** Intermosh vol. 14 ** 11/12/92 GOTHIC! The way to go in the '90s!!! Now that I got that out of the way, I heard some INCREDIBLE new albums that I must share with you: Living Sacrifice, "Non Existent" - A MUST GRAB! Much MUCH heavier than their last release and far more technical.. it's gothic techno-DEATH folks along the lines of an extremely technical Gorguts or Unleashed... also in between the brutally death rhythms you'll find clean and intricate acoustic guitar along the lines of Spanish guitar classics... what an incredible album!!! Ordained Fate, "Ordained Fate" - another MUST GRAB! very heavy gothic metal release on Wonderland Records... the drummer, Terry Cvengros, is the only MALE in the band (the rest are women!) alongside his wife Annette, one of 1992's BEST guitarists.. and just in time for this years new administration is the song "The Election", which gives the theme of the old philosopher Rousseau: "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely".. I was most pleased... Under Midnight - heavy industrial along the lines of early Ministry on Wonderland Records with Believer's Kurt Bachman as guest guitarist.. I didn't get the chance to hear Veni Domine yet (they're on the same label as Living Sacrifice - R.E.X. Records) but I hear from others that they're along the lines of Seventh Angel and Detritus... Demolition - the compilation album on R.E.X. Records with the bands and their songs: Thresher, "My Reality" (from their never-released second demo before they broke up), Mortal Enemy, "Exodus of Life" (from "Tame the Beast Within"), dodavahu, "Attitude" from their self-titled demo, Consecrator, "Free From Death" (from "Image of Deception"), The Unknown, "Graphic Nature", Abhor Evil, "Zone Zong" (from "Abhor Evil II"), Hot Pink Turtle, "Glide" (from "Demo No. 3"), Sardonyx, "Puppet of Beauty" (from "Majestic Serenity"), and Immortal, "Senseless Abandon" (from "Dead and Buried" before they became Circle of Dust)... the best of the Christian underground (my pix: Thresher, Consecrator, Sardonyx and The Unknown... and Immortal!) Final Judgement will be in concert at the Wreck Room on Nov. 13 at 800 Marietta St., N.W. in Atlanta.. Sacrament will be with Sardonyx on Nov. 14 at Lancaster YFC in Lancaster PA.. Crown of Thorns will be in concert at New Covenant Church in Manassas VA on Sat. Nov. 14.. and Seventh Angel, Decision-D, Sculpture and Ancepscura in concert at the Thrash Festival in Almelo, The Netherlands on Nov. 20.. also Mars Hill, Maryland grunge-rock outfit, will be in concert sponsored by Amnesty International at the Colony Ballroom of the Univeristy of Maryland on Nov. 20.. a Battle of the Bands will take place at the PowerHouse in Euless TX on Nov. 21.. Congrats to both Florida grinders Royal Anguish and Maryland death metallers The Risen for both being signed to A.R.T. Records.. also look for a compilation release with both bands and many more.. new bands on the scene include Surreal Embodiment and Alchemist.. Godhead has released their second demo in a far more brutal and authentic death metal vein.. the original 2-song demo by the Toledo band is still available.. Everlasting Revelation is a new 4-piece band from outside Washington D.C. in the hard rock vein with some leanings toward Undercover.. Delaware grungers Ragman's Eric Hutts is forming his own label and reports to have already 15 different bands in the death, gothic, doom, grunge and progressive vein - all Christian.. Dutch doom metallers Sculpture have released their debut demo, "Enter The Kingdom", along the lines of early Paradise Lost.. Washington State death/industrial band Arbitrage have released their THIRD demo, "The Healing Power of Death", including a 24-minute long epic, "Land of Hypocrisy", making Arbitrage the band with the longest recorded song in heavy Christian music (congrats!).. Lanny Cordola's solo release "Electric Warrior, Acoustic Saint" is very popular in the UK right now.. this fall another "Metal Meltdown" conference in England will be held with special guest speaker Michael Bloodgood.. One Bad Pig's live video "Blow the House Down" is the number one Christian video in the UK.. Tourniquet's release for "Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance" has been pushed back to early December (approx. Dec. 2).. sorry! HOWEVER, Living Sacrifice's new one, "Non Existent" (GET IT) is scheduled for Nov. 23.. Finnish brutal band DBM is working on new material with dozens of folk auditioning for the bass and drum positions, both vacant.. And finally, look for an ALL-FEMALE progressive/gothic metal bands forming in Arizona in the next few weeks.. more details coming... ** End of Intermosh ** Psalm 133:1, dudes Phil --