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RRS941 - 1994
GROPE
PRIMATES
The excellent debut-album, for fans of Pantera, C.O.C. (and the likes). "Primates is the sound of us smashing up our gear in 14 days..." - Qvote, Tue Madsen.
When this release hit the street, Grope went on European Tour w. Dutch deathsters SINISTER (photo).

RRS942 - 1994
DOMINUS
VIEW TO THE DIM
Dominus´s debut album View To The Dim still stands as the most important danish black/death metal release of all times. -Lock up your children Dominus are coming your way!

RRS943 - 1994
INVOCATOR
EARLY YEARS
FIRST EDITION
DELETED
First version of this Invocator "must-have" was released as a tribute to the band and for Danish fans only; full bio and story of the band was written in danish! Cover-artwork was later changed to the better (see below).

RRS943 - 1994
INVOCATOR
EARLY YEARS
SECOND EDITION
Rare demo-tracks and previousley unreleased material from Denmarks oldest still existing (death) thrash band. Including cover-songs of Artillery and Dark Angel.

RRS944 - 1995
V/A
BRUTAL YOUTH
Live compilation from the Brutal Youth festival in Copenhagen.
Feat. Detest, Illdisposed, Physical Attraction, Saturnus, Iniquity and more.

RRS945 - 1995
ILLDISPOSED
HELVEDE
Music defining hatred - the complete history! Previousley unreleased tracks, "European bonus-tracks", demo- and promo recordings.
Cool insert with line-up, photos and details.

RRS946 - 1995
TREND
BITCH?
Provokative and reckless metal/streetcore. Trend goes way back in the Danish crossover scene out of which the Progress Family was born. Most members had played in numerous bands before forming Trend back in 1992, and it was mostly a project against the rigid and deadlock crap they were stuck in. Dedicating themselves to sex with ugly women, tattoos and moped songs Trend is a pretty good candidate to carry on the torch of the 90's new music: Pulse, hard-on and chill out!
"...fine musicians who have a deep passion for their music and lifestyle" Terrorizer (UK)

RRS947 - 1996
DAEMON
SEVEN DEADLY SINS
"If you like Wolverine Blues, you'll love this monster!" KKKK Kerrang! (UK).
"If gluttony is as good as it sounds here, then I want to be a fat, fat, fat old fuck!" 4/5 Metal Hammer (UK).
Featuring Nicke Anderson of Entombed/The Hellacopters and Anders Lundemark of Konkhra.

RRS948 - 1999
THORIUM
OCEAN OF BLASPHEMY
"If a band's style could be compared to a method for murdering, Thorium would undoubtedly be the executioner's axe" Terrorizer (UK). Project band, featuring members of Infernal Torment, Whitering Surface, Iniquity and Taetre.
Recorded at Grieghallen, Bergen/Norway (Emperor, Enslaved, Immortal etc.).

RRS949 - 1995
INFERNAL TORMENT
MAN'S TRUE NATURE
FIRST EDITION
DELETED/CENSORED
Several Cd-plants refused to manufacture this release due to the cover-artwork. National press freaked out and journalists returned their advance review-copies! Hate-mail and letters from religious organizations... But nothing could stop this blasting and grinding breed (see below), and today this is a classic death-grind metal release. Original version w. uncensored artwork was limited to 1.000 copies.

RRS949 - 1995
INFERNAL TORMENT
MAN'S TRUE NATURE
SECOND EDITION
Propably the most censored release on Diehard of all times. You can argue about the fact that freedom of speach isn't a right that we are all entitled to, or you can lean back and say I just don't give a fuck! -and indulge in this blasting grinding breed of Suffocation meets Cannibal Corpse.

RRS950 - 1996
GOAT
SACRED PILGRIM
Goat is the name of an all DISGUSTING and BLASPHEMIC fuck! Goat is a one-piece act founded by Goat himself with an intention to repulse a still conservative and commercialised Scandinavian death/black metal scene. Goat will make you shit your pants and cry for mercy! This is black-metal’s answer to GG Allen!!


RRS951 - 1996
CYBORG
CHRONICLES
A Cyborg is a cyber-genetic manifestation of God, a creator of arbitrary life. A Cyborg is identical with the future (technology) of body, spirit, and soul. A Cyborg is capable of reaching eternal life by means of reproduction and transplantation. CYBORG's "Chronicles" was received as one of our present time dimension's more visionary hardcore/death/techno sound creations. In the lab CYBORG have manipulated fusions of samples and vocal-dubs and the motherboard of their music contains bits of real time as well as computerized drum tracks.

RRS952 - 1996
DETERIORATE
The Senctious Entrance
In the late 90s Deteriorate put the final touch to their 2nd cd outburst entitled
The Senectuous Entrance which, besides 5 brand new tracks, contains the
best songs from the highly praised ´94 demo Gather The Neddish. The Senectuous Entrance equals total atmospheric grind black death along the lines of Emperor and Immortal ­ performed the typical uncompromising American way.


RRS953 - 1996
INIQUITY
SERENADIUM

Debut release from one of the oldest and most respected death metal bands of all times. Extremely heavy death metal with gloomy doom elements. This is a must-have!!!

RRS954 - 1997
CENTINEX
REFLECTIONS
Third album from this Swedish black death band. Recorded in the Abyss Studio (a.o. Hypocrisy, Marduk). The ”Reflections” CD was licensed from Danish label Emanzipation Productions and released thru Diehard/RRS in March 1997, later in the year the album was also licensed to slovakian Rock Extremum Records. Centinex played several gigs in Sweden, Finland and Denmark.

RRS955 - 1997
P.O.V. SECONDHAND
FRACTION OF FAITH
Gothic metal in the vein of Type O Negative and Sisters Of mercy. The songs on Fraction Of Faith are presented in a smooth production, mellow and dark.

