Melechesh - Sphynx

Mesopotamian Metal. Black/Death/Thrash fusion in practice. 2003. Click.
Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melechesh

Runtime: 1:03:32
192 kbps CBR

1. Of Mercury and Mercury (6:34)
2. Secrets of Sumerian Sphynxology (5:33)
3. Annunaki's Golden Thrones (5:18)
4. Apkallu Counsel (6:42)
5. Tablets of Fate (5:30)
6. Triangular Tattvic Fire (4:29)
7. The Arrival Ritual (5:48)
8. Incendium Between Mirage and Time (5:48)
9. Purifier of the Stars (4:42)
10. Caravans to Ur (8:42)
11. Babylon Fell (4:26) *

front & back covers + cd scans included.
* - Celtic Frost cover, bonus track. Encoded in 256 kbps CBR. Nearly impossible to find on the casual interbutts. Until now.

Venus - Vertigone

Aesthetically Classical* Pop rock from Belgium. 2003. click.
Wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus_(band)

Runtime: 51:10
192 kbps CBR

1. Happiness (3:29)
2. Beautiful Days (4:03)
3. Wanda Wultz (3:48)
4. Million Miles Away (4:34)
5. Sand Dollar (4:07)
6. Asia (4:18)
7. Daystar (4:36)
8. Kallenovsky (3:27)
9. Little Hotel (4:04)
10. Vertigone (4:38)
11. Running at Full Speed (3:16)
12. Navajo Dream (3:48)
13. Big Waste Ground (3:02)

Beautiful days was featured on Enki Bilal's Immortel (ad vitam) during the film's closing credits.
* - "aesthetically classical" in the sense that they largely supplant electric guitars with other conventionally western instruments while retaining that pop rock vibe.