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.
Russian post-industrial music from George Beloglazov, who also creates computer games with an unconventional author approach. The action takes place in March 1953 in an abandoned Soviet bunker - a place of strange experiments on the human psyche. The game explores such themes as the limits of mental possibilities, EVP, experiments with thought-transference and impact of fear on the human organism. The game soundtrack, presented on this CD, embodies the project's concept in sound. Imbued with an industrial atmosphere, leisurely soundscapes turn into states of calm estrangement and isolationism. Excursions into the unknown corners of the consciousness bring to its surface old memories and long forgotten yet vaguely familiar images... and laboratorial claustrophobia grows into light melancholia. This musical picture is performed in the trademark style of Anthesteria combining abstract dark ambient, melodic neoclassical and experimental sonic artifacts. Ltd x 500 copies in an A5 gatefold card sleeve with full-colour cards depicting game locations and fragments of a book about mental suggestions from 1962. Finished off in a nice card slipcase.
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.
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AS LOUD AS POSSIBLE - 'Issue One' Magazine
Hotly anticipated inaugural issue of this UK 'Noise Culture' magazine, packed full of articles, in-depth discographical analysis, and historical reportage that shines new light onto near-forgotten corners of experimental music history, be it harsh noise, industrial, power electronics, drone, sound poetry, musique concrete, dark ambient, or any other subgenre you care to name. Featuring unprecedented access to performers recent and classic, ALAP combines internet-age access with postal correspondence-era obsession to provide new perspectives and information, while still offering comparative reporting on recent recordings and artists in order to contextualize the entire development. Selected articles in this issue: 36-page history of Broken Flag, No Fun festival, 30 years of The Haters, HNW, Apraxia Records, Sewer Election, Putrefier, Cheapmachines, Zone Nord, IDES, Climax Denial, Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, Alien Brains, Storm Bugs And Anti-Messthetics. All this plus opinion columns and an amazing 40 pages of reviews! A4, 166pp, perfect bound and offset printed. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!
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BABYLONE CHAOS - 'Flying Bodies Under The Clouds' CD (OPN)
Brand new release mixing dark soundscapes, concrete sounds and weird voices!!! A really amazing new piece of music from this French one-man project (Botchan Karisen). Babylone Chaos has long been an avid proponent of chaotic, oppressing climates and deals in suffocation and saturation. Artwork by MineUchi, with images by Yoshihiro Oimatsu. Mastering by Ruelgo (Le Syndicat). Ltd x 500 copies ina 6-panel digipak.
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BAND OF PAIN - 'Que Amiga?' CD (Cold Spring CSR43CD)
This is the fifth album proper from England's finest cinematic composer. Melancholic dark ambient soundtracks of the highest calibre - intense passages and bleak anthems in a constant flux. Dark emotions are captured with a Neoclassical-edged intensity. Possibly the finest work from BAND OF PAIN to date. Ltd x 1000 digipak.
From Changes' inception, R. N. Taylor and Nicholas Tesluk have woven bardic tales of gallantry, chivalry and of larger-than-life legendary and mythical heroes. They've sung of new love, love unrequited and love lost. They've written songs foretelling a dark apocalyptic future, which later came to pass while currently prophesying a society in the seminal stages of an even darker fate. With their new album, "Lament", they turn their gaze inward, to their own personal apocalypses, stemming from their long marriages ending in dismal dissolution. Only by being able to immerse themselves in their art and create works expressing these sorrows would they be able to maintain their sanity. "Lament" reaches out to all who've had their lives disrupted by modern societal partners going through mid-life crises, becoming antagonistic strangers to their families overnight. Also included are new versions of three of Changes' earlier works; "The Saddest Thing", "Sweet Eve" and "Memorabilia". 13 tracks of Folk Noir. Guests: Der Blutharsch, David E Williams and Axel Frank (Werkraum). Digipak with a 16-page booklet.
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DARK AGES - 'A Chronicle Of The Plague' LP (Northern Heritage / Freak Animal)
Dark Age's second album continues offering us minimalist Dark Ambient, this time more melodic than before, and inspired on the horrors of the Middle Ages. Between the fall of the Western Roman empire in A.D. 476 and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Europe was ravaged by plagues and superstition. Greek was largely forgotten, and with it much of the learned texts of antiquity. 'A Chronicle of the Plague' is a musical tale of the terror of 1349, which depopulated entire villages and decimated Europe's human population; the disease was not understood at the time, and therefore it was assumed to have been the wrathful punishment from the Judaeo-Christian Deity. Alas, prayers were of no avail... Project from member of Ukrainian BM act Hate Forest. Ltd x 250 copies.
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DARK AGES - 'The Tractatus De Hereticis Et Sortilegiis' CD (Primitive Reaction)
A new dark ambient masterpiece from the frontman of Drudkh and Hate Forest. With this third album, Dark Ages has lifted their dark art to a new level. "A most certain strange and true discovery of blackest blasphemies, night time rituals and terrible crimes against our mother church". Comes with a 12-page booklet.
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DARK AGES - 'The Tractatus De Hereticis Et Sortilegiis' LP (Primitive Reaction)
A new dark ambient masterpiece from the frontman of Drudkh and Hate Forest. With this third album, Dark Ages has lifted their dark art to a new level. "A most certain strange and true discovery of blackest blasphemies, night time rituals and terrible crimes against our mother church". Ltd x 330 copies on heavyweight vinyl.
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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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DELEYAMAN - 'Fourth, Part One' CD (Equilibrium Music)
Deleyaman translate a sense of timeless spirituality into a contemporary and universal language, carrying the listener into a mesmerizing world. Hardly classifiable into a single genre, “Fourth, Part One” combines Darkwave with ethnic, exotic and ethereal elements. The use of several languages (French, English, Armenian) by vocalists Beatrice Valantin and Aret Madilian has always been a distinct characteristic of the band, with inspiration from American poets (Robinson, Hecht, Emerson, Poe) and Lebanese mystic poet Khalil Gibran. Presented in digipak format, accompanied by a 32-page booklet.
