tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60353916255459357102024-03-05T04:05:18.846-08:00Sixsixsix MusicSixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-33976285757235021222015-04-09T05:52:00.000-07:002015-04-09T05:52:01.066-07:00Band Promotion<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The music industry is forever changing, and so is the way you promote music</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Personally, I think getting reviews is the hardest part as many websites are flooded with reviews and don't always have the time to cover everything. So here is an alternative to this</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Very Free Option</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ll give your music away for free to everyone on our
mailing list (via Drop Box)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your music will need to be sent to us via Drop Box
(setting up an account is free) and have all of the tracks labelled correctly
and we recommend sending it at 320kbps – MP3 format<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The Very Cheap Option</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Free Distribution
via Bandcamp and Drop Box<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We spread your music worldwide, via Bandcamp and/or Drop
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Drop Box is always free, limits apply on Bandcamp to 100
free downloads a month)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also include a pdf file with your biography, contact
details and website links<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Facebook Marketing<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We publicise your music via the relevant groups on
Facebook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Newsletter
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone on our mailing list gets a monthly email with
links to your music<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pre-release
Promotion<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Got an album or EP coming out? We’ll promote one track
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Free Digital
Distribution (optional)<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Via iTunes, Amazon etc… as well as streaming on sites
such as Spotify<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You’ll receive 75% of all royalties received<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You Tube Video<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We include one of your tracks and promote it on You Tube<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Forum Promotion<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As with Facebook, we post where your music is most
relevant<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Concert Promotion<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">UK ONLY: We’ll pass your links/music onto live concert
promoters<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Label Promotion<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We also pass your music onto certain labels, but with no
guarantees of getting signed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That also includes the better bands being forwarded onto
at least one major label<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Airplay<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No guarantees here, but we forward your release onto various
radio stations and podcasts for possible airplay<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’ll spread your music for free via Drop Box for a full
12 months<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Online promotion is for a 3 month period<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>All of this for just £10 for a basic album or EP. Which is approximately $15 or 14 Euro’s</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All interested bands, please contact me at: <a href="mailto:steve@sixsixsixmusic.com"><span style="color: orange;">steve@sixsixsixmusic.com</span></a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I'll only accept bands with good production. To be honest, I can't justify spending the time on something that still needs work on</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if you want to be added to my mailing list to receive free music, just send an email to the email address above with "Mailing List" in the subject line</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Optional Extras</span><span style="color: red;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheap Album
Artwork<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We only charge 50% of our normal prices if you require
album artwork<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Prices start at £5 for an album cover and just £2.50 for
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Intelligent
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We interview your band and include that with the
downloads, you are also free to use the interview for promotional purposes if
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Review submissions<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We send your music around the world and send you links to
all reviews<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">CD Duplication<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
<span style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We can offer very competitive rates – Best for
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-4655515276989224502015-03-02T08:23:00.002-08:002015-03-02T08:23:21.363-08:00Helvete 2: Total Destruction<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/helvete-volume-2-total-destruction">https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/helvete-volume-2-total-destruction</a> </span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Aornos - Hungary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/aornosblackmetal">https://www.facebook.com/aornosblackmetal</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Avulsion Rupture - UK<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/AvulsionRuptureMetal">https://www.facebook.com/AvulsionRuptureMetal</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Darktimes - Slovakia<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://darktimesovchaos.bandcamp.com/">https://darktimesovchaos.bandcamp.com/</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eternal Spell - Chile<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/tons666/">https://soundcloud.com/tons666/</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Heaven Abhorred - USA<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/NordicOath6">https://www.facebook.com/NordicOath6</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lifeless - Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lifeless/177218469035259">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lifeless/177218469035259</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maledikta-official/187644374748349">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Maledikta-official/187644374748349</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Solveig - Portugal<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/solveigband">https://www.facebook.com/solveigband</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southern Warfront - Brazil <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/SouthernWarfront">https://www.facebook.com/SouthernWarfront</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 135 - France<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LodgeOf135">https://www.facebook.com/LodgeOf135</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Torver - UK<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Torver666">https://www.facebook.com/Torver666</a> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Windstille - Mexico<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-31490885562389022962015-03-02T08:16:00.001-08:002015-03-02T08:16:28.162-08:00Metal Legions Podcast<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://metallegions.podbean.com/">http://metallegions.podbean.com/</a></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Episode 1:</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Kampfar - Mylder<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Album Of The Week<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buy the cd here:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://blackwoodproductions.bigcartel.com/product/bwp001-torver-arcane-north-from-moonrise-to-moonset-split-cd">http://blackwoodproductions.bigcartel.com/product/bwp001-torver-arcane-north-from-moonrise-to-moonset-split-cd</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Melechesh - Lost Tribes Featuring Max Cavalera<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The 135 - We Are Legion<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Southern Warfront - Pure Blasphemy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Helvete 2: Free
via Bandcamp<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/helvete-volume-2-total-destruction">https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/helvete-volume-2-total-destruction</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Witchmaster - Black Leather<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Moonspell - Alma Mater<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Morgoth - Under The Surface<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Woods of Ypres - Through Chaos and Solitude I Came<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reclvse - Of Many Names<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Into The Unknown<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sågverk - Naru<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/S%C3%A5gverk/186537798167700">https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sågverk/186537798167700</a>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apocrophex - Designs Not Derived From Man<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cries Of Your Sins - Endless Fog </span></div>
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-33657981645612564712015-02-20T08:25:00.000-08:002015-02-20T08:25:22.646-08:00Major Changes<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As of now, I won't be reviewing anymore albums and demos etc... on this blog</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have to manage my time better and I've not had the time I would have liked to dedicate to the blog since the turn of the year. So from Sunday, March 1st, I'll be launching a new weekly podcast, which will feature new tracks from unsigned/underground bands.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I'll still be supporting underground bands, but in a different format.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'll post the address of the new podcast once I sort the site out etc.. which will be in the next 7 days</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All of my writing will now be for Metal Legions, which is a new print mag I'm launching, which is about 2 months behind schedule. I should have a 12 page test copy next week, and then I can finish the rest of the layout, once I check the colours etc...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So until the next update, here's a free compilation I've just launched</span><br />
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Helvete Volume 2 : Total Destruction</span></b><br />
<a href="https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/helvete-volume-2-total-destruction"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/helvete-volume-2-total-destruction</span></a><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This blog will still be active, but it'll mainly feature news about my Podcast and magazine</span></div>
Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-19622028927308843362015-02-15T06:17:00.004-08:002015-02-15T06:17:56.846-08:00February Reviews Round-Up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sorry, I've been a bit slack with the blog recently. I've been stretching myself a little thin with the various projects I have on the go right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here are some reviews, with another batch pencilled in for next weekend</span><br />
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<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3415983261/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=2769658051/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://aethyr.bandcamp.com/album/corpus">Corpus by Aethyr</a></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are very few definitive genres any more as bands
continue to experiment and the number of styles incorporated into one album,
continues to grow and grow.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A perfect example of this are Russian “Doomsters” Arthyr.
Doom may be the over-riding genre used when describing the band, but throw in
Shoegaze / Post Black Metal, Ambient / Drone (possibly with a Winston Churchill
speech backdrop) , hints of Black Metal as well as groove laden Doom and a
slower, more ponderous form of the genre and it’s a big mixing bowl of delights.
