AARDIA - 'Conquest Of The Ancient Halls' CD (Waerloga)
This amazing debut from Aardia is dark and epic, evoking a time long since passed, a gothic and fantasy film score, or neoclassical interpretation of grand mysterious poetry; you decide. Aardia are influenced by the middle ages, dark fantasy, horror films, classical orchestral music and inspired by such as Lovecraft, Tolkien, Valiant, Boris and composers Orff, Morricone and Frizzi. You can hear the influences and the inspiration in the music on "Conquest Of The Ancient Halls". This album is both powerful and beautiful at once. Swedish trio Aardia created a dark, epic, beautiful, haunting and strong fantasy music album. Mastered by Simon Kölle (Za Frûmi, Abnocto). Digipak.
UK 12£
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AELTER - 'Dusk-Dawn / Follow Your Beloved' 2 x CD (Crucial Blast)
One of several side-projects to emerge from the Wolvserpent camp, Aelter is the solo effort of Wolvserpent guitarist Blake Green. Aelter explores a similar realm of dark majestic sound to Wolvserpent, with massive downtuned guitar roar and bleak minor key melodies being the common thread between the two projects. But where Wolvserpent blends this chugging Melvins-esque heaviness and haunting slowcore arpeggios with violins, pounding drums, and a propensity for extended hypno-dirges, Aelter dispenses with the drums almost completely and goes for a more cinematic approach using layered keyboards and gorgeous harmonised voices, fused to a malevolent black heaviness. Both of the Aelter albums were only released on vinyl in limited editions of a few hundred copies, but have now been gathered together in a double disc set and presented in a double digipak.
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ALEX TIUNIAEV - 'I Knew Her' CD (Cold Spring CSR97CD)
Alex Tiuniaev is an electronic musician and producer from Moscow, Russia. 'I knew Her' is a 40-minute long journey of heart-melting, melancholic and neo-symphonic splendour - full of choirs, strings and neoclassical orchestration. This solitary track builds to a haunting and breathtaking crescendo... then brings the listener gently back down to the warm earth. A monumental release, with influences ranging from Sigur Ros to Philip Glass and Stars Of The Lid.
ALL HAIL THE TRANSCENDING GHOST - 'All Hail The Transcending Ghost' CD (Cold Spring CSR122CD)
The debut album from AHTTG - a joint collaboration between Henrik Nordvargr Bjorkk (MZ.412, Toroidh, Folkstorm etc) and Tim Bertilsson (Fear Falls Burning, Switchblade). The Swedish duo have created arguably one of the most haunting drone-dark-ambient-industrial works in recent years, invoking the spirits of old Nordvargr, meets the sludge-doom vibe of Tim's hellish guitar. "...truly the most scary music I have recorded" (Nordvargr). An icy chill down your spine... a cold hand on your shoulder... you are never alone in the darkness.
ANEMONE TUBE - 'Dream Landscape' CD & DVD (Silken Tofu)
On this new release Anemone Tube creates massive ambient / noise soundscapes. The sounds are pulsating, drowning and floating, tormenting and caressing - all culminating in a haunting sonic experience. ‘Dream Landscape' is the first part of the ‘Suicide Series'. To this field recordings made in China provide a conceptional basis. ‘Dream Landscape' is a concept album of fierce malignant power. Mastered by James Plotkin. The special edition bonus DVD is a collaborative work between the Brazilian video artist Gustavo De Lacerda and Anemone Tube. The work, entitled 1515, is a conceptual experimental film made in Rotterdam. The soundtrack is based on real-time field recordings made in Nanjing and Shanghai. Special limited edition of 200 copies in an A5 10-panel folder with black & gold print.
The debut MCD by Armon Kuilu is a funereal musical journey, two long progressive / folk compositions built out mostly of classical piano, strings, orchestral drums, singing, prayers and invocations in male and female voices. The soundscapes bring to mind images of forlorn cemetaries, initiatory cults, bloodletting, woodlands and altered states of consciousness. At times the melodies of chamber music break out into squeals, groans and crackling which haunt the space and resonate with the Finnish poetry, that most of the time reminds one of a satanic ceremony. This is not a generic so-called occult album with the usual Crowley spoken parts. Instead this is a deeply personal work with challenging classical and sometimes jazz or progressive melodies composed by the master behind the project and performed by real musicians with authentic instruments and also utilizing real actors for the various voices and spoken parts. Ltd x 500 copies in a B&W sleeve with a full colour 8-page 7" art booklet.
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ART ABSCONS - 'Der Verborgene Gott' CD (Hau Ruck!)
An inspiring and innovative melange of noir-cabaret, dark folk and classic industrial, catapulting the splendour of his poetry into realms unknown. "The world is my dream at daybreak. Guarded by angels, conceived by devils" is the magical formula opening the concept album "Der verborgene Gott" which celebrates the myth of Deus Absconditus, the Hidden God. The album leads us through delirious dreamscapes ranging from catchy pop tunes to ethereal soundscapes, from medieval ditties to industrial sound collages, from naive melodies to psychedelic walls of sound, always crowned by Abscon's haunting, poetic voice. The album is spiced up with vocal and instrumental contributions from members of Luftwaffe, Sinweldi and Gnomonclast. This CD album contains songs and song versions that are different from the tracks on the earlier vinyl release on Blind Prophet Records. Contains tracks that are not on the vinyl, while the vinyl contains tracks that are not on the CD. Digipak.
First vinyl for Asianova - Ure Thrall of Voice Of Eye and Pamela Passmore, with several guests - and the second in the "Substantia Innominata" series from Drone Records (the first being Daniel Menche's "Radiant Blood"). Over 30 minutes of music inspired by "the unknown, the unnameable, the unspeakable, the unthinkable". Musically this release sits between experimental drone and ethno-ambient. Haunting sound effects and eerie female vocals are carefully layered over a combination of drones, soundscapes and ambience. File next to Hybryds. First edition of 500 copies with full colour cover and pressed on pink / white marbled vinyl.
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ATARAXIA / AUTUNNA ET SA ROSE - 'Odos Eis Ouranon - La Via Verso il Cielo' 2 x CD (Equilibrium Music)
Autunna et sa Rose have used material from their first 3 albums, interpreted on piano and cello, and featuring soprano vocals and poetic recitation. They bring to life dramatic pieces that push the typically softer tones of Neo-Classical music into a more demanding ground dominated by Contemporary Classical music. Ataraxia have rearranged a collection of their finest tracks that would fit an entirely acoustic format, revisiting them in a warmer and more intimate form. This selection covers not only tracks from most of their releases, but also titles from the sold-out EPs, as well as two previously unreleased songs and material never before issued on CD. An essential release for those into Neo-Classical music. Released a deluxe limited edition double CD Digipak, complete with booklet.
ATOMTRAKT - 'Nuklearchetyp' Enhanced CD (Mercenary Musik)
Atomtrakt return with their 2nd full length album. "Grand heroic moments of stark proportion are revealed amidst a haunting melancholic scare. Apocalypse is unfurled in a visionary tapestry of epic chilling magnitude. Cz is to be mentioned amongst the great German composers". File under Militant Ambient / Apocalyptic Industrial. Includes a video clip for the track 'Eisenkerker'. Released in a limited edition of 1000 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
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AYTHIS - 'The New Earth' CD (Twilight Records)
Aythis was brought to life in France 2006 by Carline Van Roos (Remembrance, Lethian Dreams). Lyrically inspired by dreams, isolation and death, Aythis aims to be timeless and isolated from human nature. Aythis' harmonies are created by the alchemy of depressive keyboard atmospheres, haunting and hypnotic melodies, ethereal vocals and dark orchestral drums. Without losing the wintry atmospheres of previous releases 'Doppelgänger' (Paradigms Recordings) and 'Glacia' (Prikosnovenie), this third album melts together many influences and results in an unique blend of ethereal, neoclassical, neofolk, rhythmed by bombastic drums. Digipak.
BAD SECTOR - 'Chronoland' CD (Power & Steel / Loki Foundation)
This new album of Massimo Magrini is the soundscape for a mind movie and another masterpiece that picks up where the previous work "CMASA" left off. 12 beautifully crafted chapters of music segueing between morphing layers of thick drones, haunting melodies and crackling vocal transmissions. "Chronoland" unfolds a fascinating and cinematic atmosphere of frightening ambient melodica with dark soundwaves deeply embedded in the music and bursts of electro-acoustic effects. This release is another step forward into the sound cosmos of Massimo Magrini with new directions but always in the unique way of Bad Sector. Comes in a 6-panel outsize digisleeve.
BIRCH BOOK - 'Fortune & Folly' LP (Ahnstern / Steinklang)
This classic Folk milestone was recorded on San Juan Island of the Pacific Northwest. "Fortune & Folly" is the fitting second volume of Birch Book (aka In Gowan Ring). Assuming the allegorical emblems of The Wheel of Fortune and The Traveling Fool, Fortune & Folly distill the introspections of a perennial rambler reckoning the Bitter and the Bliss of The Road Less Traveled. Drifting away from the overtly psychedelic, medieval, and soporific atmosphere which typified In Gowan Ring, Bee (Jon Michael Beirth) displays a more organic, individualistic approach to songwriting. Fortune & Folly blends elements of idiosyncratic folk-pop and outcast-country with brooding layers of sound and sense, yielding a spectral ethereality in a captivating chiaroscuro thick with the visionary allusions of a haunted wanderer. Ltd x 400 copies on black vinyl in a heavy gatefold cover, with 2 exclusive bonus tracks.
UK 15.00£
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BLEEDING HEART NARRATIVE - 'All That Was Missing We Never Had In The World' CD (Cold Spring CSR109CD
Reissue of the stunning debut BHN album from spring 2008 (Ltd x 200). Working with a constantly evolving autumnal orchestra of layered cellos, repeating piano melodies, hushed vocals and mutant textures of sound and noise, Bleeding Heart Narrative has constructed a unique, haunting and compelling album. BHN is the work of sole composer, artist and producer Oliver Barrett, working in the live spectrum as a septet. Presented in a digipak with the new and exclusive bonus track 'Blueskywards'. We can't recommend this highly enough!
