Of Things Seen & Unseen is the sophomore full length by UK-based Serpent Venom, after Carnal Altar. This new full album was recorded at the Skyhammer Studio in Autumn 2013 with nobody else but Chris Fielding at the helm - think Conan, Moss, The Wounded Kings, Ageless Oblivion or Electric Wizard, amongst tens of others.
I do not know whether Sahsnotas can be considered a Permafrost-side project, but fact is that both combos share a member. Anyway, under the Sahsnotas-moniker, there were two self-released demonstrational recordings at the very beginning of this century, called Creator Of Chaos and Kriegerblut, spawn onto the world in respectively 2000 and 2001. Both of them are compiled under command of the first demo’s title, Creator Of Chaos, after being digitally re-mastered, and with new artwork. Reason?
Omega are a Greek combo, consisting of Goulthor (g, v), Hades (v, g), Disaster (b), and Minion Of The Antichrist (d). They were formed about nine years ago and after a first demo, they were able to sign to Evil Spell Records, a sub-label of Undercover Records from Germany. In 2010 they released a first album (Second Coming, Second Crucifixion), followed in 2012 by a split-EP with Ravencult.
Very recently I did review the newest album by Quebec-based act Neige & Noirceur, Gouffre Onirique Et Abîmes Cosmiques, posted on June 1st on Concreteweb. But this one-man project has a pretty impressive, and highly interesting discography as from 2005 on. This review deals with a re-release of Neige & Noirceur’s second demo, 2007’s L’Abîme Des Jours, L’Écume Des Nuits, originally released via defunct Ohio-based Dungeons Deep Records.
“Martyr Defiled” a Britisch death/hardcore band from Lincoln formed in 2008. Current members are: Ryan Smith - Guitars, Richard Duffin - Drums (2008-present), Matthew Jones - Vocals (2008-present) and David Trees - Guitars (2011-present).
The Finnish band Katakombi was formed in 2011 and debuted one year later with Hämärän Vartija. Since that moment, Katakombi played millions of gigs (at least: almost…), especially in their home country, which made their fan-base grow enormously. Now they return with an untitled mini-album (duration: twenty six minutes), which was recorded and mixed at the Space Junk Studio with Kimmo Nyyssönen. And damn yeah, but it comes with fantastic cover artwork, done by Heikki Hautala, known from bands like e.g.
Insomnium ( latin for dream) a Finnish formed in 1997 playing melodic death metal. Current members are Niilo Sevänen - Vocals/Bass, Ville Friman - Guitars/Vocals, Markus Vanhala – Guitars and Markus Hirvonen – Drums.
Inexistenz are a Slovenian one-man project by a guy called B., formed in 2010, with a first (and self-released) album shortly after (called Lebensweg). Inexistenz now return with the sophomore full length, Erfundene Welten, which lasts for about thirty six minutes (six tracks).
Immoral Majority from Portland, Oregon, are one of the most extreme bands. Half of the crew is female, by the way, with one of the most extreme female screamers on earth in its ranks. They released a mini-recording last year (Cut Your Losses) and within the very same vein continues this beautiful collection of lullabies, sweetly entitled Exist To Get Pissed. But after the first listen I knew: these guys and girls indeed are pissed!
One of the best known Doom-acts from Japan is (in their home country), and will be (internationally), Funeral Moth, formed in 2005 by former members of e.g. Deathchurch, Coffins and Morquido. With their self-titled 2006-demonstrational recording they drew attention of the great Weird Truth Productions-label, but that isn’t that surprising for guitarist / singer Makoto Fujishima owns this Japanese label.
