With many quality independent productions, 21 Gramms has garnered so much praise from so many quarters in the past years. “Water- Membrane” is the second CD album from Poland’s 21 Gramms. Seven extended pieces of sublime orchestral dark natural ambient, generated a truly wonderful album. “Water-Membrane” sounds like a last hope inner movement into the most unknown decadency of the soul. Discouraging, shining, naturally isolationist. Digipak.
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ASHRAM - 'Gathered Under Shining Silver Skies' DVD (Dying Art Productions)
A special release which documents Ashram's 2009 Chinese tour, finally offering the chance to witness the band's remarkable live show. The DVD features 20 songs recorded in Beijing, which includes not only Ashram's debut and "Shining Silver Skies", but also new songs, solo tracks, improvisations and unreleased material which the band only perform live on stage. The Italian ensemble embodies the romantic backdrop of early 1900’s glamour and also flirts with a slightly naïve Folk spirit. Melancholic and touching Neoclassical music. Ltd x 500 copies in an A5 slimline DVD case with 2 posters from the tour. Sealed in a hand-stamped envelope.
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ASPECTEE - 'Morben' CD (First Fallen Star)
It's as if you are staring into the cold night sky. An infinite expanse of darkness, a void, punctuated only here and there with points of shining light. What little light exists fluctuates, flutters, dances ever so faintly, though it remains forever dominated by a blackened backdrop. Influenced by the human condition and the human experience, by humanity's fortune and misfortune, the soundscapes of "Morben" are varied, ranging from ambient to dark ambient to experimental, though the sounds remain forever blackened, and the moods heavy. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
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DEN SAAKALDTE - 'Øl Mørke Og Depresjon' 2 x LP (Aesthetic Death Records)
Featuring members, past and present, of some of the finest extreme bands - Kvarforth (Shining, Skitliv, Bethlehem), Jormungand (Dødheimsgard), Kobro (Carpathian Forest), Seidemann (1349), Kvebek (Pantheon I), Uruz (Where Angels Fall, ex-Shining), Sykelig (Shining) - Den Saakaldte now stand as one of today's best dark / black metal bands in their own right. This is a re-issue of extremely limited dark/black metal masterpiece from 2008 (Eerie Art Records). The raw and inspired energy, killer riffs and suicidal vocals take you to places best left unexplored. Of a twisted genius in creation. Ltd x 500 numbered copies in a stunning, heavyweight gatefold sleeve.
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DEN SAAKALDTE - 'Øl Mørke Og Depresjon' CD (Aesthetic Death Records)
Featuring members, past and present, of some of the finest extreme bands - Kvarforth (Shining, Skitliv, Bethlehem), Jormungand (Dødheimsgard), Kobro (Carpathian Forest), Seidemann (1349), Kvebek (Pantheon I), Uruz (Where Angels Fall, ex-Shining), Sykelig (Shining) - Den Saakaldte now stand as one of today's best dark / black metal bands in their own right. This is a re-issue of extremely limited dark/black metal masterpiece from 2008 (Eerie Art Records). The raw and inspired energy, killer riffs and suicidal vocals take you to places best left unexplored. Of a twisted genius in creation. Ltd x 1000 copies in a digipak with 2 exclusive bonus tracks.
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DISPERSIVE LIGHT / SUMMONS OF SHINING RUINS - 'Split' CD (A5 Production)
Split album featuring 5 lengthy tracks apiece from Dispersive Light (the drone / doom / black noise / death ambient band from Kiev artist Arthur Mogilevsky) and Summons Of Shining Ruins (Japanese experimental musician Shinobu Nemoto). For this album the two acts focused on man's dark side. Ltd x 500 copies. Ukrainian import.
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FLEURETY - 'Evoco Bestias' 7" (Aesthetic Death Records)
The second release in the Fleurety 7" vinyl series! This band from Ytre Enebakk, Norway, has been hailed as one of the originators of the style that has lately come to be known as avant-garde metal. "Evoco Bestias" features the first new tracks from Fleurety since 1998. These 2 tracks serve as a powerful evocation of the feral spirit in man. As well as founding members Alexander Nordgaren and Svein Egil Hatlevik, the recording features Andreas Barsleth and Ayna B. Johansen. "Evoco Bestias" was recorded at Crystal Canyon Studios, Oslo in 2008, with the assistance of Tore Ylwisaker (Ulver). Artwork by Trine & Kim Design Studio (known for their work for Mayhem, Gallhammer, Shining, Ulver etc). Ltd x 666 copies on heavy duty grey vinyl.
