Heavenly Father 6) Once Removed Savior 7) Raping of Angels 8) The King of the Jews 9) Behold the Prince of Peace 10) Holy Blood Holy Grail 11) Fucking of Sacred Assholes 12) Nazarene Decomposing 13) Dethrone the Son of God HAVOHEJ "Kembatinan Premaster" (CD)  /  $10 Black Noise Grand Master HELLS 033 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio HAVOHEJ "Kembatinan Premaster" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 033 release date:   July 13, 2009 ♫ audio preview The second full-length album is now complete! Deemed to be the grand master of unholy darkness and black perversion, "Kembatinan Premaster" destroys all past work & is the definite Havohej ritual to be observed by ALL devotees of the genre. Easily the ultimate contender on the bestial black throne of metal to deliver such complete utter fucking darkness so very few can capture. "Kembatinan Premaster" is a single meditation consisting of 8 parts in 37 minutes of total fucking blackness with acclaimed black vocal vomits and signature style profanatic percussion. This is the continuation of the now classic Ledney atrocities committed in 1993 and yet again breaking major ground 16 years later. Excerpt from SONIC FRONTIERS: "Anyone expecting Profanatica part 2 is largely advised to take a hike. While both bands may wallow in black metal's filth-ridden underbelly, Havohej is an even more abstract and perverse descent into the genre's outer limits. Tracks such as "Bloud and Souls" and "Sundowning (Destroie Men and Beasts with Lookes)" would probably come off as standard black metal fare, were they not awash in layers of burbling distortion and noises that sound like they're being transmitted from the depths of a black hole. "Melancholike" is a ten minute decrepit epic of slow, creeping doom and static glitchiness, creating an effect that is both hypnotic and unsettling. "Homerica Medicatio" as well as parts of "Bloud of the Word" are pure ambient soundscapes that come off like a lo-fi version of Lustmord. Ledney leaves no stone unturned in his attempts stretch the boundaries of black metal into new territories of cacophony, and this is what makes Kembatinan Premaster so oddly compelling. With the progressive, quasi-psychedelic turn American black metal has started to take in recent years, it's great to see folks like Ledney pushing things even further out there with a take on BM that is far more heavily indebted to early Merzbow than it is to Norway circa 1994 or Pink Floyd. While so many others talk about evil and ritualism, Havohej has actually created something that sounds truly aberrant and unnatural." {read more...} INQUISITION "Into The Infernal Regions Of The Ancient Cult" (CD)  /  $11 Hypnotic Satanic Black Metal HELLS 049 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio INQUISITION "Into The Infernal Regions Of The Ancient Cult" (CD) price:   US $11.00 catalog #:   HELLS 049 release date:   August 31, 2010 ♫ audio preview METAL MANIACS: 9/10 rating! ESSENTIAL cult Satanic masterpiece from the second wave of 90's Black Metal. Unlike many imposters from the same era, Inquisition is the true embodiment of Satan with a unique and characteristic style of Black Metal crafted over the past 20 years. Into the Infernal... now boasts a much better sounds quality (mastered for the very first time), and all new cover artwork painted by Antichrist Kramer. Hear a true black metal classic again, or for the first time. You will submit to this minimal-is-maximal monolith... "Classic" - Metal Maniacs (9/10 rating) "How do you re-master something that is so unique, without removing some of those primal layers that go so far to make up the sound of Inquisition? Well, delicately, it would seem: carefully ensuring that, when removing a layer of dirt, it reveals something hidden, something buried, thus breathing life anew into the beast...The subtleties once hidden are now revealed, exposing a new dimension to this classic album. For those of you that know and relish these pariahs of utter darkness, then this is essential. For those looking for one of the landmarks of South American darkness, then look no further" - Zero Tolerance [5/6 rating] "Inquisition is not your typical black metal group, by any means. The sheer power of their classic Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult is a pillar of dark stone against a stormy and lightning struck sky for the black metal genre. Originally released after the second wave of black metal, in 1998, when the genre was starting to bloat with corpse-painted copycats, Infernal Regions cut a long and twisted slash through the paper-skinned pretenders to the throne... not an album to miss out on" - Forbidden Magazine "As the minutes pass, the chanting quality of the vocals borders on the hypnotic, and it soon becomes glaringly evident that the vocals are one of the album's most endearing qualities...Composition is what Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult is all about, though. It is an expert blend of traditional black metal that emphasizes muscular riffing over minor-note BM harmonizing and comes with truckloads of groove and occasional blackened doom, melodic segments, and subtle atmospherics that never rise to the level of esoteric shoegaze. In other words, it is so well composed that just over an hour's worth of it is captivating for the duration...a great black metal album, plain and simple" - Blabbermouth.net [9/10 rating] "Into The Infernal Regions Of The Ancient Cult, and Inquisition in general, is one the undergrounds landmarks when it comes to black metal. It derives much of its fame from the spectacular vocal performance, which is both highly revered and crudely mocked in the scene. Focusing on reception only, Dagon's performance is somewhat comparable to Attila's performance on [MAYHEM's] De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas. Both performances are unique, perhaps one-of-a-kind, and the reason why both albums are pure love-it-or-hate-it albums. In terms of actual sound, Dagon has been described as a croaking frog and quite frankly, it's true. He sounds ridiculous, but somehow, also ridiculously awesome. You can accuse me of slapping the 'evil' tag on anything that's different, but I actually really feel the strange, strange vocals give the music a cool and dark vibe...In short: Into The Infernal Regions Of The Ancient Cult is everything a black metal fan could possibly desire. It's dark, it's blasphemous, it's obscure and it delivers some serious kickass riffs" - Metalstorm.net [8.7/10 rating] "Inquisition is one of these top-notch cult bands, and no matter what review you look up about this release, Into the Infernal Regions of the Ancient Cult, it's nothing but praise for this act" - Apochs.net "Basically, this album takes the droning, melodical meandering of BURZUM's early material and melds it with a few fast-paced and mid-tempo sections, reminiscent of DEATHSPELL OMEGA's Inquisitors Of Satan...this album is a must-hear for fans of black metal, and makes for a damn good soundtrack to depression. Recommended" - Halifax Collect webzine INQUISITION "Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm" (CD)  /  $11 Hypnotic Satanic Black Metal HELLS 060 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio INQUISITION "Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm" (CD) price:   US $11.00 catalog #:   HELLS 060 release date:   January 18, 2011 ♫ audio preview INQUISITION, possessors of one of the most distinctive black metal sounds around, returns after a ominious, three-year slumber in the stygian depths with their highly anticipated fifth album, "Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrososm." Revolving, as always, around the core duo of vocalist/guitarist Dagon and drummer Incubus, INQUISITION create fog-thick, utterly mesmerizing blackness with only two instruments and voice. "Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm," amongst a discography already lined with classics, evokes blackest magick and esoteric mysticism, inducing trance-like states in even the sturdiest constitution - hail the "Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm"! Recommended for worshippers of INQUISITION, because no one else sounds like INQUISITION. 1) Astral Path to Supreme Majesties, 2) Command of the Dark Crown, 3) Desolate Funeral Chant, 4) Cosmic Invocation Rites, 5) Conjuration, 6) Upon the Fire Winged Demon, 7) Ominous Doctrines of the Perpetual Mystical Macrocosm, 8) Crepuscular Battle Hymn, 9) Hymn For A Dead Star, 10) Across The Abyss Ancient Horns Bray MASSACRE "The Second Coming" (CD)  /  $10 Death Metal Pioneers HELLS 021 ::buy:: MASSACRE "The Second Coming" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 021 release date:   December 31, 2008 The mysterious recording so many fans have talked about, and so many others never knew existed, the long lost MASSACRE 1990 studio demo with previously UNRELEASED songs is now unveiled! Kam Lee (original voice of DEATH/MANTAS) together with NunSlaughter Records and Hells Headbangers have unearthed this long buried casket originally not for the public. Written during 1989 - 1990 and recorded with Massacre's temporary "SECOND COMING" line-up before the "FROM BEYOND" album. These songs retain the classic MASSACRE sound and horror appeal as expected from this genre defining band! Enter this tomb and revel in The Second Coming. RECORDING LINE-UP: KAM LEE - vocals (ex-Death/Mantas) RICK ROZZ - guitars (ex-Death/Mantas ) JOE CANGELOSI - drums (ex-Whiplash/Kreator) BUTCH GONZALAS - bass TRACK-LIST: 1. The Second Coming 2. Bleed to Death 3. Devouring Hour 4. By Reason of Insanity 5. Mangled 6. Psycopain Trip 7. From Beyond (live 1992) Total playing time: 38:03 MIDNIGHT "Satanic Royalty" (CD/DVD)  /  $12.00 Black Heavy Metal HELLS 068 