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Back in stock - Extreme Metal and Dark music
12"LP gatefold DLP (black)
Silver vinyl
"Near Death Revelations" album revolves around the past band's experiences.
BLAZE OF PERDITION's new album was mixed and mastered at Satanic Audio (Thaw, The Dead Goats). The cover artwork was created by Mentalporn (Sinister, Behemoth, Decapitated, Origin) while the layout was prepared by Kontamination Design (Demonical, Archgoat)
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Limited to 200 copies blue galaxy LP.
HIEMS is a one-man, avant-garde black metal band launched in 1996 by Italian songwriter & multi-instrumentalist Alessandro "Algol" Comerio. "Stranger in a Wasteland" marks his third outing and is the sound of an artist confident in his craft. Recorded during lock-down, the music captures the dismal feelings of alienation and detachment, and translates them into malevolent, minimalistic and non-canonical black metal, infused with dark hard rock and ominous grooves. In comparison with "Worship or Die" - the second and last installment from 2009 - "Stranger in a Wasteland" boasts a much clearer and refined production, which added a commanding character to the vocals, exposed the weight of the guitars, and sharpened the overall listening experience. The topic of death - closely followed by a sense of not belonging - is equally present in the musical and lyrical layer of the album.
Furious and blasting black metal from Oslo, featuring vocalist of Ragnarok
SPEKTR takes delight in delivering an infinitely dark, at times psychotic aura, and transmuting the Black Metal reins into a loose form. Shrouded in a veil of vocalless, industrial and ambient-infected secrecy, the duo's music stands as a metaphore for a trip into the unconfortable uknown.
Limited to 234 handnumbered copies opaque white vinyl with a black haze and an exclusive white poster + a digital download code.
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Reaper Subconscious Guide è un album strano, sicuramente originale e di conseguenza poco comprensibile, io stesso al primo ascolto sono rimasto inorridito. Furze non è nuovo a queste soluzioni ma stavolta ha deciso di esagerare portando la sua concezione del Black Metal al limite, incastonandolo in una dimensione temporale che scava molto nel passato, talmente tanto da conferirgli un'aurea che profuma di anni 70, l'epoca in cui i Black Sabbath diventavano immortali. Questo nuovo disco della band norvegese è un perfetto mix tra malvagità nera e atmosfere anni 70, ovviamente dal timbro doomish e in alcuni momenti anche psichedelici. Cinque lunghi brani in cui i deliri mentali sono la costante con cui dovrete fare i conti, ma l'apice viene toccato nella conclusiva Essential Wait dove in dodici minuti confluiscono tutte quelle che sono le influenze artistiche di Furze: Black Metal, Doom Metal, Hard Rock anni 70 (quello più oscuro) e pure un certo tocco Dark/Progressive Rock, anche questo proveniente direttamente dai seventies. Molte scelte potevano essere calibrate in maniera megliore, non è sempre facile mantenere la concentrazione, c'è il rischio di distrarsi a causa di una certa propensione a rendere il tutto poco fluido. Ciò non toglie che i Furze hanno deciso di dare uno scossone alla loro concezione di musica rendendola più originale e criptica, speriamo si sappia evolvere nel tempo.
Genre-defying Dutch death metal legends PESTILENCE have singled-out and re-recorded twelve emblematic anthems from across their 38-year career into "Levels of Perception".
Patrick Mameli - whose signature vocal, guitar and songwriting skills constitute the hallmark of PESTILENCE - finds "Levels of Perception" to be a testament to the band's role in death metal's progression. "I've always wanted to do a best-of album, because it would mean that I've achieved something in the past; something that still has its value today," Mameli reflects. "To be able to choose from songs that I composed in the distant past, transporting them into the now, with the line-up of the recordings that consisted of Michiel van der Plicht (drums), Rutger van Noordenburg (guitar) and Joost van der Graaf (bass) - I found this to be of great value and sheer awesomeness."
Re-recording of the tracks has not only managed to breathe new life into them - half thanks to new line-up, and other half by implementing subtle changes which reflect Mameli's matured vision and refined with years of experience aesthetic - but also sets them apart from cheap, unimaginative compilations, by unifying the album's sound as befits a full-length release. "The album's title is Levels of Perception. Why? Because this is what has happened with the songs," Mameli explains. "Performed by different musicians, with their own views, musical abilities and interpretations, shining a new light on them. So here we are with new Levels of Perception."
Formed in 1995 by Katatonia members, Jonas Renkse and Fred Norrman, OCTOBER TIDE spawned two, now-cult releases: "Rain Without End" (1997) and "Grey Dawn" (1999), before going on hiatus for over 11 years. Reunited in 2009, and since 2015 with a new full-time drummer Jocke Wallgren (Valkyrja, Astrophobos), the Swedes continue to push their vision of melodic death/doom metal to the next level. Executed with passion, the band's new album "Winged Waltz" is a showcase of what talent and expertise can bring to the table. OCTOBER TIDE are well-seasoned in their field of metal and are coming back in full swing, with their most emotionally charged material yet.
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