Ghost Brigade "IV - One With The Storm (Digipak, France, Season Of Mist, SOM 343D)"

Ghost Brigade were a six-piece Doom Metal band from Finland, formed in 2005 and disbanding in 2020.

Ghost Brigade was formed in 2005 by former members of the stoner rock bands Sunride (Wille Naukkarinen, Veli-Matti Suihkonen and Janne Julin) and Zerocharisma (Manne Ikonen and Tommi Kiviniemi).

The band was on hold from December 9th, 2015 until March 6th, 2020. They announced their return for two special shows in spring, which were first moved to August due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later indefinitely postponed. Finally, on August 20th, 2020, the band decided to split up.

IV - One With the Storm is the fourth and final studio album of the Finnish doom metal band Ghost Brigade. The album peaked at No. 16 on the Finnish Albums Chart.

Tracklist:

1. Wretched Blues 06:19
2. Departures 04:58   
3. Aurora 06:56   
4. Disembodied Voices 05:36   
5. Electra Complex 10:34   
6. Stones and Pillars 04:47   
7. Anchored 05:38   
8. The Knife 06:19  
9. Long Way to the Graves 07:39   
10. Elämä on tulta 07:22
11. Long Way to the Graves (Jonny Wanha Remix) 06:48
12. Disembodied Voices (Jonny Wanha Remix) 04:54  

Time:  01:17:50

 Includes a sticker.

Recording information:

Recorded & mixed at Electric Fox Studios, Finland

Mastered at Virtalähde Mastering

Produced by Tuomas Kokko.

Falling Leaves "Mournful Cry Of A Dying Sun (Limited Edition, Russia, Endless Winter, EW-013)"

Mournful Cry Of A Dying Sun is the first album from Jordanian Melodic Death/Doom Metal band Falling Leaves, released June 18th, 2012.

Tracklist:

1. Reaching My Last Haven 06:28   
2. Blight 05:52  
3. Trapped Within 07:22   
4. Silence Again (Silence Pt. II) 06:16   
5. Vanished Serenity 06:20  
6. Memories Will Never Fade 06:32  
7. Celestial 05:45  
8. Dying Sun (Outro) 02:29   

Time:  47:04  

Limited edition of 500 copies.

All music by Falling Leaves.

Lyrics by Murad Junedy and Waseem Nimry.

Recording information:

Produced by Falling Leaves.

Mixed and mastered at Clintworks, Hamburg, Germany.

Ablaze In Hatred "The Quietude Plains (2CD Limited Edition, Finland, Firedoom Music, FDOOM024LX)"

Ablaze in Hatred is a Finnish Melodic Death/Doom Metal band formed in 2004 by two friends, Juhani Sanna and Mika Ikonen, who had a desire to create music which was dark, slow but also very heavy and atmospheric.

The Quietude Plains is their second album, released January 1st, 2009

Tracklist:

Disc 1

1. A Walk Through the Silence 10:22
2. Perfection of Waves 07:28
3. The Wandering Path 08:13  
4. Beyond the Trails of Torment 07:13
5. The Quietude Plains 08:52
6. My Dearest End 09:36
7. Therefore I Suffer 11:18

Time:   01:03:02  

Disc 2

1. Out of Hand (Entombed cover) 07:27  
2. Murheen juuret (Verenpisara cover) 06:06  

Time:  13:33  

Released in an o-card. 

Limited edition to 1000 copies which includes a bonus CD with 2 additional tracks.

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Noisecamp Studio A, Turku, Finland, Summer 2008.

Bonus CD contains cover songs from by Entombed - Out Of Hand and Verenpisara - Irtileikattu.

Tiamat "Wildhoney (Germany, Century Media, 77080-2)

Wildhoney is the fourth studio album from Swedish music group Tiamat. The album was produced by Waldemar Sorychta and released by Century Media records in 1994. Vocalist Johan Edlund and John Hagel were the only two remaining members of Tiamat who were still with the group after their previous album Clouds in 1992. The album was marked a strong change in the style of Tiamat's music with more progressive rock and psychedelic music-influenced music and a less death metal-oriented style. The music on the album deals with the occult, nature, and LSD.

