August 2011: Neizbezhnost, the popular black metal band from the Ukraine, has signed with Metal For A Dark World Records to release their debut full-length album "Would It Be Reasonable" due in October 2011.
States Brian Hendricks from Metal For A Dark World: "We are very happy and pleased to announce that for our first release we will be working with Neizbezhost from the Ukraine, who's style of black metal is classic yet modern, haunting and chilling yet punishing. The new CD will contain 10 tracks of black metal fury as well as come with a 16 page full-color booklet containing English lyrics, which will be great for those whose primary language is English, as the recording contains the lyrics sung in Russian. These lyrics are powerful, and positive for a black metal band these days. Andrei has been great to work with and we're looking forward to the release!"
Artist: Neizbezhnost
Title: Would It Be Reasonable
Label: Metal For A Dark World
Release Date: October, 2011 (exact date not provided)
To hear samples of songs and view videos:
http://www.reverbnation.com/neizbezhnost
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Sunday, July 31, 2011
A Historical Perspective on Thrash Metal through the eyes of a 12 year old boy
Part of the Metal For A Dark World Episode #3 - The Thrash Metal Special podcast and info this week!
The Year: 1982. I remember it clearly. I was listening to college radio, WJCU 88.7 FM on either a Friday or Saturday night. Friday and Saturday nights are the nights when they played the heavy metal shows. No, not Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, Slade, Night Ranger, Journey or Kiss like they played on commercial radio. I'm talking real metal like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Malice, Black 'N Blue, Black Sabbath and other NWOBHM bands.
I honestly can't remember which DJ it was, either Bill Peters, who started Auburn Records in Cleveland which is still around: http://www.auburnrecords.com) and his Metal on Metal radio show, which is also still going strong to this day on Friday nights on WJCU, or Mitch Capka and his Etched In Steel radio show. It was almost 30 years ago after all. But I remember it well, the DJ, either Bill or Mitch, came on the air and had started playing a new band from Canada, called Exciter. They were fast, I believe they were calling it power metal (later changed to speed metal). I just remember it was fast and furious, faster than anything I had heard before and I loved it! I can't even remember the name of the song. But I dug it!
A few months later, again listening to the college radio station, it was right around midnight, and they said that they were going to play a new song by this really heavy new band, the heaviest band they had heard yet. In fact, I believe that it became a ritual after that, every either Friday or Saturday night at the beginning of the show, the show would kick off with this song. It was tradition. Oh, the name of the song you ask? It was called "Hit The Lights" from a band called Metallica. It was on a compilation album by a new record label called Metal Blade Records and produced by this guy named Brian Slagel. Ever heard of Metal Blade? Everything changed after that song on that night. I absolutely loved it and had to hear more of it!
There was no internet back then. So how do you get more information on a song, a band, a record (yes, vinyl), especially when you're 12 years old and do not have a driver's license yet? Well, I know what I did. I went to the local record store by the mall (it was called Midway Mall, not sure why). It was about a 25-30 minute bike ride from my home. No, I didn't have a chain to lock my bike up, back then we didn't really worry about stuff like that.
So, to the record store one Saturday I went. I do not remember the name of the store. It was not inside the mall (like the Camelot Music "chain" store), but it was outside the mall in a small building in a little strip mall area in the Midway Mall parking lot. I'm pretty sure it was an independent record store. I remember getting to the store, and waiting in line, and finally getting up to the front of the line so I could ask the questions that so desperately needed to be answered.
"And how may I help you?" the guy standing behind the cash register asked me. I quickly responded "Where can I get that metal album, the one with that band, um, Metallica I think?". "Metal i who?" he asked me? Again, I quickly responded "You know, that band that was on the radio last week, 88.7 FM, really fast, really heavy , it was cool! The guy on the radio said it's on some sort of a comp record or something? I don't know what that is, but I want to get it, do you have it?" "Listen kid, I don't know, I don't listen to that radio station. It sounds like you're talking about heavy metal though, and that stuff is over here. We also have a limited amount on cassettes. You can look through this stuff, but I don't know what band you are talking about. I listen to Men at Work, Duran Duran, Kajagoogoo, Culture Club, you know, the stuff on the radio."
