OCULTO

NOTE: Not to be confused with [a secular? band] from Ciudad de México.

BAND NAME: Oculto
GENRE: Raw / Atmospheric Black Metal / Blacknoise
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Mexico (Mérida, Yucatán)

Lineup:
E.V. - All instruments, Vocals

Discography:


Demo (12 September, 2024, Comando Records)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Also stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)

1) Catacumba I 3:37
2) Catacumba II 4:03
3) Catacumba III 5:08




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CAVH

^ Old logo ......... v New logo


BAND NAME: Cavh
GENRE: Experimental / Symphonic Unblack/Death Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Brazil (Natal, Rio Grande do Norte)

Not sure when the project started, but the earliest activity on Facebook is from 8 June, 2021.

The band name is an acronym in Portuguese:
Curvar (to bow)
Arrepender (to repent)
Venerar (to venerate)
Honrar (to honor / give honor to)

 Lineup:
Matheus Morais - All instruments, Vocals

Links:
Facebook
Instagram
YouTube (artist page)
Qobuz
Anghami
SoundCloud
Spotify
Tidal
Yandex / Яндекс
Apple Music
Shazam
BoomPlay
Deezer
Amazon Music
TikTok Music

Discography:


Algo Maior (single, 8 July, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital
Spotify / etc (OFFICIAL)

1) Algo Maior
4:17, lyrics unknown

Visão Espiritual (single, 2 August, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital
Spotify / Apple / etc (OFFICIAL)

1) Visão Espiritual
4:40, lyrics unknown

Altos Céus (single, 31 August, 2022, Independent)
Format: Digital
Spotify / etc (OFFICIAL)

1) Altos Céus
4:32, lyrics unknown

Testemunhos do Legado (album, 26 June, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital
Spotify / Apple / etc (OFFICIAL)

Also stream on YouTube (OFFICIAL)

Guest appearances:
Melancton Samengalef - Vocals (track 4)
Premnath Gonesh - Orchestrations (track 8)
+ possibly Yves Philippe - Vocals somewhere?

It might be difficult to see on certain screens/monitors, but the background of the cover art shows Jesus' tomb with the stone rolled away.

Yves Philippe (of the band Eternal After Death) was announced to be doing vocals on one of these songs, but I don't see him credited anywhere. I'd assume he ended up not being on the album, but I'm not certain yet.

1) Haka Intercessória
6:22, lyrics:
Estendam as suas mãos e recebam, eu não sei oque será, mais Deus te dará, ele sempre tem o melhor para vocês, sinta no seu peito a sensação única de tratamento privilegiado com toda atenção dada a você, pelo Senhor dos Senhores, sejam gratos por tudo da parte dele, se curve diante da presença do seu Pai Celestial, adore, bata palmas o mais forte que puder, a vida, a morte, a ressurreição, o corpo incorruptível, o Homem que veio para transformar sua vida, trazer o sol da manhã para te alimentar, suba o cume e conheça a altura e profundidade de tudo que você ouviu falar, agora é sua vez de viver isso na prática, voce consegue, eu consegui, Jesus conseguiu, e eu e o espírito santo intercede por você, nós iremos te ajudar em cada passo na direção que Deus falar, não será fácil, é difícil sim pra mim, mais todos nós conseguimos somar as nossas forças, um levanta o outro, ninguém fica para trás, estamos na mesma corrida, no mesmo barco, iremos até o fim.

2) Urgência do Arrependimento
4:20, lyrics:
Estou aqui de novo Deus, Estou aqui de novo,
recebe o meu louvor, escuta o meu clamor,
eu te adoro Deus, bendito seja o nome do meu senhor, exalto o seu nome,
Agora vejo que você está aqui sim,
aqui perto de mim,
tua presença é o que não me faz desistir,
dos teus caminhos,
Eu preciso de forças para lutar,
pequenos fechos de luz,
a maldita brecha que me faz errar o alvo
que és tu meu pai,
o meu arrependimento é puro e verdadeiro,
buscando sempre com urgência me arrepender,
não há tempo pra desperdiçar,
estamos sempre atrasados,
E tudo que faremos ainda será pouco,
me ajuda a ter um bom altar,
Só o senhor ver a fidelidade,
a minha traição diária contra eu mesmo,
entristecendo o teu espírito santo.


3) Marchando Para o Trono
6:09, lyrics:
Vi eu sendo criança,
Em um cenário pós guerra,
Eu era muito inocente e era dia,
Estava sozinho,
O céu estava diferente
Como nunca tinha visto,
Por trás de mim em um lugar distante
O céu estava aberto expostamente,
Isso pude sentir,
Em marcha se aproximava
Um povo impossível de contar,
Passavam na minha frente bem cansados, porém alegres porque venceram
Em Cristo Jesus,
Eu estava admirado porque eles marchavam rumo ao trono de Deus,
Em gritos de guerra adoravam ao Senhor,
E com essa visão
Tocava a harmonia dessa música
Enquanto eles marchavam.


