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Tuesday 23 March 2010

Sentenced - North From Here

Sentenced

NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Death/Black Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Finland
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Doom, Nature, Depression, Love, Suicide
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 1993

Recommended if not known
This is Sentenced first album, has nothing to do with their last stuff, for all of you that dont know it. Great Band. You should have heard this.

Sentenced was a Finnish metal band, formed in 1989 and disbanded in 2005.
Sentenced was originally formed in 1989 in the town of Muhos, Finland as a death metal band. The band produced their first album “Shadows Of The Past” in 1991 with singer/guitarist Miika Tenkula. The next two albums “North From Here” and “Amok” and the following EP “Love & Death” had bassist Taneli Jarva as singer, but in 1995 Taneli decided to take a few years off to rest before starting a new band, The Black League. Sentenced recruited Ville Laihiala in 1996 and put out the album “Down”.


Tracklist:

1.My Sky Is Darker Than Thine05:48
2.Wings04:32
3.Fields of Blood; Harvester of Hate06:18
4.Capture of Fire06:37
5.Awaiting the Winter Frost05:51
6.Beyond the Wall of Sleep03:35
7.Northern Lights05:16
8.Epic05:57
Total playing time43:54




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Thursday 18 March 2010

Pensées Nocturnes - Grotesque


NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Black Metal/Neoclassical
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: France (Paris)
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Nihilism, solitude, nature
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2010

Pensées Nocturnes is a depressive Black Metal/Ambient/Classical one-man project, fronted by Vaerohn and hailing from Paris (France). The band formed in 2008. The music, while rooted in the depressive black metal genre, draws great influence from Classical composers, namely Chopin.


Tracklist:
1.Vulgum Pecus03:11
2.Paria09:21
3.Rahu07:07
4.Eros04:30
5.Monosis09:33
6.Hel09:59
7.Thokk08:18
8.Suivant02:05
Total playing time54:04


Galar - Til Alle Heimsens Endar


NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Viking Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Norway - Bergen
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Norse Mythology, History, Battles
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2010

4 years later here it is the second album of this band. Their previous album was also one of the firsts albums we upload when we started NW, and Hugin og Mugin song is in a Compilation.

Galar, hailing from Norway, was formed in 2004 by M. Kristiansen (screams, guitars and bass) and S. B. Johnsen (lyrics). They released their first and only demo early the next year. A. B. Lauritzen (clean vocals, bassoon and grand piano) participated only as a session member at the time, but joined the band on a permanent basis shortly after the completion of the demo.

Current line-up
Slagmark (Marius Kristiansen) - Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Fornjot (Are B. Lauritzen) - Clean Vocals, Piano, Keyboards, Bassoon

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=49614

Tracklist:

1.Forspill01:51
2.Ván06:48
3.Paa frossen mark05:07
4.Grámr09:18
5.Det graa riket04:38
6.Ingen siger vart vunnin05:54
7.Til alle heimsens endar06:51
8.Etterspill02:15
Total playing time42:4



Tuesday 16 March 2010

Metsatöll - Äio




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Folk Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Estonia
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: War, Nature, Mythology
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2010

ABSOLUTELY RECOMMENDED!!!!!

Metsatöll, an Estonian folk metal band, was formed in 1999 in Tallinn by Markus Teeäär (vocals), Silver “Factor” Rattasepp (drums) and Andrus Tins (bass), playing epic heavy metal with small influences from ancient Estonian folklore. The debut album called “Terast mis hangund me hinge” (Steel Frozen in Our Souls) was released at that time. In 2000, a good friend Lauri “Varulven” Õunapuu joined the band.

