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Agathodaimon - Blacken the Angel (1998)[Rapidshare]

Agathodaimon - Blacken the Angel (1998)


The Band





Agathodaimon is a Gothic Metal band from Mainz, Germany.

The band begun in September 1995, when guitarist Sathonys and drummer Matthias got together to assemble a dominant death metal band with harmonic arrangements (melodic death metal). They put adverts at several music magazines in the hopes that they would find suitable musicians to play with them. In answer to the advertisement, they were joined by bassist Marko Thomas and keyboardist and vocalist Vlad Dracul. The last member of their initial formation was the second guitarist, Hyperion, who joined them by the end of that year. With this formation the band recorded the Carpe Noctem demo tape, which received fair reviews from the German specialized press. It also attracted the attention of one of Century Media's executivies, who began keeping track of the band. Agathodaimon then proceeded to play minor gigs and support some European bands. Eventually, they received an offer from Century Media to fund the recording of their second demo. This demo was recorded in early 1997 and was named Near Dark. It attracted the interest of quite a few recording labels, and in the end the band opted to sign with Nuclear Blast. After successfully composing the songs for their debut album Blacken the Angel, one of the members of Agathodaimon, Vlad, was forced to quit the band due to problems with immigration. Being a native from Romania, the local authorities from his country didn't allow him to go back to Germany. The situation involved the fact that he had left the country during Ceausescu's regim. The band therefore was forced to make use of guest musicians to record their debut. Akaias (from Asaru) did the vocals and Marcel "Vampallens" (from Nocte Obducta) took the role of the keyboards. Vlad's participation on the album was restricted to the solo song Contemplation Song, which was sent to the band via air mail. The CD caused some impact, and Agathodaimon proceeded to tour with bands such as Children of Bodom and Hypocrisy. At the height of the album's success they opened gigs for Dimmu Borgir, Lacrimosa and other bands. In 1999, Vampallens decided to quit the band in order to dedicate himself fully to his main project Nocte Obducta. He was replaced by female keyboardist Christine S. To record their second album - Higher Art of Rebellion - the band travelled to Romania, in order to be able to play together with Vlad. The vocalist Akaias also participated in the recording of this album, which took place at Magic Sound in Bucharest. A European tour as headliner with Graveworm and Siebenbürgen followed. After a short hiatus, the band recorded the album Chapter III in 2001 at the Kohlekeller Studio, Germany. Some changes to the band's structure followed, with Vlad definitely quitting the band, soon followed by Marko and Christine. Marko did leave because of health problems and quit making music, while Christine formed her own band Demonic Symphony, where she handles bass guitar and vocals. Marko and Christine were replaced by Darin Smith and Felix Ü. Walzer. In 2004 the band released the album Serpent's Embrace, which again was recorded at Kohlekeller Studio with Kristian Kohlmannslehner as producer. In early 2006 personal differences led to the split of Eddy and the rest of the band. A new bass player named Till (formerly active in Misanthropic, where Matthias also played drums for a while) joined the ranks, and the song writing for the next album is currently taking place. Release is scheduled for spring 2007. Singer, Guitarist Frank "Akaias" Nordmann left in January 2007 to carry on with other musical interests.

Discography

* Carpe Noctem - Demo I (1996)
* Near Dark - Demo II (1997)
* Tome Sculptures (1997)
* Blacken the Angel (1998)
* Higher Art of Rebellion (1999)
* Bislang [EP] (1999)
* Chapter III (2001)
* Serpent's Embrace (2004)


Genre: Symphonic Black Metal (early) Gothic Metal (now)
Lyrical theme(s): Darkness





The Album




Agathodaimon is a band that doesn't get the atention it deserves. Ofcourse, tis can be said about many black metal projects, but Agathodaimon is one of the most underrated ones. They play symphonic black metal, without being cheesy or sounding like an orchestra.

Blacken The Angel is the bands first full length album after 3 other releases, and this is their best one. During the recording of the album Vlad Dracul, who were the vocalist at the time, was forced to leave the band due to immigration problems, thus his contribution to the album is only 'Contemplation Song' and some lyrics.

The songs are built up almost entirely on guitars and piano interludes, drums being unremarkable. The music is mid tempoed, filled with darkness and emotions. The vocals are really good, they manage to sound not so depressive, thus the music doesn't have that suicidal feel to it, being more like a ballad. Female vocals are also present, the screams and clean singing making a great duett on the song Near Dark. This song is the highlight of the album, lasting for a massive 15 minutes.

Still, this album has it's bad parts aswell the lack of dynamics. This is not so obvious on the first listen, but after a while it becomes rather numb.






