Resurrection

01. Resurrection - Embalmed Existence, 1993 CD Album      Nuclear Blast America - NBA RED 6057-2 02. Resurrection - Mistaken For Dead, 2008 CD Album      Massacre Records - MAS CD0589 03. Resurrection - Soul Descent - March Of Death, 2014 CD EP      Old School Metal Records - OSM022 Requested, zerred exhumation of USDM from the 90s! If you were a fan of Brutality and Ripping Corpse, you also found great satisfaction with the thrashing death metal of Resurrection. Then they disappeared and 15 years later they resurfaced with a monster of an album - my favorite of the three - that is more thrash metal oriented than its ancestor, a mandatory stop for Dead Head and Hellwitch fans. The latest EP returns to death metal, still with the touch of thrash that makes the whole discography so headbangable. Not a lot of originality, but a load of passion, expertise in songwriting and execution, and a bulldozing energy that never diminishes. The Kiss and Iron Maiden covers were maybe not necessary. Other than that, get ready to smash your forehead in true zeristic form! Remove brackets and unzip: [thrash til death matters] !ZER Resurrection ZER!

Outre

01. Outre - Tranquility, 2013 File FLAC EP x 4      Not On Label - none 02. Outre - Ghost Chants , 2015 CD Album      Godz Ov War, Third Eye Temple, Essential Purification Records - TET/GOW/GATE005, TET/GOW/GATE005, TET/GOW/GATE005 03. Outre - Hollow Earth, 2018 CD Album      Debemur Morti Productions - DMP0165 Metal warming is a threat to the survival of the cold blackness that we crave, we must fight metal warming! One tool of resistance is the dominating Polish scene, whence Outre hammer us with their sophisticated weapons. Polish black metal is the best brand in the zeriverse! Armed with the class and dissonance this scene is famous for, Outre unleash an exceptional battalion of that perfectly crafted alliance of maximum speed and a Voïvodian angle to killer riffs. War metal destroys you with their infernal fumes and monstrous avalanches of barbarian carpet bombing while Polish black metal in general and Outre in particular dissect you with precision tools before sending you into the grinder. Outre know how to brutalize with class and in a pristine environment of sonic clarity. That is the nuance. Both are addictive, your selection of crushing  now depends on the sought out vibe: need to get assaulted by rabid bombers of disgust and annihilation? Get some war metal. Need to have your suit & tie well ironed and your meat carefully separated from your skeleton before getting smashed to the ground? Listen to Outre! All hail Polish black metal! Outre forevezer triplazering killdozer! Remove brackets and unzip: [black metal matters] !ZER Outre ZER!

Reload: S.O.D. (Sound Of Disaster)

01. Sound Of Disaster - Lagar Och Förordningar EP, 1983 Vinyl 7" EP 33 ⅓ RPM Repress Unofficial Release      Georg Becker Schallplaten - GBR 1415      Reissue from 2005 02. Sound Of Disaster - Live At Ultra - Dec./25/1984, 1984 Vinyl LP Single Sided Numbered Unofficial Release White Label      Not On Label - none      Reissue from 2000 03. Sound Of Disaster - Sound Of Disaster, 1985 Vinyl 7" EP 45 RPM White Label      Not On Label - CROSS 1 04. Sound Of Disaster - Speak Swedish Or Die, 1990 Vinyl 7" EP 45 RPM      Really Fast Records - REALLY FAST 9 05. S.O.D - Stabilitet ?, 1997 Vinyl 7" 45 RPM      Hepatit D - 009 Requested: rezerred. Remove brackets and unzip: [zer of disaster] !ZER S.O.D, Sound Of Disaster ZER!

