Aryan Disgrace - "Faggot In The Family" [1983]

Artist: Aryan Disgrace
Title: Faggot In The Family
Genre: Punk Rock
Country: USA
Release date: 1983

Track List:

1. Faggot In The Family
2. LAPD

And one more band very simular to NY Niggers in terms of sound. Aryan Disgrace were a typical "scum punk" band who played music mostly for fun and not for any serious plan. Due to their offensive lyrics, their 7'' even was censored:

"The most disgraceful aspect of this record is indeed its lyrics but not for what Craig Lee railed against. Imagine my shock and disappointment when I found a clean copy of the record only to discover that even the dirty words had been scrubbed right out of the grooves! Instead of "couldn't find a pussy", I got "couldn't find a NOOKIE". Instead of "he was sucking someone's cock", I got "he was STUFFING someone's SOCK"... with an added echo to boot! Huh? A censored version of a punk record? On a independent label in '83?"

But of course here's the uncensored version :) "There's a faggot in the family, if mama only knew!" (c). And i'm not sure if the original release had the same track list (7inchpunk.com says that the 2nd track was called "Teenage S&M").

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N.Y. Niggers - "Just Like Dresden '45 / Headliner" [1979]

Artist: New York Niggers
Title: Just Like Dresden '45 / Headliner
Genre: Punk Rock
Country: USA
Release date: 1979

Track List:

1. Just Like Dresden '45
2. Headliner

N.Y.Niggers (New York Niggers) (NYN Records NYN 100, 7", 1979?)
Just like Dresden '45 (D. Runge) / Headliner (L. Faison)
Produced by L. Faison & D. Runge

This band's name is awesome for sure! That's why I started a search for their music, and I wasn't disappointed. I haven't expected such nice melodic sound for a late 70's punk rock band... but it's probably because I'm not very familiar with that kind of music in general. That's my fault, I probably shall look a bit more into early punk scene.

Not much is known about New York Niggers. However, you can find their biography and the lyrics for their first and only 7'' here.

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Paris Violence - "L'Âge de Glace" [2001]

Artist: Paris Violence
Title: L'Age de Glace
Label: Islika Productions
Genre: Gothic Rock / Post-Punk / Streetpunk
Country: France
Release date: 2001

Track list:

1. Le Crépuscule Des Idoles
2. Douche Froide
3. Psykhouchka
4. Troisieme Nuit Dans La Bagnole
5. Raison D'Etat
6. Dans La Tourmente
7. Non Conforme
8. Dur D'Etre Un Ange
9. Demi-Saison
10. Aurore Glaciale

If you can't get enough of Amesoeurs' first and only album, here's some more French music which has very simular atmosphere. Meet Paris Violence, my favourite French rock band.

Paris Violence started in 1994 as oi/skinhead rock band, but their sound quickly became much more darker and gothic-influenced. Now they're playing an unique mix of streetpunk and gothic metal, with a lot of keyboards. As for "L'Âge de Glace" ("The Ice Age"), it's roughly 50/50 mix of punk and gothic rock/coldwave (I guess we can call it "oi-wave" ;)) with lots of keyboard too. Tracks like "Dur d'etre un ange" ("Hard to be an angel") even remind me of synthpop - probably because of vocals.

And where else can you find an oi/streetpunk band with lyrics influenced by writings of Baudelaire, Stirner, and Nietzsche? Yes, "Le Crépuscule Des Idoles" means "Twilight of the Idols"... and "Psykhouchka" is indeed about the punitive psychiatry! I'll upload the complete discography of this unique band a little later. Such a shame they're so little known outside France, and even I found them just by accident...

