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Hands of Cain – The Only Sound (1983-5 GR deathrock)

reblog from fearcondition
http://fearcondition.blogspot.gr/2012/03/hands-of-cain-1983-1985-recordingsvinyl.html

The Hands of Cain were Dimitris Chorianopoulos (vocals, bass), Spyros ‘S. Adam’ Floros (drums), Costas Papakitsos (synthesisers) and Dimitris Stamatiou (guitar) from Athens, Greece.

In 1983 the HANDS OF CAIN evolved from of one of the first groups of the Greek punk scene of the early 80’s called Ausschwitss when their music was gaining a darker shade and their lyrics were changing to English.

Unlike their former group, The Hands of Cain had very little public exposure, but built their reputation amongst the lively Athenian dark wave/post punk scene of the time with a few live gigs in clubs like ‘Skylab’ and ‘Pegasus’. They finally split up in November 1985, and although none of their recordings was ever released their fame lived on.

An end was put to this local hidden secret

when Dimitris ‘Profitis’ Petrou sent Annalogue records two tracks in Autumn 2007, “Two Steps to the End” and “The Dagger in Me”. Anna was blown away by those tracks and couldn’t believe they have remained unreleased. Of course, this had to be changed. The quality of HOC’s song writing is amazing, these are just strong compositions, and without any doubt, this album will perfectly line up with the best ever goth/dark wave albums being so close to Christian Death’s first recordings as well as the best songs by Bauhaus.

Their tracks are pure mid 80’s despair and melancholy, typical of the goth/dark wave scene of the time, although such terms as goth or dark-wave had not yet been invented by journalists back then. The material was (more or less) preserved on dusty 8mm reels and worn-out cassette tapes – it is thanks to Dave Hewson, who digitally transferred and restored these tracks that this fascinating music escaped oblivion.

Prepare yourself for a milestone not only in Greek music history, but also in goth/dark wave history!Re-released from Eirkti in 2009

Vinyl rip. 320kbps

01. In a Dark Cell

02. Deadlips

03. Pristine Passion

04. Two steps to the end

05. The dagger in me

06. The only sound

07. Deep Inside

08. The tears of vanity

09. Monodrama

10. Royalty in exile

&&&&&

01. In a dark cell (Hit the fly mix)

02. The only sound (7)

03. Addendum

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ir6u66

Mekrokiev – Mimetismo Vol1 (dr, MEX 2012)

Well, we know we’ve (for a long time now)promised you a big playlist from the latin d x r spanish speaking escena… Instead you’re getting an article about it in the next “bats & cockroaches” zine and now,this download. For the playlist you ‘ll have to wait a bit more 🙂
But today’s item, well it’s one of the best new things going on… Remember mekrokiev (distante) from the last version of the community’s choices? They were good enough to send us this copy of their last release, and it is the best cover collection in the gothic rock field that we’ve listened since a long time…And they are really proving what we’ve pretty much known for these last few years…mexico is really the place to be if you’re into deathrock these days. These guys got both the look, the skills and the (haunted?evil?)-anyway quite unique and memorable front vocals. And track by track they are adding to their already full(2 LP’s,1 EP and now this!) discography, very much to our delight… Here,they made the drowning a bit more powerful, added much “evilness” to temple of love (must listen) and I was glad to see a bit of meddling in politics with V…
Also a must for dj’s, wanting to spin different cover versions of overplayed-but-still-good songs (another way of saying shatter is excellente).

01 Shine on (House of Love)
02 Pet Sematary (The Ramones)
03 The Drowning (Christian Death)
04 Shatter (London after Midnight)
05 Vendetta
06 Subterfuge (Rosetta Stone)
07 Levitation (Garden of Delight)
08 Zodiac (Christian Death)
09 Temple of Love (The Sisters of Mercy)
10 Whatever makes you happy (Girls under glass)

http://www.mediafire.com/?xx1u0zuhh427aqm
“take me where there exist other colours
guide me where life won’t separate us
take me where death won’t catch us
where logic will never meet us”

Stay sick!

cemetery & blue cross (2011 dark punk/DR USA)

Now this is important. Pay attention because this is the newest “wave” of deathrock from the other side of the atlantic.. Just two representatives from a whole bunch of bands (alaric, cross stitched eyes, bestial mouths,belicose minds, arctic flowers, lost tribe,dystopian society…) this is a new sound- maybe a new revival, very diffeent from the cinema strange revival of the 00’s…these guys don’t bring on this elf- ish, falsetto vocal quality or the many riff switches in one track of CS… The new (not nu hehehe ) d x r escena is closer to punk than ever – many of these bands are side projects of anarkopunk bands originally- and they give a dark brooding desperate thing to it. I”d suggest listening to the cemetery demo first to understand this. So back to basics, guitar bass & drums, with the expert lo fi feel that characterises so many bands from the 10’s- technology gave us the tools to work from home and we ‘re doing it to the maximum.
So give it a listen, support these bands if you like them, and keep in touch, i think there will be more uploads from this new dr american scene.