So, I went over to the section that the guy told me was their heavy metal section. Kiss, no. Alice Cooper, who's she? Ozzy Osbourne, oh yeah! AC/DC, nope. I carefully looked at every record and every cassette until, I couldn't believe my eyes, I found a cassette called Metal Massacre, and on the song listing on the back of the cassette, there it was, Metallica and "Hit The Lights". I was stoked! Now I just hoped that I had enough money to buy it, yep, looks like I did, awesome! Hmmm, how am I going to sneak this into the house? I thought about it a bit, and came up with a plan. I bought the cassette tape, got on my bike and made the 1/2 hour trek back home. Once I got home, I hid it outside in the garage until I knew my parents were asleep......then went out to the garage and brought it in. I carefully unwrapped the plastic surrounding the cassette, then I opened it, took the cassette out, and realized I couldn't play it as would probably wake up my parents as the house was silent. So, instead, I read the little cassette booklet cover to cover, over and over again, until I finally fell asleep.
I must have listened to that song several hundred times! I would listen to it, rewind it, listen to it, rewind it, over and over and over again. I eventually listened to the other songs on the tape as well. Some of them were actually quite good, but not as good as Metallica!
During the course of the next year, Metallica had released their first album called Kill 'Em All on a new label called Megaforce records run by Johnny Z. Slayer was getting equal time on the radio with their Metal Massacre release, then their first EP in 1983 on Metal Blade called Show No Mercy, with an extended play album single called Haunting the Chapel in 1984, During this same time-frame, Anthrax from New York had been signed, Dave Mustaine had been kicked out of Metallica and replaced by Exodus founding member and guitarist Kirk Hammet (just a couple of weeks prior to recording their first album Kill 'Em All). Dave Mustaine then started Megadeath, and Exodus signed to record their Bonded In Blood album.
In 1983-1984, thrash metal exploded onto the scene. Tapes of practices were recorded, traded, re-recorded, re-traded just like baseball cards. Live shows were eventually recorded and traded, and the music quickly found it's way across the USA, Europe and other areas of the world, without a world-wide-web or internet to assist. The scene just took off, and bands started sprouting up all over the world. While Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax led the charge in the USA, bands like Kreator, Destruction and Sodom were building the scene in Germany, Annihilator and Voivod were building the Canadian scene and Sepultura bulding the scene in Brazil.
The next generation of thrash bands hit around 1986-1988, bands such as Testament, Forbidden, Death Angel, Flotsam & Jetsam (which Jason Newsted played for prior to joining Metallica), Laaz Rocket, Destructor, Deliverance, Believer, Vengeance Rising, Have Mercy, Tourniquet, Heaven's Force, Vio-lence, Possessed and Purgatory, as well as hardcore/punk/thrash "crossover" bands such as D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbiciles), C.O.C. (Corrosion of Conformity), and S.O.D. (Stormtroopers of Death founded by Billy Milano of Psychos and Scott Ian of Antrhax.
In 1990-1991, Slayer and Megadeth, along with Testament, and opening act Alice In Chains, toured arena's around Europe and the US playing in front of thousands of fans each night. They were at the height of their careers! However, at the end of 1991 Nirvana released an album called "Nevermind", and that's exactly what happened to the thrash metal scene once "grunge" music came into popularity, everyone said "Oh nevermind" to thrash. With what seemed to be perfect timing, Metallica had released what is now called the Black album, which saw less thrash/progressive metal and more of an alternative groove metal feel to their music. They went on sell more records than ever before in the mainstream. Most thrash bands called it quits for awhile, whether it be a few years or even a decade or more. A few bands toughed it out. Anthrax, who changed singers and went to more of a mainstream metal sound, Megadeth, who also went to a more melodic, mainstream metal sound, and of course, Slayer, who added some elements of punk and aggression to their albums in the 90's. Slayer are the only one of the "Big 4" (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) to stay close to their roots during this time. During the 90's, one "thrash" band did stay alive and well playing the heavier music, which was Pantera. They helped to keep the thrash scene thriving and took bands such as Slayer and Anthrax out on tour with them, respecting the elders so to speak.
At the end of the millennium, grunge was losing out to a style of metal simply called nu-metal. Bands like Korn, Lincoln Park, Rob Zombie, and I cannot remember most of any of the other bands involved in this scene (maybe Disturbed?) . Nu-Metal had it's 15 minutes of fame, and the scene began to see a rise in more traditional styles of heavy metal, including thrash metal.