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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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DER BLAUE REITER - 'Le Paradise Funèbre - L'Envers Du Tristesse' CD (Caustic Records)
A side-project of Sathorys Elenorth (Narsilion, Ordo Funebris). Inspired by warlike ambience, where powerful percussion, solemn piano pieces, majestic martial and neoclassical passages are the central characters of this work. More than an hour of melancholic music replete of feelings and deep pain. "Feel how the crying of a cold war, legacy of the past, stir itself in the tops of destruction of our last days, where the dreams are just a legend and the death is a dark reality." For fans of Predella Avant, Raison d'êtré, Les Joyaux De La Princesse etc. Presented in a 6-panel digifile.
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DIM ARCANA - 'Ars Populi' CD (Black Drone)
Dim Arcana was born in the a.d. MMVIII, from the intent to recall ancient atmospheres of death and pestilence, dreadful environments where the man of the medieval times lived. Influenced by the greatest names of the ambient scene (Uruk-Hai, Raison D'etre, Equimanthorn), the duo presents medieval dark ambient with great noise and drone influences, alternating orchestral passages of ethereal rhyming. Lavish breaths of past times serve as frames, where bells of churches and ancestral instruments bring you back in medieval Europe. This debut album comes in beautifully designed 6-panel digipak and includes a 12-page booklet. Australian import.
DISJECTA MEMBRAE - 'Taedim Vitae' MCD (Black Mass Records)
Disjecta Membrae ("Scattered remains") was formed in Paris in 2006 by Asmael Lebouc (Funeralium) and performs grotesque vomitive doom, driven by the will and desire to create a darker, sicker atmosphere that would at last be faithful to the medieval visions of hell. Disjecta Membrae has no lyrics whatsoever: "how can human lyrics express inhuman agonies, endless filth and images of monstrosity?". A mesmerising, nightmarish journey. Spanish import.
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ENCRYPTION - 'Nosferamor' CD (Waerloga)
"Nosferamor" unveils the Vampyric shroud of darkness, mysticism, love and pain. Behold the encounter of a mortal man and an undead beauty, folding into a heartbreaking love story. Feel the shivers of a passion of such depth, that the burden of immortality is but a small sacrifice. "Nosferamor" combines melancholic church music with female voices and film-like passages. Recommended for fans of classical / ethereal music with heavenly voices (Autumn Tears, Ordo Funebris, Ataraxia etc). Presented in a nice digipak.
FALSE MIRROR - 'Derelict World' CD (Malignant Records)
After three years of intense work, Dark Ambient disciple False Mirror returns with his third full-length journey. With the timeless drones of his debut "Chronostatic Scenes" and the icy soundscapes on his highly acclaimed sophomore masterpiece "North" still resonating through space, solo artist Tobias Hornberger delivers "Derelict World", his most massive and epic undertaking so far. Dark drones, frostbitten soundscapes and warm vibrating tones from the deep bowels of the earth. From the sheer force of a tornado set loose to the beguiling calm within the eye of the storm, "Derelict World" is a 74 minute long sonic journey into a desolated, depopulated world. In a digipak containing a 20 page booklet with a conceptually linked short story written by author and journalist Bjørn Springorum. The album contains a number of hidden messages that lead to a rewarding "Bonus World" on falsemirror.de. "One of the best dark ambient releases in recent years" (Orkus).
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FUNERARY CALL - 'The Black Root' LP (Fluttering Dragon)
Defunct project of Harlow MacFarlane (Sistrenatus). Since the beginning of time the forces of light and darkness have vehemently engaged in a battle to possess the soul of man. The music of Funerary Call pays tribute to this eternal struggle and encourages the exploration of the shadow self. It is the audible essence of a black magic ritual. Chaos and destruction! Dark ambient music inspired by occultism and death. Though still obscure, Funerary Call were involved in the early movement of black ambient music prior to its growth in the genre. Ltd x 333 numbered copies on heavy vinyl.
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HEAD58M - 'Evocation Of A Collective Memory' CD (Netcetera)
Head8m means a space, in which the sound and the picture have equal rights and create the whole, situated somewhere on the border of post-industrial art, dark ambient, post-modernism, hermetic transmutation philosophy and semiotic theory. This multimedial project was inspired by a set of 15 hermetic drawings from 17th century book 'Mutus Liber'. It is a symbolical story on a process which represents man's desire for inner unity and transcendental sublimation. Rough, post-industrial soundscapes combined with images which introduce the spectator to the world of alchemic symbols. Abstract noises penetrate the hypnotically balanced background rhythm and slightly accented melodics. Ritual and mystery, unrest, destruction, oblivion. Digipak.
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HOARFROST Vs INNER VISION LABORATORY - 'Decline' CD (Zoharum)
Both Hoarfrost and Inner Vision Laboratory are young Polish projects, but it would be an understatement to call them 'new comers', with each project already having a few releases under their belt. "Decline" is a tale of descending into the pits of madness in 8 parts. Inspired by two poems, 'Madman' and 'Modern Icarus,' "Decline: takes you on a journey into the realms of dark thoughts. With such a clear concept, it's no wonder that the music is cinematic, slowly building images in the listener's head. Face the stillness, but remember: something is lingering in the corner. For fans of cinematic ambient like Moljebka Pvlse, Inade, Lambwool, Tho-So-Aa, Land etc. Released in a 6-panel digipak.
