Grimsley Blagden

Von was a Second Wave black metal band from San Francisco, California, USA. They are thought to be the first American black metal band, and have strongly influenced the second wave of black metal.

Designed to be the ultimate minimalist black metal sendup, Von used the most basic riffs and songwriting concepts available to present a vision of demonic music as frenetic, simplistic and chaotic sound emerging in a continuity of linear energy. Pulsing drums play occasional fills but otherwise vary little, and guitars drone between two or three notes in a main riff that has one or two counterpoints in transitional subspecies of riffs which transfer direction in song development. Hilariously, Bathory-style disposable lead guitar stitches through many of these songs, making random-sounding diatribes with a sense of humor in their choice of points of harmonization.

Von have gained a cult following in the black metal underground since their disbandment and the few recordings of Von are considered classic and pioneering black metal. Prominent black metal bands have covered Von, either on record or live (or both), including The Beast, Dark Funeral, Enthroned,Krieg Taake and Watain (who are also named after a Von song), to mention a few examples. Also, in addition to spreading copies of the Satanic Blood demo, Varg Vikernes of Burzum did arguably direct promotion for Von by wearing their t-shirt in one of his murder trial sessions.

Von Myspace

Morbid was a thrash/black metal band from Stockholm, Sweden that formed in 1986.

Morbid was formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1986. With Per Yngve "Dead" Ohlin as the group's founder and mastermind, they had a revolving door of members before settling on the line-up of John "John Lennart" Hagström and "TG" on guitars, Jens Näsström on bass and Lars-Göran Petrov on drums. When "TG" left the band, Ulf Cederlund took over. The band then recorded their debut demo, December Moon, at Thunderload Studios in Stockholm on December 5-6, 1987. This was the only recording featuring this line-up, as Hagström quit and Ohlin left for Norway to join the legendary black metal band Mayhem. The remains of the band tried to carry on, and brought in photographer John Scarisbrick as a new vocalist. Scarisbrick happened to live near a recording studio named Sunlight, which would later gain some notoriety in death metal circles, recording bands like Entombed and Dismember. It was there that the band recorded their swan song, another demo entitled The Last Supper, in September 1988. The band faded as Petrov and Cederlund started Nihilist, which eventually turned into Entombed. Näsström later continued in the bands Contras and Skull.

Although Morbid only officially released two demos, they gained a certain cult-status after their demise, most likely due at least in part to Ohlin's efforts with Mayhem, and the fact that he committed suicide in 1991. Both the demo-recordings and various live/rehearsal tracks have later made it onto vinyl and CD, on both official and bootleg releases.

Morbid - Live from the past (Download)

1. My Dark Subconsious (Demo 1987)
2. Death Execution (Rehersal 1987)
3. Necrodeath (Rehersal 1987)
4. From The Dark (Rehersal 1987)
5. My Dark Subconsious (Live Sept. 1987)
6. Necrodeath (Live Sept. 1987)
7. Disgusting Semla (Live Sept. 1987)
8. From The Dark (Live Sept. 1987)
9. Wings Of Funeral (Demo 1987)

MOrbid Myspace

Satanic Warmaster is a black metal artist from Lappeenranta in southern Finland. The musician 'Satanic Tyrant Werewolf' began recording under this name in 1999, after leaving Horna, and has also played in various side projects, such as Pest (split up in 1999), Blasphemous Evil, Shatargat and Blutrache. Satanic Warmaster plays a raw style of black metal “pioneered by the old guard”.

The band's lyrics deal mainly with nature, folklore, Satanism,[2] “occult and warlike themes”.
Current members
Satanic Tyrant Werwolf, a/k/a Nazgul - all instruments and vocals

Live members
T.H. - guitar
Vholm - drums

Past members
Lord Sargofagian[8] - drums on Opferblut
Lord War Torech - guitar[8]
Nigrantium - session Drums


http://www.myspace.com/opferblut

Awesome split between two great French Post-BM bands. Valfunde is the side project of Famine from Peste Noire, and Amesoeurs is one of the (many) projects of Neige (Peste Noire, Alcest, Forgotten Woods)

The first track is completely instrumental, nice though with no vocals while most of the fans said it's nothing and meaningless, i'll leave it on you to decide^^, the second track is just amazingly starts with emotional-melancholic guitar riffs then distorted guitars with black metal vocals, the third track which it's the highlight, It's quite lighter than the second track with the same light-soft clean lead riffs and female vocals.
I have no clue if you would like it or not but it's fine release.

Tracklisting:
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01. Valdunde - Hopital (2:22)
02 . Valfunde - Serenade De Verlaine (4:27)
03. Amesoeurs - Les Ruches Malades (4:17)
Total Playing Time: 11:06.

Download here : http://www.mediafire.com/?120svhj5zf4

Upsidedown Cross is a Doom metal band from Boston, Massachusetts formed in the late 1980s after Kilslug split-up. The band has only 4 official releases over the span of at least 17 fucking years and are no longer together.
If Sex Pistols played doom then they would sound just like these guys. The music is highly psychadelic and punk influenced on one side, but on the other side you can expect some godamned sludge. Tune it down to doom and you have a bad-ass combination. Actually when the band started to do recordings in the early 90's, the label Taang almost didn't sign them because they thought they were too weird and extreme.
Current line-up
Josh Martin (Adolf Satan, Anal Cunt, Impaled Northern Moonforest) - Guitar
Larry Lifeless (Kilslug, Adolf Satan)

Former/past member(s)
Seth Putnam (Anal Cunt, Vaginal Jesus, Executioner, Post Mortem (US), Adolf Satan, Full Blown AIDS, Angry Hate, Cuntsaw, Insult, Impaled Northern Moonforest, Satan's Warriors, Shit Scum, Sirhan Sirhan, You're Fired) - Guitar
Rico Pertoleum (Kilslug) - Drums
J. Masas (Dinosaur Jr., Deep Wound) - Drums (Witch (US))

http://www.myspace.com/kilslugofficial

Kilslug was a Boston underground band in the early eighties who played druggy, sludgy, heavy music. They released two 7 inches (Warlocks, Witches, & Demons in 1982 and Necktie Party in 1983) and and an LP on Taang before singer Larry Lifeless - who, according to the rumours, has all the right to carry this name - went on to form Upsidedown Cross. Lead singer Larry Lifeless is now in a band called Adolf Satan.

Band Members- LARRY LIFELESS-VOCALS. RICO PETROLEUM-GUITARS, BIG DADDY-BASS & DRUMS, CHEESELY-BASS, MONGOLOID-GUITAR, TY-DRUMS LARRY KELLEY-GUITAR.......... CURRENT LINE-UP........... LARRY LIFELESS - VOCALS

www.myspace.com/kilslugfansite
www.myspace.com/kilslugofficial