Nullification - Kingdoms to Hovel (2022)

Nullification — Negated Fields (Track 6)

Information

Artist – Nullification

Album – Kingdoms to Hovel

Label – Personal Records

Released – January 14th, 2022

Type – Full-length

Additional

Notes

Hailing from Bay, Laguna, Philippines, Nullification emerged in May 2021 and by June had already written, recorded, and produced their debut full-length. Released January 14th, 2022 via Personal Records (CD, 500 copies) with additional cassette editions through Mouth of Madness Tapes and Metal Choice Cut Records, Kingdoms to Hovel was tracked in a home studio setting in Laguna, with guest lead solos from Ray Brouwer (Ancient Death, Matriphagy) recorded remotely in Walpole, Massachusetts.

Sonically, the album is a deliberate time capsule to 1990–92 death metal, grafting the thrash-derived aggression of Demolition Hammer and Benediction onto the cosmic, syncopated brutality of Morbid Angel (Gateways to Annihilation in particular). The production is dry, physical, and slightly ragged — the snare cracks like a nail gun, the guitar tone is cutting yet raw, and the performance carries a palpable garage-level urgency. The cover art by Ov Exvn Infernvz is an overt homage to Morbid Angel's Gateways to Annihilation, signaling the album's allegiance unambiguously.

Videos

https://nullification.bandcamp.com/album/kingdoms-to-hovel — Kingdoms to Hovel on Bandcamp (Full Album Stream) https://personal-records.bandcamp.com/album/kingdoms-to-hovel — Personal Records Bandcamp (Full Album Stream) 

Recording

Written, recorded, and produced by the band from June to August of 2021 in Laguna, Philippines.
Guitar solo on tracks 4 and 6 recorded by Ray Brouwer in Walpole, Massachusetts, USA.

Tracklist

1. Intro to Annihilation – 02:48 >

Sci-fi/Fantasy, Speculative futurism, Cosmic warfare, Dystopian landscapes

2. The Sledgehammer – 05:02 >

Sci-fi/Fantasy, Speculative futurism, Cosmic warfare, Dystopian landscapes

3. Calamity from the Skies – 04:26 >

Sci-fi/Fantasy, Speculative futurism, Cosmic warfare, Dystopian landscapes

4. Kingdoms Reduced to Hovel – 04:29 >

Sci-fi/Fantasy, Speculative futurism, Cosmic warfare, Dystopian landscapes

5. Deliverance from Chaos – 03:31 >

Sci-fi/Fantasy, Speculative futurism, Cosmic warfare, Dystopian landscapes

6. Negated Fields – 04:11 >

Sci-fi/Fantasy, Speculative futurism, Cosmic warfare, Dystopian landscapes

7. Inside the Surreal – 04:09 >

Sci-fi/Fantasy, Speculative futurism, Cosmic warfare, Dystopian landscapes

8. Everything... and Everyone (Nullified) – 03:39 >

Sci-fi/Fantasy, Speculative futurism, Cosmic warfare, Dystopian landscapes

9. I, the Nullifier – 04:00 >

Sci-fi/Fantasy, Speculative futurism, Cosmic warfare, Dystopian landscapes

Total length: 36:15

Lineup

Band Members

    Andrei Alemania – Drums

    Jonathan Miranda – Guitars (lead)

    Jayson Gonzales – Guitars (rhythm), Synths, Songwriting

    Rozel Leaño – Vocals, Bass, Lyrics

Guest / Session

    Ray Brouwer – Guitars (lead) (tracks 4, 6)

Miscellaneous Staff

    Andrei Alemania – Producer

    Jerz Alex Mercer – Logo

    Ov Exvn Infërnvz – Artwork

    Rockford Medel – Photography

Links

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Enforced - A Leap into the Dark (2024)

Enforced — A Leap into the Dark (Track 2)

Information

Artist – Enforced

Album – A Leap into the Dark

Label – Century Media Records

Released – October 25th, 2024

Type – EP

Additional

Notes

Released October 25, 2024 via Century Media Records, A Leap into the Dark is a six-song, 19-minute EP from Richmond, Virginia crossover thrash unit Enforced. Produced and mixed by Arthur Rizk (Blood Incantation, Power Trip, Kreator, Code Orange), the EP captures the band at their most direct and punishing. The three new tracks — "Betting on the End," the title track, and "Deafening Heartbeats" — push further into death metal territory, particularly in the Obituary-style riffing and blast-beat drumming of the title track, while the production emphasizes clarity in the low end and a drum sound that sits more forward in the mix than on previous releases.

