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BLACKWINGED MESSIAH OF
BLASPHEMY
- the second 7" -
Blackwinged Messiah
(lyrics: Sorath / music:
Alastor / vocals: Sorath)
Recorded in
RehearseHell, January
'07
Split-single
with Urgehal
Pressed
in 1000 copies
on gatefold-7", with 2 posters,
released by
BlackSeed Prod. in
July 2007
REVIEW:
"Two of the most exciting bands in the Norwegian Black Metal scene at the
moment. Urgehal, the senior band of the two and one
I am sure you will be familiar with. Their brand of rousing melodic Black
Metal is set in equal measure between raw fast parts and up-lifting
guitar jams. Beastcraft, are just astute disciples in their deployment of
cadaverous brooding Hell rooted Metal.Beastcraft offer a wonderfully
atmospheric track in the form of Blackwinged Messiah. Here we find a band
enriched by a unique style, flowing through a ghoulish artery
of bloodless pale atmosphere. Beastcraft are unashamedly locked to the
scenes very early awakenings. The music is one dimensional,
beautifully veiled in trance-inducing rhythms, and completely shrouded in
a caliginous atmosphere.
Urgehal, offer a more stripped down version of what they usually do. The
track Nekromisantrop, is an up-beat-mid tempo track that is
pretty much as basic and Hell born as can be expected. Urgehal have the
experience and the tightness to hold a track together and decimate
the skull to bone dust, but it is Beastcraft who have the ability to
generate a truly chilling atmosphere and by doing so, captivate the mind
with a menace rarely aroused nowadays.
This is a magnificent EP, featuring two very impressive bands."
(From "A History
of Norwegian Black Metal" website)
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CELEBRATION
OF CHRIST'S DEATH
- the first
7" -
Celebration
of Christ's Death
(lyrics: Alastor / music:
Alastor / vocals: Alastor)
Resurrection through Desecration and Churchfire
(lyrics: Sorath / music:
Alastor / vocals: Sorath)
Recorded in
Leviasathanas Studios, September '06
Split-EP with
Orcrist.
Pressed
in 666 copies
on black vinyl and 100 on pic disc,
released by
Temple
of Darkness Records in
February 2007
REVIEW:
"Displayed in a
wonderful gatefold with either normal vinyl or pic disc, here is the stuff of
the true underground, a place I am most at home with.
Each band contributes two tracks wrought with misanthropic bile. The whole
package and the bands reek of a stale, morbid abyss where
Black Metal in its most purest forms wallow in the harrowing icy mists of hatred.
Beastcraft are one of the best Norwegian bands around at the moment, they create
the bleak brilliance of Darkthrone when they were at their
most relevant back in the mid nineties. With all the rawness of, Under a Funeral
Moon era Black Metal, Beastcraft display a chilling aptitude for
miasmic atmospheres. The two tracks here are separated into a short blasting
tracks, and a more refined, yet equally violating all the laws of Moses
with ease. The great title of, The Celebration of Christ’s Death, is pure
genius.
Orcrist, play a similar form of raw to the meat Black Metal, although maybe
harnessing a greater willingness to diversify their musical
repertoire. We have a droning, Strid like track, and a more Burzum set of
rhythms adding greater depth and purpose to the EP."
(From "A History of
Norwegian Black Metal" website)
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NORSK SVART
METALL - THE THIRD WAVE
- third compilation -
Burnt at
His Altar
(lyrics: Sorath / music:
Alastor / vocals: Alastor)
Featuring
a.o. Urgehal, Koldbrann, Krypt and Mord,
released by NSB/Firestorm Records in April 2008
REVIEW:
"All of the tracks presented here are of excellent quality and will, no
doubt, motivate me to investigate further some of the bands that I wasn’t
familiar with prior to obtaining this compilation. That, of course, is the whole
point of a compilation and “Norsk Svart Metall” comes highly recommended. Buy or
die."
(From "Live4metal"
webzine)
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SACRIFICE AT THE ALTAR OF THE SATANIC BLOOD ANGEL: A TRIBUTE TO VON
- second
compilation -
Satanic
Blood
(lyrics/music:
Von)
Featuring
a.o. Frostmoon Eclipse and Necroholocaust,
released by Rusty Axe Records in March 2008
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MORBID TUNES OF THE BLACK ANGELS
- first compilation
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(of the)
Circle of Evocation
(lyrics: Sorath / music:
Alastor / vocals: Alastor)
Featuring a.o. Grand Belial's Key and Denial of God,
released by Way of the Force in October 2007