The average song length is just over 7 minutes, with 2 tracks clocking in at
over 10 minutes, so there’s a lot of style shifting and boundary hopping going
on. But overall, you’d probably describe Corpus as a gloomy album.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I need to be in the mood to listen to Doom, mainly as I
tend to listen to music while I work, and Doom isn’t the best style for improving
productivity. But this album has enough subtle twists to keep my attention and
the delivery of the bands ideas are top notch.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The album is out Feb 19th and is well worth checking out</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/aethyrband">https://www.facebook.com/aethyrband</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/CimmerianShadeRecordings">https://www.facebook.com/CimmerianShadeRecordings</a></span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are a couple of releases from Nihilistinen
Barbaarisuus. The band are based in the US, but have a guy (Mika Mage) from
Finland at the helm. So the band sound more European, than they do American.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With a new album on the way shortly, it’s time to dust
off the bands output from 2012 and 2013.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To be honest, both releases could be good. But the muddy
production ruins whatever chance these releases had.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Musically, this is Black Metal mixed with
atmospheric / ambient parts. The 2
styles rarely mingle, one tends to follow the other. With the more atmospheric
parts, having the better sound. And at times they remind me of early Burzum.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it’s the Black Metal parts that let down these
releases. What’s on offer could be very promising, and it seems to be very well
put together and full of Scandinavian pride. But I’m not a fan of this kind of
production as it lacks any power and the drum machine sound is dire, at best.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The two tracks from the Väinämöinen EP are an improvement
from the previous years effort, so there is a chink of light to be found. But
they really need to improve their sound if they are to progress from here. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nihilistinenbarbaarisuus">https://www.facebook.com/nihilistinenbarbaarisuus</a></span>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Phantasmal</span></span></b></div>
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3899878714/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=1466838068/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://phantasmalmetal.bandcamp.com/album/the-reapers-forge">The Reaper's Forge by Phantasmal</a></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m really digging this 3 tracker from US duo Phantasmal.
This is bullshit free, Heavy Metal with Thrash and Black Metal influences and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The aggression is reigned in, but it still bears the
hallmarks of classic 80s Thrash & Metal, a bit like Destruction, Mercyful
Fate and NWOBHM forged together in fist pumping metallic unity. Its old school and it makes you feel
nostalgic while listening to it. Which is always a good thing, as far as I’m concerned,
as a lot of the older bands are fading away, we need new blood like Phantasmal
to keep the flame alive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The production could do with a couple of tweaks, but
overall this is a very satisfying debut demo.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Passion Of Our Souls are a duo. Samuli Tuomas Mäkelä
who handles the music and female singer Julia Mattila, who provides growls as
well as clean singing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Musically, this is melodic fare, somewhere around the
catchier end of Death Metal. The vocals are harsh during the verses and
pop-tastically catchy during the choruses. And that the deal with TPOOS (damn
name is too long to type each time) Melodic Death with pop choruses.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The formula is ok. Julia has a good voice for both styles,
but my major gripe is that they do the same on each song. Growl, growl, growl,
happy, happy, happy.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">TPOOS have got everything just about right, apart from
the song-writing. None of the 4 songs on offer are bad, they just need to break
away from the predictable formula they’ve employed as it wears thin pretty
quickly as you know what to expect as every song is written the same way.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/ThePassionOfOurSouls"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://www.facebook.com/ThePassionOfOurSouls</span></a><o:p></o:p></div>
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<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1667995340/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=1384770261/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://victimsofcontagion-official.bandcamp.com/album/parasitic-unborn-ep">Parasitic Unborn EP by Victims of Contagion</a></iframe>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Victims of Contagion hail from Pittsburgh, USA and
they’re purveyors of Technical Death. They’ve supported a number of notable
Death Metal bands and one track on this EP feature a guitar solo from Death’s Bobby
Koelble, so it wouldn’t be a surprise if these guys started knocking on a few
doors on their quest for World domination.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everything about this release screams class, especially
when they throw in a little acoustic salsa (?) snippet into Terminal Evolution
and it seems like a natural fit. This may be technical, but everything flows in
a progressive manner and it’s not ruined by endless twists and turns. And their
obvious talents aren’t overshadowed by over the top fret wankery, they’ve got
the balance just about right. The flashier bits are mainly tasteful solos and
the aforementioned acoustic groove. They really know how to construct a good
song.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A few years ago, Victims of Contagion would have been
snapped up by the likes of Metal Blade, but with a different music industry in
play today, it would be a shame if the band were overlooked. But I’m sure their
hard work won’t be in vein.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check em out via Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/victimsofcontagion">https://www.facebook.com/victimsofcontagion</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-7051628233499862912015-01-05T10:19:00.001-08:002015-01-05T10:19:55.817-08:002015 - First Reviews<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bloody hell, I'm a bit behind with my reviewing. I spent more time in the gym over the Christmas period than I did in front of my computer. So here's my first batch of 2015. Plus a couple of links to video clips I've been told about the past week</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Welcome to the secretive world of Abbess. Their debut
release is self titled and the songs are simply marked in Roman numerals, I to
VII<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I contacted the band via Bandcamp as I couldn’t find any
info online about them. And here’s the info I got back. “Two of the members
live in Western Maryland in the mountains, and one lives in West Virginia not
too far away.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So now you know as much as I do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I guess that makes this album just a little more
intriguing, especially as it’s so fucking good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=788487225/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=3216953930/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://abbessband.bandcamp.com/album/abbess">Abbess by Abbess</a></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Musically, it’s sort of Black Metal. I say sort of, as I
hear loads of other styles, which are equally as prominent. And this seamless
melding of styles makes it impossible for me to categorise. Which I guess is
another plus point for the band. But they offer up wave after wave of rolling
riffs, slower, doomier sections to moments of all-out attack and groove laden,
head nodding excellence. Basically they just cram a load of different shit
together and make it work.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And that’s probably a fair assessment of Abbess. The
whole album feels like a huge jam session and you can just imagine the three
band members rocking out in an old barn, just laying down the grooves and
having a blast.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So there’s no fanfare, no hype, just good music… just as
it should be<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Apocrophex</span></b><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve reviewed Apocrophex once before and was impressed
with their technical take on Death Metal.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This time around, it’s a harder listen for me. Musically,
this is a supreme creation and the sound is absolutely perfect. But generally I
have a problem with the flow of more technically minded music, and that’s the
case here.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10 out 10 in terms of musicianship and sound, but it’s a
hard track for me to digest. But if you’re a fan of Technical Death, then I’m
sure you’ll love this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://apocrophex.bandcamp.com/">https://apocrophex.bandcamp.com/</a></span>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This beast has been out for just over a year, but has
just made its way to me. It matters not that it took a while to reach me, I’m just
glad that I’ve not missed out on this gem of a release.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mastered by the ever reliable Dan Swano, this is a mighty
slab of Finnish Blackened Death, with the emphasis on the Death Metal side of
things. Basically it rips you a new asshole from start to finish (no puns that
I should have said start to Finnish…..)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The band stated that they wanted to keep the sound raw,
but the production as clean as possible. And they’ve achieved that aim rather
wonderfully. The sound is very clean, but they’ve captured the energy and spite
needed to make this succeed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Regular readers of this blog will know I’m not the Worlds
biggest Death Metal fan, yet this release has me completely hooked.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hopefully these guys will go far as they have a genuine
talent for what they do<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most of these guys were in Disfigured Dead and this promo
is basically to announce the new name of the band and a new direction etc…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> And while I agree
with the idea of presenting their new band and a fresh sound with a short
promo, their new singer, Mark Berlin, joined after they recorded their
forthcoming album, so it kind of renders this completely redundant. Especially
as he may make the band sound completely different once again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So, commenting solely on what’s on offer here, I like
what I hear. From my limited knowledge of Disfigured Dead, NilExistence seem to
have expanded upon the more basic Death Metal sound of their previous band and
have matured to include other influences, as well as a few time changes, spoken
word parts, more melody etc…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The two songs here are extremely well structured and have
many layers, compared to the more one dimensional sound of their previous band.
