THE NECROMANCER OF ROCK: THE ORIGINS OF DEATH SS (1977-1982) by Steve Sylvester with Gianni Della Cioppa.
    208 pages, paperback with french flaps, loaded with images from every phase of the band's early history. 

Russian blackgaze duo Olhava is back with their new studio album. Frozen Blooom is the natural follow-up to self-titled Olhava (2019) and Ladoga (2020), and integrates some dronescapes the band experimented on Never Leave Me Alone (2020), the drone version of their debut.

Multi-instrumentalist Andrey Novozhilov and drummer Timur Yusupov describe their new journey with words of thoughtful contemplation: “When winter is just starting to fade and give some space to the first steps of spring… When life starts to reappear and the very early flowers peek through the thawing soil, a sudden drop of the temperature can leave them petrified and frozen back again, punished by the “Queen of Fields”. This statuesque dead beauty, being infinitely alive and dead at the same time is the main metaphor of this album. Frozen Bloom is about unfulfilled dreams. About how we sacrifice everything today for some abstract “tomorrow”, which may never come. But tomorrow and yesterday don’t exist – only this very moment of static contemplation is real”.

Frozen Bloom is Olhava’s fourth opus in three years, and here the duo took some different routes compositionally. Two of the four tracks are traditionally storm-like blackgaze passages, while the other two are leaning towards a more meditative drone experience. The album also features A. Lunn, who kindly agreed to record an electric guitar solo as well as acoustic parts and choral parts on “Frozen Bloom I”.

Frozen Bloom was recorded at Olhava home studios, as well as at the local rehearsal space. Mikhail Kurochkin took care of mixing and mastering.

CD in classic jewelcase with 8-page fold-out booklet and silver prints

Granted, while ODAL's melodicism here is much more on the melancholic side, there's a uniquely uplifting aspect to it. Perhaps that's due to the lyrical themes underpinning Welten Mutter: translating to "World's Mother" in English, they deal deeply with nature are dedicated to Nordic mythology, specifically with the creation of the world(s) on earth and for the gods. As such, Welten Mutter is arguably ODAL's most pagan-oriented album, but thankfully, their version of pagan black metal safely evades all the cliches usually associated with such an appellation.

At once authentically retro and uncompromisingly adventurous, Welten Mutter stands tall as ODAL's defining statement in a world too often fixated on the "new" and frequently too blurry about the past.

Stone & Sea (blue/grey blend) Vinyl

Triumphant and tragic, Odal returns with its 5th album 'Welten Mutter'.
Honest and pure black metal at its poignant best, ripp(l)ing with a melodicism that's graceful and heartstrings-pulling but never overwrought. An eternal flame seems to burn over and under all here, as energy is not in short supply, but dynamics are never sacrificed in the process; the interplay between the longstanding duo of Taaken and A.D.D. is fluid and flawless, and conveys a very tangible urgency that makes each of these seven rousing hymns even more breathtaking.

Granted, while ODAL's melodicism here is much more on the melancholic side, there's a uniquely uplifting aspect to it. Perhaps that's due to the lyrical themes underpinning Welten Mutter: translating to "World's Mother" in English, they deal deeply with nature are dedicated to Nordic mythology, specifically with the creation of the world(s) on earth and for the gods. As such, Welten Mutter is arguably ODAL's most pagan-oriented album, but thankfully, their version of pagan black metal safely evades all the cliches usually associated with such an appellation.

At once authentically retro and uncompromisingly adventurous, Welten Mutter stands tall as ODAL's defining statement in a world too often fixated on the "new" and frequently too blurry about the past.

JEWEL CASE edition

digipak CD edition (ltd)

Regular Jewelcase

Black Vinyl

indie exclusive white vinyl

- 360gsm gatefold sleeve with glossy varnish
- 180g GOLD/ BLACK  vinyl
- printed insert
- limited to 300 copies

Yoth Iria is the brainchild of Greek black metal veterans Jim Mutilator and The Magus - the duet which developed and pioneered the underground scene back in the day.

