This is the third full-length of Italian project Albireon. Since 1998 Albireon have developed a heartfelt and clear sound with acoustic guitar and keyboards. They have previously collaborated with Vittorio Vandelli (Ataraxia), Ian Read (Fire + Ice) and Sonne Hagal. In 2008 Albireon completed the "I passi di Li�", their definitive emotional masterwork. This is an album of mournful laments, remembering a lost beloved one, and is led by Davide Borghi's solemn voice. This nostalgic, evocative work leans towards Ambient and Post-Rock sounds, with ethereal moments and will appeal to fans of early Current 93.
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AMYGDALA - 'Memento Mori' CD (Dying Art Productions)
Originally released on the legendary (and now defunct) Hyperium label, this early work of dark Neoclassical / heavenly voices music is now made available again. This unique album of German act Amygdala (Dirk Schölmer, Christian Schuh and ELA Hermes) started the fire of European neoclassical campaign way back in 1997 and had been out of print for a long time. This 2009 edition of "Memento Mori (A Mosaic Of Transitions In IX Parts)" comes with the bonus track 'Barbarosh Canthos'. Ltd x 500 copies in an exquisite A5 Digipak CD. Chinese import.
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ARNICA - 'Numancia' MCD (Ahnstern)
Numancia was a small castro (Spanish for Celtiberian village). The inhabitants of Numancia fought against the Roman Empire for more than 20 years. In 133B.C. Rome sent their best general Escipion to create a siege and destroy Numancia so they could control the entire peninsula. However, when the Romans entered the village, the survivors decided to kill their own children, set their own belongings on fire and end their own lives. If the Empire controlled Celtiberia they could not control their people. Musically Numancia is a invigorating trip from the magnificence of the village to the final decision of choose to die instead of being conquered. Solid drums and ritual elements are mixed with Heathen tunes for the recognizable Ur-Folk sound. All texts are written and sung in Spanish and in the ancient Celtiberian language. Outsize sleeve.
Active since 2001, Artefactum finally delivers its first full length concept album "Chaos Elements". The release is devoted to 4 elements: earth, water, fire and air and alchimia. The music shows their power and eternal beauty, their variety and similarity. Six tracks united in a logical whole, the music is dark drowning with some woman chants and voices in the background not so far Aghast or 6th Comm release with Freya Aswynn. With a great artwork cover with alchemical symbols. This is a tribute to strength and dark side of the world. Harmonia macrocosmica. Occulta philosophia. Opus magnum.
"Ultimacy" collects the final versions of all the singles and compilation tracks released by Blood Axis during the two decades since the project was founded (1991-2011). Stunning versions of well known BA classics such as 'The Hangman And The Papist', 'Eternal Soul', 'The March Of Brian Boru', 'Wir Rufen Deine Wölfe'. These pieces appear in a reverse chronological order, beginning with more recent work and moving back through time to the distant past. Blood Axis explore European folklore; German occultism; Norse and Perso-Roman mythology; fatalism, militarism and Nietzschean romanticism through folk rock, ritual pieces and menacing electronica. Expertly re-mastered by Blood Axis member and renowned studio engineer Robert Ferbrache, "Ultimacy" presents these rare tracks in their ideal form, exactly as the band itself has always heard and envisioned them. Guests include: Stephen Flowers (Edred Thorsson), Boyd Rice (NON), Thomas Thorn (My Life with the Thrill Kill Kill Kult / Electric Hellfire Club), and Markus Wolff (Waldteufel). Presented in a spot-varnished gatefold digisleeve with printed inner sleeve.
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FIRE IN THE HEAD - 'Come Closer Cut Deeper' CD (Nihilist)
This is a ripping experience, like being chewed in a turbine at 24 RPMS in pitch black! At the same time, it sustains a subliminal level of beauty & grace, unparallelled by any other artists in the genre. Vicious attacks by one Mike Page (USA) the visionary behind F/I/T/H. Hostile extreme electronics slice through organs like sharpened blades through ripened veal. Truly a masterpiece to be reckoned with! Please note this release has *extremely* grizzly artwork! Not for the faint-hearted in any sense!