Track Listing & Info


1. Tristetea Vehementa 08:11
2. Banner of Blasphemy 05:48
3. Near Dark 15:37
4. Ill of an Imaginary Guilt 04:19
5. Die Nacht des Unwesens 03:40
6. Contemplation Song 02:26
7. Sfintit Cu Roua Suferintii 04:45
8. Stingher / Alone 04:26
9. After Dark 04:26
10. Ribbons / Requiem 07:21

Length: 01:00:59 min
Size: 88,7 MB
Quality: mp3/VBRkbps





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Agathodaimon - Carpe Noctem (1996)[Rapidshare]
Agathodaimon - Carpe Noctem (demo 1996)


The Band





Agathodaimon is a Gothic Metal band from Mainz, Germany.

The band begun in September 1995, when guitarist Sathonys and drummer Matthias got together to assemble a dominant death metal band with harmonic arrangements (melodic death metal). They put adverts at several music magazines in the hopes that they would find suitable musicians to play with them. In answer to the advertisement, they were joined by bassist Marko Thomas and keyboardist and vocalist Vlad Dracul. The last member of their initial formation was the second guitarist, Hyperion, who joined them by the end of that year. With this formation the band recorded the Carpe Noctem demo tape, which received fair reviews from the German specialized press. It also attracted the attention of one of Century Media's executivies, who began keeping track of the band. Agathodaimon then proceeded to play minor gigs and support some European bands. Eventually, they received an offer from Century Media to fund the recording of their second demo. This demo was recorded in early 1997 and was named Near Dark. It attracted the interest of quite a few recording labels, and in the end the band opted to sign with Nuclear Blast. After successfully composing the songs for their debut album Blacken the Angel, one of the members of Agathodaimon, Vlad, was forced to quit the band due to problems with immigration. Being a native from Romania, the local authorities from his country didn't allow him to go back to Germany. The situation involved the fact that he had left the country during Ceausescu's regim. The band therefore was forced to make use of guest musicians to record their debut. Akaias (from Asaru) did the vocals and Marcel "Vampallens" (from Nocte Obducta) took the role of the keyboards. Vlad's participation on the album was restricted to the solo song Contemplation Song, which was sent to the band via air mail. The CD caused some impact, and Agathodaimon proceeded to tour with bands such as Children of Bodom and Hypocrisy. At the height of the album's success they opened gigs for Dimmu Borgir, Lacrimosa and other bands. In 1999, Vampallens decided to quit the band in order to dedicate himself fully to his main project Nocte Obducta. He was replaced by female keyboardist Christine S. To record their second album - Higher Art of Rebellion - the band travelled to Romania, in order to be able to play together with Vlad. The vocalist Akaias also participated in the recording of this album, which took place at Magic Sound in Bucharest. A European tour as headliner with Graveworm and Siebenbürgen followed. After a short hiatus, the band recorded the album Chapter III in 2001 at the Kohlekeller Studio, Germany. Some changes to the band's structure followed, with Vlad definitely quitting the band, soon followed by Marko and Christine. Marko did leave because of health problems and quit making music, while Christine formed her own band Demonic Symphony, where she handles bass guitar and vocals. Marko and Christine were replaced by Darin Smith and Felix Ü. Walzer. In 2004 the band released the album Serpent's Embrace, which again was recorded at Kohlekeller Studio with Kristian Kohlmannslehner as producer. In early 2006 personal differences led to the split of Eddy and the rest of the band. A new bass player named Till (formerly active in Misanthropic, where Matthias also played drums for a while) joined the ranks, and the song writing for the next album is currently taking place. Release is scheduled for spring 2007. Singer, Guitarist Frank "Akaias" Nordmann left in January 2007 to carry on with other musical interests.

Discography

* Carpe Noctem - Demo I (1996)
* Near Dark - Demo II (1997)
* Tome Sculptures (1997)
* Blacken the Angel (1998)
* Higher Art of Rebellion (1999)
* Bislang [EP] (1999)
* Chapter III (2001)
* Serpent's Embrace (2004)


Genre: Symphonic Black Metal (early) Gothic Metal (now)
Lyrical theme(s): Darkness




The Album





Track Listing & Info



1. Intro (Quo Vadis, Peregrine) 02:44
2. Sfintit Cu Roua Suferintii 04:41
3. Dusk of an Infinite Shade 05:00
4. In Umbra Timpului 06:34
5. Tristetea Vehementa (Part 1) 08:50
6. Dies Irae 04:15
7. Outro (When Night Is Falling) 02:14

Length: 34:18 min
Size: 48,8 MB
Quality: mp3/CBR 192kbps



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After Forever - Decipher (2001)[Rapidshare]

