Dream Into Dust - "The World We Have Lost" (1999 elfenblut) *re-up by request 12-2-20*

1. Maelstrom 3:53
2. Cross The Abyss 6:48
3. Mercury Falling 5:26
4. Nothing But Blood 4:50
5. Enemy At The Gates 5:28
6. Farewell To Eden 5:23
7. Eternal Inquisition 4:25
8. The World We Have Lost 8:52
9. Not Above But Apart 5:17
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various artists - "Sounds of Approaching Destruction volume 1" (1998 THTUnderground)

"Extreme dark music compilation with styles ranging from black metal, melodic death metal, doom, gothic, to haunting experimental music. Bands featured: DEUTERONOMIUM (Finland), KEKAL (Indonesia), DEVOUT (NZ), NECROMANCE (germany), PARADOX (UK), TWITCH (USA), SACRIFICIUM (Germany), MANIFESTIUM (Finland), ANATHOTH, THE FLUOXETINE EFFECT (USA), & VITALITY (Norway)."

side A:

1.deuteronomium - blue moment

2.kekal - a day the hatred dies

3.devout - scolded in evil

4.necromance - vom hindern

5.paradox - a prayer of suffering

6.twitch(pre-lackthrow) - ...in sheep's clothing (cleanversion)

side B:

7.sacrificium - verify error

8.manifestium - kehraaja

9.anathoth - funeral of the olden creation

10.the fluoxetine effect - fateful compulsion

11.vitality - away from destruction

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diamanda Galas - " guilty guilty guilty " (2008 Mute Records Ltd.)

another work by the incomparable ms. galas.

1.8 Men And 4 Women
2.Long Black Veil
3.Down So Low
4.Interlude (Time)
5.Autumn Leaves
6.O Death
7.Heaven Have Mercy



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die form - 'tears of eros" (1993 Hyperium Records)

oooooh feel it...can you feel it? FEEEEEL IT! 1 Imagine 4:44 2 Erotic Non Stop 5:03 3 Doctor X 5:12 4 Transcode 5:03 5 Imagine (Revoiced Mix) 3:33 6 Tears Of Eros 5:23 Ω

Penitent - "as life fades away" (1998 Draenor Productions)

feels 100's of years old in the best way.
current genre labels don't really apply so much.
strangely enough this sounds a bit more hopeful to these ears than much other penitent.
beautiful compositions hearkening back to another age.

1 Entering The Gate 4:03
2 The Birth Of My Funeral 10:47
3 I Die And Become 10:13
4 The Shadow Of Sorrow 8:31
5 Into The Vast Eternity 7:44
6 A Last Temptation 7:21
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Penitent - "...the beauty of pain..." (1997 Draenor Productions)

1 Autumn Is The Beauty Of Pain 13:50 2 Black Is The Sun Shining 4:22 3 Into The Great Inferno 7:20 4 A Mournful Bridge Over A River Of Tears 10:56 5 Necropolis 5:15 6 My Secret Garden 8:05 Ω

Penitent - "Melancholia" (1996 cold meat industry)

debut cd by Penitent.

super gothy, in a good way, neoclassical, ambient and darkwave.

1		Prolog / I Det Uendelige (4:41)
		[Original Poem] - Marquis De Sade
2		Stille (5:32)
3		Veien (4:28)
4		The Dance Of Demons (3:09)
5		The Undertaker (5:55)
6		Possessive Thought (5:35)
7		Det Sorte Tjern (12:57)

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Fallen - "a tragedy's bitter end" (2004 Aftermath)

another great cd with less than stellar artwork. excellent atypical funeral doom from norway with deep droning gothy vocals and orchestral elements.

...and review from The Metal Crypt: (http://www.metalcrypt.com)

"This was a surprise. I got this with the latest Runemagick in the promo envelope from Aftermath, and I was like "hmm", because normally Funeral Doom is not really my thing, but I was just blown away by this release. Fallen are from Norway, and they have apparently been around for a while, but this is their debut. And I have never heard a better release in this genre. This album once again points up the idiocy of doing top ten lists every year. If I had heard this, it would have been on there easily for last year.

The major gripe that I and others level at badly done Doom is that it's boring. "Slow" replaces "Epic", and rather than melancholic music, you get somnolent. Well this is veeeeerrry slow music, but it is nothing short of captivating. From the first sweeping chord of the magnificent opener "Gravdans" I was just caught up in this, and I could not stop listening to it. Huge, booming riffs backed by beautiful orchestral keys create a beautiful, compelling soundscape that rises to towering heights of keen despair. There is nothing uptempo, happy, or accessible about any of this, and yet I was caught from the first note. The vocals are a pleasant surprise, as they are not harsh but a low, deep clean voice that is less singing than intoning the lyrics. The vocals actually sound a bit like Big Boss of Root held to a low moan. It's very distinctive, and very cool, and it adds a whole other dimension to already excellent music.

If you like Funeral Doom or depressive music like Agalloch, then you have to have this, as it is just the best album of its kind I have ever heard. A huge, involving, sweeping work that is never anything but bleak, and is too beautiful to stop listening to. Being on a small label, I doubt many people will get the chance to hear this, but they should. A magnificent album."

