HOODED PENITENT

 

BAND NAME: Hooded Penitent
GENRE: Post-Black / Drone Metal
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: France

The project is named after confraternities of penitents.
(American readers should be aware that these groups are unrelated to the KKK, a racist group who wear similar clothing.)

"According to HGM [Howling Griffons Music] Label – Hooded Penitent is a musical project inspired by christian meditation, but in a 'dark' way. Christianity has such a strong esthetic power and such a long history, it is a pity that the 'Metal' world doesn’t want to exploit this aspect and only mocks the christian message. [. . .] On a musical point of view Hooded Penitent is inspired by bands as Neurosis, Sunn O))), Einsturzende Neubauten and all kind of Metal stuff."[1]

Lineup:
One person, name unknown

Links:
Pinterest (Howling Griffons)

Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers

Discography:

Hesychasm (single/EP, 12 August, 2017, Howling Griffons Music)
Format: Digital / YouTube
Stream (OFFICIAL)

" 'Hesychasm' has been inspired by the Wikipedia page (Hesychasm) and is a very simple musical loop repeated dozens of times. It is a way to recreate the monks experience who repeat the Jesus prayer all day in their cells."[1]

1) Hesychasm
20:37, lyrics:
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me, the sinner
(repeated until end)


Repent (EP, 4 January, 2020, Howling Griffons Music)
Format: Digital / YouTube
Stream (OFFICIAL)

"Requiem" is subtitled "Introït" in the video artwork, yet is last in the playlist. Could the songs be listed out of order?

1) Saint Michael the Archangel Defend Us in Battle
2:36, lyrics:
St. Michael the Archangel,
defend us in battle.
Be our protection against
the wickedness and snares of the devil.
May God rebuke him, we humbly pray,
and do thou,
O prince of the heavenly host,
by the power of God,
cast into hell Satan,
and all the evil spirits
who prowl about the world
seeking the ruin of souls.
Amen.

Saint Michael, defend us in battle that we might not perish at the dreadful judgement.


2) Psalm 129
2:22, lyrics:
Out of the depths I have cried unto Thee, O Lord! Lord, hear my voice.
Let Thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.
If Thou, O Lord, shalt mark our iniquities: Lord, who shall endure it?
For with Thee there is merciful forgiveness: and by reason of Thy law I have waited for Thee, O Lord.
My soul hath relied on His word: my soul hath hoped in the Lord.
From the morning watch even unto night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
Because with the Lord there is mercy: and with Him plenteous redemption.
And He shall redeem Israel from all its iniquities.

(lyrics are repeated / whispered in the background)

3) Revelations XIII 11 - 18
3:09, lyrics:
Then I saw another beast come up out of the earth. He had two horns like those of a lamb, but he spoke with the voice of a dragon. He exercised all the authority of the first beast. And he required all the earth and its people to worship the first beast, whose fatal wound had been healed. He did astounding miracles, even making fire flash down to earth from the sky while everyone was watching. And with all the miracles he was allowed to perform on behalf of the first beast, he deceived all the people who belong to this world.

He ordered the people to make a great statue of the first beast, who was fatally wounded and then came back to life. He was then permitted to give life to this statue so that it could speak. Then the statue of the beast commanded that anyone refusing to worship it must die.

He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name. Wisdom is needed here.

Let the one with understanding solve the meaning of the number of the beast, for it is the number of a man. His number is 666.

(Revelation 13:11-18, NLT)

4) Requiem
5:50, lyrics:
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.

Te decet hymnus Deus in Sion,
et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.
Te decet hymnus Deus in Sion,
et tibi reddetur votum in Jerusalem.

Exaudi orationem meam,
ad te omnis caro veniet.
Exaudi orationem meam,
ad te omnis caro veniet.

Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat,
Requiem aeternam dona eis Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis
.
(lyrics repeat 2 more times)



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1) Are the songs in the right order? 2) Generally any more info? This page seems to be lacking a fair bit.

Miscellaneous stuff:
Stuff from Pinterest:

More pictures of the artist:


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MONOLOFIDOWN

Note this logo is just my recreation, not a perfect copy.

BAND: Monolofidown
GENRE: Blackened Death Metal/Grindcore with Crust Influences
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: Norway

Originally felt like this band leaned too far "death/grind" but eh, there's enough black metal influence.

Lineup:
Naglet Nattesorg, aka Holkeheim - All instruments, Vocals

Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers

Discography:

On God's Planet (album)

15 September, 2021, Downtunecon Productions, Bandcamp, link expired
17 March, 2022, Coleiosis Records, Bandcamp

1) On God's Planet 5:43
2) Holy Son of God 2:48
3) Lamb Worshipper 4:08
4) Heart Prayer 4:37
5) Blood Cleanser 2:59
6) End Time Beginning 5:50
7) Worship Throne 2:55
8) Healing Jesus 4:08
9) Lord Kingdom 3:54
10) Just a Beginning 5:07
11) New Heaven and Earth 4:08


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INDIVIDUAL ("Ivdividual"?)