4) The Elucidator
5:14, lyrics:
Maybe it's late, but it's not.

You may think it's the end, but it's just the beginning.

Look for something new.

That which is beautiful and forever. This will change your life.

The suffering will end.

And you will have the peace you always believed in.

There is still room in the glory of God.

Until we know the day in which our King will return.

I will help you to be ready.

Taking away all the burden.

Relieving your tiredness.

With the transformative peace of Christ, the only one with the power of absolute,
With the transformative peace incomparable changes.
With the power of absolute

With the transformative peace of Christ, the only one with the power of absolute,
Incomparable changes

The only one with the power of absolute,

A takes is a single true contact with Him and you will be embraced with enlightenment and you will feel The elucidator.


5) Eu Te Venero / Cavh, Pt. 1
4:32, lyrics:
Ontem eu estava quase dormindo, para um sono profundo,
Hoje eu estou com os meus olhos abertos e mais ânimo que antes, a revolta em mim agora é maior para lutar e nunca mais isso me atrapalhar,
Porque humanamente falando eu não posso parar, como eu iria para Glória se eu tirasse a minha vida séria um pecado complicado e inadmissível,
E tudo que vivi e batalhei séria em vão, mais tenho que continuar, não posso parar e arruinar tudo em minha volta e destruir, assim eu estaria abrindo a porta para o demônio entrar, bagunçado mais não posso porque oque abita em mim é maior que tudo que existe no universo, e me declaro que pelo seu amor irei lutar até o fim, e por ele eu não paro, eu me CURVO ao Senhor, eu me ARREPENDO o Jesus, eu te VENERO o meu Deus, eu te HONRO Espírito Santo.


6) Eu Te Venero / Formato de Cruz, Pt. 2
4:48, lyrics:
Eu estava focado quando fazia algo,
senti dentro de mim um fervor querendo te adorar, louvei te adorando, em espírito,
depois com os meus lábios,
aqui está o Deus aleluia, eu respiro com o ar que é certo
Deus queria me mostrar algo
e colocou dentro de mim uma paz muito grande,
e senti ele falar, olhe atrás de você,
pensei que fosse algo da minha cabeça,
mais isso insistiu e resolvi olhar,
quando virei meus olhos vi
os postes antigos que tinham formatos de cruz,
a presença dele foi forte naquele lugar,
e adorei com muita alegria e gratidão
pelo seu imenso amor que sempre se mostra para mim de diversas formas,
ele merece toda honra incansável para ser dada a ele,
o santo dos santos,
a maravilha inexplicável que ele é.


7) Eu Te Venero / Adoração Continua, Pt. 3
6:12, lyrics:
A minha vida, continua porque, foi para isso que ela foi feita independente dos meus erros e pecados, a adoração continua, eu não sou uma pessoa boa, mais meu coração é bom, e meu criador Deus sabe, que só minha intenção é pura, como sempre meus olhos, querem me trair meus ouvidos dão atenção ao que não deveriam, minha carne deseja o mal, em constante explosão de agonia, mais a devoção ao rei dos reis permanece, porque não tenho que ser perfeito, para adorar e assim será, para todo sempre, na terra e também no reino Celestial, portanto aja oq houver não pare, arrenpendesse sempre, do pecado que fez, e adore, ele ainda te espera, ele ainda te espera.

8) Dores
5:35, lyrics:
Longe estive do teu chamado,
Com preenchimentos causados
Através de dores, foi difícil voltar,
Mais o poder da oração, de um coração
Sem ocultação foi permissão
Para Jesus fazer uma nova historia,
Realizar a tua vontade na dispençassão do teu Espírito Santo,

Sempre te adorando pelo que tu és, feliz por está na boa e perfeta vontade suprema

Descansando em ti, confiando cada vez mais forte, no teu operar, com fé imutável.


9) Eu Te Bendigo
4:07, lyrics:
Yeshua, Jesus eu não sei Por que,
mais quero te oferecer, a minha vida senhor,
eu não quero que o espírito santo se entristeça,
com os meus atos pecaminosos, sei que é impossível,
Por que não sou perfeito, mais tu conhece o meu coração, sabes qual é a minha intenção,
a alegria de não pecar,
agradar o espírito santo para superabundar
a tua Graça, eu te louvo e te bendigo,
toda Glória seja para ti,
acima de todos os problemas,
eu te louvo e te bendigo,
ouça a minha voz e te digo,
descanse em mim e eu te darei abrigo,
o espírito santo intercede por você,
em todo tempo de sua vida.


