Ecclesia Satani - NS Satan

In a major Polish black/pagan metal mood lately...lots of Graveland, lots of Gontyna Kry, lots of Profanum....so my memory was jogged to this early 2000's artifact, NS Satan. An album title thats so anti-pc that when I first saw it I automatically thought that it was ridiculous and awesome and I must have it. Basically NS Satan is the very definition of obscure, cruel (but sophisticated), misanthropic black metal, and my mood prohibits me from having it any other way!

NS Satan

Obscure Dungeons

If you're anything like me, you just can't get enough of medieval occult ambient dungeon-synth. If this is the case you cannot afford to pass up the selection over at Obscure Dungeon Records. Some damn fine wares this French label is peddling, and make sure to throw em a bone or two to help keep that dungeon up to code.

Obscure Dungeons

Baxaxaxa - Hellfire

Here you fuckers go, some excellent ooold school German black metal from the depths of the underground...pure dungeon musick.

Countess - Sermons Of The Infidel

Goddamn this is sounding superb, Orlok back up to his old tricks and I for one could not be happier!

Sermons@Bandcamp

Lemur Voice - Divided

An awesome blast of Dutch prog-mastery that would make prime-era Dream Theater green with envy. Sweet riffs, sweet vocals, sweet keyboards...and Dutch Lemurs!!!
Don't you dare stifle the dutch lemur, they have a voice...and it is John Arch-esque. Full of soo-prizes including a none too subtle or sensical Mike Jackson cover.

Divided We Stand

Christs Nails - Demos 1992-1996

Woohoo here's some weird shit. Dutch, early 90's crude rude and ridiculous....Imagine Xynfonica performed by 5th graders. Yes its that good. Thanks to Asmodian Coven blog for this unheralded gem.

Christs Nails

Bifrost - Mythistory

Pretty much the finest crazy-ass Dutch viking At The Gates worshipping band you'll ever lay ears upon. Riffs upon riffs galore!!!

Mythistory

Lordy Lordy

R.I.P. Jon Lord

Cutting Pink With Knives - Populuxxe

Sweet keyboards abound on this pop-grind masterpiece.

Populuxxe

Xynfonica - A Feast For Famished Ravens

Tardcore has been ramped up a notch brothers and sisters. Improvised guitar-synths, after hours jazz and creepy growled intonations. Put out by the always solid Hekaloth. Handle with cares.

A SLoppy Feast

Psyche Out: Don Bradshaw-Leather - Distance Between Us

Dark Psychedelia will be the name of the game around here for a little bit, and I wanted to start things out with an enigmatic album that I just recently stumbled upon: Don Bradshaw and a gal named Leather's soul-occult psyche freakout from '72. It's difficult to even describe this. I can only say it is haunting, powerful, horrific, insane, beautiful....I could go on but I think I'll stop right there. Do some research on this guy, it's fascinating the conjecture and mythology that people go into. Does no one actually know who this was?!? Anyway, I've been listening to these youtube clips the past few daze and I advise you to do the same. No link, but music this ephemeral should not sit on your computer anyway, it should settle deep in your mind only to come alive during those darkest moments when surreality can offer the only escape.

...And Oceans - The Symmetry Of I The Circle O

Ok, one more keyboard bloated late '90's Finnish black metal post...I just can't help myself, this stuff is just too good. And really, how can you go wrong with songs titled "Mechanical Hippie", "Acid Sex Marble Teeth" and "I Wish I Was Pregnant". Jesus, these guys are like an even more pretentious version of Solefald. Eat your heart out Cornelius von Mutherfucker!

IO

Barathrum - Okkult

Will finish up the late 90's/early 2000's keyboard bloated Finnish black metal cheesefest posts with the immortal Barathrum...Okkult is quite a departure from their early work, where they played a cavernous bass-heavy brand of primal black dirge that sounded more Greek (Necromantia in particular) than Finnish. Expect driving fist pumping keyboards, thrash to bang your head, and chorus' that will stick in it despite the most furious of banging. The keyboards are so predominant in parts of Okkult that it actually sounds like a Vangelis recording...epic, catchy and fun!

Okkult

Trollheim's Grott - Bizarre Troll Technology

Bizarre Troll Technology is the psilocybin equivalent to Gloomy Grim's LSDisneyLand Fun. A fanciful romp of trolling, shrooming, sweet keyboards and unrelenting bloodshed. Hmmmm, now that I think about it there might be a little PCP in those caps.

Bizarre Troll Technology

Gloomy Grim - Life?

If one were to take an LSD fueled boatride down Disney's It's A Small World exhibit (or maybe even Epcot's Imagination Land), Gloomy Grim should most likely be your soundtrack of choice...that Figment character always struck me as quite grim anyways.

Life?

Black Northern Reign!!!

This might just be my favorite new black metal (one-man) band. Raise that fucking axe!!

SVENDORRAIN

Soft Kill - An Open Door

Featuring members of a somewhat notorious deathrock band…moaning vocals pounded chords desperate depressive atmosphere enough angst to last me well into the winter.

An Open Door

X-Panda - Flight Of Fancy

Prog mastery from this young and curiously named band that hails from Estonia of all places!!

Flight Of Fancy

Tsatthoggua - Hosanna Bizarre

Sympho-Eroticaterrorist metal with an unhealthy dose of occult black magick. Featuring guitarist of Eternal Dirge band.
Big gimpin' plinkin keys...Big gimpin' on your knees...

Hosanna Bizarre

Eternal Dirge - Khaos Magick

These former Atheist loving chaps get all up in A.O. Spare's bidness and go Nocturnus on everyone's ass on their sophomore (and ultimo) '96 full length.

Khaos Magick