Blue Cross
Mass Hysteria (2011) 128 kbps
01 – blue cross – bring out your dead
02 – blue cross – calling combatants
03 – blue cross – time to die
04 – blue cross – disconnect
05 – blue cross – end up alone
06 – blue cross – mass hysteria
07 – blue cross – headstone
08 – blue cross – punishment

Cemetery DEMO 2011 192 kbps

01 Reptile Walk
02 Cask
03 Voices In The Ceiling
04 State Ward
05 Grave Dance
06 Voices In The Walls

http://www.mediafire.com/?pyk0c8bcf4acmv3

Part 1 & 1919 (Dark Punk UK 1980s)

It’s hard to find words to describe the music of your favorite bands. You feel like you ”ll do them injustice somehow…Anyway, these are two of the most known dark punk & anarko from the 80’s. Well known i say…the truth is that outside Greece they are known, but greek punks seem to ignore their presence.Tracks have been inlcuded in the “return of the batcave” compilations, and you can find enough complete discographies in the blogosphere, but it cannot hurt to add these two along with the other deathrοck uploads here, they ll do each other great company.

Part 1 are very much like rudimentari peni, their singers were close pals as it seems, and their sound is just a little bit darker and slower. The themes remain pretty much the same, anti church, hp lovecraft-ian and horror. 1919 are again raw, more like ausgang so faster than part 1, they’ ve practiced their bass postpunk riffs better, and are even more desperate…
Very much like our old mixtapes, these bands always go side by side for us, so we put them together.

Part 1 1985 Pictures Of Pain (320kbps Wma)
01 – Possessed
02 – Black Mass
03 – Pictures Of Pain
04 – The Corpse
05 – Incest
06 – Ghost
07 – Hymn

1919 The Complete Collection (256kbps VBR)
01-caged
02-after the fall
03-repulsion
04-tear down these walls
05-alien
06-machine
07-the hunted
08-the scream
09-slave
10-the ritual
11-control
12-cry wolf
13-dream
14-storm
15-earth song
16-can this be real
17-midas touch
18-giant (original version)

http://www.mediafire.com/?hotvqz69vvbbeb3

zombie dance in easter

14/4

from 22.00

Γιατί zombie dance?

Γιατί στον τωρινό κοσμο των ζωντανών, εμείς δεν είχαμε ποτέ την παραμικρή ευκαιρία.Γιατί -όπως στην κλασικη ιστορια τρόμου με το πλασμα που περνάει απο τη γραμμη του φυσικου στο υπερφυσικο- αντι να κάτσουμε στα αυγά μας επιστρέφουμε απο τον τάφο που μας ρίξανε για να στοιχειώνουμε όποιους νομίζουν (κι επιμένουν) οτι είναι ζωντανοί.
Δεν διαλέξαμε να έρθουμε σ’ αυτό τον κόσμο στην κατάσταση που είναι.Διαλέγουμε όμως καθε στιγμή να συνεχίζουμε να υπάρχουμε εδώ. Αυτή είναι συνειδητή επιλογή, και μαζι της τραβάμε μια γραμμή απ’όσα μας χωρίζουν απο τον κόσμο των αλλων, και πλέον αρχίζουμε να δημιουργούμε καταστάσεις ( φάσεις, χώρους, βραδιές) στις οποιες χωράμε εμείς.Ο καθένας με τις διαφορές του, είμαστε μέρη μιας κοινότητας που προσπαθεί να υπερβεί τους ετεροκαθορισμούς των σκοτεινών μουσικών ειδών (gothic, psychobilly. minimal, punk…) και μικροκομματικών πολιτικών ταμπελών και δουλεύουμε μαζί γι αυτά που μας ενωνουν. Γι αυτό διαλέγουμε και δουλεύουμε κάτω από ένα γενικό όρο “ομπρελα” deathrock που και ιστορικά δεν έχει λειτουργήσει για να διχάσει, αλλά και με την αναβίωση του όρου στα πρόσφατα χρόνια, αγκαλιάζει την ευρύτερη dark undergound σκηνή στο εξωτερικό, και γιατί όχι, κι εδώ..
Σκοπός και εμμονή μας δεν είναι η εκδίκηση ή η τυφλη καταστροφή, σαν το μυθικό “τέρας” της λογοτεχνίας ή της χ ταινίας τρόμου. Το δίχως ζωη “τέρας” που παραδόξως βρίσκεται ακόμα στα πόδια του,απέθαντο, τυφλά ακολουθεί και μαγνητίζεται απο τους ζωντανούς, γιατι το μόνο που ξέρει, είναι εκείνο που έχασε ή του αφαιρεθηκε και το οποίο πλέον απεχθάνεται. Έτσι κι εμείς, με τη δικιά μας πείνα και δίψα για “αιμα” και “μυαλα”, δεν λειτουργούμε τυφλά αντιδραστικά αλλά δημιουργούμε με τους δικούς μας κανόνες, τις δικές μας ΥΓΙΕΙΣ κοινωνίες (άλλοι τις λένε υποκουλτούρες), στην πίσω μεριά του καθρέφτη από την κοινωνία των αλλων. Γιατί στεκόμαστε ακόμα. Μπορεί να μας πήραν τη “ζωή”, μπορεί να πάτησαν επί των πτωμάτων μας για να χτίσουν τις καριέρες τους, μπορεί να μας πήραν τα τελευταιί ψιλά στα μαγαζιά της διασκέδασης τους, μπορεί να προσπάθησαν αποτυχημένα να μας επαναπρογραματίσουν με τις κανονικότητες τους, αλλά τα δικά μας ανθρώπινα κουρέλια , στα μάτια μας σημαίνουν αξιοπρέπεια.