BAND NAME: Individual
GENRE: Electronic / Black Metal / Lo-fi / Experimental / ???
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

The name is spelled a couple places online as "Ivdividual". I assume this is just a typo that got picked up and shared around?

Apparently they used to have a Myspace, but by 2009 already, didn't anymore.

Lineup unknown.

Discography:

World on My Shoulders (album)

2008, label/format unknown
20 November, 2009, Digital / Blabber Download

The files were created 18 August, 2008, but I don't know if the album was actually released on that day or not.

The cover art is a scan/photograph, indicating this album was on a physical format at some point.

Track 7 is misspelled "Emotionaly Butchered".
Track 8 is misspelled "Dont Leave Me".

1) Prelude to Suicide
00:51, instrumental

2) Leave It All Behind
3:46, partial lyrics:
Nothing was left for me
I can't see the way of getting back your trust
("I'll become a memory"?)
and leave you all behind


3) The Last Dance
5:23, lyrics unknown

4) The Trance Symphony of Depression and Hope
3:24, partial lyrics:
I lay in green pastures
Forevermore with nothing but the One I love and trust
The One who forgives and pardons me from my faults
For I am not even good enough to kiss His feet, yet He is loving
(?)
Let me sleep and rest
Let there be no suffering
For I left earth on my own, so lonesome and sad

But now the only One who's truly loving and pure (?) every way (?)

Relaxes with me, laughs with me, (?), happy times

I left earth under such unbearable circumstances
But as I leapt off that rock by the sea
And as the wind blew in my face
And as the sea sprayed me so cold
And as my tears streamed down my cold face onto my scarred arms
I felt Him right there beside me, comforting me
Letting me know I would soon be with Him in paradise
By His side, warm, happy, and comfortable
I would soon be united with the only One I love true,
Resting and forevermore happy

5) Unbottled Heartbreak
6:38, partial lyrics:
(?) myself
Was it too much to you?
(?) hemorrhage and a suffering body


6) Stress
3:57, lyrics unknown
I hear the word "stress" a couple times

7) Emotionally Butchered
5:27, instrumental

8) Don't Leave Me
3:13, lyrics unknown
There are a few very, very quiet words said at the end. It appears to be a sample from a show/movie?


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HOLYWAR UNBLACK


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

BAND NAME: HolyWar Unblack
GENRE: Raw / Bestial Unblack / War Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Norway

Originally an anonymous project, with the artist just going by the band name.

Lineup:
Holkeheim - All instruments, Vocals

Discography:

 

Holy Lamb Worship (album)

Top, left:
16 February, 2024, Independent, Bandcamp
Top, right:
18 March, 2023, Coleiosis Records, Bandcamp
Bottom:
18 March, 2023, Coleiosis Records, CD-R

1) Holy Lamb Worship 7:23
2) Prayer from the Heart 7:42
3) To God Be Glory 5:01
4) Focus on the Lord 6:24
5) Powerful Jesus Christ 7:40
6) Only Way to God 7:38
7) Pure Worship 5:06
8) Worship in Spirit and Truth 6:51




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REST ETERNAL

BAND NAME: Rest Eternal
GENRE: Ambient / Black / Funeral Doom Metal / Gothic
STATUS: Unknown
LOCATION: Unknown

Apparently no electric guitars or synthesizers are used.

Lineup unknown.
However, a review mentions this as a "band" and uses "they", indicating this is more than one person.

Links:
Amazon
Spotify
Myspace (see also archive.org link I guess?)

Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers

Discography:

Rest Eternal / self-titled (album, 2010, CD Baby)
Formats: CD and Digital

The CD version is briefly mentioned [here].

Released sometime between 15 July and 6 September. This can be determined because of an unrelated comment [here], where one comment before Rest Eternal's mentions the date of 15 July, and 6 September as that's when a review was published.

Additionally distributed through iTunes, Divine Metal Distro and Amazon MP3 (see comment [here]). The same comment mentions this as their "debut", so presumably this is their first release?

1) Intro
1:57, instrumental

2) Rest Eternal
6:47, partial lyrics:
"dead"
"Come believe the Savior"

"our Redeemer"

"land of"
"... and (the dead?) will face the hour of judgment beyond the earthly grave"

"Where will you rest eternal?"
"Where will you rest eternal?"
"Where will you rest eternal?"
"Where will you rest eternal?"


3) Somber Grave
6:08, partial lyrics:
(?) cold (?)
(Leaves?) on the ground
The darkness before him
The trees all around
The hour approaches
A bell gently tolls
Breathing release
Of immortal soul

(?) The grass gently waves
As the silence around
A cold and somber grave
(?) The grass gently waves
As the silence around
A cold and somber grave

(?) cold (?)
(Leaves?) on the ground
The darkness before him
The trees all around
The hour approaches
A bell gently tolls
Breathing release
Of immortal soul

(?) The grass gently waves
As the silence around
A cold and somber grave
(?) The grass gently waves
As the silence around
A cold and somber grave


4) Song of Sorrow
5:55, partial lyrics:
I am the (?)
I am the (crippled?)
I am the wretched
(?)
I am the (?)
I am the hated
I am the (?)