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Amesoeurs - "Amesoeurs" [2009]

Artist: Amesoeurs
Title: Amesoeurs
Label: Code 666 / Profound Lore
Genre: Depressive Black Metal / Post-Rock / Gothic Rock
Country: France
Release date: 2009

Track list:

1. Gas in Veins
2. Les Ruches Malades
3. Heurt
4. Recueillement
5. Faux Semblants
6. I XIII V XIX XV V XXI XVIII XIX – IX XIX – IV V I IV
7. Trouble (Éveils Infâmes)
8. Video Girl
9. La Reine Trayeuse
10. Amesoeurs
11. Au Crépuscule de Nos Rêves

Lineup:
Neige: Vocals, Guitar, Bass
Audrey: Vocals, Piano
Fursy: Guitar, Bass
Winterhalter: Drums
Recorded in Klangsmiede Studio E during Winter 2008-2009 By Markus Stock.
"We, amesoeurs, are the children of this sad and metallic century; receptors capturing the aggressive and unhealthy waves of the industrial era. We have always been equally disgusted and fascinated by everything relating to cities and urban lifestyle, that is to say the endless rows of grey and threatening buildings, the throng of souls that they accomodate, the perpetual motion, the danger, the winding alleyways, the smoky and dubious bars, old graffitis, train stations, casinos and other hostile gaming rooms, the freezing neon lights, nightlife, technology, futuristic buildings, sex, depravation, poverty, anxiety, filth, the suffocating smells of pollution combined with sweat, shit and piss.
Human beings have been perverted, swallowed up by urban lifestyle, they have sold their souls cheap. We live in a hell made of metal and concrete where frightened men get lost and merge into one another like the insects of a gigantic hive. Shadows amongst shadows, they more or less carry out their shitty jobs and then drown their issues and sorrow in intoxication. Television, booze, cigs, and constrained laughs are the ways to forget... The number of degenerates and depressives is increasing each day, narcotics are the latest fashion candies, streets are swarming with junkies and repulsive hobos, AIDS has infiltrated syringes left on public benches. It flows along with drugs, sperm and tears into the veins of the Metropolis.
We are neither intellectuals nor politicians and don't have any message to pass on. We just want to FEEL, contemplate and ECHO the sound that the modern world and its absurdities have inspired us with. Amesoeurs is a spit, the only way we have to spew out the anxiety and frustration tied to the difficulties of existence and the pursuit of happiness in our modern society" - from band's myspace.

This release gave Amesoeurs a great popularity, but unfortunately the band had split up shortly after. The mastermind of the project was Neige (you may know him as a member of Alcest, Mortifera, Forgotten Woods and several other bands, and as a former member of Peste Noire). The vocals are mostly female, done by Audrey.

While having certain influences of black metal, overall it's definitely not BM, and more close to gothic/post-rock with an overwhelmingly melancholic atmosphere. The sound is very "cinematic" and suitable for a soundtrack to any "technoir" movie. Have you seen the animated movie called "Renaissance", for example? It's French too, done in black and white (just like the cover of this album), and uses the dystopian industrial/cyberpunk aesthetics. I like such kind of aesthetics a lot, and I'm thinking of making an AMV using the music by Amesoeurs and video samples from "Renaissance" ;)

Finally, I should make a conclusion that this mix of French pop, gothic rock, shoegaze and black metal has fairly deserved it's popularity. Sadly there wouldn't be any more albums, but we still can enjoy this one. Just like in case of I Shalt Become, I wouldn't place a download link here, but you can search it for yourself.

I Shalt Become - "Poison" [2010]

Artist: I Shalt Become
Title: Poison
Label: Moribund Records
Genre: Depressive Black Metal
Country: USA
Release date: 2010

Track list:

1. Like a Lamb to the Slaughter...
2. Black Swan Events
3. Harlow's Vertical Chamber Apparatus
4. No Quarter At the Somme
5. Ghosts
6. Leaving Watership Down
7. The Swarming of the Locusts
8. Doubt
9. The Finest Cut of the Scalpel
10. Absolve Me

This is the latest release of an American one-man DSBM project I Shalt Become, led by S. Holliman. I Shalt Become is often rumoured to be an NSBM band, mostly because it's first demo was released under the moniker "Birkenau". However, it isn't a political project, and S.Holliman has confirmed that the name "Birkenau" was chosen only to be a statement on the horrific nature of mankind.

