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Athens (Attica)
Black Metal
Active:
1993-1996

Mid-1990s Athenian Black Metal side-project by Mike (Israfel) of DESULPHURIZE/ELYSIAN FIELDS, who performs all vocals, guitars, bass and keyboards while drums are handled by what is presumably a session player under the pseudonym Thantalion (just “Kostas” on the final demo, if it’s the same guy). Four tapes were recorded in total, featuring semi-melodic Black Metal of a rather lo-fi nature. Listening to the demos back-to-back, you may notice a development towards more elaborate, varied and occasionally epic-inclined compisitions on especially the final recording Ψυχοτάφος (1996), which also gets the highest recommendation of the bunch.

Compilation appearances:
* Castle of Solitude N°4 [Cass, Comp, Numbered: Impure Creations Records, 1995]
* Dark Spirit Compilation [Cass, Comp, Numbered: Occult Blackness Productions, 1995]
* Domines Satanas [Cass, Comp, Numbered: Black Winter Tapes, 1995]
* Vampiric [Cass, Comp, Numbered: Black Winter Tapes, 1996]

d i s c o g r a p h y :

Sons of Nights' Sorcery - Demo (Cassette) 1994 - Private (-)
(Studio unknown, Winter 1994)
Details: Single-sided regular cassette, coloured j-card.

Reissues:
TRACKLIST:
Occult Howlings Under the Fullmoon's Beams
Raise Your Horns from Below
The Glance of My Sword in the Moonlight
The Great Invocation
(I) Foretell the ... of the Enlightened
(II) The Night of the Dancing Flames
(III) From the Depths of the Earth... Rising Goat
LINE-UP:
Israfel (vocals, guitars, bass)
Thantalion (session drums)
Yet to be reviewed.

Sirius-Draconis-Capricornus - Demo (Cassette) 1995 - Private (-)
(Studio unknown)
Details: Regular cassette, black/white j-card.

Reissues:
TRACKLIST:
For the Sleep of Percifall
Occultus Veneficus
Queen Ereskigal
Baad Angarru Ninnchizida
The Veiled One - Ancient's Funeral
Vermis Mysterin
Witchcraft of Souls
Abson Nar Mataron
LINE-UP:
Israfel (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards)
Thantalian (drums)
Yet to be reviewed.

The Sombre - Demo (Cassette) 1995 - Private (-)
(Studio unknown)
Details: Single-sided regular cassette, black/white j-card.

Reissues:
Cass, Private, 1995 (alternate cover)
TRACKLIST:
The Sombre
LINE-UP:
Israfel (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards)
Thantalion (drums)
Yet to be reviewed.

Ψυχοτάφος - Demo (Cassette) 1996 - Private (-)
(M.H.S. Studio (Athens), January-February 1996)
Details: Regular cassette, pro-printed coloured j-card w/ lyrics, limited edition, hand-numbered.

Reissues:
TRACKLIST:
Vampiric
Opus of the Wolves
Scented Moon
The Fall of the Adored Night
LINE-UP:
Mike (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards)
Kostas (session drums)
Yet to be reviewed.

Demos 1995/1996 - Compilation (CDr) 2015 - Cryptia Productions (LCF XLI)
(Studio unknown)
Details: CDr, metallic case, limited edition (50 copies), hand-numbered. Compilation including "Sirius-Draconis-Capricornus", "The Sombre" and "Ψυχοτάφος".

Reissues:
TRACKLIST:
For the Sleep of Percifall
Occultus Veneficus
Queen Ereskigal
Baad Angarru Ninnchizida
The Veiled One - Ancient's Funeral
Vermis Mysterin
Witchcraft of Souls
Abson Nar Mataron
The Sombre
Vampiric
Opus of the Wolves
Scented Moon
The Fall of the Adored Night
LINE-UP:
Israfel (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards)
Thantalion (drums)
Kostas (sesison drums)
Yet to be reviewed.




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