10) O Meu Amor Está em Ti
7:17, lyrics:
Tu és santo santo santo
o meu amor está em ti
tu és santo santo santo
o teu amor está em mim
senhor preciso do teu poder
os serafins voam sobre o trono
as duas asas eles cobrem o seu rosto
com duas asas eles cobrem os seus pés
e com mais duas asas eles sobrevoam
e eles clamam dizendo santo santo santo
é o senhor dos exércitos,
toda terra está cheia da sua glória.

 

 

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1) The lyrics to those three singles? 2) Did Yves Philippe appear on "Testemunhos"?

 

Miscellaneous stuff:
Another variant of the new logo

REJOICE IN OUR SUFFERING (RiOS)

 
 


BAND NAME: Rejoice in Our Suffering
GENRE: Lo-fi Unblack Metal, Dark Ambient
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: USA (Berkeley Springs, West Virginia)

Written on the project's Bandcamp:
"Primarily, it is an exploration and expression of depression and weakness we experience as Christians while trying to live up to God's standards. We absolutely will persevere, thanks to the grace of Jesus Christ and his righteous perfection. However, we are still human."

Also the artist wishes to note:
"[T]he artwork for my demos is made with AI, I have no desire to hide that from anyone - if there are any artists out there that would be willing to work with me on artwork, I'd be happy to compensate if possible, I just don't know any."

Lineup:
T. Suffering - All instruments, Vocals

Links:
Bandcamp (+ HERE for merch)


Demo (8 December, 2023, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Ambient, all instrumental.

The verse in track 4's song title might make more sense if you read it along with the [preceding verses].

1) Whom He May Devour (1 Peter 5:8) 3:41
2) The Pain of This World (Psalms 34:18) 2:22
3) Deception (1 John 4:1) 4:01
4) Parasepsontas (Hebrews 6:6) 3:59
5) In Due Time (1 Peter 5:6) 3:46

Though the Righteous Fall Seven Times (demo, 1 March, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Ambient, all instrumental.

1) Fear (Isaiah 41:10) 3:54
2) War (Matthew 5:9) 4:14
3) Though the Righteous Fall Seven Times (Proverbs 24:16) 7:45


Maranatha (single, 30 July, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
link expired

Single from the "Spiritual Warfare" demo. Deleted, presumably when the full demo was released.

1) Maranatha 2:35


Spiritual Warfare (demo, 12 August, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Tracks 1/6 are ambient, tracks 2-5 are all black metal.

It was remixed/remastered at some point (before 19 Sept) and was originally planned to be an EP, before the artist decided to rebrand it as a demo instead.

1) Meditations 1:46, instrumental
2) Spiritual Warfare 1:06
3) Maranatha 2:30
4) Psalm 46 1:32
5) Lifting 3:15
6) I, Sinner 1:39, instrumental
 


Demo Collection (compilation)

24 September, 2024, Independent, Bandcamp
8 October, 2024, Independent, CD, 100 copies

"The Pro-CD edition is in a 6-Panel wallet with extensive liner notes"

Compilation of all the above material.

1) Meditations 1:46, instrumental
2) Spiritual Warfare 1:06
3) Maranatha 2:30
4) Psalm 46 1:32
5) Lifting 3:15
6) I, Sinner 1:39, instrumental
1) Fear (Isaiah 41:10) 3:54
2) War (Matthew 5:9) 4:14
3) Though the Righteous Fall Seven Times (Proverbs 24:16) 7:45
1) Whom He May Devour (1 Peter 5:8) 3:41
2) The Pain of This World (Psalms 34:18) 2:22
3) Deception (1 John 4:1) 4:01
4) Parasepsontas (Hebrews 6:6) 3:59
5) In Due Time (1 Peter 5:6) 3:46
 


Resurrection of Dry Bones (album)

25 September, 2024, Independent, Bandcamp
8 October, 2024, Independent, CD-R in DVD case, 25 copies
 
1) Resurrection of Dry Bones (Ezekiel 37) 7:03
2) Grieved Him (Genesis 6:6) 10:04
3) All Is Vanity (Ecclesiastes 1) 4:02
4) All Have Sinned (Romans 3:23) 9:18
5) Hypocrites (Matthew 23:13-15) 5:33
6) Legion (Mark 5:9) 6:04
 
You Can't Save Yourself (promo/single, 1 October, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

1) You Can't Save Yourself 1:51
Death of the Old Man (promo/single, 11 October, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

1) Death of the Old Man 4:55
 

 Rejoice in Our Suffering / self-titled (album, UPCOMING)

All-metal album. Planned for 23 December, 2024. More info will be added as it becomes available!

3) You Can't Save Yourself 1:51
??) Death of the Old Man 4:55
+ other songs

(artwork
not
available)


title unknown (split, UPCOMING)

Split with another unblack band from the USA. More info will be added as it becomes available!
Tracklist not known yet.
 
