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Sarcotrofia DARK MOOR Sexecution

Avulsed

news & updates: Diatonic, Vehemence, Propaganda, Otargos, Extreme Noise Terror www.fuglymaniacs.com (issues online, videos, …)

— Metal Bulletin Zine P.O. Box 1339 Lake Stevens WA 98258 USA Metal Bulletin Zine #1-20: (2006-2009): Wisconsin #21-26: (2009-2010): Texas #27(2010)--now; Washington state All album reviews, news, updates below are by MMB, unless stated otherwise. -— HIMINBJORG (France) Wyrd Osmose Productions release: 18 December 2015 This melodic black metal/Viking/folk/pagan band started in 1996 and has a discography of some seven albums. This new album is a tale of two sides. The first half has the headbanging tunes somewhere between black metal and folk metal, energy and melody. The main vocals are traditional black metal. There are also other vocal styles, such as chanting or melodic vocals. The guitars can often go at full black metal speed, yet, the melodies never stay away for long, including the folk melodies, and some symphonic elements.

The second half brings soundscapes and forest/folk atmosphere, which begins in earnest with track number 6: “The Mirror of Suffering,” in which chanting vibes come to the forefront and become substantially more pronounced on the next: “The

Shamanic Whisper,” which is not a song, but an exercise in contemplation, as the title itself makes it known. Then “Another Shore” extends this very atmosphere through folk, slow energies. Album closer “The Eternal Light” takes out the album in a heavier direction, while keeping the pace slow and letting the melodies dominate. The album does a solid job of showing the different elements of the music. Far from one-dimensional, the album takes a few listens to be understood as a total work. Those who are tolerant and open to eclectic albums in the style of folk/pagan/Viking/black metal will consider it a worthwhile album, I believe. www.himinbjorg.fr www.facebook.com/himinbjorg www.himinbjorg.bandcamp.com Slutvomit (Washington state) According to the book of heavy metal written in blood on iron pages, if you name your band with the word “vomit” in it, then you are hereby obligated to play raw extreme metal that is perfect for cult status and zealous allegiance of diehard underground metalheads. I have never met these maniacs, but they sound

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fine, fine metal band that would make Nifelheim and Blasphemy proud. Check the picture of the band with the mighty Nifelheim.

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They sound like they have had enough of the hipsters and indie rock people that populate the college town of Bellingham. Hey, no need to feel sorry for yourself if you are a metalhead, form a band and play the metal that you want to hear. Metal Archives says that they formed in 2006 and they have the following discography: the “Satanic Slut Metal” demo from 2007, the “Turning the Cross Towards Hell” EP from 2011, and the “Swarming Darkness” album from 2013. Now they are threatening society with a new album! Meanwhile you can bang your head to the “metal of death” songs that they have available for you here: www.facebook.com/Slutvomit-123318014412787/ HELLLIGHT (Brazil) Journey Through Endless Storms Solitude Records Death doom requires patience, above all. Doom is popular in 2015, so maybe it is time that these Brazilians get some recognition. Fortunately for me, the band has its roots planted in British and Swedish doom/death doom, the kind in which

the songs matter. Thus, it is definitely slow heaviness, but there is melody and melancholy here, there is a sense of

songs. If you are up for some death doom, go ahead and sit down, grab your headphones and relax. This is going to take a while, it’s going to be slow motion, the way that melancholic death doom always is. www.helllight.bandcamp.com/album/journey-through-endless-storms www.facebook.com/solitudeprod www.facebook.com/helllightdoom Sarcotrofia It is the time for these zombies from Mozambique to prove that metal music will not be stopped, no matter what the circumstances may be. In 2006 the drumming maniac named Goro Fast decided to bring together a group of metalheads that could take metal from the mind to the gutter. I should warn you: if you are a politically correct individual and you get easily offended by disgusting imaginations, you better stop reading right now because things are about to get fugly. Sick and disgusting death metal is the only game in town here. I don’t have much information to tell you, except that this band is not for those with a weak stomach. The band is: Namesis Daude: grunt screams chaos Euclides Anatolly: guitar butcher chaos Jubless Jubileu: bass abuser chaos Goro Fast: horrible drumming chaos

