As you may estimate, this is a huge undertaking, so we'll be adding more and more material every update. Hopefully, there will be some gem here that had slipped by you, and through these pages, you discover musical treasure as we have.
Label: Earache/Combat
Date: 1989
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] Like Rats*
[A classic to everyone who has heard it and entirely unique. Unlike the other Godflesh releases that I've heard, this one has a much darker edge. I guess the sound would be considered dark industrial, but it's hard to classify something unique. Streetcleaner is strange and powerful, unforgettable and catchy as hell.]
[CD back]
Label: Century Media
Date: 1994
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] Black Trip*
[Samael's third release. It would seem I have listened to this masterpiece thousands of times over the years. It truly is one of the greatest black metal releases of all time. It's also largely ignored in the metal world, which is a great thing to me, nothing kills magic more than the public and popularity. And here is musical magic. Musically, vocally, lyrically. Nearly every song on this release is a favorite. As an historical note, this release caused a lot of controversy with Christian groups, so much so that Century Media's German office was raided and this was confiscated, and if my memory serves me, the master tapes were destroyed by the 'authorities'.]
[CD inlay]
Label: Century Media
Date: 1992
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] Epilogue*
[Wow, after listening to this legendary 2nd release, every song but one was a favorite of mine, and even that song is still a good one! What can I say, the old Samael was amongst my favorite bands. The piano pieces on this release, with their excellent spoken words, are superb. The album is as close to perfection as anything I could rate. The 'feeling' captured by Samael in these first three releases is exceptional.]
[CD back]
Label: JL American//Osmose Productions
Date: 1991
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] Sleep of Death*
[The third Samael favorite in a row. It is safe to say I was very impressed with this band. Worship Him was their first release, and contains one of the band's greatest tracks, and also one of black metal's greatest songs, 'Into the Pentagram'. A truly awesome song to anyone who has heard it. Another, equally cool, but rougher version of this song also appears on their demo.]
[CD back]
Label: Self
Date: 1995
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] The Homecoming Song*
[Kari Rueslatten released and was involved in a lot of good material back in the day. Such as the first two releases of 'The 3rd and the Mortal', which are superb, plus the legendary folk side-project 'Storm'. Here is her first solo release, and it is a classic. Great stuff!]
[CD back]
Label: Columbia
Date: 1997
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] Manens Favn*
[With Kari Rueslatten's talent, it was only a matter of time before she attracted mainstream label attention. Although this is released on Columbia, it was still surprisingly good. The releases to follow this however, from what I've heard, aren't to my liking.]
[CD inlay - not one of her more flattering pictures!]
Label: Roadrunner Records
Date: 1991
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] Liege of Inveracity*
[Nothing beats the death metal pioneers of the early 1990's, and Suffocation was one of them. Brutal beyond imagination, although sometimes this insanity could get boring. This was also the first death metal CD I obtained that had two black members, so I guess we can say that Suffocation is black/death?]
[CD back]
Label: Century Media
Date: 1992
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] In a Dream*
[This was the only release of Tiamat that I could get into, but the song 'In a Dream' was worth the price of admission. A truly cool song.]
[CD inlay]
Label: JL America
Date: 1992
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] Voodoo Mass*
[It had been a while since I listened to this CD... I remember why I thought it was so fucking cool now. Wow. This is incredibly unique. People consider this band cult today, and I can see why. Songs like 'The Fog' and 'Acid Orgy' are legendary.]
[CD inlay]
Label: SPV
Date: 1995
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] Das Rabenland*
[One of my favorite atmospheric releases. The keyboard and male and female clean vocals are fantastic. Dark melodies and feeling rarely seen today. 1995 seemed to be the year of creativity for a lot of people. The heavy German accent on the female spoken part of the track 'Night of the Blade' is unintentionally superb sounding!]
[CD inlay]
Label: Blue Max Records
Date: 2007
Track listing: (favorites marked with an '*')
[1] Intro
[2007 brought us Blue Max's great 'United' release. The song 'Can You Hear Us' is catchy as hell.]
[CD inlay]
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[2] Christbait Rising*
[3] Pulp
[4] Dream Long Dead
[5] Head Dirt
[6] Devastator/Mighty Trust Krusher
[7] Life is Easy*
[8] Streetcleaner
[9] Locust Furnace*
[10] Tiny Tears*
[11] Wound
[12] Dead Head
[13] Suction
(Italicized titles are bonus tracks)
[2] Celebration of the Fourth
[3] Son of Earth
[4] 'Till We Meet Again*
[5] Mask of the Red Death*
[6] Baphomet's Throne*
[7] Flagellation*
[8] Crown*
[9] To Our Martyrs*
[10] Ceremony of Opposites*
[2] Beyond the Nothingness*
[3] Poison Infiltration*
[4] After the Sepulture*
[5] Macabre Operetta*
[6] Blood Ritual*
[7] Since the Creation...*
[8] With the Gleam of the Torches*
[9] Total Consecration*
[10] Bestial Devotion
[11] ...Until the Chaos*
[2] Worship Him*
[3] Knowledge of the Ancient Kingdom
[4] Morbid Metal
[5] Rite of Cthulhu
[6] The Black Face
[7] Into the Penagram
[8] Messengers of the Light
[9] Last Benediction
[10] Bestial Devotion
[11] The Dark
[2] Vakenatt
[3] The Gathering
[4] Rapunsel*
[5] Forsaken*
[6] The Shadowchant*
[7] In Here*
[8] Dead
[9] In a Day
[2] Spindelsinn*
[3] Skogens Kjole
[4] Agatha*
[5] Trollferd*
[6] Vintersol
[7] Jeg Kommer Inn
[8] Hor Min Sang
[9] Som Av Meg
[10] Nordnatt
[2] Effigy of the Forgotten
[3] Infecting the Crypts*
[4] Seeds of the Suffering
[5] Habitual Infamy
[6] Reincremation
[7] Mass Obliteration
[8] Involuntary Slaughter
[9] Jesus Wept
[2] Clouds
[3] Smell of Incense
[4] A Caress of Stars
[5] The Sleeping Beauty*
[6] Forever Burning Flames
[7] The Scapegoat
[8] Undressed
[2] Blood Monk
[3] Distorted Birth*
[4] The Fog*
[5] Underground Church
[6] Chicken Dance
[7] Acid Orgy*
[8] Possessed Soldiers of War
[9] Sacrifice
[2] Dark Desires
[3] Weltenbrand
[4] Her Poisoned Mind*
[5] Night of the Blade*
[6] Malleus Malificarum
[7] Wizard of the Lost Kingdom
[8] The Ghost of the Dead Son
[9] Sorrow Fog
[10] Her Poisoned Mind (Black Version)
[11] Abstrakt
[2] Way of Life
[3] Burning Sun
[4] Can You Hear Us*
[5] Zwei Turme
[6] Auf Ein Neues
[7] Politik
[8] Asozial
[9] Presse
[10] Peggy Sue
[11] Germania
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