BOCKSHOLM - 'The Haunting Curse Of Skogs-Sara’ CD (Wrotycz)
The third terror attack by Bocksholm is now here. After two successful albums, Bocksholm now turns to the root of the problem with the album "The Haunting Curse of Skogs-Sara" - and unfolds the curse she laid upon the town of Boxsholm. The music is a dark and explosive experience, it is harder and stranger than ever. It is a psychological weapon that sneaks upon its victims. "The citizens of Boxholm will get fucked - and so will probably you!". Bocksholm is the project of Peter Andersson (Deutsch Nepal) and Peter Andersson (Raison D'Etre). Beatutifully presented in a textured fold-out A5 cover. Highly recommended!
CHAOTICUM - '(Psycho) Log: Y' CD (Horus Cyclic Daemon)
Chaoticum fuses together a plethora of dark genres, veering back and forth somewhere between order and chaos, to craft this first foray out of the curse'd lies of the light and into the black abyss of awareness. Created to be "cultured" electronica, this first release by masters of "nova et rara" Chaoticum will appeal to listeners of ritualistic dark ambient, voyagers of haunting psychedelic mindscapes, and chaos practitioners alike. Comes in a very exclusive 500 limited-edition digipak with poster. Artwork by renowned artist John Coulthart.
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CURRENT 93 - 'Like Swallowing Eclipses: Current 93 Dreamt By Andrew Liles' 6 x LP Boxset (Dirter)
Appearing for the first time on vinyl are the complete highly acclaimed Andrew Liles remixes of the first five classic Current 93 albums. Andrew Liles has reimagined Nature Unveiled, Dogs Blood Rising, In Menstrual Night, Dawn and Live at Bar Maldoror. Also exclusive to this set is a sixth LP, 'Haunt Invocation (Apadno)' which is a remixed version of 'Faust' and 'A Special Plan'. These influential albums by Current 93 are regarded by many as ground breaking and innovative, building upon this Andrew Liles has redreamt and reimagined these pieces with the flair and vision that he is renowned and respected for. All the records in this 6 LP set come in individual covers and a beautiful spot varnished box and are adorned with astounding artwork by David Tibet and photographs by Simona Dalla Valle. Strictly limited to 1000 copies with no repress!
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CYCLOTIMIA - 'Celestis: Space Ceremonial Music' CD (Shadowplay Release / Zhelezobeton / Monopoly Records)
An album inspired by the activity of the American aerospace company Space Services Inc. which among other things dispatches human ashes in space. For more than 30 years Space Services Inc. has been a leader company in the sphere of private space missions of scientific and educational character. By agreement with Space Services Inc. a copy of "Celestis" CD will be launched in space on board of the rocket with ashes of 179 people from different countries and will be the official soundtrack for the memorial "Legacy" flight. Musically "Celestis" fundamentally differs from their previous works - real old-school atmospheres using vintage devices. File alongside Brian Eno, Klaus Schulze, Download, Coil, Bad Sector and even The Future Sound Of London or The Orb. 2010 reissue with bonus track 'Another Time Another Place'.
DARK AGES - 'Twilight Of Europe' CD (Inferna Profundus Records)
Dark Ages was created by Roman of Drudkh / Hate Forest in 2004. This is profound dark ambient from the Ukraine with a grim, haunting aura, full of menace and apocalyptic omens. From the breath of the Black Plague to the art of the Middle Ages, through to alchemy and the rise and fall of empires, each track sucks you into a bleak corner of European history. Total kulturpessimismus in the Lagardian vein. Originally released by Supernal Music in 2005, this reissue contains an exclusive bonus track and is released in a deluxe 6 panel digipak. Lithuanian import.
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DAVID JACKMAN - 'Verhalte Dich Ruhig' MCD (Die Stadt)
Those readers familiar with the world of experimental music will know the name David Jackman, primarily from his work under the name Organum. As Organum, Jackman has created some of the finest, most haunting drone recordings of the last decade. This CD is a reissue of a 1996 cassette-only release that appeared in an edition of only 61 copies. Perhaps slightly similar to the sampling work of John Wall, here Jackman has taken found recordings of orchestras, and overlaid them to create two eerie collections of string ensemble collage. The title seems to translate to "hold you back calmly" and that sentiment certainly matches the music. Two untitled tracks spanning just over 25 minutes. Ltd x 700 copies.
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DEAD MAN'S HILL - 'Songs From The Forthcoming Apocalypse' CD (Midnight Productions)
After almost 2 years of silence, Dead Man's Hill is now back with a new full length, themed around the apocalypse, and what will happen thereafter. This is a journey which starts on a darkened earth, which sky is filled with aurora's and fire, and continues it's way trough planets and spaces of no life. The music on this album sounds in the line of "Dog Burial", but with more atmospheric elements, more black metal influences and haunting vocals. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak with booklet. Chinese import.
DEEP-PRESSION - '4: Void Of A Morning' CD (Valse Sinistre)
The 4th full-length of this experimental Polish combo is a huge step forward. Based on a solid drone soundscape and ambient textures Deep-pression incorporates elements of post-black metal, shoegaze, industrial, electronic, dark ambient, noise and a whole lot of others. Introspective and tormenting experimental drone dancing on the edge of madness! File next to Trist, Xasthur, Vinterriket, Northaunt. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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DELICATE NOISE - 'Filmezza' CD (Lens Records)
Delicate Noise return with their second CD - an honest, optimistic and weighted electronica record. The album unfolds like the telling of a dream - warm and sentimental songs wash in and out with lullaby-like melodies, augmented with disembodied voices of children playing. Evident Boards of Canada influences are apparent, with a haunting and emotional sound evoking images of old home movies... a feeling of dusk and darkness falling. Emotive and beautiful, "Filmezza" provides a soundtrack befitting an old photo of a loved one or a cherished memory with a warmth and satisfaction returning the ears to a sense of wonder. Contains a remix from Steve Seibold (Hate Dept.). Digipak.
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DRAKH - 'Bethlehem' CD (Essence Music)
One third of the cult post-industrial Swedish legends MZ.412, one half of the amazing experimental act Beyond Sensory Experience and Nordvargr’s long running loyal partner on classic endeavors - including the abyssal black ambient duo Nordvargr/Drakh. While mostly known for his demonic, truly Swedish guitar interventions on the MZ.412 or N/D pitch black ambiences, "Bethlehem" finds Jonas Aneheim walking through slow, quasi-harmonic, subtle, yet thick drone fields weaving elaborate and unexpected damaged electronic rhythms and harsh, crackling ambient textures that can become at the same time both delicate and haunting, warm and freezing, to finally drown in a sea of reverb, glacial riffing and distortion on his own shadowy interpretation of the city of Bethlehem. Ominous sonic vistas and pallets truly honor the charming aura and tradition of the bleakest Swedish sounds. Ltd x 400 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve with photography by Seldon Hunt.
EMVELOPE NINE - 'Melt Canal' CD (Split Femur Recordings)
'Melt Canal' is a beautiful and haunting piece of work from Birmingham-based artist Alan Daly. Using guitar, pedals, synths and field recordings, the pieces seem to stay in one place, creating a sonic environment that allows the listener to furnish themselves. The album is reminiscent of Vladislav Delay, Fennesz and Tim Hecker, but still manages to hold as a piece of work on its own.
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FAHL - 'The Paths To Emptiness' CD (The Eastern Front)
Debut opus from Fahl, founded by Dimo Dimov, Marcel P. and Cornelius Waldner in 2008. All the musicians are active participants in numerous groups from the dark folk, neoclassical and black metal genres. They felt a growing urge to experiment with dark ambient soundscapes, resulting in this mutual collaboration. �The Paths To Emptiness� is a haunting journey to the subconscious, divided into ten audial gateways to the occult and hidden forces of the inner self. Lyrically based on the Mahabharata, as well as poems and texts by John Milton, Jack London, Stefan George, Christian Dietrich Grabbe and Cornelius Waldner, this release is strongly recommended for fans of Brighter Death Now and Lustmord. Featuring members of Svarrogh, Sagittarius, Miel Noir and Allerseelen. Ltd x 1000 copies.
FAUST - 'The Land Of Ukko & Rauni' 2 x CD (Ektro Records)
"A concert (84 minutes) by the current incarnation of the reformed band (original members Werner Diermaier & Hans Joachim Irmler, long-serving American guitarist Steven Lobdell, and relative newcomers Lars Paukstat & Michael Stoll), recorded in Finland April 20, 2000. As always with Faust, things are never predictable or easily categorized, and for the most part, the individual pieces tracked on the CDs flow into one another with only subtle differentiations at the track boundaries. Faust continue to make music (with noise) more interesting, diverse and compelling than most of the head music bands around now or then, be they psych / space / prog / stoner / kraut..." (Aural Innovations).
UK 15£
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FEAR FALLS BURNING - 'The Carnival Of Ourselves' CD (Tonefloat)
When "The Carnival Of Ourselves" was originally released on vinyl (2006, Tonefloat), Belgian legend Dirk Serries had only just started recording under the name of Fear Falls Burning. This album turned out to be decisive in shaping his vision of an ongoing drone-manifesto. "The Carnival of Ourselves" pointed towards an immersive and ghostly ambient sound. The release builds into a dense, dirge-like drone-sheet, then intriguingly cools off to a disturbing, haunted soundscape. Comes in deluxe mini album cardboard sleeves with obi.
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FROM THE BOGS OF AUGHISKA - 'From The Bogs Of Aughiska' CD (Lone Vigil Recordings)
Dark / Black Ambient noisescapes inspired by Celtic history, the harsh, rugged west coast of Ireland, misty boglands, dark nights, rural isolation, forests, The Burrens flora and fauna. Over 40 minutes of cavernous soundscapes (similar to Inade, Satori and Lustmord), moving into Vinterriket territory, with interesting tales of banshees and the pagan mythology of Ireland. The musical equivalent of standing atop the majestic Cliffs Of Moher with a gale force wind in your face.
