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Artist......: Abazagorath / Blood Storm
Album.......: Ancient Entities Arise
Year........: 2009
Genre.......: Black Metal
Type........: Split Album
Label.......: Elegy Records
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 975kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 6 tracks
Playtime....: 00:31:37
Size........: 222.3 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-08-31
S.Date......: 2009-06-15
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/gb2190ux49bza
01. Abazagorath - In the Heart of a Dying Star 6:33
02. Abazagorath - Beyond the Veils of Obscurity 5:25
03. Abazagorath - Pitch Black Tomb 5:20
04. Blood Storm - Nox Morma Damnation 5:10
05. Blood Storm - The Weredaathian 4:49
06. Blood Storm - Zain Inversion Terror 4:21
This split features New Jersey's Abazagorath and
Pennsylvania's Blood Storm, who have been active in the
black metal underground since the mid-nineties. Formed
in 1995, Abazagorath is named after the spirit of hate
for mankind; with such a christening you know precisely
what to expect from them. Taking inspiration from the
darkened atmospheres created by Emperor and Darkthrone
at the start of their careers, Abazagorath channel them
into a formula involving melody, extreme license,
violent intensity, and an endless sonic landscape of
cold darkness and pure malevolence entirely unique to
them. This latter quality is explored to the fullest in
their lyrics, which take the listener headlong into a
journey into long forgotten realms of the underworld,
presented at frightening levels of rage and dread.
Having begun around the same time, Blood Storm (the
brainchild of guitarist/vocalist/frontman Mezzadurus)
delve into the forbidden occult sciences of the
Atlanteans and other ancient societies, revealing their
archaic practices and overwhelming desire to reclaim the
Earth through brutal black/thrash metal heavily inspired
by old school legends like Possessed, Necrovore and
Bathory. If you're a longtime fan of this band, you know
they approach their subject matter with a high modicum
of scholarly dedication, proving that metal requires the
intelligence of the mind as well as musical prowess.
This split is an accurate representation of both bands.