Saturday 13 August 2011

Witchclan - Promo Tape 2011







Genre: Black Metal
Origin: United Kingdom


Witchclan are a band still firmly rooted in the UK underground, but were also part of the original black metal scene of the early 90's.  Having release two demos in 90 & 91 the band eventually split and the witchclan name remained dormant for a number of years.  Then in 2009 Matt Bass one of the members of the band decided to start the Witchclan name up again as a solo project in order for him to fully oversee every aspect of the bands sound and writing.  With a new demo released in 2010 Matt struck a deal to release a full length album which is to be released September/October through Darkness Shade records.   The full length is titled Misanthropist and pre-orders are already being taken.  However a small amount of promo tapes had been made (limited run of 15) to be sent to labels in order for them to hear the new material.  Most of these were sent out with 2 or 3 remaining, these tapes contain the rough versions of three of the tracks that will appear on the final album.  Me being a hoarding collector at heart and already a fan of the band after buying their original demo contacted Matt and managed to get my hands on one.  After the first listen i knew the full length was going to be amazing, the comparison with the 2010 demo is night and day.  Every aspect of the sound, song writing, composition etc has taken massive strides forward and made this a release i am anticipating to a massive degree.


Track Listing:
1. Intro
2. Conqueror
3. Through Nordic Lands
4. Misanthropist
5. Outro

Grimorc - The Devil's Touch







Genre: Black Metal
Origin: Finland


A one man project from Finland in the form of Grimorc.  This their second demo and only other release since 2002 is very heavily worshiping at the altar of Burzum, and to be honest this is the reason it works so well.  It could just come accross like a blatant rip off of one of black metals best bands, but instead it's more of a humble homage in honour of the style that Varg created.  With this in mind, this release actually comes accross really well and is basically for anyone who's ever remotley enjoyed a Burzum album.  No online rip of this but copies of the tape are still floating around in distros.  check it out if you get the chance.

Track Listing

1. My Revenge
2. Heroes Of The War
3. The God Of Total War
4. The Devil's Touch
5. Through The Dismal Path
6. The Darklords Ring