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Last year I got in touch with Krzysztof, the guy behind The True Underground’s Lower Silesian Stronghold-label.

About one decade ago, Nicholas Onfray (think also: Black Moon, Ruined Sanctuary, Horns, The Last Knell etc.) formed the outfit Animus Mortis. He joined forces with vocalist Sid, and as a duo they recorded the demonstrational recording, called Desolate Landscapes.

Once again, Consouling Sounds have quite an impressive band signed to their roster, though some of the members are / were working with this label before. Anyway, it does not matter, for this is another superb release done via this Flemish label: De Doden Hebben Het Goed (meaning something like ‘the dead are all right’) by Wiegedood (‘death in the cradle’ or ‘sudden infant death syndrome’).

Since Iron Bonehead Productions are one of those labels that bring nothing but quality when it comes to the sound of the True Underground (the most morbid way!), I am always enthralled when receiving new stuff. Just check out one of the several reviews I did for this Berlin-based label to share my passion and appreciation.

Perfect Blue Sky is a band hailing from Stockholm, Sweden, although calling them a band is maybe a fit farfetched, as it’s only a duo, that consists of Australian vocalist Jane Kitto, and Swedish guitarist Bizmark/Pontus Anderson.

When I listened to the debut album Backyard Butchery by Dutch act Nailgun Massacre (Slowrunner Records, 2011), I was totally blown away. I gave it a score of 90/100, by the way, and I do not think I did exaggerate. Also some other reviewers / magazines / webzines, though being less influential than Concreteweb and undersigned, evidently (smiley…), were pretty enthusiastic.

The great Daemon Worship Productions-label was originally created in Russia, but resides in the U.S. nowadays. The label released quite some remarkable underground stuff in the past, and with this split they just continue that permanent quest for glory and superiority. It has been released as well via S.A.R.S. Productions, with two other bands bringing one track, but being extremely limited, but vinyl-fans will surely adore this specific issue.

For quite some time, Haiku Funeral please / irritate humanity with quite disturbing collections of Aural Creation / Destruction. Via Hikikomiri Records, the band released two albums before, called Assassination In The Hashish Cathedral and If God Is A Drug (seen the titles, this might be somewhat mind-tripping???; so I’d like to suggest you to read the quite unusual and explicit lyrics and you’ll have an idea).

Canadian act Geimhre was formed almost fifteen years ago, and currently consists of (former / current) members of e.g. Wolfhammer Division and Fomorii.

I wrote this review pretty recently, after I received this album from Cold Raw Records. This label did re-release the stuff on February 13^th 2015. But for one reason or another, it gets re-issued as well in a collaboration in between two other excellent labels, Switzerland’s Asgard Hass Productions and Symbol Of Domination, a sub-division of Satanath Records.