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James ‘Perturbator’ Kent and Cult of Luna are the masters of their respective worlds. Over the last decade, the French maestro has become the most expectation-breaking name in synthwave, transcending its ’80s video game aesthetic with metal and post-punk. Meanwhile, the Swedish sextet have affirmed themselves as post-metal’s biggest stars. Seismic riffs, earth-quaking growls and brave collaborations with everyone from Julie Christmas to Colin Stetson have ensured they’re as blistering as they are forward-thinking. Eclecticism and violence are married in Final Light: Perturbator’s team-up with Cult of Luna singer/guitarist Johannes Persson. The pair’s self-titled debut album is the perfect conglomerate between seemingly incompatible sounds. The tandem’s story began in 2019. Walter Hoeijmakers, the artistic director of the Netherlands’ lauded Roadburn festival, approached James ‘Perturbator’ Kent with the opportunity of doing a commissioned piece with any musician of his choosing. As soon as the pair began work on their boundary-decimating songs, they knew that they had to be immortalised as an album.

Collector's Edition in 6-panel Digipack, limited to 300 copies.

The German project Knights of Nvrul plays Dungeon Synth, influenced by acts such as Yearner, Inwendt Faerte, Vorvadoss as well as classics like Depressive Silence, Lamentation and Secret Stairways.

Set in the fictional universe of Nvrul, the project’s visual influences range from Jean Giraud to older video games such as Planescape Torment and Morrowind, and the focus lies on recreating the feelings generated by classic video games on the one hand, and Sci Fi/Fantasy on the other.

The 2CD features both full length albums, with the two demos as bonus tracks, thus gathering all currently available material of Knights of Nvrul on one strictly limited CD release.

Collector's Edition in 6-panel Digipack, limited to 500 copies.

Finsmoonth was founded as a Melodic Black Metal band in Jakarta, Indonesia, in 2020. The band's musical style is characterized by organic, harmonic atmosphere and spiritualistic intensity, rooted in Black Metal and Post Rock elements. The lyrics are mostly based on poetry, despair, romance, life and psychological themes in an introspective and personal manner. „Affliction“ is their first release.

Collector's Edition in 6-panel Digipack, limited to 500 copies.

Arcas was founded as an Atmospheric Black Metal solo-project by Enzo Brettschneider in Heidelberg, Germany, in 2021.

Influenced by artists such as Heretoir, Alcest, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Veldes and Kauan, the intention of Arcas‘ music is to allow the listener to drift away, experience beautiful landscapes and embark on an emotional journey while listening. To that end the songwriting centers around the contrast of fast and heavy Black Metal parts on the one hand and soft and mellow clean parts on the other.

After several years of building a small home-studio, getting equipment and experimenting with sound, Enzo was able to write, record, mix and master his debut album by himself during several months in 2021.

Collector's Edition in 4-panel Digipack with 16-page booklet, limited to 500 copies.

Wolves’ Winter was formed in 2008 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to spread the word of the no-light through Qayin’s manifestations. During these past years the band released several EPs through various underground labels before starting to record their first full length album in 2020. It contains 13 tracks that were originally composed in 2011/2012. With this album the band found their identity and will continue to work and worship under the name of death. Musically it should first and foremost appeal to fans of the classic Finnish Black Metal style.

Collector's Edition in 6-panel Digipack, limited to 500 copies.

Remornia is a Melodic/Atmospheric Black Metal solo-project founded in 2021 by the 19 year old multi-instrumentalist Xavious from Russia. It is a multifaceted project which covers many different fantasy worlds. This means that throughout its life the concepts and themes that will be covered in the music will constantly change.

Influenced by bands like Woods of Desolation, Mist of Misery, Grima, Alcest and Сруб (Srub) and games such as NieR: Automata with its beautiful soundtrack and aesthetics, „Tales…“ is Xavious‘ first album and apart from the artwork and layout everything was done by him, incl. recording, mix and mastering, which took about half a year during which the album often changed concepts and main ideas.

The final concept took shape during the recording of the last three songs (Scars, Lovely phantasm, Song of the night fae), resulting in an album that tells nine different stories from different fantasy worlds, intertwined into one full-fledged gloomy story. The characters of all songs are depicted on the cover.

Collector's Edition in 6-panel Digipack, limited to 999 copies.

The story begins in the aftermath of the great wars of Ur. As guardians of the lands of the second era, Qroleûs and Ahaz-Tharkaêl embark on a solemn journey through a world of ash and ruin. An enduring quest to gather the last vestiges of arcane powers and to obtain the lost wisdom from the world of Ôrd. As they traverse through the seven portals and beyond, their destiny unfolds under the banner of Urdôl Ur.

Influenced by Epic Black Metal luminaries such as Summoning and Caladan Brood, the music of Urdôl Ur is also highly recommended for fans of these bands as well as Emyn Muil, Forlorn Citadel and similar acts.

Collector's Edition in 6-panel Digipack, limited to 500 copies.

Svet is a Hellenic Black Metal solo-project formed in 2018 by Athanasios Papangelis. The name means „Light“ in Russian. Svet's music is mostly atmospheric with melancholic and depressive melodies. The lyrics are based on the spiritual journey of man from darkness to light and towards self-knowledge and freedom, having as main idea the allegory of Plato's cave and the ancient Hellenic philosophy in general.

Regular edition in jewel case with 36cm x 24cm poster booklet.

The Gates play „Magik Metal“, combining their own brilliant interpretation of old school Occult Rock and Psychedelic Metal with additional Black Metal vocals. Visually, they use classic psych imagery such as colourful artwork and magic mushrooms in combination with occult symbols and occasional nods to the Nazisploitation movies of the 70s (which are to be understood as a tribute to old school B-movies and cult flicks and nothing else), while their lyrics also focus on classic forms of occultism and psychedelic experiences.

Seemingly out of nowhere they delivered with "...of Pandemonium" an absolute killer album full of occult hymns that is sure to find many many fans and has the potential to become a real classic.

Outside the relatively new but steadily growing Magick Metal sub-genre the music of The Gates should appeal the most to fans of the old school Occult Rock of Coven, The Devil’s Blood or Year of the Goat as well as occult Heavy Metal such as Mercyful Fate or Ghost and has to be classified as highly addictive!

Two years after the release of their last album “Wolves Among The Ashes”, Svart Crown comes
back with a sixth and new opus. The EP, called “Les Terres Brûlées” will be released as a coproduction
between the band’s label Nova Lux Production and Les Acteurs de l’Ombre Productions.
Just like a return to the basics, the five tracks that compose this EP form up a sulfuric halo between
rage and transcendance. Recorded in several Southern France places and once again mixed by
Francis Caste at Saint-Marthe studio, the organic, made for live production gives a suffocating
warmth to the album’s five pieces. Like a kind of epitaph, “Les Terres Brûlées” is a true abstract of
the band’s 18 years of experience.
The first track to be revealed, “Digitalis Purpurea” is an astral journey through the
inconscience limbo. A chaotic vision of its own death warrant, between dream and reality,
where fire, opiates and sulfur smell coexist.