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The band writes guttural brutality with songs like the EP “Left to Rot”: 1.Ghost Monk 03:10 2.Brutal Stab 04:53 3.RATM 04:53 4.Benighted 04:29 5.Panic At Morgue 05:52 total time 23:17 If you hate brutal metal make sure you listen to this EP so that you hate it more. If you love this EP make sure that you call the doctor, you sick freak. www.soundcloud.com/sarcotrofia www.facebook.com/SARCOTROFIAKERNICTERUS DARK MOOR (Spain) Project X Scarlet Records release: 6 November 2015 At this stage of their career, the metal veterans are living in their own world, doing their best to achieve perfection. The band built its reputation on power metal, but increasingly they are more drawn to orchestral metal.

This time the band has dialed back the rocking guitars, and dialed up the classical music and the classic rock, for a sound similar to a rock opera. The band has been doing this mix of orchestral sounds and melodic metal for a while. This is another chapter in that trajectory. While the diehard power metal listener will not necessarily be thrilled with the lack of power metal, the public that likes the idea of classical music and melodic metal will take to this album quite easily. The quality shows that the band has worked hard to take new directions, and to push for something exciting for themselves and for their supporters. The band has been around a long time and the power metal crowds in Europe know them. The band began in 1993, and this album is their tenth, hence the name. Keep in mind that people know them for being a power metal band, but the last couple of albums find the band moving in a more orchestral direction. They keep making quality music, regardless of genre. www.scarletrecords.it www.dark-moor.com www.facebook.com/official.darkmoor/

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NEWS & UPDATES Sexecution How much thrash/heavy metal from Colombia does your library have? This is a relatively new band that started in 2014, but Metal Archives points out that the members of this band were in the band Virgin Killer. Now they have this new band called Sexecution and you can hear the new recording called “Black Widow” on Bandcamp.

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looks like they have been doing some gigging in Colombia and like they are picking up some steam in this early stage of the band, which is: Liseth Camacho: vocals Paola Quitian: guitars Patricia Prado: bass Manuela Quintero: drums www.sexecution.bandcamp.com/releases www.facebook.com/Sexecution-1439943016293247 www.twitter.com/sexecutioncol AVULSED (Spain) Altar of Disembowelment release date - September 9th, 2015 Xtreem Music Avulsed is an old, old death metal band that is stronger than the cockroaches because they never die

and just keep going, making death metal throughout the years, all the way from the early 90s. As usual, they are back with a new recording of nothing but death metal, in the old way of underground true traditional death metal. Check it out.

"Altar of Disembowelment" by Avulsed 1.To Sacrifice and Devour 04:52 2.Red Viscera Serology 04:32 3.Ceremony of Impalement 05:11 4.Tremble in the Darkness 04:49 5.Neon Knights (Black Sabbath cover) 03:22 total time 22:46 www.xtreemmusic.bandcamp.com/album/altar-of-disembowelment www.facebook.com/1991Avulsed/ www.twitter.com/avulsed1991

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Diatonic Hidden Pieces Into the Night Records release: 20 November 2015 Diatonic is somewhere between older "melodic death metal" and midtempo, groovy melodic growl metal in general. The guitar work is direct and chuggy, while the melodies appear layered above these chunky rhythms.

Sometimes the music may sound a bit doom-ish, but it never really goes into that slow mode for an extended period of time. On the

other hand, on a song like "Followed" the melodies really shine, even sound a bit pop-ish or happy. The album is nine songs and about 36 minutes. It goes by rather quick, actually. For your information, Diatonic's Joakim Antman's other bands include Overtorture, The Ugly, Decadence, and Hellicon. On Diatonic, Joakim apparently plays everything, except drums, which are handled by Fredrik Widigs, who is the drummer for black metal band Marduk. Fredrik and Joakim both play in The Ugly, a black metal band. Into the Night Records will re-release this 2014 album and Diatonic’s next album scheduled for 2016. However, keep in mind that Diatonic is not black metal at all. It's something more melodic, ear-friendly and groovy. www.facebook.com/ITNRecordsWI/ www.facebook.com/Diatonic-556433497833993/

VEHEMENCE Forward Without Motion Battleground Records release: 23 October 2015 This death metal band from Arizona, U.S. apparently has been gone for 10 years or more. They used to be on Metal Blade Records and in 2004 they had the album called “Helping the World to See.” The period of absence from the public eye is over because they have a new album. The new work is an upfront, modern death metal album with gruff vocals and blasting, but the difference is that the guitar work shows a lot of effort to be memorable both in the riffs and the soloing.