The remaining three tracks comprise a 2024 remaster of their 2021 single "Casket" and two covers: Obituary's "Deadly Intentions" (from 1989's Slowly We Rot) and English Dogs' "The Chase Is On." The EP was issued across multiple physical formats including CD, standard black 140g vinyl, and a limited red vinyl variant exclusive to the European market. A 24-bit/48kHz HD audio master is available via Bandcamp.

Videos

A Leap into the Dark (Official Video)
Betting on the End (Visualizer)

Tracklist

1. Betting on the End – 03:42 >

The cards are drawn The dice is cast All nations gathered around To place their bets Cross their fingers Pull the lever Spin the wheel We're all gonna die together Betting on the end Scrape up all that you have left And pray you'll hit it big Blow up your retirement Ignore all your kids Delusions of grandeur Sick to the core Delusions of grandeur Earn and eat the poor Delusions of grandeur Sick to the core Delusions of grandeur Earn and eat the poor Cross their fingers Pull the lever Spin the wheel We're all gonna die together Betting on the end A wallet severed dry Ran through by suffering eyes You bet it all, now take the fall You sold your soul for so little Not knowing what you can't control

2. A Leap into the Dark – 04:17 >

The cards are drawn The dice is cast All nations gathered around To place their bets Cross their fingers Pull the lever Spin the wheel We're all gonna die together Betting on the end Scrape up all that you have left And pray you'll hit it big Blow up your retirement Ignore all your kids Delusions of grandeur Sick to the core Delusions of grandeur Earn and eat the poor Delusions of grandeur Sick to the core Delusions of grandeur Earn and eat the poor Cross their fingers Pull the lever Spin the wheel We're all gonna die together Betting on the end A wallet severed dry Ran through by suffering eyes You bet it all, now take the fall You sold your soul for so little Not knowing what you can't control

3. Deafening Heartbeats – 03:11

4. Casket (2024 Remaster) – 01:54 >

I've drank from the black morass The plague glued to my gut The serum, the sigh, the consistent lie The song remains the same Wearing down your will to survive With an enemy on all sides Will the body ever cleanse itself I hope so, I will find out Thin skin from the punishment Pallor in the pigment Bleeding brains burning in my veins The evolution of Cain Wearing down your will to survive With an enemy on all sides Will the mind ever cleanse itself I hope so, I will find out Until my neck snaps back and cracks I'll crawl through the night with no end in sight Another round of caskets, belly full of maggots Wearing down your will to survive With an enemy on all sides Will the soul ever cleanse itself I hope so, I will find out

5. Deadly Intentions (Obituary cover) – 02:09 >

Dead. With the rotting one below. Live. Leaving the one who died. You. Lie. You. Rotting as one. Destiny comes. Dying of this fear. Death is the one. Now he has come. Dying. The body's crying. You.

6. The Chase Is On (English Dogs cover) – 03:49 >

One day soon I'm gonna run off the edge of the world 'Cause my cries for help and my pleas cannot be heard Mine ain't the only voice in the chorus of gloom There's a million of others just waiting for doomsday Living in the hope that the powers can unify All we do is hope but the leaders they can try 'Cause there's too many battles in this world that we are fought with tongues There are too many government crackpots who don't belong 'Cause the chase is on, and we're not the prey Yeah, the chase is on, and they're still running today Stop that lying, you're twisting all the words It don't make sense if it can't be heard The racing of the nations to fatality The realization of death to you and me Deterrent of the end is at hand, who you trying to fool? We're all passed of as powerless in their rules Reactionary armies, militant brigades But all we use are words and our mouths are grenades Demonstrate the ignorance brought about by their laws 'Cause we've heard the crap a million times before When they get their greedy hands black and they dirty out lives We realize there too late that they told us the lies Here it comes Nowhere to hide Nearly here Death from the skies