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio MIDNIGHT "Satanic Royalty" (CD w/ DVD) price:   US $12.00.00 catalog #:   HELLS 068 release date:   November 8, 2011 ♫ audio preview Comes with a bonus live DVD. Booklet features all lyrics. Black Heavy Metal is the law, and MIDNIGHT subjugate all subjects with their highly anticipated debut album after nearly a decade of EPs and splits. "Satanic Royalty" is both a distillation of first-wave black metal magick and an extension into harder-rocking territories rampant with lust, filth, and sleaze. The name MIDNIGHT has been a cult one for years now, but here they prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt - bow down before their "Satanic Royalty"! Recommended for diehards of MIDNIGHT, MIDNIGHT, and MIDNIGHT: there is only MIDNIGHT! *"Brilliant... an unadulterated celebration of rock 'n' roll's myriad excesses. Midnight bow to no one, but you will bow to Midnight. All hail the new kings!" -Terrorizer [4/5 rating] *"Listen here, this album fucking RULES! Words that I write on here can't explain on how much this album rules! This will be one of my contenders for album of the year! If you call yourself a metal fan, a REAL metal fan, you will HAVE to have this album in your collection!" -MetalManiacs.com *"The band has perfected their sound over the years, and with Satanic Royalty they will storm the scene by surprise with their hard-rocking tunes...For over 30 minutes and 10 tracks, Midnight brings back that good old sound of bands like VENOM and MOTORHEAD, but making it their own with some occult rock elements... The 10 tracks in this release go flying by, and just before you know it, they are over and you will find yourself scrambling for the 'play' button once again. The songs are very well constructed and short enough to transfer energy and not get dull. The band takes advantage of an excellent production to achieve the old-school sound and yet keep it clean for snobs (like us). For having only 30 minutes of music, Satanic Royalty is an album that will drain your energy due to its octane dynamism" -InfernalMasquerade.com [9/10 rating] *"A fucking complete, coherent, fucking awesome record, instead of just throwing together a bunch of shit. This one's the complete package, folks, from the title track's windows-down, grimy street-metal onslaught to the raging metalpunk anthem-in-the-making of 'You Can't Stop Steel': every track is a raging, drunk asshole of metal punk rock at its best. For the life of me, I cannot see who would not like this. For in this kingdom of sin, the riff is god and Midnight the (un)holy ghost" -Zero Tolerance [5.5/6 rating] *"A modern-day VENOM: a defiantly untight and proudly blasphemous trio whose aim is complete metal blasphemy...ups the ante...Midnight isn't for the weak or squeamish, but rather some straightforward, to-the-point heavy metal with balls to spare and power from hell. Now's just as good a time as any to become a complete and total fucking Midnight devotee, so dive into some Satanic Royalty! You'll be glad you did" -Metal-Army ["A" rating] *"Midnight have a success on their hands, an album that will prove both fun for breaking bottles over each others' domes or picking up the ladies (or gentlemen) of the night. Well, in an ideal world perhaps...but something like Satanic Royalty certainly gives me hope that those days of '80s 'edge' might well be ahead of us as well as behind." -From the Dust Returned webzine [8/10 rating] NOCTURNAL BLOOD "Devastated Graves - The Morbid Celebration" (CD)  /  $10 Ominous Death Ritual Metal HELLS 054 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio NOCTURNAL BLOOD "Devastated Graves - The Morbid Celebration" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 054 release date:   October 15, 2010 ♫ audio preview Unrelentingly Morbid Black Death Metal, the ancient returns with his highly anticipated full-length debut "Devastated Graves - The Morbid Celebration." Deflowering the goat vulva, dripping viscous black blood, NOCTURNAL BLOOD pries open the very maw of hell itself and peers deeply into its sweltering depths: essentially, this is the sound of Devastated Graves. Pulsing, pummeling, awe-inspiring primal power... partake in The Morbid Celebration! INFLUENCES: Beherit-Lord Diabolus-Goat Vulva, Blasphemy, Von, Demoncy, Impurity, Hellhammer, Belial "If you prefer your black metal abound with sugarcoated synths, this is most certainly not for you. On the other hand, if you prefer your black metal primitive and downright dripping with filth, something akin to BEHERIT and BLASPHEMY, then look no further...There's no technical garbage here, little variation. The chances are if you are a fan of this type of music, ARCHGOAT, BEHERIT, MORBOSIDAD, TEITANBLOOD and such like that, it's exactly how you expect it. This isn't black/death metal for the weak-willed. If you're looking for originality and technicality, then you're looking down the wrong road; if you like your music putrid and with an extremely ominous and absolutely evil atmosphere, this is sure to please" -Metalcrypt.com [5/5 rating] "Primitive is certainly an appropriate adjective to use when referring to Nocturnal Blood; atavistic is another. The music is simple, ugly and somewhat shamanistic, as well, in its ritual-obsessed delivery...There is a gnarly and suffocating darkness to Nocturnal Blood's music that evokes BEHERIT, ARCHGOAT and, much to Ghastly Apparition's surprise, a hint of DARKTHRONE's Soulside Journey" -Zero Tolerance "Blasting open slabs of dusted stone and calling the ancient dead to rise are California's Nocturnal Blood. Delivering an endless procession of souls unto the darkness of the Devil, Nocturnal Blood's anticipated full-length album, Devastated Graves -The Morbid Celebration, is an uncontrollable and impulsive attack of black death in the name of all that is bestial and profane" -Forbidden Magazine "The first thing that rips your ears off is the deliberately grimy production, but that works wonders for the insane, fast, heavy, grindish death metal madness that sends a spike through your earholes...It's this kind of production homage to old-school tape-trading underground days that makes this so interesting. Lots of people do death metal and it's always sick to one degree or another, but not everybody can go for this level of stomach- deep throw up sick-sick-sick...So why am I ranting about the production? Why am I raving about this? Because it makes the deliriously sick music sound even better. That's why!" -Corazine.com NUNSLAUGHTER "DEMOSlaughter [2011 Edition]" (2CD)  /  $10 Devil Metal Death HELLS 032 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio NUNSLAUGHTER "DEMOSlaughter [2011 Edition]" (DOUBLE CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 032 release date:   March 18, 2011 ♫ audio preview Released as a deluxe DOUBLE CD (2-disc) set sold for the price of 1 disc! Cover artwork, layout & packaging is different than the 2009 pressing. Comes with 32-page book archiving the original artwork and photos alongside commentary from founding member Don of the Dead. 56 songs in total with a running time of almost 2 hours. The black prayers of Devil Metal worshippers have finally been answered... At last, for the first time ever, all 6 of the cult demo recordings now gathered together as a single release entitled "DEMOSlaughter". Each of these long-sold out recordings were previously only been available as individual cassettes & 7" EPs with very limited circulation throughout their 22-year history. Also included exclusively for this release, obscure rehearsals and the 1985 demo from DEATH SENTENCE (pre-NunSlaughter) all of which have never been heard before. "DEMOSlaughter" showcases the chronicle evolution of the band from the very embryonic stages of them unleashing the rawest and most chaotic death metal of the mid- eighties to a gradual escalation of their very own unique genre known today as "Devil Metal". RECOMMENDED FOR DIE HARDS OF: Possessed, Hellhammer, Venom, Slaughter DISC 1: "Ritual of Darkness" demo '87: 1) I Am Death, 2) Hells Unholy Fire, 3) Killed by the Cross, 4) Nunslaughter, "The Rotting Christ" demo '89: 5) Burn in Hell, 6) Hells Unholy Fire, 7) Death by the Dead, 8) Killed by the Cross, 9) Cataclysm, 10) I Am Death, "Impale the Soul of Christ..." demo '91: 11) Impale the Soul of Christ..., 12) Blasphemy of the Flesh, 13) Burning Away, 14) Perversion of Gore, 15) Seas of Blood, 16) Altar of the Dead, 17) Inverted Churches, 18) Alive but Dead, 19) Burn in Hell, "The Guts of Christ" demo '93: 20) Ritual of Darkness, 21) The Guts of Christ, 22) Sacrificial Zombie, 23) You Bleed, 24) Church of Disgust, "Face of Evil" demo '95: 25) Power of Darkness, 26) Pyre, 27) Lucifer, 28) To Defile, 29) Immortalize, 30) Face of Evil, 31) Slaughter the Heavens, "Evil Speaks" demo '98: 32) Church Bizarre, 33) Poisoned Priest, 34) Armies of the Dead DISC 2: 1) Nunslaughter, 2) Hells Unholy Fire, 3) I Am Death, 4) Killed by the Cross, 5) Cataclysm, 6) I Am Death, 7) Burn in Hell, 8) Impale the Soul..., 9) Perversion of Gore, 10) Seas of Blood, 11) Lucifer, 12) Alive But Dead, 13) Lucifer, 14) Burning Away, 15) Ritual of Darkness, 16) Sacrificial Zombie, 17) Church of Disgust, 18) Church Bizarre, 19) Violence of Death, 20) Sentenced to Death, 21) Fall of the Church, 22) Death is the Only Way NUNSLAUGHTER "Hex" (CD)  /  $10 Devil Metal Death HELLS 019 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio NUNSLAUGHTER "Hex" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 019 release date:   June 30, 2007 ♫ audio preview Like blood soaked entrails ripped from the disemboweled body of christ, NunSlaughter rape the heavens with their much awaited third studio album!   "Hex" is a pyre of 80's Devil Metal Death featuring ten new satanic commandments plus the devil's seven classic cuts on the "Face of Evil" demo finally re-recorded in a proper studio!   