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Remastered double CD in jewel case with 8-pages folded booklet

UK doom cult ESOTERIC quickly gained a following after they formed in 1992. The band invented a new musical formula that consists of psychedelic elements mixed with classical doom death metal, a path that no other band in the genre dared to walk before. ESOTERIC's sixth record ‘Paragon of Dissonance’ is another crushing monument in the band's celebrated discography. This new 2-CD edition is fully remastered by Greg Chandler at Priory Recording Studios (FEN, WODENSTHRONE, MOURNING BELOVETH). Get ready for a sonic ride through the heart of Doom!

For fans of EVOKEN, THERGOTHON, MOURNFUL CONGREGATION

Furious and blasting black metal from Oslo, featuring vocalist of Ragnarok
 

Progressive Stoner/Doom/Folk Metal con una chiara influenza epica a tratti Bathoriana

 

Double CD in Jewel case with 12-page booklet.

SÓLSTAFIR have come a long way from an obscure Black Metal band out of Reykjavik, Iceland to a musically mindboggling and unique mixture of dark Metal, psychedelic passions and an eerily rocking groove – beloved and praised by critics and fans alike.
This band’s journey started in the year 1994 and continuously meandered into something that their many die hard adherents describe as ‘extremely cool’ and ‘different’, now the quartet’s burgeoning creativity has been bubbling up like a hot geyser unleashing their breathtaking double album “Svartir Sandar”, which takes the metamorphosis of these individualists close to perfection.
This eagerly awaited masterpiece comes with a red hot passion like glowing magma and emotionality as stormy as the Northern Atlantic. Ride this volcano with Iceland’s gnarled and twisted cowboys of Rock and Metal!

For fans of ENSLAVED, AMON AMARTH, ELUVEITIE.

10th anniversary re-issue in gatefold including a 12-page booklet.
White vinyl.

Riding entirely along the melodic wave, Goatmoon have released something so impressive that I had to break my silence of words. Having been on a hiatus for more than two weeks now, something told me it would be a black metal release that’d force me to pick up my pen once again.

For starters Goatmoon hail from Finland and have been belting out black metal since the winter of 2002. Much against those who hate the thought of hatred itself, this band has kept it alive and a little more than that. Two full-lengths, several splits and demos later they have decided to take over your thoughts and make it swing their way which happens to be a route of satanism and chilling breezes.

Goatmoon is a one-man band and all the songs are hatched by BlackGoat Gravedesecrator. Probably his name would be one of the very few things not working for the band. Well, that’s none of my business anyways. Varjot, as the album is named, seeks to flood you with loads of black metal with sheets of folk placed very carefully amongst the tracks. There is not much difficulty in finding rawness on the album as Gravedesecrator knows what is the ‘in thing’. Cold riffs with enough reasons to foster melody makes Varjot a must have.

An otherwise uninteresting 2011 has been perked up by these powerful metal releases and life doesn’t seem to run out of reasons. Although the album could have showcased a lot more variety and taken hatred to an all new level, Goatmoon have rejuvenated black metal in their own way and my speakers cannot stop blaring the tracks from Varjot.