Yoth Iria's music is an amalgam of the influences and visions of its creators. Dark, diabolical, emotional, powerful and majestic. A fresh look into '90s Greek occult black metal with a nostalgia of the past and a look into the future.

Gold vinyl

White vinyl

This is a special offer, limited to 40 orders 

For all ISON maniacs out there, a chance to collect in one only parcel (and save money) the three colors variants: cyan/white (effect "Aside/Bside), grey/black ("galaxy" effect) and solid White vinyl.
Please note this is a preorder, the record will be released in late June!
A digital download code for the full album will be provided upon request, for the bandcamp maniacs

New album "AURORA" will be out on 25/06.

This is the regular white vinyl edition, limited to 400 copies!

Over 70 minutes of cosmic channeling written, performed & produced by DANIEL ÄNGHEDE Featuring guest vocals by: SYLVAINE, CAMMIE GILBERT (OCEANS OF SLUMBER), TARA VANFLOWER (LYCIA), VILA, CARLINE VAN ROOS (LETHIAN DREAMS), GOGO MELONE (AEONIAN SORROW), VIOLA PETSCH & LISA CUTHBERT

New album "AURORA" will be out on 25/06.

This is the "Galaxy effect" in grey/black vinyl edition, limited to 100 copies!

Over 70 minutes of cosmic channeling written, performed & produced by DANIEL ÄNGHEDE Featuring guest vocals by: SYLVAINE, CAMMIE GILBERT (OCEANS OF SLUMBER), TARA VANFLOWER (LYCIA), VILA, CARLINE VAN ROOS (LETHIAN DREAMS), GOGO MELONE (AEONIAN SORROW), VIOLA PETSCH & LISA CUTHBERT

New album "AURORA" will be out on 25/06.

This is the "Aside/Bside effect" in cyan/white vinyl edition, limited to 100 copies!

Over 70 minutes of cosmic channeling written, performed & produced by DANIEL ÄNGHEDE Featuring guest vocals by: SYLVAINE, CAMMIE GILBERT (OCEANS OF SLUMBER), TARA VANFLOWER (LYCIA), VILA, CARLINE VAN ROOS (LETHIAN DREAMS), GOGO MELONE (AEONIAN SORROW), VIOLA PETSCH & LISA CUTHBERT

New album "AURORA" will be out on 25/06.

Digipak will be shipped rather earlier than that though (a couple of weeks in advance of release date)

Over 70 minutes of cosmic channeling written, performed & produced by DANIEL ÄNGHEDE Featuring guest vocals by: SYLVAINE, CAMMIE GILBERT (OCEANS OF SLUMBER), TARA VANFLOWER (LYCIA), VILA, CARLINE VAN ROOS (LETHIAN DREAMS), GOGO MELONE (AEONIAN SORROW), VIOLA PETSCH & LISA CUTHBERT

This bundle is an opportunity for you to join a copy of the limited press of "Never leave me alone" vinyl with a copy of the new Olhava album 'Frozen bloom'.
We are talking here about color vinyls editions for both titles
This has to be intended as a preorder to be shipped when 'Frozen Bloom' will be released in May, saving money as well (the records are otherwise individually priced 22.00€ + 17.00€)

Russian blackgaze duo Olhava is back with their new studio album. Frozen Blooom is the natural follow-up to self-titled Olhava (2019) and Ladoga (2020), and integrates some dronescapes the band experimented on Never Leave Me Alone (2020), the drone version of their debut.

Multi-instrumentalist Andrey Novozhilov and drummer Timur Yusupov describe their new journey with words of thoughtful contemplation: “When winter is just starting to fade and give some space to the first steps of spring… When life starts to reappear and the very early flowers peek through the thawing soil, a sudden drop of the temperature can leave them petrified and frozen back again, punished by the “Queen of Fields”. This statuesque dead beauty, being infinitely alive and dead at the same time is the main metaphor of this album. Frozen Bloom is about unfulfilled dreams. About how we sacrifice everything today for some abstract “tomorrow”, which may never come. But tomorrow and yesterday don’t exist – only this very moment of static contemplation is real”.