There is no sign of "progression", "maturing" or other form of weakness; "Hex" is a continuation of NunSlaughter's last album or last 7" EP and soon to become a fan favorite...   This is the same music you've enjoyed for the last two fucking decades!! TRACK LIST: 1. This is Fucking War, 2. I Hate Christians, 3. Pyre, 4. To Defile, 5. Immortalize, 6. Ogrish, 7. Unbaptized, 8. Hex, 9. Smell the Burning Churches, 10. Face of Evil, 11. Lucifer, 12. My Evil Concubine, 13. Slaughter the Heavens, 14. No Place for the Cross, 15. Rebuilding Sodom, 16. Riders of the Apocalypse, 17. Power of Darkness CUSTOMER REVIEW: Nunslaughter. If this most unhallowed name rings unfamiliar to your ears, heed these words for when the metal inquisition draws nigh, you shall be without excuse and the strained snapping of your breaking bones upon the unholy rack shall be the last sound you hear, unless you are one of the lucky ones and quickly run through. Since 1987, these stalwart Satanic metal warriors have waged their campaign against all that is regarded as holy by the mindless thralls that have surrendered their humanity to the imagined whims of an invisible taskmaster. For those within earshot of this Promethean quartet, the message is clear. Free yourself or be crushed as you stand in the path of Nun-fuckin'-slaughter! "Hex" was unleashed upon the underground just a month ago, but you wouldn't know it by hearing it. Nunslaughter adheres to a solid, time-tested sound and words like "progression", "maturity", or "commercial" will never apply. This is the sound of early Death Metal such as Venom, Death, and Possessed and there are simply no apologies. Remember when riffs were catchy, vocals were steeped in hatred, and the songs weren't bogged down in pretentious musical showmanship? Nunslaughter embodies that bloated carcass of Classic Death Metal (the One True Death Metal) and beckons you to partake in its flesh and drink deeply of it's tainted ichor in blasphemous communion. With song titles such as "This is Fucking War", "I Hate Christians", and "Smell the Burning Churches" there is no question as to what motivates the band, and with the longest track on the disc clocking in at two and a half minutes, each composition is a swift, venomous blast of hatred that burns out quickly and never simply fades away. Also, as Nunslaughter was in the process of forging these unholy hymns, all weakness and other unnecessary elements were stripped away leaving "Hex" with a total running time of just 30 minutes; a finely tuned instrument of torture. The packaging for this disc is also true workmanship. The 24 page booklet printed on heavy stock is filled with atmospheric photography, full lyrics, and band photos. Though my only complaint is the lack of a hand-drawn cover as in ancient times passed, the impaled effigy bathed in candlelight on the cover is most certainly evocative and not ruined by Photoshop filter-fuckery as most modern releases are plagued by. Highly Recommended. NYC MAYHEM "The Metal & Crossover Days" (2CD)  /  $10 Violent Hardcore Metal HELLS 057 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio NYC MAYHEM "The Metal & Crossover Days" (DOUBLE CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 057 release date:   June 10, 2011 ♫ audio preview The very first complete NYC MAYHEM anthology ever done (and probably the last) with material compiled from their very first rehearsals to their very last studio recording, showcasing how the band went from pure super intense Metal to highly energetic Crossover. If your ears are not used to rough recordings, go fuck yourself, this is not about clean sounding stuff! This is about music, feeling and creativity, NOTHING ELSE. This low-priced DOUBLE CD set features a collage of interviews, reviews, flyers, photos & band biography. It's an established fact that Extreme Metal has become somewhat a household word with the billions of bands around all trying to make us believe that they're more evil than Satan himself, quite an accomplishment if you ask me... but before this somewhat tragic painting took place, there was a time when extreme Metal had a meaning because it had to be created, it had to be sculpted, it had to be built... with nearly nothing in hand! If VENOM paved the way back in 1981, the real fun started with the once mighty SLAYER pushing the limits like never before and in the process inventing the term Thrash Metal but for like any music style, it was just the beginning of more to come with the likes of SHELLSHOCK/ DARK ANGEL, HELLHAMMER, MASTER, MANTAS/ DEATH, DESTRUCTION, POSSESSED or SODOM. Still for some young Metalheads from this era it was still not enough, it was clear in their minds that the boundaries could be pushed on and on to no limits known to humanity... Bands like SEMEN OF SATAN or POISON (Ger) did it in their own way but in the process, the musicality was highly sacrificed. By late 1984/ early 1985 in New York City, three die hard headbangers finally got their chemistry right and within a couple of months, mayhemic destruction was spread with many victims absorbing their newer poison now known as Deathcore: it was time to welcome the one and only NYC MAYHEM! Instantly, numerous sessions were recorded and traded in the highly active underground tape-trading scene. Fanzines were fuckin' hot on featuring this ultra fast/ intense band, with this new scene in their hands literally as people were freakin' badly while listening to destructive numbers such as 'Taken By Storm', 'Adrenalin', 'Ripped To Shreds' etc. With their lineup change, the band went into a much more Hardcore direction but the Metal riffing and sheer speed were still a good part of the sound. A reasonable number of local shows were played, having in attendance people like Danny Lilker, Tom Capone and Scott Rosenfeld. Unfortunately after a year of existence this very first real Extreme Metal/ Hardcore band ceased to exist and the members chose to pursue other interesting careers with bands such as the Cro-Mags and Sick of It All. You always wondered when/ how extreme Metal was born? Now you're gonna know about it and this will make you forget all the trendy shit around! HAIL THE MAYHEM! HAIL NYC MAYHEM! DISC #1: REHEARSAL - FEB 1985: 1) Deathwish, 2) Wardogs, 3) Taken By Storm, 4) Mayhemic Destruction, 5) Necropolis, 6) Raising Hell LIVE NJ APRIL 1985: 7) Necropolis, 8) Deathwish, 9) Wardogs, 10) Taken By Storm, 11) Mayhemic Destruction DEMO/REHEARSAL - March 1985: 12) Necropolis, 13) Wardogs, 14) Deathwish, 15) Raising Hell, 16) Ashes To Dust, 17) Blaspheme, 18) Mayhemic Destruction, 19) Taken By Storm DISC #2: DEMO - June 1985: 1) Adrenalin, 2) Necropolis (City of the Dead), 3) Ashes To Dust, 4) Body Bags, 5) Ripped to Shred, 6) Taken By Storm CBGB's, New York City, NY - July 1985: 7) Nailed In, 8) Adrenalin, 9) Violent City, 10) Necropolis (City of the Dead), 11) Body Bags, 12) Body Bags, 13) Taken By Storm, 14) Ashes To Dust, 15) Corrupted, 16) Wardogs, 17) White Clam Sauce, 18) Epileptic Death, 19) P.B.M., 20) Ripped to Shreds, 21) S.P.T., 22) Life of Riley, 23) Not, 24) Corrupted CBGB's, New York City, NY - Oct 1985: 25) Insecure, 26) We Stand, 27) Body Bags, 28) Epileptic Death, 29) P.B.M., 30) Violent City, 31) Adrenalin, 32) White Clam Sauce, 33) White Clam Sauce, 34) Corrupted, 35) Take Control, 36) Nailed In, 37) Your Mind, 38) Nothing Song, 39) Wardogs, 40) Fill Out The Form, 41) S.P.T., 42) Not, 43) Life of Riley, 44) No God "For Real" UNRELEASED 7" 1985: 45) Intro, 46) Your Mind, 47) Insecure, 48) Violent City, 49) Want Authority, 50) Not, 51) Body Bags, 52) PBM, 53) Corrupted, 54) We Stand 55) Fill Out The Form, 56) Epileptic Death, 57) Nothing Song, 58) Life of Riley PERVERSOR "The Shadow of Abomination" (CD)  /  $6.66 Barbaric Black Thrash HELLS 078 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio PERVERSOR "The Shadow of Abomination" (MCD) price:   US $6.66.00 catalog #:   HELLS 078 release date:   January 20, 2012 ♫ audio preview 5 new cuts for 2011/2012! Already a cult name in the underground, PERVERSOR take the evil surge of classic German blackthrash and bolster it with chaotic undercurrents of archaic Brazilian bestiality. However, these Chilean troops of doom are no "retro" joke band, as they're more than able to stand ground with modern bands like Revenge and Diocletian in terms of ultraviolence. Fuck your goofy neo-"thrash" - PERVERSOR bleed leather, spikes, and SATANIC METAL!!! TRACK LIST: 1) EXTREMIST SATANISM, 2) RITES OF BLASPHEMY, 3) THE AGE OF DARKNESS, 4) NECROCOSMIC REVELATIONS, 5) SLAUGHTER OF THE INNOCENT PERVERSOR "Demon Metal" (CD)  /  $7 Barbaric Black Thrash HELLS 044 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio PERVERSOR "Demon Metal" (CD) price:   US $7.00 catalog #:   HELLS 044 release date:   March 5, 2010 ♫ audio preview Comes with a 10-page booklet featuring illustrations & lyrics for each track. The mid '80s are alive... in 2010! Already a cult name in the underground, on their latest "Demon Metal" mini album PERVERSOR take the evil surge of classic German blackthrash and bolster it with chaotic undercurrents of archaic Brazilian bestiality. However, these Chilean troops of doom are no "retro" joke band, as they're more than able to stand ground with modern bands like Revenge and Diocletian in terms of ultraviolence. Fuck your goofy neo-"thrash" - PERVERSOR bleed leather, spikes, and SATANIC METAL!!! "Doesn't cease for a moment...rips you in half in under 20 minutes...Perversor do an excellent job of pissing on whatever 'thrash revival' may be happening in other metal circles. This is extreme metal in the classic sense...filthy black thrash meant to destroy anything in its way" - Forbidden-Magazine.com "Sounds like a bastard child of BATHORY's under-mixed Return and