Smuteční slavnost - "Zahrada krkavců" (2017)

Smuteční slavnost -  "Zahrada krkavců"

Year: 2017

Genre: Black Metal
Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Moc sžírá vědomí
2. Zákonitost střídá chtíč
3. Když procházíme světem
4. Jistota na konci řady

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"Strictly unorthodox black metal" tag-line was meant as a joke. But we mean it. We are not interested in taking any part in your orthodox, evil, role-playing. We use black metal as a tool, not as an idol."
Smuteční slavnost is back on the road. This is their newest release with very strong lyrics and a very 'solid' sound.

Also, you can take a look into their past releases we have supported here. And stream and download this one in bandcamp. 

Kosmogyr - "Quiescent" (2017)

KOSMOGYR - "Quiescent"

Year: 2017

Genre: Black Metal
Country: China/ Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Quiescent

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Kosmogyr is a black metal project made collaboratively by two people from Shanghai and Prague.

Resurgo - "V zajetí myšlenek" (2016)

RESURGO "V zajetí myšlenek"

Year: 2016

Genre: Hardcore / Punk

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. S parazitem na hrudi
2. Třeba
3. V ego světě
4. Izolovat existenci
5. Vůbec nic
6. Interlude
7. V zajetí myšlenek
8. Křeč
9. Dno
10. Život je kolem

Bandcamp

Resurgo is a HC band active since 2008 and they have released their firts LP a few months ago. With members of  Zemezluc, Trauma 84 this band has a melodic and powerfull sound.

Here is the DOWNLOAD link for this LP, and also you can listen their first demo here, and download it here. 

Trauma 84 - "Demo" (2016)

TRAUMA 84 "Demo"

Year: 2016

Genre: Crust
Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Intro + Priority
2. Sloboda
3. Legálné ničenie
4. Jdu dál
5. Agonia
6. Geneticky zruinován
7. Infekce

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First demo of this antifascist vegan band stablished in Czech Republic. You can listen the free streaming in bandcamp, and also I put here the download code. Enjoy! 

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Frostland Tales - "Nostalgie, melancholie, smrt" (2015)

FROSTLAND TALES "Nostalgie, melancholie, smrt"

Year: 2015

Genre: Lo-Fi DSBM

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Nostalgie (Nostalgy)
2. Melancholie (Melancholy)
3. Smrt (Death)

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Here's the final release from Frostland Tales. According to the person who sent me this, the suicide story of FT's only member wasn't a bad joke - he actually did this. Don't know really what else to say... probably should just note it contains 3 tracks of pretty much the same lo-fi "melancholic monotonous black metal" which can be found on his earlier releases which all were featured on here before. R.I.P.

V/A - "Jdi a dívej se" (2015)

V/A "Jdi a dívej se"

Year: 2015

Genre: Black Metal

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Kruh - V břízách
2. Pustina - Tuk v okenních tabulkách
3. Marnost - Mstivá kantiléna
4. sgra - veiled
5. Doppelgänger of Death - Lost
6. Lichens - Podlehnutí
7. Lichens - Odloučení
8. Smuteční slavnost - Plátno moře

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One of my readers recently made a good observation that the Czech underground scene is quicky becoming  a new major RABM powerhouse. Taking in account how many good Czech bands I've posted on here, especially in the last couple of years, it's hard not to agree with him. This compilation, featuring 7 Czech anarcho-friendly BM bands, is yet another good proof to this.

Its name, "Jdi a dívej se", is a reference to a well-known ant-fascist movie "Come and See" by Elem Klimov. It's going to be released as double vinyl LP on 1st of July, and will be distributed by Day After Records. More info (in English and Czech) can be found on its bandcamp page.

Kronstadt - demo (2015)

KRONSTADT "Demo"

Year: 2015

Genre: Blackened Crust/Hardcore

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Oči partyzánů
2. Bratrstvo sibenic
3. Pohrebni hranice pro umirajici svet

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A band with such a name just can't be bad, right? Jokes aside, this demo indeed isn't bad. The band is from Czech republic (Uherský Brod), and at least one of their members is a fan of my blog. According to him:

"Some of our members are participants of Czech Anarchist movement, the rest are at least sympathetic. Our band agenda is 100% supportive towards antifascism, squatting, diy and such topics. And we of course want to spread our music towards equally or similarly thinking people"

The cover image is a photo of a memorial for victims of nazi occupation in Ostrava. The English translations of all their lyrics are available here.