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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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GELSOMINA - 'Untitled' 7" (Freak Animal)
Debut 7" vinyl release from this highly praised Finnish harsh noise artist, taking a more simple "wall of noise" method on this release. Strong and ultra heavy distortion walls with few layers of ear torturing details. For the most seasoned Noise ears!
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GENERIC - 'Torture' CD (Fractured Spaces)
Generic’s “Torture” is a long and deeply unsettling journey into the beating black heart, and Antarctic iciness of the collective shattered psyche, of a shattered mankind. Created using ‘foley tracks’ and sound effects (used for both film and television), as well as the occasional guitars, bass, and found sounds, it all combines to produce a haunting, nerve-shredding, ghostly and schizophrenic soundtrack, guaranteed to simultaneously freeze the heart and mind, and induce cold sweat to bead the forehead and shivers to wrack the body. Six mid to long tracks of bleak mindscapes totalling just over 50 minutes and wrapped in beautiful full colour digipak with artwork by new German digital artist Thamus. Ltd x 1000.
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GHOSTS OF BRESLAU - 'And Should The Spring Come...' CD (Twilight Records)
Second album from this Polish martial / industrial / ambient act. 13 brand new tracks, with more than 54 minutes of amazing, haunted sounds, inspired by old songs and poems from Polish resistance movement from World War II. This is a tribute to brave men and women who kept on fighting even when all hope seemed to be lost. An album full of cinematic, dark and evocative moments. Ltd x 555 copies in a matt digipak. Argentinian import.
GHOSTS OF BRESLAU - 'Sacred Place' CD (Twilight Records)
The third album from Ghosts Of Breslau is a collection of material from numerous compilations, split releases and never before published tracks - including the extremely limited and hard to find "Gas" MCD (Z-Bugle Records, China), the very special song "Warszawa" (intended for the now defunct "63 Days" series from Fluttering Dragon) and a special guest appearance by Ritual Front. 18 amazing soundscapes that will haunt you for a long time... We all have a sacred place - what's yours? Digipak.
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GLAUFX GARLAND - 'Whispers For The Dead' CD (CAPP)
Dark Ambient electronics from the man behind Viridian Green / Viridian Grin. 51 minutes of cold, dark moods, deep drones and beautiful haunting sounds, based on ancient Hellenic - Peloponessian lamentations for the dead. Originally released in 2002 (under the name Glaufx Kranz), this 2010 edition comes in a 6-panel poster sleeve with new silver print artwork. Somewhere near Raison D'Etre, Yen Pox and Veil Of Secrecy.
GLAUFX GARLAND'S VIRIDIAN GREEN - 'Dagon' CD (CAPP)
Dark, black horror ambient based on stories of H. P. Lovecraft. Some very otherworldly and slow pagan rhythms over a haunting, ritual soundtrack. Glaufx Garland is the man behind Viridian Green / Viridian Grin. Comes in a 6-panel poster sleeve.
HENRIK NORDVARGR BJORKK- 'The Dead Never Sleep' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
The undisputed master of Nordic darkness and leading mind of MZ.412 returns once again from his cellar with a new offering! "The Dead Never Sleep" is a massive journey of classic Scandinavian dark ambient, but with added outbursts of more violent layers and haunting electronics. Outsized sleeve.
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HIS DIVINE GRACE - 'Reverse Aleph' CD (Hau Ruck!)
The music of French act His Divine Grace is as mysterious as the band itself - dark and ritual, doomy and gloomy, sneaking up on you from behind, getting you in your sleep, and haunting you in your deepest nightmares. File next to Endvra, Die Wappen Des Thodt or Ordo Catharis Templi.
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HORNORKESTERET - 'Fjær Og Jern' CD (Panot)
"Fjær Og Jern" is a collection of some of Hornorkesteret's best tracks and a great introduction to the band. It features arctic mood music performed on reindeer antler instruments, field recordings, and guests including: Tore Honore Boe (Origami Boe), Alan Courtis & Roberto Conlazo (Reynols) and Norwegian polar explorer Fridtjof Nansen. Epic music touching on subjects like polar exploration, ecology, the cyclic forces in nature, animal urges, and the Norwegian mental and physical climate. "SnowSpirits and WindWalkers squealing through mouth and bone and throat and horn - a Lovely Haunt Cartoon!" (David Tibet). Digipak with booklet.
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HREFNESHOLT - 'Uraungst' CD (Percht)
Going back to far away times, Hrefnesholt digs out long forgotten, ancient tales amongst the myths of the Upper Austrian forests. These legends of sinister and primal fears were too terrible to be retold and people wanted to forget them over the centuries. Now these ancient tales are finally being retold in "Uraungst". A mixture of dark, organic Ambient, Folk, a slight Black Metal touch and spoken/sung lyrics and tales in Austrian dialect. Hrefneshold is pure Doom Folk and incomparable with any other music style. Outsize sleeve.
HUMAN GREED - 'Black Hill: Midnight At The Blighted Star' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
The third album by Edinburgh's finest exponents of often haunting, yet always touching, ebb and flow. Michael Begg (Fovea Hex) with very special guest appearances by Julia Kent (Antony & the Johnsons, Blind Cave Salamander), Fabrizio Modonese Palumbo (Blind Cave Salamander, Larsen), David Tibet (Current 93) and Clodagh Simonds (Fovea Hex). Gathering together material quite possibly amounting to their most accomplished yet, 'Black Hill...' is akin to being caught in the trail of a shooting star heading to the very place where dreams, fears, hopes and an overwhelming sense of helpless abandonment teeter over the periphery of yet another rather enticing void. At once beautiful, melancholic, slightly bruised and foreboding, the music here never fails to captivate.
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I.CORAX - 'Spectral Metabolism' CD (Kaos Kontrol)
Debut CD release from the Finnish duo. A haunting revelation of sonic worlds, where primal elements and archaic voices flux side by side, with contemporary methods of amplifying the relationship between sound and mind to culmination. Whirling soundscapes of organic and natural phenomena woven together with the synthetic and manipulated; the outcome being nothing short of utmost brilliance in the field of dark ambient and post-industrial. Ltd x 1000 copies in a stunning A5 foldout sleeve.
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ION - 'Immaculada' CD (Equilibrium Music)
A collection of slow motion mysterious ballads, balancing light and shade, salvation and loss, matching Irish landscapes and Mediterranean sunbathed seashores with its haunting Celtic vibes that thrive and build upon tribal rhythmic patterns. Much like its 2006 predecessor "Madre, Protégenos", the straightforward and minimalistic overall tone of the album is misleading, as its layered complexity and resonant harmonies reveal themselves at each listen, one mystery at a time, and one step closer to the end of this spiritual quest. Mostly recorded in the Portuguese countryside and in Dublin city, the intricate instrumental backbone is mainly constructed out of traditional instruments. With the mandolin family taking center stage, the tracks have been arranged to incorporate ethnic instrumentation (flutes, uillean pipes) which contrast with the sparse orchestration supplied by cello, violin, acoustic guitars, keyboard pads and piano, supported by the earthbound pulse of the percussion. Presented in a beautiful 6-panel digipak with foilblock lettering.
Dynatos (an old Greek word meaning potent, powerful, robust, vigorous etc). This haunting work should be perceived as a sermon about what a person is able to do but chooses not to, or what is impossible for them to do even, if they want to do it. These anonymous masters choose to preach in the language of electro-acoustic music instead of the language of words, which mean nothing in the tempted world. The album comes in a special packaging designed by ZonderZond: hard cover with the CD itself wrapped and fixed inside a piece of beautiful brocade. Russian import, ltd x 350.
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JAMES JOHNSTON / PHILIPPE PETIT - 'Fiends With A Face' CD (Dirter)
An hommage to the golden era of horror movies. Our two fiends wanted to conjure up blood-curdling and haunting soundscapes, playing with unsettling ambiances in order to create a contemporary soundtrack for those who like to be frightened. Philippe Petit is interested in soundtracks, even if he creates original music he'd rather be introduced as a "musical travel agent" than a composer. James Johnston is the singer, multi-instrumentalist, and founding member of influential UK band Gallon Drunk. He also plays with Krautrock legends Faust and was a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from 2003-2008, (originally touring with the band in 1994). Ltd x 1000 copies in a beautiful full colour gatefold sleeve with a printed inner sleeve.
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K11 & PHILIPPE PETIT - 'The Haunting Triptych' CD (Boring Machines)
The Haunting Triptych is a collaboration between K11 (aka Pietro Ribarbelli) and Philippe Petit. A haunted Drone, Electro-acoustic, Dark ambient soundtrack, giving an impression that some ghosts are lurking around… dragging listeners inside a world full of malevolent creatures. Three long drones full, not unlike some works of Lustmord or Nurse With Wound, the sound is heavy and claustrophobic and the downward spiral brings you to the final end, where the last sound you hear before losing your senses is the beast eating your flesh. Over 45mins of music in a spot-varnished ecosleeve.
K11 - 'Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D.' Enhanced CD (Actual Noise)
K11 is the nom de plume of the Italian sound artist Pietro Riparbelli. For "Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D.", Riparbelli entered Assisi Cathedral (completed in 1230 A.D.) in the Umbria region of Italy, not far from Riparelli’s hometown of Tuscany. The audio was recorded in the cathedral’s lower basilica, the oldest area, where the relics of St. Francis Of Assisi reside. Utilising short-wave radio as his primary instrument Riparbelli has captured a haunting array of cavernous sounds, displaced signals and found ambiance. With the addition of some voice and organ elements, "Metaphonic Portrait 1230 A.D." sounds not unlike the recordings of Philip Jeck and William Basinski under the influence of Crowleyean Magick and Sacred Geometry. A video shot inside the cathedral by Riparbelli is included on the disc to give the listener a visual picture of the aging structure. As in all K11’s work, the themes of magick, religion, numerology and esotericism are present throughout this reverent document of aural mysticism. Digipak.