SODOM's Witching Metal demo, both highly-regard releases, if not the picture of audio perfection...a wall of sound bordering on the haunting and malevolent. The production is what one might expect from a mid-'80s thrash band on a budget, but it's the charm of such a sound that highlights a release like this...Perversor has the makings of a band that can reach legendary status in the black-thrash area with fast-paced hymns for Beelzebub released in rapid succession like this" - MetalPsalter.com PROFANATICA "Disgusting Blasphemies Against God" (CD)  /  $10 Extreme Black Metal Anti-God Fathers HELLS 052 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio PROFANATICA "Disgusting Blasphemies Against God" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 052 release date:   August 31, 2010 ♫ audio preview One of 2010's most highly anticipated black metal records, Disgusting Blasphemies Against God cements PROFANATICA's position as true legends of extreme Black Metal. The original purveyors of bleeding-raw barbarity and mesmerizing filth, unleash filthy black shit across the album's ten rituals of desecration & destruction, truly becoming Disgusting Blasphemies Against God. Whereas some listeners felt their preceding record was a bit too "clean," PROFANATICA render DBAG in its foulest, most unclean form... unrepentant & unholy, its hymns embrace the characteristic Profanatica Sound and new avenues of sonic degradation. RECOMMENDED FOR MANIACS OF: blood, blasphemy, desecration, perversion... TRUE PROFANE BLACK METAL BARBARISM! TRACK LIST: 1. Black Cum, 2. Pious Piece Of Shit, 3. Christs Precious Blood Poisoned, 4. Smashing Religious Fucking Statues, 5. Fuck The Blood Of The Lamb, 6. Covered In Black Shit, 7. No Trumpet Shall Sound, 8. Crush All That Is Holy Defile, 9. Excrement Sacrosanct, 10. Angel With Cock "Profanatica's importance to black metal - especially in the USA - cannot really be overstated...just oozes everything that makes BM great, which is why there will always be a place in the pantheon for Profanatica" -Zero Tolerance "I will not try to conceal that I was eagerly awaiting this album. My appetite was sharpened by the excellent The Royal Arch Blaspheme album, making the wait for "Disgusting Blasphemies Against God" even more difficult. Fortunately, I already have these difficult moments behind me and I can enjoy the content of this CD. Enjoy? Yes, though perhaps not the most appropriate word when black slime is pouring (or perhaps crawling) out of the speakers...the black poison streams from this music and I find nothing here that I could complain about...I am completely destroyed by this dirty, booming bass, which fits perfectly with Paul Ledney's insane vocals...Add to this the totally possessed atmosphere just right and then you might have a clue about the content of this excellent CD, certainly one of this year's best releases" -Blackastrial [6/6 rating] "Profanatica is in its prime! Combining the old aura that was evident in the old recordings of the band with a production a bit similar to that on the Black Perversion EP of HAVOHEJ, Profanatica's 2010 offering could well stand the test of time" -Currents "Deliver yet again a huge wad of Satan's cum on the altar of decency and traditional black metal...The weight of the riffs and atmosphere bears down on you like ton of lead as the rhythms manage to be almost catchy but break apart into somewhat more developed patterns just as you think something is becoming comfortable. That's one more way these bastards get you hooked: you think that it's just this aggressive and semi-standard listen for the style, then they go and show you that there's a shit load (or cum-load) of deep and intense buried beneath the vulgar layers like a fungal infection festering among layers of putrid flesh. The drums appear as to pummel and bang out the pattern of a death march as the vocals vomit forth legitimate guttural hymns of pure depravity and hatred. Never underestimate" -Metal Maniacs [9/10 rating] "The beauty found within is one which has been thoroughly molested, raped, tortured, lacerated, smeared with wet feces, and fucked again. No attempt was made by the Profanatica to 'pretty' up this album by any traditional sense of beauty, or even any contrasting sense of beauty. There is only ugliness on this record, so come forth and wallow along rapturously in the muck with Profanatica or go buy a CRADLE OF FILTH album instead. This is black metal art, pure cavity-invading metal of the most lacerative caliber, cutting with rusty edges on the in-thrust and on the ragged pull-out. Profanatica will rape your ears and any other orifice you allow them to penetrate with their bestial, Christ-crushing ferocity" -TheMetalRegister.com [5/5 rating] "Make no mistake, this is one sick piece of work...it is only for the hardiest of extremists both musically and by theme, the latter of which makes even CHRISTIAN DEATH seem like they may as well pack their bags and head off and join the church choir...one of those albums that really is a harrowing listen. I guess that is the appeal of it and listening to it intensively half a dozen times for reviewing has me somewhat questioning my sanity and wondering just what sort of fucked-up mood I would need to be in to give this a further spin" -MetalTeamUK.net "A miasma of thickfuck sound swarms around you like hissing bees. Profanatica, an ideal name for no-holds-barred embracing of the diabolical. Such a swarming madness of guitars and migraine drum ramming make beautiful fodder for the deliberately hissy production, the culmination and coalescing of all these ugly-pretty sounds churned out to make your stomach churn. Slow and sinister or fast and fucked up, Profanatica is a master of the downtech hiss meets crisp resurge of vintage black metal sickness" -Corazine.com "Raw, crude, ugly and antisocial in every manner...This album is just what you think about when you hear the word black metal...The production is top-notch, and the bass is so full and heavy, something lacking in a lot of what is called true black metal...Let's be honest, as well - any band that can last 20 years of bullshit and record an album like this gets my vote for groundbreaking" -Absolute Zero Media webzine PROFANATICA "Profanatitas De Domonatia" (CD)  /  $10 Extreme Black Metal Anti-God Fathers HELLS 015 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio PROFANATICA "Profanatitas De Domonatia" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 015 release date:   May 14, 2007 ♫ audio preview Easily the best fucking Black Metal album of 2007!   Much awaited full length studio album from one of the most influential and original godfathers of extreme Black Metal.   Spilling holy fucking blood with 10 ruthlessly scouring Profanatica signature style hymns, "Profanatitas De Domonatia" is a continuation from where the black cult vanished in 1992.   Profanatica vomit on your god and shit on your so-called Black Metal!! Review from Nathan T. Birk of METAL MANIACS: "Profanatica: the original masters of mesmerizing filth, barbaric simplicity, heavy metal's minimal-is-maximal ideal alternately taken to its most retarded and most enlightened end(s). No introduction should be necessary. Alas, since the band's original dissolution in 1992 and vocalist/drummer Paul Ledney subsequently sallying forth with the more concertedly primitive Havohej, only two releases of new Profanatica recordings resulted - one a two-song 7", the other a download track - leaving the promise/premise of a Profanatica full-length otherwise unfulfilled. Enter the overwhelmingly UG-anticipated Profanatitas De Domonatia, the band's official debut album following their sporadic rebirth at the beginning of this millennium. Does it meet expectations? Exceed them, or fail them? How high do those expectations need to be, anyway? Only you can decide, which ultimately hinges upon how proportionally fanatical you are about Profanatica. This much is certain, and from as coolly biased a perspective as possible: Profanatitas is everything a Profanatica full-length record should be, no more and no less. It immediately sounds exactly like Profanatica, yet never a whiff of total deja vu. It is strict and sleazy, militant yet molten. Its waves of unfettered filth wash over you with a stench of familiarity, only because very few bands ever could milk lock-step simplicity quite like this. If anything, this is Profanatica at their "heaviest," the guitar/bass chunder impossibly thick and molasses-like, and rarely has Ledney's paradigmatic vocal blasphemy ever sounded this possessed, this stretched into the shit-strewn sewers of black metal's primeval underbelly." TRACK LIST: Master of Man Absolute, Unto Us He Is Born, Mocked Scourged and Spit Upon, Scourging and Crowning, God Dethroned in Heaven, Cursed Nazarene Whore, Palid Savior, Profanation of The Gods, Them That Dwell In Heaven, Betrayal of The Lamb PROFANATICA "The Enemy Of Virtue" (2CD)  /  $12 Extreme Black Metal Anti-God Fathers HELLS 020 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio PROFANATICA "The Enemy Of Virtue" (DOUBLE CD) price:   US $12.00 catalog #:   HELLS 020 release date:   December 31, 2007 ♫ audio preview Jewel case DOUBLE CD featuring the entire track list from the vinyl double LP version with detailed track listing and booklet documenting the entire history of the cult. Prepare, as sodomy shall be brought upon the nuns rotting asshole once again!!! Legendary and influential, the Black Cult of PROFANATICA set the example for the first flux of 90's Black Metal. "The Enemy Of Virtue" compiles all of the bands work including the unreleased "Passion Of A Liar" 7" Single, an obscure rehearsal of TOTEN cover songs, and the bands first live performance in 9 years at "The Return of Darkness And Evil Festival 2001". Total of 29 blasphemies