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Twisted Tower Dire / Cauldron Born - Knights of True Metal

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adamlyger 2 of the greatest USPM bands on one legendary split. Awesome stuff. Nameless Grave always delivers with unearthing classics.

DanyO What an awesome collection of the finest order! Very interesting and a lot of fun uncovering these old jams - definitely not your typical FFHM songs but REAL heavy metal! Really glad to have stumbled accros those. Thanx to Nameless Grave Records to make this happen! (awesome vinyl btw!) Favorite track: A2 - Twisted Tower Dire - Beyond the Gate.

heterodoxies One of the coolest ideas for a split LP in recent memory - two legendary demos from two legendary bands who kept the flame of pure heavy metal alive during its nadir in the 90s. If you're a fan of the recent new wave of traditional heavy metal, you owe it to yourself to check out the works of both TTD and Cauldron Born, and this album is an excellent introduction to both bands. The remastering sounds phenomenal, thank you Nameless Grave for making this music available once again! Favorite track: B4 - Cauldron Born - On Broken Wings of Sorrow.

pantherpilsner Well this was unexpected - like a chunk of white-hot USPM meteorite falling out of the sky, the origin stories of two of the genre's modern champions drop on deluxe vinyl. This is truly arcane time capsule stuff that can't be replicated, and essential listening for anyone who's ever experienced the magic of Born of the Cauldron, Crest of the Martyrs or anything else from that lineage - see where it all started right here!

Brandon Corsair After years of loving both of these demos it's such a pleasure to have these killer remastered versions sitting here in front of me on vinyl! Pure mystical epic magic- Howie was the one that coined the release title and I don't think anything could have summed it up better!

The Artificer Ancient magicks and brilliant sorcery forge a shining release of two of the greatest underground power metal bands, period.

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1.	A1 - Twisted Tower Dire - Mourner in the Nethermists 04:06	buy track
2.	A2 - Twisted Tower Dire - Beyond the Gate 08:27	buy track
3.	A3 - Twisted Tower Dire - Home of Darkness 05:52	buy track
4.	A4 - Twisted Tower Dire - Starlight Requiem 05:14	buy track
5.	B1 - Cauldron Born - Dreaming With the Incubus 05:48	buy track
6.	B2 - Cauldron Born - Wicker Man 04:33	buy track
7.	B3 - Cauldron Born - Unleashing Wrath 05:03	buy track
8.	B4 - Cauldron Born - On Broken Wings of Sorrow 08:42	buy track

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OUT NOW! Nameless Grave Records is proud to announce a special archival split of two cult heavy metal demos from two legendary bands, both available in full on vinyl for the very first time: Twisted Tower Dire’s Triumphing True Metal demo from 1997 and Cauldron Born’s Beyond the Shade Gates demo from 1993! This comes complete with liner notes for each side, a new high quality vinyl master from Resonance Sound Studios, artwork from Alex Shadrin, and a beautiful layout from Obscure Visions.

It’s no secret that in the United States, heavy metal was nearly dead in the 1990s. Bands that played it were mocked by their peers, often openly and to their faces. Lineup issues were common as dedicated diehards relied on uninterested friends to fill in rather than finding like minded maniacs for permanent positions, and label interest was similarly difficult to obtain when it existed at all. Twisted Tower Dire and Cauldron Born were both completely disdainful of the state of affairs and the result is what can be heard here- untrendy, eternal heavy metal for the ages that soars and resonates even now, decades later.

Twisted Tower Dire’s side of this split represents all of their material with Janet Rubin on vocals, including not only the original Triumphing True Metal split but also “Starflight Requiem” from 1998’s Metal Injection compilation; this was Twisted Tower Dire at their most primordial, distilling all of their youthful energy, passion for heavy metal, and endless hours jamming in Marc’s basement into a single set of magickal recordings.

The other side on this split has the very first recordings for the project, still under Howie Bentley’s own name at the time, that would later become Cauldron Born. It was recorded entirely with session musicians for the roles Howie could not perform himself, and is unique in both that regard as well as in being the only Cauldron Born recording showcasing Howie on bass. As with Twisted Tower Dire’s side this shows a band that was still finding their stylistic ground, and influences that would later be stripped out- such as a strong helping of Morbid Angel on “Wicker Man”- are here in full force.

Knights of True Metal is a special and limited one-time release, and only 300 copies were pressed, all on black wax. Get yours while you can!

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released June 5, 2023

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