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Two years after their sophomore “Cosmic Terror”, Germany’s THE SPIRIT once again delve into the vast nothingness of the universe, while capturing the fear of the unknown and humanity’s insignificance within our cosmos in their sound. On their upcoming third offering, “Of Clarity and Galactic Structures”, the duo, consisting of Matthias Trautes (vocals, guitars, bass) and Manuel Steitz (drums), hold on to their black/death metal roots yet take the progressive elements to a whole new level. Whilst the predecessor from 2019 already contained some prog elements, the brain twisting rhythm changes and virtuosic instrumental performance became an essential part of the band’s universe.

Once again recorded and mixed at the Woodshed Studio, Germany by V. Santura (with the drums being tracked at Iguana Studios by Christoph Brandes), THE SPIRIT’s lyrics usually mix a general misanthropic view on the world with cosmic metaphors and the call to see our often narrow-minded and egocentric existence in the larger context of our whole universe, where none of our daily struggles and vanities ever matter. To distance oneself from this attitude and see the bigger picture can often lead to new clarity, and this thought inspired the album title.

4 panel DigiCD , folded booklet.

Gloss gatefold, black 12” vinyl, padded innersleeve.

Black vinyl

Black Vinyl

When FLAGG burst from the void in June 2020 with their debut album, Nothing But Death, the veil of secrecy had yet to be lifted. Which mattered not, when presented with black metal of such sterling quality: both ancient and ageless, old yet new. Their attack was immediately intense, exhibiting a restlessness that's roiling and raging, always moving but always with a target in sight. Eventually, it was revealed that FLAGG hailed from Finland and was the work of selfsame multi-instrumentalist Flagg, who was a part of reanimated old Finnish cult Annihilatus, and vocalist Tyrant, whose hordes include the esteemed likes of MALUM, Infernarium, and Kalmankantaja.

With that lineup thus set, FLAGG return little more than a year later with their second full-length, Cosmic Chaos Manifest. An immediately harsher spin than its not-inconsiderable predecessor, Cosmic Chaos Manifest duly lives up to its title through a shapeshifting style of ultraviolence that retains a unique gleam, one that's paradoxically grittier for all its seemingly on-the-surface clarity. As ever, FLAGG's songwriting strikes true through a skillful balance between burning fire and nightsky melodicism, here actually sounding more richly 1990s - specifically, the oft-overlooked late '90s - than the comparatively modernist grime of Nothing But Death. But, just like that bolt-from-the-blue debut, FLAGG understand archaic expressions, the Old Language of Black Metal, where medieval atmosphere and ghostly portent informed even the most straightforward forms, rendering an air of aristocracy to that of belligerent bravado; now, they're just rendered in more restless, dizzying form.

Black Vinyl

Proud and pure, Hänen temppelinsä varjoissa exudes that aura of classic Finnish black metal from the late '90s onward, as laid down by the likes of Horna, Satanic Warmaster, and Azaghal among others. Black metal doesn't need to "be" anything more than what it already IS - or what it should be - and such is the case with AESTHUS. Every element here, from the melancholically melodic riffing to the surging 'n' swirling battery to, the distinctly twisted timbre of the Finnish tongue, of course, is in perfect, precise, PASSIONATE lockstep to create a maelstrom of hypnotic-yet-hummable proportions. Indeed, Hänen temppelinsä varjoissa is the work of a true band - meaning, a group of people playing together rather than a disconnected file-sharing project - with each of these seven songs drench in literal blood and sweat and perhaps alcohol. If there's one trump card that AESTHUS play (and poignantly), it's their dual-guitar lead work; the lead lines explode with memorability and malice in equal measure, underlining the METAL in black metal but never belaboring the point.

Limited to 350 Regular Black Vinyl 

180 grams vinyl. Insert and Digital Download included.

US demons Ritual Necromancy return after 5 years joining forces with upcoming death metal titans Fossilization for 28 minutes of Death Metal darkness!
For fans of Incantation, Dead Congregation, Cruciamentum, Krypts.Ritual.

Limited to 350 Regular Black Vinyl. 180 grams vinyl. Gatefold sleeve.

Digital Download included.

Making heads turn since 2016 with the cosmic Death Metal exposed in their Demos, Eps and splits with Undeath and Into Coffin, Italy's Devoid Of Thought finally release their 40 minutes debut full length combining influences from bands like Timeghoul, Blood Incantation, Voivod and Incantation in a unique, bizarre and twisted vortex.
For fans of Blood Incantation, Timeghoul, Voivod, Demilich.

Limited to 350 Regular Black Vinyl
180 grams vinyl. Insert, Poster and Digital Download included.

Italy's BURIAL resurfaces from the beyond with their first full length album, blending moments of sheer death metal aggression and horrific, funerous doomy passages. Enter the horror!
For fans of Incantation, Morpheus Descends, Funebrarum, Blaspherian.

Limited to 350 Regular Black Vinyl

180 grams vinyl. Insert and Digital Download included.

OCCULSED is the latest spawn from Justin (Father Befouled) and Jared (Gastric Phantasm) combining sheer savagery the US way with a dreadful, catacombal feeling. Ruthless and threatening...
For fans of Incantation, Morpheus Descends, Funebrarum, Blaspherian.

Jewel Case CD with 8 pages booklet.

Death Doom explorers ASSUMPTION are finally backwith their most ambitious, punishing and visionaire work.Prepare thee for a psychedelic and obscure journey!
For fans of diSEMBOWELMENT, Disma, Evoken, Oranssi Pazuzu