with detailed track listing and booklet documenting the entire history of the cult. PROFANATICA vomit on your god and shit on your so-called Black Metal!! RAVENCULT "Morbid Blood" (CD)  /  $10 Morbid Metal Primitivism HELLS 065 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio RAVENCULT "Morbid Blood" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 065 release date:   March 18, 2011 ♫ audio preview Comes with an 8-page booklet with lyrics & tons of art. The circle of ungodliness marks its return! Proving there's still creative life left in the abyss of uncanny black/thrash metal, on second album "Morbid Blood," Greece's RAVENCULT fuck with the paradigm and twist it to their own devilish design. From diabolical thrashing to grim, coruscating gnarliness, RAVENCULT evade easy categorization and channel the forces of uttermost darkness into a unique yet deadly serious soundfield, literally bleeding "Morbid Blood," offering all worshippers of the occult new avenues into Death's innermost secrets. Give the Devil his due and submit to RAVENCULT! Recommended for diehards of GOSPEL OF THE HORNS, old WATAIN, NIFELHEIM and early FUNERAL MIST "Raw and nasty, Ravencult's second album presents a vicious approach to black metal that lands gloriously between the heavy metal blackthrash of NIFELHEIM and the occult abyssal terror of FUNERAL MIST. It's a heady mix, and the Greek terrorists pull it off in style. Steering a steady path between clenched-fist hatred and psychedelic mystery, the backbone of the band is a penchant for simplistic riffs that demand attention. Underscored by pounding riotous percussion, owing more to MOTORHEAD than anything else, a huge sense of implacable momentum builds throughout the album. Snarling vocals, somewhat reminiscent of Arioch in their bilious pride and wild desperation, ensure that the more twisted spiralling moments never stray into fully introspective territory but remain thrashing and brutal" -Zero Tolerance "Sometimes you just want to have your head caved in. In that, Greece's Ravencult do so quite nicely on their second album, Morbid Blood, with just plain ol' balls-out-fast black metal. Fast riffing with a pace that alternates between all-out blasts and a few mid-paced passages, loud, rancid vocals, and some really good songwriting all back up a brutal assault on Morbid Blood, an album that makes no pretense except that it exists to tear your head off" -About.com [A- rating] "Oh my god, shoot me now. This is such a crushing release, it is beyond belief. Riffs from the depths of hell and vocals that Satan would love. This band mix in the best of old-school speed metal and black metal to spew out some of the most violent, vicious music I have heard in years. This just took me on a ride that I never wanted to get off. The guitar sound the band use on this is unholy, and the sound, feeling and power is unreal. This band sound as tight as a hot chick in tight-ass jeans, let me tell you. The production also has that raw killer feel, and this just plain kills" -Metalcore Fanzine "There's passion in this record...You can simply tell that these guys want Morbid Blood to be your soundtrack on the long train ride to hell" -Popdose.com "A thick, writhing tone and a slew of memorable-enough riff attacks that succeed in slamming the listener through a brick wall from the sheer level of hostility alone. This is not the black metal of the cold woods at night. You can't see your own breath in it. The wolves have turned in for the evening. No, this is more like a street fight through perdition, a brawl in the ritual chamber, a muscle car with a potent engine that spews only diabolical exhaust in its wake...sure to thrill fans of NIFELHEIM, GEHENNA or BEWITCHED...has a solid mid-range tone which allows the guitars to shine off like fresh bloodstains against the treacherous presence of Linos. The vocals are basically your standard snarling, but then I couldn't imagine what else might really work over such sinister guitars. An almost-incessant, virile energy keeps it spry and entertaining for much of the 40 minute length...should have genre purists rolling in their guts, a fortified series of stab wounds that won't heal too quickly" -From the Dust Returned webzine "Ravencult has taken some major steps forward on Morbid Blood and are much more distinguishable from the rest of the Greek black metal scene than before...highly recommended to those that enjoy the harsher and faster side of this style" -Cosmosgaming.com "Actually quite a solid release. With their second album, Ravencult have added some excellent elements to their music. The press-sheet picks the influences well: what we get is the choruses of NIFELHEIM; we got the punky blackthrash of GOSPEL OF THE HORNS and plenty of FUNERAL MIST moments. These main influences are ever-present. This is great, and the band really delivers" -MetalTeamUK.net THE ROYAL ARCH BLASPHEME "The Royal Arch Blaspheme" (CD)  /  $10 Luciferian Black Metal Perversion HELLS 047 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio THE ROYAL ARCH BLASPHEME "The Royal Arch Blaspheme" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 047 release date:   August 31, 2010 ♫ audio preview From the throne of USBM royalty emerges THE ROYAL ARCH BLASPHEME, a nexus between elevated-mind primitivism and black-hole oblivion... A full-length offering channeling praises of Luciferian Occultism and outright blasphemy via the vile throat of KRIEG's N. Imperial and PROFANATICA songwriter J. Gelso. Undoubtedly bearing the distinctive stamp of both depraved minds, RAB spews sine waves of volcanic sonic sacrilege, resulting in a seismic gush of gutted doom chunder, squalling feedback and alchemic terror. Cover artwork by Paul Ledney. SONG TITLES: Denial of the Holy Spirit, Jahbulon, Via Crucis, Isaiah 14:12, Dead Eucharist, Lust and Sacrilege, Ascension of Lies, Alchemic, Seven Devils of Ejaculation, Kingdom of Perversions "The Royal Arch Blaspheme is ugly music for ugly times. It is pitted, pockmarked, and gritty black metal, yet black metal in broader, assuredly barbaric terms, meaning that it is not relentlessly blast-beaten, tremolo-picked, or even primitively grooving in an early 90s sense (though "primitive" works in this context). Consider gargling barks and hacked up blackened vocals, a mostly mid to up tempo power-driving bludgeon defined by gnarly riffs, bent and broken leads, and a style of in-the-pocket drumming best described as loud and pounding. Variation is slight without becoming maddeningly repetitive and on occasion the pace is slowed to a grotesque blackened doom crawl, such as heard on "Alchemic" and during the effectively grating down-tempo segments of "Dead Eucharist" and "Seven Devils of Ejaculation." Interestingly enough, the album is obnoxiously in-your-face in the most nerve wracking and unsettling of ways, yet something about it keeps pulling you back. The effect has something to do with the surprising effectiveness of the overdriven harshness and a little more to do with the fact that you're not so much beckoned as taunted into returning for another beating. You just don't know what "hard" means until you've heard this bitch. -Metal-Army.com "You couldn't pigeonhole this, that's for sure. There are aspects of primitive black metal, old-school death and doom thrown into the craggy chasm and spewed back up in a plume of gore. It's no easy listen, and the songs have a gnarly one-dimensional pace about them, which, like the drumming, is pretty much determined to beat you into submission. Imperial's vocals are particularly good and sound alien and demonic at times; high in the mix, there is absolutely no way of escaping them" -MetalteamUK.net "For the majority of The Royal Arch Blaspheme, a minimalistic forward thrust defines the sound, demonstrating a ritualistic bent...But the crucial factor here is the frequent mind-warping twists which snap out, ensnaring the mind...a straight-ahead snarling momentum regressing to chasmic noise amidst syncopated drum work and cacophonic vocal torment" -Zero Tolerance "This band wants to rip through the grain of your subconscious, but not with any sort of mercy; it's intended to be a painful and slow ordeal. The guitar riffs buzz like a serial killer's torture-tool room being started up to prep the tools for your next taste of his sadistic fantasy, the grinders warm up to sharpen the next tool of the trade, the screeching of the blade on the surface as the sparks splatter in all directions as will your blood. This whole album reeks of elements of KRIEG, DEATHSPELL OMEGA, and FUNERAL MIST, in terms of heathenish and bludgeoning aggression. It's a continual Hell-ride of whirlwind percussive artillery and buzzsaw guitar, but not without a taste of HELLHAMMER, DARKTHRONE or VENOM. True palpitations of the heartbeat of Hell are heard throughout this album, and the grueling and maniacal rants of diabolical ideals breathe its soul into it. A true inferno of unholy ritualistic bliss, and a must for the depraved and damned!" -Metalmaniacs.com "You can't really go wrong with this record if you enjoy anything else on the entire Hells Headbangers roster. Beyond that, you can't really go wrong with this record if you enjoy anything in the storied past of black or death metal: BATHORY, HELLHAMMER and MAYHEM in addition to the death metal bands I gave an earlier gesture [INCANTATION, early DEATH, AUTOPSY]. The Royal Arch Blaspheme is a celebration of this groundwork, within a dense new fold that bludgeons the ears through churning rhythms and resplendent vocal hostility. Very much worth your time to check out, whether you're a salty old dog branded many times over by the devil's lash or a ripe young imp seeking evil" -Fromthedustreturned.com "So what happens when the forces of PROFANATICA and KRIEG come together on a release? What