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A work of bleak grandeur, elemental force and restless transformation, Marrow Of The Spirit marked the beginning of a new chapter in the history of AGALLOCH.
Mixed at Klangschmiede Studio E and newly mastered by Gus Elg, this 2026 reissue edition brings the album's original vision closer to the foreground. Stock focused on the emotional impact of the recording and on the way its instruments merge into one enveloping soundscape.
Regular "To burn is to shine" album t-shirt: please state YOUR SIZE in the order's notes!
Gatefold sleeve with gold pantone overprint and A3 poster
Eight years after the acclaimed Slow Motion Death Sequence, Norwegian experimental visionaries Manes return with To Burn Is To Shine, their sixth full-length album and the beginning of a new chapter in a career defined by fearless artistic evolution. Since their inception in Trondheim in 1992, Manes have consistently refused to remain confined within stylistic boundaries. Emerging from the early Norwegian black metal underground with the cult debut Under Ein Blodraud Maane, the band soon embarked on a remarkable transformation that culminated in the landmark Vilosophe, an album that would become one of the defining statements of avant-garde metal. Throughout the following decades, Manes have continued to blur the lines between metal, dark electronica, alternative rock, trip-hop and experimental music, developing a sound that remains unmistakably their own.
To Burn Is To Shine also features contributions from several distinguished guests, including Ana Carolina Skaret (Mourning Sun), Eskil Blix (Djevel, Vemod), Marita Hellem (Enevelde), Rune Folgerø (Atrox, Drontheim) and Tom Christian Engelsøy (Drontheim), while Vegar Larsen (Whoredom Rife) performs drums on two tracks. The striking visual identity of the album has been created by New York-based designer Michael Houtz, whose handcrafted artwork extends across the physical editions and accompanying merchandise.
Eight years after the acclaimed Slow Motion Death Sequence, Norwegian experimental visionaries Manes return with To Burn Is To Shine, their sixth full-length album and the beginning of a new chapter in a career defined by fearless artistic evolution. Since their inception in Trondheim in 1992, Manes have consistently refused to remain confined within stylistic boundaries. Emerging from the early Norwegian black metal underground with the cult debut Under Ein Blodraud Maane, the band soon embarked on a remarkable transformation that culminated in the landmark Vilosophe, an album that would become one of the defining statements of avant-garde metal. Throughout the following decades, Manes have continued to blur the lines between metal, dark electronica, alternative rock, trip-hop and experimental music, developing a sound that remains unmistakably their own.
To Burn Is To Shine also features contributions from several distinguished guests, including Ana Carolina Skaret (Mourning Sun), Eskil Blix (Djevel, Vemod), Marita Hellem (Enevelde), Rune Folgerø (Atrox, Drontheim) and Tom Christian Engelsøy (Drontheim), while Vegar Larsen (Whoredom Rife) performs drums on two tracks. The striking visual identity of the album has been created by New York-based designer Michael Houtz, whose handcrafted artwork extends across the physical editions and accompanying merchandise.
Rooted in a sombre, tragic and epic expression of Doom-infused Melodic Black Metal, “Cursed Songs from the Garden of Twilight” carries a style hard to link to other specific bands. THE SCARS IN PNEUMA (brought forth by Lorenzo Marchello, ex-Kolony Records) blends stunning melodies and dramatic atmospheres, interweaving them within structures balanced between slow/fast-paced rhythms and haunting interludes, resulting in a continous unfolding of compositional details. Cavernous growling vocals float above the instrumental flow, enhancing the stream of emotions in intensity.
VERSIONE IN ITALIANO, FANZINE + split CD ROTTING CHRIST - MONUMENTUM + SHINING "Submit to self destruction" CD
SULPHUR FANZINE #4 packed with exclusive poly bag and sticker!
After one year from the previous one, Sulphur #4 is here!
Once again, around 150 pages of articles and interviews and two covers for two different stories!
The first will be a big special about Obscure Plasma/Avantgarde/Wounded Love and the legendary Soundcave shop in Milan; the second one a big interview with the one and only Niklas Kvarforth (Shining) and its label The Sinister Initiative.
Then, the usual endless flow of articles and interviews featuring Witchcraft (FIN), an article about Icelandic Black Metal, Uada, Iskandr, Fluisteraars, Mortem, Mork, Galvanist, Mactätus Darkenhold and many, many more!
As usual there will be a bundle edition featuring two first-time cd reissues: Shining demo “Submit To Selfdestruction” and Rotting Christ/Monumentum both on CD minimax (transparent effect)!
ITALIAN WRITTEN EDITION (english one will come later): FANZINE + split CD ROTTING CHRIST - MONUMENTUM
SULPHUR FANZINE #4 packed with exclusive poly bag and sticker!
After one year from the previous one, Sulphur #4 is here!
