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Track # Band Album Description
1 Nostalgia Exclusive to this compilation Hailing from California, Nostalgia is a dark ambient, experimental electronic project lead solely by M.H. http://www.myspace.com/nostalgicfuneral
2 Endless Dismal Moan Lord of Nightmare The Japanese terror known as Endless Dismal Moan is the solo project of Chaos9 and he creates some of darkest most sinister black metal ever imagined. http://www.myspace.com/endlessdismalmoanjp
3 Putre et Solve Exclusive to this Compilation From Belgium is the experimental electronic project of Lord Leviathan whom also creates similar dark sounds under a variety of other monikers. http://www.myspace.com/putreetsolve
4 Inquinox Entranced by Twilight's Gaze Another major standout in the American black metal scene, this Seattle Washington based epic, melodic, symphonic black metal band will astound you. http://www.myspace.com/inquinok
5 Conversations About The Light Barren Eyelids Flowering The dark ambient, experimental, harsh noise project from Seattle, lead by Robert Osgood appear with a bewildering cover of the Swans song You Need Me. http://www.myspace.com/conversationsaboutthelight
6 Endless Blizzard Beyond the Frozen Gates I wanted EB to appear on last years compilation, but the time wasnt right until now. Endless Blizzard is the solo effort of Roskva Stramaglio where he creates old school sounding black metal. http://www.myspace.com/endlessblizzard
7 Mountain Mirrors Mountain Mirrors Fairhaven, Massachusetts band Mountain Mirrors, lead by Jeffrey J. Sanders could best be described as psychedelic folk/acoustic music with strong progressive rock influences, although this particular track shows the darker side of the band. http://www.myspace.com/mountainmirrors
8 Verhören Exclusive to this compilation Verhören is the solo project of J.W. from Phoenix, Arizona. So far no releases have seen the light of day, but hopefully one day soon his ambient/neo classical sounds will enrich the ears of many. http://www.myspace.com/verhoren
9 MarAmon Me, Myself, I Originally forming as a melodic black metal band in Sweden back in 2001, MarAmon has since shifted their sounds towards a more catchy melodic death metal sound. http://www.myspace.com/maramon
10 Sombrous Exclusive to this compilation From Minnesota we have the ambient, electro, neo classical band Sombrous.
11 Rictus Grin Living the Dream It seemed appropriate to get one of the better bands from my local scene to hopefully get these guys a little more exposure around the world. Rictus Grin is a melodic death/thrash metal band thats been going strong for a number of years now and is easily one of most popular bands in Wisconsin. http://www.myspace.com/rictusgrin
12 A.Lixivia w/ Verhören Exclusive to this Compilation A.Lixivia is a neo folk project from Québec, Canada. This particular song features J.W. from Verhören on keyboards. http://www.myspace.com/lixivia
13 Caïna The King Beneath Caina from the United Kingdom is one of the most original and daring black metal projects currently making music. This one man band combines raw black metal, with neo folk, post rock, and ambient soundscapes to form a sound unlike any other. Here the projects mastermind A covers the Death in June classic Fields of Rape. http://www.myspace.com/cainaband
14 Arc Fatalis Exclusive to this Compilation Arc Fatalis is a two-man ambient black metal project of Skon & Toras from Massachusetts & Tennessee. To date the band has released one demo and recently it has been re-released. http://www.arcfatalis.com/
15 Admatha Echoes in Wilderness Admatha is another up and coming metal band from the USA that plays a type of melodic black metal with death metal & acoustic influences. This song is from their soon to be released new MCD called Echoes in Wilderness.' http://www.myspace.com/admathaband
16 The Arid Sea New Roman Twilight The Arid Sea is a Dark rock/folk band from Seattle, Washington, which I discovered a few years ago on mp3.com, and after listening to some of their old songs I knew I just had to get them on this compilation. http://www.myspace.com/thearidsea
17 Taliesin Eternal Night Mist Since forming last year Taliesin, the project of Karl Haikara from Golden, Colorado has released over a dozen demos and a number of split releases as well. Taliesin plays ancient nature black metal exclusively. http://www.myspace.com/taliesin
18 Spectral Lore Exclusive to this Compilation Spectral Lore is the dark ambient/raw black metal project of Lycaon Ayr from Athens Greece.