Warcrab

01. Warcrab - Warcrab, 2012 CDr Mini-Album      Not On Label - none 02. Warcrab - Ashes Of Carnage, 2014 CD EP      Nazgul Productions - none 03. Warcrab - Scars Of Aeons, 2017 CD Album Limited Edition      Transcending Obscurity - TOR 20 04. Warcrab - Damned In Endless Night, 2019 CD Album      Transcending Obscurity Records - TOR 73 Slow crushing death! Warcrab tears you to pieces with its merciless claws and invincible groove, and eats everything, hair, bones & nails included. The dirge boils and freezes the meat at the same time, as if the slower parts of Bolt Thrower were having a threesome with Hellshock and the fourth album from Carcass under a giant dome of sophisticated doom sludge as delivered by the jaw-breaking Temple Of Void. Warcrab satisfies the basic instincts of the slow death metal maniac as well as those of the sludgecore addict and the doom metal disciple. It is the universal powerhouse for all apes serious about sonic heaviness and crunching beats. Drown in tar with a smile! All hail the Warcrab of triplazering tarmaggedon from the highest density pits of the zeriverse! Remove brackets and unzip: [endless zer] !ZER Warcrab ZER!

Otophobia

01. Otophobia - Otophobia, 1999 Vinyl 7" Limited Edition      Reactionary Records, 11th Hour Records - #09, none 02. Otophobia - Source Of Confusion, 1999 Vinyl 7" 33 ⅓ RPM      Burrito Records, Burrito Records - BURRITO #11, burrito records 11 03. Otophobia - Confined, 2000 Vinyl 7" 33 ⅓ RPM      Sounds Of Betrayal - NO.-17 04. Otophobia - Malignant, 2002 CD Album      Slap A Ham Records - #64 05. Otophobia, Reason Of Insanity - Nothing / Untitled, 2003 Vinyl 7" EP 33 ⅓ RPM      Burrito Records - Burrito 17 , Compilation      Contains 9 songs by: Otophobia, Reason Of Insanity NRAR. Requested and for the first time in FLAC from the Church: some of the most pissed-off hardcore thrash on the market. If you dig the roughest output from Attitude Adjustment (No More Mr Nice Guy!) and the sonic ravages of Deathtoll or Failure Face or Krigshot, your smile will not disappear (under your mask) until the end of the last second of Otophobia. No big surprises here, only that fast (and pissed, did I mention it?) assault on the aural tubes that sits on the fence between 80s thrashcore and grindcore. You've heard it before even if you never played an Otophobia release, but never mind: such in-your-face intensity deserves the full attention of any respectable hardcore fan. Bang your head and crush your vertebrae! AnD doN't bE SeLfiSh, pUT a MaSK oN YOur fUCkinG FAce! Remove brackets and unzip: [confinizer] !ZER Otophobia ZER!

Diocletian

01. Diocletian - Decimator, 2007 CD EP      Asphyxiate Recordings - AR017 02. Diocletian - Doom Cult, 2009 CD Album      Invictus Productions - IP 013 03. Diocletian - Bellum Omnium Contra Omnes, 2010 CD Album      Invictus Productions - IP022 04. Diocletian, Weregoat - Disciples Of War, 2012 CD EP      Dark Descent Records - DDR064CD , Compilation      Contains 6 songs by: Diocletian, Weregoat 05. Diocletian - Gesundrian, 2014 CD Album Limited Edition      Osmose Productions - OPCD269 06. Diocletian - Amongst The Flames Of A Bvrning God, 2019 CD Album      Profound Lore Records, Profound Lore Records - PFL225, PFL-225 Black death matters! Brace yourself, put out the torch and enter the caverns of Diocletian! Their war metal orgy of distortion and blackness bangs heads against the walls of death and we all enjoy the frantic assault on the meat in the tradition of Blasphemy and Sadistik Exekution. From the contemporary cohort of war metallurgists, Diocletian is one major missile launcher. The fan of Malthusian, Impetuous Ritual, Teitanblood and of course Revenge cannot not ingest the entire Diocletian output, the doctor said you must. Slightly less obfuscated and oppressive than Impetuous Ritual, and slightly less distorted than Revenge, the general aesthetic of Diocletian leaves room for riffs to remember and generally more decipherable structures. But this is only relative - this is still WAR METAL! They're not talking the language of polished, computerized black metal with dramatic keyboards. They're not talking the magnificent, gut wrenching and tortuous Polish BM language either (my favorite branch with war metal), no, Diocletian manifest the extreme noise terror of maximum doom and destruction from slow crushing to extreme speed ravage. And they are among the best at it! If not sure about how much you would like to have your auditory canals raped, try Gesundrian first, it is their "most accessible" offering (especially in term of sound production). When I listen to Diocletian, so do my neighbors ! Remove brackets and unzip: [burning zer] !ZER Diocletian ZER! PS: a FLAC link to Annihilation Rituals is welcome.