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ILYA MONOSOV - 'Collected Works Of Ilya Monosov' LP (Youdonthavetocallitmusic)
Psychedelic drone sounds, experimental electro-acoustics, minimal music and deep listening from the years 2000 - 2007 by Ilya Monosov, who is a member of the Frogpeak artist collective and one-half of the psychedelic noise group The Shining Path and the improv duo Monosov/Swirnoff. Ilya Monosov has collaborated with Bob Cobbing, Charles Curtis, Duane Pitre, Marc Schulz, Larry Polansky, Andrew Deutsch (with Pauline Oliveros) and Preston Swirnoff. Recommended for fans of Joe Jones, Takehisa Kosugi, John Cage, and Terry Riley. Ltd x 250 hand-numbered copies with complete discography insert and postcard.
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KAYNO YESNO SLONCE - ' Xà ê – Úê' CD (Corvus Records)
Inspired by Nature comes the dark ambient project of Veselin Mitov. “Slow layers of synths as a background, Bulgarian bagpipes that make your soul soar, and Eastern Orthodox Church choirs drown you in a deep sorrow. In ancient Bulgarian language Kayno Yesno Slonce means “like a bright shining sunâ€.
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KORPERSCHWACHE - 'Evil Walks' CD (Crucial Blast)
"Evil Walks" is the most focused work yet from this utterly demented Texas outfit that started out in the mid 90s as a pure noise project but gradually evolved into this weird, lumbering black-dirge that we hear now. Thumping minimal drum-machine, droning dissonant riffs that veer from hypnotic noise to dismal quasi-black metal buzz, narcoleptic croaking and malevolent sneer bathed in reverb, the distant sad howling of wolves and ear-piercing screams drift across the background. A warped, blasted beauty shining through rotting shadows and rapidly declining emotional states. Digipak with booklet.
LULLABIER - 'Verita Rivestite D'Ombra' CD (Oltrelanebbiailmare)
Delicate and fragile dreamy atmospheres, melodic and hypnotic ambiental light touches, sonic landscapes... now semi-acoustic, then nearly shoegaze... lyrics with introspective views, whispered by a simple and gentle voice, mainly based on evocative and shining, delicate and expanded, electric guitar riffs, on discreet rhythmic bases, sometimes followed by more simple ethereal folk guitar chords, in a singer-songwriter mood. An intense album, simply elegant, and at the same time competent and extremely touching...
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NECRO DEATHMORT - 'Music Of Bleak Origin' CD (Distraction Records)
Second release from this London duo (Matthew Rozeik / AJ Cookson), whose debut "This Beat Is Necrotronic" earned them support slots with Ulver and Shining. "Music Of Bleak Origin" takes things up a notch. An intense soundtrack of crunchy fuzz, chambertronic buzz, walls of guitar wail, crashing chords, acidic bleeps and blips, creeping drone, heavy, nihilistic doom and guttural screams, combining analogue and digital noise to devastating effect. Ltd x 1000 copies in a heavy PVC archive sleeve with an 18-panel poster sleeve with artwork by Dominic Hailstone (Isis, Mogwai).
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SCOTT HULL - 'Requiem' CD (Relapse Records)
"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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SHINING - 'Within Deep Dark Chambers' CD (Modern Invasion Music)
Reissue of Shining's debut album. The supreme Swedish Suicidal Black Metal masters! Cold, misanthropic Black Metal from the north! Although Shining's sound is as aggressive as other black metal acts, the lyrics on "Within Deep Dark Chambers" are more personal. This official Australian edition includes a bonus track.
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SINWELDI - 'Is Europe Dying?' CD (SkullLine)
Beautiful Neofolk from France. "Lust sweeps of duel acoustics of which the rhythm and melodic chords are clean and crisp, at times shining with a technical flourish. What is almost immediate with the album is the strong ear for subtle melodies that the artists are so obviously gifted with. While residing more in the genre of Neofolk rather than driven martial tones the musical compositions are deft and very well structured. The keyboard adds to lushness of the acoustics and, in places, (the accordion and harmonica are also employed sparingly and appropriately in places) which may have preempted a move to more stripped-back sounds now being explored by some long established Neofolk artists." (Judas Kiss). Reissue of the debut album from 2009 (Ltd x 100 copies), now reissued as a CD proper with white tray. Ltd x 500 hand-numbered copies.
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SKITLIV - 'Amfetamin' CD (Cold Spring CSR90CD)
Exclusive release from the Doom / Noise project of Maniac (ex-MAYHEM), featuring Kvarforth (SHINING), and with special guest vocals by Attila (SUNN O))), MAYHEM). From Black Metal through Funeral Doom and Demonic Noise, Skitliv cover all the bases in modern extreme sonics. The CD version includes bonus tracks from Skitliv's live performance at the Camden Underworld, London, 13th December 2007, with a special intro from CURRENT 93 (David Tibet & Andrew Liles).
