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KATATONIA'S CLASSIC 1997 RELEASE OF TIMELESS DEATH/DOOM MELANCHOLY, FEATURING MIKAEL ÅKERFELDT ON VOCALS.

Katatonia was formed in 1991 by Anders Nystrom & Jonas Renkse. Their debut album, 'Dance Of December Souls', was released in 1993, gaining the band recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom/death metal & joining acts such as Paradise Lost & My Dying Bride as one of the genre's defining bands. On future albums a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined & structured collection of melodic dark rock songs that became third album 'Discouraged Ones'; widely regarded as the main evolution point for what eventually became modern day Katatonia.

In the wake of 1996's epic & sublime 'Brave Murder Day', which further established the Swedes as one of the leaders of melancholic metal, the 1997 EP 'Sounds Of Decay' continued with this masterful blend of sombre melodic & hypnotic death doom metal. 'Sounds Of Decay' was recorded at Stockholm's Sunlight Studios & notably featured Opeth's Mikael Åkerfeldt on vocals.

This edition of 'Sounds Of Decay' is presented on digipack CD format & includes the bonus track 'Untrue', which was not originally included on the 1997 release.

Allow me to unveil my nameless kingdom, suffused with an enchanting aura of magic, where the very air shimmers with secrets and wonder. I beckon you to escape into a realm of boundless forests and towering mountains, embarking on a journey shrouded in mystery and breathtaking beauty.

This is Epic/Atmospheric Black Metal. We are releasing this EP as a precursor to a full-length album, which, by the way, is already fully recorded. We are not professional musicians and do not possess virtuoso performance skills. We also lack sufficient knowledge in mixing and mastering, so please don’t judge us too harshly. We create music as best we can, primarily for ourselves. If you hear something in our music that doesn’t meet the standards of the recordings you’re used to, we ask for your understanding.

With a screech, the old gates of the ancient fortress open. The last rays of the sun pierce the leaden clouds and glint mournfully off the guards’ metal cuirasses. The world is changing, and we feel it in everything. Much of what once was is gone. The gates slowly swung open—before us an unexplored world opens, and the wind, steeped in a thirst for freedom, calls us to that far-off place where we may feel ourselves the heroes of those old, great tales and, for a time, slip away from the frozen, banal reality.

As always, for many years now, I bid you come with me to seek the source of our primordial wisdom. So, let us be on our way!

A special offer to grab a copy of their debut mini (I) together with this new one album (II). 
So you get 2 digipak cds at a special price

Following their acclaimed self-titled debut EP from 2024, Italian trio Nel Buio is ready to release their debut studio album, once again self-titled. With their style defined as “pure Italian blackwave” — a fusion of black metal and darkwave — Nel Buio narrate a tragedy in two acts, where the music evolves alongside the lyrics, guiding the listener as if through a soundtrack.

Numbered, extra limited edition one-off exclusive collector’s edition: the CD digipak here comes housed in a transparent plexiglass box, accompanied by a miniature CD-replica / wireless NFC containing a lot of extra content including: early pre-production material with different mixing and recording takes, extras visual material and an in-depth breakdown of the album’s concept.

Each box also includes a unique series of Polaroids featuring explicit portraits of Telly Lale, signed and hand-numbered.

No two are alike, making every copy a singular artifact.

Following their acclaimed self-titled debut EP from 2024, Italian trio Nel Buio is ready to release their debut studio album, once again self-titled. With their style defined as “pure Italian blackwave” — a fusion of black metal and darkwave — Nel Buio narrate a tragedy in two acts, where the music evolves alongside the lyrics, guiding the listener as if through a soundtrack.

Following their acclaimed self-titled debut EP from 2024, Italian trio Nel Buio is ready to release their debut studio album, once again self-titled. With their style defined as “pure Italian blackwave” — a fusion of black metal and darkwave — Nel Buio narrate a tragedy in two acts, where the music evolves alongside the lyrics, guiding the listener as if through a soundtrack.