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FORTHCOMING FIRE - 'Set The World On Fire' CD (Other Voices Records)
Forthcoming Fire is a Darkwave / Goth Rock / Electro band, formed in 1990, with 5 various members over the years. The 2 remaining members, Josef K and Lars Wehr, went on to form Von Thronstahl. "Set The World On Fire - Mixes, Hits and Last Temptations" gives fans of Forthcoming Fire the full spectrum of what the band was known for - with a better sound, new mixes and new versions plus the two new songs 'Set The World On Fire' and 'Sonic Horse Ride' that have been performed and recorded by the band's founding members. Epic songs like 'Der Unbesiegte Sonnengott', 'Feuer' or 'My Way Back Home' have been newly mixed and remastered and the tracks 'Summergold', 'Erde, Feuer, Wind und Wasser' and 'Sun Child' are featured as brand new versions with guest vocalists. "Set The World On Fire" is their testament and a love letter to a gone by era. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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HELL-BORN - 'Legacy Of The Nephilim' CD (Conquer Records)
This is: "HELL FUCKIN METAL warriors know no mercy! The newest Hell-Born full-length album, "Legacy of the Nephilim", is ready to set the heavens on fire and claim the earthly thrones! Nine pieces of living infernal brimstone and ferocious energy, with playing time of over 40 minutes! A real must for every true Black / Death Metal maniac." Once again Hell-Born's work is full-filled with merciless, infernal fury, with a sound production much heavier, sharper and selective than ever before. Comes in a nice digipak.
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IONOSPHERE / LAND:FIRE - 'Of Mind And Of Abyss' 12" (Power & Steel / Loki Foundation)
After their well received full length works released via Tesco and Loki both German units now dig deeper into their cosmos of sound with this split EP. A brilliant slice of sonicscape-ambient, like a thick black stream of plasma crawling from places we are not yet ready to go. Places where thoughts and desires, fears and pain manifest in reality. Majestic waves of droning sound and pulsations overlayed by whispering vocal samples, cavernous resonances and dark analogue machine noises. A deep shivering cosmic ambient work beyond the edge of the imaginable. Limited edition of 475 copies.
PALE ROSES - 'Fear Of Dawn' CD (The Eastern Front)
Debut album from this French Neofolk act. Ten songs about war, melancholy and the pagan roots of Europe. Two reworked versions of traditional British ballads ('Lord Gregory' and 'Two Ravens') make the album complete. Pale Roses have done their best to keep the instrumentation minimal, stripped down to the core, free of all non-essential arrangements. However, slight variations between songs keep the album from being repetitive. Although Pale Roses are ready to pay their dues to the founders of the Neofolk genre (Sol Invictus, Death In June and Fire+Ice), it is not far off to also mention Nick Drake, Nico or Richard Thompson as influences. Ltd x 1000 copies.
PALE ROSES - 'Unveiled' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
Second album from French Neofolk act Pale Roses, featuring acoustic guitar, piano and vocals. 11 tracks about war, melancholy and the pagan origins of Europe, with lyrics inspired by history, mythology (Celtic, Norse and Greek), Occultism, fantasy and British murder ballads. The band are influenced by Sol Invictus, Fire+Ice, Death In June, Current 93, Strength Through Joy as well as Nick Drake, Nico and Richard Thompson. 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.
RISING SHADOWS - 'Found In The Cold' CD (Twilight Records)
With "Found In The Cold", Rising Shadows explores a colder and more distorted, harsh landscape than before, yet still holding up the ethereal beauty with the voice of Linda-li. Lyrically and musically the album is a continuation of the themes from "Falling Deep Within". The dreamy, folk inspired songs are still there with the dark lyrics of a journey through life into death and the catharsis in between. Rising Shadows speak about the world of imagination all of us have in mind; a possible world, full of tales, fantastic creatures and beautiful landscapes. A fantastic journey through the mystical world of faeries, wizards and gnomes. Try to search your lost and sad princess into the deep and dark forest of Scandinavia. Imagine a mix of Dead Can Dance, Ennio Morricone and Kate Bush and you'll getting closer to the sound of Rising Shadows! Digipak.