Κι ας είμαστε νεκροί και τελειωμένοι για τον κόσμο των ζωντανών,
Ki ας είμαστε απέθαντοι σ’ ένα κοσμο που δεν ζει. Ας είναι.
Εμείς χορεύουμε και τραγουδάμε ακόμα.

Γιατι στην λεσχη υπογείως ;

Η αυτοοργάνωση των αναγκών μας, το diy, ή μια δική μας προσέγγιση του, έχει αφενός να κάνει με τη διαφύλαξη της συνεχισης του δρομου μας στις θλιβερες συγκυρίες του κόσμου του σήμερα. Όσο είμαστε εμεις υπευθυνοι για όσα κάνουμε, σημαίνει οτι δεν μπορεί κανένας έμπορας που προσπαθεί να πουλήσει αυτό που είσαι τη μια στιγμή, την επόμενη να σε πετάξει και να σε αντικαταστήσει με το επόμενο νέο πράγμα. Από τη μία λοιπόν στη λέσχη της καλλιδρομίου με τον τρόπο που λειτουργεί μπορούμε να συνεχίζουμε με μια σταθερή βραδυα σαν dr X gr ανεξαρτήτως της ασχήμιας του γύρω κόσμου , αφετέρου μπορούμε να υπάρχουμε και με τους όρους που επιθυμούμε. Η ελεύθερη είσοδος, τα όχι υπερτιμημένα ποτά, η εθελοντική εργασία απο μέλη της λέσχης και συνεργασία με εμάς τους deathrockers, το στησιμο και ξεστησιμο απ’όλους μας μαζί, αυτό είναι η αξιοπρέπεια. Μια βραδυά σίγουρα , ένα παρτυ, που είναι διασκέδαση, αλλά όχι διασκέδαση μάταιη και κανιβαλιστική. Δεν τελειώνει με την πάροδο του βραδυού, δεν θολώνει, και ούτε αυτοτιμωρείται-αυτοκαταστρέφεται.

Το υπόγειο της λέσχης δεν έχει να κάνει με τον πάνω ένοχο κόσμο, γιατί δεν προωθεί και αναπαράγει την κατανάλωση, δεν είναι εναλλακτικό σε τίποτα γιατί δεν αναγνωρίζουμε το δικό τους κανονικό, η τέχνη και η “μη-τεχνη” που περνάει απο τους τοίχους της δεν ειναι βαμμένη με αίμα, γιατί δεν έχει κοστίσει σε εργατοώρες και μεροκάματα, ούτε κοιτάει αφυψηλού τους θεατές της. Είναι από μας για μας,συνεργατική και αυτοοργανωμένη και την δημιουργούμε όλοι μαζί συμμετέχωντας ομότιμα, χωρίς αρχηγούς και ιεραρχίες,, ο καθένας όσο μπορεί και θέλει.