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HOROLOGIUM - 'The Fire Sermon' CD (Divine Comedy)
"The Fire Sermon" is based upon pessimistic views on history, fate of human kind and T.S. Elliot's poetry ("The Waste land"). This release combines the darkest side of traditional symphonic industrial (from SPK "Leichenschrei" to CMI acts such as Memorandum or Heid) with heavy and desperate tensions similar to Aghiatrias and Omnicore. With the addition of some folkish and liturgical elements from Eastern Europe, "The Fire Season" presents a very serious and impressive opus from this Polish act in a completely nihilistic way. Ltd x 500 copies in a beautiful sepia 6-panel fold-out card envelope.
INADE - 'The Incarnation Of The Solar Architects' 2 x LP (Loki Foundation)
There is a world that shadows our world; a world of mysterious design and unspoken secrets; of space that breathes and infinite echoes that never cease to cry. Mirrors that refract images into dark pools of cosmic nothingness. Inade explore these worlds on their latest masterpiece, in which sound is utilised in a transformative manner, not only to focus on that which lies beyond and that which has never been seen, but to embrace the Darkness and let it wash over one's soul. The mythology that Inade has created touches that place beyond forever, yet now, through the insistence of that which lurks in the margins, a metamorphosis has transpired, in which the cosmos of self has awakened. Inade provide the soundtrack... the frisson of unease is abundant, a churning, seething dread that veers into awe. It's up to the individual listener to listen intently, behind shuttered eyelids... to see and experience the true labyrinthine hierarchy of black splendor that awaits. Ltd x 344 copies on black vinyl in a stunning gatefold sleeve.
INADE - 'The Incarnation Of The Solar Architects' CD (Loki Foundation)
2nd edition in jewelcase. There is a world that shadows our world; a world of mysterious design and unspoken secrets; of space that breathes and infinite echoes that never cease to cry. Mirrors that refract images into dark pools of cosmic nothingness. Inade explore these worlds on their latest masterpiece, in which sound is utilised in a transformative manner, not only to focus on that which lies beyond and that which has never been seen, but to embrace the Darkness and let it wash over one's soul. The mythology that Inade has created touches that place beyond forever, yet now, through the insistence of that which lurks in the margins, a metamorphosis has transpired, in which the cosmos of self has awakened. Inade provide the soundtrack... the frisson of unease is abundant, a churning, seething dread that veers into awe. It's up to the individual listener to listen intently, behind shuttered eyelids... to see and experience the true labyrinthine hierarchy of black splendor that awaits.
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.
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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L'ACEPHALE - 'Malefeasance' 2 x LP (Aurora Borealis)
"Malefeasance" is a lengthy and complex affair that further explores L'Acephale's fascinations and strikes headlong into the darkest of musical vistas. The journey this time is perhaps even more academic than the debut "Mord Und Totsclag": further ethnographic audio elements are now present, more spacious passages, a deeper approach. A mix of ambient, warping tones, black metal, chanting, ethereal keyboards, drones, acoustic guitars, noise, field recordings and Tibetan ritual music. The last two tracks best show the nature of Set Sothis' collaborations with Markus Wolff (Waldteufel, Crash Worship), sharing some of his vocal and percussive styles. By no means do L'Acephale make music for the casual listener. In many ways they transcend the preconceived ideas of what may be expected: L'Acephale are most successful at operating beyond the constraints of genre altogether, and 'Malefeasance', with its dark, dreamlike and harrowing atmospheres, is their testament. Ltd x 500 copies on heavyweight vinyl in a matt sleeve with A1 poster and booklet.
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L'ACEPHALE - 'Malefeasance' CD (Aurora Borealis)
"Malefeasance" is a lengthy and complex affair that further explores L'Acephale's fascinations and strikes headlong into the darkest of musical vistas. The journey this time is perhaps even more academic than the debut "Mord Und Totsclag": further ethnographic audio elements are now present, more spacious passages, a deeper approach. A mix of ambient, warping tones, black metal, chanting, ethereal keyboards, drones, acoustic guitars, noise, field recordings and Tibetan ritual music. The last two tracks best show the nature of Set Sothis' collaborations with Markus Wolff (Waldteufel, Crash Worship), sharing some of his vocal and percussive styles. By no means do L'Acephale make music for the casual listener. In many ways they transcend the preconceived ideas of what may be expected: L'Acephale are most successful at operating beyond the constraints of genre altogether, and 'Malefeasance', with its dark, dreamlike and harrowing atmospheres, is their testament.
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LE TESTAMENT DE LA LUMIERE - 'Echoes Out Of Time' CD (Steinklang)
"Echoes Out Of Time" is Le Testament De La Lumière's second album and arrives more than 6 years after their debut album "Der Tod Ist Ein Treuer Kamerad" (Dark Vinyl). Le Testament De La Lumière is classic Dark Ambient with a strong Neoclassic touch and many Martial Industrial elements. The album creates a dense and sometimes even oppressive atmosphere. A monumental soundtrack born out of darkest ages. 15 songs and 70 minutes of music in a slimline DVD case.
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.
LORDAMOR - 'Lordamor' CD (Descending Towards Damnation)
From the beginning in 2006, this Finnish band's goal was to create primitive, slow and oppressive music with small partitions of calmer and more melodic passages to enchant the effect of otherwise crude atmospheres. Excruciatingly slow black / doom metal in the vein of Unholy, Worship, Thergothon and Beherit with lyrical themes involving man's dark shadow-nature, decay and death. The black Demiurge has taken its grip from the soul of man, and there's no way to overcome it. Over an hour of bleak, nightmarish soundscapes.