Frostland Tales - "Obrazy" (2015)

FROSTLAND TALES "Obrazy"

Year: 2015

Genre: DSBM, Dark Ambient

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Les za svitu plamene (Rozjímání)
2. Hvězdná obloha (Procitnutí)

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Just as announced, this is the last release from Frostland Tales, consisting of only two short tracks. The track names mean "A forest in the light of flame (Meditation)" and "Starry sky (The awakening)" respectively. The cover image doesn't have any special meaning, it's just a photo made when he was in northern Italy. As for the music, it's very minimalistic. The author himself calls it "dark guitar-ambient", but feel free to call it however you want.

And the most disturbing part about this release - the author says that he's going to commit suicide by the end of this month, and the note is already written. It's the first time during the whole existence of my blog when a someone tells me about his suicide plans, so I really don't know how to react. I have no idea if he really intends to do it (or maybe already did), but if it's true... okay, it's his choice. Who am I to judge him and his decisions, anyway?..

FATAL - "O Zvěrstvech" (2015)

FATAL "O Zvěrstvech"

Year: 2015

Genre: Crustgrind

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Intro
2. Konec
3. Konvoj
4. Deceiver (Napalm Death cover)

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A short and raw crust/grind from Pete, a member of one of the Czech bands which previously was featured on this blog, released on 30th of March. The title means "About the Atrocities", and all the lyrics with English translations are available in the archive. Specifically, "Konec" ("The End") is a song about how the humanity consumes itself, and "Konvoj" is about the NATO military convoy that recently passed through the Czech Republic, and generally about the big countries' lust for war. "Deceiver" is a cover of Napalm Death song (original "Scum" version without that Repulsion intro).

P.S. More news from the Czech Republic, this time it's bad. The project Frostland Tales: "I'm dead, bye". Some people wanted to see FT live, but its founder doesn't think if it'd ever be possible to get the rest of the members to play a live gig...

Frostland Tales - "Konec" (2015)

FROSTLAND TALES "Konec"

Year: 2015

Genre: "Melancholic Monotonous Black Metal" (self-described)

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Bezmocný, bezcenný, bez života (Hopeless, Priceless, Lifeless)
2. Cesty života (Paths of Life)
3. Sny o jiné existenci (Dreams of Another Existence)
4. Snění (Dreaming - Trist cover)

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Finally, a first full-length release from Frostland Tales, which title ironically means "The End". It features two re-recorded tracks from the first demo (the first, which is a new version of "Don't Want to Live Anymore", and the second), one new track, and a cover version of a song from the Trist/Korium split. Total playing time is 39:40 (394 is the serial number of a guitar used in recording this album).

There are some vocals, which were recorded in a forest, for a "natural reverb". To be honest, vocals are the least appealing part of this album for me, fortunately there's not much of them. The sound and musicianship in general remains quite raw, demo-quality, but for me it's the main part of this project's appeal. The CD will be available soon as well, with the release note promised to include a mention of my blog.

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Frostland Tales - "Paths Of Life" (2014)

FROSTLAND TALES "Paths Of Life"

Year: 2014

Genre: DSBM, Death/Doom Metal

Country: Czech Republic 

Track List:

1. Paths Of Life Pt.I
2. Paths Of Life Pt.II
3. Paths Of Life Pt.III
4. (666.) Don't Want To Live Anymore

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For those who became interested in Frostland Tales after I posted that split w/ Forgotten Dawn - here's the first demo EP of this project, recorded in 2013 and released in 2014. It consists of 3 untitled tracks, and a bonus one which originally was intended for a second EP (which was going to be named "Soul Cuts", but most of the material for it was lost due to a PC crash).

The author thinks it's rather DSBM than blackened doom or something like that, but for me it sounds a lot like 90's death/doom metal. The main sources of inspiration were the Czech band Trist (R.I.P.), and the  Swedish one Hypothermia. The low quality of recording and the absence of vocals were intended to make the release more atmospheric. The sole member of Frostland Tales is also active in several other bands, some of which may be more RABM-themed than this one (anarcho-grindcore, oldschool raw BM, etc.)

Forgotten Dawn & Frostland Tales - "Requiem for mankind" (2014)

FORGOTTEN DAWN / FROSTLAND TALES "Requiem For Mankind"

Year: 2014

Genre: Blackened Doom Metal

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

Forgotten Dawn

1. No man´s land
2. Babylon must fall

Frostland Tales

1. Do lesů a do hor
2. Ztracená víra

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Two Czech one-man projects, both playing a kind of black/doom metal. Forgotten Dawn definitely has anarchist leanings (see the release notes for "Passive Resistance"), while Frostland Tales seems to be mostly apolitical. The guy behind Frostland Tales is only 17 y.o., and he's a member of several other bands and projects. According to Petr of Forgotten Dawn:

"His songs are more DSBM than mine, but still very doomy. There´s just few words in each song, so they sounds almost like instrumental music.