(artwork
not
available)


title unknown (split, UPCOMING)

Split with one of my projects, Nightmare I Am. More info will be added as it becomes available!
Nightmare I Am will have 6 tracks. I don't know how many RiOS will have yet.
 

 + In addition to all these, a "punk/crusty" sounding release of some sort is also in the works, set for release in 2025 and planned for cassettes.
 



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Info confirmed accurate as of September 2024.
 
Miscellaneous stuff:
This slightly differently-shaded version of "Demo Collection" is used on streaming services.

 
Similar to: [SECULAR] Ildjarn, Moloch (Ukr), Tomhet, The Sun's Journey Through the Night, [CHRISTIAN] Ancient Plague, early Betheos Abshalom, (add more later)

ANIMIS

This page is in the process of being updated.
Some info may be wrong.
¡Gracias a Moy!

 

BAND NAME: Animis
GENRE: Unblack Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: International (Chile, Mexico)

Not sure when it was formed, but the song below was recorded in 2022.

Lineup:
Dago Cortez - Vocals, Lyrics
Moy Perez - All instruments, Songwriting

Discography:

As far as I'm aware, only [this one song] so far. Posted 12 December, 2023.
3:46, title and lyrics currently unknown.

They released something else, too. I'll add it soon.

An album is in the works and as of December 2023, the band was hoping for a 2024 release.



 Creatio Universi (EP)

More info pending!

1) En el principio
2) Muerte en el Eden
3) En tu presencia
4) Cain y Abel
5) En el principio (demo instrumental)
6) El futuro humano (demo instrumental)



White Metal Vol 2 - Destronando a la serpiente (compilation, 2022, Lament Records)
Format: CD

[Probably] released in early September.

18) Animis - En el principio
track length / lyrics unknown

 



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MAUGRIM

 

^ Early logos / band photo (2008 - 2010)
v New logo / band photo (circa 2016)

 

BAND NAME: Maugrim
GENRE: Black Ambient (2008-2011), Depressive Black Metal (2012 onward)
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: USA (CT + IL, early; FL + NC, mid; NC only, now)

This band currently does not identify as Christian. This page was made based on just a couple of very early releases. Everything they've done for at least the past 12 years has been secular and has no relevance to this website or its associated scene.

Formed in 2006 when Alexander had his first ideas for the project. According to the 2015 interview (see links section), the ideas were "vastly different" than what ended up being recorded, but no more info is given.

Named after a character in the "Chronicles of Narnia" series (CS Lewis).

Lineup:
Alexander James - Everything (early), Vocals, Acoustic Guitars, Ambience (now)
Élan "Der Pestarzt" O'Neal - Electric Guitars, Drums

Past members:
Elisha Mullins - Electric Guitars (lead)
+ other past members, names/roles unknown

Links:
Facebook
Spotify
Apple Music
Deezer
iHeartRadio
Interview (2015) (ghgumman.blogg.se)
Myspace (see also archive.org, 2011)
Starve the Flesh @ archive.org

Discography:


Paths of the Damned (album, 2009, Sullen Records (RIP-OFF))
Format: CD-R, limited 250 copies

Track 2 is misspelled on streaming sites as "A Dart Offering".

Metal Archives features a couple spelling errors (Imitators → Immitators... Witch's or Witches' → Witchs). I don't know if these are just typos on the website, or if they're on the actual album artwork. The sample above is too small to read most of the words. Though I do see that top-right panel has Isaiah 14:21 on it.

1) Prelude - Paths of the Damned
1:28, instrumental

2) Immitators of Suspended Flesh - A Dark Offering
10:04, lyrics:
The dead are in deep anguish, those beneath the waters and all that live in them. Sheol is naked before God; Destruction lies uncovered. He spreads out the northern skies over empty space; he suspends the earth over nothing. He wraps up the waters in his clouds, yet the clouds do not burst under their weight. He covers the face of the full moon, spreading the clouds over it. He marks out the horizon on the face of the waters for a boundary between light and darkness. The pillars of the heavens quake, aghast at his rebuke. By his power he churned up the sea; by his wisdom he cut Rahab to pieces. By his breath the sky became fair; his hand pierced the gliding serpent. And these are but the outer fringe of his works; who then can understand the thunder of his power?”
(based heavily on Job 26:5-14, NIV)

3) Goblin Burial Grounds - The End of an Obsessive Battle
3:32 (medieval war sounds / yells, no actual lyrics)

4) Decrepit Beings - They Fled into the Shadows
6:00, lyrics:
There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, or hidden that will not be made known. What you have said in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the rooftops. "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after killing the body, has power to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Do not be afraid: you are worth more than many sparrows.
(based heavily on Luke 12:2-7, NIV)

5) Beast of the Swamp - Lurkers of the Deep
5:56, lyrics:
Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of their forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities. "I will rise up against them," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD. "I will turn her place into a place for owls and into a swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty.