Official Website:
http://www.metsatoll.ee/

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/metsatoll


Tracklist:

1.Ema hääl kutsub02:11
2.Kui rebeneb taevas04:29
3.Tuletalgud04:05
4.Vaid vaprust03:43
5.Äio03:18
6.Vihatõbine05:29
7.Kuni pole kodus, olen kaugel teel02:36
8.Vägi ja võim05:22
9.Minu kodu05:37
10.Nüüd tulge, mu kaimud03:25
11.Roju04:20
12.Kabelimatsid04:31
13.Verijää06:25
14.Jõud04:49




Amorphis - Eclipse




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Melodic / Progressive Death Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Finland
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: War, Death, Kalevala
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2006

Amorphis is a Finnish metal band started by Jan Rechberger, Tomi Koivusaari and Esa Holopainen in 1990. Amorphis absorbed and incorporated influences from many metal genres, and with time passing their sound evolved dramatically. Initially, the band was a death metal act, but with time they have evolved into making music that is more classifiable as doom metal with folk influences, and, more recently, progressive metal and hard rock, utilizing increasingly complex arrangements and a less brutal sound. Amorphis is also well known for their use of the Finnish national epic, the Kalevala, as a source for their lyrics.

Official Website:
http://www.amorphis.net/

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/amorphis

Lyrics:
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/amorphis/eclipse.html


Tracklist:

1.Two Moons03:22
2.House of Sleep04:10
3.Leaves Scar03:38
4.Born From Fire03:59
5.Under a Soil and Black Stone04:13
6.Perkele (The God of Fire)03:31
7.The Smoke03:39
8.Same Flesh04:40
9.Brother Moon04:47
10.Empty Opening05:48
American bonus track:
11. Stonewoman (03:35) - (From the House of Sleep single)



Monday 15 March 2010

Folkearth - Rulers Of The Sea




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Folk Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: International
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: European Mythologies
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2009

Folkearth is an international folk metal supergroup. Until now they have released seven albums. Their debut ‘A Nordic Poem’ was released in 2004, their second album ‘By The Sword of My Father’ followed in 2006, third came ‘Drakkars In The Mist’ in 2007, the fourth, fifth and sixth (respectively ‘Father of Victory’, ‘Songs of Yore’ and ‘Fatherland’) were out in 2008 and their latest work ‘Rulers of the Sea’ was released in 2009.

Official Website:
http://www.folkearth.cjb.net/

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/folkearth


Tracklist:

1.The Voices of the Dead04:19
2.Rulers of the Sea04:16
3.The Doomed Crusade05:07
4.Lord of the Spear05:10
5.The Prince of Epirus04:14
6.Cosmogenesis04:18
7.Folkearth04:56
8.I Am Fire04:20
9.Apollonian Light04:25
10.When the Gods Doth Return04:26
11.Byzantine Princess03:59




Dissection - The Somberlain




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Melodic Black / Death Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Sweden
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Death, Occult, Chaosophy
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 1993

Dissection is a melodic death/black metal band from Strömstad, Sweden. The band was formed in 1989 by Jon Nödtveidt (vocals / lead, rhythm & accoustic guitars). The other members were Ole Öhman (drums), Peter Palmdahl (bass), and John Zwetsloot (rhythm & classic accoustic guitars). In 1990, Dissection played their first live show with death metal act Entombed. In the same year, they recorded and released their first demo entitled The Grief Prophecy. A year later the first EP Into Infinite Obscurity was released. In 1992, Dissection began work on a full-length album, The Somberlain.

Official Website:
http://www.dissection.se/

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/dissection

Lyrics:
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/dissection/thesomberlain.html


Tracklist:

1.Black Horizons08:10
2.The Somberlain07:05
3.Crimson Towers00:49
4.A Land Forlorn06:38
5.Heaven's Damnation04:40
6.Frozen03:44
7.Into Infinite Obscurity01:05
8.In the Cold Winds of Nowhere04:20
9.The Grief Prophecy / Shadows Over a Lost Kingdom03:29
10.Mistress of the Bleeding Sorrow04:34
11.Feathers Fell00:41




Emperor - In The Nightside Eclipse




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Black Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Norway
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Satanism, Nature, Mythology
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 1994

Emperor is an influential Norwegian black metal band that represents a synth laden, progressive yet brutally aggressive and chaotic part of the genre, something quite different from the minimalism of other originators of the Norwegian black metal sound (e.g. Darkthrone).
The band was formed around the core members Samoth (Tomas Thormodsæter Haugen) and Ihsahn (Vegard Sverre Tveitan) of the death metal band Thou Shalt Suffer and bass player Mortiis (Håvard Ellefsen) in Notodden, Norway, 1992.