Total length: 19:02

Lineup

Band Members

    Will Wagstaff – Guitars

    Knox Colby – Vocals

    Ethan Gensurowsky – Bass

    Alex Bishop – Drums

    Zach Monahan – Guitars

Links

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Atrocity - Hallucinations (1990)

Atrocity — Deep in Your Subconscious (Track 1)

Information

Artist – Atrocity

Album – Hallucinations

Label – Nuclear Blast Records

Released – October 15th, 1990

Type – Full-length

Additional

Notes

Hallucinations is the debut full-length by Germany’s Atrocity, released on October 15, 1990 through Nuclear Blast Records. The lineup was Alex Krull on vocals, Mathias Röderer and Richard Scharf on guitars, Oliver Klasen on bass, and Michael Schwarz on drums.

The album was recorded and mixed in June/July 1990 at Morrisound Recordings in Tampa, Florida, with Scott Burns credited for production, engineering, and mixing, Tom Morris for engineering, and Markus Staiger as executive producer. Its sound is early technical death metal: abrupt tempo changes, riff-dense guitar writing, tightly segmented song structures, busy bass movement, and harsh vocals framed by a dry Morrisound production. The cover artwork uses H.R. Giger’s Hommage an S. Beckett I.

Videos

Additional

- Cover painting is H.R. Giger's Work #93, Hommage an S. Beckett I (100 cm x 80 cm painted in oil on wood, 1968).

- Issued with inner lyric sleeve. Some copies were also issued with an A4-sized Nuclear Blast merchandise sheet.

Recording

- Recorded & mixed June/July 1990 at Morrisound Recordings, Tampa, Florida.
- Co-produced and co-mixed by Atrocity.

Identifiers

Barcode: 4 001617 298718
Label Code: LC 7027
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side A, stamped): NB 038-A3
Matrix / Runout (Runout, side B, stamped): NB 038-B3
Rights Society: GEMA

Tracklist

1. Deep in Your Subconscious – 05:25 >

Lying there in a small crib Naked and innocent Just loosing my virginity Only four years old A menacing man above me He's my own father! My legs and arms are limp Crushed my confusion Lascivious eyes stare at me I've never seen before Musty smell in the air Diffusing body odor Feeling like a pig ravished and abused Praying for my god The old man with the old white beard A hurting abdomen, a grieved soul Tears are running from ym eyes I don't know what's going on Cries, screams of despair Father slaps in my face "Shut up little cunt" Feeling like a pig Ravished and abused Prayimg for my god The old man with the long white beard Satisfaction - father is groaning Humiliation - treated like a shitheap Observation - my brain is empty Anxiety - father, never do it again! Atrocity - fear in my eyes Inbreeding - my body is deseased Shame - mother won't be told Some human beings are repulsive animals After a while - the pain is over Disgusting - full of serious mucus Genitals - blood runs from my legs An ugly smile - my father leaves the room Misery - I'm feeling sick Depression - I clasp Teddy in my arms Loneliness - nobody who helps Some human beings are repulsive animals First you tried to repress Then you established The nightmare will ever be Deep in your subconscious

2. Life Is a Long and Silent River – 03:36 >

Ten more summers pleased the land Ten more winters numbed the landscape Time is running quickly But in my brane a terrible dream never ends I try to escape from my past I'm damned to suffer a whole life! Life is a long and silent river She grows up - shy alone and sad Other kids - kept away from her Her mother - was devorsed long ago No more love - only alcohol Life is a long and silent river No real friends - for the little girl Nobody understands - what's wrong with her Her classmates - cheat her all the time The silent girl - is discriminated against Life is a long and silent river People are shouting at me "You stupid girl! How strange you are - never spoke!" I try to escape from my past I'm damned to suffer a whole life

3. Fatal Step – 02:48 >

I meet a girl - she seems ok She wants to show me all her friends But what I can see - I knows before Their red eyes - the same as my Ma's! They invite me to drink and to take some pills "You should smoke and a pot of hash, too!" I try to refuse but I wanna integrate "Don't be a coward - just become our friend!" "YOU!" "Just become our friend" "TRY!" "Then you fell like us!" "TO BE!" "Whitout any sorrows!" "FREE!" "Whitout any restrain!" I want to know these miracle drugs I want to taste the feelings of them Beautiful thing - in her mind Thousands of colors - wonderful sounds Give me some more! This is your first step to your death!

