"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.
DESOLATION ZONE - 'L'Homme Machine' CD Tin (Beast Of Prey)
40 minutes of industrial compositions, machine rhythms and factory noises. The struggle of man with the machine with use of industrial-acoustic sounds, devices, objects attached with electronic samplers. On their workbench Desolation Zone cuts with skill and shatters with surgical precision. Presented in a metal tin with a sticker, containing black latex gloves, an original surgical scalpel hermetically packed and a folded info sheet. Hand-numbered to 444 copies.
Dreddup is an industrial, machine, dynamic and energetic project from Serbia. Their truly apocalyptic lyrics touch on subjects such as time, transience and existence. 'El Conquistadors' gives you 70 minutes of hardcore, dynamic industrial/rock music similar in fashion to Einstļæ½rzende Neubauten, The Young Gods, or Laibach. It is their third album, and it constitutes the last part of the trilogy preoccupied with the notion of time. 'El Conquistadors' tells a story of the here and now and of the boundaries of the human soul. A cry from the Balkans, a manifesto of the realm of machines, dust and rust. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
The characteristic trance-gong-drone-music in the release "Die Mechanik, Die!" has been saturated with electronic sounds. The album was recorded during the Hati performance at "the Mechanik" club in Gdansk. This time Hati, famous for acoustic sounds, made propably the darkest CD in its discography, enriched with dark ambient tones. Heavy backgrounds are perfectly harmonised with trance and mechanical instrumental variations. From one side - harmonic and perfectly interrelated pieces of music. From the other side - an increasing and intensifying atmosphere of the darkness which, like a rust, conquers more and more parts of urban areas. The title of this release speaks for itself! Digipak. Polish import.
INNER VISION LABORATORY - 'Anywhere Out Of This World' CD (Beast Of Prey)
This new album by the Polish group explores the phenomenon of Ambient music. The project's use of surround sound, its combination of various styles and field recording methods makes it characteristic and easily recognisable. 'Anywere Out Of This World' will take you on an amazing journey into the world created by Inner Vision Laboratory - a journey which will inspire your heart and spirit. This journey resonates with echoing sounds and folk songs invariably connected to Mother Earth. This album has a spirit - the spirit of Earth. Here you will find perfectly arranged and well-balanced ambient compositions, spatial collages underpinned by folklore, which emphasises the album's specific nature. The album should appeal to those who enjoy tranquil, diverse, dark-ambient sounds similar in fashion to Raison D'etre, Desiderii Marginis or Asmorod. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
KREPULEC / OUTOFSIGHT - 'Furious Friends CD (Twilight Records)
This cult album was originally released in an edition of 222 copies by Beast Of Prey (2006). Apocalyptic folk, bombastic martial sounds and timeless hymns are the ingredients for this amazing split album. The two Polish artists created a rich release, dealing with tales of humanity, weakness and heroism during German occupation and oppression of the Polish nation in WWII. This reissue is limited to 500 copies with new artwork and 2 exclusive bonus tracks. Digipak.
The debut album from Polish project Monopium is definitely something new and different. 40 minutes of psychedelic / neo-cabaret music based on a fascination with the dadaism, avant-garde atmosphere of old Berlin cabarets and surrealism. If the Dadaists were an anarchistic negation of European heritage, rejecting today's conventions and restrictions for the sake of free and unbound fantasy and a bit of trivial mystery, then what is Monopium today? Dada works with all his might to incorporate the idiocy all around. But creatively. So have Monopium. Ltd x 500 copies with cover art by Robert Schalinski (Column One).
NEKYIA - 'Purgatory As The Serpent Domain' CD (Beast Of Prey)
2nd album of beautiful darkwave and dark rhythmic ambient from Polish project Nekyia - The great new album. 50 minutes of music with powerful sounds and great vocals! A special release staring in to eyes of Death, scaring surgery, failure, fear... A CD filled with complicated structures of human anxiety and full of trepidation... Comes in a 6-panel outsize sleeve.