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Track # Band Album Description
1 Nostalgia Exclusive to this compilation Hailing from California, Nostalgia is a dark ambient, experimental electronic project lead solely by M.H. http://www.myspace.com/nostalgicfuneral
2 Endless Dismal Moan Lord of Nightmare The Japanese terror known as Endless Dismal Moan is the solo project of Chaos9 and he creates some of darkest most sinister black metal ever imagined. http://www.myspace.com/endlessdismalmoanjp
3 Putre et Solve Exclusive to this Compilation From Belgium is the experimental electronic project of Lord Leviathan whom also creates similar dark sounds under a variety of other monikers. http://www.myspace.com/putreetsolve
4 Inquinox Entranced by Twilight's Gaze Another major standout in the American black metal scene, this Seattle Washington based epic, melodic, symphonic black metal band will astound you. http://www.myspace.com/inquinok
5 Conversations About The Light Barren Eyelids Flowering The dark ambient, experimental, harsh noise project from Seattle, lead by Robert Osgood appear with a bewildering cover of the Swans song You Need Me. http://www.myspace.com/conversationsaboutthelight
6 Endless Blizzard Beyond the Frozen Gates I wanted EB to appear on last years compilation, but the time wasnt right until now. Endless Blizzard is the solo effort of Roskva Stramaglio where he creates old school sounding black metal. http://www.myspace.com/endlessblizzard
7 Mountain Mirrors Mountain Mirrors Fairhaven, Massachusetts band Mountain Mirrors, lead by Jeffrey J. Sanders could best be described as psychedelic folk/acoustic music with strong progressive rock influences, although this particular track shows the darker side of the band. http://www.myspace.com/mountainmirrors
8 Verhören Exclusive to this compilation Verhören is the solo project of J.W. from Phoenix, Arizona. So far no releases have seen the light of day, but hopefully one day soon his ambient/neo classical sounds will enrich the ears of many. http://www.myspace.com/verhoren
9 MarAmon Me, Myself, I Originally forming as a melodic black metal band in Sweden back in 2001, MarAmon has since shifted their sounds towards a more catchy melodic death metal sound. http://www.myspace.com/maramon
10 Sombrous Exclusive to this compilation From Minnesota we have the ambient, electro, neo classical band Sombrous.
11 Rictus Grin Living the Dream It seemed appropriate to get one of the better bands from my local scene to hopefully get these guys a little more exposure around the world. Rictus Grin is a melodic death/thrash metal band thats been going strong for a number of years now and is easily one of most popular bands in Wisconsin. http://www.myspace.com/rictusgrin
12 A.Lixivia w/ Verhören Exclusive to this Compilation A.Lixivia is a neo folk project from Québec, Canada. This particular song features J.W. from Verhören on keyboards. http://www.myspace.com/lixivia
13 Caïna The King Beneath Caina from the United Kingdom is one of the most original and daring black metal projects currently making music. This one man band combines raw black metal, with neo folk, post rock, and ambient soundscapes to form a sound unlike any other. Here the projects mastermind A covers the Death in June classic Fields of Rape. http://www.myspace.com/cainaband
14 Arc Fatalis Exclusive to this Compilation Arc Fatalis is a two-man ambient black metal project of Skon & Toras from Massachusetts & Tennessee. To date the band has released one demo and recently it has been re-released. http://www.arcfatalis.com/
15 Admatha Echoes in Wilderness Admatha is another up and coming metal band from the USA that plays a type of melodic black metal with death metal & acoustic influences. This song is from their soon to be released new MCD called Echoes in Wilderness.' http://www.myspace.com/admathaband
16 The Arid Sea New Roman Twilight The Arid Sea is a Dark rock/folk band from Seattle, Washington, which I discovered a few years ago on mp3.com, and after listening to some of their old songs I knew I just had to get them on this compilation. http://www.myspace.com/thearidsea
17 Taliesin Eternal Night Mist Since forming last year Taliesin, the project of Karl Haikara from Golden, Colorado has released over a dozen demos and a number of split releases as well. Taliesin plays ancient nature black metal exclusively. http://www.myspace.com/taliesin
18 Spectral Lore Exclusive to this Compilation Spectral Lore is the dark ambient/raw black metal project of Lycaon Ayr from Athens Greece.