To Forgotten dawn: I tried to make my new tracks more "funeral" and less "atmospheric" than my previous work and I changed my vocal style a bit. It´s quite different than "Passive resistance" but I believe there is still significant handwriting" 

Uncle Grasha's Flying Circus - "Cruiser Potemkin is Everywhere" (2014)

UNCLE GRASHA'S FLYING CIRCUS " Cruiser Potemkin is Everywhere"

Year: 2014

Genre: Noise

Country: Czech Republic

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"Uncle Grasha's Flying Circus is dada-surrealistic project. It was found on Spitzbergen, avantgarde poet Willhelm Grasslich was beaten to unconsciousness by 51 nuns there. It produces style called nun-core, basically it means surrealistic noise ambient. Cruiser Potemkin is Everywhere is the first album, which was composed mainly on computer programme. Album was created during spring of 2014"

...Actually, it's just Czech ambient/noise, made by a member of an underground DIY community called  Pravěk - which, by all appearance, is very RABM-friendly. Their Greek counterparts maight be ZAM and their project Pornostroika Dadaifi - but UG'FC is a bit more noisy.

Marnost & Leechfeast - split (2014)

MARNOST / LEECHFEAST

Year: 2014

Genre: Black Metal / Sludge

Country: Czech Republic / Slovenia

Track List:

1. MARNOST - Lidé si kupují pečené kaštany
2. LEECHFEAST - Miasmata

bandcamp / bandcamp

As I've promised, I'm posting the 2nd recent release from Marnost. Although I liked their split with Oaken more than this one, it deserves to be on here too. The only song on Marnost side sounds quite experimental, and has a pretty strange name as well (in fact, it's based on a 1927 poem by a Czech anarcho-communist writer S.K.Neumann).

"Leechfeast from Slovenia is a diy gloomy sludge/doom band featuring members of Paperplanecrash, Landverraad or Melete. On this record they have one superheavy 7min song that sounds like Black Sabbath on heroin. Marnost are a czech anarchist blackmetal/experimental project with members of Gattaca, Remek, Lakmé or Dakhma and here they have an unorthodox and very experimental 7min song. The following labels co-released the split: Burina (sk), Catanarchy (at), Dingleberry (ger), IFB (usa), MxFxL (cz), Neadnderthal Stench (bel), Rope or Guillotine (nl). 525 pieces on black vinyl were made"  

Marnost & Oaken - split (2014)

MARNOST / OAKEN

Year: 2014

Genre: Black Metal / Dark Hardcore

Country: Czech Republic / Hungary

Track List:

1. MARNOST - Die Hamletmaschine (v2.0)
2. OAKEN - I'm the Crucifix
3. OAKEN - Redeemer

bandcamp / bandcamp

There are two new records involving Marnost, the best Czech RABM project, which just came out on vinyl last month. Here's one of them - a split LP with Oaken, a dark hardcore/post-metal band from Hungary closely linked to Rivers Run Dry, highly influenced by His Hero Is Gone and Amenra. The second one is a split with Slovenian sludge/doom band Leechfeast, which I'll post a bit later.

Drom & Moro Moro Land - split (2014)

DROM / MORO MORO LAND

Year: 2014

Genre: Post-(Black) Metal, Post-Hardcore, Sludge

Country: Czech Republic / Russia

Track List:

1. Drom - Věčný hlad
2. Drom - Kopí v zádech zabodlé
3. Moro Moro Land - Endless Parade
4. Moro Moro Land - Speak

bandcamp

Digital release: 14.3.2014
CD & LP: 10.4.2014

LP released by:
 Skin & Bones Records (UK), Monotonstudio (DE), Naše Desky (CZ), SAVRVS Brothers (HU), Holy Goat Records (DE) , Negation Records (DE), Eastrain Rec (FR), Terror Night (CZ), Gorgona Records (RU)

DROM:
Recorded by Anden Music
Mixed by Jan Šmejkal at Anden Music
Mastered by James Plotkin


Moro Moro Land:
Recorded by Alexey "Batyr" Basyrov at CORSO Studio
Mixed and mastered by Jasmin Dasovic

Artwork by Kuba Sokolski
www.kubasokolski.com
www.facebook.com/kubasokolski.artwork

This is the second release by Negation Records which I mentioned in my previous entry, and the one they're especially proud of. I think Drom need no introduction, because the regular readers of my blog probably have listened to their 2012 album "HECTOP" (dedicated to Nestor Makhno) already. For the fellow residents of Eastern Europe: if you want to see them live, don't miss your opportunity this month! Tour dates:


Slovakia:
10.04 - "Kontajner", Žilina
11.04 - "Cassbar", Košice

Ukraine:
12.04 - "Kaktus", Uzhgorod
13.04 - "Ether", Kiev (w/ Rings of Rhea)
14.04 - "God`s Garage", Zhytomyr

Belarus:
15.04 - "Винтаж", Minsk (w/ I.Witness)

Russia:
17.04 - "Станок", Nizhny Novgorod (w/ Moro Moro Land)
18.04 - "Project V", Moscow (w/ Minaret, Nimrud)
19.04 - "Бар «Жопа»" (what a great venue name! -B.K.), St. Petersburg (w/ Hvøsch)

Latvia:
23.04 - "Nabaklab", Rīga

Lithuania:
24.04 - "Underground Pub", Kaunas

Poland:
25.04 - "Klubojadalnia Eufemia", Warsaw (w/ Merkabah)
26.04 - (TBA), Kraków (w/ Bagna)

Ancst & Smuteční Slavnost - split (2014)

ANCST & SMUTECNI SLAVNOST

Year: 2014

Genre: Black Metal, Crust

Country: Germany / Czech Republic

Track List:

Ancst

1. Herzberge
2. Condition Humana
3. Shallow

Smuteční slavnost

1. Jak se rozloučím?
2. Outro

bandcamp

"3 old songs from Ancst's second unreleased demo.  
1 song from czech neo black metal outfit Smuteční slavnost. 
released as CD/cassette by yehonala tapes & skull witch records.

Cassette:
 limited to 100 copies in a hand screen printed black cardboard sleeve. features a gray/silver 2 colour eco print and comes with an extra lyric sheet. black pro-tapes with laser printed labels. 

Compact Disc (CD):
thermo heat printed limited pro-cdr packed in hand screen printed black cardboard sleeve.
eco 2 colour gray/silver print on both sides. limited to 50 copies only"

 Both bands on this split need no introduction to the regular readers of my blog. The split is very good and could easily be one of the best RABM releases of the 1st half of 2014.

Avvika - s/t (2014)

AVVIKA "Avvika"

Year: 2014

Genre: Epic Crust / Dark Hardcore

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Fire
2. Eternal Treblinka

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Today's 8th of March, so it's about time to post something with female vocals. I'm receiving a lot of demos, but not many of this kind. This one, recorded by a collective of 5 friends (2M / 3F) from Praha (CZ), Děčín (CZ) and Stockholm (SWE), is going to fit in well. It isn't black metal, but this kind of epic crust is always welcome in my blog too. Reminds me of Exmisja and Fall of Efrafa, regarding both music and ideology.

(A) // (E)

Smuteční slavnost - "Nářky věčného zatracení" (2013)

SMUTECNI SLAVNOST "Nářky věčného zatracení"

Year: 2013

Genre: Black Metal

Country: Czech Republic

Track List:

1. Štěkot obrovské smečky psů a kvílení duševně nemocných
2. ...a pátý jezdec je Strach
3. Ansuz
4. Hození boha do propasti
5. Národ věčného Podzimu

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"Strictly unorthodox black metal from Praha", finally released their first cassette titled "Nářky věčného zatracení". The music is indeed unorthodox, and sounds more like industrial than metal at times (track #4 for example), but overall it's black metal (albeit avant-garde). The cover image is a still from Béla Tarr's experimental movie "The Turin Horse".

All the tapes are soul out by now, but you still can visit their bandcamp page and buy their mp3 for whatever price you want, if you wish to support the Czech antifascist BM compilation they would be part of.

Forgotten Dawn - "Passive Resistance" (2013)

FORGOTTEN DAWN "Passive Resistance"

Year: 2013

Genre: Blackened Doom Metal

Country: Czech Republic 

Track List:

1. The Second Sun
2. The Statement
3. Children of Apocalypse

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A new and really promising one-man project from Czech Republic. The person behind it claims to be a fan of my blog and bands like Panopticon, WITTR, Marnost, Anastatica etc. "Passive Resistance" contains 3 tracks of mostly doom metal with some BM elements; the quality of recording is... well, not great (there's some crackle, and the vocal effects sound somewhat cheap), but overall it's pretty decent for a debut recording of an one-man band. Conceptually it deals with the topics of war, devastation, and post-apocalyptic themes in general. Currently, Forgotten Dawn is only a side project whose sole member is active in several other bands (which aren't explicitly anarchist, though, unlike this one).

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