The album was released on September 1, 1994, and was one of the highest-selling records for Century Media on its release. AllMusic praised the album, referring to it as "one of the classics of the genre".

Tiamat vocalist Johan Edlund was unhappy with the recording of the album Clouds, stating that it "definitely didn't turn out the way I wanted it to". After the release of their 1994 tour EP, The Sleeping Beauty (Live in Israel), Edlund fired all members of Tiamat except for John Hagel. In 1994, Tiamat began working on an album that would become Wildhoney with session musicians Magnus Sahlgren, Lars Sköld, and Waldemar Sorychta who acted as keyboardist and producer. Edlund later stated that on Wildhoney that he "really did what I wanted to do on Clouds". The bird songs on the album were from a sound effects album Edlund had. The album was recorded at Woodhouse Studio.

Wildhoney was a move away from the death metal sound that was previously heard on their last album Clouds. Wildhoney has been described as their first album where the "psychedelic/progressive influences were more widespread". Edlund looked back on the album later, stating that he was "just a very young guy [who] wanted to sound like his favorite band, Pink Floyd". In 2007, Edlund stated that the themes of the album revolved around the pentagram ("The Ar"), nature ("Gaia"), LSD ("A Pocket Size Sun") and satanism ("Visionaire").

Regarding the somewhat controversial lyrics on "The Ar", including the mention of "the sign of the Aryan race" therein, Edlund have stated that: "The symbol was called like this by the people who lived some 5000 years ago in the place now called Iraq. I didn't want to censor myself, because I knew that this could be understood wrongly, now, in this century, but I thought that's not what I'm writing about, so even if people get it wrong, I'd better explain it and stand for it".

Wildhoney was released on September 1, 1994, by Century Media Records. Wildhoney was a very successful album for Century Media. The album sold better than the previous best sellers on the label; Grave and Unleashed. The album was re-released to include the Gaia EP with it in 2001 by Century Media.

Online music database AllMusic gave the album a rating of four and a half stars out of five, stating that the album "elevated the group's combination of lingering death metal roots and ambient soundscapes to unparalleled heights of invention". AllMusic gave five stars to the reissue that included the Gaia EP, referring to the album as "one of the classics of the genre".

Track listing

All songs written by Johan Edlund except where noted.

Wildhoney

1. "Wildhoney" Music: Johan Edlund, Johnny Hagel 0:52
2. "Whatever That Hurts" 5:47
3. "The Ar" Lyrics: Edlund Music: Hagel, Waldemar Sorychta 5:03
4. "25th Floor" Music: Edlund, Sorychta 1:49
5. "Gaia" Lyrics: Edlund Music: Hagel 6:26
6. "Visionaire" Lyrics: Edlund Music: Thomas Petersson, Edlund 4:19
7. "Kaleidoscope" 1:19
8. "Do You Dream of Me?" Lyrics: Edlund Music: Sorychta, Edlund 5:06
9. "Planets" Music: Edlund, Magnus Sahlgren 3:13
10. "A Pocket Size Sun" 8:04

Total length: 42:08

Videos were made for (edited versions of) 'Whatever That Hurts' and 'Gaia'

Recording information:

Recorded and mixed at Woodhouse Studios (Dortmund, Germany) in July 1994.

Mastered by DMS.

Tiamat "Gaia (EP) (Germany, Limited Edition Digipak, Century Media, 77089-2)

Gaia is an EP by Swedish Gothic Metal band Tiamat, released November 28th, 1994.

Tracklist:

1. Gaia (Video Edit) 3:44
2. The Ar (Radio Cut) 3:25
3. When You're In  (Music By Gilmour, Mason, Wright, Waters)   5:49
4. Whatever That Hurts (Video Edit) 4:20
5. The Ar (Ind. Mix) 2:28
6. Visionaire (Remixed Longform Version) 4:53

Re-issued as bonus tracks by Century Media Records onto a remaster of Wildhoney in 2001 and on its 2011 re-release.