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Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 4 hours ago
Bloody Ritual were a French death/thrash metal band. Active from 1990 to 1994, they've only released 2 demos, the first of which being "Knowledge of Shadow".
These guys still channel very well that feeling of late 80's death-leaning thrash metal, stuff like Death, Massacra, Amon (pre-Deicide) or Necrophiliac, for example. Very raw, very fast, super thrashy and, most important of all, very ammateurish... Just the way I like it!
If you want more music like this, check my previous uploads of Necrophile, Seventh Gate, Lycantrophy, Tirant Sin (pre-CC Chris Barnes band), Merciless Death,..... among many others!
Tracklist:
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Becomes Deity
05:47 - Knowledge of Shadow
09:57 - Obscur Belief
14:27 - Prophecy
18:15 - Knowledge of Shadow (Unmixed)
Discogs: discogs.com/release/6353897-Bloody-Ritual-Knowledge-Of-Shadow-
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Bloody Ritual were a French death/thrash metal band. Active from 1990 to 1994, they've only released 2 demos, the first of which being "Knowledge of Shadow".
These guys still channel very well that feeling of late 80's death-leaning thrash metal, stuff like Death, Massacra, Amon (pre-Deicide) or Necrophiliac, for example. Very raw, very fast, super thrashy and, most important of all, very ammateurish... Just the way I like it!
If you want more music like this, check my previous uploads of Necrophile, Seventh Gate, Lycantrophy, Tirant Sin (pre-CC Chris Barnes band), Merciless Death,..... among many others!
Tracklist:
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Becomes Deity
05:47 - Knowledge of Shadow
09:57 - Obscur Belief
14:27 - Prophecy
18:15 - Knowledge of Shadow (Unmixed)
Discogs: discogs.com/release/6353897-Bloody-Ritual-Knowledge-Of-Shadow-
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![Bloody Ritual - Knowledge of Shadow [Full Demo - 1992]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8kBNWZwdjsU/mqdefault.jpg "Bloody Ritual - Knowledge of Shadow [Full Demo - 1992]
Bloody Ritual were a French death/thrash metal band. Active from 1990 to 1994, theyve only released 2 demos, the first of which being Knowledge of Shadow.
These guys still channel very well that feeling of late 80s death-leaning thrash metal, stuff like Death, Massacra, Amon (pre-Deicide) or Necrophiliac, for example. Very raw, very fast, super thrashy and, most important of all, very ammateurish... Just the way I like it!
If you want more music like this, check my previous uploads of Necrophile, Seventh Gate, Lycantrophy, Tirant Sin (pre-CC Chris Barnes band), Merciless Death,..... among many others!
Tracklist:
00:00 - Intro
01:22 - Becomes Deity
05:47 - Knowledge of Shadow
09:57 - Obscur Belief
14:27 - Prophecy
18:15 - Knowledge of Shadow (Unmixed)
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/6353897-Bloody-Ritual-Knowledge-Of-Shadow-
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![Necrolord - Kingdom of Hell [Full Demo - 1993]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8t7bMqtPwTQ/mqdefault.jpg "Necrolord - Kingdom of Hell [Full Demo - 1993]
Necrolord are an American death metal band. Formed in 92, they have released 6 demos, 9 EPs and 10 LPs (very prolific band). Kingdom of Hell was their second demo (if anyone has the Feeding on Christians demo and wouldnt mind sharing please send me an email) and it features very beefy guitars with very by the numbers riffage - and that doesnt mean its bad, I actually dig this a lot. If you are into thick death metal from New York dont sleep on this band.
Tracklist:
00:00 - Curse Their Lord
02:27 - Feed from Blood
04:37 - Kingdom of Hell
07:07 - Deep Below Down Under
09:27 - Satanic Life
12:27 - No Saviour
14:47 - Under the Burning Church
Official Bandcamp: https://necrolord.bandcamp.com/album/kingdom-of-hell-1993-demo-2
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![D.V.C. - Constrictus Mortum [Full Demo - 1989]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/97hDkgclSEI/mqdefault.jpg "D.V.C. - Constrictus Mortum [Full Demo - 1989]
D.V.C., aka Darth Vaders Church, were an American death/thrash metal band. Formed in 88 and broken up in 93, the band debuted with this demo and their first LP in the same year, following it up with their last album in 1992.