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LOTUS CIRCLE / BOSQUE - 'Split' CD (Dunkelheit Produktionen)
Lotus Circle starts this split release with 4 new curses. Their part is full of occult preaches for the Beast, free drone / doom guitars / black metal, combined with extreme screaming vocals full of depression and hate... and noise with the main purpose to abstract you from this place and time. Stories of burned down villages, inner visions of the absurd and deep dark caves. Bosque continues next with the spell "Veneration". This band serves an obscure atmosphere at it's best and leaves you a bitter black taste of depressiveness deep in your thoughts. The abstract doom / black spell of Bosque is a pure dark atmosphere painted with colourless feelings and a raw sound that makes this a priceless result of true funeral doom / black art. Hand-numbered edition of 500 copies.
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LULL - 'Like A Slow River' CD (Glacial Movements)
After a long period of silence, we welcome the return of one of the most important representatives of the ambient isolationist world: the wonderful UK artist Lull (aka Mick Harris of Scorn, Painkiller, Napalm Death). "Like a slow river" is a work characterised by sharp and minimal atmospheres but also dark, cold and huge such as large bodies of ice which slowly move, carried by an endless river. These five compositions reach the high expectations of Lull's previous works, such as "Cold Summer", "Continue" and the "Murder Ballads" trilogy with Martin Bates. With no doubt, this is the coldest and darkest work ever composed by this pioneer of industrial-ambient music. You will all be led to the oblivion of your existence....the freezing darkness of these glacial night is going to come down on your bodies and minds... you'll fall in your deepest sleep with the far echo of glacial runnings... the way to eternity is in front of you. Presented in a gorgeous 6-panel digipak. Highly recommended!!
Based on a concept by Stefano Gentile, this CD is inspired by the works and life of Giordano Bruno. In addition to Stefano Gentile himself, this new work includes contributions by Maurizio Bianchi / M.B., Mauthausen Orchestra / Pierpaolo Zoppo, Nimh / Giuseppe Verticchio, Andrea Marutti and Gianluca Favaron. Almost 80 minutes of driving and all-involving music where bleak and dark atmospheres alternate with consuming assaults of Industrial distorted sonic masses, cinematic and descriptive passages enriched by detailed layers of field recordings, throbbing electronic progressions, melodic inserts, strings parts, guitar arpeggios, soft, slow and hypnotic ambient stasis. A work that gathers together some of the most representative artists both of the historical and of the more recent groundbreaking experimental and industrial Italian scene. Outsize sleeve.
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MICHAEL MANTRA - 'D#m / Gm' CD (Purple Soil)
"D#m / Gm" is an album of extended ambient listening of sonic icebergs, slowly shifting over time. The album is based in ultra minimal atmospheric dronecore - an exploration into the dark unknown of sombre sonic states, of the mysterious unknown, leveraging changes in states of feeling and states of consciousness. Presented in a stunning 6-panel digisleeve with images courtesy of NASA. Recommended!
A deathly mixture of the blackest of Ambient passages supplemented heavily by Classical refrains and post-industrial rhythmic structures. Add to this sound and vocal contributions by the controversial Industrial artist Brethren, crystal clear production values and a superb mastering job from the legendary hands of Peter Andersson (Raison d'être). Ltd x 1000 with artwork by visual Artist Rebecca Potter and multi media by Polish artist Kati Astraeir to perfectly match the dark vision of this album. A must own for all who live for Death Industrial / Ambient!
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NEKRASOV - 'The Form Of Thought From Beast' CD (Siege Of Power)
Second opus from this Australian act. Raw, creepy, enigmatic black metal-meets-noise-meets-dark ambient. "Nekrosov is most definitely a master of both the noise and the riff, and manages to fuse the two into something blackly transcendent... blown out soundscapes of samples and percussion, blurred into a windswept buzz, what sounds like ghostlike vocals underneath processed sounds of whipping winds and the click clack of a railroad, to noise drenched old school raw black metal crush, to slow burning deep ambience... Absolutely essential" (Aquarius). 2nd edition in a jewelcase with artwork similar to the 2009 LP edition.
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NEKRASOV - 'The Form Of Thought From Beast' LP (Siege Of Power)
2009 vinyl edition of the second opus from this Australian act. Raw, creepy, enigmatic black metal-meets-noise-meets-dark ambient. "Nekrosov is most definitely a master of both the noise and the riff, and manages to fuse the two into something blackly transcendent... blown out soundscapes of samples and percussion, blurred into a windswept buzz, what sounds like ghostlike vocals underneath processed sounds of whipping winds and the click clack of a railroad, to noise drenched old school raw black metal crush, to slow burning deep ambience... Absolutely essential" (Aquarius). B&W sleeve with A3 poster.
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NIHASA - 'Brahamanda Xul Grimoire' CD (Nihilward Productions)
Occult Ambient / Black Metal from Greece. Reissue of the debut album with new layout and a bonus track from the 2009 split with Drowning The Light and Possession Ritual (Zyklon-B Productions). "The self development of quintessential Qliphotic forces, generating such mysterious passages to the entrance ov an Etheric void, a primal darkness ingress to sabbatical path, though knowledge only present when exploring in deep the magickal continuum latent in each one of us, under the hidden formula of Sethos Vel Athanathos!!!" 48 minutes of music over 6 tracks. Ltd x 500 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
The energy, genius and intransigence of the music of the historic "cult" power electronics project Mauthausen Orchestra (Pierpaolo Zoppo), united to the original, eclectic, rigorous experimental research carried on for 15 years by Giuseppe Verticchio, mostly with his Nimh solo project. Disturbing images of unhealthy places, nocturne landscapes covered with fog, psychotic nightmares, tormenting and delirious, described with sonorities of great impact and incredible dramatic force. A dark and long itinerary, to be wrapped in the spirals of a time that progressively seems to slow down and stop, folded in on itself... suspended in the void, without offering any way out. A sonic adventure for brave souls. Digipak.