Official Website:
http://www.emperorhorde.com/

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/emperorhorde

Lyrics:
http://www.darklyrics.com/lyrics/emperor/inthenightsideeclipse.html


Tracklist:

1.Intro00:52
2.Into The Infinity Of Thoughts08:14
3.The Burning Shadows Of Silence05:36
4.Cosmic Keys To My Creations & Times06:06
5.Beyond The Great Vast Forest06:01
6.Towards the Pantheon05:57
7.The Majesty Of The Nightsky04:54
8.I Am The Black Wizards06:01
9.Inno A Satana04:48
The 1999 and 2004 remasters include 2 bonus tracks:
10. A Fine Day to Die (Bathory cover)
11. Gypsy (Mercyful Fate cover)




Friday 12 March 2010

Borknagar - Universal




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Progressive Black Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Norway
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Nature, Science, Cosmos
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2010

Borknagar is a band from Bergen, Norway founded in 1995 by Øystein Garnes Brun. The band began as a black/viking metal band and quickly adopted a more progressive metal style after their first album. As such, the band’s most known style would be that of progressive black metal, with most of their albums taking from this style. Borknagar’s lyrics often deal with philosophy, paganism, nature, and the cosmos. Øystein Brun stated once that the name was inspired by a Scottish legend about a man who climbed Lochnagar, a mountain in Scotland.

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/borknagar


Tracklist:

1.Havoc06:42
2.Reason06:55
3.The Stir of Seasons04:01
4.For a Thousand Years to Come06:46
5.Abrasion Tide07:14
6.Fleshflower03:28
7.Worldwide06:59
8.My Domain04:49
Bonus tracks:
09. Coalition Of The Elements (05:42)
10. Loci (02:03)



Balrog - Bestial Satanic Terror




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Black Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: France
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Satan, Destruction, War
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2006

Balrog is a black metal band from Paris (France). It currently has one member: Balrog (Sébastien Tuvi) and the band was formed up in 1999. Balrog released 3 albums: Kill Yourself (2001), Bestial Satanic Terror (2006) and Ars Talionis - The Art Of Retaliation (2007).
The label of the band is “Holy Records”.

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/balrogbm


Tracklist:

1.Intro01:46
2.Through The Eyes Of The Beast04:13[view lyrics]
3.Give War A Chance03:35[view lyrics]
4.Nazgul Warlord04:11[view lyrics]
5.H'oref Shah'or03:46[view lyrics]
6.Createur05:06[view lyrics]
7.Destroyer (The Broken Alliance)03:58[view lyrics]
8.Where All Paths End04:09[view lyrics]
9.Kingdom (Burn Away From Me)04:03[view lyrics]
10.Ashes Of Yrushalaim04:56[view lyrics]
11.Outro01:44




!T.O.O.H.! - Řád A Trest




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Progressive Death Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Czech Republic
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Politics, Misanthropy, Gore
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2005

Formed in 1990 in Libice nad Cidlinou, Czech Republic under the name Devastator, they eventually changed their name to !T.O.O.H.!, an acronym for ‘The Obliteration of Humanity’. !T.O.O.H.! is hard to classify into one genre, showing elements of death metal, grind, folk-influence, and even progressive metal. They have released four albums: From Higher Will (1999), Z Vyšší Vůle (2000) (This was the Czech release of From Higher Will, which has Czech lyrics instead of English ones), Pod Vládou Biče (recorded as a duo, 2003, means “Under the Reign of the Whip”), and Řád a trest (2005, means “Order and Punishment”).