Despite having one of the silliest band names I ever heard and not taking themselves seriously in the slightest, D.V.C. have some of the harshest, head-ripping riffs for the late 80s. Super fast, super creative and super catchy, even the instrumentals. Their whole catalogue, and especially their debut, is incredibly overlooked/underrated. Love this band so much.
Tracklist:
00:00 - Cranium Overture
02:25 - Eve Angel
04:47 - Mortal Constrictor
06:50 - Bow of Mortis
09:46 - S.S. Dirthead
13:05 - Big Bong Hits
16:10 - Descendant Upheaval
19:58 - D.V. Corpses
22:56 - Gluttonious Fiend / Resume Aggression
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/22577981-Darth-Vaders-Church-Constrictus-Mortum
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![Pandaemonium - Misanthropic [Full Demo - 1997]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9LCdb--jhIo/mqdefault.jpg "Pandaemonium - Misanthropic [Full Demo - 1997]
Formed in 1994, Pandaemonium were a Dutch death metal band. Theyve released 1 demo and 2 EPs and then just disappeared from the map.
This demo is really interesting. They got wild riff patterns like its tech thrash or something, it closes with a 7min long epic and they would later turn to brutal death metal which is kind of a long shot from what theyre doing here.
Tracklist:
00:00 - Anthropophagous
03:31 - Into Decay
07:21 - Sick in the Brain
10:08 - Children of the Damned
No useful links
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![Dirge - Journey to Dark Subconsciousness [Full Demo - 1993]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/9bdZhkeIjAg/mqdefault.jpg "Dirge - Journey to Dark Subconsciousness [Full Demo - 1993]
Dirge were a Russian death metal band and were active from 1993 to 1997. The 7 tracks you hear on this demo was the only material they ever recorded.
Doomy death metal through and through, thats what you should expect from this. No frills, just riffs. Straight up. Think a bit of Autopsy, a bit of Cianide, a bit of and then make the audio super lo-fi.
Tracklist:
00:00 - Dead Twilight
03:33 - Silence
10:02 - Funeral Dance
17:26 - Crawling in Tears
20:40 - Desolated
23:13 - Bitterness
26:57 - Dark Reflections
No links directly for this demo, but its material was released as a split in 2021: https://www.discogs.com/release/21469600-Miscarriage-6-Dirge-Your-Child-Will-Be-Dead-Journey-To-Dark-Subconsciousness
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![Carnified - Putrid Development [Full Demo - 1994]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AEfEAiabnpQ/mqdefault.jpg "Carnified - Putrid Development [Full Demo - 1994]
Carnified are a Brazilian death metal band, formed in 1994 and still going strong to this day. In their first run, from 1994 to 2005, the band released 2 demos (this being the first one), 1 EP and a debut LP in 2001, after which the band took an hiatus, coming back in 2021 and relasing a 2nd LP in 2022.
A short and sweet demo, classic old style death metal. Honestly, theres not much to say about this one... Its death metal! Its good!
Tracklist:
00:00 - Slowly I Die
03:26 - Inquisition
Couldnt find any links!
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![Ambivalency - Material for Improved Death [Full Demo - 1994]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AkYxjpOh_9Q/mqdefault.jpg "Ambivalency - Material for Improved Death [Full Demo - 1994]
Ambivalency were a Czech deathgrind band. Formed in 93, this group released 2 demos before splitting up, Material for Improved Death being their debut.
If youre down for some unserious deathgrind with pretty unhinged vocals, this is for you. With the exception of the samples and some slower bits here and there, this demo is just silly moments followed by drum annihilating beats and down tuned guitars. Its surprisingly catchy!
Tracklist:
00:00 - Eating Skaters Is Good
03:48 - Skyman
08:13 - Exhaust System F 405
09:32 - The River for Cocks
11:52 - Ambivalency
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/15884716-Ambivalency-Material-For-Improved-Death
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![Cerecloth - Godless Passages [Full Demo - 1992]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AtAZi2058vo/mqdefault.jpg "Cerecloth - Godless Passages [Full Demo - 1992]
Cerecloth were British death metal band. Formed in 92, they band only released this demo and a single in 1993, splitting-up in an unknown year. It was formed by Darren OHara, guitarrist for Malediction, another band whose demos Ive uploaded a while back.
