"Legendy Miejskie" ("Urban Legends") is composed mostly of field recordings captured in Jaworzno, the home town of Atum. It is an attempt at reconstructing the surroundings in order to distill something that eludes the every-day experience. Despite its private character, the message of the Legends is universal too. All of us pass dozens of places we think are "tamed", places seemingly devoid of meaning. Just a little effort is what it takes to dispel this illusion. Musically, the album is a combination of field recordings, drones, whispers, and sounds of different acoustic instruments. The purpose is to reveal the oneiric dark side of the surrounding world. Features guests: Infamis (Krepulec), Tomasz K and Rafał Pach, and Piotr U. Digipak.
BRUCE GILBERT - 'Oblivio Agitatum' CD (Editions Mego)
The new album by Bruce Gilbert, whose career stretches back to late 1960’s British avant-garde art & music scenes, and has since played an important and influential role with his involvement in various rock based formations, work for choreographic projects and art installations. ‘Oblivio Agitatum’ is Gilbert’s first album length release since ‘Ordier’ (realised 1996 and released in 2004), essentially making this his first album of the 21st century. A startling and mesmerizing work which recalls some of his mid 1980’s works such as ‘This Way’ and ‘Shivering Man’. An ever shifting set of agitated and obscure tones creating a sense of confusion while still being highly structured and concentrated. Digipak.
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DAWN & DUSK ENTWINED - 'Vanitas Vanitatum' CD (Twilight Records)
Re-release of "Vanitas Vanitatum", originally issued on Aube Et Crépuscule (2007, Ltd x 99). Six songs of decadent and gloomy atmospheres, now with three exclusive new versions of songs originally featured on “The Hikimori songs” 10". The revered French project Dawn & Dusk Entwined follows its uncompromising path of heavily atmospheric and dynamic soundscapes, mixing cinematic dark ambience with forceful, at times martial, rhythms, neofolk nuances and strong orchestration, carefully avoiding the clichés of all those styles. In an era where man was placed at the center of creation, vanities paintings in the 16-17th century were meant to recall him his mortal fate and greater values, God at the time, than human pretension, consumerism, cheap entertainment... Maybe now it's questioning time again? Digipak.
FATUM ELISUM - 'Fatum Elisum' CD (Aesthetic Death Records)
This is the debut CD from new French act Fatum Elisum. Formed in 2007 this excellent act creates some of the finest doom death metal but with a dark, mystical, melancholic and sinister edge. Great musicianship and compositions - a dark aura permeating their doomful melodies. Inspired by the early doom death metal scene - with no keyboards or female vocals - with a twisted dark metal edge. For fans of My Dying Bride, Anathema, Evoken, Esoteric, Mournful Congregation, Silencer, Bethlehem, Ataraxie, Indesinence - with lyrics inspired by dark literary classics. Six tracks and over 50 minutes of music.
UK 10.50£
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FATUM ELISUM - 'Homo Nihilis' CD (Aesthetic Death Records)
Four long tracks of awesome and epic Doom! Since their self-titled debut, Fatum Elisum have progressed and matured, and have now forged their own style of Doom, albeit with a healthy reference to the early 90s sounds of Cathedral, Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride. A thoughtful and melancholic album - with a stunning vocal display from Ende. 71 minutes long. Quality recording and great artwork - highly recommended album!
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GAE BOLG - 'Petite Introduction Aux Pratiques Des Gymnosophes' CD (Le Cluricaun)
47 minutes of new and unreleased material. 4 powerful new tracks, 2 radical versions of Ga� Bolg songs by Trublion 23 and Omne Datum Optimum and 2 crazy and powerful live tracks with the famous Ga� Bolg Live Band (Ga� Bolg, Omne Datum Optimum, Trublion 23, The Hysterical French Band, Karl Blake) and a mysterious ghost track. Petite introduction� is, as the name suggests it, the introduction or precursor to the forthcoming Ga� Bolg album "Petit trait� de Gymnosophie" (though none of these tracks will appear there). It deals with happiness, craziness and the human condition. More powerful than ever, with a certain touch of psychiatric dancefloor, Petit trait� marks the return of Ga� Bolg to more immediate songs. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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MARK SADGROVE & ANTHONY GUERRA - 'Iron Sand' CD (A Binary Datum / Black Petal)
On this release, Anthony Guerra (Paper Wings) plays electric and acoustic guitar, electronics and vocals, while Sadgrove (MHFS) plays electric guitar, aluminium harp, electronics and vocals. "Recorded in their new homeland Japan, this is the point where improvised music meets singer songwriting. This is 'easy' music, music that makes your mind wander off, into the grey sky, into the desert, or into the deep sea. Blues like emptiness, very empty. Drone like strumming, slide guitar setting the tone. Vocals don't take a big place around here and are more to underline the desolate character of the music. A fine release of sparse sounds. Minimal indeed" (Vital Weekly). Packaged in a hand-made Japanese art paper sleeve.