By 2005, the thrash scene was large and thriving again, although nowhere near where it was in the glory day's of the mid-to-late 80's, but still re surging in popularity across the world. We saw bands that had gone on hiatus or broken up reforming and getting back together, such as Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Annihilator and Meliah Rage. We also saw tons of new thrash metal bands starting up and being signed, some fly-by-nighters just trying to catch a ride on the next big "trend", but other serious thrash bands who not only are great bands, but love the old stuff and respect the bands that started the scene back in the day. Some of these bands are still around after 2-3 releases, such as Gama Bomb, Evile, Havok, Bonded by Blood and others, many of which look like they're around to stay. Even bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Exodus, Anthrax and Slayer are back on top of their game, playing the some of the best and heaviest thrash metal that they have played in years, possibly decades!
The Big 4 just toured Europe in 2010 and played sold out arenas around Europe and other areas of the world, released a double Blueray/DVD of their live show from Sophi Bulgaria (how many hundreds of thousands at that show?), and will probably be known as the biggest tour of the decade. Playing thrash metal. Then, once they finished up with Europe, with the exception of Metallica, they added Testament to the bill and toured the US - selling out shows and giving the millions of fans what they wanted......thrash metal.
Trends do come in and out with the times, and eventually things that were in style come back to be in style once more. However, the thrash movement was not a trend, but a culture and style of music that without it, we wouldn't have several metal sub-genres that we have today, such as death metal, black metal, metalcore, deathcore and grindcore. Thrash isn't going anywhere, and to be honest, it never really did. It's always been there, with bands carrying the torches underground, out of the spotlight, because it's tough. It doesn't need to be in the spotlight to survive, it doesn't need to be on the "Billboard" charts to survive, and it doesn't need to care what the American Idol viewers think about it. It's more than just a musical style, it's a lifesytle!
Keep it METAL \m/
The Year: 1982. I remember it clearly. I was listening to college radio, WJCU 88.7 FM on either a Friday or Saturday night. Friday and Saturday nights are the nights when they played the heavy metal shows. No, not Quiet Riot, Def Leppard, Slade, Night Ranger, Journey or Kiss like they played on commercial radio. I'm talking real metal like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Malice, Black 'N Blue, Black Sabbath and other NWOBHM bands.
I honestly can't remember which DJ it was, either Bill Peters, who started Auburn Records in Cleveland which is still around: http://www.auburnrecords.com) and his Metal on Metal radio show, which is also still going strong to this day on Friday nights on WJCU, or Mitch Capka and his Etched In Steel radio show. It was almost 30 years ago after all. But I remember it well, the DJ, either Bill or Mitch, came on the air and had started playing a new band from Canada, called Exciter. They were fast, I believe they were calling it power metal (later changed to speed metal). I just remember it was fast and furious, faster than anything I had heard before and I loved it! I can't even remember the name of the song. But I dug it!
A few months later, again listening to the college radio station, it was right around midnight, and they said that they were going to play a new song by this really heavy new band, the heaviest band they had heard yet. In fact, I believe that it became a ritual after that, every either Friday or Saturday night at the beginning of the show, the show would kick off with this song. It was tradition. Oh, the name of the song you ask? It was called "Hit The Lights" from a band called Metallica. It was on a compilation album by a new record label called Metal Blade Records and produced by this guy named Brian Slagel. Ever heard of Metal Blade? Everything changed after that song on that night. I absolutely loved it and had to hear more of it!
There was no internet back then. So how do you get more information on a song, a band, a record (yes, vinyl), especially when you're 12 years old and do not have a driver's license yet? Well, I know what I did. I went to the local record store by the mall (it was called Midway Mall, not sure why). It was about a 25-30 minute bike ride from my home. No, I didn't have a chain to lock my bike up, back then we didn't really worry about stuff like that.
So, to the record store one Saturday I went. I do not remember the name of the store. It was not inside the mall (like the Camelot Music "chain" store), but it was outside the mall in a small building in a little strip mall area in the Midway Mall parking lot. I'm pretty sure it was an independent record store. I remember getting to the store, and waiting in line, and finally getting up to the front of the line so I could ask the questions that so desperately needed to be answered.
"And how may I help you?" the guy standing behind the cash register asked me. I quickly responded "Where can I get that metal album, the one with that band, um, Metallica I think?". "Metal i who?" he asked me? Again, I quickly responded "You know, that band that was on the radio last week, 88.7 FM, really fast, really heavy , it was cool! The guy on the radio said it's on some sort of a comp record or something? I don't know what that is, but I want to get it, do you have it?" "Listen kid, I don't know, I don't listen to that radio station. It sounds like you're talking about heavy metal though, and that stuff is over here. We also have a limited amount on cassettes. You can look through this stuff, but I don't know what band you are talking about. I listen to Men at Work, Duran Duran, Kajagoogoo, Culture Club, you know, the stuff on the radio."
