New Zealand's Black Boned Angel return with their fourth full length release. Sharing a similarly bleak ground to Corrupted, Sunn 0))) and Earth, this is perhaps their most sombre and fully-realised work to date. The Battle of Verdun was fought between the German and French armies, and was one of the critical battles on the Western Front during World War I. It resulted in more than a quarter of a million battlefield deaths and at least half a million wounded. Verdun was the longest battle and one of the most devastating in World War I and indeed in history. Over the course of 50 minutes, BBA soundtrack that brutal conflict with their trademark dark ambient drones and doom-laden riffs. Ltd x 500 copies on black vinyl.
UK 13.00£
Europe 16.50£
World 20.00£
QUANTITY
BLACK REIGN - 'Session One' CD (None)
Based in Hong Kong, Black Reign (R. S. Seizure on electronics and A. Urquiola on guitar) started in 2007 mainly as a live act. Their full-length release, "Session One", wasn't recorded until spring 2010. This disc contains 3 massive studio tracks from their Hot Focus studio session, all of which were recorded live in one take. The 2 bonus tracks are solo tracks by R. S. Seizure. Black Ambient / Guitar Drone / Funeral Doom, which would appeal to fans of TenHornedBeast, Black Boned Angel, Nadja etc. Ltd x 250 copies in handmade, hand-printed sleeves.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
MRTYU! - 'Blood Tantra (Rituals De Sang Du Culte De Tantra' 2 x CD (20 Buck Spin)
Imagine a crossbreed of ("Salt Marie Celeste" era) Nurse With Wound, Khanate and Throbbing Gristle and you can start to imagine the sound of New Zealand's Mrtyu! The sound is a mix of back woods New Zealand and modern urban decay. When the deep bass detonations lash out on 'Rites of Death in Body Temple' you're not quite sure whether it's the sound of an ancient Aboriginal ritual or the menacing 808 war march of a midnight low-rider with its lights low and sawed-offs strapped. Harsh noise, Industrial Sludge and Narco-Metal meeting at the crossing of the Styx. Mrtyu! is Antony Milton (Black Boned Angel). Reissue of two extremely limited releases. 6-panel digisleeve.
Two titans of doom / guitar drone collaborate together. The result is heartstopping, taking a similar path to Jesu. Massive guitars, mountainous bass, tribal drums, choral vocals. Sublime - essential. Ltd x 750 copies in a black with silver-print sleeve on heavyweight vinyl. One side is good old-fashioned 'acid etched'. ACT FAST!
UK 15.00£
Europe 18.50£
World 22.00£
QUANTITY
NADJA / BLACK BONED ANGEL - 'S/T' CD (20 Buck Spin)
A monumental cross-continental collaboration between Canada's prolific neo-doom duo Nadja and New Zealand's pitch black droners Black Boned Angel. The two 20+ minutes tracks contained on this self-titled collaboration have a less accessible vibe then the Jesu-like track on last year's 'Christ Send Light' EP. There are no vocals to be heard. They are comprised in equal parts of Nadja's fuzzed-out, lurching and hazy dream-doom, and BBA's razor-sharp metallic riff-shards. Extended passages of riff-static noise bleeds one track into the next while deep space eerieness looms ever present in the shadows. Finally the whole thing collapses under the weight of its own self-created black hole. This is the end. Digipak.
PAPER WINGS - 'Ash Field' CD (PseudoArcana / Black Petal)
Paper Wings is the electric guitar duo of Australian Anthony Guerra and New Zealander Antony Milton (Black Boned Angel, Sunken). Recorded in a small room on a winters day in Sydney in 2005, Paper Wings' full-length debut drifts through beautiful bowed drones, tender melodic excursions and harsher sonic adventures. Four pieces that find these two guitarists at the top of their game. Packaged in a hand-painted Japanese art paper sleeve. New Zealand import.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
PUSSYGUTT - 'She Hid Behind Her Veil..' CD (20 Buck Spin)
Multi-instrumentalists Brittany McConnell Blake Green reside in the rural landscape outside of Boise, Idaho, where they create their dark, foreboding sounds away from the chaos of America’s large cities. "She Hid Behind Her Veil…", is comprised of a single track over 45 minutes in length. The sound occupies a dense space where the heavy, metallic drone sound of Black Boned Angel intersects with the minimalist string arrangements of Phillip Glass and the more ambient doom tendencies of Japan’s Corrupted. With its use of violin textures, the album sounds as much like a classical movement as an art-doom release. Draped in a cloak of gothic black doom ambiance and eerie, unsettling moods, "She Hid Behind Her Veil…" is an apparition of ghostly vision from one of America’s more isolated environments. Digipak. Pussygut changed their name to Wolvserpent in 2010.
The 21st edition of this UK magazine features The Mars Volta. There's also interviews with Dinosaur Jr., Khanate, Shrinebuilder, Black Boned Angel, Pissed Jeans, Yob, Minsk and The Orange Man Theory. This month's Label Focus is on Rune Grammofon. 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!
UK 5.00£
Europe 7.50£
World 10.00£
QUANTITY
SPECIAL INTERESTS - '#6' Magazine (Freak Animal)
Latest edition of this great magazine from the Freak Animal label, now in a new, larger format! In English and featuring interviews with some of the best Industrial / Power Electronics / Noise artists on the scene today: Boyd Rice, Slogun, Gnaw Their Tongues, Treriksröset, Militia, Ke/Hil, Control, Black Boned Angel, Perispirit, Mika Taanila, Ilios, an interview with As Loud As Possible magazine and an article on the new faces of the US Industrial underground. Also contains a reviews section. 68-pages, B5, B&W, offset printed with full colour cover.
UK 6.50£
Europe 8.00£
World 9.50£
QUANTITY
SUNKEN - 'Eye Electric Organ, Brain Electric Nerve' CD (PseudoArcana)
Deep in the swirling depths of the ocean a terrible yet wondrous beast stirs slow but sure amidst great forests of sea algae. Taking on the form of a pair of conjoined drown-ed sailors it sets forth upon the currents determined to loose its apocalyptic vision upon the earth via droning sea shanty and great humming hymn. Sunken is the duo of sunken sailors Stefan Neville (Pumice) and Antony Milton (Black Boned Angel, Nether Dawn). Using a range of organs, sonar gear, live tapeloops, vocals and an unhealthy amount of submarine reverb they create a glorious droning pop noise. Presented in an 8-panel digifile.