Once again, around 150 pages of articles and interviews and two covers for two different stories!
The first will be a big special about Obscure Plasma/Avantgarde/Wounded Love and the legendary Soundcave shop in Milan; the second one a big interview with the one and only Niklas Kvarforth (Shining) and its label The Sinister Initiative.
Then, the usual endless flow of articles and interviews featuring Witchcraft (FIN), an article about Icelandic Black Metal, Uada, Iskandr, Fluisteraars, Mortem, Mork, Galvanist, Mactätus Darkenhold and many, many more!
As usual there will be a bundle edition featuring two first-time cd reissues: Shining demo “Submit To Selfdestruction” and Rotting Christ/Monumentum both on CD minimax (transparent effect)!
ITALIAN WRITTEN EDITION , MAG ONLY (english written edition will come later)
SULPHUR FANZINE #4 packed with exclusive poly bag and sticker!
After one year from the previous one, Sulphur #4 is here!
Once again, around 150 pages of articles and interviews and two covers for two different stories!
The first will be a big special about Obscure Plasma/Avantgarde/Wounded Love and the legendary Soundcave shop in Milan; the second one a big interview with the one and only Niklas Kvarforth (Shining) and its label The Sinister Initiative.
Then, the usual endless flow of articles and interviews featuring Witchcraft (FIN), an article about Icelandic Black Metal, Uada, Iskandr, Fluisteraars, Mortem, Mork, Galvanist, Mactätus Darkenhold and many, many more!
As usual there will be a bundle edition featuring two first-time cd reissues: Shining demo “Submit To Selfdestruction” and Rotting Christ/Monumentum both on CD minimax (transparent effect)!
Winter lake (blue, crystal and black splatter) 12" double vinyl (33 rpm) in gatefold.
Limited to 300 copies worldwide!
THY CATAFALQUE is the solo-helmed Hungarian avant-garde metal project of Tamás Kátai, running since 1998 and now a two-time Fonogram (Hungarian Grammy) winner. What began as a studio-only outlet has grown, over the past few years, into a full international touring act with festival slots across Europe and Latin America.
'XIII: Sárga erdo' is THY CATAFALQUE's thirteenth album, and unlike its predecessors it carries no single narrative thread: the twelve tracks move instead through what plays like a wandering across old ground, touching on loss, distance, memory and disappearance without ever settling on one story. The record marks a real shift in how it's built: this is the first time THY CATAFALQUE has used a live drummer rather than programmed rhythm, and while the cast is enormous - thirty-four musicians plus a twenty-voice male choir - the folk and classical textures that once flooded every corner of a song (piano, strings, brass, reed, sitar, kamancheh, zither) are used here with real discipline, brought in only when a track calls for them. The result sits closer to the bone than the maximalism of the last record, heavier in restraint than in volume, and it still finds room for a fictitious folk song built for a vanished people on the Volga, an incineration metaphor turned into the album's heaviest cut, and an opener that reads like a farewell letter.
Gábor Vári returns behind the desk for a second record running, keeping the production language consistent even as the arrangements pull back.
CD in deluxe Mediabook with 40 pages limited to the first pressing only
THY CATAFALQUE is the solo-helmed Hungarian avant-garde metal project of Tamás Kátai, running since 1998 and now a two-time Fonogram (Hungarian Grammy) winner. What began as a studio-only outlet has grown, over the past few years, into a full international touring act with festival slots across Europe and Latin America.
'XIII: Sárga erdo' is THY CATAFALQUE's thirteenth album, and unlike its predecessors it carries no single narrative thread: the twelve tracks move instead through what plays like a wandering across old ground, touching on loss, distance, memory and disappearance without ever settling on one story. The record marks a real shift in how it's built: this is the first time THY CATAFALQUE has used a live drummer rather than programmed rhythm, and while the cast is enormous - thirty-four musicians plus a twenty-voice male choir - the folk and classical textures that once flooded every corner of a song (piano, strings, brass, reed, sitar, kamancheh, zither) are used here with real discipline, brought in only when a track calls for them. The result sits closer to the bone than the maximalism of the last record, heavier in restraint than in volume, and it still finds room for a fictitious folk song built for a vanished people on the Volga, an incineration metaphor turned into the album's heaviest cut, and an opener that reads like a farewell letter.
Gábor Vári returns behind the desk for a second record running, keeping the production language consistent even as the arrangements pull back.
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Norwegian progressive black metal stars Enslaved are back with their 17th studio album, 'Mið', which showcases a band that is constantly taking on new challenges and evolving. From the multi-layered beauty of “Tales of Trees” to the devastating, Gojira-esque twist in “Mountain” to the sheer power of “I Am Ice”, 'Mið' is a focused and intense opus that underscores the Spellemannprisen-winning band’s exceptional status in today’s metal scene.