So, I went over to the section that the guy told me was their heavy metal section. Kiss, no. Alice Cooper, who's she? Ozzy Osbourne, oh yeah! AC/DC, nope. I carefully looked at every record and every cassette until, I couldn't believe my eyes, I found a cassette called Metal Massacre, and on the song listing on the back of the cassette, there it was, Metallica and "Hit The Lights". I was stoked! Now I just hoped that I had enough money to buy it, yep, looks like I did, awesome! Hmmm, how am I going to sneak this into the house? I thought about it a bit, and came up with a plan. I bought the cassette tape, got on my bike and made the 1/2 hour trek back home. Once I got home, I hid it outside in the garage until I knew my parents were asleep......then went out to the garage and brought it in. I carefully unwrapped the plastic surrounding the cassette, then I opened it, took the cassette out, and realized I couldn't play it as would probably wake up my parents as the house was silent. So, instead, I read the little cassette booklet cover to cover, over and over again, until I finally fell asleep.
I must have listened to that song several hundred times! I would listen to it, rewind it, listen to it, rewind it, over and over and over again. I eventually listened to the other songs on the tape as well. Some of them were actually quite good, but not as good as Metallica!
During the course of the next year, Metallica had released their first album called Kill 'Em All on a new label called Megaforce records run by Johnny Z. Slayer was getting equal time on the radio with their Metal Massacre release, then their first EP in 1983 on Metal Blade called Show No Mercy, with an extended play album single called Haunting the Chapel in 1984, During this same time-frame, Anthrax from New York had been signed, Dave Mustaine had been kicked out of Metallica and replaced by Exodus founding member and guitarist Kirk Hammet (just a couple of weeks prior to recording their first album Kill 'Em All). Dave Mustaine then started Megadeath, and Exodus signed to record their Bonded In Blood album.
In 1983-1984, thrash metal exploded onto the scene. Tapes of practices were recorded, traded, re-recorded, re-traded just like baseball cards. Live shows were eventually recorded and traded, and the music quickly found it's way across the USA, Europe and other areas of the world, without a world-wide-web or internet to assist. The scene just took off, and bands started sprouting up all over the world. While Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax led the charge in the USA, bands like Kreator, Destruction and Sodom were building the scene in Germany, Annihilator and Voivod were building the Canadian scene and Sepultura bulding the scene in Brazil.
The next generation of thrash bands hit around 1986-1988, bands such as Testament, Forbidden, Death Angel, Flotsam & Jetsam (which Jason Newsted played for prior to joining Metallica), Laaz Rocket, Destructor, Deliverance, Believer, Vengeance Rising, Have Mercy, Tourniquet, Heaven's Force, Vio-lence, Possessed and Purgatory, as well as hardcore/punk/thrash "crossover" bands such as D.R.I. (Dirty Rotten Imbiciles), C.O.C. (Corrosion of Conformity), and S.O.D. (Stormtroopers of Death founded by Billy Milano of Psychos and Scott Ian of Antrhax.
In 1990-1991, Slayer and Megadeth, along with Testament, and opening act Alice In Chains, toured arena's around Europe and the US playing in front of thousands of fans each night. They were at the height of their careers! However, at the end of 1991 Nirvana released an album called "Nevermind", and that's exactly what happened to the thrash metal scene once "grunge" music came into popularity, everyone said "Oh nevermind" to thrash. With what seemed to be perfect timing, Metallica had released what is now called the Black album, which saw less thrash/progressive metal and more of an alternative groove metal feel to their music. They went on sell more records than ever before in the mainstream. Most thrash bands called it quits for awhile, whether it be a few years or even a decade or more. A few bands toughed it out. Anthrax, who changed singers and went to more of a mainstream metal sound, Megadeth, who also went to a more melodic, mainstream metal sound, and of course, Slayer, who added some elements of punk and aggression to their albums in the 90's. Slayer are the only one of the "Big 4" (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) to stay close to their roots during this time. During the 90's, one "thrash" band did stay alive and well playing the heavier music, which was Pantera. They helped to keep the thrash scene thriving and took bands such as Slayer and Anthrax out on tour with them, respecting the elders so to speak.