SKITLIV - 'Bloodletting' 10" Picture Disc (Cold Spring CSR115P)
Limited edition Picture disc from SKITLIV, the project of former MAYHEM front man MANIAC. With a line up that includes SHINING's NIKLAS KVARFORTH, SKITLIV is a disturbed, and disturbing, blackened doom journey through the mind of this legendary Black Metal vocalist who was one of the original exponents of the genre, and is one of its most recognisable figures. This picture disc is made extra special not only by the inclusion of 'Who Will Deliver Us From Gold and Planets' by CURRENT 93 - an introductory collage destruct that was created at the request of Maniac and is dedicated to him, but also because the artwork that is used for the side containing this track is part of one of Tibet's own paintings. Ltd x 777 copies. No repress.
THE INFANT CYCLE - 'Secret Hidden Message' 7" (Drone Records)
The Infant Cycle is an experimental project from Ontario (Canada), active since 1992. The three pieces on this EP were created using sounds from various instruments (Trombone, guitar, windchimes, marimba, birdcage). The result sounds rather electronic and hypnotic, with bright shining drones and repetitive rhythmic patterns, loops moving into more amorphous and multilayered electro-acoustics. In spite of the rather experimental working-methods the outcome is very compact and condensed. The Infant Cycle's approach to sound is based on the belief that words and explanations can only fail to describe or explain it, what is needed is a non-verbal, intuitive understanding of the work." First edition of 300 copies on clear grey vinyl with printed transparent cover and an insert.
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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 - 'Where Tattered Clouds Are Stranding' 2 x CD (The Eastern Front)
A compilation of European neofolk, industrial, dark ambient projects dedicated to the art of Icelandic sculptor and painter Einar Jonsson (1874-1954). Almost all the songs presented on the compilation, inspired by Einar Jonsson's art, are unique, previously unreleased and composed especially for this compilation. Part I "Grief" is a neofolk / martial part with the songs of: Aeldaborn, Agnivolok, Belborn, Cawatana, Cold Fusion, H.E.R.R. / Von Thronstahl, Horologium, Kammer Sieben, Larrnakh, Rukkanor, Storm Of Capricorn, Westwind, Weihan, Zebaoth. Part II "Birth Of Psyche" is dark ambient / industrial / esotheric part with the songs of: Artefactum, Bisclaveret, Echo West, Gandolfs Gedanken, Gregorio Bardini, Hoarfrost, Kadaver / Refuse To Die, Objekt 4, Rose Rovine E Amanti, Shining Vril, Sitra Ahra and Wach. Ltd x 1000 copies in a double foldout package. Highly recommended!
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VA - 'With Friends Like These...' 2 x CD (Tursa / Kaparte Promotions)
"With Friends Like These" is a double CD compilation by Tursa and Kaparte Productions who are jointly responsible for the successful "Ship Of Fools " club nights in central London. Oldies like Orchestra Noir, Sieben, Naevus, Tor Lundvall, Tony Wakeford, Andrew King and Arcana are joined by a roster of less gnarled artists from the UK, Europe and beyond. This is a compilation of artists not constrained by musical label or ghetto: Albireon, Alex Monk, Amber Asylum, Andrew King, Arcana, Art Immunda, Autumn Grieve, Brown Sierra, Christy & Emily, Cutty Sark, Eva Eden, Gargemella, Golgatha, Gregorio Bardini, Guy Harries, Heidika, Hekate, Hide & Seek, Hong Kong In The 60s, Human Greed, Man Eat Man Eat Man, Mercy Liao, Naevus, Orchestra Noir, Pilori, (r), Richard Moult, Rose Rovine E Amanti, Seventh Harmonic, Shining Vril, Sieben, Sonver, Susan Matthews, That Summer, The Hare & The Moon, Tony Wakeford, Tor Lundvall, Vega, Vultures and While Angels Watch.
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WILDILDLIFE - 'Peas Feast' 12" (Crucial Blast)
Vinyl reissue of 2007's "Peas Feast" self-released EP. Mastered by Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer, Agoraphobic Nosebleed). Four lengthy songs of ultra-heavy sludge, crushing glacial metal, psych rock, noise rock and desperate howling vocals. Slow, sludgy and creeping but still unbelievably catchy and exuberant. Although this early material is more immediate and raw than the band's debut album Six, the music is crushing, catchy and totally spaced-out. Ltd x 1000 copies on yellow / black marbled vinyl. Comes with a dropcard that will allow you to download the tracks from the "Peas Feast" EP as well as a digital-only EP titled "Drongolet Demos" with unreleased Wildildlife tracks.
