Depressive Illusions Records out of the Ukraine has agreed to press 66 copies of The Journey onto CDR. They are available now in  a DVD case will full color artwork and CD print for 6.66 Euros +Shipping.

Cleansing the Damned "The Journey" via Depressive Illusions

Mountains of Human Bodies (Red and Black Attack - Cover)

I recently did a cover of a song written by Dave Buchanan of Yakima, WA. His original recording is just him and his acoustic guitar. I chose to turn it into a black metal song.

Here's a link to the original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpzzI1exiCs

And here's my version along with a dark ambient track I felt fit nicely with Mountains of Dead Bodies:
http://cleansingthedamned.bandcamp.com/album/mountains-of-human-bodies

I did rearrange the original lyrics and rename my version to better suit the sound and feel I was going for. I claim no rights to the song other than the performance on my version.

333° (Review)

"The second album. Heavier and darker with a more "industrial" sound and a lot less bull-shit than the first one. Right from the begining the album let's the listener know that they are in for a change. The first two full tracks "The Ruiner" and "Kill the Rat" set the tone for an angry ride down a twisted, dark road of murder, vengeance and a deep seeded hatred for The Church. With no remorse for the lyrical content or even an ounce of care for those who may take offense; the artist opens up his psyche and reveals his diseased view of the world and himself."

333° Release Date

333° will be released on July 12th, 2011. The final mixes are done and the CD's are on the way from Discmakers. I will release the album for free download of the digital files but the CD's will sell for $6.66 @ . All digital copies will included lyrics and artwork.

Another review for "Cleansing the Damned"

A little bit industrial, a little bit doom and a lot okay, Cleansing the Damned is an album that often comes out a bit cornier than it does despairing or scary. The growled vocals have absolutely no heft and the lyrics aren't so much tortured as they are wimpy. The best parts of this release are the total left turns, like the song "Stimuli", which is more or less a spoken-word piece set over a gnarly riff and a drum loop, and the closing, eleven minute instrumental. The mechanical parts work better than the death parts, and I think if this guy (as this is a one-man operation) focuses more on his industrial stuff his future releases will turn out a lot better. He's a good technician but can't pull off the emotional highs needed to drag us into his world.

 

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Review of "Cleansing the Damned"

Here's a review from Est over @  www.dark-factory.blogspot.com. He's from Poland so be aware that his site is not in English.

"This album is a curiosity. I've never heard of a doom metal and industrial combination. Those are the prevailing genre's although the musician defines his music as industrial/sludge/doom/black metal, but there's more doom and industrial than the other genre's (first of all I don't like doom metal). The strongest aspect of this album is the atmosphere - everything here is stuffy and languid. My favorite track on this record is 'Slavery' - heavy industrial music with doom tempo. There are some more interesting tracks, like 'Tahoe's and Escalade's' which smashed me into the ground and 'Lost', the last and longest track on the record. 'Lost' is some great, relaxing music, exactly 12 minutes of relaxing music. How does the combination of industrial and doom metal sound? Not bad, but I think there is some room to grow. I have hope that the next record will have more smashing tracks like 'Slavery'. I am recommending 'Cleansing the Damned' to people who are curious about the mix of metal genre's."

6,5/10
Est
www.dark-factory.blogspot.com



I like what he had to say. I'm not sure if their will be too many more tracks like "Slavery" though. This album was a mix of different ideas. I like a lot of different styles of music and I felt like throwing a few into the mix. And I realized now that the Black Metal tag was ridiculous. But I will definitely take 6.5 out of 10 on my first album. The next one might be completely different but exactly the same. Who knows what might come out of me. That's the great thing about being independent of the music industry, I can do whatever I feel like. And finally, you can buy "Cleansing the Damned" on CD @ www.misanthropicdisenchantmentrecords.com for $10.00 plus $3.00 shipping.