Debut album from this Brooklyn psychedelic / folk / rock / improv unit. The sound of a rolling south western road trip... of unknown terrain. "Loco Hills" finds Shepherds entering full band territory for the first time. A fully realised document, toying at times with structure, Shepherds never lose sight of the "drop everything and make music" mentality that makes them so exciting. Swirling strings, tape manipulations, percussion, wah, fire and bone. Features members from Meneguar, Woods and The Vanishing Voice. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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SURVIVAL UNIT - 'Tied Down For Survival' CD (Autarkeia)
Originally released as a limited edition in 2003 (self-released). At the times of global crisis, the zombies of cultural terrorism strike again with the fire of new toxic power. Tied Down For Survival is a old/new blow from the Scandinavian cult project Survival Unit to the rotten cancer of Western civilisation and the second collection of rarities in the golden collection of cultural terrorism series. This is an exceptionally suggestive, psychedelic power electronics with deeply terrorising implications. Here you will listen to unreleased live records, passages from limited edition utan fana and the controversial conspiracy theory of Rolf-Peter Andersson, where Swedish monarch family, Indira Gandhi and Mikhail Gorbachev practice cannibalism. Digipak.
THE HERMAPHRODITIC CHAORDER OF THE SILVER DUSK - '156=Musick=Babalon=Kaos' CD (Zoharum)
An experiment of Process: Magickal Musick recorded by members of The HermAphroditic ChAOrder of the SILVER DUSK - usually in ritual context or with invocational intent - then posted on CD to other member/s in another country for them to add more layers to. This continued progressively until completion. The style of music ranges from neoclassical ambient orchestral multi-instrumental corroborations and layered electronic experimentations to simple primal ritual corroborators with sticks and bells and harmonious voices around a fire by the Hekate Tree. 156 is the number of Babalon, the fiery Thelemic Goddess and also of Kaos, the 7-headed beast on which she rides. Dedicated to and inspired by Coil. Stunning 6-panel digipak with 6 x card inserts.
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URUK-HAI - 'Across The Misty Mountains (...Far, Far Away)' CD (Stuka Sound)
The year 2006 - blood freezes in the veins at the sound of clenching steel, a further, more giant battle is fought. The way of the warrior is sealed, created out of flesh and steel, baptized in fire and ice the warlord Uruk-Hai rises with iron force to fight his battle in the land of shadows. Dark Pagan Ambient hymns, mystic and bombastic battlesounds lead you to deadly moors, rise up high in the sky and chase the dark creatures through enchanted woods. Mighty atmospheres, wardrums, cymbals and fanfares build a symphony like the ride of a Valkyrie. Recorded back in 2004 will tell this album about the long forgotten ode to the magic of the Misty Mountains. Surely a favourite for Lord Of The Rings fanatics! Ltd x 500 copies in a DVD case.
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VA - 'Incendium III' CD (Loki Foundation)
Third edition in the 'Incendium' sampler series from Loki Foundation / Power & Steel, featuring tracks from current and recent releases from: Bad Sector (2 tracks), Blood Box, Circular, Ex.Order, First Law, Fjernlys, Herbst9, Inade (2 tracks), Kammarheit, Land:Fire, Penjaga Insaf, Phelios and S.E.T.I.. A superb, low-priced 'try before you buy' experience from this highly recommended label! Standard card sleeve.
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VA - 'Looking For Europe' 4 x CD Set (Auerbach Tonträger)
The history of Neofolk for the first time on CD. Features: Agnivolok / Ain Soph / Allerseelen / Andrew King / Argine / Ataraxia / Blood Axis / Boyd Rice & Friends / Camerata Mediolanense / Changes / Darkwood / Death In June / Der Blutharsch / Dies Natalis / Empyrium / Ernte / Fire + Ice / Forseti / Gae Bolg / Hagalaz Runedance / Hekate / In Gowan Ring / Kirlian Camera / Laibach / Leakh / Lux Interna / Magnet / Mother Destruction / Neun Welten / Nico / Of The Wand And The Moon / Ordo Equitum Solis / Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio / Orplid / Ostara / Regard Extreme / Romowe Rikoito / Royal Family & The Poor (Feat. Peter Hook) / Scivias / Scott Walker / Shining Vril / Sieben / Sol Invictus / Sonne Hagal / Sorrow (Rose McDowall) / Strawbs / T.A.C. / Tenhi / Test Dept / Thee Majesty (Genesis P-Orridge) / Waldteufel / Werkraum & Lady Morphia. Exceedingly lavish 4-CD hardback book, clothbound and gold-embossed with an extensive 100-page booklet.
