Necro Ritual Butcher from ANAFIS

Pyrgos Hleias, Greece, Anafis started in early July of 2011 as a two person project, Frost Gthullu and Solpsis Lord, later joined them Satan Prometheus for the bass, then, the project has invited  for back vocals Orcus and Fenrir Gorlog  joined the band to the drums. Were laying the foundations for the Anafis project.

Anafis already made a first demo entitled "Necro Ritual Butcher" and their future plans are to record an LP. They want to fuse Back Metal with other music genres to achieve a different sound out of the Black Metal limits."

The band has begun to prepare material for the upcoming split with Arsonist Templa. The Line-Up has changed many times since the creation of the band.

Frost Gthullu: vocals,guitar
Satan Prometheus: bass 
Orcus: back vocals
Season: drums

Curiosity about  Anafis  name, according of Wikipedia.

Anafi (Greek: Ανάφη) is a Greek island community in the Cyclades. In 2001, it had a population of 273 inhabitants. Its land area is 40.370 km². It lies east of the island of Thíra (Santorini). Anafi is part of the Thira regional unit.

According to mythology, the island was given the name Anafi because Apollo made it appear to the Argonauts as a shelter from a bad storm, using his bow to shed light upon it (i.e. the island name Ἀνάφη is derived from ἀνέφηνεν, he made appear). Others say that the name is due to the non-existence of snakes on the island: " An Ofis " (without snakes). In spite of its small geographical size, Anafi offers archaeological as well as mythological interest. At the monastery of Panagia Kalamiotisa, there are ruins of a temple built as an offering to the god Apollo Aegletus. 

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Obscura Amentia`s "Ritual" Released

As reported here, Obscura Amentia `s Ritual full lenght was released today in various digital music stores like Amazon mp3, GreatIndieMusic, etc. Obscura Amentia`s Ritual, it is available in physical format here.

Ritual is the band's second album and follows on  from the album released in 2010 called "The Darkest Dream"

Obscura Amentia`s Ritual is a dreamy and phylosophical Black Metal ... Malevolent and darkness BM in the some songs... Dreamy, depressive and phylosophical in other songs. The dark atmosphere reigns.


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Obscura Amentia`s RITUAL Cover Art and Tracklist Revealed!

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Italian black metallers Obscura Amentia is a band formed by a female screamer and a multi-instrumentalist, they have pubblished a full-lenght (auto-released) called "The Darkest Dream" in the 2010 and now is the moment to give it a sequel: "Ritual" (auto-released).

Obscura Amentia`s Ritual is a dreamy and phylosophical Black Metal ... Malevolent and darkness BM in the some songs... Dreamy, depressive and phylosophical in other songs. The dark atmosphere reigns.

Ritual tracklist:
1-The Citadel Of Beleth
2-Mirror Of Sorrow
3-Ritual
4-Lost In The Reflection Of Moon
5-Mater Hiemalium
6-Descend The Chaos
7-Ominous Herald
8-Silence (A Reminder Of Death)
9-Last Rite


The release date is February 27th! The 1st copies will be on sale at CDBaby and Amazon; The album will be sold also in the digital format at many digital music stores like iTunes!


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The Resurrection of Ritual

The first album in more than 12 years, Ritual's The Resurrection is a return to form, and possibly a superior successor to previous Ritual albums The Summoning, Demonic Winter Metal, and Soldiers Under Satan's Command. More, however, than just a return to form,The Resurrection is a return to a music industry that has changed immensely in the past twelve years. But so has Ritual. Still full of memorable riffs, Ian Ritual has stripped away everything extraneous to give the guitar work more room to breathe on The Resurrection, bringing to the table a new album full of black metal with hooks and melody but still retaining the rawness that helps define Ritual. The fact that Ritual is forging ahead strong is testament to the fact that, despite a music industry that is less about artistry and truth and more about studio trickery and one-hit wonders, there is still a place for musicians that are not willing to compromise their integrity just to bow to the almighty dollar. Funeral Rain Records is currently streaming the track "Drowning Into The Sea"  from The Resurrection at this location.   

A Funeral For My Heart
The Resurrection
A Perfect Moonlit Night
Executioner Of The Elder Gods
This Means War
Drowning Into The Sea
Temples Of Baphomet's Sons
Nightmare
Winter Of My Discontent
Blinded By Hatred
March Of The Damned 

Ritual itself was formed in 1993 and was very influential in the United States Black Metal scene with their first album, The Summoning in 1995. They continued with Demonic Winter Metal in 1997 and Soldiers Under Satan's Command in 1998, all three on Wild Rags.The band split up with several years passing. Ian picked up the mantle of Ritual alone and forged ahead to write songs that would become The Resurrection, continuing the proud tradition of Ritual's black metal.

Photo by Gerardo Hernandez

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