Candlemass - Psalms of the Dead

Doom metal, Sweden, 2012
Napalm Records

Candlemass bids farewell with Psalms of the Dead, announcing it to to be their last studio album. This is how it should be done: Robert Lowe still has his voice as made apparent in the opener. The Sound of Dying Demons features an eerie keyboard, and Lasse rips his first lead that are definitely up to snuff as made apparent throughout the album. Dancing in the Temple (of the Mad Queen Bee) reminds me a bit like If I Ever Die from their previous album, Death Magic Doom. Waterwitch is the first thoroughly slow song on the album, yet again I have nostalgia crawling up my spine remdining me of Bleeding Baroness from Death Magic Doom. Do not fret, these comparisons are mostly in the "feeling" and pace of the songs more than anything. There are still plenty of fresh, original riffing going on.

1. Prophet
2. The Sound of Dying Demons
3. Dancing in the Temple (of the Mad Queen Bee)
4. Waterwitch
5. The Lights of Thebe
6. Psalms of the Dead
7. The Killing of the Sun
8. Siren Song
9. Black as Time

Candlemass: Metal-Archives.com

Blessed Sickness - Massacre the Holy

Death metal, USA, 1994
Full-length album

Packed full of awesome riffs, and a great guitar tone, this album is intense. At times (Un-Rality) there are doomy and jammy feels to it, that is good in it's own right but detracts from the albums entire flow in my opinion. For the most part there are good riffs, brutal guitar tone and well written songs. Definitely worth checking out if you can get your hands on it. A forgotten gem.

1. The Butcher
2. Modern Day Cannibal
3. Exumed
4. Un-Rality
5. Demonhead
6. Massacre the Holy
7. Missing Pieces
8. Without a Trace
9. Amputated Offerings

Blessed Sickessness - Metal-Archives.com

Authorize Interview

I seem to have stumbled upon an interview with Micke from Authorize (Sweden) that was scanned from a magazine. I don't remember where I got this, or what magazine or year it is from. There also seems to be interviews with Bard, Bestial Warlust, Beherit, Blasphemy, Varg Vikernes among others but almost all of them are too low quality to be read.

If anyone has information on where this came from please contact me.

Enjoy.

Lacerator - Fetal Dismemberment

Death metal, United Kingdom, 1994
Demo

Excellent death metal from the U.K. band Lacerator.

1. Tomb Grinder
2. Eat the Decay
3. Drowning in Pus
4. Toxic Death
5. Penetrating the Fetid
6. Pus Ridden Corpse

 Lacerator: Metal-Archives.com

Lacerator - Fetal Dismemberment: mediafire.com (zip, 21MB)

Sorcery - Rivers of the Dead

Death metal, Sweden, 1990
Demo

Unrelentless Swedish death metal with raspy vocals and deep growls with brief keyboard leads. Short demo but lots crammed in.

1. Rivers of the Dead
2. The Rite of Sacrifice

 Sorcery: Metal-Archives.com

Sorcery - Rivers of the Dead: mediafire.com (zip, 12MB)

Mortuary - Here Won't Be Life Anyway

Death/thrash metal., Finland, 1990
Demo

Clocking in shy of eleven minutes this demo doesn't let up with brutal assaults of riffs. Heavy thrash metal with a heavily undecided death/black edge. Rather eerie, pretty good.

1. Nightmares Become Reality
2. I See You Bleeding
3. Here Won't Be Life Anyway

 Mortuary: Metal-Archives.com

 Mortuary - Here Won't Be Life Anyway: mediafire.com (zip, 10MB)