CLOAMA & BLUTLEUCHTE - 'Cloama & Blutleuchte' CD (Anima Arctica)
CD reissue of the 2005 collaboration originally released by New Old Sentinel (Ltd x 100 copies). If the psychedelic ritual industrial / dark ambient / baroque experimental nature of their other collaborative release "From Wasteland Mausoleums" caught your attention, you will not want to miss this. Incantations for the twilight hours. Yog-Sothoth is the key. Ltd x 300 copies.
GELSOMINA & NO XIVIC - 'Furnace' CD (Some Place Else)
"Furnace" is an unlikely, yet strangely natural union of No Xivic, renowned sculptor of dark electro-acoustic soundscapes, and Gelsomina, Finland's most prolific harsh noise artist. The title track, also the main piece on the album, is a live collaboration recorded in late 2006, a grand opus of psychedelic noise with a peculiar 'kraut' flavour! In addition to this, both artists created exclusive tracks on their own to complete the album. In total, "Furnace" is a 44-minute blast of fire, brimstone and hazardous electric currents. Presented in a slimline square DVD case.
Poland's Horologium need hardly any introduction. Over the years they have managed to create their own musical language and win many hearts in the post-industrial milieu. On "Tellurian Anthems" Martial trumpets, Orchestral fury and tribal percussion have been skillfully combined with delicate Neoclassical fragments, dreamy Ambient parts and female recitation. Sea waves singing alongside gentle piano tunes, radio broadcasts fight against air raid sirens, fire meeting water meeting fire... Around 40mins of music. Ltd x 333 copies in a stunning, heavyweight gatefold sleeve with an elegant A2 poster.
UK 16£
Europe 20£
World 24£
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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.
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.
KEPLERS ODD - 'Strena Seu De Nive Sexangula (A New Year's Gift Of Hexagonal Snow)' CD (Fractured Spaces Records)
From the darkest and coldest heart of Sweden comes the trio known as Keplers Odd (headed by Daniel Jansson of Deadwood). Seven tracks of noisy, yet subtly ambient guitar-driven sonic attacks, eerily redolent of the icy cold mysterious aurora-wrapped landscapes prevalent throughout Northern Europe, inhabited by creatures and monsters spawned from the myths and legends told around campfires over countless generations. Keplers Odd create textures, ambience and noise. But there is also quiet subtlety, sinister atmospherics and dark occult moods. Digipak. Ltd x 1000.
The debut release from the Herbst9 project! Massive drones and sinister melodies rise out from the inside of a dark and bleak ground while crushing rhythms and unreal vocal shreds echoing through a wide spectrum of sounds and effects. The perfect sound journey through devastated landscapes. Ltd x 750 copies.
Coming back with an all new album after more than 5 years the alter ego of Herbst9 delivers another outstanding soundtrack about radiological warfare and it's debris during the last century. SWT is like a massive energy spike with a surrounding maelstrom of machine noises, rhythms, interferences and electromagnetic waves. The complex arrangement of technical sounds creates a deadly atmosphere of fallout and devastated landscapes with an apocalyptic aura reflected by dissonant harmonies and deep shimmering ambient scapes. Presented in a 6 panel digipak. Mastered by Andreas Wahnmann (First Law).
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.
TUHAT KUOLEMAA SEKUNNISSA - 'Tuhat Kuolemaa Sekunnissa' CD (Anima Arctica)
Noble & Honest Neofolk rooted firmly to the pagan grounds of Finland. "These songs are made to rise higher than pines, and the brilliant melodies glitter like silvery lakes under the holy sun. Some of these tracks are surely to be sung along with tears in eyes by lonely listeners, and some out loud by like-minded minds affected by blessed beers and wicked wines. This record is mainly performed with two acoustic guitars and bass guitar held by men with fierce fire in minds and souls... in the language of their ancestors... A reverend nod is given in the direction of the classics of the British Isles' Neofolk genre, which shake hands with archaic songs sung by Finnish tribes next to fireplaces in nightless night, in lightless winter of this cold, cold country." Tuhat Kuolemaa Sekunnissa disbanded and Mikko Poyhonen is now known as Pyhä Kuolema. Ltd x 1000 copies.
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.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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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.
UK 4£
Europe 5£
World 6£
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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.
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.
