Second full-length album from the two former Dies Natalis members, Norbert Strahl and Alex Meier. "Wege" is a classical Neofolk album in best tradition. Some songs mirror a sad, sometimes even gloomy picture of the world inside and outside of ourselves, other songs are just filigree Folk-ballads, as beautiful and dreamy as one could imagine. Nevertheless all nine songs always stand strong and powerful, showing a path to the listener, never to turn back and never to lose his courage. Martial rhythms drum stirringly to neoclassical compositions, united with impassionate piano and guitar playing and electronic sounds. The challenging lyrics on "Wege" deal with the stages in one's life, our path through time and the questions for the meaning and the purpose of life. Digipak with booklet.
UK 10.50£
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STEIN - 'Haldor' CD (Heimatfolk)
Stein was founded in 2005 as the solo-project of Norbert Strahl, the singer of Seelenthron and founding member of the famous Neofolk outfit Dies Natalis. Norbert's aim with Stein was, to compose songs for the poems of Georg Thom (his grandfather), written between 1911 and 1936. In the beginning of the band, Norbert worked with Jens Vetter of Grünland, who also was ex-Dies Natalis member, but due to the intense work on Seelenthron, Stein stopped in the fledgling stage, until in 2009 the project finally grew to a real band. Finally in summer 2010 the first album "Haldor" was recorded in the Studios of Alexander Meier. "Haldor" is a mix of romantic-paganism and apocalyptic visions, packed in real handmade, classical Neofolk. The album is dedicated to Lorenz Klinger, Norbert's little son, who fights against leukemia with the power of a tiny rock. "Haldor" is Norse and means "Thor's rock". Digipak.
VA - 'Apocalyptic Streams' CD (Apocaltyptic Radio)
Dark Ambient, Power Electronics, Noise and Experimental music from: Antracot, Atrox, Brechen, Errare Humanum Est, Kadaver, Moral Fraktal, MX Nihil, N.Strahl.N, Noiseconcrete, Praying For Oblivion, Steel Hook Prostheses, Tod Durch Arbeit, Vronthor and Wach. Ltd x 250 hand-numbered copies in an outsized, hand-assembled digipak.
UK 10.50£
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VA - 'Bacterium' CD (Adeptsound)
12 experimental / industrial / noise / ambient tracks based on the most abundant lifeforms on earth. Featuring: Cheapmachines, Column One, D.D.A.A., Dieter Müh, Josef Nader, Maison Close, Mnem, N.Strahl.N., Praying For Oblivion, Schuster, Sevan_Oh and The Psychogeographical Commission. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak with hand-numbered postcard.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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VA - 'Stahlerne Lichter' CD (Licht Und Stahl)
First CD proper from this fledgling label, featuring exclusive 'post-industrial' tracks from: Dieter Muh, Erdlicht, Fieberflug, Flutwacht, Galerie Schallschutz, Kraftkammer, Le Syndicat, Leiche Rustikal, Minamata, N.Strahl.N. (2 tracks), Sturmkind, Vacio Perfecto and Wach. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.
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WALDSONNE - 'Wanderer' CD (RAIG)
Waldsonne's debut full-length album. Of the 11 album tracks on "Wanderer", 4 tracks are from their "Strahl" demo EP (all re-recorded), 5 are pure instrumental compositions, 1 comes with textless vocalisation, while others are sung in English, German and Russian. The band combines clean mandolin, guitars, Irish harp, and violin into a fairy acoustic blend of music with roots in medieval folk and heathen rite chants. The female singing leads the song at times strong and majestic though always tender and seductively romantic. On some tracks the quartet is supported by percussionists and a flautist. The whole work shines with heartwarming and inspiring tones, it’s all about magic and fascination but not about dark melancholy and depression. Russian import.
