Sechres Mound – D2 740m440 (1995)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Dia 02:16
2. Spir 03:46
3. Pore 04:23
4. Cycle 1 01:51
5. Expir 04:02
6. Contus 06:13
7. Anthro 05:14
8. Senescence 05:41
9. Infra 03:00
10. Cyclodrome 05:05
11. Cycle 7 02:56
12. Traumatism (Bonus Track) 08:27

Sechres Mound was a collaboration between Cédric Peyronnet (Toy Bizarre)

and Cyril Herry (Lecanora, Ashes To Ashes, Ninth Desert, Exotoendo)

which began in February 1995 following the discovery of an unused & monumental tank unit.

The aim was to exploit the sound potential of the place by using materials

mainly found on the site and installations built inside the one and only tank (no. D2 740m440).
New materials were brought in (PVC pipes, strings, metal bars etc.) to try out the unique reverberation of this space.

After a few weeks, the tank became a true research laboratory, full of various objects (wood pieces, cables and nails).

The purpose was to reveal the authentic sound identity of this place.
In October 1995, it was decided to release a cassette with a selection of live recorded sequences.
It was a little cardboard boxset with rust taken from the tank and the cassette inside.
80 numbered copies were released on Cédric & Cyril's own label, Cynistrose.

 Each "D2 740m440" piece was improvised and recorded live on site without any external contribution or sound treatments.
Exactly ten years later, "D2 740m440" was re-released on a A5-sized carboard cover in a plastic sleeve CD-R

including the bonus track "Traumatism" that was taken from the compilation tape "Germ",

released by Incense (Cyril's own label) in 1995.

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Vargariket – Vargariket (Demo 1996)

Country: Norway

Tracklist

1. Taakeheimens Trone 03:43
2. I Nattens Fule Mørke 06:33
3. Vargnatt 02:40
4. Vaart Fedreland 04:37
5. Mørkets Palass 04:04
6. Brenn 03:10
7. Nattens Onde (Bonus Track) 05:02

Hailing from the dark woods of Aurskog-Høland Vargariket was created in 1995

by Sturlason and Turgeis (aka Kjell Rune Sønsthagen) as a two-piece.
The idea was to play old school pagan black metal (Aasgard Metal)

and in the beginning they both switched between playing the drums and the guitars.
They were joined by Strømsæther soon thereafter

and recorded their first self titled demo during eastern 1996 in Lydhodene Studio.
The demo was professionally produced with a glossy printed cover-sleeve

and released in co-operation with Luisitanian Rec. selling around 1000 copies world-wide.
This lead to a contract with the Portuguese label Impio Productions 

that promised to release their second demo entitled "The Rise Of The Aasgard Cult".
However after the master was sent off nothing happened.
Later the band signed a deal with the Dutch label Hammerheart Records for 3 CDs

but due to disagreements this did not become reality.
At the same time Strømsæther moved to do civil duty and later Sturlason and Turgeis joined to serve the army

resulting in Vargariket being put on ice in December of 1997.
Around 1999 there was an attempt by Sturlason to resurrect the band with the help of Eirik Blodøks (guitar/backing vocals),

Torgeir P. Krokfjord (vocals/guitars) and Anna (fiddle) as a session member.
There were plans for a 7'' EP or a CD-single during the spring of 2000

and for the release of their long awaited debut in early autumn of the same year but all these never happened.
In 2021 Cold Northern Breeze Records released the compilation CD "Taakeheim"

that featured their "Vargariket" demo, the rehearsal tape "Yggdrasil" and the track "Nattens Onde".
The memory contains as bonus the track "Nattens Onde" that was recorded at Studio Strømmen in 1997 

exclusively for the 1998 CD compilation "Sometimes Death Is Better Part 5-9".

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Semper Eadem – Ode To Sadness (Demo 1996)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Unreal 05:20
2. Raving Of A Lonely Mind 05:41
3. Like A Candle About To Die 02:59
4. Burial While A Rainy Night 06:43
5. Unhappy Ending 04:34
6. Abyss 03:26
7. She Rains Storms Of Tears 05:27
8. Chagrin De Sang 04:10
9. The Frozen Garden 06:28
10. La Chaine 05:43
11. Aeternalis 04:11

Semper Eadem was a French neo classical project created in 1995 by David Vallée with the help of Régis Decloquement.
After their first demo, "In Remembrance", and the departure of Régis, Vallée welcomed Rachel B. as a vocalist.
Rachel participated in the second demo cassette, “Ode To Sadness”, released on Vallée's personal label La Cadera.
David Vallée composed solo in 1998 the third Semper Eadem's CDr release "Les Arbres N'étaient Plus Comme Ceux D'hier".
A split CD followed in 2001 with the French medieval/neo folk band Maelifell on Cauldron Music.
"Divagations Esthétiques" released in 2005 as a limited to 30 copies CDr edition

containing as bonus two video clips presenting an enigmatic and aesthetic illustration of some of the titles.
Around 2007 David Vallée and Stéphane Flauder (Maelifell, Fin De Siècle etc.) created the project Post Mortem Photographs 

and released their one and only self titled album in 2009 on La Manufacture De Bruit label.
The last offering from Semper Eadem was released in 2010 entitled "Symphonies Irrationnelles".
David Vallée today continues with his other projects Lith and EKS.CENTER.

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Stigma – Structures Of Chaos (7'' EP 1995)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Untitled 07:32
2. Lethal Radiations 03:54
3. Structures Of Chaos 04:18

French short lived project featuring Licinio Da Costa (No Empty Room, Noït, Onukeio),

Antonio Da Costa and Laurent Kistler (Neon Cage Experiment).

