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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). |
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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! |
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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). |
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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. |
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RRS944
- 1995
V/A
BRUTAL YOUTH
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Live compilation
from the Brutal Youth festival in Copenhagen.
Feat. Detest, Illdisposed, Physical Attraction, Saturnus,
Iniquity and more. |
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RRS945
- 1995
ILLDISPOSED
HELVEDE
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Music defining
hatred - the complete history! Previousley unreleased tracks,
"European bonus-tracks", demo- and promo recordings.
Cool insert with line-up, photos and details. |
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RRS946
- 1995
TREND
BITCH?
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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) |
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RRS947
- 1996
DAEMON
SEVEN DEADLY SINS
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"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. |
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RRS948
- 1999
THORIUM
OCEAN OF BLASPHEMY
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"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.). |
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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.
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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. |
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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-metals answer to GG
Allen!! |
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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. |
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RRS952
- 1996
DETERIORATE
The
Senctious Entrance
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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. |
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RRS953
- 1996
INIQUITY
SERENADIUM
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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!!! |
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RRS954
- 1997
CENTINEX
REFLECTIONS
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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.
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RRS955 - 1997
P.O.V. SECONDHAND
FRACTION OF FAITH
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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. |
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RRS956
- 1997
EXHUMATION
SEAS OF ETERNAL
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Melodic and
atmospheric death metal from Greece. Recorded in the famed
Unisound Studio (Sweden).
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RRS957
- 1996
SARCOPHAGUS
FOR WE
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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! |
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RRS958
- 1996
OPPRESSOR
AGONY
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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. |
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RRS959
- 1996
BLOOD OF CHRIST
A DREAM TO REMEMBER
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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 Christs earlier recordings, and unequivocally
it will be proven that this is one of the most ferocious,
innovative and incremental bands of the 90s.
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RRS960 - 1996
DYING FETUS
PURIFICATION THROUGH
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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! |
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RRS961
- 1997
BARCODE
HARD JET SUPER FLASH
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"...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) |
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RRS962
- 1998
CHARON
SORROWBURN
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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) |
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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) |
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RRS964
- 1998
DAEMON
THE SECOND COMING
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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).
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RRS965
- 1999
TAETRE
OUT OF EMOTIONAL
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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.
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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)
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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.
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RRS968
- 2001
AURORA BOREALIS
NORTHERN LIGHTS
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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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