Necrite - Sic Transit Gloria Mundi (2010)

Location: San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA
Total playing time: 1:10:12

Necrite was formed in 2004 as a solo project under the name Frozen Shade. In May 2005, the founding member, Thrull, began seeking members for a live line-up. He recruited Nefarion on bass, along with fellow musicians Malick on drums and Wraith on guitar. After rehearsing as a complete band, they began writing material collectively and changed their name to Necrite. Finally, after as many as 5 demos had been made, the oppressive, nightmare-inducing debut, Sic Transit Gloria Mundi, has been released through Flenser Records.

Tracklist:

1. A Mass For The Harvest Of Death
2. Bereft Of Hope
3. Bathing Open Wounds With Shards Of Glass
4. Sic Transit Gloria Mundi
5. Worship The Sunn ((O)) 

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Altaar - Dødsønske tape (2009)

Country: Norway
Label: Self-released
Total playing time: 28:38

I found out about Altaar after recieving one of their pins at SXSW a couple weeks ago, and was very pleasantly surprised when I got around to hearing this tape. At the same time, I also realized that missing their performance at the festival was a huge fail. Anyway, this 28 minute ep of "Blasphemous funeral ambient doom" will most-likely leave you craving more. The first edition was limited to only 66 copies but was later reissued by Roggbif Records.

Tracklist:

1. Dødsønske
2. Void Se Vitaa Privaare
3. Upon The Blaack Eaarth
4. Blaack Altaar
5. Spltscnd

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Mournful Congregation - The Monad of Creation

Country: Australia

Label: Weird Truth Productions
Release date: April 19th, 2005

Total playing time: 01:00:39

Although The Monad of Creation wasn't officially released until 2005, it consists of songs that were composed during the 1994-2003 era. It was their first "proper" full-length release and is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest funeral doom records of all time. The atmosphere is truly incredible with a perfect balance of darkness, austerity, heaviness, and melody.

 Tracklisting:

1. Mother - Water, The Great Sea Wept
2. As I Drown In Loveless Rain
3. When The Weeping Dawn Beheld Its Mortal Thirst
4. The Monad Of Creation  

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Dispirit - Rehearsal At Oboroten (2010)

Here is the self-released demo tape from the SF bay area based doom/black metal band, Dispirit, recorded live on February 2nd, 2010. This tape unveils a lo-fi blend of hypnotic drone-like passages, chaotic spurts of horrifying dissonance, and sporatic guitar harmonies that seem to counter-balance the barrage of tortured noise.

1. Ixtab's Lure (18:52)
2. Bitumen Amnii (12:23)

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Sol Invictus - Trees In Winter (1990)

Country: United Kingdom

Record Label: Tursa

Total playing time: 43:51

Trees In Winter basically introduced me to the genre of neo-folk, and remains to be my personal favorite album by Sol Invictus. The imagery and lyrical content of Sol Invictus was strongly influenced by an explicit antipathy for materialism, Christianity, and the modern world.  This is especially noticeable throughout Trees In Winter in particular.

Tracklisting:

1. English Murder (7:24)
2. Sawney Bean (4:13)
3. Gold Is King (6:42)
4. Media (2:26)
5. Looking For Europe (3:45)
6. Here We Stand (4:12)
7. Michael (3:37)
8. Deceit (4:37)
9. Blood Of Summer (2:59)
10. Trees In Winter (3:51)

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Weakling - Live Practice Demo (1998)

Tracklisting:

1. No One Can Be Called As A Man While He'll Die (Demo)
2. Desasters In The Sun (Demo)
3. This Entire Fucking Battlefield (Demo)
4. Cut Their Grain And Place Fire Therein (Demo)

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Weakling - Dead As Dreams (2000)

(Tumult Records)

Weakling was a San Francisco black metal band that recorded only one album, Dead as Dreams, which is hailed as the greatest and most influential American Black Metal LP of all time. Weakling played very few local shows during their short-lived existence and never toured. Front-man John Gossard has spawned multiple projects since Weakling's demise including The Gault, Asunder, and his current band, Dispirit.

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