KARNA - 'Forever In Darkness' CD (Possession Productions)
The much anticipated follow up to 2007's "The Haunted (Age Of Destruction)". With "Forever In Darkness" the undisputed leaders of the Russian Black Ambient scene have created an album that is more gloomier and terrifying than before. A unique, dark and haunting soundtrack "to listen to only in absolute darkness!". File next to MZ.412 or Kerovnian! Digipak. Russian import.
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KARNA - 'The Haunted (Age Of Destruction)' CD (Eternal Pride Productions / Possession Productions)
"Not everyone follows the Blood Path... not everyone returns from the Coma... almost nobody comes out alive from the Industrial Zones of the Darkness... to the portal, leading to the Temple of the Dead God... whose altars are for the cultivating of Flesh... ...and the Harvest will approach for everyone...". Cold, post-industrial pulsations, freezing black ambient passages and explosive military rhythms from this Russian act. "Musical shapes mimic and hide in secret spheres, their power destroying the illusion of reality, moving the listener out of their boundaries, as it befits the true Black Art."
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KOJI ASANO - 'Polar Parliament' CD (Solstice)
46th (!!) album from prolific Japanese artist Koji Asano, recorded in 2011. Asano offers two lengthy tracks (weighing in at 67mintes), built on a single sound or two, with more warmth that the title would suggest. "Polar Parliament" is haunting and focused, a meditative and metallic drone. Asano knows his way around tones and silences, and the harmony between them. He has quietly become a fixture on the ambient scene, a legend with seemingly no desire for attention. He just works and works, with a staggering, constant imagination. Asano's music is intended to inspire and challenge and center the listener in his world. Snapcase.
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KOTODAMA - 'Captured Voices' CD (Vital)
The rising star of Japanese avant-garde electronic music Manabu Hiramoto (Shinkiro) has entered the darkest places of his unique nightmarish imagination to record and capture the voices that has been haunting his creative mind. Now Manabu brings you his new dark electronic music project KOTODAMA. In Japan the old ancient word Kotodama meaning "the spirit of words" says to have a mysterious supernatural and spiritual power and is a word to be used with great caution and respect. Comes in a deluxe 6-panel digipak with designs by S.ALT (Ant-Zen).
Lago Morto is a band conceived by Italian artist Nico Vascellari as contribution to the exhibition ‘Rock Scissors Paper’ (Kunsthaus Graz). Lago Morto is ‘a social punk sculpture’, a way ‘to turn the model of the cast band upside down. Lago Morto is about things that casting calls usually exclude - targeted aggression, unpredictable social effects and local politics’. The result is a band that toured for 15 days in Vittorio Veneto in non musical venues such as bar, osteria, pizzeria, launderette, video store etc. The LP contains all 14 songs the band has created. Ltd x 300 copies with a full-size insert. Italian import.
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LARRNAKH - 'Now Will You Believe?' CD (Steinklang)
Great Neofolk album featuring (ex)members of Cawatana, Sturmast and Scivias. "Now will you believe?" is a brilliant mix of classical guitar-based Neofolk with electronic elements, varied and assembled with droning Ritual / Dark-Ambient tracks. The mix of two completely different styles in music makes this album an outstanding new milestone of "crossovers". Dark and sometimes frightening soundscapes with samples, trumpets and haunting drums are compiled with beautiful harps, piano, violin and narrating vocals, rounded by fine Neoclassical elements. Digipak.
LASSE MARHAUG & MARK WASTELL - 'Kiss Of Acid' CD (Monotype Records)
In recent years Lasse Marhaug has almost become synonymous with Scandinavian Noise. From his camp in Trondhem, Norway, he's been launching release after release with brutal noise both under his real name and with groups such as DEL and parts of the Origami Republika projects. London-based sound artist and composer Mark Wastell builds enormous atmospheres on the Tam Tam (here recorded at an abandoned school in Norfolk) with very little actual movement. Wastell's music is dark, deep and beautiful. Slow movements build up sonic pulses that are able to take over rooms and buildings. Together the duo have created over 40 minutes of drone / dark ambient. Gatefold ecopak.
LEAFCUTTER JOHN - 'The Forest And The Sea' CD (Staubgold)
Leafcutter John is London-based John Burton. Since his debut on Planet Mu in 2000, Burton has developed a strong musical identity using processed instrumental and environmental recordings. "The Forest and The Sea" features a dynamic hybrid of electronic and acoustic songs. Telling a true story, the compositions are bound together by a meticulous narrative enriched by haunting vocals and traditional instrumentation. Both story and field recordings were constructed and gathered in various locations including Greece, Sweden and the UK. Guests: Seb Rochford & Tom Herbert from Mercury Music Prize nominees Polar Bear. Vocals by Leo Chadburn aka Simon Bookish and Alice Grant.
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LES FRAGMENTS DE LA NUIT - 'Demain, C´Etait Hier' CD (Equilibrium Music)
"Demain, c'était Hier" perpetuates Les Fragments De La Nuit's timeless musical quest, blending the radiance of the stars with the dark forces that lurk in the Night. The French ensemble have kept faithful to their trademark style, in which pulsing piano chords set the pace for the string-work woven by cello and violin, haunted by female choirs. The album holds quiet, melancholy-driven moments, that flow into stirring, violent passages and ceremonial atmospheres. The band take contemporary / Neoclassical music beyond its typical standards, recalling the works of composers like Steve Reich, Philip Glass or Arvo Pärt with those of formations such as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Balanescu Quartet or even the sinister cult-band Magma. A unique musical universe that takes form in an overpowering nocturnal masterpiece. 6-panel digipak.
LNGTCHE - 'Music For An Untitled Film By T. Zarkkof' CD (Etude Records)
The debut album from this project is an obscure piece for the widely unknown Russian auteur T. Zarkkof. A 44:22 minute long soundtrack of dark isolation, drones and exploration of ambient music, blending electronic soundscapes with the sound of raw guitar. A beautiful, haunting and darkly complex work packaged in an exclusive triptych panel with brilliant artwork by SELDON HUNT (also known for his artwork for Sunn O))), Earth, Troum, Neurosis, Z'EV etc).
LUASA RAELON - 'Season Of The Witch' CD (Snip-Snip)
"Season Of The Witch is a horrifying and spine tingling collection of drifting dread scapes. Using dark ambient, horror filmatic work, noise elements, death breath and bone brittle drifting rhythmic thuds. Which all builds a really creepy haunted house or dead black wood of an album" (Musique Machine). Conception, production, execution and capture in the Variax Crypt and among Celestial Tombs in the year of your lord, January through April, 2006.
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LULL - 'Collected' CD (Manifold)
The ultimate in drift and darkness! A collection of rare and unreleased compilation tracks formed within the deepest nightmares of Mick Harris (Scorn, ex-Napalm Death). Tracking the work from the very first track Lull created; 'Hung' to the haunting nineteen-minute 'Closed In', previously found only on vinyl. Seven works of sublime uneasiness that surround the listener, filling the room with a restful sort of darkness. Includes unreleased material.
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MACHINEFABRIEK - 'Daas' CD (Cold Spring CSR128CD)
The tracks on "Daas" have been carefully picked to form a provoking, haunting journey. What the tracks have in common is a sense of nostalgic graininess. As with the music of Philip Jeck, The Caretaker or William Basinski, these tracks are full of degrading melodies and dusty ambience. 'Daas' is the previously unreleased opening track of the album, and features contributions by the great Richard Skelton. 'Flotter', 'Koploop' and 'Grom' were previously available on small run self released EPs, while 'Onkruid' was a track previously released on 'A Room Forever', as an expensive and extremely limited 12" boxset. All are now brought to a wider audience. Presented in a matt laminate digipak.
MAJDANEK WALTZ & SAL SOLARIS - 'Tenebrae' CD (Zhelezobeton / Shadowplay Release)
A collaboration album by two prominent Russian post-industrial projects. The conceptual core of the record is the poetry of Paul Celan, one of the major German-language poets of the post-World War II era. His cryptic fractured lyrics spoken in a specific estranged way by Pavel Blumkin is enchased by a weird fusion of avant-garde neoclassic and dark ambient music. Decadent sounds of violin, cello, clarinet, piano and bayan from Majdanek Waltz blend with shimmering electronic drones and uneasy soundscapes of Sal Solaris in paradoxical unity making your heart throb painfully. The last track features the haunting voice of Rada Anchevskaya (Rada & Ternovnik). The depth of this dream lures and makes you return and experience it again and again.
MASTERY - 'Barbaric Usurpation Of the Hypereonic Black Metal Throne' 2 x CD (Tumult)
Mastery is Domignostika's long running project, which, over the last six years. released 5 extremely limited CDR demos, all of which are collected here, remastered, and widely available outside of the Bay Area for the very first time. Starting with creeped out ambient, Mastery launches into frenzied freak out black buzz... sinister beastly croaking vocals, furious blast drums, rapidfire multiple guitars... a demented slab of black metal weirdness. Mastery is total berzerker black metal, rooted in the tradition of true grim blackness... a droned out and damaged, outsider blackness, that sounds pretty much unlike almost any other black metal. Latter tracks end the double disc release with crumbling, blackened doom/drone drenched black metal.
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MHONOS - 'Humiliati' CD (Le Crepuscule Du Soir)
Ritualistic Doom Metal from France. Mysterious, ritualistic drones made through bass layers, amplifier worship, possessed chants and Burzum-inspired ambience, Mhönos emerges from his crypt during year MMX to offer his bewitching liturgy to the mass. Dark and bright, ugly and beautiful, overwhelming, uplifting, melodic and droning at times, ritual issued by Mhönos aback and sometimes mixes the horror and the esoteric. Low frequences and tortured voices reign in supreme masters in the unstructured reptation, throbbing and disorder, thorned at irregular intervals by hypnotic psalms scended by haunted voices. Necropiss from The Arrival Of Satan appears on this album. Ltd x 500 copies.