4. Hallucinations – 04:28 >

Here I got it in my hands The stuff wich creates dreams So i smoke it, I consume it To get free, to feel well I will be in sweet dreams I will be stoned again You feel it deep inside Is it wrong, or is it right? All the things that you feel Are not true are not real Life is easy, life is carefree Hallucinations! Fuck reality, now I'm free Doing what I want, only having fun So I smoke it, I consume it To get free, to feel well Life is easy, life is carefree Hallucinations! I'm lying over, I think clear Being suspended, heaven is near Or is it hell? No one can stop me, this is my time Ba careful guys, here comes me Self-confident you will see The drug inside me, gives me energy Gives me power, let me win No more failyres, the world is mine! I will be in sweet dreams All the things that you feel Are not true are not real Life is easy, life is carefree Hallucinations!

5. Defeated Intellect – 05:26 >

I left cocaine - going insane My first time - I want to try I lock the door - I'm really sure Now I'm alone - the needle in me skin Defeated intellect - I lost my mind I know all dangers - but I need more I inject - now it's too late Fantastic feelings - coming to ecstasy Lying in the room - she closes her eyes Fast faving blood - in her veins Falling apart - total Point of no return - shall overcome There is no serious reason To give ut my decision I live my life today I give a shit on any corollary Your body is shaking, freezing, perspiring Opening your eyes, having reveries Walls look like ice, cold and glinting The shining sun, reflected lights You cannot act, you have no will Controlled my poison, sudenly you scream Father returns: "Get on your knees!" Breathing heavily - oppressive atmosphere Whispering voices - in your ears Having red eyeballs - and a dry tongue Attack of giddiness - head is going round People on the street - walk, rush and speak Eat, drink, consume - money takes control They don't care - about you No time to think - to help for you

6. Abyss of Addiction – 03:39 >

In the dark night, pleasure arise Searching for lust, thirst for sex The oldest bisiness, in this world Shows itself, a whole noght long She stands here - waiting for - anither John One more night - I doesn't count - anyway No way out - a stranded girl - fired light Exrensive stuff - let you work - at this place Seductive syringe Those old false friends - They're go - to left her alone A big car stops - an old man inside - ugly and fat "How much is it?" - "I'm rich!" - "So let's go!" The next morning - you'll buy - another Having no hope - my time is timeless Worthless buik - only for earning money Used to be - a MANhandled person Lost the pride - of a lighthearted girl Seductive syringe Abyss of addiction ABYSS OF ADDICTION "You are here again At this whicked place Men look at you They want to pay the price He wants to set you free He wants to be your real friend "It's time for you to leave" He is an addict, too He needs the same help Both have the same aim To escape from this hell After a few years They want to come together Make a withdrawal treatment And courage each other: Hold out to the end Resist ...and leave After midnight you hear screams Addicted bodies want their rations Painful days, sleeples nights Always greedy of more pills, of more pills Take care of your life After one week without H They're thinking it's all over Having new hope and courage Time to leave their dirty flat, dirty flat! One new man is born One new girl is born Death can wait for them How they wanna live! Full of happiness Both are careless Going out of the flat To walk down the streets She reads the newspaper of today Another guy died by an overdose But new victims are ready to die Smiling faces of the big bosses These roch, powerful, common men Making business, dealing death She is shocked by reality He is going out with "old friends" Late in the night The girl is coming home After closing the door She looks to the ground The boy is lying here One paper in the hand "I couldn't still resist But you must go on: Hold out to the end Resist ...and live! Hold out! "Don't be a coward - just become our friend!" "YOU!" "Just become our friend!" "TRY!" "Then you feel like us!" "TO BE!" "Without any sorrows!" "FREE!" "Without any restraint!" I want to know these miracle drugs I want to taste the feelings of them Beatiful things - in her mind Thousands of colors - wonderful sounds Give me some more! This is your first step to your death!