This type of “melodic death metal” is different from the metalcore that some people associate with the term. The band clearly considers itself part of death metal and they sound like it, while at the same time the guitar work shows that they are not afraid of skill and hard work. These veterans strike a balance between keeping the music heavy and being confident to do their own take on “melodic death metal” in 2015. www.facebook.com/vehemenceofficial www.soundcloud.com/vehemenceofficial www.twitter.com/vehemenceaz www.facebook.com/battlegroundrecords www.battlegroundrnr.com www.twitter.com/battlegroundrnr

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Otargos Xeno Kaos Kaotoxin Records release: 13 November 2015 Here we go again with the malevolence of Otargos and its new album. The album is new to Metal Bulletin Zine because it was received just recently, so it’s difficult to say where this new work will stand in relation to the previous titles. One thing is for sure: the band continues to push its modern extreme metal. In fact, you might say that Otargos is France’s answer to Poland’s Behemoth and to Austria’s Belphegor and Germany’s Negator.

This is the band’s sixth album and by now they are experts at what they want: the best possible modern sound of extreme metal. The band blasts as fast as possible, but they are skilled at slowing things down for moments of real heaviness, like people associate with sludge, but here the slow segments do not last too long as the band keeps its extreme metal close to heart always. It seems that the band has added a bit more melody. As a result, while still cold, dark and modern, there is enough melody to suggest that the band is adding new elements with each passing album, though nothing super drastic. In other words, modern extreme metal very much rules the day

for Otargos, the same as it ever has. That’s exactly what their supporters expect. That’s exactly what they will get again: consistent, reliable, Otargos. www.otargos-terror.com www.facebook.com/OTARGOSband www.kaotoxin.com PROPAGANDA The Mask Of Sanity Brute! Productions release: October 20, 2015 It’s the time for superguttural pinch harmonics ultra blasting slamming death metal, of which Indonesian bands are master practitioners. This band will not disappoint the zombie diehard fanatics at all. You won’t understand a single word and you will be dizzy with the endless line of blasting slamming of monumental monotony specialization. If you are not familiar with how Indonesians do this thing, you can’t go wrong with this album. You will either love it and mosh or love it and bang your head. Don’t approach if you hate the brutal extreme. www.propagandabogor.bandcamp.com/ www.facebook.com/propagandadeathmetal666 EXTREME NOISE TERROR Extreme Noise Terror Willowtip release: 5 November 2015 The grind/crust band has a storied biography worthy of a documentary and they seem to be regarded as one of the more honest bands, in terms of music and politics. The band is generally known for one of the most genuinely obnoxious sounds characterized by two screamers Dean Jones ad Phil Vane (1967-2011). Dean

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Jones and company are still at it, with former Gorerotted and The Rotted vocalist Ben McCrow joining for the double screaming. The band has gone through some serious changes in styles and personnel throughout its time. For instance, the album “Being and Nothing”(2001) found the band going in a full blasting death metal direction. The new album sees the group stick to the early sound of crust/grind/punk. The band claims that the recording is pretty honest. For instance, consider what vocalist Ben McCrow says about this new album: “I was a big fan of EXTREME NOISE TERROR as a teen, long before I joined, specifically of A Holocaust In Your Head and Phonophobia. If I was going to compare this new album to anything the band’s done before I’d say it sits nicely with those two.” In terms of an honest recording, McCrow explains: “ … the drums, bass and guitars were done live with the leads added after and me and Dean sharing a mic going through a seventy-six-year-old analogue valve amp.” In other words, the music is meant to sound like the band is live, and it’s not overly computerized and processed. Basically, the band is aiming for the classic sound for which people know them. They achieve their objective very successfully on this new one. www.facebook.com/extremenoiseterroruk www.extremenoiseterror.co.uk www.willowtip.com www.facebook.com/willowtip www.willowtip.bandcamp.com www.twitter.com/Willowtip THE END October 31st, 2015 This zine is available at:

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