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MIRT - 'Most' 12" (Cat Sun / Nefryt)
Reissue of the Mirt 3" release from 2003 (Ltd x 121, Malachit). Great solo project from the leader of One Inch of Shadow. "Field recordings from big inactive railway bridge. The bridge is situated on Polish - German border. Fauna & flora of The Odra River, "industrial" echoes of the bridge & sounds of accordion and clarinet recorded at studio. 24 minutes deepest experiences. Magic of place & sadness of existence". Ltd x 225 copies in standard sleeve.
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MOLJEBKA PVLSE - 'Koan' CD (Eibon Records)
Like in the good and old tradition of Maeror Tri or Final, this Swedish act headed by Mathias Josefson, brings us liquid dark ambient based upon manipulated guitars and e-bows. Clear but dark layered drones, swathed in heavy bass, and journeying through layers of rippling reverb. Needless to say, a very good late-night listen for those who like trips into sonic, haunted dreamworlds.
First appearing as a limited edition LP on the Spanish label Throne Records in 2008, "Mer Morte" is now made available on CD as an unbroken thirty-four minute sludge-and-feedback feast that sprawls out further into the dismal black void that these French doom junkies have been lurking in for the past six years. As with previous releases, Monarch move through massive blackened tarpits of low-end riffage and sheets of gluey feedback that are stretched out into monolithic slabs of sound, a grim, glacial ultra-doom that crawls at a saurian sub-tempo. Vocalist Emilie sounds as gaunt and ghostly as ever, her vocalizations materializing across the spatial doomscape as distant ululating wails, breathy whispers, and putrid death shrieks. Digisleeve.
30+ minutes of arcane and nihilistic doom from Nashville! Mourner is a 4 piece group of musicians (the Ghost Crow Collective) bonded by the creation of Doom in its most raw, arcane and nihilistic state... drawing influence from a wide array of musical styles and art, emotions, experiences, the occult and esoteric and an overall bleak and daunting feeling. Ltd x 333 copies in a card sleeve.
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NAOS - 'The Final Harvest' CD (Itsemuhra Arts)
Extremely rare album from 1995! NAOS is the one-man Dark Ambient / Darkwave / Industrial Ambient project of Greek artist Magus Wampyr Daoloth (aka George Zacharopoulos of Necromantia). The debut album "The Final Harvest" was recorded in 1993 and released in 1995. The vocals are spoken words and the lyrics are about satanism and individualism. Dark atmospheres and haunting keyboard melodies give this a demonic feel. File next to Burzum, Vinterriket etc.
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NEKRASOV / MOON / NEKROS MANTEIA - 'The Haunting Resonance' CD (Fall Of Nature Records)
A conceptual work has been forged, and three of Australia's most obscure bands come forth with ghastly fruits from beyond the tomb. A horrid exploration of ghosts and spirits; Close your eyes and experience... The Haunting Resonance. Three lengthy tracks of ghastly, cavernous sounds. Blending the boundaries between dissonant Black Metal, hypnotic droning soundscapes and destructive sounds of dark ambience. This is audial darkness in it's purest form. Ltd x 500 copies.
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NEW RISEN THRONE - 'Loneliness Of Hidden Structures' Enhanced CD (Cyclic Law)
The latest chapter of a series from Italy's New Risen Throne that began with "Whispers Of The Approaching Wastefulness" (Cyclic Law, 2007) and continued on with "Crossing The Withered Regions" (Cold Meat Industry, 2009). The first of this series is explained as the annunciation of the end, while the second part was expressing the advent of this end. Now this third chapter speaks of rebirth. Within the caves and ruins left by the destruction, there begins to form the first foundations and structures of a reconstruction that is in turn in constant evolution. The album's tracks are structurally organised in order to evoke that evolution. Filled with NRT's now trademark sound of deep cavernous drones, processed voices and percussive moments, this album features exclusive remixes by Nordvargr and Northaunt. Ltd x 1000 copies in a special A5 folder with a video clip for the track 'New Risen Throne (I)'.
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NORTHAUNT - 'The Ominous Silence' CD (Cyclic Law / Ewers Tonkunst / Indiestate Distribution)
Re-issue of a long sold out Dark Ambient milestone - the debut Northaunt album which first saw the light of day back in 2001 (Fluttering Dragon). "The Ominous Silence" is more musical album than its followers, with a lot of piano, guitar and synth melodic parts, like in the classical tracks 'De Sorte Trær' and 'Pain Is Better', but the typical Northaunt melancholy and dark gloomy Nordic ambient soundscapes are still there. This edition has completely new artwork, new mastering by Hæleif Langås and the bonus track 'Funeral Inside' (audio version). Ltd x 470 copies in a stunning embossed / spot-varnished mini-LP outsize sleeve with 3 inserts.
This vinyl only release by Ora features two hauntingly atmospheric tracks from their rare "New Movements In G" release (150 copies) originally released on Darren Tate's own Gnome Records label in 1998, and were not included on the two Ora retrospective CD compilations "Final" and "After The Rainfall" (both on Colin Potter's own ICR label). For these recordings Ora were: Darren Tate, Colin Potter, Lol Coxhill, Daisuke Suzuki on the A-Side 'The Sun Sheds A Golden Tear', and Darren Tate & Colin Potter on the B-Side 'The Impregnable'. A beautiful piece. Ltd x 400 copies on clear vinyl.
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ORGANUM - 'Die Hennen Zahne' 3" CD (Die Stadt)
A four track mini CD combining the never released two 10" vinyl 'Maus' and 'Die Hennen Zähne'. 'Die Hennen Zähne' opens with 'Die Kralle', actually a David Jackman track from his archive, recorded in the early 1980's. Next is the title track 'Die Hennen Zähne', a joyful noise not unlike some of the The New Blockaders / Organum material including the sound of broken glass and tibetan horns. 'Maus' is the centre piece of this mini album and typical 'old school' Organum. The album closes with the more quiet and haunting 'Kazi', a live improvisation featuring collaborator's Michael Prime and Emma O'Bong. Nice lttle 3" digipak. Ltd x 600 copies.
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PAINSLUT - 'The Exploration Of Pain And Grief' LP (Steinklang)
Pure hardcore post-industrial! Utra violent noise-scapes assembled with haunting rhythms and analogue electronics. Tomorrows industrial-disco classics! Ltd x 500 hand-numbered copies in a textured sleeve.
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PUISSANCE - 'Mother Of Disease' CD (Equilibrium Music)
Reissue of Puissance's 1999 album. With the Industrial rust of early days properly polished, the Swedish duo would further explore their talent for graceful arrangements set to Militaristic Neo-Classical music. Following the overtly confrontational offerings of "Let Us Lead" and "Back In Control", Puissance were now set to resurrect the ghosts of Cold War and the obsession with all things thermonuclear that haunted the planet - the Mother of Disease, as they would call it - over that period. Brooding hymns to suicidal heroism, devotional praises to a new god that would finally bring closure to the human race, the screeching of metal twisting and melting - all of this would find its place in Puissance's own beautiful vision of the impending apocalypse, that they so ingeniously depict on "Mother of Disease". This fine collection, it has been re-mastered and enhanced with one bonus track, presented in a matte-blue deluxe digipak edition.
PYHA - 'Play Backfires' CD (Misanthropic Art Productions)
Atmospheric black metal / dark ambient from South Korean Pyha (Ruins). Consisting of more mature and clean sounds than his previous, critically acclaimed album "The Haunted House" (which he wrote when he was just 14!). Burzum meets Abruptum meets Xasthur but even more harsh and atmospheric. Anti war, anti military outsider individualistic blackness that destroys any other BM you've heard. Unbelievably grim and melancholic. Ltd x 500 copies.
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RAMONA PONZINI & Z'EV - 'Ankoku' CD (A Silent Place)
Ramona's personal touch is certainly her own particular Japanese chant, together with the use of traditional percussion, bells and cymbals from Japan. Z'EV, enchanted by all those elements, asked Ramona for this cooperation. "Ankoku" is a Japanese word which means "deep darkness". For this debut Ramona's voice and percussion was processed by My Cat Is An Alien in their mysterious studio, placed somewhere in Western Alps, adding some field recordings. Those recordings were then sent to Z'EV who has processed them with some of his typical percussion. Z'EV deconstructed the sweetness of Ramona's chants, enfolding the pieces with a darker atmosphere. 5 obscure tracks, structured on charming vocal melodies moving out from a "haunted house". Digifile.
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RASALHAGUE - 'Rage Inside The Window' CD (Malignant Records)
"Rage Inside The Window" is the astounding debut album from Indiana based dark ambient artist Rasalhague, offering some of the most haunting, dread filled, and yet dynamic atmospheres we've come across in some time. Inspired by the true events of a young girl neglectfully imprisoned in filth and squalor by her thoughtless and uncaring mother. "Rage Inside the Window" takes the listener into the mind of a savagely depraved soul. Don't expect ambient of the spaced out, blissful, and softly textured variety. This is dirty and impenetrably dark, with an intertwining mass of demonic squalls, intense probing, highly ominous tonal drones, distant monolithic pulsations, and bleak isolationism. 6 lengthy tracks of pure psychological horror, progressively getting darker, brooding, and more menacing. Finally, with the final track, some semblance of solace is achieved. Akin to Atrium Carceri or Raison d'Etre. 6 panel DVD Digipak.
RISING SHADOWS - 'Finis Gloriae Mundi' CD (Twilight Records)
"Finis Gloriae Mundi" is the third album from Rising Shadows. Once again the beautiful voice of Linda-li enriches the mysterious and complex musical textures created by Fredrik Klingwall. The Swedish duo now goes well beyond their neoclassical and medieval roots and leave the boundaries of a genre. Together with co-producer Mattias Olsson and several session musicians they explore new layers of instruments and rhythms in their music. "Finis Gloriae Mundi" is the soundtrack to a great finale, inspired by the curiosity of death and transmutations of our reality. The result is yet another haunting melancholic masterpiece.
