I'm sure if you look up "cult label" on Wikipedia, those 2 malicious bullseyes staring you in the face will be the first thing you see. I haven't checked myself, but I mean c'mon, since when has Wikipedia been wrong about anything? That being said, even Minotauro had a few clunkers best forgotten. Maybe the weird combination of classic Metal, eerie Doom, mediocre hard rock and various strange non-Metal recordings is what makes the label so awkwardly compelling? Well, that and having certified genious/madman Paul Chain behind the wheel.
So far I've only covered their original vinyl output up until 1992. Around 1994 they started rereleasing some of their old material on CD and continued with the odd Paul Chain release every 2nd year or so. I might add these later.
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M 842451 | Spitfire | Blade Runner | 7" | 1984 | 
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8402 | Strana Officina | Strana Officina | LP | 1984 |
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E.P. 8403 | Paul Chain Violet Theatre | Detaching From Satan | MLP | 1984 | Printable insert scan |
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E.P. 8404 | Revenge | Hot Zone | MLP | 1984 | Even in the plain-as-planks Euro-Metal division, Italy excelled and this is dead-sure proof. Riffs, riffs, riffs.. Riffs to die for! Review |
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Even in the plain-as-planks Euro-Metal division, Italy excelled and this is dead-sure proof. Riffs, riffs, riffs.. Riffs to die for! Review |
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M4 8601 | Paul Chain Violet Theatre | In The Darkness | LP | 1986 |
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![Paul Chain - Picture Disc [a.k.a.] Highway To Hell Pic-MLP, Minotauro pressing from 1986](Minotauro/picturedisc.jpg "(60) Paul Chain - Picture Disc [a.k.a.] Highway To Hell") |
(none) | Paul Chain | Picture Disc [a.k.a.] Highway To Hell | Pic-MLP | 1986 |
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(none) | Paul Chain | Opera 4th | LP | 1987 | Available on black, blue and clear vinyl. |
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Available on black, blue and clear vinyl. | |||||||||
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DEA CENTOUNO [1st pressing] / DEA 101 [2nd pressing] |
Death SS | The Story Of Death SS 1977-1984 | LP/CD | 1987 | Printable insert scan |
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Printable insert scan | |||||||||
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M8711 | Paul Chain / Sabotage |
King Of The Dream / Welcome | Split-12" | 1987 |
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M9/ 8801 |
Run After To | Run After To | MLP | 1988 |
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M10/ 8802 |
Requiem | Ex Voto | MLP | 1988 | Surprisingly lame considering the quality of DiDonato's previous effort and the fact that it looks amazing. "Dies Irae"sounds like sloppier DisVenom and as a whole this falls to the lower levels of the Italian Doom/'Dark Sound' barrel. |
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Surprisingly lame considering the quality of DiDonato's previous effort and the fact that it looks amazing. "Dies Irae"sounds like sloppier DisVenom and as a whole this falls to the lower levels of the Italian Doom/'Dark Sound' barrel. | |||||||||
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M11/ 8803 |
Vanexa | Back From The Ruins | LP | 1988 | Review |
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M12/ 8804 |
Heaven Keys | Let's Go It's Easy | 7" | 1988 |
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M13/ 8805 |
Paul Chain | Ash | MLP | 1988 | Available on black and purple vinyl. |
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Available on black and purple vinyl. | |||||||||
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M14/ 8901 |
The Black | Reliquarium | MLP | 1989 | This must be what Black Hole sounds like to people who hate Black Hole.. |
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This must be what Black Hole sounds like to people who hate Black Hole.. | |||||||||
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M15-16/ 8902 |
Paul Chain | Violet Art Of Improvisation | DLP | 1989 | Not Metal. Avantgarde-improv-ambient. |
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Not Metal. Avantgarde-improv-ambient. | |||||||||
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M17 | Requiem | 1985-1988 | MC | 1989 |
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M18/ 8904 |
Elektradrive | Due | LP | 1989 |
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M19/ 8905 |
Various | Four Kinds Of Metal | LP | 1989 | Read more here |
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Read more here | |||||||||
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M20/ 8906 |
Eversor | The Cataclysm | MLP | 1989 |
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M21 | Paul Chain | Life And Death | LP | 1989 |
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![Capillary - PTS [a.k.a.] Puzze, Tombe, Sorche LP, Minotauro pressing from 1989](Minotauro/capillary.jpg "(220) Capillary - PTS [a.k.a.] Puzze, Tombe, Sorche") |
M22/ 8908 |
Capillary | PTS [a.k.a.] Puzze, Tombe, Sorche | LP | 1989 | Not Metal. Quirky-progressive-humorous (!?) rock. |
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Not Metal. Quirky-progressive-humorous (!?) rock. | |||||||||
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M22 | Requiem | Via Crusis | LP | 1990 | Few things are as irritating as albums which are almost great, and "Via Crucis"is a prime example of such an album. There's plenty of first-class riffing and skeletons of excellent Doom anthems, but the performance is just a mess. Still it's def' the one Requiem release worth checking out and way ahead of DiDonato's atrocious solo-effort The Black. |
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Few things are as irritating as albums which are almost great, and "Via Crucis"is a prime example of such an album. There's plenty of first-class riffing and skeletons of excellent Doom anthems, but the performance is just a mess. Still it's def' the one Requiem release worth checking out and way ahead of DiDonato's atrocious solo-effort The Black. | |||||||||
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M23 | ? | ? | ? | 1990 | ...though it's quite possible that there never was an "M23", seeing as both Capillary and Requiem got the same M# by mistake. |
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...though it's quite possible that there never was an "M23", seeing as both Capillary and Requiem got the same M# by mistake. | |||||||||
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M24 | Axton | Bad Desire | LP | 1990 | Review |
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M25 | The Black | Infernus Paradisus et Purgatorium | LP | 1990 |
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M26-3 | Paul Chain | Opera Decima - The World Of The End | 3LP | 1990 | Not Metal. Avantgarde-improv-ambient. |
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Not Metal. Avantgarde-improv-ambient. | |||||||||
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M27 | Cappanera | Non C'èPiùMondo | LP | 1991 |
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M28 | Stigma Rèa | Forbice | LP | 1991 |
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M29 | Paul Chain | Whited Sepulchres | LP | 1991 | Not Metal. Experimental. White vinyl |
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Not Metal. Experimental. White vinyl |
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M30 | Requiem | Live | LP | 1992 | Do I smell Contractual Obligation Release? |
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Do I smell Contractual Obligation Release? | |||||||||
Compiled by Niclas Johansson and DaN Edman. Additional info by Matte, Thomas Bieri, John Haupt and Marco "Nonseinormale65" Gulino.
