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CD in deluxe Digipak with 8-page booklet

There are few funeral doom bands out there that manage to express sorrow and despair in such a majestic and beautiful manner as SHAPE OF DESPAIR. The Finns’ latest full-length is a product of their environment, enveloping the listener in cold, eternal darkness like a lonely Finnish winter. And much like the long, funereal winters of their homeland, the atmosphere in ‘Return to the Void’ is bleak but ethereal. The funeral doom icons do not merely offer a soundtrack to one’s agony, but also demonstrate the beauty that can often be found in misery.

For fans of FUNERAL, MOURNFUL CONGREGATION, BELL WITCH, AHAB, EVOKEN.

IRON BONEHEAD PRODUCTIONS is proud to present KERASFÓRA's striking debut demo, Denn die Todten reiten schnell, on 12" vinyl format.

Originally released in 2021 on CD and cassette in their native Chile, KERASFÓRA's Denn die Todten reiten schnell is an obsidian gem like few others in the nowadays black metal scene. Its mesmerizing mysticism sounds utterly ancient, yet doesn't nod too conspicuously nor too often to any '90s touchstones. From its regal gait to the hypnotic usage of synth, the one-man KERASFÓRA evokes forgotten realms and vast vistas of wonder, locked into a dream state that's equally liberating and frightening. As such, Denn die Todten reiten schnell is both grim and gorgeous, fully within the realm of raw black metal but evincing a view that aims for the Beyond - and well beyond it.

- 300gsm Jacket with inside flooded in black and matt varnish
- 140g Black Vinyl
- 150gsm Art Paper Insert
- Limited to 300 copies

Compilation Picture Disk including:
-Knights Of Hell 7''
-Eternal Proscription 7''
-Beastfuck MLP + bonus track
Limited edition

- 350gsm Gatefold Jacket with inside flooded in black and matt varnish
- 2x 140g Black Vinyl
- 250gsm Art Paper Insert
- Limited to  400x Black  Vinyl

First demo reissued on vinyl. Sticker on envelope. Include lyrics \ credits two side printed insert.
Limited to 150 copies on black vinyl.
Enregistré par C.B. & C.L. durant l'année MMXVII. (Recorded by C.B. & C.L. during the year MMXVII.)

Noircure is the musical endeavor of multi-instrumentalist Raffaele Galasso from Apulia, Southern Italy. Albeit born in 2021, Noircure comes after years of experience and hard work in a number of different underground projects, managing to be both something completely new and perfectly self-aware as well.

Galasso describes his latest one-man band as follows: “Noircure was born in 2021 as the result of blending two of my great passions: atmospheric black metal and certain shoegaze and new wave sounds. I recorded, mixed and mastered Kyrie inspired by these musical atmospheres, favoring improvisation in the recording phase, preferring "natural" sounds over production editing and trying to limitate effects as much as possible. I wanted Kyrie to personify a living entity capable of communicating a wide range of emotions in the most direct way possible. In order to do this, I tried to recreate all the sounds that I had figured out in my head only with my guitar and without the use of synths”.

The result is an honest, breathtaking album, plunging into the depths of blackgaze, where guitars are paramount, accompanied by a wide range of vocal styles, adding some Mediterranean vibes which make Klimt 1918 come to mind. If the likes of Alcest, Lantlôs and Sadness are part of your everyday music digest, Noircure will surely leave its mark.

PLEASE NOTE: this item will be included in label Circle of Wax initiative/series (Bundle #4 - March/April 2022). If you subscribed to it or simply plan to purchase the current bundle please restrain from ordering a single copy here!