They self released in 1994 on cassette their first album "Anastigmatic Aperture",

followed by "Putrefaction Taste" in 1995, on Daft Records, and "Inhumanity" in 1996, on Ant-Zen.

Their style was a mixture of industrial/dark ambient with chaotic rhythmic percussions.

"Structures Of Chaos" was co-issued by Ant-Zen and Ombre Sonore in 1995,

as a limited edition clear vinyl of 327 copies in a printed folder.

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Ashes To Ashes – Museum Of Dust (1994)

Country: France

Tracklist

1. Imperturbable Stiches Of Time, The Diverted Device, The Great Theatre Of Decrepitude,

The Long Experience, Damage Melody/The Last Elegy 21:53

Ashes To Ashes was another project created by Cyril Herry (Exotoendo, Lecanora, Sechres Mound, Ninth Desert).
The band released two cassettes, "Museum Of Dust" in 1994 and "Figement Profile" in 1995,

on Herry's personal label Incense.
"Museum Of Dust" was recorded in Dark Sound Studios (Lausanne) in May 1994,

and is presented as five tracks in one continuous play, with a unique handmade cover and a separate info insert.

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Le Syndicat – 1985 - 1995 - Ten Years Of Excess (1995)

Country: France

Tracklist

Disc 1

Delikatëssen
1. Masse Dépréciatrice 13:19
2. Farce De Morse 09:31
3. Machefer Recharge 10:06
4. Terrificante Matter 07:41
5. Chanson Bruitiste 02:13
Relapse
6. Quadripartite 21:53
7. Dentiste-Surprise 04:24

Disc 2

Vorgine
1. Exorde 06:44
2. L'Horloge De St-Luce 06:25
3. Jouvenceau 00:46
4. Maelström Fornicator 06:16
5. Le Corps De Jehan 05:53
6. Deux 02:55
7. Vorgine 08:36
Relapse (Continued)
8. Roméo Ou Juliette 19:20
9. Dissection-Fantaisie 05:33

Le Syndicat is a collective entity and a former cassette label that began activities in 1982.

It is one of the leading bands in the industrial movement in France

and was created by Jean-Marie Onni (aka Ruelgo) and Zyklon B.
The project later collaborated with visual artists Zorïn and Mïrka Lugosi,

produced a lot of audio concrete cassettes and participated to a lot of "mail art" international compilations.
As a label Le Syndicat released cassettes for artists such as Merzbow, Parazite, Pacific 231, Controlled Bleeding,

Blackhouse and Dog As Master while they also had contacts,

notably with exchange of sounds and compositions by correspondence, with Japanese noise bands like The Hanatarashi.
After the departure of Zorïn and the arrival of Veidt Mjolnir, their  music is experiencing a significant change,

leaving the fields of improvisation and moving from collages, tape loops,

film samples or sequences of classical music, to prominence electronic rhythmic noise beats.
During the second half of the 1990s , the group enters into sleep and reappeared in 2010 with a new album,

this time reconnecting  with bruitism, collage and extreme dynamic forms.
"1985 - 1995 - Ten Years Of Excess" is a double compilation CD released in 1995 by Staalplaat 

featuring the re-release of their cassette albums "Delikatëssen" (1985), "Relapse" (1987) and "Vorgine" (1986).

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Subterfuge – Darkland Awakening (MCD 1994)

Country: Australia

Tracklist

1. Darkland Awakening 07:32
2. Haborym 03:44
3. A Prayer For The Kindred 03:06
4. Pre-Dawn Hours 03:52
5. Darkland Awakening (Pray Hard Mix) 07:34

Subterfuge was formed in 1993 by Clifford Ennis along with Rick Mullen and Brendan Toull in Melbourne, Australia.

Although involved musically together since 1987-88 it wasn’t until 1993 that started to take the whole thing more seriously.
They began work on a 4 track demo tape, briefly recruited a 4th member (Jonathan Mee)

and the self-titled demo tape saw the light of day in September 1993.
One gig at a private party for a newly opened record shop in Melbourne called Heartland Records followed

in December before they started working again as a 3-piece band after they discarded with Jonathan’s services.
On the strength of that live show and the demo tape, they were approached by Heartland Records to release a MCD.
In 1994 after a gig that they played as a 3 piece Brendan left the band and Clifford and Rick decided to continue as a duo

and started working on their debut MCD "Darkland Awakening".
Work on the MCD finished in March and it was released the following month to very favorable reviews.
For the remainder of 1994 Subterfuge played live in Melbourne, Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane promoting the MCD.
The time was perfect for an album to capitalize on the success, sadly though, a follow up did not eventuate.
Between 1995 and 1997 they sporadically played live around Melbourne while releasing songs on various compilations.
Subterfuge became less active as the years passed, however Clifford stayed involved in the scene.

 In 1996 he created the project Jerusalem Syndrome, a collaboration band with Chris McCarter of Ikon.
He also joined Ikon and played guitar with them and later created the side project Razorfade 

this time with Mark Tansley from UK goth band Suspiria.
In May 2013 a Subterfuge CD album entitled "Reflect<<Rewind" was released on European label, Strobelight Records.
This was a comprehensive collection containing 16 tracks, including unreleased songs and mixes plus some demos.
in 2016 Clifford found himself back in the studio recording brand new material

and in March 2017 a new album entitled "Blind To Reason" was released.
One third of the album is co-written with Rick Mullen thus essentially keeping the 90s duo alive.
2019 saw a return to the studio and a new CD EP entitled "Heat" was released on 2nd April 2020.

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