The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand. I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders." This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations. For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?

(based heavily on Isaiah 14:21-27, NIV)

6) My Beloved - A Familiar Face
4:32, instrumental

7) The Witchs Camp - A Horde of Utter Darkness
13:46, partial lyrics:
The LORD has broken the rod of the wicked, the scepter of the rulers, which in anger struck down peoples with unceasing blows, and in fury subdued nations with relentless aggression. All the lands are at rest and at peace; they break into singing. Even the pine trees and the cedars of Lebanon exult over you and say, "Now that you have been laid down, no woodsman comes to cut us." The grave below is all astir to meet you at your coming; it rouses the spirits of the departed to greet you-- all those who were leaders in the world; it makes them rise from their thrones-- all those who were kings over the nations.

They will all respond, they will say to you, "You also have become weak, as we are; you have become like us." All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you. How you have fallen from heaven, O morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth, you who once laid down the nations! You said in your heart, "I will ascend to heaven; I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of the sacred mountain. I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High." But you are brought down to the grave, to the depths of the pit. Those who see you stare at you, they ponder your fate: "Is this the man who shook the earth and made kingdoms tremble, the man who made the world a desert, who overthrew its cities and would not let his captives go home?"

All the kings of the nations lie in state, each in his own tomb. But you are cast out of your tomb like a rejected branch; you are covered with the slain, with those pierced by the sword, those who descend to the stones of the pit. Like a corpse trampled underfoot, you will not join them in burial, for you have destroyed your land and killed your people. The offspring of the wicked will never be mentioned again. Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the sins of his forefathers; they are not to rise to inherit the land and cover the earth with their cities.

"I will rise up against them," declares the LORD Almighty. "I will cut off from Babylon her name and survivors, her offspring and descendants," declares the LORD. "I will turn her into a place for owls and into swampland; I will sweep her with the broom of destruction," declares the LORD Almighty. The LORD Almighty has sworn, "Surely, as I have planned, so it will be, and as I have purposed, so it will stand. I will crush the Assyrian in my land; on my mountains I will trample him down. His yoke will be taken from my people, and his burden removed from their shoulders." This is the plan determined for the whole world; this is the hand stretched out over all nations.

For the LORD Almighty has purposed, and who can thwart him? His hand is stretched out, and who can turn it back?
[???] prophecy [???] came in the year King Ahaz died: Do not rejoice, all you Philistines, that the rod that struck you is broken; from the root of that snake will spring up a viper, its fruit will be a darting, venomous serpent. The poorest of the poor will find pasture, and the needy will lie down in safety. But your root I will destroy by famine; I will slay your survivors. Wail, O gate! Howl, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! A cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there is not a straggler in its ranks. What answer shall be given to the envoys of that nation? "The LORD has established Zion, and in her his afflicted people will find refuge."
(based heavily on Isaiah 14:5-32, NIV)

8) The Creator - At the Feet of the King
5:00, instrumental




Not sure if these releases are Christian
- Paths of the Damned (demo version, 2008)
- They Gather in the Darkness / Primordial Decay (split, 2010)
- They Gather in the Darkness (EP, 2011)
- (title unknown) (planned split with secular band Taur nu Fuin)

Confirmed not Christian
- Nothing, Bare / Frail (split, 2012)
- A Premature Slaughter, in an Age of Torment (EP, 2012)
- Nothing, Bare (EP, 2013)
- A Premature Slaughter / This Is My Coffin (single, 2013)
- Primoridal Venom (album, 2016)


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INFO:
1) Missing lyrics to "Witchs Camp". 2) Are these the correct song titles or are there typos? 3) Which of the releases in the list are Christian, and which are secular? 4) Any info on the other past members mentioned in that 2015 interview? 5) Generally any interesting info that's not already here? I had a surprisingly tough time finding most of this stuff; I feel like there has to be some info missing.
IMAGES:
The newest logo (c.2016). Also, I happen to know they had a "sigil" that was similar to that logo, but not identical. It seems to have only appeared on a shirt sold by Swampkult that is no longer available. If anyone has this sigil, please let me know.



Miscellaneous stuff:
Left: The logo at the top-right of this page was made by Memento Mori Art. This is a variant made by the same (person? company?), but it went mostly unused. As far as I can tell, it only appeared on a few patches that Swampkult Productions made.
Right: One of the shirt designs from Starve the Flesh. The runes around the border seem to spell "ᛒᚢᛟᚠᛏᛁᛒ" which would transliterate to "buoftib", but that doesn't make sense. Perhaps I'm misreading?