Official Website:
http://www.tooh.wz.cz/

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/theobliteration


Tracklist:

1.Al-Amin (Aneb Jak Vycakat Jelito)04:48
2.Analyza Zahnedy03:05
3.Konec Kontinentalniho Kontejneru03:27
4.Hanicka - Pribeh Nebozacky (Aneb Co Se Stalo U Slepeho Koryta)03:19
5.Abu-Hassan03:23
6.Rad A Trest04:26
7.Ja Samaritan02:40
8.Padaji, Piskaji03:39
9.To Je Jizda Bozinku02:44
10.Kali05:11



Monday 8 March 2010

Elffor - Frostbitten Pain

Elffor


NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Atmospheric Black Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Basque Country (Spain)
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Misanthropy, Landscapes, Darkness
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2010

One of the best bands on this country, with a style in the line of summoning or raventhrone.

Elffor is the side project of Suffering Down and Numen (Esp) keyboardist Eöl.
Elffor recently contributed a track to the "And In The Darkness Bind Them" 2 CD Summoning tribute out on Echoes Of Koliba Productions (Elffor contributed the track 'Kortirion Among The Trees.')
ELFFOR started as a Medieval Black Ambient band by SUFFERING DOWN's keyboard player Eöl in the end of 1995. He also holds a tradition with MOORLAND and FROSTFOGG. Elffor, a one man project, debuted in September 1998 with the album "Into The Dark Forest...". "Son Of The Shades" followed in 2002.

'The Throne Of Hate' (2004) added black metal to Elffor's music. He released fourth album "The Unblessed Woods" in 2006. He still continues to re-release his old materials through his homepage http://www.elffor.com.



Tracklist:

1.A Cold Funereal Breeze09:55
2.Instinct's Enslavement09:35
3.Ancestral Spirit10:45
4.Chaos Moon08:15
5.Icewind08:05
Total playing time46:35



Sunday 7 March 2010

Wizard - Thor



(HQ Cover)

NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Power Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Germany
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: War, Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2009

The band is often called “Germany’s answer to Manowar”. The lyrics are similar: which often are about battles, metal, war, steel and such subjects. (The exception is the album Odin, which is a concept album about Norse mythology). Wizard does play a little bit faster than Manowar though, and does have a high-pitched vocalist.

Official Website:
http://www.legion-of-doom.de/

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/wizardband


Tracklist:

1.Utgard (False Games)04:49
2.Midgards Guardian04:27
3.Asgard04:12
4.Serpents Venom04:43
5.Resurrection03:47
6.The Visitor05:52
7.What Would You Do?03:29
8.Utgard (The Beginning)06:35
9.Stolen Hammer04:32
10.Lightning03:29
11.Pounding In The Night03:31




Amesoeurs - Amesoeurs




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Black Metal / Shoegaze
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: France
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Modernity, Urban Life, Depression
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2009

Organic, introspective metal from Avignon, France, led by Neige (also in Alcest, ex-Mortifera, upcoming Lantlôs, Peste Noire and Phest). The music combines the early/mid-90’s black metal sound with elements of post-punk and female vocals. During the summer of 2004, Amesoeurs was formed by Neige, Audrey Sylvain, and Fursy Teyssier (also of Les Discrets) with the purpose of creating music that reflects the dark side of the industrial era and modern civilization.

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/amesoeurs


Tracklist:

1.Gas in Veins05:10
2.Les Ruches Malades04:19
3.Heurt06:01
4.Recueillement07:01
5.Faux Semblants04:21
6.I XIII V XIX XV V XXI XVIII XIX – IX XIX – IV V I IV01:41
7.Trouble (Éveils Infâmes)04:49
8.Video Girl04:11
9.La Reine Trayeuse05:32
10.Amesoeurs04:03
11.Au Crépuscule de Nos Rêves11:17



Saturday 6 March 2010

Asgaroth - Trapped In The Depths Of Eve...




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Black/Doom Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Spain
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Darkness, Death, Sadness
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 1997

Thanks to AskeFjell for this album!!

Asgaroth sprang into being as a solo project by Daniel in 1995 who joined forces with Chris soon after. The partnership worked well together and in 1996 the duo released a mini CD: ‘The Quest For Eldenhor’, recorded at The Control Room (now Maxim Sound) in Barcelona - released through Newgotia/Repulse Records. With a great response from the national & international music press the duo enlist a drummer and set about recording their first full-length album: ‘Trapped In The Depths Of Eve’. Recorded again, at The Control Room sometime in autumn 1996, the album is a union of symphonic black & death metal and again is well received by the press. The purists hail this body of work as Asgaroth’s best.