Frozen Bloom is Olhava’s fourth opus in three years, and here the duo took some different routes compositionally. Two of the four tracks are traditionally storm-like blackgaze passages, while the other two are leaning towards a more meditative drone experience. The album also features A. Lunn, who kindly agreed to record an electric guitar solo as well as acoustic parts and choral parts on “Frozen Bloom I”.

Frozen Bloom was recorded at Olhava home studios, as well as at the local rehearsal space. Mikhail Kurochkin took care of mixing and mastering.

The classic Dzö-Nga 2017 album with new tracklist and reworked artworks, but most of all, now remastered by no less than the glorious man, Dan Swanö

«De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas» is often considered to be the most important Black Metal album of all time. The legendary Pytten can be quoted on saying “it was the next big thing after Grieg”, and we couldn’t agree more. The album was released on Euronymous label “Deathlike Silence Productions” May 24th 1994, marked as Anti-Mosh 006. We are proud to honour this timeless album with the release of the 25th Anniversary Box Set with the help and support by long time Mayhem friend Finn Håkon Rødland. The Iconic Album has been remastered for vinyl from the original DAT tapes by Solslottet Studio, with guidance from Pytten himself and approved by Hellhammer. The cover art and packaging will for the first time be presented as Hellhammer originally envisioned it back in 93/94, including also the lyric scroll booklet. Also included are four additional vinyls with stunning artwork consisting of two different rehearsal sessions in Oslo from February and May 1992, taken directly from tapes Euronymous made, the instrumental rough mix from Grieghallen June 1992, and the rough mix with vocals from the tape Attila got after the vocal recordings in April/May 1993. The Box Set will include a 96 page book with a series of in depth interviews casting Light and Darkness on the recording process and the glory days of Mayhem making history in the early 90’s, such as Pytten, Hellhammer, Attila, Necrobutcher, Nocturno Culto of Darkthrone, Bård `Faust” Eithun of Emperor, Shagrath of Dimmu Borgir, Dr. Best of Mysticum, Steinar “Sverd” Johnsen of Mortem/Arcturus, Erik Danielsson of Watain, Tore Bratseth of Old Funeral, Ivar and Grutle of Enslaved, HBM Majesty of Mare/Vemod/Dark Sonority, Nergal of Behemoth, Silenoz of Dimmu Borgir and Jørgen Lid Widing (lyric scrolls). Liner notes by Finn Håkon Rødland, Metalion, Iver Sandøy of Solslottet studio, and Maniac. The Book will include the original handwritten lyrics by Dead and Snorre, plus never before seen photos from the DMDS photo session, presented here for the very first time. The book will also give detailed insight into the classic cover art of Nidarosdomen. THE PAST IS ALIVE

Unplayed, MINT / MINT

All infos about this edition at THIS LINK

Copy 36/400

Arckanum ‎– Fran Marder
Label: Blut & Eisen Productions ‎– none
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Brown With Black Splatters
Country: Germany
Released: 2003

MINT / MINT

Arckanum ‎– Kostogher
Label: Blut & Eisen Productions ‎– none
Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered, Reissue
Country: Germany
Released: 2004

Written and recorded in a handful of days, the four epic, emotive songs on offer pass the 47-minute mark
There are a lot of dreamy, expansive, spacey, cosmic passages included
atmospheric Black Metal.
There’s a lot of melody at work and blastbeats are totally eschewed
in favour of slow- to mid-paced observations backboned by drums that genuinely sound like
they were recorded in an ice cave.
This record is mysterious, authentic, ancient yet ageless cold, cold, cold BM magic from the darkest shores of Sweden.

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Collectors edition in woodenbox, includes digipack CD + Saor bronze pendant, certificate card, woods and leaves

Uscita 15/02/2019

Three tracks promo CD, rare edition made by the band to shop around a deal with record labels for the very same titled album (later on released on Iron Bonehead)

Sabbat ‎– Hamaguri Resurrection
Label: Assaulter Productions ‎– ASSAULT-001
Format: Vinyl, 7", EP, Limited Edition, Otaku Edition,Yellow
US 2004

Click HERE for release details

MINT COPY

please check details of this very particualr release HERE 

MINT/MINT

Limited edition wooden box of 150 hand-numbered copies coming in a natural-wood box, including the regular first press A5 Digipak CD itself plus a comprehensive set of gadgets covering the whole "Faunalia" concept and aesthetic. As they are partially handmade and crafted, every copy is sort of one of a kind.