Reissue of Millis' extremely limited 2008 release (Ltd x 120). Despite his many activities, Millis' recorded output has almost entirely been by way of collaboration, making this gem of a solo album all the more special. Psychedelic smear pocked with snippets of conversation, poetic extracts from his collection of 78s and a judicious amount of vinyl crackling. Blissed out shimmers constructed from loops and drones from guitar, bells, and glass harmonica, where haunted melodies from times long gone whisper through the mix. As if Millis were tapping into some stream of consciousness that subcutaneously connects all of these intermingling sounds. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak.
ROBERTO OPALIO - 'The Last Night Of The Angel Of Glass, Vol. I & II' 2 x CD (A Silent Place)
Reissue of the acclaimed "The Last Night Of The Angel Of Glass, Vol.I", original soundtrack to the omonimous film by Roberto Opalio, plus the previously unreleased "Vol.II", representing the second half of a unique recording session. "There is no other cosmic traveller like Roberto Opalio. Best known for his work with his brother as My Cat Is An Alien, this feline twin is slowly building an equally impressive body of solo works. Opalio is on another plane entirely with "The last night of the Angel of Glass." Bypassing the cosmos completely and directing his aim straight to heaven. Using nothing but his guitar and his voice, Opalio sears the stratosphere into orbit. As his voice floats like a ghost into the empty celestial crevices, his guitar falls from the sky like a melted star. This is haunting and magnificent. Roberto Opalio at his best" (Foxy Digitalis).
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #34 Magazine
Rock-A-Rolla 34 features Wolves In The Throne Room. There are also interviews with Aun, Cathedral, The Atlas Moth, Anla (Alan) Courtis, Russian Circles, Rwake, Graeme Ronald, Killl, Black Tusk, Morkobot, Farewell Poetry, The Drift. This month's Label Focus is on Aagoo. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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SALLY DOHERTY & THE SUMACS - 'Black Is The Colour' CD (Tiger Records)
2008 re-issue of this beautiful album, on Sally Doherty's own label. Performing some of the greatest songs of the Folk tradition and giving them totally unique and challenging new interpretations, Sally Doherty (ex-Sieben) has produced a notable album that has obvious Folk elements but also has experimental aspects too. In this, her fifth album, she explores songs from Scotland, Ireland, France, Spain and Mexico as well as a couple of her own that fit beautifully with the traditional classics. Rich atmospheric moods with early French medieval styles mixing with tracks of haunting simplicity and others of lush, dark orchestration. This digitally-remastered album comes with a bonus track and is limited to 500 copies.
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SCOTT TAYLOR / SRMEIXNER - 'Please Keep Clear At All Times' CD (Entr'Acte)
A collaborative album between Scott Taylor (previously on Touch, Sijis, Con-V) and srmeixner (Contrastate). 'Please Keep Clear At All Times' consists of three haunting tracks, combining musique concrète, cinematic field recordings, electronic treatements and other source material into dramatic soundscapes. Guest vocals by Jonathan Grieve (Contrastate) on one track. Ltd x 300 copies in a sealed medical-type bag. Very nice piece indeed!
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SEKTOR 304 - 'Soul Cleansing' CD (Malignant Records)
Equipped with a frightening and impressive array of primitive instrumentation pulled from junkyards and scrap metal heaps, this Portuguese outfit has delivered an astounding debut - a heady mixture of truly old school industrial in the vein of Einstürzende Neubauten, Test Dept. and S.P.K., and the grinding, bass heavy dirge of vintage Swans and Godflesh. These are anthems to the past, but geared towards an apocalyptic and bleak future… a form of counter-culture using what is most evident in modern western society: the debris, the abandoned objects, the waste, the noise, and the interference. With a solid foundation of rusty, oil drenched percussion, Sektor 304 adds layer upon layer of squalling industrial clangor, hammering metallic noise, grimy atmospheres, heaving masses of haunted factory drones, and threatening tribal batter, with a strong and commanding vocal presence. Anyone into TRUE industrial really should not miss out. 6 panel digipak.
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SEWER GODDESS / MOURNER - 'In The Cold Of Stabbing Doldrums' 10" (Apop Records)
Split 10” from Boston’s Sewer Goddess and Nashville’s Mourner. Combining raw, beat-driven power electronics and oppressive, ornamental doom, this slab of vinyl contains three tracks to carry you down the dark, looming path of isolation. Sewer Goddess’ enigmatic approach to both noise & power electronics weaves undulating rhythm, echoing vocal wretch, and vile guitar riffery into a caustic cauldron of depravity. Akin to the likes of Steel Hook Prostheses, Sewer Goddess has risen to the top of contemporary heavy electronics. With crushing power, Mourner’s dynamic volley of squelching feedback, death march percussion, and cavernous wraith vocal attack lends itself to the school of doom forebearers, Burning Witch and Khanate. With atmospheric tension at a snail’s pace, Mourner is able to harness the haunting cacophony of Hell with blackened romanticism. Hopeless, putrid – this is organic depression in its purest form. Silver print on black card sleeve with insert.
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SIMULACRA - 'There Is A Fountain Filled With Blood' CD (ConSouling Sounds / No Angels Productions)
Nearly 45 minutes of dark droning soundscapes, where once in a while lighter ambient passages penetrate the darkness. "Giant plateaus are slowly moving, reverberating the air with deep subterranean drones, flowing and ebbing in slow waves taking you a little deeper all the time in this sonic experience... Inside a Void is Belgian dark ambient act Simulacra back with red drones from a fountain filled with blood... There is a Fountain Filled With Blood does sound deeper and wider which makes the atmosphere more intense, darker and oppressive. These graphic drones are slowly moving as they are heavy in weight under their monolithic structure. Simulacra’s dark ambient is very minimal in approach as the changes are just coming very slow, but its progression is eminent. Its mastermind Miguel Boriau does take his time to let the sounds evolve. Deep rumbling drones with a haunted atmosphere reflecting feelings of sadness and solitude with sometimes a trace of melody.... The finest and darkest drones for dreamers who are awake" (Gothtronic). Ltd x 500 copies in an outsize sleeve.
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SKINWELL - 'Tunnels' CD (.ANGLE.REC.)
A whole assortment of subtle electronic pulsations are concocted here by Christian Corvellec, always adequately supporting the sound fabrics woven by Martin Dumais (Aun), and which also are their starting point. A light at the end of the tunnel, penetrating different fissures along the walls, penetrating our mind with echoes. One only has to imagine a minimal tech project gone the drone-ocean way… pulsations are always there, but tinged with a sonic fog that is heavy, damp and fluid at the same time and which always suggests, in the end, uncertain twists and turns in this crossing of tunnels. Mastered by John Sellekaers (Xingu Hill, Urawa). File next to Cranioclast, Troum and Zoviet France. Ltd x 333 numbered copies in a deluxe cardboard sleeve with spot-varnish.
SOL - 'Offer Thy Flesh To The Worms' CD (Van Records)
Third full-length from this Danish act, created by Emil Brahe. A departure from their normal funeral doom / death metal sound, "Offer Thy Flesh To The Worms" is a predominantly acoustic dark drone album. A haunting experiment to create the atmosphere of SOL via acoustic instruments. Ltd x 300 copies in a textured black digifile with silver print.
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SONIC SURGEON - '46' Enhanced CD (Kaosthetik Konspiration)
This experimental album covers a wide spectrum of contemporary influences, from experimental to rock and noise to electro. Spirited, undecidable, the album seamlessly embeds haunting soundscapes, contrasting sequences, strong tribal atmospheres, Japanese drums and chants, field signals and shamanic rhythms. As a bonus, a David Lynch-like video clip is included for the song 'Irreligion'. 6-panel digifile.
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SOUFFERANCE, VISION - 'Travels Into Several Remote Nations Of The Mind' CD (Valse Sinistre)
Soufferance, Vision is the fantastic and visionary debut album from a young Quebecois artist, named Peine (also known from the shoegaze / ambient entity Vision Éternel). Avant-garde and dark ambient, experimental soundscapes and psycho-acoustic passages into one concept album. A travel into the human mind, a travel into the subconscious, a travel into the world beyond our senses. Visually presented in a special A5 sized deluxe digipak with booklet and breathtaking artwork by Twilight13Media. A must for fans of Desiderii Marginis, Beyond Sensory Experience, Northaunt.
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ABISMO - 'Ultimo Canto Ciclico Do Sol' CD (Nihil Art)
Black Ambient / Industrial / Occultic music from Brazil. A new disc with the old carcass called Abismo, in the realm of deep dark ritual ambient. This is a funeral of the soul... a funeral march for humanity heading for extinction. With an extreme aversion for life, this is sick music for ruined souls. Ltd x 500 copies. Russian import.
BLACK DEPTHS GREY WAVES - 'Nightmare Of The Blackened Heart' CD (Aesthetic Death Records)
The new album from Black Depths Grey Waves - the sickened minds of Clint Listing (As All Die) and Saint Of Gravediggers (Ordo Tyrannis). Consisting of 3 lengthy Blackened occult noise rituals, "Nightmare Of The Blackened Heart" is a crawling immersion into the darkest reaches of your subconscious mind. A disturbing audial experience influenced by MZ. 412, Valefor and Schloss Tegal. Digipak.
SUI GENERIS UMBRA - 'Ater' CD (Dying Art Productions)
Sui Generis Umbra is the new guise of Polish act Umbra. Dark haunted occult music, similar to Aghast. The music of Umbra has a special, magical, dark and secret atmosphere. It flows out of a lonely heart which belongs to a creature from another world. A world with no time, a world freed from reality. Hidden in the world of solitude and darkness, living among the old superstitions Lady Lugalla describes a world in which the unreal coexists with the real. Howling of the distant wind, scornful yells, the singing of bells playing the demons' song called Ater. A song which comes straight out of the depths of Lady Lugalla's heart. A spell that takes the listener on a trip to the magical world of The Witch! Originally released in 2000 by Fluttering Dragon, now re-issued with new artwork in an edition of 500 copies.
