Euphrasia - demo (2013)

EUPHRASIA "demo"

Year: 2013

Genre: Black Metal

Country: Switzerland

Track List:

1. Träumend
2. Auf dem Boden der Realität
3. Vergehende Zeiten
4. Trost
5. Thanatos

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"Musikalischer Ausdruck von der Unzufriedenheit mit dem Jetzt und der Sehnsucht nach einer anderen Welt"

Official first demo of a Swiss atmospheric BM project Euphrasia, self-recorded in 2012. Quite good for a debut (although I'm not sure if such "overloaded" sound was intentional, or it was just a result of poor production/mixing). As for the ideology, the author of the music is an active anarchist and strongly disagrees with any form of oppresion: "For there are too less artists that have a strict position about politics, I want to give another possibility for enjoying atmospheric black metal without having the feeling of listening to a nazi or any other form of idiots"

Sedative - "Viceroton" (2012)

SEDATIVE "Viceroton"

Year: 2012
Genre: Death Metal / Grindcore
Country: France / Switzerland

Track List:

1. Viceroton
2. Violences Conjugales
3. Feed In
4. Euphorie
5. E-Breed
6. Vomi

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"Viceroton" is a new EP from Sedative, a French death/grind band w/ members of Incrüst in their lineup. Unfortunately I accidentally deleted the e-mail with additional details, so I'd only say that it's a very good EP, although a bit too short. Will check out their full-length releases a little later.

Incrüst - "A Hate Named Revolt" (2012)

INCRÜST "A Hate Named Revolt"

Year: 2012
Genre: Metallic Hardcore /Crust
Country: Switzerland

Track List:

1. Wall Crusher
2. R.A.T.M.
3. HxC Riots
4. Free Mankind
5. A Hate Named Revolt
6. Time To Act (NASUM cover)

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Some more fast and agressive metallic hardcore/crust for you - this time from Switzerland. Incrüst are a band from Geneva with members of Mumakil, Sedative and Burning Flesh, and "A Hate Named Revolt" is their debut 6-track demo heavily influenced by such bands as Disfear, Wolfbrigade, Tragedy, Disrupt, etc. Great stuff.

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Drifter - "Nowhere To Hide" (1989)

DRIFTER "Nowhere To Hide"

Year: 1989
Genre: Technical Thrash Metal
Country: Switzerland
Label: Teldec / Frontrow

Track List:

1. So Much Blood
2. Strontium Dog
3. Concrete Jungle
4. King Corruption
5. Forgotten Tower
6. Principle of Speed
7. Shame of a Perfect Race
8. The Elder
9. We Can't Be Beaten

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"If you wanna be in my gang
Stand up with me
We'll start a revolution
And make the streets free..."


Don't you know that there were a lot of good political metal bands back in the 80s? No, I wouldn't post very well-known stuff like Kreator, but I definitely feel that I should post the whole Amebix discography, and some other 80's bands that made a great influence on today's RABM scene. But I'll do it in the next few days, and now you may enjoy an another metal band from the 80s - Drifter.


Drifter have started in the early 80s as a fantasy-themed metal band, but later they became much more socially/politically conscious. At least "Nowhere To Hide" has only one or two songs with fantasy-based lyrics. All the other tracks are about more serious topics such as nuclear war, environmentalism, corrupt politicians, etc. and their lyrics generally seem to be very left wing. The musicianship is also excellent; if you like old school heavy/thrash metal, you definitely would like "Nowhere To Hide". Check out the track "Strontium Dog", for example...

P.S. Surpisingly enough, the band is still very active and playing concerts (though not releasing anything new). Here's their myspace.