Messages from the Damned
Various Artists
Death - Black Metal Compilation
18 Track Album
UKEM Records
Released 2012
First Birthday
label sampler/compilation. Features tracks from all the bands on the label
(past and present) as well as some especially invited ‘guest bands’.
Celebrating UKEM Records first year
of existence.
Links for UKEM
Records
http://www.ukemrecords.co.uk/
Roster Bands:
Laceration –
Traumatic Insemination - Dundee
Taken from UKEM CD-001 Tortured Inauguration
Links:
Genre: Death
Metal
Bursting from
damnation comes Laceration the hate
fuelled infestation scores a deep bloodied line of madness as the guttural
secretions gurgle intently to some huge hypnotic rhythmic sways.
Members:
Hamish Maguire - Guitar, Vocals
Tom Walker - Drums
Morgan Nicol – Bass
*****
The Obscene –
Embrace Oblivion - Durham
Taken from UKEM CD-002 –The Torment of Sinners
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/theobsceneband
Genre: Death
Metal
Uncompromising
rhythms pound furiously along with an equally angry vocal scathing that takes a
firm hold and is a wonderful slab of sturdy and unrestrained debauchery all
ready to rape your aural.
Members:
Tom: Blasphemous Puked Obscenities
2 Knives Newby: Rancid Blasturbations
Gory Sugden: Vomiting Groans & Hellish Rumblings
Jonny Rot: Bestial Hellstrings
*****
Unholy
Deathcunt – Suffer - Scotland
Taken from UKEM CD-004 – Dying in Fucking Agony
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unholy-Deathcunt
Genre:
Black/Death Warmetal
Things just got
a bit too hot! This track will singe and then melt everything in its path. The
vocals are drenched in fiery madness along with an up and down scale on the
frets this is nastyyyyyyyyyyy! but in such a satisfying way.
Members:
Asphyxiator: Instruments/Vocals
Filthgrinder: Lead Vocals
*****
Cryostorm –
Furnacing (I Defrost) - Southwest
Taken from the CD-007 – Destroyer of Ardour
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/CryostormBand
Genre: Melodic
Death Thrash
Great pulsating
rhythms and monumental melodic tones fuse together a vast pummelling of
delights. This has a distinct presence that flows with ferocity just like the
track itself the melodic swathe literally mesmerises and holds a lot of
intrigue.
Members:
James (Munky) Baillie-Hamilton: Guitars & Vocals
Jack Gliddon: Guitars
Tim Hodgson: Bass
Thomas Rørstad: Drums
*****
Helvellyn –
Sacremental Violations - Cumbria
Taken from UKEM CD- 009 – Wulfhere Split CD
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/Helvellyn666
Genre: Ambient
Black Metal
I read the name
wrong when I first saw it and thought it said HELYELLYN – after listening I
thought Hell was Yelling – it holds a lot of brooding intent that sits and
smolders on a weave of emotive intensity. Compelling!
Members:
Misan: Acoustic Nylon/Steel Guitar, Electric Guitar, Bass, Synth,
Sampling, Editing, Programming, Clean Vocals and Screaming.
*****
Miscreation –
Contorted Falsehood – Rotherham
Taken from the forthcoming E.P Eviscerate
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/MiscreationUK
Genre: Death
Metal
This track has
a blistering quality that runs throughout the whole length of the track. It rumbles and swaggers with a dramatic pulse
that teases and the vocals make a dent in giving it really superb dark
presence.
Members:
Craig Utley - Bass & Vocals
Jamie Poulton - Guitar
Rob Kelemen - Guitar & Vocals
Tom Mulvihill - Drums
*****
Ulfarr –
Forgotten by Time - Cumbria
Taken from UKEM – CD-009 – Wulfhere Split CD
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/ulfarr666
Genre: Black
Metal
Intense and
ambient it creeps forward stalking its prey with slow intent ready to kill. The
drum beats plod unwavering until a peak is reached and then it starts to devour
with a sombre reign of black terror.
Members:
Slasher Gibson (HellFire) - Vocals & Guitar
TBC - Guitar
TBC - Bass
TBC - Drums
*****
Necrogrinder –
Creepy Crawley - Sheffield
Taken from The forthcoming E.P The Bent Man
Links:
Genre:
Grind/Death/Slam Metal
The sounds
emanating from the speakers tell me we are in a wind tunnel and the guttural
blasts are secreting a lot of chaos! Harsh and compelling it slowly unleashes
its grotesque intent and smothers you in huge colossal rhythms of irresistible
ferocity.
Members:
Sam Williams - Vocals
Ben 'The Guv'nor' Foster - Guitar
Lee Foster - Bass
Matt 'Soul Collector' Muir – Guitar
*****
Foul Body
Autopsy – And the world looked on in horror - Leicester
(The epidemic sickening the world E.P Coming soon!