the hell do you think? The war for your very soul's survival has begun...The closest thing this I can even begin to say this sounds like is if you mixed early SATYRICON and added ANCIENT WISDOM and MOTORHEAD in for good measure. There is a sickness to The Royal Arch Blaspheme that you just do not hear in 2010 -it's been missing scene the mid to late' 90s...This sounds like a drug-filled ritual that has gone so very, very wrong...a journey of the deconstruction of one's morals and hope" -Absolute Zero Media webzine REVIEW FROM THE METAL REGISTER: If you take your US black metal seriously, you'll have heard of a little band called Profanatica, along with a group by the name of Krieg. Fans of both outfits have just cause to rejoice - behold The Royal Arch Blaspheme, a New Jersey-based duo which features the compositional and instrumental talents of Profanatica's J. Gelso as well as the croaking, evil rasp of Krieg's Imperial. If you're a fan of black metal in general, you'll know that the US scene is far from the most diverse, illustrious, or creative one in the world- in fact, sometimes it's downright stagnant. That's precisely why it's such a pleasure to hear two limelight-shy veterans crank out a solid piece of pummeling, doom-obsessed blasphemy that represents a masterful combination of different black metal styles. First and foremost, this solid debut from these two scene warriors is an excellent union of the driving, primitive nihilism that makes black metal the awesomely misanthropic force that it is and the atmospheric, elite-directed complexity that separates the sex-drugs-n'-Satan garage bands from the more ambitious acts that populate the scene. Indeed, it's difficult to get a handle on just what styles are at play here precisely because The Royal Arch Blaspheme switches things up so much. In this case, that variability is a good thing- there's all kinds of ways to capture violence, despair, and misanthropy through music, and this dynamic duo uses the entire toolshed. The tempos and guitar lines range from a doom-laden lumber ("Via Crucis," "Lust and Sacrilege," "Kingdom of Perversions") to an up-tempo punky style ("Denial of the Holy Spirit," "Isaiah 14:12," "Seven Devils of Ejaculation.") J. Gelso exercises admirable compositional restraint throughout. Each song is comprised of a handful of carefully-considered, adventurous, yet simple riffs and basslines, an interlude or two, and understated, powerful drumming. Also here is a good use of feedback and aleatoric noise elements. The feedback isn't too pervasive - it's controlled well, so things don't get annoying. I could name more than a few sludge bands who should take a class from these fellas - feedback is the icing, not the cake, and if you reverse the formula, your cake will suck. In addition to the superior composition, the production ain't too shabby either. There's certainly a hint of the garage band crackle, and the sound is very wet and cavernous, but the punctuation of the drums and the superb mixing of instruments and vocals shows how this type of music should be heard: deep, overwhelming, monumental, and with no hint of hope or escape in sight. Vocalist Imperial is no less impressive. His distinctive, uniquely creepy gravelly rasp grabs you by the larynx and doesn't let go until the final bellows of "Kingdom of Perversions." There's also a good deal of disjoint vocal double-tracking in the midst of the mayhem, so enjoy the jungle of violence that surrounds you during "Via Crucis," "Denial of the Holy Spirit," "Ascension of Lies," and the album's standout track, "Dead Eucharist." "Dead Eucharist." Holy Hell, I love this song. A little bit over three minutes long, it encapsulates entirely what this album is about. After a straightforward, hammering intro, things get interesting with a minimalistic modal riff superimposed over a tricky offbeat drum phrase. Imperial shrieks his blackened soul out, there's one or two brief unsettling silences, and then - just before the 2-minute mark, guitar, bass, and drums come in and straight up kill you with a bludgeoning slow section that'll drag you to Hell if you're not careful. On top of that, Imperial exercises his impressive low range, bearing some resemblance to Deathspell Omega's Mikko Aspa in the process. Excellent stuff all around, and these boys need only three minutes to tear everything up. Other excellent tracks include the snails-pace "Kingdom of Perversions," the quasi-melodic "Lust and Sacrilege," the headbanging "Isaiah 14:12," and the terrifying, majestic "Via Crucis." So, again, if you're a fan of this type of music, you have no business not checking this out. And even if you're not a huge black metal fan, if you soldier through The Royal Arch Blaspheme's initially inaccessible dark, twisted forest of despair, you'll at least find a high enough level of musicianship, ingenuity, and compositional know-how to lead you to the conclusion that this debut from these patriarchs of the US scene objectively kicks a whole lot of ass. SABBAT "Sabbatical Visionslaught" (DVD/CD)  /  $12 Ancient Black Heavy Metal HELLS DVD 003 ::buy:: SABBAT "Sabbatical Visionslaught" (DVD w/ CD) price:   US $12.00 catalog #:   HELLS DVD 003 release date:   February 11, 2011 BEWARE - BUY AT YOUR OWN RISK: this DVD is in PAL format. Originally to be released by a European label, the DVD portion of this set was authored in PAL format prior to HHR taking over the project. Newer DVD players & computers may play this fine although if unsure consult your player documentation before purchasing. Features 2 live shows recorded in Japan during 1992 and 2000. Both with excellent visual & audio quality, especially when considering the technology limitations of the time. Also includes a band photo slide show from 1984-2004 plus a 66 minute audio CD with many previously unreleased tracks. The Sabbat lineup on these two live shows was: Gezol (bass/vocals), Temis Osmond (guitar/vocals) & Zorugelion (drums). Over 159 minutes of Sabbatical Blacking Metal! "If you take a look at the world map of barbaric metal, in almost every country you will surely find one or more well-known acts... As they say, from Sweden came Bathory, from England came Venom, and from Japan came Sabbat!! In 1983 a few metal maniacs decided to start a band called EVIL. After some small line up changes the following year they abandoned the name Evil and Sabbat was born! From that time until the present day, Sabbat has followed the ancient metal way much like the legendary Samurai warriors... Always honest and never following trends. Live by the sword, die by the sword! This DVD set has been unleashed to honor this great band and show their fans the true Blacking Metal spirit of these Samurai warriors in a live setting. Forget about high quality sound, huge studio productions, this is metal as it should be: rough, barbaric and evil. This is metal. This is Sabbat!" -Bart Gabriel, Hard Rocker Magazine CHAPTER I (48 minutes) Live at Rockets, Osaka, Japan June 24, 2000: 1) Satan Bless You 2) Oroche, Devil Worship 3) Cahrisma 4) Yoochuu 5) Gok Kan Ma 6) Hellfire 7) Dead March / Black Fire CHAPTER II (45 minutes): Live at Music Farm, Nagoya, Japan July 15, 1992: 1) Satan Bless You 2) Evil Nations 3) Torment In The Pentagram / Sabasius (Instrumental) / Torment In The Pentagram 4) Envenom Into the Witch's Hole 5) Godz of Satan 6) Total Necro 7) Beyond the River 8) Whisper of the Demon 9) Black Fire CHAPTER III: photo slide show (Sabbat photos 1984-2004) BONUS AUDIO CD (66:37 minutes): 1) Disembody (taken from "Fetishism" album 1994) 2) Evil Nations (taken from "Envenom" album 1991) 3) Unknown Massacre (taken from "Disembody" album 1993) 4) Beyond The River (taken from "Evoke" album 1992) 5) Charisma (previously unreleased version, different guitar solos 2000) 6) Bowray Zamurai (previously unreleased English version, different mix 1999) 7) Black Fire (taken from the "Sabbatical Demon" demo tape 1990) 8) Possessed Hammer (previously unreleased version with different mix 1998) 9) Envenom Into the Witches Hole (taken from the "Live At Blokula" album 1995) 10) Witchurch (previously unreleased version with different mix, 1996) 11) Satan Bless You (previously unreleased rough mix version, 1991) 12) Elixir De Vie (taken from 'Fetishism" album 1994) 13) Hell Fire (Japanese version, first time on CD, taken from the "Antarctic Harmageddon" MLP 2001) 14) Reminiscent Bells (taken from "Envenom" album 1991) ENLARGE A VIEW: SANGUIS IMPEREM "In Glory We March Towards Our Doom" (CD)  /  $10 Militant Death Metal HELLS 069 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio SANGUIS IMPEREM "In Glory We March Towards Our Doom" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 069 release date:   November 4, 2011 ♫ audio preview SANGUIS IMPEREM, one of the underground's most violent upstarts, releases their highly anticipated debut album. Aptly titled, In Glory We March Towards Our Doom sees the Californian quartet moving from their war metaled beginnings toward a more morbid maturity, patiently plying their violence with greater focus and fiercer results. Dynamic yet breathing the breath of doom, barbaric blackness with astounding songwriting, SANGUIS IMPEREM force the listener on an endless deathmarch - who will be left to survey the carnage? Recommended for diehards of GRAVE MIASMA/GOAT MOLESTOR, CEMETERY URN, TEITANBLOOD, and early NECROS CHRISTOS. TRACK LIST: 1. Nil Igitur Est Mors Ad Nos, 2. The Scourge of Men, 3. Possessed by Violence, 4. Strapped to the Crank Wheel, 5. Inherit Decay, 6. Praeternatural Order, 7. Heralds of Triumph, 8. Pathetic Obsecrations, 9. The Crucifilth *"All around, this album definitely did surprise me. Out of nowhere comes this exquisite band that can shred like crazy, pulverize a drum kit, growl until your face melts and make me want to smash