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NORTHLESS - 'Clandestine Abuse' CD (Siege Of Power)
Second opus from this Australian act. Raw, creepy, enigmatic black metal-meets-noise-meets-dark ambient. "Nekrosov is most definitely a master of both the noise and the riff, and manages to fuse the two into something blackly transcendent... blown out soundscapes of samples and percussion, blurred into a windswept buzz, what sounds like ghostlike vocals underneath processed sounds of whipping winds and the click clack of a railroad, to noise drenched old school raw black metal crush, to slow burning deep ambience... Absolutely essential" (Aquarius). 2nd edition in a jewelcase with artwork similar to the 2009 LP edition.
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OF THE WAND AND THE MOON - 'The Lone Descent' CD (Heidrunar Myrkrunar)
The long awaited and anticipated 5th album from Denmark's Of The Wand & The Moon. Kim Larsen takes a different road to the previous albums. 60's influenced, where the love for Lee Hazlewood and Serge Gainsbourg shines through. Still keeping the dark Neofolk roots, "The Lone Descent" is without doubt the most bleak and melancholic album from Of The Wand & The Moon, and clearly shows Larsen's brilliant talent as a singer/songwriter. Features guests: Lorenzo Woodrose (Baby Woodrose), Aron, Soma Allpass (Mew, Martin Hall), Bo Rande (The William Blakes, Mew, Blue Foundation), John Murphy (Death In June, Knifeladder, Nico, SPK), John van der Lieth (Sonne Hagal) and Anne Eltard (Solanaceae, OTWATM). CD comes in glossy spotvarnished slipcase and 24 pages booklet. Features the artwork of Alex Rose.
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OOPHOI - 'An Aerial View' CD (Glacial Movements)
First offering from the 'Würm Series', based on the world's most recent glaciation (10,000 years ago) and asking each artist to describe this endless Ice Age. "When I’ve been asked to describe the Ice Age with an uninterrupted drone, I knew I wanted to avoid the cliches of the genre: dark rumblings, massive low frequencies, cold atmospheres. I had to describe with sounds the white landscape, the blinding light reflected by the frozen oceans, the abyssal silence. I have imagined myself in flight over this Sleeping Earth, a solitary winged-being surrounded by winds, air, water and ice. This led me to compose an airy drone with minimal variations and delicate tones, an hommage to a pure, uncontaminated and remote land" (Oöphoi). A singular 65-minute track presented in a digipak. Ltd x 750.
OPIUM & SOSTRAH TINNITUS - 'Stain' CD (Silentes Minimal Editions)
Warm, involving, deep and penetrating sounds... Flowing sound patterns, vibrating drones permeated by a discreet sense of tension, evolving into dark, obscure, foggy, nocturnal atmospheres, violated by raven voices, mysterious noises and sounds of metal objects in motion... And then concrete noises, confused and elusive melodies, feeble light flashes, buried echoes of human voices, distant whispers, sudden passages of rough sounds, subliminal and hypnotic sequences, just like a recollection of unreal and dusty sounds from an old carillon... An extraordinary and not to be missed journey in the darkness, lead with great skill by two of the most remarkable artists coming from the Italian ambient/dark-ambient scene of the last decade.
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ORCHIS - 'Trait' CD (Brudenia / Cryptanthus)
Rebirth: the end of the beginning. An alchemical allegory. This is a summary of the early career of this English dark folk / Neofolk act. It includes unreleased and compilation tracks, taken from "Terra Serpentes", "the Dancing Sun", "A Thousand Winters", "Mandragora", "Gloria Melancholia" and "The Dark Ages". Also includes a biography in English and Russian. Ltd x 1000 hand-numbered copies with gold-printed artwork.
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OSMAN ARABI - 'Burning Sigils' CD (Fractured Spaces)
Solo project of Lebanese artist Osman Arabi (20.SV / Seeker). "Burning Sigils" is a single 38-minute track of deeply hypnotic ethno-ambience tinged with a cold darkness; a forgotten text written in the blood of generations, a story of long-buried secrets and civilisations that worshipped dark gods in the hidden kingdoms, lost to time and memory, becoming covered by both sand and the unforgiving ravages of time. This languid and hip-swayingly sinister piece builds slowly, unfolding its narrative unhurriedly, in the same way that the ages-old deserts themselves have been around forever, in the process resurrecting the shades of aeons-dead peoples and blowing cold winds across the heat-ridden sandy wastes. Delve with us into the black heart of a now-vanished civilisation and visit the incense-filled temples of the gods of the arid places. Digipak.
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OUR GOD WEEPS - 'Unity' CD (Hau Ruck!)
Dark Neoclassical music from Hungary. "Unity features beautifully constructed tracks where solemn keyboard passages combine with sweeping orchestrations against an ongoing undercurrent of martial percussion. The vocals are delivered in their native Hungarian tongue, and are particularly commanding. The lyrics are reproduced in an English translation within the booklet, which is graphically excellent. It's a particularly mature piece representing the third release from this solo-project commanded by Madura János, which could at points elicit comparison with Der Blutharsch, In The Nursery, Arcana and other Neoclassical outfits. There is spiritual beauty in the works of Our God Weeps" (Compulsion). Digipak.
UK 11£
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PERSONA - 'Ruines' CD (Marbre Negre)
19 tracks of Industrial, Martial, Noise and lyrical passages from this Dark Ambient and Experimental band from Barcelona, Spain. Presented in a digipak with a 24 page full-colour booklet containing an essay of the concept of ruin along history and artwork by Persona member and art historian Desir�e. "Even though we intend to have everything under control, mankind will never be able to see the ruins that will survive them. They will always work as a silent reminder of history". Recommended!
