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artist: Abazagorath / Blood Storm
title: Ancient Entities Arise
year: 2009
genre: Black Metal
type: Split Album
label: Elegy Records
language: English
rel. date: 2009-06-15
source: WEB/MP3
quality: CBR 320kbps / 44.1 kHz / Joint Stereo
runtime: 00:31:37
size: 72.5 MiB / 6 tracks
rip date: 2026-08-31
source url: https://open.qobuz.com/album/gb2190ux49bza
tracklist:
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
release notes:
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.