The only area they’ve not improved upon is in the “imagery” department, as this
promo has an extremely poor cover. But that’s a very minor quibble, that can be
easily ignored.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their new album should be out in the first half of 2015.
Keep an eye on the band via Facebook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hailing from Finland, Stardestroyer are a miserable
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I struggled to pin this down to one style on the first
couple of listens. It shifts through a few territories, including Doom, 80s
Goth and a few Alternative leanings. But I decided in the end that it’s just a damn
miserable listen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I know Finland used to be the suicide capital of the
World (no idea if it still is) and that may explain why this album is so bloody
morose. The guitars are straight out of 80s Gothdom and they jangle along at a
sedentary pace and they just reek of unhappiness. Same deal for the drums and
bass. I’m sure there’s a Bauhaus influence in there somewhere, mixed in with a
few Doom influences, just to add an extra layer of self loathing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s only the upbeat Stoner groove in Dysphoria that adds
any light to this dark palette. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to wallow in the misery, this album is
available for free via Bandcamp. Just
keep your wrists protected at all times, because if this doesn’t incite you to
consider slitting your wrists, nothing will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I did my 1st show last week and thoroughly enjoyed the experience</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This weeks show is an 80s Special and as I love 80s Metal so much I'll be doing one of these type shows once a month</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So this week, you'll hear the likes of King Diamond, S.O.D., Saxon, Scorpions and Nuclear Assault. So it'll cover all aspects of 80s Metal.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm doing a few introductions as well, so that was 1st experience of doing something like that. I'm probably going to be crap for a few weeks until I get used to the idea of talking to myself as I record the show. but it's good practice for when I'm old</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This show is aired at 10pm UK time on Friday 12th December</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://livefuneral.caster.fm/">http://livefuneral.caster.fm/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The station is expanding and there are now shows on 7 days a week. And you can find the latest news here: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/funerealdroneradio/">https://www.facebook.com/groups/funerealdroneradio/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've decided to go with a different theme each week, just to challenge myself to make the best show possible each week. After the 80s special, I'll be doing an Underground/Unsigned band show on December 19th.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Each band will be from a different country. The show is being put together this week and I have (so far) bands from Iran, Spain, Poland, Costa Rica, Greece, USA, Belgium, Brazil and Colombia. So it'll be a huge mix of different styles and cultures.</span></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New Metal Legions Radio Show</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to Matt over at Funereal Drone, I've now got my own radio show, which will be on air at 10pm until 11pm every Friday night, starting this week</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As someone who was brought up on Tommy Vance's classic Friday Night Rock Show, it'll be a homage to that era, mixed in with more Extreme Metal</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so the type of bands you are likely to hear will be:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sabbath, Maiden, Accept, Saxon, Scorpions, AC/DC, Dio, W.A.S.P. etc...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Amon Amarth, Amorphis, Satyricon, Grand Magus, King Diamond, Paradise Lost, Slayer etc...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">plus new bands, unsigned bands, anything goes, as long as it's Metal</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I start planning for that show tonight, but from next week, I'll also feature one unsigned band as a demo band of the week</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More news throughout the week as the show takes shape</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I had the pleasure of listening to this album for the 1<sup>st</sup>
time on a special show on Funereal Drone radio. The whole show was just this
album, a huge 74 minute track of menacing ambience.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reviewing one massive track isn’t easy as there are no
breaks or cut off points, the track seems to go on forever, as can I in some of
my reviews. But the overall feel of this album is, for me, a sewer dwelling
creature, who isn’t attacking you, but is threatening to do so. The threat leaves you backed up into a corner with little, or no chance of escape. Something tells
me I’ve spent a lot of my time playing Resident Evil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But that’s what this album feels like to me. It’s feral,
yet at the same time, restrained, because the vocals – or animal noises, as I
interpret them, are full of menace, whilst the musical backdrop is soothing
ambience. And with another video game reference, this could be the soundtrack
to Silent Hill. Again, it’s my interpretation of the music, but the music makes
me feel like I’m lost in a sea of fog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is a beautiful creation and one that creates vivid
images within your mind. And for me, that’s the power of music and why I
constantly seek out gems, such as this.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-32990243394043900232014-11-30T09:03:00.000-08:002014-11-30T09:03:49.915-08:00Nemesis - Invasion EP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The biography I received with this promo is in Italian and
my Italian is limited to types of pasta and a few swear words. Even the Latin I
learnt at school, 35 years ago, is no use, so this one’s all about the music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nemesis are a young band, having only formed last year
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s being marketed as Thrash/Death and while both of
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The vocals are split between high pitched yelps, which
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and deep guttural growls, which is where the Death Metal connection is made.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Behind the dual vocal style, it’s mainly a Thrash
backdrop, mixed in with a few slower moments. Oddly there’s an off kilter intro
to The Face Beyond, which reminds me of the Dead Kennedys (circa Chicken Farm), but the song quickly
explodes and the quirky little intro is quickly forgotten… until it returns
again a minute or so later.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Maybe it’s an age thing, or maybe it’s because they have
a huge melting pot of influences, but this EP is littered with a ton of styles.