After Forever - Decipher (2001)


Genre: Symphonic Power/Gothic Metal





Track Listing & Info


1. "Ex Cathedra: Ouverture" – 2:02
2. "Monolith of Doubt" – 3:32
3. "My Pledge of Allegiance #1: The Sealed Fate" – 6:24
4. "Emphasis" – 4:20
5. "Intrinsic" – 6:44
6. "Zenith" – 4:21
7. "Estranged: A Timeless Spell" – 6:56
8. "Imperfect Tenses" – 4:07
9. "My Pledge of Allegiance #2: The Tempted Fate" – 5:07
10. "The Key" – 4:48
11. "Forlorn Hope" – 6:25

Length: 54:45 min
Size: 100,6 MB MB
Quality: mp3/CBR 256kbps

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After Forever - Decipher (2001)[Rapidshare]




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1. "Ex Cathedra: Ouverture" – 2:02
2. "Monolith of Doubt" – 3:32
3. "My Pledge of Allegiance #1: The Sealed Fate" – 6:24
4. "Emphasis" – 4:20
5. "Intrinsic" – 6:44
6. "Zenith" – 4:21
7. "Estranged: A Timeless Spell" – 6:56
8. "Imperfect Tenses" – 4:07
9. "My Pledge of Allegiance #2: The Tempted Fate" – 5:07
10. "The Key" – 4:48
11. "Forlorn Hope" – 6:25

Length: 54:45 min
Size: 100,6 MB MB
Quality: mp3/CBR 256kbps

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After Forever - Digital Deceit (2004)[Rapidshare]




Track Listing & Info


1. "Digital Deceit (Single Version)" - 04:07
2. "Eccentric (Orchestral Version)" - 04:34
3. "Sins Of Idealism (Single Version)" - 04:11
4. "Blind Pain (Aggressive Version)" - 04:17
5. "Interview" - 09:50

Length: 26:59 min
Size: 47,8 MB MB
Quality: mp3/CBR 320kbps

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After Forever - Emphasis - Who Wants To Live Forever (2002)[Rapidshare]





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1. "Emphasis" - 04:18
2. "Who Wants To Live Forever (Queen Cover)" - 04:46
3. "Imperfect Tenses" - 04:08
4. "Intrinsic" - 06:53

Length: 20:05 min
Size: 26,4 MB MB
Quality: mp3/CBR 192kbps

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After Forever - Ephemeral (1999)[Rapidshare]





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1. "Ephemeral" - 03:00
2. "Black Tomb" - 06:21
3. "Tortuous Threnody" - 06:08
4. "Inimical Chimera" - 05:01

Length: 20:30 min
Size: 37,9 MB MB
Quality: mp3/CBR 256kbps

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After Forever - Exordium (2003)[Rapidshare]



Track Listing & Info


1. "Line of Thoughts (Instrumental)" (Gommans) – 2:15
2. "Beneath" (Borgman/Gommans/Jansen/Maas/Van Gerven/Van Gils) – 4:54
3. "My Choice" (Borgman/Gommans/Jansen/Maas/Van Gerven/Van Gils) – 4:54
4. "Glorifying Means (Borgman/Gommans/Jansen/Maas/Van Gerven/Van Gils) – 5:01
5. "The Evil That Men Do (Iron Maiden Cover)" - (****inson/Harris/Smith) – 4:52
6. "One Day I'll Fly Away" (Will Jennings/Joe Sample) – 4:43

Length: 26:39 min
Size: 61,4 MB MB
Quality: mp3/CBR 320kbps

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After Forever - Follow in the Cry (2000)[Rapidshare]






Track Listing & Info


1. "Follow in the Cry" - 4:05
2. "Silence from Afar (radio edit)" - 4:37
3. "Wings of Illusion" - 7:27
4. "Mea Culpa (a capella version)" - 2:15

Length: 18:24 min
Size: 25,1 MB MB
Quality: mp3/CBR 192kbps

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After Forever - Invisible Circles (2004)[Rapidshare]




Track Listing & Info


1. "Childhood in Minor" (Instrumental) – 1:20
2. "Beautiful Emptiness" – 5:25
3. "Between Love and Fire" – 4:56
4. "Sins of Idealism" – 5:22
5. "Eccentric" – 4:10
6. "Digital Deceit" – 5:38
7. "Through Square Eyes" – 6:23
8. "Blind Pain" – 6:47
9. "Two Sides" – 4:34
10. "Victim of Choices" – 3:21
11. "Reflections" – 5:11
12. "Life's Vortex" – 5:53

Length: 58:56 min
Size: 135,4 MB MB
Quality: mp3/CBR 320kbps

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