Two new Grand Belial's Key tracks are on the new drakkar site

[ScottG]

http://arkadyss.com/drakkar/main_frame.htm

go to productions and then radio

Both songs sound very good.

Here's the cover of the new GBK:

This band shares most of it's members with Arghoslent, who should also have a new album ready soon. 2005 isn't over yet.

 

[Ellestin]

Yeah, I've heard those two songs. Great stuff, groovy in places and eeeeeeeeevil as fuck. Would you recommend me to get "Judeobeast Assassination"? This has been at the back of my mind for some time.

Btw while you're on this radio thing, check out a band called Alcest, they play a weird but pretty ear-catching blend of primitive black metal riffs and eerie acoustic lanscapes with clear singing like the guy is on a trance or something.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

never heard this band before, it's pretty good. It's going on my list of things to get for winter time evil.

 

[Demonspell]

The Shitagogue...yet another fine line between stupid and clever from these guys.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

"Kosherat"

lolz

 

[J.]

GBK is neato black metal.

 

[Ellestin]

Alcest fucking rules. It's weird because it has a very black metal style production and riffing style and whatnot but shit is in major scales and sounds all calm and almost happy at times, it's strange

My point as well. I wasn't surprised when I learned the guy behind Alcest used to play in Celestia too, because I get a similar feeling with Celestia - raw and unspectacular BM but now and then some disturbingly "happy" riff or synth would kick in. And I don't mean happy in a kitsch Bal-Sagoth kind of way, rather like in "OK I'm gonna get killed in two hours now let's take some LSD, get real fucked up inside and forget about the world forever...". You know, some twisted "Alice in Wonderland" vibe, I don't know how to describe it but it's worth getting into.