At the end of the millennium, grunge was losing out to a style of metal simply called nu-metal. Bands like Korn, Lincoln Park, Rob Zombie, and I cannot remember most of any of the other bands involved in this scene (maybe Disturbed?) . Nu-Metal had it's 15 minutes of fame, and the scene began to see a rise in more traditional styles of heavy metal, including thrash metal.
By 2005, the thrash scene was large and thriving again, although nowhere near where it was in the glory day's of the mid-to-late 80's, but still re surging in popularity across the world. We saw bands that had gone on hiatus or broken up reforming and getting back together, such as Exodus, Testament, Death Angel, Annihilator and Meliah Rage. We also saw tons of new thrash metal bands starting up and being signed, some fly-by-nighters just trying to catch a ride on the next big "trend", but other serious thrash bands who not only are great bands, but love the old stuff and respect the bands that started the scene back in the day. Some of these bands are still around after 2-3 releases, such as Gama Bomb, Evile, Havok, Bonded by Blood and others, many of which look like they're around to stay. Even bands such as Metallica, Megadeth, Exodus, Anthrax and Slayer are back on top of their game, playing the some of the best and heaviest thrash metal that they have played in years, possibly decades!
The Big 4 just toured Europe in 2010 and played sold out arenas around Europe and other areas of the world, released a double Blueray/DVD of their live show from Sophi Bulgaria (how many hundreds of thousands at that show?), and will probably be known as the biggest tour of the decade. Playing thrash metal. Then, once they finished up with Europe, with the exception of Metallica, they added Testament to the bill and toured the US - selling out shows and giving the millions of fans what they wanted......thrash metal.
Trends do come in and out with the times, and eventually things that were in style come back to be in style once more. However, the thrash movement was not a trend, but a culture and style of music that without it, we wouldn't have several metal sub-genres that we have today, such as death metal, black metal, metalcore, deathcore and grindcore. Thrash isn't going anywhere, and to be honest, it never really did. It's always been there, with bands carrying the torches underground, out of the spotlight, because it's tough. It doesn't need to be in the spotlight to survive, it doesn't need to be on the "Billboard" charts to survive, and it doesn't need to care what the American Idol viewers think about it. It's more than just a musical style, it's a lifesytle!
Keep it METAL \m/
Friday, July 22, 2011
A Tale of Insanity (Morbid Fantasy)
A Tale of Insanity (Morbid Fantasy)
By Brian Hendricks (copyright owner - Metal For A Dark World)
Taken from the book "Forever Spoken" published in 2007 by the International Library of Poetry (a compilation).
Note: I wrote this poem several years ago, the original intent was for it to be lyrics for a song, and it was recently published in 2007. This poem won the "Editor's Choice Award" in December 2007, as well as "2007 Poem of the Year Award" in January 2008. I would like to warn everyone that the poem is a bit morbid, but has a very clear message.
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"A Tale of Insanity (Morbid Fantasy)" by Brian Hendricks
Darkness, a place to hide
No one can see you, let's go for a ride
To a place you've never been
To a place you never want to go
A place that is dark, but you have to know....
It is here where your death ends
It is here where your "life" begins (Note - eternal)
As you look around you see
Demons laughing at your stupidity
You now realize, all but too late
That the life you've lived has sealed your fate
Swamps and pits and snakes that kill
The heat so unbearable that you begin to chill
Maggots crawling from the undead
Morbid fantasy, so real, so dread
You wake up, knowing what to do
You finger the trigger, who's fooling who?
Gun shot is heard, exploding through your brain
Satan is the one that drove you insane
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*Note: This is the original wording. In the last line, in order to be published, I had to change the word "Satan", so I changed it to "Evil" for the book since it doesn't stray too far from the original meaning.
(c) 2007 Brian Hendricks
May not be used or re-posted in any way without written consent of the copyright holder according to Federal Copyright Law. If you would like to use this poem/lyrics in any way, please contact the author at metal4adarkworld@gmail.com
'Nuff said!
By Brian Hendricks (copyright owner - Metal For A Dark World)
Taken from the book "Forever Spoken" published in 2007 by the International Library of Poetry (a compilation).
Note: I wrote this poem several years ago, the original intent was for it to be lyrics for a song, and it was recently published in 2007. This poem won the "Editor's Choice Award" in December 2007, as well as "2007 Poem of the Year Award" in January 2008. I would like to warn everyone that the poem is a bit morbid, but has a very clear message.
****************************************
"A Tale of Insanity (Morbid Fantasy)" by Brian Hendricks
Darkness, a place to hide
No one can see you, let's go for a ride
To a place you've never been
To a place you never want to go
A place that is dark, but you have to know....