Despite the diminute musical output, Cerecloth delivers. They are mainly pure death metal, but there are some unmistakably death/doom influences to their sound, like the atmosphere and some songwriting. The band also often uses some techniques that early Immolation loved to use, like those high-pitched guitar schreeches, and some ethereal organs taken from the already mentioned death/doom side. Without saying much more about this short but super sweet demo, the closer really rounds up the other 2 songs and finishes it off with a fitting end.
Also a cerecloth was a waxed cloth used for wrapping a corpse.
Tracklist:
00:00 - Thorns Have Crowned
05:42 - Rejoice the Old Path
08:14 - Godless Passages
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/20096725-Cerecloth-Godless-Passages
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![Corrosive Instict - Terminal Anguish [Full EP - 1999]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AtaEiN9Qj0s/mqdefault.jpg "Corrosive Instict - Terminal Anguish [Full EP - 1999]
Corrosive Instict (yes, Instict, thats not mymisspell, it the bands) were a Greek death metal band. They formed in 1997 and released a demo in the same year and this EP in 1999.
I kinda want to say this is your average late 90s death metal but then the band diverges into melodeath riffs and I dont know what to think... maybe that really is the generic kind of death metal from the late 90s, who knows!
Tracklist:
00:00 - Horizon (Intro)
00:58 - Terminal Anguish
07:10 - Incorrect Perception
11:31 - Era of the Holocaust
16:40 - Philosophy of Desolation
Got no links today, friendos
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![Gravevoid - Sacrificial Menstrual Blood [Single]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AzE7P9nPCzc/mqdefault.jpg "Gravevoid - Sacrificial Menstrual Blood [Single]
Gravevoid are the latest goremongers in the scene, and with Sacrificial Menstrual Blood they present the beefy and huge sounding death metal style they will unleash November 6th on their debut EP Fetid Corpse!
Dont sleep on these guys, they sound super promising and for a first effort this is some next level shit. Its not every day you find such bestial, murky and meaty production for a recently-formed band.
Eat their skin and gnaw on their bones, support the band: https://gravevoid.bandcamp.com/track/sacrificial-menstrual-blood
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![Psychophony - Paradise of Souls [Full Demo - 1995]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BWrpBcrLkPs/mqdefault.jpg "Psychophony - Paradise of Souls [Full Demo - 1995]
Psychophony were a Spanish death metal band. They were active from 1993 to 2000 and recorded only two demos, Paradise of Souls being their first one.
Despite the long, calm (and quite boring) intro, these dudes pack a punch. Just low growls and fast drums with the occasional death/doom-y bit (you know I like it slow and heavy!). Its just 14mins long, bit sized death metal that can fit anywhere in your schedule.
Tracklist:
00:00 - Paradise of Souls
02:40 - Across the Gates of Time
07:16 - Korretako Petrille
07:56 - Eternal Dark
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/release/4938648-Psychophony-Paradise-Of-Souls
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![Seventh Gate - A Divination of Masquerade [Full Demo - 1990]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/B_63a_F1Xy0/mqdefault.jpg "Seventh Gate - A Divination of Masquerade [Full Demo - 1990]
Seventh Gate were an American thrash/death metal band. They only released 2 demos, A Divination of Masquerade being their last one.
If you listened to the Execution demo I posted last week, you will notice a huge improvement in the bands songwriting. Their death metal vein is also much more noticeable. Overall its a much more mature release and now we can pinpoint some clear influences - notably Pestilence, Possessed and a Death-like tapping technique - and even then, Seventh Gate still pull off some great, unexpected melodic, powerful and clean singing moments that are taken directly from their thrash influences (and for that, Somnulence might be my favourite track from this demo, its just so unique).
The only downside to this demo is that they dont have such a proeminent, jangly bass like they had in their debut - but you can rest assured that they compensate for that.
Tracklist:
00:00 - Step into My Dreams
03:31 - One Feeling
07:10 - Nocturnal Disease
12:31 - Consequence
17:34 - Somnulence
23:38 - Holy Possession
Couldnt find any links, friends
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