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OPHIR - 'Opus Operatum' CD (Callithrix Records)
Debut album from this Swedish act who met at EMS studios and started a series of eight sound experiments, which was part of their formal education in electro-acoustic music. An encounter between two very different musical dimensions; Anders Hallengren came from the Medieval Sacral Mass and the Renaissance polyphony of Lassus and suddenly found himself “in the world of post-post-modern electro-technology and apocalyptic Death Metal” of Stefan Östlund. But somehow these apparently conflicting worlds intertwined and the outcome was something new, even recondite and elusive to both. A stunning array of musical instruments is used throughout (violin, piano, horn, flute, bells, drums etc). All female vocals were performed by Julia Hallengren. Digipak.
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STRATVM TERROR - 'Fixation' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
2005 album from this great Sweden power industrial duo and Raison D'Etre side project! Fixation is in our mind, and the world may be a cruel place just as reflected in "Fixation". This album mainly contains unreleased material recorded in 1998-1999, in the vein of the earlier album "Genetic Implosion" but way more harsh and brutal, there are also two completely new tracks recorded in 2004 showing a change in direction by combining doom metal and industrial elements in a masterful way. Moreover there is a live track recorded at "Nursery Injection Festival" in Stockholm 1998. "Fixation" may damage your health but that won’t kill you, only for an hour. And maybe you have learnt something afterwards.
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STRATVM TERROR - 'Pain Implantations' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
Formed by aggression and pain the aptly titled 'Pain Implantation' is probably a good description of the music, given the focus of the approach. Sparse and suffocating atmospheres float forth while distorted sicken tones are injected. The music throughout the disc pounds on your skull without mercy and then slows down before the next eruption, ripping through your ears jamming them with feedback and beats tearing the mind apart. Every track has a nerve grating, tympanic membrane agitating attraction, sonically careens off of the interior fortress of the body. Stratvm Terror is is the Death Industrial project of Peter Andersson (Raison d'être) and Tobias Larsson (Ocean Chief). Originally issued on Malignant Records (1998), now reissued in a digipak with new artwork and 2 bonus tracks!
STRATVM TERROR - 'The Only True Septic Whore' CD (Slaughter Productions)
RARE ITEM! Great re-edition of two cult tape releases: Tracks 1-4 were originally released on "The Only True Septic Whore" by Slaughter Productions. Tracks 5-10 were originally released on "Germinal Chamber" by Old Europa Cafe. Track 11 is previously unreleased. A massive and dangerous orgy of obscure and clinic death-industrial. Frenzied, clear and sharpened sounds for an excessive journey. Stratvm Terror is Peter Andersson (Raison D'Etre, Atomine Elektrine etc) and Tobias Larsson.
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TOPOGRAFIA - 'Genius Loci' CD (Greytone)
"Genius Loci" uses deep drones, ambient soundscapes, acoustic instruments alongside field recordings captured near Jaworzno, Poland. The project was inspired by the author’s personal fascination with the diversity of nature and the philosophy of Schopenhauer, who considered nature to be one of the most primaeval manifestations of a blind and aimless will, a will which we too are a part of. Topografia is Maciej Banasik (founder of Atum). Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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VA - 'Death Odors III' CD (Slaughter Productions)
RARE ITEM! Conclusive part of the Death Odors trilogy compiled by the late Marco Corbelli (Atrax Morgue). Death Industrial, Dark Ambient and Power Electronics from: Bad Sector, Crepuscule, Desiderii Marginis, Folkstorm, IRM, Kraken, Latex Baby, Negru Voda, P.O.S.K., Schloss Tegal, Stratvm Terror and ...Today, I'm Dead. Ltd x 500 copies. ACT FAST!