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PETER J WOODS - 'Fairweather Mask' CD (Autumn Wind Productions)
"We tread dark waters on a day to day basis, holding ourselves up to a higher standard because of nothing more than pride. Our society has built an intricate system in which we seek out guilt, hoping to find some for ourselves in an effort to justify our existence. Past pains give us status, but we forgo the pain and jump straight to the romanticized ideal. Fairweather Mask explores this phenomenon, touching on both the forms of communication which create this system and the guilt that arises as well." A commanding presence from Peter J. woods in this theatre of Noise, Power Electronics and vocal barrages, justification is what you seek for all the things you do...to yourself. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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PROPERGOL - 'Un Déchaînement De Violence / Cleanshaven' 2 x CD (Functional / Tesco Organisation)
The band's first recordings/releases, issued only on very limited editions and now made available again. Dense unhealthy atmospheres, well structured Power Electronics, noise supported by dark and loud rhythms and samples, collages and some vocals. Double digipak. ACT FAST!
UK 15£
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RADIO KUOLEMA - 'Symphony No. 2 Op. 29 For Cembalo And Dying Children' CD (Ars Benevola Mater)
Radio Kuolema's 2007 album is a journey in seven stages carved in dark ambient landscapes which taste of infinity. Atmospheres suspended in time, true industrial symphonies melting in the sidereal space. Hearts of rust facing the stars. Without possibility of redemption. Ltd x 535 copies in an outsized textured sleeve with artcard.
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RAUHNACHT - 'Vorweltschweigen' CD (Sturmklang)
"Vorweltschweigen" is completely based on the lyrics and sounds of Sturmpercht, the legendary creators of Alpine Folk music. Rauhnacht is pure Alpine Black Metal, based on the atmosphere of early Norwegian Black Metal, but dealing with Alpine and Celtic mythology, philosophy and tradition. ABM contains a large variety of (ancient) traditional acoustic instruments from Alpine/Celtic areas, such as the Alphorn, the Teufelsgeige, hunter's trumpets and other obscure Alpine instruments, as well as organic/natural field-recordings from black forests, craggy mountains and dark caves. Rauhnacht is the name for the twelve nights between 24th December and 6th January, where the demons of winter and the Perchten celebrate their wild hunt through hidden Alpine villages and forests. 7" foldout sleeve with inserts.
"Requiem", the first score from veteran sound-designer Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed), is a beautiful yet acutely sobering work of profound depth and reach. "Requiem" explores the pathos of death, the burden of guilt, and the weight of consequence in all their stages. Dark Ambient / Drone / Experimental music influenced by Morricone and Popol Vuh and films such as The Shining, Dead Man, Aguirre and more, "Requiem" further establishes Hull as a modern virtuoso. Hardback digisleeve.
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SECRET DRUID SOCIETY - 'Restless' CD (First Fallen Star)
Long after we are all dead and gone, the planet will continue to go about its business. For aeons before humans existed and for aeons after we are extinct, Earth will cycle onward through seemingly endless ages, barely aware that we existed at all. Devoid of any form of life as we narrowly define it, the allegedly inanimate forces and physical features of this planet possess a life all their own! Rivers, oceans, volcanoes, the wind, the rain, the drifting snow, the erosion of rock, the eruption of mountain ranges - all representative of the activity, the vitality, the life possessed by the planet! The duo that form Secret Druid Society carefully carved, moulded and eroded drones and minimal dark ambient soundscapes, finally recording what had evolved from the process, in order to tell a story not of human misery, not of an apocalypse, but of what Earth has always done and will continue to do for periods of time wholly unfathomable by the human mind. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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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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SION ORGON - 'The Zsigmondy Experience' CD (Lumberton Trading Company)
The second album by Thighpaulsandra and Coil affiliate, once more gushing splendidly with so many universe-mulching ideas that it's difficult not to wonder what's floating around the air in his native Wales these days. From menacing near-ambience and the massive, punk 'n' Prog-bloated 'I'm in Blackout' to vocoded passages over the very same electronic insanity that's spewed out Stockhausen and Xenakis, there's much to wrestle with your mind's deepest and darkest corners here. Collaborators include Coil's Sleazy, Mike Edwards (Jesus Jones' singer), Frank Naughton (Rocketgoldstar and ex-Uziq) Gaz Williams (Rocketgoldstar), The Grangetown String Ensemble, The Chung Chinese Ensemble and others.
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SLOGUN - 'We Human Animal' CD (Circle Of Shit)
A welcome release of brand new material from Slogun, and what a beast it is. "We Human Animal" is a scathing attack on humanity, delivered with precise, focused energy and contempt. Musically, this is a darker release, with a more restrained approach. But let's get this straight, that's strictly in comparison to some of John's other works. In reality, this is incredibly intense and sonically violent - swirling textured distortion and turbine charged electronics, with screamed, in your face vocals delivered in the classic Slogun style. Still, there's more variation here than a lot of previous works, with claustrophobically atmospheric, layered passages that make for a very complete release. Killer Power Electronics... but then, what did you expect? Ltd x 300 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
UK 12£
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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.
UK 11£
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STALNOY PAKT / ANTHESTERIA / MIKHAIL VAVICH - 'Dedicated To The Russo-Japanese War 1904-1905' CD (Der Angriff)
A commemoration of one of the most tragic pages of Russian history in the 20th century - the Russo-Japanese War. This lost war became a deep scar in the national consciousness of that period and turned out to be among the most painful and powerful incentives for the following first Russian revolution (1905) and the further eventual decline of the Russian monarchy. This CD is an attempt to revive the deep anxiety and the premonition of the upcoming relentless social shock which had overwhelmed the Russian nation in those times. Stalnoy Pakt presents maybe its most melodic tracks to date here, the distinctive band's multi-layered dark ambient fused with old military Japanese song samples and old Russian lyrical narrations, sometimes adorned with piano chords or martial drums. Anthesteria's cold gloomy tunes are combined with choir chants and gramophone record samples that aggravate the atmosphere of the dull waiting for the imminent disaster. The album is concluded with an authentic historical recording of the classic track of the period called "Na Sopkakh Manchzhurii" performed by a very famous singer of that time, Mikhail Vavich. This funeral waltz dedicated to the victims of this war drives the overall feel of despair and grief up to the highest limit. The album could be compared to the best examples of historically inspired works but with its own very special and purely Russian depressive mood. An absolute must! A5 sleeve with inserts.
