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Bastard Sapling
12+ albums
black metalatmospheric black metalmelodic black metalUSBMmetal
about
Taken from Metalinjection.net (http://www.metalinjection.net/revelations-of-doom/bloody-roots-blackened-veins-bastard-sapling): Bastard Sapling was created by ex-Cannabis Corpse guitarist Drew, and was borne of the pathos and frustration that comes from quitting a band and living in squalor. Though they only formed in early 2007, the band quickly took shape, as founder Drew enlisted scene veteran Elway on drums and Mike (Inter Arma) on vocals, with Pete (Battlemaster) holding down the low end, and Shredder Steve (also of Inter Arma) on…well, guess. The band recorded a 'raw rehearsal demo' that was released in limited copies during the Heart Of Winter Festival '08 in Richmond, VA, a copy of which found its way into my greedy little paws when these guys played alongside my boys in Black Anvil, Tombs, and Woe at ABC No Rio last year. Their live performance blew me away – Bastard Sapling are, in all seriousness, one of the best black metal bands I’ve ever seen, and I’ve seen far more than my fair share of those. Once I got home and had a chance to pop their charmingly crude CD-R demo on, my long-suffering laptop speakers were powerless to contain the absolute suffocating blackness these five scruffy dudes have managed to conjure up. Reminiscent of Immortal at their best, Destroyer 666 at their most biting, and Ulver at their blackest, those four demo tracks are nothing short of epic, and are also startlingly melodic. Subtle influences ranging from Drudkh to Darkthrone slyly make
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albums
Instinct Is Forever
Dragged from Our Restless Trance
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V A Sepulcher To Swallow The Sea - 7"
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V: A Sepulcher to Swallow the Sea
A Sepulcher To Swallow The Sea
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V: A Sepulcher To Swallow The Sea [7"]
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Live
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Raw Rehearsal Demo
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Sepulcher To Swallow The Sea
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'Dragged From Our Restless Trance'
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Tour tape MMIX
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V: A Sepulcher to Swallow the Sea (EP)