Red & Anarchist Black Metal [and much more!]: Skagos & Wake

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

Skagos & Wake - "The Groan of Ancient Pines" (2009)

SKAGOS / WAKE "The Groan of Ancient Pines"

Year: 2009
Genre: Cascadian Black Metal
Country: Canada / USA
Label: Eternal Warfare / Hell Near

Track List:

Skagos

Existential Finality, Finalized

Wake

Doomed To Remain
This Progress Must Yield
A Safe Passage Through Dark Times
Ancient

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Finally, at least one side of this split is available! Thanks to Krumbled Kookie, who uploaded the track by Skagos on mediafire, and posted the link to my blog. All the 4 tracks by Wake still aren't available though.

As far as I know, Wake was a short-lived 4-piece Cascadian black metal band from the United States, who have recorded one demo and then split up. I haven't heard any their music yet, but I guess they sounded much like Skagos. I don't know if they had any political views, but they were definitely pro-environmentalist.

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AnonymousDecember 2, 2009 at 1:44 PM
Hi!
Here is demo of czech blackned crust band.

http://www.myspace.com/bloodinourwells
http://bandzone.cz/bloodinourwells
http://www.mediafire.com/?vmjmnqnjz1w

I know some members of this band. Some of them are anarchists or communists. They are antifascists a vegetarians.
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AnonymousDecember 2, 2009 at 2:03 PM
Do you know Dorn? http://www.myspace.com/666dorn

Summon The Crows - Scavengers Feast LP 2006
http://www.myspace.com/summonthecrows

Tracklist:
1. Summon The Crows - Wind Of Chains (1:37)
2. Summon The Crows - Tradition (1:44)
3. Summon The Crows - The Fear Of Death (1:16)
4. Summon The Crows - Salvation? (1:38)
5. Summon The Crows - Void (1:33)
6. Summon The Crows - Overpowered (1:15)
7. Summon The Crows - Scavengers Feast (2:50)
8. Summon The Crows - The Third Side (1:27)
9. Summon The Crows - In Silent Death (1:25)
10. Summon The Crows - The Prayer (1:24)
11. Summon The Crows - Consumption (1:03)
12. Summon The Crows - Life Is Shit (3:01)
13. Summon The Crows - Empires Rise - Empires Fall (1:48)
http://www.mediafire.com/?mqqzmn3nmid

Bombstrike / Legion 666 SPLIT 2004
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ViJH2FpJYOs/Rxnv3tqCCpI/AAAAAAAAAiA/_yo1k7TTULY/s320/Bombstrike018.jpg
1.Legion 666 - Pessimistic Skies
2. Legion 666 - Blue-eyed Devils (Crude S.S.)
3. Bombstrike - Dodens utstrackta hand
4. Bombstrike - Patent pa godhet
http://www.4shared.com/file/26957847/f62c572c/bombstrike__legion_666_-_split.html

Legion: DCLXVI -- Hell At Last 19991. Abuse in Isolation
2. Tomorrow's Prayer
3. Exhausted
4. Close Your Fucking Book
http://www.mediafire.com/?2ndowuydd5n/?
http://www.myspace.com/legiondclxvi

Fukpig - 2009 - Spewings From A Selfish Nation
http://store.limewire.com/covers/f/6/c5/4549/5c62/fb74/f481/d6fa/e281/16f1/823f/3ad5/cover500.jpg
01 - The Horror is Here
02 - Necropunk
03 - Switchblade Romance
04 - As the Bombs Fall
05 - As Millions Suffer
06 - Bombs of War
07 - Cunt Hive
08 - Mother Nature's Fears
09 - Millions Dying
10 - Thrash Armageddon
11 - Their Cries
12 - Negative Mental Attitude
13 - Caught Out
14 - Inertia
http://rapidshare.com/files/247282057/Fp09SFASN.rar/

DÖDSÄNGEL -- HELGRIND 2009DÖDSÄNGEL 1.Eternal War 04:06
2.Wolven Hatred 04:02
3.The Last Forest 04:56
4.Subatomic Holocaust 04:00
5.The Middle of the Night 03:54
6.Detestation 02:12
7.Life 04:42
8.Helgrind
http://www.mediafire.com/?gtdt1mjymrg
http://www.myspace.com/dodsangeldodsangel

Banished from Inferno -- Banished from Inferno EP 2008
http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/2/1/6/121682_logo.jpg
1. Aurora Macabra (Last Dawn on Earth) 02:34
2. Storm Apokalypse 04:01
3. Calaveras 03:51
4. Stench of Evil thru the Mist 05:00
5. The Solemn Bleakness 07:38 http://rs572.rapidshare.com/files/159529189/Banished_From_Inferno_-_2008_Ep_-_Banished_From_Inferno_Espa_a_deathfans.blogspot.com.rar
http://www.myspace.com/banishedfrominferno
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AnonymousDecember 2, 2009 at 2:12 PM
Look at this phorum:
http://punkuj.com/
Registration is here:
http://punkuj.com/ucp.php?mode=register

Its czech phorum with a lot of underground music. Include metal, crust, hardcore etc.
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AnonymousDecember 2, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Do you know czech bands Krabathor and Hypnos? The are playing death metal, but they have really good lyrics! Against consume, stalinism a fascism (Song Shit Comes In Brown). Some of them are vegetarians. Both bands have splited up :-(
Krabathor lyrics:
http://www.darklyrics.com/k/krabathor.html
Discography:
http://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krabathor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krabathor
Links here:
http://metal-forum.xf.cz/viewtopic.php?t=4991