Label: Grievantee Productions ‎– none
Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition
Country: Finland
Released: 2004

MINT / NEAR MINT

The new full-length album by Evoke Thy Lords, the key representatives of the Siberian doom scene. Each work of Siberians differs in one way or another from the previous one preserving, however, well-recognized features of the band: a powerful, tightening groove and the sounds of flute amplifying the hypnotic effect. The "Lifestories" evolves into psychedelic doom metal from adjacent styles demonstrating original interpretation of life stories and a unique view of the musical genre.
 

Ristampa 2013 per la Old Temple.
Secondo full-length di questa band chilena death metal.
 

Following the footsteps of its fellow countrymen Plaga and Mgla, Nagual offers an intense performance of contemporary Polish black metal.
 

http://www.myspace.com/hjarnidaudi

Belgium’s one man death-doom project “Gateway” unleashes its self-titled debut, the follow-up to last year’s well received 3-track demo “Aeternae"

“As dark and suffocating as strapping an oxygen mask to your truck’s muffler. Play at loud volume and watch worms come out of the ground with the sheer reverb produced.”
 

1. Living Dead At The Tradecentre Morgue 06:53
2. Dead Of Season 03:58
3. Xanor 04:15
4. Beyond The Light 04:52
5. Fluoxetin Selena 00:54
6. Burn Out The Sun 06:39
7. End Trip 02:50
8. Sunrise Casualty 04:49
9. Dead Love Autumn 15:35

Nuovo mini album per questa misteriosa band dalla Polonia.

Intro + 3 pezzi nuovi di grezzo e freddo pagan black metal + Procreation (of the wicked) (Celtic Frost cover)

Side project of Bleeding Fist, very raw old scholl 90's black metal
 

Over 4 hours of the most extreme band on the planet - witness The Berzerker live + behind the scenes mayhem.

Contained on this DVD is some of the most comprehensive studio footage ever released to the public. It was not initially shot as a documentary and serves as a Fly-on-the-wall experience into the recording process.

Prepare yourself for a journey into a world where each step will give you a better understanding of your own reality.

The Last Release for this Japanese Cult Black Metal with member from MANIERISME
 

1. Sognariket sine krigarar 05:35
2. Det som var Haukareid 05:40
3. Morket sin fyrste 07:26
4. Sognariket Si Herskarinne 04:17
5. I ei Krystallnatt 05:15
6. Rovhaugane 05:32
7. Likbor 08:08
8. Soknardalr 05:42

In the wake of the night" is premium class atmospheric black metal. The spheric synths are very orchestral and far away from nowadays synth-pop black metal with its dumb "ding dong ding" sounds. Though differing in dynamic and pace all epic tracks are characterized by majestic melancholy. Sometimes I think at Summoning or Sear Bliss, but these references are not too dominant. An emotionally intense release with a dense atmosphere!  (Bandcamp)

Yoth Iria is the brainchild of Greek black metal veterans Jim Mutilator and The Magus - the duet which developed and pioneered the underground scene back in the day.

Yoth Iria's music is an amalgam of the influences and visions of its creators. Dark, diabolical, emotional, powerful and majestic. A fresh look into '90s Greek occult black metal with a nostalgia of the past and a look into the future.

Digipak CD with 16-pages booklet

Ultra heavy and solid gatefold cover, double vinyl
 

Con "Flight of the Behemoth", secondo full-lenght ufficiale dei Sunn O))), si manifesta in tutto il suo sulfureo splendore la grandezza della formula che ha reso celebri Anderson ed O'Malley, ed al tempo stesso si viene a palesare il vuoto che sorregge le fondamenta della maestosa cattedrale di suoni da essi eretta.