Signal Rex

Debut album, Finnish Black Metal

Witness their Ascent Into Draconian Abyss, which was teasingly released in an extremely limited tape version for those who had the good fortune of attending the most recent Signal Rex-curated Invicta Requiem Mass festival and witnessing their crimes in the flesh. As the duo forecasted with the recent maxi-single Excesses of Perpetual Gloom, their muse only becomes thirstier and more miserable. Mons Veneris are always surprising, yet always uncompromising and always themselves, as testified by Ascent Into Draconian Abyss: the opening 20-minute title track is a harrowing descent into lunacy, and the ghoulishness only intensifies on the album's successive three tracks. More monkish vokills come forth, haunting like nothing else as their buzzing belligerence winds through craggy corridors of mondo-primitivism, all before the hall-of-mirrors madness of closer "Chant to the Unknown." Mons Veneris will fuck you on your Ascent Into Draconian Abyss! 

SIGNAL REX is proud to present a brand-new EP from Portugal's IRAE, Promiscuous Fire, on CD and cassette tape formats. By now, IRAE should require little introduction. Since the dawn of this cursed millennium, mainman Vulturius has prolifically pursued a singular vision of BLACK METAL that includes a vast discography. As such, IRAE have almost singlehandedly invigorated Portugal's black metal scene, particularly the rawer iteration of it. And since the band's blood pact with SIGNAL REX deepened in 2020 with the release of the landmark Lurking in the Depths LP that summer, five short-lengths followed in rapid succession as well as the full-length anniversary record Assim na Terra como no Inferno most recently.

Step into the shadowy abyss of the "Undying Order Of The Black Flames", a captivating embodiment of eternal defiance and passion born from the ashes of unrelenting hatred. Paying homage to ancient medieval orders and the sacrilegious heretical currents that have persisted through the ages, providing a visceral connection to a time when rebellion thrived in the face of conformity.

Crafted meticulously, it's a bold statement for those who dare to embrace their individuality and stand against the mainstream. This creation transcends the notion of good production or the fleeting trends that plague the music industry today. Instead, it serves to preserve and revitalize the raw, untamed spirit of a flame that once burned brilliantly.

Embrace the darkness and let the "Undying Order Of The Black Flames" guide you on a journey through the echoes of history, empowering you to keep alive the fire that has long been forgotten.

Join us and affirm your allegiance to the shadowy flames of defiance.

numbered digipak / 300 copies

VENTR hail from Portugal, the reigning hotbed of raw black metal. However, with their Numinous Negativity debut mini-album in 2020, the mysterious entity soundly proved their strident black metal was of a palatably professional constitution: fully formed, expertly executed, "orthodox" in the classic sense, and emitting a bewitching melodicism that hauntingly recalled the mid '90s.

Now VENTR unveil the full fathom of their powers with Ubique Diaboli Voluntas, their long-awaited first full-length. Released in conjunction with their live performance at this year's Howls of Winter fest, Ubique Diaboli Voluntas retains the noble foundation of its shorter-length predecessor - grim & ghastly intensity, haunting lead-lines, cobwebbed atmosphere - but the duo step up their songwriting to an even-higher plateau. Across the album's six-song / 42-minute duration,

Formed in 2011, Norway's NACHASH have patiently etched out a unique space in the wider metal underground. A power-trio from the very beginning, the band's members currently play or have played in such bands as Celestial Bloodshed, Askeregn, Knokkelklang, Hideous Death, Kosmik Tomb, and Black Edifice among others. Black metal is the beginning base - unsurprisingly, given their country of origin - but elements of other metallic styles have been intertwined in varying degrees. The goal, ultimately, has been to conjure a dark and aggressive atmosphere yet keeping an epic bent to the music throughout, as well, by drawing on several traditions and styles. NACHASH took their first steps toward that goal with 2015's Conjuring the Red Death Eclipse EP and then accomplished exactly that with their debut album, 2018's acclaimed Phantasmal Triunity. Now, they're set to eclipse that estimable full-length with LP#2, Eschaton Magicks.

Once again tellingly titled, Eschaton Magicks builds upon the shocking maturity of NACHASH's debut album. 

Hailing from the ever-fertile Bosnian scene, IZROD made their public debut in 2023 with the full-length Sarajevski Odisej via SIGNAL REX. Although shadowy in intent, it was immediately apparent that the four men behind this band largely helped put that small country on the international black metal map - names such as Obskuritatem, Cave Ritual, Void Prayer, Arjen, and Niteris should be more than familiar to those who truly dwell within the underground, all belonging to the incredibly prolific Black Plague Circle cabal - but Sarajevski Odisej was undeniably a new epoch for all involved.

Step into the shadowy abyss of the "Undying Order Of The Black Flames", a captivating embodiment of eternal defiance and passion born from the ashes of unrelenting hatred. Paying homage to ancient medieval orders and the sacrilegious heretical currents that have persisted through the ages, providing a visceral connection to a time when rebellion thrived in the face of conformity.

Crafted meticulously, it's a bold statement for those who dare to embrace their individuality and stand against the mainstream. This creation transcends the notion of good production or the fleeting trends that plague the music industry today. Instead, it serves to preserve and revitalize the raw, untamed spirit of a flame that once burned brilliantly.