7. Hold Out (to the End) – 05:15 >

"You are here again At this wicked place Men look at you They want to pay the price" Somebody speaks to you He wants to set you free He wants to be your real friend "It's time for you to leave" He is an addict, too He needs the same help Both have the same aim To escape from this hell After a few years They want to come together Make a withdrawal treatment And encouraged each other: Hold out to the end Resist ...and live After midnight you her screams Addicted bodies want their rations Painful days, sleepless nights Always greedy of more pills, of more pills Take care of your life After one week without H They're thinking it's all over Having new hope and courage Time to leave their dirty flat, flat dirty! One new man is born One new girl is born Death can wait for them Now they wanna live! Full of happiness Both are careless Going out of the flat To walk down the streets She reads the newspaper of today Another guy died by an overdose But new victims are ready to die Smiling faces of the big bosses These rich, powerful, common men Making business, dealing death She is going shocked by reality He is going out with "old friends" Late in the night The girl is coming home After closing the door She looks to the ground The body is lying there One paper in the hand: "I couldn't still resist But you must go on: Hold out to the end Resist ...and live!" Hold out!

8. Last Temptation – 05:17 >

Shuddering night, empty streets, a cat cries A darking dog, one little girl On her way to eternity In her hand, are plastic bag, one cigarette To cam down, a sad face Lost her friends, her hopefulness Eyes full of tears, but have no fear, no hope Senceless life, no escape Only white powder, which could help Arteries are craving, head is exploding Thoughts are running, hands are shivring Nevres is gi crazy, stomach is vibration A gloomy station, one toilet room Ugly smell, dirty walls Drunken man, horrible sluts Hey, little girl, go away! A candle is burning, to cook the stuff The spoon is filled, with deadly fluid Synnge is fixed, to shoot inside In her young flesh The neal forces, one's way The poison spreads in blood Runs from body in head Pain ache let you suffer Drug creates a horror trip You see disturbing visions You go out of your mind Shuddering night, empty streets, a cat cries A barking dog, one little girl On her way to eternity On the ground, this little girl, one syringe Full of smut, cold body Lost all love, in her world You wanted, to stop it, forget it It should be, you last time You want to do, then to finish Last temptation ends one life But who cares? But who cries?

Total length: 35:54

Lineup

Band Members

    Alex Krull – Vocals

    Oliver Klasen – Bass

    Mathias Röderer – Guitars

    Richard Scharf – Guitars

    Michael Schwarz – Drums

Miscellaneous Staff

    Scott Burns – Producer, Engineering, Mixing

    Alex Krull – Cover concept, Logo

    Elke – Photography

    Tom Morris – Engineering

    Otto – Photography

    Wolle – Photography

    Markus Staiger – Executive producer

    H.R. Giger (R.I.P. 2014) – Artwork

Links

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Apocalyptic Fear - Dawn of the Ritual (1993)

Apocalyptic Fear — Mutilated by Sickness (Track 2)

Information

Artist – Apocalyptic Fear

Album – Dawn of the Ritual

Label – Independent

Released – 1994

Type – Demo

Additional

Notes

Released in January 1994, Dawn of the Ritual is the second demo by the Québec-based Death/Thrash Metal band Apocalyptic Fear. Engineered and recorded by Pierre Rémillard at Peter Pan Studios in Montréal during December 1993, the release marks a shift from the band's initial Thrash Metal origins toward a structured Death Metal sound. The original cassette format contains five tracks with a total runtime of 19:26. The technical sound is characterized by fast tremolo riffing, double-kick drumming patterns, and standard low-register guttural vocals.

The 1994 recording lineup consisted of Jean-François Houle on vocals and guitars, Steeve Daigle on guitars, Sébastien Gagnon on bass, and Sébastien Bussières on drums. Following decades of unavailability outside of the secondary market, the demo was officially reissued in December 2020 by Awakening Records.

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Additional

- Professionally made cover and tape with band picture and lyrics.
- Came with a sticker.

Recording

Recorded at Peter Pan Studio (Montréal), November/December 1993.
Mastered at Victor Studio (Montréal).

Tracklist

1. Dawn of the Ritual (Intro) – 00:54 >

When the sun's rising On the forgotten land The damned souls are whispering In the wind of the past Pain of human sacrifices Survives on the silent ocean Corpses penetrate the sand Since the dawn of the ritual...