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/asgaroth


Tracklist:

1.Cry the Way We Greet Our Fates01:25
2.Victorious Men of Earth07:17
3.Omens (Presagios)05:50
4.A Call in the Winds...02:30
5.The Dark Force07:24
6.Last Battle (Tower of Doom)06:06
7.Lost in Natura03:58
8.The Choirs of the Elemental Deities03:53
9.Prelude in Dusk00:55
10.Placious Echoes at Darkwoods You Greet... Silvering Moon Between My Shadows06:33
11.Outroduction03:16




Friday 5 March 2010

Bran Barr - Sidh




NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Celtic Folk/Black Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: France
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Mythology, Nature
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2010

RECOMMENDED!!!!
A celtic folk/black metal from France. Released their debut album "Les Chroniques De Naerg" in 2000. They have released their new album "Sidh" on 29th February 2010, ten years after their debut album.

Official Website:
http://www.branbarr.fr/

Official MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/branbarr


Tracklist:

1.Origin - The Birth Of Fearg02:04
2.Celebration - Son of Nuadh Amhach04:59
3.Fury - Exile Of The Orphan07:36
4.Passage - The Curse Of The Manimal02:23
5.The Call - Gathering The Tribes08:50
6.Rebirth - Morgan's Gift to Righ'Sidh06:26
7.Profedïez04:44
8.Revelation - In The Dominion of Kernunnos05:36
9.Journey - The Grand Quest For The Magical Acorn12:00
10.Ode Aux Lointains Souverains (Stille Volk cover)04:06




Wednesday 3 March 2010

Kalmah - 12 Gauge


NORTHERN WARRIORS#Style: Melodic Death Metal / Death Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Finland
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Political, Personal Struggles, Swamps, History
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2010

Recommended !!!
I've been waiting for so long for this album ^^ this is one of the best mdm they play a stronger sound and more Thrash than the common mdm.

Kalmah is a band from Pudasjärvi, Finland. They are influenced by a high velocity brand of European Melodic Death Metal similar to that of metal bands like Children Of Bodom and Norther. The quintet formed in the autumn of 1999 following the demise of its first incarnation, Ancestor. In less than a year after its birth, Kalmah was signed by Spikefarm Records, a division of the Finnish label Spinefarm.

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=702

Tracklist:

1.Rust Never Sleeps05:16
2.One Of Fail04:10
3.Bullets Are Blind04:27
4.Swampwar04:19
5.Better Not To Tell03:58
6.Hook The Monster04:04
7.Godeye04:25
8.12 Gauge05:50
9.Sacramentum06:28
Total playing time42:57



Catamenia - Cavalcade

Catamenia


NORTHERN WARRIORS#
Style: Progressive Melodic Black Metal
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Origin: Finland
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Lyrics: Darkness, Nature, Occultism, Winter, North, Cold
NORTHERN WARRIORS#Year: 2010

Catamenia is a Melodic Dark Metal band founded in 1995 by original members Riku Hopeakoski and Mika Tönning in Oulu, Finland.
Catamenia released their first demo album in their first active year, simply titled Demo ‘95. Their second demo, titled Winds, released in 1996, led to a four-album contract with Massacre Records in 1997. Their debut full-length album Halls of Frozen North was recorded in 1997 with Gerhard Magin (Crematory, Mystic Circle) and was released in 1998. A year later they recorded their second album, Morning Crimson (1999) in Sweden, at Sunlight Studios with Thomas Skogsberg (Katatonia, Dismember).



Tracklist:

1.Blood Trails04:59
2.Cavalcade04:59
3.The Path That Lies Behind Me04:20
4.Silence04:29
5.Quantity of Sadness04:29
6.Post Mortem04:27
7.The Vulture's Feast05:15
8.A Callous Mind04:06
9.Reincarnation05:23
10.Angry Again (Megadeth cover)03:36
11.Farewell (Sentenced cover)(Bonus Track)