Austere (Aus) - Only the Wind Remembers / Ending the Circle of Life (2008) (Austere/Lyrinx Split)

Genre: Depressive-Suicidal Black Metal
About: The original split was a tape, but both bands re-released their parts of this split as EP's in 2009 on CD, and thats what these files are from. Austere has a fairly driving beat, and high pitched screams, whereas Lyrinx has a bit mellower, slower beat (almost doom metal-like at parts) with rougher screams. It is a 4 song album, but each song averages about 15 minutes, so it is an hour of screaming DSBM glory.

Austere (Aus)
1. Towards the Great Unknown 11:34
2. Only the Wind Remembers 13:24
Lyrinx
3. No Failure in Suicide 16:15
4. Isolation 18:42
Total playing time 59:55

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Austere - To Lay Like Old Ashes (2009)

Genre: Melodic Depressive Suicidal Black Metal with Emo infuences (not kidding...)
About: Another great album, but they must be getting bored with Black Metal because towards the 2/3 mark of this album, they switch to emo vocals. Which is... interesting... But you can come to your own judgement.

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Austere - Withering Illusions and Desolation (2007) (Austere (Aus) - Withering Illusions and Desolation)

Genre: Depressive Suicidal Black metal
About: A really raw album, but what I feel distinguishes it is first of all the beautiful melodies of the guitars... secondly what i have dubbed "dying puppy vocals"... I don't think there are any lyrics to this album, i think someone was just sitting there with a microphone stabbing a puppy. 3:07 in track 1 for example. And it just goes on.... But I love this album and these vocals, they are very appropriate for the type of music being played.

The second album, which i may upload at a later time, moved to more traditional black vocals, and even emo vocals... 0_o

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Mythology - Tepes (2009) (Mythology (US) - Tepes)

Genre: True Raw Epic Black Metal
About: I found out about these guys randomly, one of them was at Summer Slaughter 3 handing out demos. I am glad I had that chance encounter, because this is a really unique band, and that demo is on here as well if you click the Mythology tag at the bottom. That album was more like blackened death metal, or i prefer the term deathened black metal... but this one is pretty much pure black.

Anyway, This band has shown that they are ready to play with the big boys with this demo. It is raw, brutal, while at the same time there are beautiful melodies. It concludes with the epic 9 minute track "The Dragon's Fall". It's technically a demo, but it's 47 minutes long. The production is just raw enough for this type of music. Even if the production was perfect and clear, the music would still be raw. This is so raw it is bleeding. I doubt you will find anything this raw in 2009 or the future, unless perhaps you eat a cow while it's still alive (see tag on bottom). Oh, and an excerpt from Monty Python is used, pretty kvlt. Anyway, why are you still reading this when you could have had it downloaded already?

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Mythology (US) - An Infernal Grave (EP) (2008) (v0 mp3)

Genre: Blackened Death Metal with hints of Thrash Metal, indie pop grindcore, and inverted jazz. (side-note: last two genres may be made-up)
About: I was at Summer Slaugher 3 in upstate NY and some guy was walking around handing CD's. Little did I know it was this amazing Black/Death Metal band from Plattsburgh. This is a promotional CD from 2008, with re-recorded demo songs. Apparently only 100 copies were ever produced. I am proud to have one of them. They also have a full length and a Split, and a new EP in 2009 (click artist tag at bottom). More information, including a 95% review for this EP:

http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=83622

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