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After laying dormant in the primordial waters for four years, Mournful Congregation emerge from the face of the deep with the first release since 2018's "The Incubus of Karma".

Announcing here "The Exuviae of Gods". Part one of a two-part EP series.
"The Exuviae of Gods" Part 1 features three songs equalling 37 minutes.
Two brand new compositions, plus a brand new re-recording of 1995's "An Epic Dream of Desire" featured on their second demo tape.
"The Exuviae of Gods" Part 2 will follow in the latter part of 2022.

After rearing their doom-laden head from the primordial waters in 2022 with the release of "The Exuviae of Gods - Part I", Mournful Congregation continue the parting of the waters with "The Exuviae of Gods - Part II".
Two brand new compositions, plus a brand new re-recording of 1995's "Head's Bowed", featured on their second demo tape.
Continuing the thematics presented on Part I, artwork is once again handled by Karmazid, bringing the monadic into the dyadic.
Thus perfecting the natural order of primordial principles....

Originally recorded in 2013 during the "Kriegserklärung" sessions and released in 2017 as a split with Kommandant. These tracks convey the aftermath of the Great War in early 1919 by covering the brutal street fighting of factions in the early Weimar Republic. Some of the fastest and most intense songs of the band's early period are here, as well as the first experimentation with neofolk.

Re-issue, CD booklet 4 page on 135g art paper, re-mastered specially for CD.

REISSUE ON THEIR NEW LABEL OSMOSE

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Info : Sweden's MARDUK are not only one of the most long running and respected black metal acts out there, but also one of the most productive. Even fourteen albums into their storied career, the quartet have never ever delivered a weak album and never wavered from their path of utter blasphemy and misanthropic contempt. 2004's “Plague Angel” was the first release featuring current vocalist Mortuus (Funeral Mist, Triumphator) who played a pivotal role in MARDUK's reinvigoration after the departure of previous singer Legion. He brought a new level of vocal and lyrical intensity plus a frightening stage presence into the game catapulting the group to new heights. Now, it will finally be made available! Remastered by Patrick W. Engel.

reissue 2022

This split album comes as a welcome surprise. Both these acts have ceased to be, so the excavation of lost material from the vaults is the Black Metal equivalent of the resurrection. Except it’s real, of course… For anyone who enjoys what could loosely be described as ‘raw, forest BM’, “Those Once Mighty Fallen’ is an essential purchase.

The lost recordings are surprisingly great (the best way to capture the spirit of a bygone era is to be literally of that era!) and have been re-mastered to ensure a better production than what I’d normally associate with Ildjarn in particular.