Night Demon

01. Night Demon - Night Demon, 2013 CD EP      Shadow Kingdom Records - SKR075CD 02. Night Demon - Curse Of The Damned, 2015 CD Album      Century Media - CMR92212 03. Night Demon - Darkness Remains, 2017 CD Album      Nuclear Music Records - NM009 04. Night Demon - Live Darkness CD2, 2018 CD Album x 2      Shadow Kingdom Records - SKR158DCD 05. Night Demon - Live Darkness CD1, 2018 CD Album x 2      Shadow Kingdom Records - SKR158DCD 06. Night Demon - Vysteria EP, 2020 We all agree that black metal matters, but today we will focus on traditional heavy metal as performed in the 21st century. Fans of Angel Witch, Anvil, Satan, Saxon and generally the rougher side of NWOBHM and all the classic stuff of 1983, borderline speed metal, should click without hesitation. You will not find one ounce of originality here, and twelve tons of energy. You will not find endless solos nor brainfuck complexity, you will be headbanging nonstop with the heat and moisture of denim and leather. Night Demon perfectly resuscitate that cherished sound of ours, the dinosaurs of the 80s, they combine the drive of the basic ingredients and they deliver with a perfection that minimizes the cheese - they simply rock you to zerRrRrrrrrrrRRRrRRrrRrr! This is not just retro, it is fucking great! Even if you only visit the Church for the punk links, give that first 2013 EP a chance, the Motörizing might convince you, I was hooked before the first chorus. Bang that head!!! Remove brackets and unzip: [demonizer] !ZER Night Demon ZER!

Reload: Massappeal

01. Massappeal - Nobody Likes A Thinker, 1986 Vinyl 12" Mini-Album      Waterfront Records - DAMP 39 02. Massappeal - The Bar Of Life..., 1987 Vinyl 7" 45 RPM Single      Waterfront Records - DAMP 61 03. Massappeal - Jazz, 1989 Vinyl LP Album, Vinyl 12" 45 RPM      Vinyl Solution, Vinyl Solution, Vinyl Solution - SOL 21, SOL 21-1, SOL 21-2 04. Massappeal - The Mechanic, 1991 CD Album      Forge Records - FOR 301 CD 05. Massappeal - Jazz, 1993 CD Album      Forge Records - SUR 533 CD      Reissue from 1993 06. Massappeal - Nobody Likes A Thinker, 1993 CD Reissue      Survival - SUR 534 CD      1-7: Nobody Likes A Thinker, 8-9: Bar Of Life, 10: Lucky Country comp., 11: 1st demo, 12-15: live Old Canberra Inn D.R.I. tour (December 1987) 07. Massappeal - The Zesty Personality Chamber, 1993 CD EP      Shagpile - SHAG CD 7007 08. Massappeal - Nommo Anagonno, 1994 CD Album      Shagpile - SHAGCD2019 Requested: rezerred. Remove brackets and unzip: [jazzer] !ZER Massappeal ZER!