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VA - 'Magnetic Fields & Zero Dimension Planes' CD (ConSouling Sounds)
It's very hard to define what exactly ambient and drone music is. It's a broad spectrum with hardly any boundaries and which is open to a lot of experiments. Sometimes gentle sounds without much variation, other times dream-evoking and oppressive rhythms. This compilation tries to do justice to this diversity, as the sound palette goes from monotone soundscapes and guitar drones over dark ambient and field recordings to electronic and warm ambient. Nearly all tracks are unreleased and/or exclusive to this release. Features: Blyndhæð (Blindhaed), Distant Fires Burning, IAM., Mirko Uhlig, Monotonos, [multer], N (16), Hihilum, Premonition Factory, Simulacra, Soundsketching and Tzesne. Comes in a foldout A2 poster (A5 package).
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VITER - 'Dzherelo' MCD (Casus Belli Musica)
Viter was formed in Ukraine in 2010, although the band members have come from other groups (Dragobrath, Capitollium, Ruina, Kroda, Apostate, Leadhaze, Ambivalence). Their music is inspired by the greatness of the Carpathian Mountains... it is their voice reflected in every note, in every sound. The songs of Viter are saturated with the fragrance of highland grasses, mountain spring water, winds bearing forest coldness. Soil and Air, Fire and Water have merged together on this debut mini-album. Listen to the song of the elements, hark to their voice, feel the power of the spring-well! Over 20 minutes of Pagan Folk-Rock / Black Metal. Beautifully produced etched CD.
A collaboration of two congenial projects dedicated to the Symbols of Creative Rotation. A retrospective journey by a bird through smells of melting herb songs and contemplation of the mysteries of Life. They flow with Water, from Ice to the boundless lakes dancing in moss. Following to Earth, walking the dense forests, winds and marshes, meeting the Heart Guardians. All the cycles of nature follow each other, Fire goes to Water and Earth goes to Heaven. All invocations in the name of Life. Many praising voices of people and animals merged into a rhythm that glorifies the Natural Order, eternal and endless. Field recordings, woodwinds, strings, percussion, voices, tape noises and electronics were used in this work. They all merged into a single timeless canvas. The spirit of every living thing awakening runs through it. An atmosphere of Ritual crossed with cosmic primordial Drone Ambient. Standing in awe of Majesty and experience of true Beauty. Tradition, vibrations for a New Cycle. One 49 minute track. Ltd x 484 copies in a 6-panel 7" sleeve.
Vresnit, the project from Yaroslavl, is devoted to harvesting, separation of grains from weed. Six Dark Drone Ambient mysteries grown from processed tape field recordings, live flutes, analogue electronics, hand bells, trance rhythmic structures and voices. Cause and effect... We reap what we sow. The meditation over fire as the breathing of Space Itself... comprehension of the greatness of action and oneself in it... Balance, transition, watching the light, and watching the watcher of Light. Ltd x 363 hand-numbered copies in a 6-panel outsize sleeve with insert.
WINTERBLOOD - 'Le Fredde Ali Del Inverno' CD (Frozen Landscapes Records)
Debut album from this Italian act, formed in Firenze in 1996, but on ice until now. 3 tracks (47 minutes) of pure sombre Dark Ambient, inspired by astral projections, initiations, untouched places, arcane geometries, solitude and frozen landscapes. "...their debut album meanders on its dark journey through crystalline streams and misty mountains utilising its dark ambient confines to noble and magisterial effect. The mood created is often one of immense loss and tragedy; time stands still while silent mourners stand, heads bowed in dark flowing cloaks, hands clasped in a futile bid to deny the cold. The synths never sound overworked, employed with the idea of giving each composition a life of arboreal quality - slow, noble, and wise. Obvious comparisons could be drawn with Vinterriket but Winterblood have their own quality and I feel hugely optimistic about their future" (Asgard Root). Ltd x 500 copies.
This is: "HELL FUCKIN METAL warriors know no mercy! The newest Hell-Born full-length album, "Legacy of the Nephilim", is ready to set the heavens on fire and claim the earthly thrones! Nine pieces of living infernal brimstone and ferocious energy, with playing time of over 40 minutes! A real must for every true Black / Death Metal maniac." Once again Hell-Born's work is full-filled with merciless, infernal fury, with a sound production much heavier, sharper and selective than ever before. Comes in a nice digipak.