"I am the lame"

"(?) beyond the grave"

I am your misery
I am your misery
I am your misery
I am your misery


5) Emelia (The Possessed)
5:42, partial lyrics:
Emelia, you have opened your door
Allowing the devil to enter your soul
Your ("heart"?) is no longer clean
(?) spirits (?)

Emelia, your eyes have grown dim
Allowing the devil (?)
Your ("home"?)
You need to pray for Jesus' (grace?)

Emelia, (?)
(?) the devil (?)
Your (?) be saved
You no longer (?)


6) Field of Stones
7:05, partial lyrics:
A thousand (?) to each (?)
A thousand lives come and gone
Resting in eternal slumber
In a quiet field of stones

Memories in peaceful (?)
Not forgotten dreams of hope
Resting in eternal slumber
In a quiet field of stones

(?) long since passed
Bodies rest in dormant hope
But there's (hope?), heaven beyond
This quiet peaceful field of stones


7) Cold Winter Mourning
4:00, partial lyrics:
The cold winter mourning
The chill of despair
The echoes of crying
The drift in the air
The (?) winter
Blanket of white
Covering (?)
(?) night

The cold winter mourning
Cold winter mourning
The cold winter mourning
The cold winter mourning

Awakening hatred
The dead (?)
(?) of Lucifer
They burned down our churches
With a hollow ("wink"?)
("They fear the eternal temporality"?)

The cold winter mourning
Cold winter mourning
The cold winter mourning
The cold winter mourning

The cold winter mourning
The chill of despair
The echoes of crying
The drift in the air
The cold winter mourning
The (?)
In the hour of judgment
(?) final (?)

The cold winter mourning
Cold winter mourning
The cold winter mourning
The cold winter mourning


8) Rest Eternal (Reprise)
2:36, instrumental

(artwork
not
available)


Graveyard Symphony (???)
Format unknown

Briefly mentioned on Myspace.

??) Legion (demo) 5:13
??) Graveyard Symphony Part I (demo) 4:31
??) Graveyard Symphony Part II (demo) 4:09
not sure if there are other songs?






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INFO: Way too much to mention. If you have anything, let me know!
IMAGES: Cover art.

Miscellaneous stuff:
The review, just in case it gets lost:
rest eternal-rest eternal demo cd {self-released}{reviewed by patrick}
this is proably one of the most original and impressive debuts to be released in a long time.the band describes their sound as "crypt metal" which is precisely what it is! a dark mix of somber,atmospheric doom,with a haunting black metal feel and presence throughout the songs.the main thing that will seperate rest eternal from most{if not all} the bands in the current scene is the band does not use or play any electric gutiars or synths to create the dark music that is rest eternal.instead relying more on piano,violin,acoustic and classical guitars among others.rest eternal is highly recomended to fans who enjoy dark,atmospheric blackend doom metal.
band contact
http://www.myspace.com/resteternalmetal


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LEPROUS HAND

 

BAND NAME: Leprous Hand
GENRE: Bestial Unblack / War Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: USA (San Antonio, Texas)

Written on Bandcamp:
מלחמה.יראת.אלוהים

Από το φως προέρχεται μια οντότητα δίκαιου θυμού που φέρνει την καταστροφή για να καταστρέψει όλα τα κολασμένα πλάσματα με ιερές φλόγες για να κάψει τα άκαρπα έργα του σκότους


Lineup:
LEPROSUS.MANUS - Everything

Links:
Bandcamp

Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers

Discography:

Promo.MMXXIII (promo/demo, 19 November, 2023, Independent)
Format: Digital / Bandcamp
Stream / Download (OFFICIAL)

1) Eternal.Antichrist.Destruction 1:33
2) Depravity.Totalitarian 1:52



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DARK CLOAK CANDLEMASS

BAND NAME: Dark Cloak Candlemass
GENRE: Black Metal
STATUS: Active
LOCATION: Norway

Lineup:
Holkeheim - All instruments, Vocals

Unofficial links:
Unblack Metal Wallpapers

Discography:


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Return to Dark Winterland (album)

Left:
9 December, 2023, Independent, Bandcamp, link expired
Right:
2 February, 2024, Coleiosis Records, Bandcamp and CD-R

1) Dark Cloak Candlemass 7:00
2) Grave of Frostimodus 6:27
3) Fall of the Night Sorrow 8:38
4) Rageophilian Darkness 5:27
5) Unnatural Reanimated 8:37
6) Frostimodian Rage 7:41
7) Terror Maniac Horror 6:30
8) Darkness of Frosthory 8:28
9) Dark Cloud of Hate 5:55
10) Return to Dark Winterland 8:09