my head on the concrete -absolutely amazing band. Killer record, a definite must-have" -AmericanAftermath.net [10/10 rating] *"A righteous exaltation of bestial metal of doom...Storming out of the gates like a martial BLASPHEMY hell-bent on total indoctrination of subordinates, the Sanguis boys are a nice step away from pentagrams and cartoon goat-cocks while retaining the same aural atonement, that being total rape of the auditory ossicles. Hundred-dollar words for poor death metal glory, yes, but hyperbole is priceless. Razor-wire guitars crush like broken glass across concrete, and each song is another blow to the skull of humanity. Total worship of the rituals of the Ross Bay Cult, chaotic solos, pick sweeps, and sunglasses after dark: if this doesn't have you scowling and nodding your head in approval, then you need to go back to your GHOST BRIGADE and ARCH ENEMY records. Buy this shit or suffer in your poserdom" -Zero Tolerance [4.5/6 rating] *"Rather than embodying a laidback, West Coast positivity, this martial quartet unleash some unabashed hatred and violence here on In Glory We March Towards Our Doom, their impressive first full-length. The level of aggression here is almost uncontrollable at times, bringing to mind fist-pumping memories of first-time BOLT THROWER listens, as well as the wild, unpredictable nature of the barbaric Australian scene... It also must be noted how well structured the songs are here, considering how relentlessly brutal and chaotic they are overall. There's a level of tunefulness which marks Sanguis Imperem as a unit which actually think out their assaults before taking on an enemy - for a Stateside reference, think the controversial American death squad ARGHOSLENT - rather than charging blindly head-on into an ambush...a calculated strike which serves Sanguis Imperem quite well for the future, if this is any yardstick to measure - good job, gents" -Metal-Army.com *"Hells Headbangers is probably the most sterling of all labels focusing on underground black/death metal, bestial black metal, war metal or what the hell you ever want to call it. All the terms apply to Sanguis Imperem's debut album, In Glory We March Towards Our Doom, as well, a furious monster of blasting rapidity, growling guitar lines, and overall top-notch execution...what it does -a strict style of ass-kicking old-school black/death -it does it with authenticity above many other contenders in the (battle) field. I also dig the cover art, which is a nice change from the usual, BLASPHEMY-worshipping black & white & red imagery. Fans of the label's usual output can't go wrong with this one" -Vehement Conjuration webzine *"Has a dense, rich production which is well suited to its charnel impulses, and the guitar tone is fit for grinding and cleaning bones to wear as trophies for surviving its warlike atmosphere" -From the Dust Returned webzine *"If you are one of those death metal fans who longs for the genre in its early form, then no doubt In Glory We March Towards Our Doom is sure to be a welcomed musical treat" -Metalasfuck.net SHACKLES "Traitors' Gate" (CD)  /  $10 Death Thrashing Heavy Metal HELLS 031 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio SHACKLES "Traitors' Gate" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 031 release date:   February 16, 2009 ♫ audio preview HOBBS' PLAYED VIRGIN METAL, SHACKLES PLAY SLUT METAL!. After several years of anticipation, the chain gang finally returns with their debut album which is sure to become a timeless classic! Ruthlessly headbanging Supreme Sydney deaththrash in a similar alliance as their old country mates Slaughter Lord, Armoured Angel, Hobbs' Angel Of Death, Destroyer 666, etc. A must for those who crave the Australian sound and/or the old style of black thrashing metal of death! SPEEDWOLF "Ride With Death" (CD)  /  $10.00 Lycanthropic Metal Punk HELLS 074 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio SPEEDWOLF "Ride With Death" (CD) price:   US $10.00.00 catalog #:   HELLS 074 release date:   November 8, 2011 ♫ audio preview Comes in a Gatefold jacket with UV spot gloss + a large 18" x 24" poster of the cover artwork. Who wants to "Ride With Death"? SPEEDWOLF's highly anticipated debut album is aptly titled: their locomotive, NWOBHM-fuelled heavy metal is powered by a hardcore-punk engine, cruising across the wasteland of the not-so-distant future like proverbial Road Warriors... on iron horses they ride, born to lose. Full-fledged Hessians to the bitter end, SPEEDWOLF play for keeps, each of the LP's dozen tracks an anthem unto itself - so come on and "Ride With Death"! Recommended for diehards of later ENGLISH DOGS, MIDNIGHT, TOXIC HOLOCAUST, G.I.S.M., later GBH, and the almighty MOTORHEAD! *"MANDATORY... if you like your metal with raw, punked-out fury and you like it whiskey soaked and smelling of motorcycle exhaust, beer, sweat and pussy, then Speedwolf is your band! ANOTHER bad ass album from the mighty Hells Headbangers" -MetalManiacs.com *"It doesn't get much more fun than this... could we be your ultimate party soundtrack... gloriously demented... what's not to like about a werewolf biker gang riding into the sunset to some filthy thrash 'n' roll?" -Terrorizer *"Speedwolf kill the old-school way... simple, raw, and nasty" -Zero Tolerance *"The band's primeval, punk, and NWOBHM-flavored thrash/speed music is extensively penetrated by the early '80s metal, in the vein of MOTORHEAD and VENOM. This album is for you!" -HammerWorld [8/10 rating] *"Speedwolf sound like that local band that everyone in town knows and likes...For some quick 'n' dirty punk-induced speed/thrash, Ride with Death fits the bill and that's that. Lots of fun and lots of headbanging await" -Metalcrypt.com *"Certainly the bastard child of Lemmy, with short song structures derived from '50s rock 'n' roll: simple, infectious, never taking themselves too seriously, and a lot of fun" -Metal-Temple.com *"A pretty fun hybrid of raw old British speed with some slightly more intricate thrash ingredients, and I can see this Colorado quartet shredding up the road and making all manner of new friends and fans, potentially bringing a lot of youngsters into the embrace of this beloved, early '80s approach to extremity... The fundamentals here were certainly laid out by Lemmy Kilminster and MOTÖRHEAD over 30 years ago, and it sounds like a mix of Ace of Spades, Orgasmatron and Bomber on steroids, with TANK's Filth Hounds of Hades and maybe a little DISCHARGE thrown in as a chaser" -From the Dust Returned webzine *"Spitting grit and gravel, Speedwolf emulate the street rock wisdom and sensibilities of MOTORHEAD but flush the songs out with a more noticeable dose of melody...Speedwolf has an ugly (in a good way), 'rough around the edges' style. It's rowdy and controlled at the same time...Ride With Death is an album that draws from melodic NWOBHM riffage and then exhales it into a dirty backroom bar, soaked with whiskey and caked with cigarette ash" -Nocturnalcult.com TRENCH HELL "Southern Cross Ripper" (CD)  /  $7 Aussie Black Thrashing Speed Metal HELLS 022 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio TRENCH HELL "Southern Cross Ripper" (CD) price:   US $7.00 catalog #:   HELLS 022 release date:   September 23, 2008 ♫ audio preview Long awaited debut mini album with six new Dirty Black Thrashing Speed Metal songs from down under. Up front raw production with no bullshit just real heavy fucking metal certain to be added to your list of Australia's finest. For those who discovered the brilliance of newer old school bands like TOXIC HOLOCAUST and/or crave the sound of real fucking metal from over 20 years ago, this is for you! You won't escape TRENCH HELL's hammer!!! FOR FANS OF: Running Wild (early), Assassin, Celtic Frost, Destruction, Gospel of the Horns, Destroyer 666 SOD #28 (review) 9 Skulls "Thrashing Speed Metal from the land of kangaroos and Mad Max, Southern Cross Ripper is a breath of fresh air for those choking on the pollution of the Thrash Metal copy band resurgence. Fans of old Hobbs Angel Of Death and Destruction will feel right at home banging their heads to tracks like "Armoured Fist", "Morbid Crimes" and "Last Rites". This is Thrash Metal from the heart, and infectious as a dirty needle at a gay whorehouse, so sit back and prepare yourself for Trench Hell! (DH)" REVIEW FROM VOICES FROM THE DARKSIDE ZINE: "What a filthy treat, a true surprise. The sad fact of the matter is, ever since the retro craze began, hardly any band has reproduced the 80s vibe convincingly, not even bands who paved the groundwork for that special sound. TRENCH HELL is different. Haling from Australia, home of SADISTIK EXEKUTION, THE WIZAR'D, MORTAL SIN, and so many others, they've done their country men proud. "Southern Cross Ripper" is an EP showcasing 80s Metal worship at its finest. Elements of the finest bands that magical decade produced are observable such as HELLHAMMER, VENOM, DESTRUCTION and BULLDOZER. Clocking out at twenty two minutes, this EP is a short one, as EPs should be. Rest assured, this band gets it." TRACK LIST: 1) Intro / Night Stalker 02:07 2) Southern Cross Ripper 03:27 3) Armoured Fist 04:38 4) Morbid Crimes 03:17 5) Last Rites 04:49 6) Infernal Screaming 03:12 Total playing time 21:30 VLADIMIRS "The Late Hours" (CD)  /  $8.00 Horror Punk Darkness HELLS 072 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio VLADIMIRS "The Late Hours" (CD) price:   US $8.00.00 catalog #:   HELLS 072 release date:   November 4, 2011 ♫ audio preview Comes with an 8-page booklet featuring all lyrics. Darkness comes in many forms, and for Hells Headbangers it's not always extreme metal. Darkest proof in the form of THE VLADMIRS, who first made their black mark at the forefront of the mid-'90s, during the second wave of horror-punk, and now 16 years later