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"The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity" is the new album from ONIRIK (Portugal), a follow-up to 2015's "Casket Dream Veneration" and yet another proof of the talent of Gonius Rex, the band's sole member. ONIRIK has been active since 2002 and throughout the years has explored black metal in several approaches, always faithful to its original purpose: the emission of unordinary, dissonant and raw outputs with trance-inducing atmospheres, typically very cold and bathed in magic.
With the special guest participation of none other than Dirge Rep on drums (GEHENNA, ENSLAVED, ORCUSTUS, THE KONSORTIUM), and mixed & mastered by Semjaza of THY DARKENED SHADE, "The Fire Cult Beyond Eternity" is the consequence of the descent and return from below carrying the flames and lava on its scales, giving it back to the world in posthumous vengeance.

Double LP in solid silver vinyl - 100 copies printed

Russian blackgaze duo Olhava is back with their new studio album. Frozen Blooom is the natural follow-up to self-titled Olhava (2019) and Ladoga (2020), and integrates some dronescapes the band experimented on Never Leave Me Alone (2020), the drone version of their debut.

Multi-instrumentalist Andrey Novozhilov and drummer Timur Yusupov describe their new journey with words of thoughtful contemplation: “When winter is just starting to fade and give some space to the first steps of spring… When life starts to reappear and the very early flowers peek through the thawing soil, a sudden drop of the temperature can leave them petrified and frozen back again, punished by the “Queen of Fields”. This statuesque dead beauty, being infinitely alive and dead at the same time is the main metaphor of this album. Frozen Bloom is about unfulfilled dreams. About how we sacrifice everything today for some abstract “tomorrow”, which may never come. But tomorrow and yesterday don’t exist – only this very moment of static contemplation is real”.

Frozen Bloom is Olhava’s fourth opus in three years, and here the duo took some different routes compositionally. Two of the four tracks are traditionally storm-like blackgaze passages, while the other two are leaning towards a more meditative drone experience. The album also features A. Lunn, who kindly agreed to record an electric guitar solo as well as acoustic parts and choral parts on “Frozen Bloom I”.

Frozen Bloom was recorded at Olhava home studios, as well as at the local rehearsal space. Mikhail Kurochkin took care of mixing and mastering.

Austin Lunn’s journey carried Panopticon from the urban density of Louisville to the remote northern reaches of Minnesota. It is here, surrounded by a landscape both inspiring and endangered, that “Det hjemsøkte hjertet” took shape. The album follows an elder hermit in the final week of his life, interweaving childhood memories with a lament for an ecosystem transformed by modern encroachment.

Dense, atmospheric, and unmistakably cinematic, “Det hjemsøkte hjertet” (‘The Haunted Heart’) shifts from the icy aggression of earlier works into something richer and more saturated – a palette of purples and burning oranges fading into dusk. The folk instrumentation once associated with Panopticon has largely receded, giving way to tones reminiscent of Neil Young & Crazy Horse.

The metal foundation remains, but the record’s strength lies in composition rather than speed: layered arrangements, long-form dynamics, and a strong narrative undercurrent. A full orchestral presence runs throughout, with Charlie Anderson’s string performances adding both gravity and movement. Each song features a different guest vocalist – Aaron Charles (Falls Of Rauros, Rhun), Jan Evan Åsli (Vemod), and Jan 'Winterherz' Van Berlekom (Waldgeflüster) among them – introducing distinct colours without compromising cohesion.

The band came into being at the end of 2013, thanks to the artistic collaboration of Sinai and Aharon.
Their first release, an EP, saw the light of day in 2014, marking their musical debut.
In 2016, the band released their debut album entitled "Har HaKarmel", exploring themes related to the decay of paganism.
In 2019, the band released a split in collaboration with Darkenhöld, under the aegis of Les Acteurs de l'Ombre.
Continuing their momentum, 2020 saw the release of their second album, dubbed "? ?e?? ? ßas??e??", distributed by Les Acteurs de l'Ombre. This album delves into the relationship between politics and divinity.
In 2023, the band reveals its third album, entitled "De Republica".

An ode to the Republic, defending the rule of law, egalitarianism and freedom.
Sacralizing the Revolution as a popular expression of the struggle against despotism and the attainment of freedom.
From 19th-century France to the present day, evokes the periods of political instability when the construction of a social republic was able to emerge through the blood of social struggles.

Finalmente di nuovo disponibile l'album d'esordio di questo stravagante progetto !

Riecco uno dei più controversi e geniali personaggi degli ultimi anni, l'estroso polistrumentista Vaerhon, con il suo progetto Pensees Nocturnes....
Un'incredibile dimostrazione di crossover tra avanguardia e tradizione!
A noi lascia sempre senza parole...

 

Live recorded at Les Feux de Beltane 2019, Bretagne, France. This limited edition digipack (500 copies only) is released to celebrate the 20th birthday of SETH’s worshipped album, “Les Blessures de l’âme”.

Dive into the sonic abyss with Borgne’s new album. Between chaos and hypnotic melodies, the Swiss band redefines the boundaries of industrial black metal. An immersive, cold, and suffocating masterpiece where hammering rhythms and synthetic layers merge into a nihilistic whirlwind. For those who crave raw intensity and mesmerizing soundscapes. Much more than a simple album, it's a manifesto, a reincarnation, a cry emanating from nothingness. This new opus marks an essential quest: to reappropriate a dissolved identity, to draw on the darkness to be reborn in a strange, infinite world devoid of hope. Each track is a catharsis, a journey between destruction and reconstruction, where darkness becomes a creative force.

Dressed again in sci-fi / space aesthetic by renowned visual artist Alexander Preuss, Progenie Terrestre Pura, or in short q[T]p, return after a few years hiatus with their second album 'oltreLuna'.
Powered by consistant line-up changes and additions, Davide -q[T]p former member- armed all weapons of the spaceship in order to repeat success after the much acclaimed debut album 'U.M.A.' (2013).

Paying much more attention to every small detail during recording and production, the band managed to capture a more organic and "real" sound, and although keeping their atmospheric nature, dared to explore what we couldn't foresee before (like the use of ethnic sounds), resulting more aggressive yet more sophisticated at the same time.

'oltreLuna' shows a relevant step-further since its predecessor, taking profit of new elements left unexplored during their first astral journey and thus avoiding to close themselves in the debut album's gold and self celebration and by all means drawing the basis of a bright future
 

South-American (Argentina) edition, released by ICARUS Music. Please note, this is an officially licensed edition, not a Russian bootleg  

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