Admittedly they all actually work very well, but I think over time, things may
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks to Sandy over the splendid <a href="http://thoseonceloyal.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><b>The Killchain Blog</b></a> for doing a best demo's of 2014 feature as I wasn't really aware we were getting to that time of year already</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In terms of major label releases, I think it's been a shocking year, with very few new albums actually interesting me at all. And most of the bands I do like that have released albums that have been well below par.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we head towards the ass-end of 2014, there are a few goodies at last seeing the light of day, including the new Primordial, Dani Filth's Devilment is an excellent listen, as is The German Panzer debut.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But album of the year for me is, by a mile, is <b><span style="color: orange;">Grand Magus - Triumph And Power</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So heading back to the underground, here are by favourite listens of the year</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Song of the Year:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nefarious Dusk - God Is Dead</span><br />
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<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1446295674/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=2642901438/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom">Deep Underground: United Kingdom by Nefarious Dusk</a></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Releases of the year</span>, in alphabetical order</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Arcane North - Enter the Arcane North</b></span><br />
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1446295674/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=1886303605/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom">Deep Underground: United Kingdom by Arcane North</a></iframe><br />
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<b style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Carnivorous Forest - Genital Mutilation in the Name of God</b><br />
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2596503215/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=1449837171/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://carnivorousforest.bandcamp.com/album/genital-mutilation-in-the-name-of-god">Genital Mutilation in the Name of God by Carnivorous Forest</a></iframe><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Chiral - Abisso</b></span><br />
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1740923117/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=4209586227/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://chiral27.bandcamp.com/album/abisso">Abisso by Chiral</a></iframe>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Hypertension - Distant Thunders Call</b></span><br />
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=434753199/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=1743468389/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://hypertension.bandcamp.com/album/distant-thunders-call">Distant Thunders Call by Hypertension</a></iframe>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Korrigans - Ferocior Ad Rebellandum</b></span><br />
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2359837093/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=340500917/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://nemetonrecords.bandcamp.com/album/korrigans-ferocior-ad-rebellandum">Korrigans-Ferocior Ad Rebellandum by Korrigans</a></iframe>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Ophidian Coil - Promo 2014</b></span><br />
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3346183913/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=1123856778/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/helvete-confederacy-of-hatred">Helvete : Confederacy of Hatred by Ophidian Coil</a></iframe>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Satariel - White Ink Chapter One</b></span><br />
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3020482009/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=696805495/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://satariel.bandcamp.com/album/white-ink-chapter-one">White Ink: Chapter One by Satariel</a></iframe>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Tyrant’s Kall - Dagon</b></span><br />
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<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1642315634/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=2917489620/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://unfolded.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2014">Demo 2014 by Unfolded</a></iframe>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Wreodan Healh - Læcig</b></span><br />
<iframe seamless="" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=3204802107/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=small/track=3263737170/transparent=true/" style="border: 0; height: 120px; width: 100%;"><a href="http://wreodanhealh.bandcamp.com/album/l-cig">Læcig by Wreodan Healh</a></iframe>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've deliberately not chosen any of my own releases, as that may be a bit biased</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">so I'd like to given special mention to two of the compilations I've released this year</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I still think Helvete: Confederacy of Hatred, in terms of overall quality, is the best compilation I've done</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/helvete-confederacy-of-hatred">https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/helvete-confederacy-of-hatred</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the UK scene is looking very healthy, and you can judge for yourself with Deep Underground: United Kingdom</span><br />
<a href="https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br />
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-65531556970359598442014-11-24T11:17:00.000-08:002014-11-24T11:17:13.499-08:00Death Sigh Ritual EP<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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project with a few small contributions from others) posted on a forum that all the blogs they
read, weren’t interested in reviewing this release. That was about 15
rejections in one hit. I offered to review the EP after having a quick listen
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don’t get me wrong, this is a miserable fucking listen,
but it’s also a beautiful one. The downbeat melodies are utterly captivating,
especially when there’s a bit of male / female vocal interaction, as on the
opener, Principals. And overall, I’m not sure where to place this. The music
conjures up images of a Goth version of The Doors, playing a bit of Ministry
(because of the vocals on Bones Ignite and My Friend Lucifer, which remind me
of Al Jourgensen), and all manner of other styles, including Depressive Black
Metal, maybe a bit of 80s Goth (again), but this time like a more caustic
version of Bauhaus’ more angular moment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wherever you decide to place this, it’s a very dark
mishmash of desperation and aggression, but one I’m drawn to the more I hear
it. So this will appeal to those that like the slower, twisted forms of Black Metal,
and those that like the darker side of music in general. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-17621842042645350042014-11-24T11:11:00.000-08:002014-11-24T11:11:14.308-08:00Vihaan - Invicta<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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described as a mix of Death Metal, Prog and Jazz. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alarm bells are going off in my head already, as I’m not
a fan of anything of the technical variety, nor Jazz and almost immediately,
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now, I can tell you already, this isn’t my thing. When
something fires off on different tangents, 9 times out of 10, it doesn’t feel
natural to my lone brain cell. The flow of the music generally doesn’t work for
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The playing here is faultless. I like the vocals, but not
the music. To be fair, some of the music takes me back to the likes of Genesis
and earlier Rush, and I’m ok with both bands. But the arrangements…. I’m just
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So for those that like a bit of noodling, a flurry of
time changes, supreme/precise musicianship, and everything else that goes with
the territory, you’ll like this. For me
though, it’s like trying to chop down a tree with a plastic axe, fucking hard
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As we head towards the end of the year, here's a round-up of the first 10 Sixsixsix Music cd releases and a chance to purchase some quality Metal at stupidly low prices</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's the deal: <b><span style="color: orange;">You can buy 2 cds for £5 or 3 for just £7.</span></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Titles will be selected at random - all cdr singles will be sent in plastic sleeves rather than slim jewel cases for this deal. If you buy the singles separately (@£2 each), you get the cd case</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Skiddaw - Skiddaw EP (Helvete 001 CD)</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: orange;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Haate - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.... As The Moon Painted Her Grief (Helvete 003 CD)</span></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">USA - Melodic Death 3 track CDR demo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Italy - Split album in dvd case - Dark Ambient/Black Metal </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neo Classical / Ambient Black Metal from Finland 3</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> track demo in dvd case</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can buy the cds individually from my Big Cartel store </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://sixsixsixmusic.bigcartel.com/">http://sixsixsixmusic.bigcartel.com/</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Or take pot luck and go a lucky dip</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b style="color: orange;">Lucky dip prices include free postage to the UK </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Haate/Chiral split is not included in the deal as there are only 10 copies available</span><br />
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Digital Releases</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As well as the 10 cd releases, there are also some digital only releases available in the Sixsixsix Music Bandcamp store - including some free compilations and the new Deep Underground : United Kingdom compilation, which is just £2</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">HaatE / Chiral split is also available via iTunes and Amazon etc... and here: <a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/haatechiral">http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/haatechiral</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Wolves of Avalon - Boudicca's Last Stand is also available via </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">iTunes and Amazon etc... and here </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thewolvesofavalon">http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/thewolvesofavalon</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it's been a busy 7 1/2 months at Sixsixsix HQ. Expect a lot more to come in the coming months. So please support Underground Metal</span><br />
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-52854755778327855892014-11-09T03:24:00.001-08:002014-11-09T03:38:15.179-08:00Deep Underground UK - Jotnarr<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We formed in Colchester a couple
of years ago. Simon and I were neighbours at the time and knew each other prior
to that from both being involved in other local bands. Si asked me if I wanted
to do a crust/d-beat band with a guy called Oli. I asked if there was any scope
for some black metal in there ’and the response was an immediate and positive
yes. So Simon and Oli had one jam together and then I joined in, and I think we
had two songs after one session and it just all started from there. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Where does your band name come from? I have no idea what a
Jøtnarr is or what is does?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well it comes from a word for a
type of troll I think, but we added the extra ‘r’ and accented O to make it our
own and because we thought it looked cooler. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Recorded and tinkered with by Paul Rhodes in a Barn on the
outskirts of Colchester, Essex using a Sure SM58 microphone and an £8 plastic
microphone direct into a Stereo tape recorder.”<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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it came out ok. How have things progressed since then?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thanks, yeah we were really
pleased with the demo – we wanted it to sound pretty noisy and horrible, and to
be honest we couldn’t afford to go straight into a studio. Things have
progressed, we recorded our EP with Tom Donovan and that sounds much clearer
and heavier. For the next release we’re recording over two days with Jason Frye
at Son of Sun Studios so those tracks should sound great. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">It’s hard to believe that you’re only a 3 piece and that you
don’t have a bassist, because you create quite a racket (in the nicest possible
sense) Does forgoing a bass player make it more difficult to write material
that you can re-create in the live environment?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No not at all. We play really
loud in a small room when we rehearse and that’s pretty much what happens when
we play live so we don’t notice a problem going from one to the other. We’ve
never had a bassist so it’s not like anything is written with a bassist in mind,
and we play in drop A# so I think we’ve always felt there’s enough bottom end.
