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Pale Awakening is the debut album by The Frozen Autumn, which originally saw the light in 1995 following the demotape Oblivion and various live gigs in Italy and abroad. These led to the CD release of this concept album with crepuscular sounds, at times inspired by the sound of 4AD and Projekt Records.

Ten pieces that unfold between reflective and atmospheric moments, imbued with melancholy with more rhythmic openings, yet always characterized by a common feature: the oniric plane, the certainty of the existence of parallel realities, the escape from everyday life to embark on an inner journey, aware that "there is something beyond".

27 years after the first edition, Avantgarde Music re-releases Pale Awakening in two valuable collectible formats: 12 "colored double vinyl in a gatefold cover with lyrics, and digipak CD with booklet containing pictures, verses and bonus tracks.

2022 Repress: gatefold cover, double LP Crystal clear vinyl

2022 Repress: gatefold cover, double LP "color in color" effect: Silver in Crystal clear, very limited

Mara, the Swedish Pagan Black Metal Horde returns with their 4th Full length album «Loka Mær». Stronger than before, the horde unleashes 6 new songs in the very same style as their predecessor “RÖK”. The sound of Mara is clear, ferocious, hateful and very much entangled with the fury of 2nd wave Scandinavian Black Metal, like it should be!
“Loka Mær” is therefore a godlike album in the Pagan Black Metal genre and will surely stand out among the masses. A true treat to every Pagan but also 2nd wave Black Metal fan who adore the old school sound of true Scandinavian Black Metal!

20 page booklet and full artwork design.

«The Bitter End of Old» is the 9th full length album by the Portuguese Black Metal Legends Corpus Christii. On this opus the band have seem to find a way to surpass all their previous records in production as well on musical approach by a clear mile. A combination of old school black metal tradition with new sought elements that create a blasphemous atmosphere filled with darkness and evil.

The guitars are mesmerizing, filled with heaviness and the right dose of melodies where the bass guitar underlines the heaviness and yet have a clear production together. The drums have their own pattern and stand out by delivering the right punch on the snare and kick, finalized by the exact same punch on the fill sound. And last but not least, the vocals are harsh, hateful and preach pure torment and blasphemy.

White Inner Jacket + 20-paged Booklet & A2 Poster

Limited to 111 copies on 12″ Vinyl Opaque Mustard 

«The Bitter End of Old» is the 9th full length album by the Portuguese Black Metal Legends Corpus Christii. On this opus the band have seem to find a way to surpass all their previous records in production as well on musical approach by a clear mile. A combination of old school black metal tradition with new sought elements that create a blasphemous atmosphere filled with darkness and evil.

The guitars are mesmerizing, filled with heaviness and the right dose of melodies where the bass guitar underlines the heaviness and yet have a clear production together. The drums have their own pattern and stand out by delivering the right punch on the snare and kick, finalized by the exact same punch on the fill sound. And last but not least, the vocals are harsh, hateful and preach pure torment and blasphemy.

 Clearer, cutting, and more crushing, Disembodied doesn't so much as dispense with the previous album's style as it simply sharpens it to a dangerous degree. Indeed, INSINERATEHYMN give a masterclass in '90s death metal, from the spiraling vortexes of early Tampa to the sewage to come from New York, on to eerie emanations from Europe and the dissonance at the dawn of the new millennium. Naturally, the band bend those classic tropes in a variety of ways, all of which bespeak their own identity: scuzzy, slicing, clanging, angular, brutal beatdown, ignorant stomp, or just straightforward killshot - no weapon is left aside. Simply, Disembodied is a death metal record for death metal maniacs, by death metal maniacs who understand and appreciate the rich-yet-codified history of the genre.

Digipack

Mysticism, magic, occult arts and rituals, all of which are driving factors behind ACHERONTAS, are also the most adequate words that can be used to describe the band's image, sound and lyrics. The band is considered as one of the leading representatives of the New Wave of Greek Black Metal, heavily influenced by the original Hellenic metal scene, retro rock (especially the 70's rock) and eastern philosophy.

Altare proudly presents the vinyl version of "The Bellowing Echoes Of Absurdity: Demo III", the first full length from Burning Apparition Of The Master. BAOTM is one of the leading names in the raw Black Metal scene and its raw deranged psychedelic sound needs no further descriptions or presentations. This is absolutely mandatory. 

Black vinyl, comes with an insert and an A2 poster.