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Batushka's 2019 Opus Returns: The Liturgy of Death Re-released!

Back on Black is proud to announce the comprehensive reissue of Hospodi (Church Slavonic for "Lord"), the second full-length album from the Polish black metal phenomenon, Batushka. Initially released in 2019, Hospodi represents a more polished, melodic, and theatrical evolution of the band's signature, ritualistic sound.

Based on the Eastern Orthodox "Liturgy of Death" and traditional funeral rites, the album is a thematic journey through death and judgment. This reissue brings back the ten-track masterpiece, which blends traditional black metal (tremolo riffs, ferocious blast beats) with haunting choirs, atmospheric ambient interludes, and profound Slavic chants.

Hospodi was lauded for its dramatic production, and this reissue shines a light on key tracks like the atmospheric opener "Wozglas," the rocking-yet-menacing "Wieczernia," and the powerful closer "Liturgiya".

1. Black Treasures of Melancholy 04:17
2. Remains of an Unholy Past 08:36
3. Cursed Blaze of Rituals 06:32
4. Disciple of the Heinous Path 07:49
5. Heretic Iron Will 05:17
6. Echoes From a Morbid Night 06:05

The remastered reissue of "The Somberlain" is the all-time classic debut album from the Swedish melodic Black/Death Metal band Dissection, originally recorded at Unisound Studios and released in 1993. With this remastered edition, the release goes full circle as Dan Swanö himself, the original recording engineer, lies behind the great effort of making this milestone sound better than ever.

Black metal

"Fuori dagli schemi: questo è Wallachia. Un progetto nato nella Norvegia di metà anni ’90 ma che è non è mai riuscito ad ottenere la popolarità dei più celebri conterranei Emperor o dei contemporanei Cradle of Filth e che, dopo un album di successo come From Behind the Light, decide di scomparire per oltre sei anni, condannandosi all’oblio da parte dei più. Ma, quello che conta maggiormente, è che Wallachia sia ora ritornata ad essere una realtà attiva che, con Shunya, dimostra ancora una volta che da quell’angolo di Scandinavia molto è ancora lecito aspettarsi. Una produzione consigliata a tutti gli amanti di un black metal che sia sinfonico e melodico, senza però perdere la sua proverbiale aggressività. Caratteristica assicurata in questo caso dalle ibridazioni death, con quel tocco sregolato e irriverente in più dato da qualche sperimentazione che, stavolta, ha pagato la scelta." (estratto da recensione di Elena Aren Metallized.it)
 

rare demo remastered on CD!

"Neverland", the fourteenth studio album by ULVER is the sound of an escape. A journey into undiscovered lands.

Following three albums – "The Assassination of Julius Caesar" (2017), "Flowers of Evil" (2020), and "Liminal Animals" (2024) – rooted in more traditional song and production structures, "Neverland" marks a new chapter in the revered Oslo band's history.

"With 'Neverland' we embraced a more 'punk' spirit – more dreaming, less discipline – freer, quite simply", the band comments on the creative process behind the album.

Bursts of daybreak synths and whooshes of sound set the atmosphere, before the wolves start digging into the dynamics of ambient calm and anarchic mysticism. Dreamy and transportive textures develop into trippy percussive energies, and as the album unfolds, a lush and vibrant, and at times exotic space opens.

Apart from a few recurring distant voices and vocal chops, "Neverland" is a largely instrumental record, reminiscent of the mood and structure of that place where late '90s IDM sounds met the meandering structures of post-rock.

The ghost of premillennial sample culture surely haunts "Neverland", and some might even hear echoes from earlier acclaimed works like "Perdition City" (2000), or the "Silence" EPs (2001), or more recently "ATGCLVLSSCAP" (2016).

Still, "Neverland" sounds and feels like something else, something fresh in ULVER's continuous journey of perennial reinvention. Pop music from in-between worlds? A sonic hallucination? Or better: a collage of dreams. It's up to you.

Grim black metal

For the first time, these 5 tapes (Ash Nazg …, lux devicta est, promo tape 2/94, Moonrise and In Hate & Sin)  are compiled as a stand-alone 2LP / 2CD album, accompanied by extensive photo material and an in-depth interview, covering the period from the formative 1980s, over the conditions leading to the establishment of the band, up to the days when a deal for their debut Verwüstung/Invoke The Dark Age was signed.

The direct and unveiled nature of these recordings invites the listener to travel back in time, step into ABIGOR´s rehearsal cellar and experience the raw, youthful energy which shows a different side of the band than the successive recordings at Hörnix Studio.

The pressing and print quality make this double-album the ultimate memorial to the reckless bygone days not only of ABIGOR but also of Black Metal as a whole.
On 48 A5 pages respectively, the circumstances around each demo are treated individually.

After more than 30 years, the hands-on experiments of those simple, analogue times still work their magic!

One of the best kept secrets of the early 90s English death metal scene, finally available again on limited 180g LP, jewel-case CD and MC.

NECROSANCT from Brighton (UK) delivered with their second album Incarnate (1992) and the third and last album Desolate (1993) an unparalleled brutal and obscure death metal thunderstorm.
If you are into chaotic and grinding metal of death with drums that have a certain D.D. Crazy (SARCOFAGO) vibe and you like a mixture between BOLT THROWER, PESTILENCE, BLASPHEMY and NOCTURNUS, then this is definitely for you.
Originally released on Swedish label Black Mark (BATHORY), the albums by NECROSANCT unfortunately never found access to a larger public due to BM’s poor label work. Now you have the chance to catch up and get these timeless death metal classics.

Jewel-case CD, 8-page booklet

One of the best kept secrets of the early 90s English death metal scene, finally available again on limited 180g LP, jewel-case CD and MC.

NECROSANCT from Brighton (UK) delivered with their second album Incarnate (1992) and the third and last album Desolate (1993) an unparalleled brutal and obscure death metal thunderstorm.
If you are into chaotic and grinding metal of death with drums that have a certain D.D. Crazy (SARCOFAGO) vibe and you like a mixture between BOLT THROWER, PESTILENCE, BLASPHEMY and NOCTURNUS, then this is definitely for you.
Originally released on Swedish label Black Mark (BATHORY), the albums by NECROSANCT unfortunately never found access to a larger public due to BM’s poor label work. Now you have the chance to catch up and get these timeless death metal classics.

Jewel-case CD, 8-page booklet