Plus there’s something appealing about the sound of not having a bassist when
so much of our stuff is about fast shredding chords. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">You’ve made some good progress with being featured as
Terrorizer’s band of the day and supported the likes of Eastern Front and
Winterfylleth. How difficult is it to get your band noticed in an over-crowded
scene?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We’re very fortunate that people
like Stafford (ex ENT) at Colchester Arts Centre have booked us as support for
more established bands. EF are local and have been very supportive of us since
our first handful of gigs. I wouldn’t say we’ve been noticed really, we’ve not
blown up or anything – but I think the fact that we’re sort of a mix of black
metal, scream, punk, and big riffs means we stand out somewhat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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vinyl one day? And how important is it for you to release physical formats over
digital?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well Vetala have released
everything – the demo was strictly tape, and the EP got a tape and CD run. We’d
love to do a vinyl release when we’ve recorded more, but its more costly than
tape and CD and we’ve only done small runs so far so we’re kind of holding out
for a longer release before we consider some vinyl – it’s definitely something
we want to do though. Personally I still love getting music in a physical
format, and I think that goes for plenty of people that are into the kind of
music we make so we never even considered doing digital-only releases. All our
stuff is available for streaming and download online too because we just want
people to hear it, so for us it’s not a case of choosing one over the other –
just embracing all means of getting our music heard. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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record your debut album yet?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just a couple more gigs before
the end of the year, and then in January we’re recording a longer release at
Son of Sun Studios. Hopefully we’ll be in a position to record an album later
next year too. Other than that we want to play as much as possible, and
hopefully sort at least one tour so we can get over to Europe. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cheers for your time, man. </span><o:p></o:p><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom">https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom</a></span></div>
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-47198938321221169952014-11-03T10:11:00.001-08:002014-11-03T10:11:35.142-08:00Circle of Indifference - Shadows Of Light<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love the concept of this album. It’s essentially a one
man band, but with a little help from around the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The majority of the music is handled by the albums
mastermind, Dagfinn Øvstrud. Who is from Norway, but lives in Sweden. The
vocals are handled by Brandon Leigh Polaris, who is in Belgium, with a solitary offering from Nikki Monney on one track. She’s in the US. And there are smaller
contributions from Tyler Teeple (Canada) and Aybars Altay (Germany). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And the bit of the concept I like, none of these people
have ever met. It’s an album created via the internet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So after that build up, the album had better be worth
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Musically, the core of this album is Melodic Death. And
even though the majority of the vocals are handled by one singer, I’m still
reminded of the type of concept album created by Arjen Lucassen. It sounds
nothing like an Ayreon album, it’s just the vibe I’m picking up on. Possibly
because of the futuristic feel on some of the songs and some of the vocal
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And if you didn’t know any different, you’d say this
album was created by a bunch of hairy Scandinavians, all in the same studio. It
has a natural flow about it and Brandon’s vocals fit the music perfectly. And
everything is enhanced by Tyler’s wonderful lead guitar work. Everything just
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you read about Dagfinn (on his website) there’s
something refreshingly honest about him. As with most albums, there’s been a
lot of work put into creating this release. And I hope that all of the hard
work is rewarded, both financially and critically. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’m going to show my appreciation by sending him some
interview questions for my forthcoming Metal Legions magazine. This is an
exceptionally good project that needs to be nourished. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s getting to that time of year again when I start
thinking about my favourite album of the past 12 months. Tyrant’s Kall might not have stolen the top
spot, but I think Dagon will just about dent my top 10.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Starting off with a deathly instrumental that speeds up
towards the end, the scene is gradually set for the splendour of the Lovecraft
influenced, Ia Cthulu.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now before I played this album for the 1<sup>st</sup>
time, I hadn’t read the biog, so had no idea that Tyrant’s Kall had a female
vocalist at the helm. So when Esmee Tabasco’s growled vocals appeared, I was both shocked
and pleasantly surprised. Before the songs ends, her style does change, just
slightly, and this is a sign of things to come.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whole retro Doom thing is in danger of being overdone
already, but Tyrant’s Kall buck this trend by mixing up Death Metal and
elements of Doom with 70s Rock. I think most of the retro female singers borrow
heavily from 60s Hippy Icon, Grace Slick and the situation is pretty similar
here too. With the cleaner vocals containing a mix of Hippy and Occult
leanings. Sinister and groovy, and a joy to listen to. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Tyrant’s Kall remind me of Cathedral in places too, like
the thick groovy guitars on Mankind’s Damnation. A “Huggy Bear, oh yeah”, would
have been a nice addition, had Lee Dorrian not already done that on Utopian
Blaster.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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take you. It’s heavy as hell in places, but it does possess that feelgood
factor that made Cathedral such an enjoyable listen. So if you want a darker
journey than Cathedral offered up, this could be the album for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another quality release from the good people at Witches
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-27632187442759147672014-11-02T11:05:00.002-08:002014-11-02T11:05:51.937-08:00Temple of Void - Of Terror and the Supernatural<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Temple of Void is made up by a group of (music) veterans
from the Detroit scene and that experience is very much in evidence on this,
their debut album.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Slice this beast down the middle and you’ll see that it’s
made up of equal parts Death Metal and equal parts Doom Metal, with the Death
being influenced from the US scene and the Doom, from the UK. I suppose you
could say ToV sound like an American version of Paradise Lost, and a Paradise
Lost that’s in its prime.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Where a lot of bands fail is in their song writing. There
can be no doubting many bands talents as musicians, but so many fail to deliver
the goods due to poor song writing skills. There are no such problems here, as Of
Terror and the Supernatural reels you in very early on and for me, by part-way
through track 2, Savage Howl, I was completely hooked. Mainly due to the
majestic lead guitars, which took me right back to the mid 90s.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To temper the brutality, there are the occasional
acoustic moments, with To Carry This Corpse Evermore, (almost) sounding like a
Spanish flamenco ritual. And there are other nuances littered throughout the
album, just to break up the onslaught and to give the album a bit more individuality,
to go with the more obvious influences.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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give you a little hug afterwards, just for liking it so much. In layman’s
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-60075300488221365622014-11-02T03:30:00.002-08:002014-11-02T03:30:40.010-08:00Deep Underground UK - Old Corpse Road<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Corpse Road have carved their name into the UK black metal scene by producing
classic, yet unique British black metal based on the dark folklore of Britain.