For me, "Poison" is the best work by ISB. I wasn't much impressed by ISB's debut album, and I haven't heard two previous full-lengths ("Requiem" & "The Pendle Witch Trials"), but I really enjoyed "Poison". It's great depressive BM with symphonic overtones, even though the vocals may be done better... Without a doubt, it's very "wintry" and melancholic music. And is there a possibility for the track #6 to be influenced by R.Adams' "Watership Down"? Judging from the lyrics ("A prophet saw the fields run red..."), it's quite possible.

I wouldn't include a download link here, since it's a recent release, and you'd better buy it, if you live in the United States. Otherwise you can try to search it on mediafire or rapidshape (it's not too difficult).

Yngizarm (英吉沙) - "For The Motherwolf" [2006]

Artist: Yngizarm
Title: For The Motherwolf
Label: Autumn Floods Productions
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Country: China
Release date: 2006
Size: 35 mb

Track list:

1. 引曲 (Intro)
2. 山川 (Mountains)
3. 为狼王 (For the Motherwolf)
4. 阴山 / Border Mountain

Yngizarm is yet another one-man black metal project from China - more specifically, southwest China, near the rim of the Tarim basin. That region is really on outskirts of the world, but a lot of suprisingly good music comes from there! The man behind Yngizarm uses the moniker "Bloodfire", and he also is a member of Hellward, Midwinter, Varuna and Zuriaake. I haven't heard any music by Hellward, but all the 3 other bands are just great. So does Yngizarm.

As far as I know, "Yn Gizarm" means "new city" in Uyghur language (so it's probably an equivalent to the Russian "Novgorod"). In Chinese it is written 英吉沙 ("yingjisha" in pinyin), but I have no idea what it means (the Google Image search returns a lot of photos of knives for this query, though). The lyrics on this EP seem to be inspired by nature and Uyghur history & mythology. I don't know for sure, but Yngizarm is probably Tengrian, like Tengger Cavalry. The only other Tengrian black metal band I know are Darkestrah - formerly from Kyrgyzstan, now relocated to Germany. Tengrianism is a pretty interesting system of beliefs, so I'd like to hear much more Tengrian metal... but the countries in that area are extremely poor (especially Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan), and rock/metal music is almost unknown there.

Many people have compared this EP to Emperor's album "In The Nightshade Eclipse", and I'd agree with them. Not as original as Tengger Cavalry's first EP, though, but still very good.

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Tengger Cavalry - "Tengger Cavalry" [2010]

Artist: Tengger Cavalry
Title: Tengger Cavalry
Label: Dying Art Productions
Genre: Folk / Black Metal
Country: China
Release date: 2010
Size: 25 mb

Track list:

1. 长调 (The Long Tune)
2. 长生天铁骑 (Tengger Cavalry)
3. 狼血 (Wolves' Blood)
4. 风 (Wind)

This is one of the most original releases I've ever came across. Tengger Cavalry is an one-man project from China led by 张天然, who's interested in Mongolian culture, shamanism and Tengrianism (the Altaic paganism). The music is blackened folk metal with some elements of traditional Mongolian throat singing. Really interesting stuff, but this EP is way too short... However, a full-length album titled "Blood Sacrifice Shaman" was released a couple of months ago - but unfortunately I haven't found it anywhere.

