Bleakwood - blood and faith 7"

Another one man band post

Bleakwood from Sydney, Australia is the brainchild of Dan Nahum (drummer for Ironwood and Infinitum. ) But this project is a departure from both bands Ironwood is Progressive/Folk Metal and Infinitum is Death Metal...Bleakwood is 100% black metal and this release has easily become one of my favorite of this year. And as the label puts it...

"Blood & Faith is a record of extreme juxtapositions:
chaos and discipline, aggression and melancholia,
agitation and calm. A surging expulsion of pure emotion"

This ep is limited to 150 copies so don't sleep on it!! pick it up here
Check out more Bleakwood cuts here

Cheers to Foul is Fair Records for the advance tracks!(and the ep)


http://www.mediafire.com/?o2jtwzy0gq0

Immortal - all shall fall

After 6 years of silence Norway's Immortal return with their 8th album and it sounds like they haven't lost a step whatsoever. What more can I say about this? You SHOULD already be familiar with this band if not then shame on you. And if by some chance you haven't heard them then this is good place to start. Album drops the 25th of September in Europe and October 6th in the US. Buy it here or here.

http://www.mediafire.com/?umzomynry3m

Klabautamann - merkur

Klaubautamann come to us from Germany and play a progressive/jazz infused form of black metal not too unlike Enslaved.(Well at least on this album) I damn near had to do a double take to make sure I wasn't listening to Enslaved cos at times he sounds a lot like Grutle and some of the riffing reminds me of the vibe i got from the "monumension"/"below the lights" albums. I need to go back and check out their previous works because if they are anything like this one then I'm going to be a happy camper. This album happens to be in pre order right now through The End Records and is available as a t shirt/Cd package combo for 20$....can't wait to get mine.
So yea I'm reccomending you check this out.


http://www.mediafire.com/?jqmo1hdlfkq

Lugubrum - de vette cuecken

Here we have Lugubrum from Belgium and this is my favorite release by them, that's not saying all of their releases aren't good this is just the one come back to most often. It's nice and raw like their previous albums in a Darkthrone kind of fashion but on this album they seemed to step it up a notch and took what they were doing before and added a sludgy quality to the riffing. Kind of like if Black Sabbath decided to put out a raw black metal album but still that comparison doesn't do this justice. Another little extra they throw on this album is their use of a saxophone on several songs and in addition to that a banjo and a mandolin. Alot of typical black metal fans find this band a bit too bizzare for their liking but that's truly their loss if they aren't willing to open their mind to something a little different.

http://www.mediafire.com/?zdlz0jgyc1t