Embrace the darkness and let the "Undying Order Of The Black Flames" guide you on a journey through the echoes of history, empowering you to keep alive the fire that has long been forgotten.

Join us and affirm your allegiance to the shadowy flames of defiance.

Step into the shadowy abyss of the "Undying Order Of The Black Flames", a captivating embodiment of eternal defiance and passion born from the ashes of unrelenting hatred. Paying homage to ancient medieval orders and the sacrilegious heretical currents that have persisted through the ages, providing a visceral connection to a time when rebellion thrived in the face of conformity.

Crafted meticulously, it's a bold statement for those who dare to embrace their individuality and stand against the mainstream. This creation transcends the notion of good production or the fleeting trends that plague the music industry today. Instead, it serves to preserve and revitalize the raw, untamed spirit of a flame that once burned brilliantly.

Embrace the darkness and let the "Undying Order Of The Black Flames" guide you on a journey through the echoes of history, empowering you to keep alive the fire that has long been forgotten.

Join us and affirm your allegiance to the shadowy flames of defiance.

Baltic Black Metal, for fans of Vreid, Windir, Burzum...

Baltic Black Metal, for fans of Vreid, Windir, Burzum...

For those who know and truly understand actual underground black metal, Mons Veneris require no introduction. For over 20 years now, this shadowy and insanely prolific Portuguese cabal have pursued a uniquely vile vision with an unquenchable thirst. From hammering primitivism to medieval melancholy, volcanic drone to chaotic oblivion, nods to the French Black Legions to frequencies far outside of metal, there's never any guarantee of how Mons Veneris' vision will manifest itself - only that they'll explore a darkness few have the constitution to tread.

Witness their Ascent Into Draconian Abyss, which was teasingly released in an extremely limited tape version for those who had the good fortune of attending the most recent Signal Rex-curated Invicta Requiem Mass festival and witnessing their crimes in the flesh. As the duo forecasted with the recent maxi-single Excesses of Perpetual Gloom, their muse only becomes thirstier and more miserable. Mons Veneris are always surprising, yet always uncompromising and always themselves, as testified by Ascent Into Draconian Abyss: the opening 20-minute title track is a harrowing descent into lunacy, and the ghoulishness only intensifies on the album's successive three tracks. More monkish vokills come forth, haunting like nothing else as their buzzing belligerence winds through craggy corridors of mondo-primitivism, all before the hall-of-mirrors madness of closer "Chant to the Unknown." Mons Veneris will fuck you on your Ascent Into Draconian Abyss! 

Based on different translations of the Secret Book of John, Rex Mundi is composed by two lengthy hymns dedicated to Yaltabaoth. Gaze upon the monstrosity of what we call the Desecrator of the Monad. Witness the malevolent creation of what you consider life.

The songs range from pure extreme fury to transcendental evil chants, leading to the uttermost sense of terror and emptiness.
Cold Poison comes back as well with his extraordinary art, depicting our most intimate and disturbing nightmares.
 

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This project continues its path in bringing this specific Slavic black metal concept, now devoid of synthesisers that were present in Gerzolth's earlier works. Such absence pushes the guitars and vocals to the forefront, resulting in a harsher and more aggressive black metal experience. This shift creates a sense of untamed ferocity, characteristic of this genre's untamed side.

Gerzolth's aesthetic draws clear influence from the legendary BlazeBirth Hall scene, known for its frigid and bleak atmospheres. The album art also bears a striking resemblance to the cover of Krahnholm's latest release, further solidifying their connection to this style of black metal."

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Digipak CD, 350g cardstock, w/ 4pp booklet, hand-numbered
LIMITATION    100 COPIES

In many ways, Like Twisted Bones of Fallen Giants is a natural continuation of Hollow Woods' debut album, Cold Winds Cleave the Earth, from 2021. Familiar elements - pure & proud BLACK METAL, done with personality and charisma - are recast in more varied ways. The production across the album is a bit more airy compared to that debut, but still far from overly polished. Likewise, overt aggression is dialed down a bit to make room for more epic passages, where acoustic guitar gives support to powerful clean vocals. As no doubt presaged by the album's title, lyrical themes here deal with nature mysticism, atavism, and specifically slash-and-burn as a metaphor of personal growth unburdened by the past.

Digipak CD, 350g cardstock, hand-numbered

signal Rex announces May 1st as the international release date for Brakel's highly anticipated debut album, Wranger Wanen, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

The first full-length recording of Belgium's Brakel, Wranger Wanen comprises nine songs across a time-evaporating / stretching 27 minutes. Signposts among raw black metal's elite exist here - be it Black Cilice, Candelabrum, Múspellzheimr, or those orbiting the Signal Rex-endorsed Clandestine Circle of Aldebaran - but beneath the alternately shocking / shimmering soundfield bubble torched debris of power electronics. Hateful and ghoulish in equal measure but utterly alien in effect, the ghostly surge of in-the-red decibels across Wranger Wanen get wrangled into obscene shapes; with all those indeterminate pulses underneath, sometimes Brakel's sound approaches the mechanistic...if the Industrial Revolution was visualized in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, such is the expressionist horror on display.

No identities, no fun, no past, no future: Brakel assault the unsuspecting with Wranger Wanen.