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Chinese neofolk compilation: 新民谣印象：像一场年代久远的沉沦

Artist: V/A
Title: 月之深海系列专题之二 — 新民谣印象：像一场年代久远的沉沦
Genre: Neofolk
Country: China
Release date: unknown
Size: 50 mb

Track List:

1. Argine - Memorie
2. Tempesta Noire - Book of Life
3. 夜郎 - 敕勒歌
4. Forseti - Sei Nun Still
5. In Gowan Ring - Two Towers
6. Nebelung - Heimsuchung
7. The Golden Bough - 船歌 (Ship Song)
8. Novalis - Human
9. Tenhi - Kuolleesi Jokeen
10. 野孩子 - 红河谷

Please don't ask me where I found this really rare stuff - honestly I can't remember. I tried to find out more about this compilation, but the google search yields only one result - a post in some Chinese blog, which is deleted by now. So, all i know about this compilation is that it was originally posted at musicmoon.com , and it contains 7 tracks by European neofolk bands (the rest - by Chinese ones).

China seems to be full with good neofolk projects, and I spent a lot of time to find more info about them. Unfortunately, almost all the results were in Chinese, and even Google Translate didn't help much. I could find only a little info about The Golden Bough (they're known to some European neofolk fans because they participated in the sampler "Penumbra over Beauty" with the song "The Fool"), and only in very broken English: "The Golden Bough from Chongqing China is now living in Beijing, devotes in folk in a special grence , whinch contains several styles such as dark folk, dark wave, Chinese characteristic & so on. The songs The simplemindedness & Barcarolle are the most interesting to listen to" (original spelling and grammar kept intact). Anyway, they're the first neofolk band singing in Chinese I had come across. I think they're can be called "the Chinese Current 93". The rest of the compilation is enjoyable as well, and I doubt if you can find it anywhere else.

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Gol Dolan - "The Traces Of Mist" [2009]

Artist: Gol Dolan
Title: The Traces Of Mist
Genre: Neofolk
Country: China
Release date: 2009
Size: 70 mb

Track List:

1. Intro
2. The Traces Of Mist
3. Balmy Of Reminiscence
4. Sorcerer’s Pearl
5. Exercise Of Heart
6. The Memory Of My Islamic
7. Leippya
8. Mermaid
9. Star Atlas
10. The Endless Knot Of Soviet Union
11. The Eternal Return
12. Ataraxia
13. Story
14. The Lay Preacher
15. The Endless Knot Of Soviet Union (Version Guitar)

Gol Dolan is an another Chinese neoclassical/neofolk project, consisting of Do Lan and Bo Wen. The duo was formed in Beijing around 2005, and has four releases (+ one demo) so far. "The Traces Of Mist" is their 2nd full-length album, featuring 15 mostly instrumental tracks. Not as impressive as Bloody Woods or Eltan Renaxy, but still very beautiful music. And some of these track names are, hmm... original. "The Endless Knot Of Soviet Union"?.. Interesting.

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Raksha Mancham - "1.200.000 Dead Tibetans" [1996]

Artist: Raksha Mancham
Title: 1200000 Dead Tibetans
Label: Music Maxima Magnetica
Genre: Noise / Tribal Industrial
Country: Belgium
Release date: 1996
Size:84 mb

Track list:

1. Ganden
2. Sangyip
3. Ngalam Thongla ("A Mountain Pass")
4. Kilalunpa ("Happy Country")
5. Seitru
6. Lithang
7. nGolok
8. Powo Tramo
9. Labrang Tashi Kyil
10. Gutsa
11. Nadnpa
12. Drapchi

"Raksha Mancham’s project 1.200.000 Dead Tibetans combines industrial, noise, harsh electronics sounds with true stories about the victims of the Chinese occupation and genocide on the Tibetan Nation that takes place till this day.
Mostly a spoken word album about torture methods used by Chinese on Tibetans using the genitalia.
Sick stuff" (c) last.fm

Well, it's not so sick as thought after reading this description, but it's quite impressive work anyway. Much better than I expected. According to the reviews, it differs from other Raksha Mancham's works in terms of sound... but I haven't heard his other albums yet, so I have nothing to compare it with. As for the lyrical content (which is all in English) - I take the neutral position in Chinese-Tibetan conflict, but the whole conception of "1.200.000 Dead Tibetans" is very interesting anyway.

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