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/FoulBodyAutopsyofficial
Genre: Death
Metal
Stark, striking
and compelling this will eat you alive as its melodic persuasions of evil just
bombard the senses with an equal amount of exceptional damming riffage. It
bristles with ferocity and is a highly epic listen.
Members:
Tom - Guitar, Vox, Drum Programming,
*****
Guest Bands:
Aghast – Drop
Dead Famous – London
Links:
Genre:
Death/Black Metal
A teasing track
that ignites sheer passion, huge rolling rhythms and high velocity riffs.
Guttural scathing with a gnarly blackened theme burns like an invigorating
furnace in the deepest bowels of hell and triggers vast amounts of kick beats.
Members:
Christian - Guitars
James - Vocals
Nick - Drums
Daniel – Bass
*****
Primitive
Graven Image – Slave to the Mannequin – Chesham
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/primitivegravenimage
Genre: Black
Metal
Expelling a
dark brooding intensity that ravages quickly and sizzles, amid high octane
riffs and squealing vocals – the tumultuous savagery will just consume you with
little effort as the melodic rush takes hold and fires up the imagination as
the cohesiveness explodes.
Members:
Luke 'Ljosalfur' Lehane - Guitar, Vocals
Rob 'Dokkalfur' Lehane - Vocals, Guitar
Matt 'Vordr' Platts - Drums
Simon 'Psi' Hancock – Bass
*****
Depraved Plague
– Decayed from Birth – Cambridge
Links:
Genre: Death
Metal
Totally
undiluted and emotively charged this track will beat the crap out of the aural.
Its intensity never wanes and draws a fierce and creative path of vehemence straight
to your door and whilst doing so will kill everything in its wake.
Members:
Mark - Vocals
Chris - Guitar
Emma - Bass
Michael – Drums
*****
Ethereal –
Bloodstained Martyr – Liverpool
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/Ethereal.GBR
Genre: Black
Metal
With intrigue and
dark foreboding this track bristles with venom it holds unpredictability and
savagely rampages with sinister abandon. The toxic blackened depths are all
covered and truly explored in this highly exciting piece of music with the frenzied
and energetic vocals bringing a very hard edge to the forefront.
Members:
Iyaan – Guitar
M–Inanz Guitar
D-Void – Bass
Diesektor – Vocals
The Sludge - Drums
*****
Zombified –
Murder Serpent – Belfast
Links:
Genre: Old
School Death Metal
Sinewy rhythms
violate the senses with a gnarly intrigue of sheer annihilation. The riffs are
colossal and reach their peak within seconds, building to such a level of
unbridled savagery it is difficult to fathom when the onslaught is going to
stop.
Members:
Pete - Vocals
Jamie - Guitar
Adrien - Guitar
Chris - Bass
Gary – Drums
*****
Putrefy – The
Lament Configuration – Ballymoney, Ireland
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/PUTREFY
Genre: Death
Metal
Intoxicating and
heartily delicious its guttural storm circles above and then swoops with a
violent intent and offers a superb climax of devilish riffs that know no
boundaries.
Members:
Connor - Voices and Guitars
Aaron - Guitars
Matthew - Bass
Jason – Drums
*****
Basement
Torture Killings – Tapestry of Putrid Genitalia – London/Stockholm
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Basement-Torture-Killings
Genre:
Death/Murder Metal
Some grisly
sampled voices begin and in sheer goriness overspill with sinewy madness. No
respite just total annihilation and engrossing imagination, it heartily devours
and forgets when to stop! Brutally gnawing and extreme it’s one superb listen.
Members:
Bertrand: Sinews and Gorgasm Screams
Tarquin: Axe and Goratory Orgasms
The Fourth Killer: Angelic Faces Pummeler
On the run
Professor Kenneth: Bowel Eviceration
*****
Midnight Realm
– Solaris – Newcastle
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/midnightrealmband
Genre: Melodic
Death Metal
Superbly
balanced melodic death metal that encompasses nice gnarly vocal as well as
brilliant harmonies that blend effortlessly into the mix amid a soaring frenzy
of riffs and tempestuous blast beats. One amazing track!
Members:
Daniel Russell - Guitar
Stephen Traut - Guitars
John Dalziel - Keyboards/Synths
Patricé D'eans – Drums
*****
Infernal
Creation – The Mother of Fire – UK
Links:
https://www.facebook.com/infernalcreationofficial
Genre: Black
Metal
Dark and
brooding with crisp intensity it creeps into life offering a slow and savage
foreboding. Vocally huge it twists ferociously into a spiral of frenzied
madness with deep layers of compelling energy, it blasts the senses with sheer
malice.
Members:
Bastard - Drums
Neiphrobous - Vocals
Sin – Guitars
To Sum up:
Grisly from
start to finish with so much variation from deep guttural growls to melodic
punches, peppered with symphonic black metal and harsh death metal with
everything else in between. A carnivore's dream with 18 meaty tracks to feast upon.
Definitely a good buy!
10/10
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