The Darlington based 6 piece formed in 2007 and take their name from a coffin
road in the Lake District.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dynamically
their music flows from fierce black metal through to powerful melodic passages
and onto serene yet haunting moments. The band incorporate a wide range of
vocals from traditional black metal shrieks, guttural lows, spoken word
passages and epic folk singing. Old Corpse Road bind these elements together to
produce a solid yet original take on the black metal sound.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After an
acclaimed demo and a split with The Meads of Asphodel they released their debut
album ‘Tis Witching Hour…As Spectres We Haunt this Kingdom’ in 2012, which
received critical acclaim from Metal Hammer, Zero Tolerance and Terrorizer as
well as topping the Best Newcomer category in the 2012 Terrorizer Readers'
Poll. After their recent split 7" with black metal band The Infernal Sea,
they are currently working on the anticipated full-length follow-up to their
debut album.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Throughout
this time Old Corpse Road have built up a reputation with their intense and
atmospheric live performances across the UK. The band have shared the stage
with the likes of Shining, Alcest, Hecate Enthroned, Svartsot, Skyforger, Winterfylleth
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">I know that you’re soon to appear on a Darkthrone tribute
album. What sort of bands influence your sound?</span></b><br />Yes, December will see the
release of ‘One Cold Night In Norway’ which is a digital tribute album. We will
contribute the song ‘Divided We Stand’ from ‘Hate Them’, perhaps a less obvious
choice of song!<br />
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A lot of the 90’s black metal bands influenced our sound. Cradle of Filth,
Emperor, Bal-Sagoth and Abigor to name a few. Aside from black metal though
plenty of doom (think My Dying Bride, early Paradise Lost and Celestial
Season), old school UK grind/death bands Carcass and Napalm Death and then classic
heavy metal such as Iron Maiden also plays a part.<br />
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Aside from the metal influences there’s folk music, dark ambient (Arcana/Raison
D’etre) as well as classical and film score music too. All these things
combined have in some way inspired us along the way.<br />
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And would it be fair to say that you’re more storytellers, than just a band playing
regular songs? Well that’s how I think of you.</span></b><br />Yes absolutely. Of course the heart of the songs is the music, but we deliver
that via the telling of these old tales. We use a multi vocal approach to tell
the story over the different textures of the music, so we will often shift from
aggressive black metal to choral folk chants and epic speech. It seems to work
really well in delivering the message of the songs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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clearly our live highlight, albeit a very short one as our set was limited to
30 minutes. Regardless though we were overwhelmed by the crowd response. Not
just the superb turn out but the actual involvement of the audience with our
songs. It has to be said that playing the same day as one of our icons,
Emperor, was a massive boost. It’s one of those days that comes somewhere close
to perfect in my opinion and the memory will stay with me forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Borealis - The Blackwood Gathering. How does such an intimate setting compare
to the likes of Bloodstock?</b></span><br />Nemeton Borealis – The
Blackwood Gathering was created by myself and another chap called Joe from
Bradford black metallers, Woes. It was hosted at a unique venue called Fell
Foot Wood in Cumbria. The venue itself is on a hill side which overlooks Lake
Windermere and is essentially a wooden barn type building. The area is such a
beautiful place and of course, being in the middle of the woods, is a perfect
setting for a black metal gig. We invited some of our friends bands to play and
we got a good mixture of black metal styles from across the UK.<br />
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The gig was a huge contrast to Bloodstock but in a different way was just as
special. The event was still very successful and there was a great turnout, but
unlike a summer festival, this was hosted at the turn of autumn and the whole
vibe of the evening was very different.
The whole gig was played by candlelight and the side of the venue opens
up to the outdoors, and of course, by 7pm it was dark so the atmosphere of the
night was amazing. We even played a short acoustic track outside in the middle
of the woods between the stage acts, lit by flaming torches.<br />
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We will be hosting the event again at a similar time next year so keep an eye
out for that one.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Infernal Sea. Was it a rewarding experience doing a vinyl release and would
consider doing something similar again, or are albums more suited to your music?</span></b><br />The Infernal Sea are a superb
band and we were honoured to do the split with them and to finally have our
music released on vinyl. We’d definitely do similar things again. Whilst we
will always focus on albums we hope to release at least some sort of EP or
split in between each full length.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">You’ve got to where you are by hard work and without the
backing of a label (and big fancy adverts in the press), so what advice would
you give to any band just starting out?</span></b><br />If you truly believe that your
band has something to offer the scene then you just have to put absolutely
everything into it. I can’t even begin to sum up the amount of time and money
we’ve put into Old Corpse Road over the years, but all it takes is one nice
comment from a fan, or a positive review and all of the hard work is completely
worth it. Add to which we are creating the music that we as listeners enjoy so
there is a lot of satisfaction in purely doing it for ourselves too.<br />
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Explore every avenue that you can for promotion, send promo material out to
everyone you can find, contact all zines, radio stations, gig promoters. Also
networking with other bands is key.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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for 2015?</span></b><br />The primary goal for the band
now is to complete and release our second album. I won’t go into a lot of
detail now, but we are very close indeed to being complete so expect big news
on that front very soon.</span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-67593869824575570482014-11-02T03:19:00.002-08:002014-11-02T03:19:27.476-08:00Deep Underground UK - Desolator<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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particular bands that directly influence us as a whole, individually we have
our own influences as musicians. To name specific groups that have influenced
Desolator, we’d probably say something along the lines of Megadeth, Razor,
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gigging, t-shirts, cds etc… rather than just relying on the internet to do your
promotion. How important is it for you
to keep up these traditions?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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there’s no other alternative other than playing as many shows as we can,
meeting new people, writing and releasing material. We’ll never be one of those
bands that release a shiny music video, play a few shows a year and watch the
YouTube hits go up. That’s not heavy metal!</span></div>
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revisiting some of our favourite places. We knew it was very ambitious of us to
go out and do a headline tour with only a few years and and album behind us,
but it was totally DIY (with some help from a few friends) and was such a cool
trip. We’re already starting to plan the next one, so look out!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">You self released your debut album, Total Attack in 2013.