Leitmotiv (Uk) – 1983-4 7” (UK dark punk/deathrock)

Well, it seems like megaupload is now down. Since it’s been serving as our main uploading site, we ‘ll try to re-upload our stuff elsewhere. It seems like the internet as we know it will change due to the corporation lesgislating laws. It is time for us to motivate… But for now…

Leitmotiv

Post punkers from Sheffield (UK) —————-
North of England goth band, with a four-man line-up consisting of Simon Asquith (vocals & guitar), Steve Shepley (keyboards), Dean Woodhead (bass) and Paul Asquith (drums). ’Silent Run’ should be a post punk classic, otherwise ’(Living in a) Tin’ is more synth/wave oriented, and here is a version remixed from the mini album ’Caress And Curse’. They realeased two excellent singles “Silent Run” in 1984 and “To the Suffering” in 1985 and the richly textured instant mini-album “Caress and Curse”. Then, the line-up changed and Louie replaced the bassist Dean Woodhead. They released a maxi-single 12″ “Big Money” in 1986.

This is excellent guitar & drum driven old scool dark punk. It isn;t made like this anymore.

1983 to the suffering 7”

01 – To the Suffering
02 – The gift of Life

1984 living in a tin 7”

01 – (Living in A) Tin
02 – Silent Run

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?optzpj7jjqzbfu4

Morning – November the 17th (2009 post punk)

Утро – Семнадцатое Ноября (2009 EP)
Utra- simnadzataye nayibria or Morning – November Seventeenth
&& Утро- Утро(2010 LP)

This is maybe the fastest guitar driven post/punk i ‘ve ever laid ears on…Very close to deathrock, i wish i knew what the lyrics were about…or why greece’s date for the beggining of the end of the junta era is important to them! The guys from Motorama play here…it is their side project. What more can i say- get this, yesterday…

ps.i have included the more watered down selftitled record too… It’s got a better (studio) production…but listen to the ep first..trust me.

01 Острог
02 Ритуал
03 Силуэт
04 Туман
05 Квадрат

http://www.mediafire.com/?2liec2rm3i66l52

va – Selections From Excommunicated Monument 時の葬列 (1984 Jap dr)

i found this while lurking around in soulseek
some great deathrock tracks from various historic japanese gothic & dark punk bands

released from Sounds Marketing System in 1984 and re-released in 2002 from J-Factory.
this also exists as “toki no souretsu” or “va japanese deathrock” or “japonese deathrock divers” or “va- during the funeral procession”

Tracklist
01.Auto-Mod – 時の葬列(toki no souretsu)
02.Sadie Sads – Glas Brugh
03.Madame Edwarda – Princess Reta
04.G-Schmitt – Kの葬列 (k no souretsou)
05.Sadie Sads – Pair Dog
06.G-Schmitt – Catholic
07.Madame Edwarda – Low
08.Auto-Mod – Wandering Child
&
madame edwarda – kanariya
madame edwarda – mekki

ENJOY
http://www.mediafire.com/?ustkq2kday06e31

Ding An Sich – Old As Forever…New As Tomorrow (GR dark wave 2000)

One of the best greek darkwave records out there!! Their myspace page says this..
..First Chapter (1987 – 1991).. ..Ding An Sich was formed in 1987 in Athens – Greece. Their first formation included: Nick Sarikostas – bass , George Polizos – drums , Takis Merekos – voice , and a guitarist whose name is forgotten. He was replaced by Dimitris Papalakis just a while before the recordings for the first single were about to start… ..In 1989 a 7 inch single named And / Wandering was released. In 1990 Vagelis Bekonopoulos joined the group as keyboardist. During that period, the guitarist Tasos Nomikos , replaced D. Papalakis. From 1988 until 1991, the band recorded the tracks which formed their first complete work named Old As Forever.New As Tomorrow. During this period, they performed some live shows too.. the most remarkable of which are with Paul Roland and The Damned… ..Second Chapter (1993 – 1996).. ..This period is distinguished for the substantial changes as far as the formation is concerned, but also their direction. Ding An Sich sustain as studio project only. The trinity consists of: Maria Batistatou – voices , George Ginis – Various / Effects , Nick Sarikostas – Programming / Keyboards , Some good friends of the band, offered a helping hand, and the album The Wanderer & His Shadow was released at the dawn of 1996… ..
The band bio continues and the band is still active but changed to other genres now..

http://www.myspace.com/dingansich

Alos available through Capp Records- Exarhia – themistokleou str!
CAPP – CAPP-CD 8
DOWNLOAD HERE
http://www.mediafire.com/?9i93f3k35fd56jj

Tracklist

A Hollow Image Of Fulfilled Desire