Divided into chapters, but works best as one long song, “II:Ruined” is a massive plunge through crawling and pounding vibes of distorted madness, bass-heavy frequencies, methodically played drums, and utterly painful virulent vocals, all filtered through pure unbridled atmosphere and ambience. A sonic scenario where every negative emotion conceived manifests into beyond epic proportions. Featuring guest appearances from Crippled Black Phoenix founder Justin Greaves (ex-Electric Wizard / Iron Monkey), and UK songstress Rose Kemp, “II:Ruined” will appeal to those who worship at the altar of such bands like Khanate, Sunn O))) and Corrupted respectively. Heavyweight DLP edition in gatefold sleeve.
Divided into chapters, but works best as one long song, “II:Ruined” is a massive plunge through crawling and pounding vibes of distorted madness, bass-heavy frequencies, methodically played drums, and utterly painful virulent vocals, all filtered through pure unbridled atmosphere and ambience. A sonic scenario where every negative emotion conceived manifests into beyond epic proportions. Featuring guest appearances from Crippled Black Phoenix founder Justin Greaves (ex-Electric Wizard / Iron Monkey), and UK songstress Rose Kemp, “II:Ruined” will appeal to those who worship at the altar of such bands like Khanate, Sunn O))) and Corrupted respectively. This North American edition comes in a gorgeously designed 8-panel digipak and contains an exclusive bonus track. Also, if you look very closely within the layout, you will find Morse Code which leads to exclusive audio online!
New Zealand's Black Boned Angel return with their fourth full length release. Sharing a similarly bleak ground to Corrupted, Sunn 0))) and Earth, this is perhaps their most sombre and fully-realised work to date. The Battle of Verdun was fought between the German and French armies, and was one of the critical battles on the Western Front during World War I. It resulted in more than a quarter of a million battlefield deaths and at least half a million wounded. Verdun was the longest battle and one of the most devastating in World War I and indeed in history. Over the course of 50 minutes, BBA soundtrack that brutal conflict with their trademark dark ambient drones and doom-laden riffs. Ltd x 500 copies on black vinyl.
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BLACK SUN - 'Paralyser' LP (At War With False Noise)
First ever vinyl release from the UK's most pummeling and heavy doom metal band. Black Sun come out of left-field with their most fully-formed body of work thus far: a raging statement of intent that doesn't let up or fail to engage from the opening guttural screams to the final thunderous crash. Swans-esque lessons in harsh rhythmical battery... drone wizardry... post-Neurosis chorus... mid-90s metalcore sound... sub-industrial and pounding, rhythmic monotony. File next to Swans, Godflesh, Sunn O))) etc. Ltd x 500 copies with A3 insert and old-school black & white block artwork.
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CORRUPTED - 'Paso Inferior' CD (Nostalgia Blackrain)
"Japanese underground icons Corrupted create droning, sludgy, painfully slow death / doom metal and ambient music along the same lines as bands like Earth, Boris, and Sunn O))). Formed in Osaka, Japan, circa 1994, the reclusive group has issued an inordinate number of singles, EPs, split discs, and full-length albums over the years, but always under their own idiosyncratic terms. These include holding anything remotely resembling rock stardom in utter contempt, mysteriously writing all of their lyrics in Spanish, and refusing to even take promo shots, so that the only known images of the group are those snapped by fans at their concerts" (All Music Guide). Originally released in 1997 on CD by Frigidity Discos, this 1-track, 40 minute CD has now been remastered. Ultra heavy, ultra recommended!
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DER BLUTHARSCH - 'Flying High!' 2 x LP (WKN)
On their ninth studio album Der Blutharsch continues travelling in the direction they took back in 2005, when the former gurus of martial industrial / military pop rocketed towards the deep space of psychedelia. If you think of Sunn O))), Guru Guru, Amon Dül, Tangerine Dream or Godspeed You! Black Emperor you aren't too far away... but still inherent is that familiar apocalyptic feeling. Highly influenced by the American West Coast Sound of the late sixties with a small dose of Krautrock. Here's the line-up: Bain Wolfkind, Albin Julius, Gianni Serusi and Patrick Leagas. Der Blutharsch have mutated into a psychedelic rock monster; their motto, "into new territories!", symbolic for this mutation, a battle fought not by marching but by flying, 'Flying high!'. The DLP is housed in a superb gatefold cover and is limited to 750 copies only.
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DER BLUTHARSCH - 'Flying High!' CD (WKN)
On their ninth studio album Der Blutharsch continues travelling in the direction they took back in 2005, when the former gurus of martial industrial / military pop rocketed towards the deep space of psychedelia. If you think of Sunn O))), Guru Guru, Amon Dül, Tangerine Dream or Godspeed You! Black Emperor you aren't too far away... but still inherent is that familiar apocalyptic feeling. Highly influenced by the American West Coast Sound of the late sixties with a small dose of Krautrock. Here's the line-up: Bain Wolfkind, Albin Julius, Gianni Serusi and Patrick Leagas. Der Blutharsch have mutated into a psychedelic rock monster; their motto, "into new territories!", symbolic for this mutation, a battle fought not by marching but by flying, 'Flying high!'. The CD comes in a stunning foilblocked folder with glow in the dark ink and slipcase.