1.	Gravdans	10:55
2.	Weary and Wretched	14:35
3.	To the Fallen	03:31
4.	Morphia	07:02
5.	Now That I Die	17:50
6.	The Funeral	03:07

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Arcana - "body of sin" (2002 Cold Meat Industry)

1.we rise above
2.body of sin

TT: 19:06

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dismal IV

DISMAL IV PLAYLIST:


1. sturmast-my prayer is my inner armour
2. soul whirling somewhere-i give up, goodbye
3. coil-further back and faster
4. the unquiet void-in the garden(black tape for a blue girl cover)
5. audio paradox-consumed
6. xiphoid dementia-logic
7. internal empty-ennui (remix)
8. burzum-Die Kraft Des Mitgefuhls
9. tara vanflower- i lost the moon
10. me myself & i-things saved for a rainy day
11. john weise-no bears
12. a hymn for her- the passing of the spirit
13. joe colley(crawl unit)- reversal for high speed paralysis
14. navicon torture technologies-white oleander
15. tribes of neurot/neurosis-eve

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Sanctum - "Lupus In Fabula" (1996 cold meat industry)

what a terrific cd.
sounds every bit as fresh today as it did over 10 years ago.
"lupus in fabula" is full of beautiful compositions containing various stringed instruments(excellent use of the cello), male and female vocals, ambient elements, harsh industrial, neo-classical flourishes and truly haunting stories of light and dark.
a beautiful and chilling thought provoking experience, this is not to be missed.

also, be sure to check out THE CRESCENS COLLECTIVE, which continues as a branch of the guys behind sanctum, putting out excellent product still.

1 Dragonfly (5:34)
2 In Two Minds (4:54)
3 Little Scamp With Horns (0:22)
4 Juniper Dream (3:54)
5 Inner Sanctum (5:09)
6 Decay (3:49)
7 Crescens (6:16)
8 The Door (2:13)
9 Envy (7:01)
10 Too Real (3:10)
11 Too Close (4:06)
12 Nightmare (3:02)
13 Salvation (4:55)
14 Remorse (4:36)
15 Closing Remark (5:50)

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Virgin Black - "trance ep" (1998 self released)

*(the back cover art looks really sweet, but i haven't gotten around to taking a pic yet and can't find it on the web)*

1. opera De Trance

2.a Saint is Weeping

3.Whispers of Dead Sisters

   I    sadness

   II   angst

   III reflection

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DISMAL XXV

DJ NON presents: DISMAL XXV

*with this particular episode of DISMAL, many tracks were remixed and/or edited, but not all*

1.fennesz - grey scale
2.skadi - novissima nox
3.northern valentine - already gone
4.endvra - the frozen moon
5.progetto morte - novita' (self titled version)
6.brighterdeathnow - necrose evangelicum
7.navicon torture technologies - what would i be without this feeling? (original version)
8.kayoma-sdyeane - behold the sky/...over the i
9.thorofon - punished by blindness
10.caul & kirchenkampf - i am the one whom you have hidden from
11.caul - darkness (remixed and remastered)
12.me, myself & i - overstimulated (a hymn for her remix/edit)
13.bealiah - untitled (from anthology of the undead)
14.anaphylaxis - respite (remastered dismal edit)
15.anaphylaxis - level
16.merzbow + nordvargr - hidden

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Avrigus - "the final wish" (warhead/repulse records 1998)

from inmusicwetrust.com:

By: Jeb Branin

Another moody gothic band whose metal roots are obvious but not much utilized. The tunes on "The Final Wish" are slow and atmospheric. They meander along like a lonely waif wandering aimlessly through life. Longing, misery, desire, anger, regret, and hopelessness are all emotions examined in the lyrics and music. The soft female vocals are disturbing in their surrender of joy and haunting in their delivery. Imagery of feudal history is used to add to the emotional effectiveness of the album. The 'dark ages' are iconically endowed with certain thoughts that make them a seemingly miserable time in human history.

1 The Final Wish (7:01)
2 As Ivy Groweth Green (8:13)
3 Desolate (3:36)
4 Flesh (5:49) 

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DISMAL XXIII

*DJ NON presents DISMAL XXIII, mixed and remixed.  Yet another hour of the dark ambient, gothic, industrial, chill of dismal.*

a hymn for her - intro dismal 23
diamanda galas - exeloyme
beequeen - remind me of you
starfrost - the outer darkness
kava - winter in summer
destrum - this impending night
anaphylaxis - a brief respite
EnGrave - intercession
anaphylaxis - venus, twice removed
EnGrave - visions of martyrs
porteur de l'image - implosion
penitent - transfiguration
rune's order - winter night (reprise)
rune's order - slow death
wilt - amidst a spacious fabric 6
Caul & Kirchenkampf - darkness and water
vidna obmana - torch of remembrance
starfrost/anaphylaxis - the outer darkness, whispering
northaunt - and i fade away
vestigial - celebrating the new sun
pholde - the sum of the factors controlling the presence

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