GONDOLIN




BAND NAME: Gondolin
GENRE: Black Ambient / Funeral Doom
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: USA
 
Angsar currently does not identify as Christian. Ethan does. I don't know if either of them plans to continue the band someday or not. I also don't know which member is which in the photos above.

They say on last.fm that they're influenced by "Summoning, Agalloch, and Ahab". Based on the only song I can find by them ("Awakening to New Lands"), ... I guess? The song is basically like Summoning but without the guitars, and with a very, very sad/morose mood to it.

[This page] says, "Lyrical concepts focus on the majestic earth, and its Creator", while [this page] says they're influenced by Tolkien. Maybe a mix of both?
 
Ethan - Unknown
Alexander "Angsar" James - Unknown
 
 Links:
Myspace

Discography:
The following songs are mentioned on Last.fm. I don't know if these are by this band or not. All other songs from last.fm
not mentioned on this page, are confirmed to be by different bands.
- Discovering Runes of Old
- Crossing of the Dnieper
- Introduction
- My Mirrored Self
- Sketches of No Mosquitoes
- New Gondo
- Old Thunder
- The Music

 


Christian Metal Fellowship: Compilation Volume II (compilation, 2009, Sullen Records)
Format: CD

3) Gondolin - Awakening to New Lands
7:44, lyrics unknown

(artwork
not
available)


Revelations Vol II (compilation, NOT SURE IF RELEASED, Sullen Records (RIP-OFF))
Format unknown

This band was confirmed to appear on this, but it's not clear if the release ever happened or not. Announced in November 2008.

??) Gondolin - track(s) unknown

(artwork
not
available)


A Voyage Beyond the Unknown (EP, NOT SURE IF RELEASED, Sullen / Open Grave (RIP-OFFS))
Planned format: unknown, but limited 1,000 copies worldwide[1]

"An Ode..." is 4:33, but it's noted on Myspace as an "edit", so the final song was probably longer.
"Awakening to New Lands" is notably 41 seconds shorter than the version on the compilation for some reason.

??) An Ode to the Most High
??) Awakening to New Lands
7:03
??) Crossing of the Open Sea 3:16
not sure if there were other songs





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I do know 100% for a fact there's a higher-quality version of the logo out there somewhere, but I can't find it.

TEETH OF THE FAE

^ Old logo ................... ^ New Logo

BAND NAME: Teeth of the Fae
GENRE: Raw / Experimental Black Metal with Folk Influences, Dungeon Synth
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: United Kingdom (London, England)

Formed in 2024 when the artist converted to Christianity. The project deals with a mix of the artist's Catholic faith, and their interest in mythology and history.

Lineup:
Jamie Prentice ("and His Band of Gnomes") - All instruments, Vocals

 Links:
Bandcamp (+other projects)
Instagram (artist page)
Facebook (artist page, +other projects)
YouTube (artist page, +other projects)
YouTube (streaming)
Twitter / X (+other projects)
iHeartRadio
Amazon Music
Apple Music
Spotify
BoomPlay
Deezer
Pandora

Discography:


Microcosmic Garden (single, 19 March, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

1) Microcosmic Garden 8:48, instrumental


I Can Feel This Land Breathe (album, 24 March, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

1) Invitation to Their World
8:43 (vocalizing, no lyrics)

2) Dance Beneath the Shrooms
3:18, instrumental

3) Microcosmic Garden
8:48, instrumental

4) Changeling Hysterics
6:10, instrumental

5) The Oaks Called Me by Name
6:48, instrumental

6) Stuck in the Inbetween
15:44, instrumental


Comforted by Sorrow (EP, 18 April, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

1) Divine Sorrow
8:16 (vocalizing, no lyrics)

2) Patron of the Anxious
6:02, instrumental

3) Patron of Lost Causes
7:28, instrumental


Dandelion Pedestal (single, 27 April, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

1) Dandelion Pedestal
6:45, see "The Unseen Beckons" for lyrics


A Heart Full of Swords (album, 9 May, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

All instrumental, to my knowledge.

1) A Heart Full of Swords 5:38
2) Immaculate 6:40
3) Mary Garden 3:29
4) Undoer of Knots 8:14
5) The Visitation 4:12
6) Mother of All 4:21
7) Relief at the Temple 3:33
8) At the Foot of the Cross 5:30
9) Stabat Mater 6:34

 Levant Mine (single, 3 July, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

1) Levant Mine
15:12, see "The Unseen Beckons" for lyrics/info


Our Ways Are the Old Ways (album, 8 July, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

“To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable. Hope means hoping when everything seems hopeless.”
― G.K. Chesterton


All instrumental, to my knowledge.