2. Mutilated by Sickness – 04:00 >

Isolated Isolated by my sickness Artificial breath keeps me alive Ain't no choice to survive Erasing a piece of my life The darkness I see Sorrow, anger and frustration My hopeful dream turns into nightmare A scream from my deepless mind I want to shout it out loud to the world Uncontrolled destiny Drain out my mental energy Total confusion, a storm in my mind I surrender, I surrender to my death Mutilated by sickness Consuming slowly, rotten ways Eternal suffering Countless pain, hopeless life No hope, no freedom All is black around me I can't explain my desolation I can't explain my tears Please hear me, set me free Of this fucking hell... Mutilated by sickness I'm burning I'm burning for eternity I'm waiting I'm waiting for my final death Kill me, I can't talk Kill me, I can't move Kill me, I can't cry Kill me, I want to die

3. Dying Age – 04:00 >

Violent death on the TV screen Mega-city in the claw of corruption Suffering among the blinded society Marked for life, forever New age of decadence One step in the wrong side Wasted men fall in misery Lew of terror in the dark streets They should obey The urban terrorist, has created a social paranoia Oppression of power Another morbid murder Blood spills everywhere Sexual agression is done Terrorized victim One step in the wrong side Wasted men fall in misery Lew of terror in the dark streets They should obey Law of terror, confusion guides us in fear Law of terror, insane criminality Steal the weak Brutal ways With street rules Got a knife Painful body Scream in agony Got a gun Deadly crime Extreme violence Power grip Racial fights Speech of lies Law of terror Law of terror New age of decadence

4. The Execution – 04:48 >

Terrorizing war, nonsense to fight The enemy strikes, strikes again Bestial invasion, taken alive Hours of mayhem, better off dead Obtained in the filthy pit The sound of agony resounds in their heads Torturing their honor Living in hate, insane nation Living insecurity, darkest days Brain wash begins, begins the pain Hopeless prayer, desperate Fooling the agressor, feeling the horror Punishment for the faithful warrior Keep the silence, opposed mentality Oncoming of nation's freedom Hungry children, broken future The execution, fell in Hell The execution, victim of war The execution, no mercy The execution, killing time Awaiting macabre sentence preparing to die Oppressed and abused, groaning on the wall Skeletal prisoner, life broken by war Executioner, ready to pull the trigger Another crime is done, cause they are wasted soldiers Military forces control the mass Confused violence, spreading their hate People's intolerance, shut up and kill Chaotic society, give peace a chance

5. Mental Delirium – 05:27 >

Knowing what you've done A nightmare just begun Guilt intensifies your reason to die Dead silence reminds your lies Morbid flashes before your eyes Damaged consciousness Lost beyond yourself This guilty silence speaks Unable to ease the pain An insane thought still remains Deep inside you feel free To die with no dignity Mental delirium, vision or illusion Suffering from manic depression Rope of misery, more than reality Another soul free from chronic insanity Fear of damnation Killed by inner suffocation, nowhere to run Rope of misery, more than reality Another soul free from chronic insanity Slave of depression Betrayed by emotions "Death is no escape" Passed away, standing alone in the dark Passed away, trapped himself in his fear Mind confusion, false emotions, man in shame, total pain Brutal agression, uncomprehension, wasted life, the last solution Throw way, the dark thoughts of your mind Mind confusion, taste emotions, man in shame, total pain Brutal agression, uncomprehension, wasted life, the last solution Far away, desperate sounds of crying Unable to ease the pain An insane thought still remains Deep inside you feel free To die with no dignity Mental dilirium, vision or illusion Suffering from manic depression

Total length: 18:29

Lineup

Band Members

    S. Bussières – Drums

    J.F. Houle – Vocals, Guitars

    S. Daigle – Guitars, Vocals (backing)

    S. Gagnon – Bass

Guest / Session

    Pierre Rémillard – Keyboards (track 1)

    Stéphane Picard – Voice (track 1)

Miscellaneous Staff

    Pierre Rémillard – Producer, Recording, Mixing, Mastering

    S. Bussières – Artwork, Lyrics (track 5)

    S. Daigle – Lyrics (track 1)

    J.F. Houle – Lyrics

    Jean "Zab" Isabelle – Cover art

Links

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