Obscure bands from Czech Republic part I

Lykathea Aflame - Elvenefris
(2000)

Well, this is my first post on Czech Republics obscure deathgrind movement and definitely not the last, this is probably my favorite movement ever.
Well I'll start with Lykathea Aflame, a progressive and atmospheric deathgrind band, with lyrical concepts like Sadness and giving gifts. This band formed out of the bands Appalling Spawn and Garbage Disposal ex-drummer, Appalling Spawn actually sounds much like Lykathea Aflame just bit more death metal.

The drumming on this album is unbelievable, growling is done seriously well and guitars are out-standing. This album is a brilliant work of art. Except for one minor flaw, that god damn ambient track in the end, though it just builds up with this awesome atmosphere (therefore a minor flaw) they managed to create.

Everything to this album is great and unique, it's not everyday that you find a death metal band that puts emotion in their music.
recommended for fans of experimental death metal.

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P.S. They said that they were going to record in autumn 2006 ever since I have been waiting for almost 2 years for them to give out that new album under the name Lykathé instead of Lykathea Aflame, Those lazy bastards just started recording 2009. Haven't heard anything more of it since then.

Brodequin - Instruments of Torture

Grinding brutality, medieval torturing and filthy quality, looks like we got our self a great mix for a brutal death metal band. These guys knew what they were doing back in 2000 and didn't stop. Having released 3 LP albums this one is in my opinion the best one yet, being a fan of this dirty mixing and savage concepts of torturing.

These guys inspired Defeated Sanity, a Technical Brutal Death metal band that everyone should be familiar with, Lyrically. So definitely recommended for fans of Defeated Sanity.

Now for a delightful torturing method that I just read about:

Rats

A cheap and effective way to torture someone was with the use of rats. There were many variants, but the most common was to force a rat through a victim's body (usually the intestines) as a way to escape. This was done as follows:

1. The victim was completely restrained and tied to the ground or any horizontal surface.
2. The victim would then have many slits cut in their stomach.
3. Then they would place starving rats in the slits and would eat the victim from the inside.

Gnawing in the intestines usually took a few hours of agonizing pain for the victim. This almost always resulted in death.

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