1) Infinite Dignity 10:48
2) Integral Kingdom 5:41
3) Our Folkish Ways 7:37
4) The Joyful Mysteries 3:51
5) The Sorrowful Mysteries 8:34
6) The Glorious Mysteries 4:17
7) The Luminous Mysteries 7:28

The Unseen Beckons (album, 15 July, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

Track 8 is "dedicated to the 31 men who lost their lives in the disaster. Christ have mercy."
You can read about the backstory behind this song [here].

Other notes, from Bandcamp:
A warm welcome to all who enjoy tales of faeries, disasters, and the beauty of creation.

“You shall know the truth and the truth shall make you odd.”
― Flannery O'Connor

1) Dandelion Pedestal
6:45, lyrics:
A whisper of wings
Beat within the bush
A trace of transparency
Solicits behind the sycamore
A trickle of the tips
Beckon between the birch
A wink of whiteness
Calls atop the cedar

Perched upon a dandelion
Skeletal beauty to behold
Soon whipped away

A deadly intrigue arises
Your end if you follow
Or a chthonic beginning

Do you wish to split dainty flesh?
Gorge yourself on microinfinity?
Do you dare enter the enclave?
Satiate your lust on brittle bones?

Massacred by the minuscule
Your unworthy flesh decimated
A fountain of mundane blood
Shall feed their queer hunger

Laid upon a pheasant feather bed
Delicate majesty to admire
Or perhaps it's not as it seems

A fatal curiosity awakens
This world is not your own
A sinister invitation calls

Balanced upon a pine cone
Intricate glory to swoon
Don't expect to ever return

A misjudged yearning surfaces
The seductive nature of otherness
Don't hope that you can turn back now


2) Ruthless Mercy
4:00, lyrics:
That you would strip me
Of this abominable fleshliness
Nothing impure and blemished
Shall you leave unscathed
Merciful evisceration I welcome
Rip the filth from my bones
After the extermination
Sear your name into my heart

I betray you over bronze
Not even a full bag
A single piece is enough
To reveal my mercenary heart
I crawl back to vomit, a dog
Bathing in excrement a pig
A desperate beg for slaughter
Kill the beast in me, I pray

It lurks within my breast
Prowling, poised to devour
It churns my wretched loins
Bubbling insidious poison
It stews the innards in every man
Drowning the dignity inherent
Preserve, the flood shall pass
The traitor beheaded by the king

Slavery is the only choice
To righteousness or to vice
Can anyone call themselves free?
Whilst a slave to the body's whims
Surrender to The Ultimate
And be liberated from choice
Heed the familiar voice...
Of a Father, a Friend, a Mother


3) Neath Rotting Leaf
9:30, lyrics:
Damp fortress of amber
Deceptive delicacy
Footfall dares disturb
Uncouth ignorance
Of doom concealed nether
Laid beneath the shrooms
Cackle claws unclothe
Fangs poised to sap
Diaphanes grow fat
Unimaginable hunger
Unfathomable appetite
Of the in-between world
Exquisite in execution
Innocent and engorged
Feeding is their habitude
No guilt from drained blood

How can you not wonder
The universe under each footfall
The elusive traces of the fallen
Now inhabiting the middle

Do you hear their faint song
When wondering in the woods
If your ear was more attentive
You'd surely heed their warning

Lift to be pulled down
Far, far too late now
To take back the trespass
Into their hidden biosphere
Lump caught in the throat
Cacophony in the stomach
From the morbid realization
They have been disturbed
They are pleased by no words
No man can placate them now
Heavenly creatures gone afoul
Death is smaller than you'd expect
When the woodlands you neglect
Tinniest seed you disrespect
No time left to accept regret
Resonating anguished howl

The weary traveler was searching
Furiously bent on spectral revenge
After he noticed the changes
In his most beloved spawn
Yet he joins the scrolled list
Of this folk's many prey
Without remorse they slay
Feeding, work of their day

Before death a window
Into a dark panorama
Their ways are strange
Unfamiliar to man's

Gawking in the last moments
At the banquet preparations
Horror to be the glad meal
Of manifold ethereal beings

Bones left to uncaring forest
Not a slab of meat left
They surely ate their fill
As many a mundane grow ill


4) Author of Life Part 1
3:46, lyrics:
The tender intimacy
With which the clouds were woven
The warm regard
Holding each blade of grass
The fearful care
Within each of your cells
And the might
Of the unparalleled cosmos

Do not despise this creation
Nor turn it into a vain idol
But see in it the reflection
Of the glorious and eternal Logos

Well-fed seed springing in praise
The crash of the waves a chorus
Those who seem without a place
Becoming members of a singing body
Just as flowers unfold unto the sun
So must the heart feed upon your light
A unsnuffable flame even in the night
Like ruffling feathers, souls take flight

Those who would destroy this
Shall also destroy themselves
The privilege of stewardship
Is a mountain of precious wealth