Are you going to continue doing things for yourself, or do you think you need a
label to take you to the next level?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Until we get an offer that really benefits the band we
will continue to be self sufficient. We’ve had some interest from labels, but
unfortunately they are not offering anything we can’t do ourselves. We’ve done
pretty well so far on our own, so until something really good comes up we’ll
continue to speed on in our own way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">You’re off to Germany next year for the Thrash 'N' Speed
Mania V festival. I’m guessing that could open a few big doors for…. Maybe someone
like Nuclear Blast could notice you. What are your ambitions for the band and
what’s your ultimate goal?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yes! Playing Germany is one of our dreams, so we are
really excited for that. We’re not out to get noticed by big labels – we’re
realistic about it. Really, all we wanna do is play our brand of heavy metal to
people all over the world, write killer songs, play our hearts out and enjoy
everything that comes with it. We’re not trying to be the next big thing or
reinvent the wheel, but if people enjoy our music and continue coming to our
shows – that’s what our goal is really.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have some cool shows lined up for next year –
supporting Hirax in our hometown will be very special. We’ve got some all day
thrash festivals coming up in 2015 also, and plans to tour UK again and
definitely want to hit Europe again. We’re writing some excellent material for
the next album, so who knows, that may even surface in 2015! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom">https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom</a></span></div>
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-46230845716847215272014-11-02T03:05:00.002-08:002014-11-02T03:05:52.195-08:00Deep Underground UK - Reclvse<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Formed in 2013, three musicians embarked upon a mission
of pure DOOOM, recorded their first release in 2014 and made it available for
free online as well as for sale as a CD. They continue to write and record.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>I’m loving the band name. Is it because you feel adrift
of the rest of the UK scene in South Wales?<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Or is just a good name for a Doom band?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">J. It’s a good name for a Doom band - it is also to do
with isolation and the emotions appropriate to the style, glad you like the
name RECLVSE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">B. The name suits as we spend time in Ceri’s dimly lit
flat listening to a lot of metal and doom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">I’ve stayed in Mumbles (Langland Bay, to be precise) the
past few years and it’s such a beautiful part of the country. You’re surrounded
by a lot of natural beauty, so why is your music so gloomy?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C. This is the rainiest city in Wales, and I think
Mumbles gets the worst of it. It is the music we set out to make.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">J. Yes there is natural beauty in Wales which helps to
keep me sane but there is also urban and social decay – the music we make
offers some kind of catharsis to me and hopefully the listener. There can also
be elements of black humour intended which some have picked up on, having said
that the track included in this compilation is the most solemn of the three on
our release.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">B. We do have the Gower close providing the natural
beauty. Swansea city itself though can be a dark place when the clouds gather.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">You’re a relatively new band, yet your demo has received
some excellent press. How pleased are you with the progress you’ve made so far?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C. I think the progress shows in our new songs. As far as
press I am very pleased, it has been both supportive and constructive.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">J. We are completely DIY and just as skint, therefore
have had to be innovative in our techniques – I am extremely pleased with how
it has turned out and been received. We are working on new material and believe
that has great potential. So yeah, chuffed, DOOOOOOM!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">B. The demo has reached quite far and been compared to
some great music.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Retro sounding Doom, mainly bands with female singers,
have been flavour of the month recently. Does that give Doom more coverage than
it normally receives and does that filter down to bands like yourselves?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C. I don’t know. I listen to a lot of these bands so it’s
good from my perspective.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">J. Well I’m a man and I’ve never been the flavour of any
month haha. Yes there is great female talent out there, some of which I would
consider influences – all we tend to do is express ourselves and not worry
about bandwagons. We’ll be doing this style for as long as we’re all getting something
out of it and have ideas worthy of developing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;"><b>You mention that you were working on a split release with
another Doom band. How’s that progressing and when can we expect to hear some
new music?</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">C. Yes, that is where we hope the new songs will appear.
As for as time scales, maybe early 2015 if things go well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">J. Yeah, there’s nothing set in stone as yet but it does
look promising, this is an exciting step for us – watch this abyss! Cheers
Steve.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RECLVSE demo available for streaming & free download
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">News and photos available here:
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/RECLVSE">https://www.facebook.com/RECLVSE</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The demo is also available to buy from these distros:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Todestrieb Records (UK) <a href="http://distro.todestrieb.co.uk/">http://distro.todestrieb.co.uk</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shadow Kingdom Records (USA)
<a href="http://store.shadowkingdomrecords.com/">http://store.shadowkingdomrecords.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Hells Headbangers Records (USA)
<a href="http://shop-hellsheadbangers.com/">http://shop-hellsheadbangers.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RECLVSE, by RECLVSE<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Deep Underground United Kingdom is available for just £2 from Bandcamp</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom">https://sixsixsixmusic.bandcamp.com/album/deep-underground-united-kingdom</a></span></div>
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Sixsixsixmusichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15322303601625871476noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6035391625545935710.post-32182635278141439362014-11-02T02:57:00.000-08:002014-11-02T02:57:07.538-08:00Deep Underground UK - Daniel Wax Off<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">I know most bands
get asked about their name and it gets very boring after a while. But I have to
ask about the name Daniel Wax Off. My interpretation is that it’s a tribute to
masturbation, as in Daniel Whacks Off. Please tell me I’m wrong.</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We started as a Japanese influenced thrash band
.......Rose Rose, Jellyroll Rockheads, Exclaim, Crucial Section. And a band
called Flash Gordon who have a song called Daniel Wax Off! So that how we got
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We still cover that song and it's on Puttin Oot Da Thrash.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">Your music is so
old school, it takes me back to the 80s when I first discovered Suicidal
Tendencies. Have you any plans for a vinyl or tape release. Or have you
embraced the digital world we now live in?</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah as well as Jap thrash we love DRI , Excel , Suicidal
Tendencies and all those old crossover bands ......all the old bands did tape
and vinyl releases and we are hoping to have Night Of Da Shred pressed pretty
soon as well as the Flipped Up Records 7 inch comp which comes out soon. Having said that bandcamp is pretty easy to use!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Crossover is pretty dead in Scotland the only bands that
i know of are Genetic Mutation(rip) and Kingpin, but there are loads of good
hardcore, crust, punk and metal bands so we do play mixed bills a lot which we
think is the whole idea of the crossover scene. exposing punks to metal and
metal heads to hardcore.......yeah and the whole band are/were skaters, so we
do play a lot to skaters at parks and stuff.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So many skaters are into the trendy scene these
days...skateboarding is what it is but we prefer the more gnarly type, so with
regards to the scene it is pretty divided style, fashion wise. And music wise but we tend to stick together
and support each other regardless!!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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about recording a bit of a covers album........Spermbirds , Stupids, Intense Degree, Suicidal, DRIi,Jailcell
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Gods of War is an extreme metal band from Liverpool, UK. Formed in 2009, the band has consistently defied subgenre classification, as their music takes influence from many metal subgenres, including black, death, power, thrash and folk metal among others. The band has undergone various lineup changes in recent years, resulting in changes in musical direction.</span></div>
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joined in 2012, but the two years I’ve spent in it have been fantastic. I’ve
been able to meet some great people, explore playing different genres of metal
and forcing myself to improve at guitar both through the new stuff we’ve been
writing and learning the old stuff. We’ve recorded, played in different towns
all over the North of the UK, supported some awesome acts and are beginning to
make a name for ourselves. Couldn’t ask for more really!</span></div>
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gig to date; they’re a punk/heavy metal band who sing songs about Arnold
Schwarzenegger films, and we played to about 200 people at that gig, so that
was a great success. We also supported Jaldaboath at Warhorns festival in Selby
a couple of weeks ago; that’s a folk/black metal all dayer that we were very
suited to, and other bands that played included Red Rum, who are touring with
Alestorm at the moment, Forneus, as well as Iron Seawolf, which our rhythm
guitarist Nick is also in. We also played Mosh Against Cancer in Liverpool
which Eastern Front and Lawnmower Deth headlined, and we’re billed to support
Hecate Enthroned in Lancaster at the end of this month. It’s been a pretty big
year for us really!</span></div>
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from NWOBHM through to Black, Death and even Folk. Where do your main
influences come from and how do you get your music to sound so diverse, yet
cohesive.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The great thing about Gods of War is that each member has
a different set of influences, but each feed into and compliment each other and
we have an overall vision of the way the music should sound. Personally I’m very
influenced by bands like Cradle of Filth and Hecate Enthroned on guitar, as
well as melodeath bands like Dark Tranquillity, while still being influenced by
the standard greats like Maiden. I’ve also been listening to a lot of
soundtrack and ambient music of late and I think that’s beginning to come
through in the new material we’ve been writing. As for the other members, Jay’s
really influenced by jazz and prog and Nick’s mental for folk metal. Danny also
worships at the altar of classic black metal bands for his vocal style.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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see they’re available via Bandcamp. Have you not ventured into doing physical
releases?</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have done physical releases in the past but in the
very DIY way of just burning cds ourselves, putting them in plastic wallets
with the cover and handing them out at gigs. We’re looking into getting some
jewel case copies of Tales and future releases made and setting up a
professional way of selling them online, BigCartel or similar.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As I’m writing this, we had a rehearsal today in which we
finished a new song called ‘The Exorcist’. The song is classic Gods of War in
that it mixes so many styles that I couldn’t pin it down into a single subgenre
to describe it with, but I can tell you that it has parts that sound like
blackened thrash, a couple of very Gorgoroth inspired riffs, some sweet solos
and folky clean guitar. I also showed the guys some riffs I wrote after
Bloodstock that are very Maiden inspired and they seemed to like them, so I
think we’re gonna start work on them next practice. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In regards to when the next release will be, I really
couldn’t say as it depends how long it’ll take us to write enough songs for
another release, as we haven’t decided whether this will take the form of
another EP or of a full length album yet. If all goes to plan though, hopefully
we should have something out in 2015, and we will definitely release something
in 2016. Before that though, we will be playing the new material live, so make
sure you catch us if we’re playing near you. ;)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That’s
something I’ve wondered too. I think there’s a number of aspects to it really.
