Somewhere between here and utter madness…
We have a short one for you this week dear readers, but no less potent. 5 reviews and a promise for more to come as interviews get hashed out and finalized along with the long promised Sacred Reich essay. Time just seems to always be a fight, but we continue to strike with the weekly updates. As always, your feedback is appreciated and your playlists desired. Until next week, here’s a glimpse into our listening habits…
Marty Rytkonen Playlist
Infinity – Non De Hac Terra
Vex – Thanatopsis
Haiduk – Spellbook
Pentacle – The Fifth Moon
Seidr – Ginnungagap (master)
Aosoth – Arrow in Heart
Sig:Ar:Tyr – Beyond the North Winds
Celestiial – Where Life Springs Eternal
Allegiance – Hymn Till Hangagud
Chthe’ilist – Amechth’ntaas’m’rriachth Demo
Jim Clifton Playlist
Summoning – Dol Guldur
Summoning – Stronghold
Sacramentum – Far Away From the Sun
Rigor Mortis – s/t
Cultes Des Ghoules – Henbane
Necrocurse – Grip of the Dead (can’t seem to get enough of this one)
Victor Griffin’s In-Graved – s/t
Bolt Thrower – Realm of Chaos
Forlorn Chambers – Unborn and Hollow (demo)
Wolves In The Throne Room – Two Hunters
Darkthrone – Hate Them
Worm Gear 
Now playing: Iron Maiden – Number of the Beast, RIP Clive Burr
Also:
Skyclad – The Wayward Sons of Mother Earth
Sabbat – History of a Time to Come
Rattenfänger – Epistolae Obscurorum Virorum
Ascend – Ample Fire Within
Altar of Plagues – White Tomb
Agalloch – Ashes Against the Grain
Absu – Absu
Abominant – The Way After
Abominant – Battlescarred
Abigail – The Lord of Satan
Boris – Absolutego
Regis – 1994-1996
Bill Dixon – Son of Sisyphus
Bill Dixon – Vade Mecum II
Roxy Music – S/T
Sonic Youth – all their stuff, on shuffle
Excellent choice on the Sig:Ar:Tyr and Pentacle!
Verily, the last few days have vanished in no time! Then again, I suppose a lot of my minutes were swallowed by reading “No Sleep Till Saltburn”, a pretty darn entertaining book about the metal scene in north east England (50-100 miles from where I live) in early 80s.
Thanks for the playlists though. For some reason these interest me for reasons of pure nosiness, but there are a couple of unfamiliar names here I need to investigate too.
Me:
Hädanfärd – Vederstyggelsens Uppväckelse
Vassafor – Obsidian Codex
Abigail – Intercourse And Lust
Darkened Nocturn Slaughtercult – Necrovision
Enslaved – Yggdrasil (seeing them tonight; not expecting much from this release, mind!)
Inquisition – Magnificent Glorification of Lucifer
Lvxcaelis – Mysteria Mystica Maxima XXIII
Repugnant – Epitome Of Darkness
Vomitor – Bleeding The Priest
Zwartplaag / Faagrim – United Wolfish Hordes
Let’s see…lately:
Wormed – Exodromos (still, of course)
new Devourment
new Aosoth
Urfaust – Geist ist Teufel
Mare – Throne Of The Thirteenth Witch
Mare – Spheres Like Death
Kaosritual – Svøpt Morgenrød
Unbeing – The Exhalation
Celestial Bloodshed – Omega
Castrum Doloris – I Shall Become EP
Black Majesty – Baphe Metis demo
Black Majesty – Seventh King of Edom EP
Chao – Spiritus Sankti
Vemod – Venter Pa Stormene
new Horna
Horna – Kohti Yhdeksän Nousua
Mysticum – In the Streams of Inferno reissue
Oooo Summoning; been trying to get them back in play list rotation for awhile. always liked their unique style…. and who doesn’t like orcs? 🙂
Play List:
Riot- Nightbreaker. One of the best metal bands ever, still sad that Mark Reale is no longer with us 😦 Love this album even though it’s comprised of rough demos introducing DiMeo on vocals.
Witchcraft- s/t. Hmmm, second-rate ’70s era Pentagram worship. Pass for now, will retry another time.
Graveyard- Lights Out. Not a bad album, but it needs some more oomph at times;none of the songs rawk quite hard enough, and too many go for a laid-back jazz lounge vibe. May grow on me, but it really needs something to kick my ass a bit.
Running Wild- Masquerade. Killer album that goes overlooked even by fans of the band. I always thought this band went unrecognized; I mean c;’mon, a pirate-themed metal band is the single best image gimmick since Paul and Ace got into their moms’ makeup kit.
VNV Nation- Automatic. Holdover form last time.
Kalisia- Cybion. Excellent proggy death-tech, for fans of Cynic and the like.
Cynic- Traced in Air. Cool album I keep coming back to.
On Deck:
Deathspell Omega- Si Monumensum. Because it didn’t sink in well the first time around but showed promise.
Wolves in the Throne Room- Black Embrace. I’m getting to it eventually….
Pilgrim- Misery Wizard. So many things to play, so little time…
Nightsblood> I don’t know a WitTR release called Black Embrace. Do you mean Black Cascade or am I missing something here… (which would be very cool, a WitTR release I’m not familiar with!)
Congrats on the new online store and the new label sirs! \m/
Many thanks! The way the market is, we’re gonna need it!
No hidden release, I just got the title wrong, my bad. ‘Black Cascade’ is still in the on-deck circle. I promise that I’ll learn it’s title once I get around to playing it 😀
Update Playlist:
Pilgrim- Misery Wizard. Not bad but rather dull on first impression. Many groups these days forget that doom can’t just be slow.
Black Crowes- Shake Your Money Maker. High school fave revisited.
Lynyrd Skynyrd- best of. ‘Cause it’s 78 degrees and beautiful out and I spent 4 hours on the road today driving through the countryside, and ‘Skynyrd is how we roll down south 🙂
Hey nightsblood, I hail from the South myself (though am currently in Northern MI, and do love it here), was curious about your current locale (if you don’t mind my asking)? I have roots in GA and AL, so of course, Skynyrd will always have a place in my collection as well \m/ -Jim