Italian Pagan Symphonic Black Metal: Opera IX (Biella, Piedmont, Italy) - Gothik (Demo 1990) | Demo '92 (Demo 1992) | The Triumph of the Death (EP 1993) | The Call of the Wood (Full-length 1994) | Sacro culto (Full-length 1998)

         

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐞𝐰𝐬

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Opera IX

Biella, Piedmont
Italy 🇮🇹
Occult Pagan Symphonic Black Metal

𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Ossian - Guitars (1988-present)
ex-L'Antica Via del Nord

Dipsas Dianaria - Vocals (2018-present)
Consummatum Est, Mek Na Ver,
Hiems (live), Murk (live), ex-Vidharr,
ex-Agatunet, ex-Deathrow (live),
ex-Riti Occulti

L.P. Vault - Drums (2021-present)
Dying Awkward Angel, Highlord,
ex-Housebreakers, ex-Warloud,
ex-Avatar, HBM, Kellogs Koko Punk,
ex-Amethista

Velum - Keyboards (2022-present)
Consummatum Est, Il Giardino Onirico,
Mek Na Ver, Emanuele Telli

G.G. - Bass (2023-present)
Dead Chasm, Evilspell, Expired, Ira,
Perfidious, ex-Dawn, ex-Drown in Blood,
ex-Daemoniac, ex-Irreverence,
ex-Torment, ex-Violentor, ex-Sepulcral

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬

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Opera IX

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲

Gothik
Demo 1990
Cassette
Independent

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Prelude
2. Grogling Grange
3. Gothik
4. Cemeteria
5. Invocation

Recorded in Biella
in the summer of 1989

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Daniel Vintras - Vocals
Vlad - Bass
Ossian - Guitars

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭/𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬

Rex Bells - Drums
Scarlet - Keyboards

Demo '92
Demo 1992
Cassette
Independent

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Rhymes About Dying Stones
2. House of Agony
3. Last Dawn
4. Malum in Sacrum

Recorded in the autumn of 1992

The Triumph of the Death
EP 1993
Wimp Records
7" vinyl (45 RPM)

Side A

1. Born in the Grave

Side B

2. The Red Death

Recorded at PKM. Studio,
Vercelli, Italy

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Ossian - Guitars, Keyboards
Lord Vlad - Bass
Flegias - Drums
Cadaveria - Vocals

The Call of the Wood
[Full-length] December 1994
[CD] Miscarriage Records

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

March 16th, 2020
[CD, Digital] Iron Tyrant
Remastered

April 1st, 2020
[2 12" vinyls] Iron Tyrant
Reissue, Remastered

September 7th, 2021
[Cassette] A Fine Day to Die Records
Remastered

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. Alone in the Dark
2. Esteban's Promise
3. The Call of the Wood
4. Al Azif
5. Sepulcro

Recorded at PKM Studio,

Vercelli, Italy in Aug.-Sept. 1994

Sacro culto
[Full-length] April 18th, 1998
[CD] Shiver Records

𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬

October 21st, 2005
[CD] Avantgarde Music
Reissue, Remastered

[CD] 2009
Peaceville Records
Reissue, Remastered

July 29th, 2022
[2 12" vinyls] Peaceville Records
Reissue

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Cadaveria - Vocals
Ossian - Guitars
Vlad - Bass
Flegias - Drums
Lunaris - Keyboards

𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭

1. The Oak
2. Fronds of the Ancient Walnut
3. The Naked and the Dance
4. Cimmeries
5. My Devotion
6. Under the Sign of the
Red Dragon

Recorded at Cap. Woofer Studios

in autumn 1997

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Australian Doom/Gothic Metal: Cryptal Darkness (Melbourne, Victoria) - Chamber of Gore (Demo 1994) | Endless Tears... (Full-length 1996) | Descend into Thy Grave (EP 1996) | They Whispered You Had Risen (Full-length (Promo album 1999/ (CD) 2000)) | + Bonus tracks from "Dawn of the New Age" (Compilation 2000)

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Cryptal Darkness

Melbourne, Victoria

Australia 🇦🇺

Death Metal/Grindcore (early) |

Doom/Gothic Metal (later)

𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Oneil Alexander - Drums (1993-2003)

ex-Desolate Eternity, ex-Vomoth,

ex-Vomitorial Corpulence

Mark Kelson - Keyboards (1995-1996),

Vocals, Guitars (1995-2003), Bass (1998-1999) 

InSomnius Dei, Nefariym, The Eternal,

ex-Desolate Eternity, ex-Black Majesty,

ex-Virgin Black (live), ex-Paramæcium,

ex-Alternative 4

Chris Burton - Guitars (1997-2003)

Grotesque Bliss, ex-Sanhedrin,

Three Times Fire, ex-The Eternal,

ex-Paramæcium, ex-Callous

Sean Hinds - Keyboards (2000-2003)

Ignivomous, Voidchrist, Whitehorse,

ex-Exercitus, ex-Urgrund, Zero,

ex-Earth, ex-Abaddon

Luke Wong - Bass (1996-2003)

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬

𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦

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𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲

Chamber of Gore

Demo 1994

[CD] Independent

Tracklist

1. Mulched into Blood and Bone

2. Bloody Orgy

3. Disarticulation by Mastication

4. Decomposing Organs

5. Mist Enshrowded Graveyard

Recorded between July - September 1994

at Toybox Studios 

(Melbourne, Australia)

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Oneil - Drums

Paul - Bass

Geoff - Vocals, Guitars

Endless Tears...

Full-length 1996

[CD] Obscure Productions

Tracklist

1. Endless Tears

2. Lost Visions of Sanity

3. Departure of Autumn Tears (instrumental)

4. Darkened Is My Soul

5. Winter for Evermore

6. Descend into Thy Grave

7. As the Flame Dies (instrumental)

8. To Drink from the Lake of Sadness

9. Entering the Eternal Drift

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Oneil Alexander - Drums

Mark Kelson - Vocals, Guitars,

Keyboards, Piano, Guitars (acoustic)

Jade Von Nagy - Bass

Geoff Kloprogge - Vocals, Guitars,

Guitars (acoustic)

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭/𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬

Simone Drake - Vocals (female)

Melanie Kelson - Narration

Recorded and mixed at Toybox Studios,

Melbourne, Australia, between

December 29, 1995, and March 1, 1996

Descend into Thy Grave

EP 1996

[CD] Independent

Tracklist

1. Descend into Thy Grave

2. Departure of Autumn Tears

3. Lost Visions of Sanity

(Demo Version)

4. Descend into Thy Grave

(Radio Edit)

𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐩

Oneil Alexander - Drums

Jade Von Nagy - Bass

Geoff Kloprogge - Vocals, Guitars

Mark Kelson - Vocals, Guitars,

Keyboards

𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭/𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐧

Simone Drake - Vocals (female)

They Whispered You Had Risen

Full-length 1999

[CD] Icon Records

Promo album

Other version

[CD] 2000

Icon Records

Tracklist

1. Always, Forever (instrumental)

2. They Whispered You Had Risen

3. To Blackened Skies I Suffer

4. All That Remains

5. Naked She Lay to the Virgin Snow

6. I Bleed

7. Last Embrace

8. A Dream Unremembered

Co-Produced by Cryptal Darkness

Recorded & mixed during

October 1998 to February 1999

at St. Andrews Studios, Melbourne,

Australia. Mastered at Crystal Mastering

+ Bonus tracks from "Dawn of the New Age" 

(Compilation 2000)

9. Black Sabbath

10. Winter for Evermore

11. Sorrow

12. My Eternal Hunger

13. I Bleed

𝐃𝐎𝐖𝐍𝐋𝐎𝐀𝐃

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Ukrainian Gothic/Doom Metal: Litia (Kharkiv) - Wo Mgle / In the Mist (Demo 1998) Cassette

 

🕊 𝗡𝗢 𝗪𝗔𝗥 ! 🇺🇦

𝐌𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖𝐒

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𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐀 𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐑𝐎𝐍

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Litia

Kharkiv, Ukraine 🇺🇦

Gothic/Doom Metal

Wo Mgle / In the Mist

Demo 1998 Cassette

Independent

1. Raven

2. Angelic Name

3. In the Mist

4. The lights

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𝐄𝐧𝐜𝐲𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐩𝐚𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐮𝐦

Litia

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