RRS956 - 1997
EXHUMATION
SEAS OF ETERNAL…
Melodic and atmospheric death metal from Greece. Recorded in the famed Unisound Studio (Sweden).

RRS957 - 1996
SARCOPHAGUS
FOR WE…
Sarcophagus have existed since the late 80's and have a long and amazing story behind them. They don't wanna be lumped with the Norwegian
black metal scene. The band characterise their music as GRINDING APOCALYPTIC BLACK ART with lyrics in both English, German, Spanish and Norwegian. Meet the challenge and let yourself drag down into Sarcophagus' black universe!

RRS958 - 1996
OPPRESSOR
AGONY
Combining intensely heavy music with technical ability, blends together a unique style unfraid to stand firm with their musical beliefs, and not to compromise their original objectives. Resisting the trend jumping that so many acts follow, Oppressor bring to light the masterpiece Agony.

RRS959 - 1996
BLOOD OF CHRIST
A DREAM TO REMEMBER

Formed in the disheartening lands of Canada, Blood Of Christ portrays the disturbing stories of four individuals who bestow a prevailing institution to forge elements of death, black and doom-metal into their own elegance: Epic dark metal. Their CD-debut sports more precise musicianship than Blood Of Christ’s earlier recordings, and unequivocally it will be proven that this is one of the most ferocious, innovative and incremental bands of the 90s.


RRS960 - 1996
DYING FETUS
PURIFICATION THROUGH…
On their album Purification Through Violence, Dying Fetus gives a lesson in ultimate grind/blast-beat taming of the most extreme style of brutal death-metal. This album is definitely a 90s death-metal classic!

RRS961 - 1997
BARCODE
HARD JET SUPER FLASH
DELETED
"...a convincingly raw cocktail of East Coast urban noise and Entombed-style bop" KKKK Kerrang! (UK)
"Very much in the Sick Of It All/Agnostic Front vein" Metal Hammer (UK)
"Their brand of hardcore mixes up elements of the N.Y. style, Greg Ginnish Black Flagisms and a sligtly cartoony Punk simplicity" Terrorizer (UK)

RRS962 - 1998
CHARON
SORROWBURN
DELETED
Sorrowburn entered the official Finnish chart, topping such prominent artists as Celine Dion, Massive Attack, Cradle Of Filth and Rancid!
"Charon come across, variously, as Finland's answer to Type O Negative, Paradise Lost and Sentenced" Terrorizer (UK)

RRS963 - 1998
TAETRE
THE ART
DIGIPACK
Taetre (Sweden) play a unique combination of melodic and catchy deat metal added flavours from both black metal, old school metal and sheer heavy metal!
Produced by King Diamond guitarist Andy La Rocque.
6/7 Hammer (D)
10/15 Deftone (D)
KKKK Kerrang! (UK)


RRS964 - 1998
DAEMON
THE SECOND COMING
Side-project of Konkhra frontman Anders Lundemark. Produced by death-metal producer of all times Tomas Skogsberg (Entombed, Centinex, Dismember, Konkhra, The Hellacopters a.o.)!
"...sends the roof tumbling in" 8/10 Metal Hammer (UK).

RRS965 - 1999
TAETRE
OUT OF EMOTIONAL…
They are still from Gothenburg, Sweden, and they still play fast, tight melodic thrashy death metal. Once again the band has called upon the knobtwisting skills of Andy Laroque to produce their album. On "Out Of Emotional Disorder" Taetre has done 8 tracks of loud death metal, including a blistering cover of "Paint It Black" by the Rolling Stones.

RRS966 - 2000
CHARON
TEARSTAINED
To describe the style of Finland's CHARON, you could try to take the best from SENTENCED, AMORPHIS and a few ingredients of HIM, but still you would do them injustice to accuse them of plagiarism. Very nice and variable Gothic Metal can be found on "Tearstained", supported by a female opera-singer and a cello on a few tracks, adding to the variability.
I say that if CHARON had had the opportunity of supporting HIM on their tour, they would be high up in the charts! So give this band the chance it deserves! (The Metal Observer)

RRS967 - 2002
KOLDBORN
FIRST ENSLAVEMENT
Koldborn's debut album really have it all; brutality, melody, groove and intelligence.
"...monstrous chugging riffs, melodic solos and a mixture of guttural male and operic female vocals" 7/10 Powerplay (UK).
Produced by Jacob Bredal, featuring Heinz of Danish thrash sensation Hatesphere.


RRS968 - 2001
AURORA BOREALIS
NORTHERN LIGHTS
New American elite Band!
"...both pure black metal and technically proficient" Friend Of The Devil (UK).
"...violent and thoughtful speed with thrash metal influences" Hair Of The Wolf (UK).

RRS969 - 2001
NECROSPHERE
REVIVED
This Italian cult-band (previousley known under the name Cenotaph) started back in the late 80s, but changed their name to Necrosphere in 1999. "Revived" contains 11 tracks of classic and raw old-school death-metal, including a grinding cover-version of Slayer's Necrophiliac.

RRS970 - 2002
DAEMON
EYE FOR AN EYE

"...a truly colossal death-metal masterpiece" 8/10 Metal Hammer (UK)
"...no-frills death/thrash metal" 8,5/10 Blabbermouth (USA).
84/100 Aardshock (NL).
7,5/10 Terrorizer Magazine (UK).
Featuring maniac Gene Hoglan (Dark Angel, Old Mans Child etc.) on drums.


RRS971 - 2002
AURORA BOREALIS
TIME, UNVEILED
Once again America's Aurora Borealis raise their musical sword to cut through the crap. This is victorious death/black metal. A majestic follow-up to "Northern Lights". Featuring members of Nile, Malevolent Creation and Hate Eternal.

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