VISTHIA - 'In Aeternum Deleti' CD (ATMF)
There was a time when extreme music was not a mere shouting exercise, but a Vision, an idea of how to develop the magma of creation. Hailing from Italy, Visthia confirm the innovative attitude and contribution this scene is giving to reawakening the daring attitude that scene seems to have lost. Where others merely stopped to investigate, Visthia crossed the Rubicon, passing through the most extreme metal hemispheres to the industrial fields, resulting in the Black Powernoise genre. Told through the Latin tongue, the Occult Tradition becomes untold. The platter is enriched by the contribution of the internationally renowned artist Nicola Samorì, known for his unique style, bringing modern decay into the crystalized perfection of the ancient. File beside Dødheimsgard, Diabolicum, MZ.412 and Aborym.
UK 30£
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SPLINTERSKIN - 'Wayward Souls' CD (Cold Spring CSR114CD)
Splinterskin unveils his spell after years of solitude and hermetic isolation, in the form of a harsh, dark folk music. His tales are told using an old classical guitar accompanied by haunting vocals, violin, and soothing whispers cradled in the delicate atmospheres of autumn. A collection of tales blending life and death, entities and creatures, hidden wisdom, unknown places, pain and suffering, folklore, possession, insanity, nature and the dark world that surrounds. Yet there are no words to truly describe Splinterskin's message or music.
SRMEIXNER / BAND OF PAIN - 'Texture.Montage.Sequence / Tripping In Q’ 7" (Black Rose Recordings)
A split single release from these two well known and respected UK projects. This is a cinematic and inspiring musical journey which combines beautiful ambience interspersed with haunting atmospheres, with each artist creating a distinctive, yet complimentary, electro-acoustic soundscape. White vinyl, limited to 250 copies, with black and white artwork printed on 120 gram tracing paper. ACT FAST!
UK 7£
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STRIBORG - 'Journey Of A Misanthrope' DVD (Displeased Records)
90 minutes of Striborg in a visual setting. This 2008 DVD features 8 concept videos... songs set to haunting, gloomy imagery, overseen by Sin Nanna himself: 'The Failure Of Human Nature', 'Son Of The Moon', 'Wandering The Wilderness Of Eternal Misery', 'One With The Night' and 'Homosapiens Devoid'. Also includes a "Forest Gallery" (slideshow with music) and "Treeography" (discography and more pictures to music). 2008 also saw mainman Sin Nanna appear on "O))) presents... Pentemple" release with Stephen O'Malley, Greg Anderson, Oren Ambarchi and Attila Csihar.
NTSC, Region 0 (will also play in all PAL DVD players).
UK 14£
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SUI GENERIS UMBRA - 'Ater' CD (Dying Art Productions)
Sui Generis Umbra is the new guise of Polish act Umbra. Dark haunted occult music, similar to Aghast. The music of Umbra has a special, magical, dark and secret atmosphere. It flows out of a lonely heart which belongs to a creature from another world. A world with no time, a world freed from reality. Hidden in the world of solitude and darkness, living among the old superstitions Lady Lugalla describes a world in which the unreal coexists with the real. Howling of the distant wind, scornful yells, the singing of bells playing the demons' song called Ater. A song which comes straight out of the depths of Lady Lugalla's heart. A spell that takes the listener on a trip to the magical world of The Witch! Originally released in 2000 by Fluttering Dragon, now re-issued with new artwork in an edition of 500 copies.
UK 11£
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TAPHEPHOBIA - 'Access To A World Of Pain' CD (Greytone)
The Dark Ambient musician Taphephobia (aka Ketil Søraker, ex-Northaunt) makes is mostly based on manipulated guitars. Taphephobia tries to express the feelings Ketil has at the moment he composes his music. The idea is to create an atmosphere that is sometimes scary and sometimes beautiful, like, for example, a good thriller movie. Taphephobia is very skilled in the creation of cinematic atmospheres, combined with personal feelings of fear, hope, hate, regrets etc… The main goal is to make the listener able to dream away with the music. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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THE BEAUTIFUL SCHIZOPHONIC - 'Erotikon' CD (Cronica)
Jorge Mantas' brand new selection of micro-drones and digitised textural ambience. The music is full of mystery and wistfulness. In its early stages the album delivers piano tones glistening brightly through the filtered static on 'Aysha' and entangled signals stewing in the watery tonalities of 'Blumarine'. On 'Alba' (with piano by Yui Onodera), Mantas incorporates an excerpt from the 1860 recording of ‘Au Clair De Lune’, thought to be the very first audio document of a human voice. Uncannily, the ruptured, hauntingly broken sound of the recording chimes with the ethereal qualities running through Mantas’ music. 6-panel digisleeve.
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THE HUMAN VOICE - 'Exit Lines' CD (Eibon Records)
Northaunt mastermind Harleif Langas gives voice to a less dark and oppressive journey with "Exit lines", and explores the thin boundary between ambient (not necessarily dark....) music and spacious post-rock. Deep drones and sparse melodic guitar lines, "skeletal" structures and subtle noises. Appealing to both the Constellation-freaks and the courageous (and open minded) dark ambient travellers. Digisleeve.
TINDERSTICKS - 'The Hungry Saw' CD (Beggars Banquet)
This seventh album from the cult Nottingham indie chamber pop act is their first since 2003's 'Waiting For The Moon' and sees them reduced to a trio after the departure of several founder members. Relocating to a long-dream-of studio space in rural France, the band recruited new backing players and quickly laid down these tunes, whose new and stripped-down version of their trademark sound has already been hailed by fans and critics alike. "...from the first haunting notes of "Introduction" to the last soulful moments of "The Turns We Took", The Hungry Saw is as good as it gets. The traditional Tindersticks sound - part smoky heartbreak, part sinister minor-key noir malevolence - is present and correct, and far more focussed, resulting in an early contender for the best album of 2008... the strength of the tracks, and the sheer thrill of hearing Stuart Staples' sleepy Cohen-esque croon tackle such gems as the title track, the gently mournful "All the Love", or the sinister "Mother Dear" prove that the band are as good as they ever were... as affecting and epic as anything they've done, and a good sign that Tindersticks still have a fruitful few albums in them yet." (Amazon)
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TRIST - 'Willenskraft' CD (Cold Dimensions)
Sometime in the year 2000, Tristan a.k.a. Aran (Lunar Aurora) started to create Dark Ambient sound-scapes leading into the deepest emotional dimensions as well as into the widest spheres of time and space: Trist. Following the stunning double CD effort "Hin-Fort", "Willenskfraft" offers harrowing, ambient-drenched black metal and haunting, ghostly dark ambient in equal measure. File next to Vinterriket, Nortt etc. Digipak.
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TROBAR DE MORTE - 'Beyond The Woods - The Acoustic Songs' CD (Morningside Records)
A fully acoustic work by Trobar De Morte, which offers 4 new tracks and new versions of 9 of their best tracks from previous releases. The band has been working this release over the past 3 years, resulting in a crystalline deluxe studio production of pure medieval classic emotions, melodies and sounds. The beautiful and lulling voice of Lady Morte (Ordo Funebris) is accompanied by hurdy gurdy, bells, flutes, tambourines, drums, darbuka, bass, bagpipes, whistles, Spanish classic guitars, bouzouki, violins and Celtic harp. Highly recommended for fans of Ataraxia, Dead Can Dance, Faun or The Moon And The Nightspirit.
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TROUM - 'Mare Idiophonika' CD (Silken Tofu)
"Mare Idiophonika" ('The Self-Playing Ocean') is the new album by the German duo Troum and contains the studio-version of the live programme Troum performed in 2007, with a new ending added later. Using bass, guitars, metal objects, voices and choirs and for the first time also singing-bowls and ‘dry' beats Troum creates yet another magnificent journey into unknown dimensions. Its sounds are stunning and enchanting, leaving one in a state of bewilderment while exploring the world of the unconscious. With its compelling drones and haunting atmosphere Mare Idiophonika is a masterpiece of transcendental soundscapes. It is a mind-blowing dreamy and moving experience, reaching out towards the inner self and beyond. European Edition. Ltd x 500 copies in an A5 6-panel folder with black & silver print.
UK 11£
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TROUM - 'Nargis' 7" (Viva Hate Records)
A continuation of Maeror Tri, this is dark, moody, contemplative ambient / drone material. "The first half of this single still sounds like Troum, but is unlike anything we've heard from them, strange looped high end guitar, what sounds like backwards chords, almost choral vocals, dramatic and haunting and cinematic... over a distant grinding low end tone drifting way off in the background, washed over by epic sweeping swells.. The other side is a bit more raw and intense, a seriously corrosive guitarscape, distorted and crumbling chordal buzz, looped and layered into a strange glacial riff... it manages to be intense and fierce but also gloriously washed out and blissful." (Aquarius). Part 1 of the Landscape series. Ltd x 400 copies on black vinyl with full colour insert.
UK 7£
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VA - 'Serene Moments' 2 x 7" (Fluttering Dragon)
Concept double 7" vinyl presenting mysterious sounds, chants, whispers and yells created by Nacht (ex-Aghast), Northaunt, Shinjuku Thief and Umbra. Four magic projects over six incredibly mesmerizing neoclassical / dark ambient tracks, which will make the last sunbeams die. Ltd x 505 hand-numbered copies in a full-colour gatefold sleeve. Highly recommended!
UK 13£
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VA - 'The Last Bleak Days' CD (Bleak Records)
A stunning isolationist / dark ambient compilation from the label of Haerleif Langas (Northaunt). All tracks are exclusive, and all bands have been asked to take inspiration from the title of the CD. The result is a darkly beautiful, bleak and haunting compilation, featuring: Desiderii Marginis, Diskrepant, Hazard, Instincts, Nacht (ex-Aghast), Necrophorus (Peter Andersson of Raison D'Etre), Non Ethos (Haerleif Langas), Ovum (Karl Midholm), Philip Samartzis, Svartsinn, Tear Ceremony and Wilt. Highly recommended!
