Carnification - Embracing Solitude - Promo track 99

Track list:
1. Embracing solitude

Line-up:
Luis Franco - Vocals
João Raposo - Lead Guitars
Paulo Maciel - Rythm guitar
Paulo Jorge - Bass
Marco Camilo - Drums

Cover:
Nelson Correia

Logo and foto:
Christophe Szpajdel

Recorded at MM Music Studio.
Produced and Mastered by Eduardo Botelho.

What can be said about a demo with only a little more than 4 minutes long?
You definitly get the feeling of wanting more...
Which in this case is a good thing sinse the track is ok and enjoyable. Good Death Metal with 2 kinds of vocals. There's the typical growling and a second sounding vocals mixed that i quiet enjoy.
Makes us believe that the guy in an agonizing pain or in a terrible suffering... way cool.

Unfortunatly those vocalizations don't make hole and at least one more track would be necessary to get a far more better picture of this band's work.

These guys hail from the islands of Açores, which , as far as i can tell has a very good number of bands and very good underground scene. Much better than some of the "bigger" cities in the continent (mine definitly included...).

Score: 6

Download from Metalicidio.com.

Moonspell - Anno Satanae - 1993/1996

1. Intro
2. Goat on Fire
3. Ancient Winter Goddess
4. Wolves From the Fog
5. Outro

Label: Lion Records

Moonspell, probably the best known Portuguese band.
I got the 1st contact with the band back in 92 when they were still known as MORBID GOD in the double LP "The birth of a tragedy" compilation.
I must say, didn't like them a bit. In fact i thought they had the weakest track on the hole compilation. Listening to all other bands i still do...

On to this demo. This is a re-release made in 1996. The band were having sucsess and someone got the idea of putting this again avaible. Not bad idea at all.
But as the music goes , not much changed sinse the MTM compilation. In fact i think the Morbid God track is better than this hole demo. Let's face it, i'm not a big Black Metal fan, and this is not really worth many listens. The most notorius defect is that it is Not very well played, and it shows.
The intro and "Goat on fire" were also present on the Compilation "Mortuary vol.1" that same year (1993).
Also in 2007 all these track were re-recorded. And now i can say i like this demo.
The re-recordings are SOOOO much better... I do tend to not liking these kinda releases but the "Under Satanae" compilation does these tracks a much more better justice.

Score: 4,5 (demo), 7,5 (re-release compilation cd "Under Satanae")

Exiled - Exiled - 1993

Side A
1.You're Dead
2.Again
3.Anarchy*

Side B
1.Human Boundaries
2.Coroner's Bliss
3.Screams**

Produce by Nuno Loureiro assisted by Ramiro Martins.
Recorded at EXILED studios and mixed at EDIT studios.
All music by Nuno Loureiro except ** by Nuno Loureiro/Fernando Dantas and * by SEX PISTOLS.

Again , Death metal with not much or anything to to add or be noticed for.
I got a bit dificulties in getting along with the vocals. A mix of growl and somewhat shouted kind that is really hard to like.
The Sex Pistols cover doen´t help either, not a happy choice if you ask me.

Score: 5.5

Agonizing Terror - Ways of Existence - 1997

Here's a band best known not for the good reasons.
The band members got involved in conspiracies and murdurers within their own families...
All for , at least as far as i know , money issues. But that doesn´t matter here.

This was the band's second demo. Death Metal, i guess i can classify it as decent or listenable. We can listen occasionaly some Gothic influences, clean female vocals, acoustic guitars and some really melodic parts. Nothing out of the ordinary, but worth a good listen once in while.

Line up:
TóJó - Vocals and Guitar
Marco - Lead Guitar and backing Vocals
Sara - Drums and vocals

Recorded and mixed at Rec n'Roll Studios, May/April 1997.
Released by Prophetical Promotions (a division of Lustful Records)

1.Ways of Existence
2.Hole of Eternal Fall
3.Into Eternity
4.Eternally Condemned
5.Outro

Score: 6.5