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STRATVM TERROR - 'This Is My Own Hell' CD (Reverse Alignment / Existence Establishment)
Welcoming the return of Peter Andersson (Raison D'etre, Necrophorous) and Tobias Larsson (Ocean chief). "This is My Own Hell" delivers over an hour's worth of the darkest, bleakest industrial soundscapes. Spanning minimalist dark ambience to doomed industrial passages, Stratvm Terror portrays an absolutely hopeless atmosphere of pure desolation. With artwork featuring the paintings of Mia Mäkilä, "This is My Own Hell" may just be your own pleasure. Ltd x 1000 copies in a gatefold digifile.
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SVARROGH - 'Balkan Renaissance' CD (Ahnstern)
With their 4th album, the Bulgarian Black Folklore ensemble Svarrogh has recorded another masterpiece of Ritual Folk music. This mystic sound-journey drags you along to the ancient heart of the Balkan mountains, its caves, rivers, villages and people with their deep mythological roots. Svarrogh play a unique sound of beautiful mandolin and bagpipes, mixed with droning synths. This is a musical look through a grey window to discover the dark past of Bulgaria´s 19th century and its Renaissance, after years of osman oppression. On "Balkan Renaissance" you can listen to original passages of famous Bulgarian poets and artists, as well a tribute to Allerseelen with the song "Kamerad". This album is full of traditional-, pagan and ritual Folk music, Neoclassical songs, Martial drumming and it has even some Industrial moments. Ltd x 500 with special 'Martenitsi' insert.
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TERRA TERATOS - 'Meditations About Secret Of My Dark Destiny. Part 2' CD (Electrica Caelestis)
The third album of a Voronezh (Russia) based one-(wo)man project Terra Teratos - and the final part of the "Meditations About Secret Of My Dark Destiny" trilogy. Symphonic strings, keyboard passages and unhurried percussion plunge you into an oppressive ambience of dark dungeons. Breathe out the coldness of a spellbound forest, hand down shadowy echoes of the dark mass in honour of forgotten Gods. This is cold, black ambient at its best. Epic, sombre and bewitching. For fans of black ambient / coldwave in the vein of Aghast.
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THO-SO-AA - 'Identify' CD (Tesco Organisation)
After 7 years of development Tho-So-aa presents its latest masterpiece. This is the German outfit's most complex and dense album. Some tracks are made up of threatening collages and experimental loops... other tracks are surrounded by melancholic soundscapes and dark bass-drones inspired by desperation and total sadness. Lutz Rach has spent years working with sounds to create thick layers and drones that have never surfaced in his music before. This is no longer pure dark ambient music... it is enriched by industrial sounds, the experimental use of classical instruments, vocal samples and an overall cry against isolation. The dark soundscapes expose a cynical point of view on our sick society. It describes the unknown pressure to identify with yourself! Digipak.
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TO BLACKEN THE PAGES / KORPERSCHWACHE - 'A Way Dark' 2 x CD (Colony Records)
"A Way Dark" is a bold work from two of the most pioneering blackened noise guitar musicians working today: Texas-based Korperschwache and Dublin's To Blacken the Pages. From lighter, shoegaze inspired tracks, to harder, more abstract compositions, and of course exploring the juxtaposition of each artist's extreme guitar work. The album was a chance for both musicians to challenge other – each taking turns to suggest themes and ideas, for example each working with drum patterns and guitar structures, RKF (Korperschwache) often providing a sonic wall of drone while Paul McAree (To Blacken the Pages) would blaze guitar solos over the top. Irish import.
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TONY WAKEFORD - 'Not All Of Me Will Die' CD (The Eastern Front)
Over 2000 years ago, the Roman poet Horace wrote the line "Non Omnis Moriar" ("Not All Of Me Will Die"). Its poignant defiance of human mortality and faith in the transcending power of art rings out down the ages, finding an echo in this new work from Tony Wakeford, founder of seminal English dark folk / Neofolk band Sol Invictus. Wakeford's 4th solo album commemorates the life and work of the Polish-Ukrainian Jewish poetess Zuzanna Ginczanka, executed by the Gestapo in Kraków in 1944. All of the album’s lyrics are based on Ginczanka’s verses. As with his 2007’s "Into The Woods", Wakeford is joined by a range of guest musicians and vocalists, including avantgarde composer Susan Matthews and members of Orchestra Noir, Zunroyz and Sol Invictus. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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TRINITHOS - '333' CD (Heimatfolk / Steinklang)
After several ultra-limited releases, German Neofolk Trinithos finally release their debut album! Their music is best described as dreamy Neofolk with a slight 'dark pop' touch, with orchestral parts, martial drums and even some apocalyptical dark experimental passages. On '333' the band plays a large variety of acoustic instruments (guitars, bass, violins, flutes, drums, didgeridoo), as well as a few beautiful electronic arrangements. With both male and female vocals in German, '333' deals with mythologic themes, nature, romanticism and theories of cognition.
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.
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UEDINENIYA - 'Red Meridian' CD & SVCD (Vegvisir Music)
Eight tracks of droning, isolationist, glacial ambient, resounding, crushing, static and dark as the polar night. Ghostly and almost imperceptible sound reflections in the infinite cold desert. The album was created as a soundscape for the artist's cousin, a former sailor and conqueror of the Arctic, upon discovery of 8mm film footage of his voyages on the first atomic icebreaker ship "Arktika" in the mid-20th Century. This edition contains a video of one of the first polar expeditions. Ltd x 200 hand-numbered copies in a stunning gatefold digisleeve with 2 postcards.