Fornicus

01. Fornicus - Feast For Rats, 2015 CDr EP Limited Edition Numbered      Negative Earth Records - NE003 02. Fornicus - Storming Heaven, 2015 CDr Album Reissue      Independent - none 03. Fornicus - Hymns Of Dominion, 2016 CD Album      Dark Horizon Records - DHR034 04. Fornicus - Sulphuric Omnipotence, 2020 File FLAC Album x 9      Negative Earth Records - none As a vivid contrast to the previous celebration of doom, let us now indulge in the guilty pleasure of the totality of the black death. Fornicus is the deal. To just name three prongs in this voracious mouth, Impaled Nazarene, Dark Funeral and Archgoat frequently come to mind when blasting Fornicus (at 11, of course), who themselves are not Finnish nor Norwegian at all. The mysterious ways of the zeriverse. Of course, you shall find in the awesome Fornicus arsenal three dozen other influences and references from the great black metallurgy of the 90s. The essence of Fornicus is speed with catchy riffs and fabulous aggression.  It is all extremely well done - composition, execution and production, everything rocks. No real innovation, no new frontier explored, but 666% headbanging with passion and personality. Sometimes a purge with classic straight forward black metal is necessary when you're possessed by the twists and games of modern Polish black metal. All this blackness at once, oh yesssss! Black til zer! The density of the blackiverse within the zeriverse increases until nothing else matters! BLACK METAL MATTERS! Remove brackets and unzip: [sulfurizer] !ZER Fornicus ZER! Thanks everyone for the kind 12th anniversary comments here and on the Zerbook. You are the Church! Zer til death!

Winter + Göden

01. Winter - Into Darkness, 1990 CD Album      Future Shock Recordings, Future Shock Recordings - FSCD 8000, FSCD8000 02. Winter - Into Darkness / Eternal Frost, 1999 CD Compilation      Nuclear Blast, Nuclear Blast - NB 446-2, 27361 6446-2 03. Göden - Beyond Darkness, 2020 CD Album Stereo      Svart Records - SVART222CD The Church was born 12 years ago today. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY shout all zerists around the globe and beyond. To celebrate, we must pay homage and submit to the eternal domination of the essence of heavy. It took 30 years to have a follow-up to one of 1990's best releases. Into Darkness did set a standard in the activity of crushing with decibels. It was like the most dense Celtic Frost sections extended and reworked to black hole levels. A better mix with guitars more upfront could have elevated this classic to Cathedral stardom. Now if you have not died in the interval, this is what you get in 2020: perfect sound production to chisel the most perfect doom conflagration you can dig out of any mass grave. Göden is the new moniker for the same task: flattening everything that moves, and everything that is already still. The Göden album is the most prefect machine of doom, the most monstrous release in the genre. Both killer albums from With The Dead cannot compete, together or separately - this is how floored I am. We've only been through half of that shit year, but I already know that the Göden album shall sit on the throne of my 2020 Top 10. Even that über killer Triptykon live release is no match, it will have to sit on position 2 or 3 of the Top 10, for Göden outdoes Celtic Frostykon in its own art of the mega-riff. On top of its ultra power as a groovy funeral doom panzer, Göden makes infectious songs that your neuron will chew on between two spins. Yes, catchy funerals exist, try it. Perfection of the mass death! Mastery of the black matter! Drink and dive into the blissful bottomless tar pits! Only Göden could provide the right soundtrack for the 12th year of existence of this blog. Funeral doom for the end of the world of 2020! Göden rules the zeriverse! 12 years of ZerRRRRrrRRRRrRrR!RRr!rR!rr!RR!RR!Rr!R!rrR!RrR!RR!!! For the occasion, in case it was not clear, let us reiterate the sincere message of love from the Church: fuck the right, fuck the left, fuck the state with a radioactive jackhammer. Fuck all statists, fuck conservatives, fuck liberals, fuck minarchists, fuck socialists, fuck democrats, fuck all supporters of lockdowns and mandatory fofial diftanfing - you bunch of fascistic zombies, you glowing team of marxist apes, you extinguishers of civilization, you pathetic worms! THE CHURCH WISHES YOU A SLOW, HORRIBLE DEATH.  Remove brackets and unzip: [eternal zer] !ZER Winter, Göden ZER!