Hypnos was project of their guitarist, who left the Krabathor.
http://www.myspace.com/hypnoscz
http://www.lyricstime.com/hypnos-lyrics.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxvv1dw_u-E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fs33L67wvM
http://auschwitz-requiem.blogspot.com/2009/11/hypnos-revenge-ride.html
http://mediaportal.ru/mp3/205093-hypnos-rabble-m228nifesto-2005.html
http://metal-forum.xf.cz/viewtopic.php?t=279
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Krumbled KookieDecember 3, 2009 at 4:33 AM
I can't take credit for the upload; I simply knew where it could be found. Ray from Skagos actually uploaded it and posted the link in the DFFD forum.

I need to say that people who want to hear these bands should go to Eternal Warfare and purchase the cassette. Ray is a good guy, and deserves your support, as does Nate, who runs Eternal Warfare, and is also a good guy. Do the right thing folks.
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AnonymousDecember 3, 2009 at 12:06 PM
okay i do not have a cell phone so i could not make a blog of my own or a youtube account
i put this here because it is your latest post and you will probably look at it soonest
i saw your youtube video about RABM and have probably counted as 50 of the views on that video it is amazing. RABM is one of my favorite things to listen to especially blackened crust like iskra. i downloaded many of your posts and i saw your wishlist and saw you needed humanicide I HAVE SOME MUSIC BY THEM!! you can contact me on myspace or through my email my myspace is myspace.com/anarchocommune and my email is in_dk_atrocketmail@yahoo.com . i have enjoyed a lot of the music you post and wish to give back to you so please contact me. i don't have a mediafire account but will make one or do whatever you have to in order for you to get it. Thanks my name is Jared Creel
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AnonymousDecember 3, 2009 at 9:57 PM
Greetings from Czech Repubic!
Do you know band xNIDALx? Its sXe hc/metal band. They are very metalic and brutal. They are vegans and anarchists.

http://www.myspace.com/xnidalx

xNIDALx - One Front, One Struggle
http://www.abysszine.com/image/recenze/xnidalx-onef-font-one-struggle01.jpg
http://usr.bandzone.cz/band/xn/xnidalx/gallery/profile.default/72518.jpg

1. Intro
2. More bodies, more souls
3. Have a heart
4. One front, one struggle
5. Space no effort

http://rapidshare.com/files/107585724/xNidalx_-_One_Front__One_Struggle.rar
or
http://massmirror.com/5ebd02d166c33f3690d3e200106dd2e8.html
6. Your last day
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AnonymousDecember 5, 2009 at 4:02 AM
I love this blog! I had no knowledge of the RABM scene before finding this blog, but now I can't stop listening to all the great bands you have been promoting! Keep up the great work!
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B.K.December 7, 2009 at 5:42 AM
Oh... so many comments again. Thank you all for these responses, it's always good to see my work useful to anyone. I'll check out all the links as soon as possible.
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Foul is FairDecember 30, 2009 at 4:09 PM
Here's a link to Wake's side of this split:

sharebee.com/2b9289a1

Skagos, Wake, and all the bands featured on RABM deserve your support, so get the fuck out there and buy their records!

Thanks for your effort in maintaining this blog, B_K. It doesn't go unappreciated.
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AnonymousSeptember 3, 2011 at 10:45 PM
i actually know one of the folks from Wake. i'll see if he has any recordings still.
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AnonymousAugust 18, 2014 at 10:24 AM
I NEED THE 2007 DEMO, JEBUS PLS SOMEONE GIVE ME 2007 DEMO PLS JEBUS PLS
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After many years of activity, this blog is now put on hold since the majority of contributors have a lot of other important stuff going on in their lives. New music submissions should go to /r/RABM/ (note that the mods of /r/RABM/ don't have anything to do with this blog).

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Q.: Which kinds of music are featured on this blog?

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- blackened crust/hardcore/punk (only if it's openly RABM-friendly, or if it's just very good music; we have no intention to collect here all the blackened punk in existence);

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Q.: What's your main ideology?

A.: This blog is generally written from a position of anarchism without adjectives; however, the RABM scene is very diverse ideologically. Let us end on this, as this blog isn't quite a right place for purely political debates; if you want to learn or argue about anarchism/other ideologies, there's a lot of specialized FAQs/blogs/forums for you.

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Q.: What's your opinion on Satanism?

A.: The so-called "Hollywood Satanism", which is often found in black metal, is, in our opinion, nothing more than inverted Christianity, so we aren't big on it. Many of us are simply atheists, pagans of all kinds, gnostics, etc. We also don't share the notion that only genuine theistic Satanists / Devil-worshippers can play "real" black metal (this would exclude such bands as Venom, Bathory, Immortal, Summoning, and many many others). Additionally, the very term "Satanism" is quite vague, and can't be narrowed down to LaVeyan Satanism (which is heavily disliked by many black metallers), or whatever else. LaVey had some good points, but in general his philosophy can be described just as "Ayn Rand with some occult tinge".

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A.: Unfortunately it's often the case with distros and labels that distribute stuff regardless of its political affiliation. Even Austin Lunn of Panopticon complained about Pagan Flames (the label which released his "Collapse" and "Social Disservices" LPs) having NSBM in their distro, so things like these are just unavoidable.

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