The practical side is that bands require multiple people of a similar mind set
and direction. Given the underground nature of black metal, finding people who
enjoy the music, want to play it and actually organizing and funding rehearsals
is quite difficult, with a solo band, you don’t really have these issues. Then
there’s the actual creative side; in a band, you have several people
contributing and the music may not always go in the direction you hope or want.
With a one man band, you know and decide exactly what you want to play and so
you can spend more time writing music rather than discussing what you’re
playing. There’s also the influence of bands like Burzum, which was certainly
an influence on me, as it makes you realize you don’t need to find a band in
order to make music, something which I think encourages people more. There’s
probably much more to say on the matter but I don’t want to ramble too much!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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does the visual form help you to create music?</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To me, good
art evokes some form of response in a person, and so I find that paintings
which move me in some way can offer inspiration. In a way, my music can be seen
as a form of interpretation of the paintings. I tend to write music and then
put lyrics to it afterwards, so the paintings more inspire the lyrics. There is
a link between the instrumental side of the music and the paintings though, I
try to find paintings that have a similar atmosphere to the songs I record, for
instance, I wrote the music to ‘The Lonely Tower’ song and saw the painting and
felt that the dark sound created by minor chords matched the quite dark
atmosphere of the painting, as well as the overall feel of both pieces matching
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">You seem to be always creating something new, even if it’s
just a cover version of another song. Do you need to keep yourself constantly
busy to keep your creative flow going?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would say
so. I’m always coming up with ideas but often find I struggle to put them into
a complete piece of music, and I find that learning other songs gives me new
ideas, such as to how to compose a piece. It’s also especially helpful during
those periods in which I encounter writer’s block, as it stops any feelings of
stagnation, and so encourages me to continue with music. Another benefit I find
is that it means I can practise recording and actually learning songs up to a
standard where they can be recorded, something which helps massively when
recording original material.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">You’ve been working on your debut album. Is it ready for
release yet? And what can we expect once it’s released? Will it differ greatly
from your demo, The Lonely Tower?</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’ve got
the album pretty much completely written, and I’ve got a few of the tracks
recorded, but with things like uni preparations it’s sadly had to take a
backseat. The uni has a proper recording studio I can use though, so I can
hopefully get a better recording than I would have back at home.<br />
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Musically, the three tracks from The Lonely Tower will be on the album.
Something I try and do with my music is make each song distinct- each track
sounds a little different, something which I hope makes the album interesting
to listen to, but in answer to your question,
I’d say that it will be in a similar vein to my demo. One thing I’ve
done for the album booklet is to put the lyrics over the paintings which
inspire or have a similar feel to them, something I hope gives the music that
little bit more context.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">Is this going to stay a one man project, or do you ever see
yourself expanding it into a band to play live? </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I would
like to keep Morvidus as a solo project, as it’s an outlet for me, and so a lot
of the stuff is personal to me. I already play in a band so that side of things
is already covered for me really. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><span style="color: orange;">And how is Uni life? As I discovered recently, you’ve just
started at the same University as my daughter, in York. </span></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s still
in its early days but it seems great! I’m quite fortunate in that in my
college, Vanbrugh, I get free use of a rehearsal space and there’s also a
recording studio which I can use for a very small price so it’ll hopefully
allow me to release my music with much better quality then my demo. I’ve also
met a couple of other guys who I’m going to jam with soon which should be
interesting. All in all, I have a lot to look forward to! </span><span style="color: #1f497d;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Nefarious Dusk was started in the winter of 2007 by me and
Aske when we recorded the original version of God is Dead which was never
released, we then tried to make the project into a live band but that didn't
last too long so we ended up putting everything on hold until 2011 when I
decided to bring it back, but didn't really do anything with the project until
around late 2013 when I got Azrael of Ethereal Forest involved with the project
and since then we have been working on an album which will consist of material
dating back to 2007 but all recorded between 2013 - 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anti - religion as that's what we are mainly about.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No, as I live in a small town on the north shore of the
estuary of the River Duddon in Cumbria, surrounded by mountains, valleys forests and sea, so as
you can imagine it's a pretty isolated place, so not many bands or even Metal
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But we do hold the highest number of Black Metal projects
between me and three others who are from Millom.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We have just recorded Hans Siste Vinter by Darkthrone which
will appear on One Cold Night In Norway, a tribute to Darkthrone which should
be released during December. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also we're currently in the progress of working towards an
album titled In Northern Mist, and
that's all I can say about that really.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Expect it to be released some time next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For me it has to be the atmosphere of course, I really enjoy
bands that manage to bring a load of atmosphere and creativity to their music.
For example early Emperor with their first album In the Nightside Eclipse that
album contains stacks of atmosphere and other bands like Zyklon B, Judas
Iscariot, Sear Bliss, early Dimmu Borgir and countless other bands that use
synths and keyboards in their music which add to the atmosphere.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Torver originally known as Sitri started around 2012 when me
and Burn's decided to do a side project with some material that we felt wasn't
suited to Helvellyn. We ended up working
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The first Torver release was inspired by demonology, anti -
religion and Blackened Punk more in the
vein of NatteForst and maybe a tiny bit of late Darkthrone with the style of
drums we used. But with our new line up we have taken a different direction,
it's still primitive but we have a new vocalist and Azrael has joined us on
synths so it will have a different sound once we have it finished.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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