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VA - 'Under A Big Red Sun: A Benefit For OxFam International' 2 x CD (Zos Kia Sounds)
A two disc compilation of bands from around the world in benefit of OxFam International. Features: Ain Soph Aur, Akoustik Timbre Frekuency, Anton Mobin, Big Brother On Acid, Blind Cave Salamander, Blind Willies, Clark Meremeyer, Deglet Noor Fakirs, Erik Walker, Fancy Space People, Fluid, Hans Keller, John Garcia, Lords Of Chaos, Murmurists, Neither/Neither World, PAS, Philippe Petit & Perceval Bellone, Pulvis Sol, Seesar, Shield Your Eyes, Solar Cult, Vultures Quartet, Window Tappers and Zettaimu. Profits go to OxFam. Digifile.
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VA - 'Untitled' 3 x CD Boxset (Public Guilt Records / Epicene / UndeRadar)
Three labels have teamed up to co-curate and co-release a 55 artist, 225 minute, 3CD compilation of some of the best noise / experimental / avant artists active today. Collected in a chunky kraft paper box and wrapped in a beautiful gold ink on red paper band, "Untitled" features the visual art of four visual artists and tracks from: 1thousand Holy Shards, Aughra, Back From Iraq, Ben S. Jacobs, Bet Hell, Big China/Little Trouble, Black Meat, Blango, Burning Star Core, Cotton Museum, Darsombra, Dead Machines, Decimation Blvd., Destructo Swarmbots, Donna Parker, Door, Earwicker, Forbes Graham, Gerritt, Gerritt & John Wiese, Guilty Connector, Heires Of Rockefeller, Herpes Ö DeLuxe, Hum Of The Druid, Iovae, Jason Zeh, Josh Lay, Leslie Keffer, Magicicada, Mermaids, Mike Shiflet, Noveller, Oblong Box, OP Rechts, Panicsville, Perfect Teeth, Robert Inhuman, Scutopus, Sick Ill Cell, Skullcaster, Small Life, Steve Bradley, Strotter Inst., Subterrane, Sword Heaven, Teeth Collection, Tentatively A Convenience, The Cherry Point, Thurston Moore, Tonight Golden Curles, Travis Ryan, Ultra//Vires, Wether, WZT Hearts and Yellow Tears. Essential!!
VARGHKOGHARGASMAL - 'Drowned In Lakes' CD (Tumult)
This one-man German act creates a difficult sound to describe... The vocals are minimal, a hushed whisper here and there, a Viking style chant during one song, but it's mostly left to the music, which is incredibly evocative, it's like some sort of acoustic black metal, mixed with slowed down surf rock, dark languorous krautrock, and a distinct Morricone vibe too. Most of the songs creep and crawl, sometimes behind a curtain of rainfall, the sound of the forest spirits, flickering firelight, fireflies lighting up the canopy overhead. Pianos pick out mournful melodies, the drums, lurching along, a perfectly imperfect accompaniment, organs wheeze, synths whir, steel strings twang, the whole thing so impossibly transcendent, effortlessly evoking ancient atmospheres and deep emotions. Hauntingly beautiful. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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VAZHES - 'Deep Komis' CD (Nadeln Prod.)
New album by this project of anthropologist and documentary director Sergey Gabbasov, dedicated to authentic Ethnic music of the Permian Komis. "Deep Komis" dips into the hidden world of ancient and primordial nature, of secret and mysterious rituals. Features collaborations with Rapoon, Northaunt and Fanum. Ltd x 500 copies. Very few copies in stock!
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VAZHES - 'Seid' Enhanced CD (Vegvisir Music)
"Seid" is the debut album from Ritual Noise / Folk act Vazhes. In popular etymology of the Permian Komis, "vazhes" or "vazh otir" means an ancient people. The Permian Komis call "vazhes" the early population of the Upper Kama, which are supposed to have disappeared when the "new" or "wil" people of the Permian Komis arrived in these lands. The album consists of 4 lengthy tracks and is dedicated to the violent struggle between the contemporary chaotic society and the eternal natural harmony, embodied in traditional cultures. Features collaborations with Fanum and Akpan and artwork by Hærleif Langås ("Northaunt"). Includes a documentary entitled "Фирсов". Ltd x 800 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve.
A three-way summit on bleak doom and buzzing misery. Sandy Saunders (Torso), Darcy Spidle (Divorce Records) and Jordan Hines mix drums, bass, electronics and vocals into a thick morass. Vennt stakes out territory at the intersection of black metal, drone, doom and power electronics, then fortifies the barricades. US edition. Ltd x 400 hand-numbered copies with a copper cover and insert in a heavy PVC archive sleeve.
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VINTERRIKET - 'Horizontmelancholie' CD / DVD DualDisc (Heimatfolk)
Vinterriket was born in 1996 as a one-man project in order to capture the dark side of nature. "Horizontmelancholie" features 7 tracks full of coldness, melancholy and chilling atmospheres. The whole record is a pure tribute to the darkest side of mother nature. Haunting and cold electronic soundscapes are mixed with atmospheric acoustic guitars and clean vocals. This is a conceptual album; a masterpiece of haunting and evocative aural tapestries, an emotive display of tension and calm. A darkened imagery of shadowed forests and expansive still landscapes. Join the journey into the deepest side of the forest and get lost in misty, snow-covered hills and majestic mountain landscapes. The whole album is featured as music CD and DVD on one disc. Enter the realm of desolation and emptiness. Pure Neofolk only! Digipak with booklet.
UK edition of this Moscow-based group's 7th album. Whilst one of the core members, Alexei Borisov, remains a prolific force in contemporary electronic sound-art, Volga successfully weave a wide range of influences. Driven by the highly impressive, strong and often haunting voice of Angela Manukjan, Volga's sound carefully picks away at electronica's more interesting contours; electro-acoustic elements; mantric dance rhythms and a variety of traditional, Shamanistic or folk styles from both their native country and far beyond. Most of Angela's lyrics are derived from 19th Century Russian folklore, lending the native vocals an even more unique slant. Volga appeared on Susan Lawly's 'Extreme Music From Russia' compilation.
UK 12£
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VOMIR & TORBA - 'Unstable Geometry' 7" (At War With False Noise / Swollen Avantgarde / Aaltra Records / Underground Pollution / Suoni Grezzi / Nhdiystrec)
Collaborative effort between Torba of Italy and French harsh noise wall legend Vomir. On the first side Torba takes the fore: his scraping metal trash collapses down Vomir's crumbling static walls. Torba has a HNW-approach to his noise in that the sounds on here don't really go anywhere; it ends abruptly just as it came in. The second side has the harsh Vomir wall really to the fore, with piercing insect noise scraping away at it constantly. A top HNW collaboration! Ltd x 325 copies with a screenprinted sleeve.
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WEIHAN - 'Symphonies Of Divination' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
The 2nd album of this very promising project from the medieval lands bordering the cold North Sea, Flanders (North-Belgium). Dramatically straying from the neofolk path of their debut album “Galder”, “Symphonies of Divination” offers dark and bombastic compositions with clear references to Slavonic, German and Scandinavian classical music. Heavy percussion, assiduous spiccato string sections, dramatic horn accents and haunting choirs form the backbone of this album. The cold and eerie narrative vocals enhance the grim atmosphere of the music even further. The lyrics, mainly in English but with hints of Dutch, Old-Norse and Swedish, are devoted to Indo-Germanic religion, myth and legend, the Nietzschean spirit and relentlessly attest to the grotesque decline of the modern world. Ltd x 540 copies in a digipak with booklet.
WEREJU - 'Through The Depths Of Unknowing' 2 x CD (Electric Requiems)
Cathal Rodgers hails from County Offaly, in the very heart of Ireland. Here, under the guise of Wereju, he presents a double disc of Dark Ambient and drone / doom soundscapes, described by the artist himself as sounding like the "Ageless drifting melancholia of an abandoned planet". File next to peers such as Aidan Baker, Northaunt, Fear Falls Burning etc. Double jewelcase with textured artwork. Very nice piece indeed!
UK 13.50£
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WHOURKR - 'Concrete' CD (Crucial Blast)
The 2nd album from French deathtronix duo Whourkr is a whirlwind of electronically processed and treated avant-death/grind that is as violent and brutal as it is complex and obsessively constructed, relying as much on samplers and software as it does on bonecrushing riffs, screaming and hyperspeed blastbeats. Following a similar strategy as James Plotkin's post-production grind experiments on the first Phantomsmasher album, all of the guitars, drums, and vocals are arranged and recorded by Whourkr and then run through a gauntlet of hardcore editing and remixing. Total chaos deathgrind filtered through a futuristic cuisinart of ultra-aggressive electronica, like a freaked-out epileptic mashup of Atari Teenage Riot, Dying Fetus, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Venetian Snares, Blut Aus Nord, and John Zorn. Akin to Drumcorps, Bong-Ra, Dataclast, Noism, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Reptiljan, Mulk and DHR. Digipak.
XASTHUR - 'The Funeral Of Being' CD (Blood Fire Death)
The lastest assault of bleak, suicidal Black Metal / Blackened Ambient from this kult US band. Malefic's second misanthropic and dismal opus is more aggressive than many of Xasthur's other releases. Unleashed to hasten the demise of humanity! Ultra haunting, ultra grim, ultra claustrophobic in the way of Leviathan, Mord, Nortt etc.
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Z'EV - 'Outwaard' CD (Korm Plastics)
Beginning with the 2007 release 'Forwaard', rhythmajikal percussionist Z'EV continues his collaborations with Frans De Waard in the form of the latest installment, 'Outwaard'. Whereas the sound sources used on 'Forwaard' where of a varying nature, on 'Outwaard' they were all made at a petting zoo in Kleve, Germany. These recordings which are 'recoded' by Z'EV into a 40-minute, densely layered pattern of musique concrete. Many of the animal call like sounds disappear in the 'recoded' version and makes a particular strong work, but occasionally one returns and leaves a no less than haunting listening experience. Ltd x 300 in outsized sleeve.