URAWA - 'Parable Of The Driver' CD (Divine Comedy)
Olivier Moreau (Imminent Starvation) & John Sellekaers (Xingu Hill) make us travel on deserted roads of an imaginary trip through the USA. Dark Ambient, obsessive feedback, experimental collages, astral noises... the call of the wild is here. An egoistic pleasure of solitude turned into madness. This record is evanescent and paranoiac at the same time, fixing a point of no return somewhere in the distance. Ltd x 500 copies in a 6-panel fold-out card envelope.
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VA - 'Defend The Palace: Worms A.D. MCLXXXIV' CD (Palace Of Worms)
A compilation about the Inquisition and a time when Europe entered is darkest period in its short History, The Middle Ages. A time when chaos and madness ruled supreme. 22 tracks of Neoclassical, Ethereal, Neofolk and Dark Ambient from: 4th Sign Of The Apocalypse, Belborn, Chthonic Force, Dawn Of Reflection, Dream Into Dust, Furvus, Gae Bolg And The Church Of Fand, Hexentanz, Loretta's Doll, Mysterian, O Quam Tristis, Pimentola, Regard Extreme, Sieben, Sir Logla And The Black Knights, Socrates Mounded, Sophia, Summer Ends, The Blue Hour, The Machine In The Garden, Unto Ashes and Von Thronstahl.
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VA - 'Pere-Lachaise' CD (Steinklang / Divine Comedy)
A great compilation of dark and neoclassical music, dedicated to Père-Lachaise cemetery, which is one of the most romantic and mysterious places in this holy world. It's also an unmissable reference in gloomy and cinematic "tragical" culture. This musical journey is depicted by four acts (2 tracks each) from the new emerging Dark-Ambiant and Neo-Symphonic scene: Horologium, Project Winter, Artefactum and Foundation Hope. The mood is dark, menacing and epic at times with Horologium being the most martial act. The CD is packed in a beautiful 7" booklet with images by Fabrice Billard. Art and history beyond the grave.
VA - 'Sound Cartography' LP (Nancy Jo / Warm Bath)
Two track featuring a "by mail" collaborative style process featuring Jon Kortland (Iron Lung, Pig Heart Transplant), Greg Wilkinson (Pig Heart Transplant, Brainoil, C.O.L.M.), Patrick Bolger (Gas Chamber, Running For Cover) and David Bailey (Cages, Running For Cover). "Sound Cartography" is concerned with the investigation of how individuals react when presented with unfamiliar material. Using a linear sequence, each consecutive participant ultimately determines the structure & feel of the record, taking cues from the previous submissions. A libretto echoing out from the sound of space stations slowly deteriorating. Huge, Dark rumblings with destroyed piano & electronics crackling above. A libretto concerning the initial stages of life and the pre & post concerns it may have had. Extra hot "DJ" cut for maximum power! Ltd x 300 copies with screened chipboard covers, featuring art by Mark Sirek & Craig Sheperd.
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VINTERRIKET - 'Landschaften Ewiger Einsamkeit' CD (Frostscald Records)
2008 edition of the classic Vinterriket album, originally issued in 2003 and with various subsequent pressings. The cult one-man act had produced 6 tracks of black ambient / black metal / cold synth and melancholic passages, with images of dark forests. Ltd x 1000 copies. Russian import with new artwork and expanded booklet.
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VINTERRIKET / ORODRUIN - 'Split' CD (Aphelion Productions)
Re-release of the album from 2002 (originally released by Desolate Landscapes), between Germany's prolific dark ambient / black metal one-man act, Vinterriket, and the doom-laden black metal of Holland's Orodruin. An interesting blend of raw and atmospheric Black Metal alongside orchestral Dark Ambient tones, melancholic passages and unnatural sounds. Ltd x 1000 copies.
Re-release of the album from 2002 (originally released by Desolate Landscapes), between Germany's prolific dark ambient / black metal one-man act, Vinterriket, and the doom-laden black metal of Holland's Orodruin. An interesting blend of raw and atmospheric Black Metal alongside orchestral Dark Ambient tones, melancholic passages and unnatural sounds. Ltd x 500 copies in a striking gatefold sleeve with completely new layout and artwork.
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VIR' - 'Horna CD (Mosquito Recs.)
The second full-length album from this Russian act. "Horna" was inspired by the Finnish-Karelian folk-epos “The Kalevala”. Part dirge ambient-drone atmospherics, part noisy black-doom horror, the album's five epic compositions sucked inspiration from Lustmord, Skullflower, Earth, SunnO))), Khanate, Nadja, Jesu, and belched them out into breathtakingly emotional, bass generated audio nightmares, with signs of melodic and rhythmic organisation. An avalanche of dark apocalyptic images hovering over countless layers of sound and distorted sporadic vocals.
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VISIONS - 'Summoning The Void' CD (Cyclic Law)
Visions is the Dark Ambient project of Frédéric Arbour (Cyclic Law boss). Following in the footsteps of "Lapse" (2005), "Summoning The Void" offers a deeper and more refined rendering of previously explored themes. This is unmistakably VISIONS, but a notch above in terms of spaciousness, musicality and profound spirituality. Passages that are more solemn and austere give way to ritualised motifs where voices from the void whisper words beyond words. Calm drifts bearing a more aerial and streamlined quality emerge, from which shards of light cut through the massive pitch-black backdrop where a bulging red sun awaits in the distance, endlessly and slowly consuming itself. Beyond that, nothingness. Void. A world and non-world of infinite proportions, a macrocosmic voyage through the hidden and intangible vastness of all... for we are stardust. Ltd x 1000 copies in an outsize embossed sleeve.