animate their eighth zombified creation entitled "The Late Hours." Indelible, utterly anthemic punk rock that's eerily dark and shadow-draped, THE VLADMIRS here pay respect to horror-punk legends before them whilst creeping on with their well-established identity, resulting in a rollicking ride through the graveyard when the devil's on the loose - run far and free with them during "The Late Hours"! Recommended for diehards of THE MISFITS, SAMHAIN, DEVIL'S WHOREHOUSE, early TSOL, and 45 GRAVE! *"The Vladimirs play horror-punk, and they are quite good, actually. Their songs have an adjuring effect on me, and I've been listening to The Late Hours about three times a day now for the past two weeks. Unlike any other horror-punk bands (THE MISFITS, SAMHAIN, THE OTHER) these guys don't have an image (which probably is their image), so it's the music that counts. On account of Hells Headbangers, The Vladimirs could have their breakthrough in 2011. I'm curious if anyone can top this album within this rather restricted genre. Simply great!" -Lordsofmetal.nl [8.5/10 rating] *"This latest album from Ohio's own horror-punks Vladimirs is due out in the UK on 22nd November; damn they've missed a trick! A couple of weeks earlier and The Late Hours could have been the soundtrack of a thousand Halloween parties... Like a Doc Marten-wearing zombie on speed, Vladimirs kick their way through snappy track after track... Fans of GREEN DAY, take note - this is catchy punk without the corporate commercial whoring. Buy it!" -MetalTeamUK.net *"A rollicking trippy borderland between horror-punk and gothic rock, which makes it all delectably consumable... Without losing a catchy angle for a single moment, The Vladimirs navigate through a dozen cuts ranging from punky B-horror low-budget movie soundtrack to a dirty sleaze-rock to gothic realm but with a more definitive gritty angle. Droning only for a song or two, The Vladimirs manage to come up with some things super-melodic or having a longing, sad edge to them. Most of the time, The Late Hours is up-tempo and overflowing with energy, until it hits the closing 13-minute title track, which begins as a dark gothic ballad, meanders around, before picking up again in the riff department. The Vladimirs have an unbelievable knack of taking those rollicking riffs and sculpting graveyard anthems around them, sounding a bit grotesque, but not cheap, in the process. While listening to The Late Hours, you can't get rid of a feeling that this is all a show, and eventually it will end, but the sheer realism of the 'moving kaleidoscope' impresses" -MetalReviews.com [8.1/10 rating, "Surprise of the Month"] VOMITOR "Devils Poison" (CD)  /  $10 Warring Death Metal HELLS 046 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio VOMITOR "Devils Poison" (CD) price:   US $10.00 catalog #:   HELLS 046 release date:   March 19, 2010 ♫ audio preview Grab your war helmet; the highly anticipated second strike from Aussie beasts of Sodom hits like a ton of bricks! From the wreckage of their mandatory debut album 8 long years ago, the Vomitor camp take no prisoners with their recipe for disaster of raw n' gritty thrashing death riffage, rough n' tough solos, echoed war throat roars and hammering drum demolition. Just complete total fucking madness from beginning to end... DEATH METAL OR DIE WIMPS!! Features current & former members of Gospel of the Horns, Bestial Warlust, Spear of Longinus. FOR DIE HARDS OF: Sodom, Slaughter Lord, Morbid Angel ("Abominations..." era) SONG TITLES: Crimson Tide, Flesh for Satan, Saga of the Rage, Caligvla, Devils Poison, Midnight Madness, Beast of Sodom, Neutron Hammer REVIEW FROM VOICES FROM THE DARKSIDE: After 8 fucking long years we finally get VOMITOR's second album "Devil's Poison" ! And it is still fuckin VOMITOR!! Whereas most bands progress and lose their vision, VOMITOR stays true all the fucking way! Well maybe the sound is a bit better than their debut "Bleeding The Priest" and you can tell they play their instruments better as well, but the fucking rawness and Australian dirt is most definitely still there! And of course where many bands sound like other bands (Dino Burger and Cradle of shit I'm looking at you ladies!) and let's face it, too many guys are copying Quorthon vocal wise, VOMITOR has their signature sound which I think lies in their vocals and guitar tone, plus their songwriting skills and performance of said songs, that really you cannot hear it and say this is some other band, only VOMITOR! Also some of you unfamiliar with VOMITOR's previous work might assume that they are from Australia so they will be like Destroyer 666, but get that shit right out of your head pronto! They sound nothing at all like D666!! This album is fuckin raw dirty, solid, you must get this! The guitar "leads" if you can call 'em that, remind me of the style of Repulsion's "Horrified" album as they jump in screeching like a bunch of cats being run over and then immediately fried alive, raping your ears and then leaving like a fucking lightning ripping headache! I love the album as a whole, even the slow songs if you can fuckin' believe that coz as some of you might know I am no fan of fucking slow songs! But when I listen to 'Saga Of The Rage' and 'Midnight Madness' I cannot help but bang me head and me fist (trying to speak a bit of Australian english there!). Now you have what could be a negative is that 'Beast Of Sodom', 'Midnight Madness' and the fuckin classic 'Neutron Hammer' are re-recordings of old demo and 7" songs but really, this is not a negative for me as the re recordings of the songs do the old ones justice and evilness and darkness prevails!! Frank will probably think this is too early, but this to me is one of the candidates for album of the year! To VOMITOR: please, pretty please with sugar on top, do not take another 8 fuckin years to release your next album!! Now you must excuse me, as I have to go back and listen to "Devil's Poison" again! Fuck yeah! -Luis M.L. Sallard WITCHTRAP "No Anesthesia" (CD)  /  $7 Witching Black Thrash HELLS 011 ::buy::  |  ♫ audio WITCHTRAP "No Anesthesia" (CD) price:   US $7.00 catalog #:   HELLS 011 release date:   December 29, 2006 ♫ audio preview Attention headbanger, WITCHTRAP is back!!   Brand new full length studio album of dirty fucking thrash from Colombia! Four years have passed since the last megawatt devastation "Sorceress Bitch", too much time for sure!   "No Anesthesia" promises to be the right successor for "Sorceress Bitch" and the answer to the credibility WITCHTRAP has won.   Featuring songs such as "Priests of Sin", "Disturbing the Dead", "Gallows and Crows" and the hit "Heavy Drinker" among others soon to become classics!   WITCHTRAP shows how heavy metal must be: WILD, RAGING & DESTRUCTIVE!   "No Anesthesia" is ready to rock you till you thrash your damned room!   "Satan recorded our first note that is why this thrash shall be played so fucking loud!!!" CUSTOMER REVIEW: "Lately due to being sick of traffic, $3.06 a gallon gas, the war in Iraq, and global warming I have been walking a round trip total of 8 miles to and from work. The journey isn't strenuous, but I definitely need to hear something motivating during my mini trek. This is where Witchtrap joins the fracas with their brand of 80's Speed Metal/Thrash loaded up on cocaine, whiskey, and a "FUCK YOU TOO" attitude. As usual my love for all things Colombia never fails, and 'No Anesthesia' proves this fact via addictive riffs jammed at high octane with a Metal pride theme gushing from each note played. Every song blisters with an exceptional main riff that twists, twirls, and loops intricately. Hooks are more gravitating than a bad case of herpes as they pile-drive the spines of unsuspecting listeners. The strumming is carpal tunnel inducing, but melted into a sense of dynamism and urgency, which is both spastic and violent. Most decadent are melodic guitar god solos that are heavy and precise enough to make my speakers sweat. Fuck, all I wanna do when I hear that guitar is bust my bald skull against the stage till it bleeds in concussed gore. Making the methamphetamine guitars robust is the complimentarily rotund drums and bass. Together this unit performs well by giving the rhythm section a slightly sleazy speedy thrashy-bulge in a hotties face-sound. The bass is deep and poignant and it's played with a double flair for technicality and support. The drums are super fucking fast and the traditional single bass drum does not hamper the tempo. The cymbals crash delightfully in unison with headbanging, the snare has an energetic spring back, and the drum patterns, ripe with rolls and fills, are played methodologically, but raucously thereby giving the whole record an almost garage vibe hearkening back to days long gone when Speed Metal/Thrash ruled Metal. Not to be outdone by the guitar, bass, and drums are the vocals. The shrieking and shouting give Witchtrap an all out Metal in your face with an empty bottle of whiskey crushing your skull attitude. Musically, Witchtrap is highly competent with their multidimensional arrangements that encompass variation between being blister machines, contemplative, catchy, and angry. Hell, the hooks alone will cause your chiropractor to make you 'Customer of the Month.' Therefore, Witchtrap is perfect for listeners NOT keen on an album where each song sounds the same but with a different title. So set your fucking hair on fire with a blow torch, turn up 'No Anesthesia,' down a bottle of booze, and go crazy cause if you love that Old School shit like Raven, Exciter, Slayer, Kreator, and a hint of Racer X then your gonna squeal like a gutted pig for Witchtrap!!!!" VINYL / TAPES SHIRTS / PATCHES / ZINES VIEW: NEXT RELEASES / SOLD OUT RELEASES Quick Search: ...SITE MAP... 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