It is here where your death ends
It is here where your "life" begins (Note - eternal)
As you look around you see
Demons laughing at your stupidity
You now realize, all but too late
That the life you've lived has sealed your fate
Swamps and pits and snakes that kill
The heat so unbearable that you begin to chill
Maggots crawling from the undead
Morbid fantasy, so real, so dread
You wake up, knowing what to do
You finger the trigger, who's fooling who?
Gun shot is heard, exploding through your brain
Satan is the one that drove you insane
*********************************************
*Note: This is the original wording. In the last line, in order to be published, I had to change the word "Satan", so I changed it to "Evil" for the book since it doesn't stray too far from the original meaning.
(c) 2007 Brian Hendricks
May not be used or re-posted in any way without written consent of the copyright holder according to Federal Copyright Law. If you would like to use this poem/lyrics in any way, please contact the author at metal4adarkworld@gmail.com
'Nuff said!
Monday, June 20, 2011
Metal For A Dark World Episode 1 Finally available!
Metalheads,
The first episode of the "Metal For A Dark World" Podcast is now available. You can listen online by click this link. Alternatively you can download it to your computer or mobile device by scrolling the bottom of the link above and selecting the download link.
Check out our FaceBook page and click the LIKE button in order for a chance to win the new CD by Dying Blaze titled "Attera Obscurum", which was released by Nokturnal Hemizphear a couple of months ago. In order to win, you need to listen to the podcast for instructions, then head over to our FaceBook page, click on the LIKE button, and then post the correct information in the FREE CD Giveaway #1 - Dying Blaze "Attera Obscurum" area.
For the first episode, we have a lot of great bands and music, quite a bit of it is black metal, or unblack metal, whichever you prefer, along with some death metal and thrash metal. We also have a special interview with Jason Butz, the owner of the label and distro Nokturnal Hemizphear (www.nhmetal.com). In this interview, Jason discusses his labels latest releases, how he got started with nhmetal.com distro and the label, and what's next for them.
Here is a listing of all of the bands and songs played on Episode 1:
The first episode of the "Metal For A Dark World" Podcast is now available. You can listen online by click this link. Alternatively you can download it to your computer or mobile device by scrolling the bottom of the link above and selecting the download link.
Check out our FaceBook page and click the LIKE button in order for a chance to win the new CD by Dying Blaze titled "Attera Obscurum", which was released by Nokturnal Hemizphear a couple of months ago. In order to win, you need to listen to the podcast for instructions, then head over to our FaceBook page, click on the LIKE button, and then post the correct information in the FREE CD Giveaway #1 - Dying Blaze "Attera Obscurum" area.
For the first episode, we have a lot of great bands and music, quite a bit of it is black metal, or unblack metal, whichever you prefer, along with some death metal and thrash metal. We also have a special interview with Jason Butz, the owner of the label and distro Nokturnal Hemizphear (www.nhmetal.com). In this interview, Jason discusses his labels latest releases, how he got started with nhmetal.com distro and the label, and what's next for them.
Here is a listing of all of the bands and songs played on Episode 1:
- Intro (featuring music from "The Blood of the New Covenant" by Blood Covenant)
- Dark Winter Skies - Wintersoul
- Graven Image of the Beau Ideals - Borgazur
- City of Light - The Beneath
- Lake of Fire, Wake of Souls - Common Yet Forbidden
- At War - Shadows of Paragon
- War of the Ancients - Slechtvalk
- Remember, Love, Grieve - Dying Blaze
- Garden of Gephsemahia - Dying Blaze (from the Finite Edition DVD case version of the album)
- Fortaleza Eterna - Nephesh
- Necrotizing Fasciitis - Becoming The Archetype
- Make Me Laugh - Consecrator
- Hell Destroyer - Cage
- Regret Be Healed - Arnion
- A Journey Through the Darkness Towards the Light: The Victory: Rapturous Surrender - Winter's Dawn
Look for Episode #2 and another new free CD Giveaway in the coming weeks!
Let us know how you like the bands featured for this episode.
A Big Shout-Out to the bands, labels and distro's that support the scene and that are featured on this podcast! Special thanks to Jason Butz from Nokturnal Hemizphear for the interview and for letting us feature all of the great bands his label has released (Dying Blaze, Wintersoul, Nephesh, Winter's Dawn, Borgazur, as well as many others).
Until next time, keep it METAL!
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