Funeral Rain Press Corps

Genre: Progressive Black Metal
Label: Debemur Morti

Blut Aus Nord, also known as France’s Darkthrone to some, are a fantastic band, and have been since their inception, and this re-release of their somewhat underrated 2001 album shows them at some of their most unsettling.
Odd riffs, fast drumming, and a very distinct lack of bass guitar tones (they’re really buried in there) gives the sound of very grim black metal, but it’s the avant-garde aspects of the band that are really starting to show their colors with this album, and even more so on the bonus disc.
The second CD is consisting of “The Fall: Chapter 7″ in three parts, and it’s at times extremely raw and violent black metal with parts very much an avant-garde shoegaze black metal (think of a more depressing and creepy Alcest or even Netra without the trip-hop). From what I gather, this second disc was recorded recently, for the re-release of The Mystical Beast of Rebellion, and it’s worth the price of the album alone.
If only more new black metal sounded this fresh and mind expanding.
8.5 out of 10.

OCTOBER FALLS : Never reported here but available for the past month is the “A Collapse Of Faith” T-Shirt. Preview is viewable in the [Relics] section. Limited to 30 copies.
For those interested in the acoustic path of M. Lehto, OCTOBER FALLS recently contributed “Viima” on the “Whom The Moon A Nightsong Sings” compilation released by Prophecy Productions and “Usva” on the “Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer” compilation released by Pest Productions.
Furthermore, the writing process for the follow-up to “A Collapse Of Faith” has started.

BLUT AUS NORD : We have all pieces in hand for the vinyl editions of “Ultima Thulée” and “The Mystical Beast of Rebellion”. As a reminder, the second will come with 3 new songs, clocking-in at 37 minutes of freshly-composed hymns to complete the original opus released back in 2001. This MMX version of “The Mystical Beast of Rebellion” will also be released as 2xCD. Both vinyls are going to press in the coming days. The CD version is planned to be released in December. Furthermore, the recording of “777″ is almost complete. Expect it out early 2011.

HELL MILITIA : After a short period of unavailability, the Digibook CD of “last station on the road to death” is back in stock. We’re still waiting for the band to provide us with the layout for the vinyl edition as well as for new merchandise.

INFESTUS : The now one-man band INFESTUS will release the follow-up to “Chroniken Des Ablebens” under the banner of Debemur Morti Productions. More news shortly.

TENEBRAE IN PERPETUUM : As some of you may have heard already, the Italians, sadly, decided to put an end to the band.

Genres: Black Metal, Depressive Black Metal
Label: Thorn Laceration Records

Leave it up to ANTI to write some of the most vitriolic black metal to come out of Britain. Taking his normal style of writing and slowing it down a little, throwing in some depressive elements, then adding feedbacks from hell and tortured vocals, and you’ve got the new Intra Tenebrae.
It’s an amazing listen, and I think fans of Thy Light, Happy Days, Blut Aus Nord, and the like would like this a lot. Fans of “traditional” black metal like Carpathian Forest, Craft, Urgehal, etc. – you’ll probably enjoy it too. It’s got everything here.
8 out of 10.