NEKYIA - 'Slowmotion Downhells' CD (Beast Of Prey)
The latest NEKYIA album is an incarnation in Dark Ambient sounds with some rhythms. "Slowmotion Downhells" is the forth album presenting the alchemistic / ritual face of the project. The 52 minutes of material here will take you to an underworld filled with dark sounds. The CD is packaged in a piece of folded parchment with two inserts in A5 format and is wax-sealed. Ltd x 400. Polish import.
NORDVARGR - 'Untitled Navigations I' CD (Beast Of Prey)
Brand new album from the Northern Wolf! "Untitled Navigations I" was recorded live in the Villa Bohult studio, and is one massive ambient piece of slow moving darkness. As the soundscape evolves, rhythmic patterns appear and merge with the crackling of broken records and deep resounding frequencies. Partly based upon Nordvargr's previous attempts to alter sleep patterns, this recording also contains theta / delta waves, but the reason for this is not revealed. No overdubs or post production. Prepare for another dark journey into the mind of the Nordic master of darkness! Released in a handmade foldout sleeve with silver print and 3 inserts. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies. ACT FAST!
"Pia Fraus is second part of the Lux Mundi trilogy. This trilogy is a tribute to all those who died, were killed, deceived, humiliated and oppressed by catholic church. It's a tribute to all those victims who instead of love and hope were given torment and death. Anthony A Destroyer is joined once again by eLL (Sui Generic Umbra) and Robert Marciniak (Rukkanor). This second act in red symbolises the cardinal colour and is dedicated to all victims of cardinals. A dark ambient album with an atmosphere of death and industrial sounds, choirs, songs and voices, much like the style of "Gloria Laus". The handmade package, which is stamped and sealed, contains a 12-page booklet. 50 minutes of music in a limited edition 444 copies. Polish import.
A dark and beautiful compilation of first league Dark Ambient / Ritual / Industrial music projects. Without any further delays, ladies and gentleman we present to you: Bocksholm (Peter Andersson of Raison D'Etre / Peter Andersson of Deutsch Nepal), Contemplatron, Dead Man's Hill, Desiderii Marginis, [haven], Horologium, Karjalan Sissit, Krepulec, Mrok, Nekyia, Paranoia Inducta and Stahlwerk 9. Digipak.
VA - 'Brewery In Piotrków Trybunalski' 2 x CD (Beast Of Prey)
This urban brewery was one of the most important branches of the Polish economy from the 16th-18th centuries. The part which alcoholic drinks played in everyday life (especially beer) brought about the need for the townspeople not only to produce drinks for their own usage, but also to sell. Dark Ambient, Industrial, Martial, Neofolk and of course drinking songs from: Arkham, Asmorod, Barbarossa Umtrunk, Dance Hospital, Dead Man's Hill, Der Arbeiter, Desolation Zone, Division S, Hati, Horologium, Infamis, Isothesis, I.V. Lab, Krepulec, Nekyia, Niegrzeczna Pensjonarka, Outofsight, Przemek Cackowski, Rose Rovine E Amanti, Sator Absentia, Storm Of Capricorn, The Well Of Sadness and Wermut. This regular edition is presented in an A5, 28-page book with all photography by the bands themselves, and is limited to 444 hand-numbered copies.
WULGATA - 'Echoes Of The Past... Not So Far Away' CD (Beast Of Prey)
Wulgata is a Polish musical project, who for the past few years has ben creating dark ambient and industrial sounds in the quiet spots of Silesia. "Echoes of the past...not far away" is a compilation of what is best in Wulgata. This is a 'deceitful' album - on one hand announcing the coming of a mortal threat, and on the other, a reflection of some inner strength, that tries to break free and whispers to calm the spirit. 55 minutes of grim dark ambient sounds with rhythmical and industrial elements. Presented in a foldout package with insert and finished with a wax seal. Hand-numbered edition of 444 copies.