5) Abandoned in the Abyss
5:54, lyrics:
Corporate gluttony
Drains honest lives
The boundless savagery
Of cancerous growth
What profits a man
To gain the world?
And yet lose his soul
By trampling the humble

Alone in the darkness
Abandoned in the abyss
sucked into the void
Confined in a pipe
Swimming in oil
Shattered bones
Depleted energy
Only one survivor
The rest left behind
To succumb to injuries
Or dehydration's scourge
They could have been saved
But greed triumphed
Margins over lives
Is the worlds law

Families torn asunder
Hearts ripped in two
A devastating legacy
Of uncaring industry
Bodies never recovered
Never laid to rest
But left to decay
Beneath the ocean

An unimaginable demise
Shiver at the sheer horror
How can such a morbid tale
Be such a dreadful reality?


6) Author of Life Part 2
4:07, lyrics:
Where were you
when I laid the earth’s foundation?...
Who marked off its dimensions?...
Who stretched a measuring line across it?

On what were its footings set,
or who laid its cornerstone—
while the morning stars sang together
and all the angels shouted for joy?
“Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,
when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,

when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,
when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt’?
“Have you ever given orders to the morning,
or shown the dawn its place,
that it might take the earth by the edges
and shake the wicked out of it?

The earth takes shape like clay under a seal;
its features stand out like those of a garment.
The wicked are denied their light,
and their upraised arm is broken.

Have you journeyed to the springs of the sea
or walked in the recesses of the deep?
Have the gates of death been shown to you?
Have you seen the gates of the deepest darkness?


(Job 38:4-17, NIV)

7) Majesty in Lowliness
2:21, instrumental

8) Levant Mine
15:12, lyrics:
Creaking man engine
Endless steps of decay
Pocket the profits
Demise, pave the way
Groans to be ignored
Regulations written in blood
The tumbling floor
The crush or the flood

Hurtling wood, cascade of pine
Crushing death, inverse divine
Tones, dreaded splinters
Mangled corpses, whimpers
Fathers, brothers, sons
Callously ripped, away
The body count stays
Disregarded wayward sway

Hauled from the depths
Rescue amidst the rubble
Back into the abyss
Unknown heroes plunge
Godly and simple men
Duty above comfort
What stirs such sacrifice?
But the spirit indwelling

Solemn bells ring
In a humble church
Service of sorrow
Souls ascension
Broken prayers
Lowly and beautiful
They are certainly heard
Rising like incense

Oh Mother Mary
Our lady of sorrows
Intercede, Intercede
For these poor souls
Hasten through the fire
The blessing of purgation

Justice be done
Fickle empires fall
You can't take with you
Your hoards of vain metal

Breaking the sacred heart
Of mercy poured out
Wrath and love together
Spilled into the world
Who shall weep?
And who shall rejoice?
On that great terrible day
When birth pangs cease

Remember in the night
Those who were torn
Those who so loved
He will not forget them

Still across the earth
Industries thrive
Milling human life
Disgracing the sacred

Love for the least
Is the only narrow path
To the endless fountain
Pouring from your side
The first are cast down
The mighty to the dregs
The last are forever exalted
The humble to the heights

A Twig Is a Mighty Staff (single, 13 August, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

The artwork for this single is a detail from the full "Beneath Pointed Hat" artwork.

1) A Twig Is a Mighty Staff 5:30, instrumental

To Gain the Confidence of Owls (single, 16 August, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

1) To Gain the Confidence of Owls 7:00, instrumental


Beneath Pointed Hat (album, 23 August, 2024, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

The album is divided into two parts. The first half is closer to standard dungeon synth, "dark and mysterious". The second half is more experimental with new age music influences, "airy and pastoral".

"Sit in the forest and listen, perhaps some of our wee friends will appear!"

All instrumental, to my knowledge.

ABODE I
1) Invocation of the Gonk 1:03
2) Cells Below the Shroom Homes 4:42
3) To Gain the Confidence of Owls 7:00
4) Beard-Obscured Fangs 3:18
5) Dusk Is Dark to Your Eyes But Not Theirs 3:54
6) Creeping, Thieving, Feasting 3:40

ABODE II
7) Take Flight When the Hat Catches Wind 1:10
8) A Twig Is a Mighty Staff 5:30
9) The Dawn Will Blind You But Not Them 3:30
10) Everything You Have They Shall Snatch 4:22
11) Spectacles Carved from Unknown Glass 7:33


 

 

 

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INFO: I haven't had time to listen to the band's full discography yet, so I don't actually know for sure that all of the songs marked "instrumental" are instrumental, only a few. If anyone feels like confirming that, please let me know!
IMAGES: Both logos are just cropped from album artwork, and so aren't really that great. If anyone has higher-quality versions, please let me know!

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