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GERRITT & JOHN WIESE - 'The Disappearing Act EP' MCD (Misanthropic Agenda)
It's Wiese - brace yourself. This 20 minute EP sees the noise maverick working with Misanthropic Agenda label boss Gerritt, hardly a shrinking violet himself, having gone head to head with Merzbow, D Yellow Swans and Sunn O))) in the past. 'The Disappearing Act EP' starts out with two short, sharp shocks of mashed-up sound, sudden jolts of electricity and the worrying rush of what sounds like toxic gas escaping from a canister. The final track is one 15 minute fade up of unbearably caustic jet engine whine. It'll have you pinned back in your armchair while your face gets pummelled by its horribly intense power. Digipak.
HALF MAKESHIFT - 'Omen' CD (Profound Lore Records)
“Omen” is a devastating observation of formidable experimental ambient drone-like subtle mastery. With moments that remind of Nadja, Sunn O))), Godspeed! You Black Emperor and A Silver Mount Zion, “Omen” is an opus of dense and flowing sonic terrain where cinematic sound visions create vast, desperate, and devastating scenarios, almost serving its purpose like a desperate doomsday soundtrack. Working as a 50+ minute track, but separated into four parts, “Omen” subtly shifts through different emotions and moods; soothing and comforting, yet at the same time virulent and uneasy, and ultimately eerie and chilling. The incredible use of melody via light guitar strums and guitar ambience, melded with waves of static bursts and ivory key tappings, create the build-up that will inevitably come in the form of massive drone rumblings. This is the final work of Half Makeshift. Mastered by James Plotkin (Old, Khanate). 6-panel digipak.
JARBOE - 'MahaKali - Digipak Edition' CD (The End Records)
Studio album from Jarboe (ex-Swans). "MahaKali" is all about the primeval force of the universe; the Universal Mother, the Great Goddess, the Destroyer. Features guest appearances from: Attila Csihar (Sunn O))), Mayhem), Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer, AxCx), Philip Ansselmo (Down, Pantera), Julia Kent (Antony And The Johnsons), Vincent Signorelli (Unsane, Foetus), Josh Graham (Neurosis) and Kris Force (Amber Asylum). An alluring and provactive listening experience - Jarboe's visceral vocals range from a shy schoolgirl to sultry seductress to downright demonic; her delivery can be at turns innocent, knowing, seductive, and vitriolic. Contains the tracks 'Kali Lamentaion I' and 'Violence', exclusive to this edition. Ltd x 2500 copies in a digipak.
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KTL - '2' CD (Editions Mego)
KTL is Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Gravetemple, Æthenor, Thorr's Hammer) and Peter Rehberg (PITA). Devastatingly beautiful four part follow up to the acclaimed debut CD recorded in a former abattoir in Angers, as well as a 16th Century manor in the west of France. Taking the blueprint that was laid out on the first record even further, with the ecstatic build up of ‘Theme’, the near psychedelic ‘Abattoir’, and closing with the twisted romanticism of the closing ‘Snow 2’. An upgrade both artistically and emotionally. As with the first CD elements appeared in the finished version of the theatre piece ‘Kindertotenlieder’ by Gisele Vienne and Dennis Cooper, which was premiered in Brest, France, March 2007. Cover by SOMA.
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KTL - 'IV' CD (Editions Mego)
The long awaited new album by the ongoing duo of Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Gravetemple) and Peter Rehberg (Pita) is the first full length KTL release that is not commissioned work for theatre or film. Whereas the ‘Kindertotenlieder' trilogy of 1, 2 and 3 were blurred washes of fog and noise polished in by ambient shine, "IV" is a more direct and demanding beast, referencing such diverse projects as; volume era Swans, Mecca period Cabaret Voltaire, phase one Wire, Fushitsusha and This Heat... "IV" is a stunning new direction and great addition to both artists' already impressive canon, with blowtorch riffs... sub bass rumbles... driving bass pulse interwoven with razor sharp guitar... arhythmic and punishing drumming (courtesy of Atsuo, from Japanese top-rockers Boris)... black frozen resonant harmonics. Produced by Jim O'Rourke. Highly recommended!
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KTL - 'KTL' CD (Editions Mego)
Threatening new collaboration taking in parallel worlds of Extreme Computer Music and Black Metal. KTL is Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Gravetemple, Æthenor, Thorr's Hammer) and Peter Rehberg (PITA). A six part collision amongst the increasingly fading presences between the light and the dark. This work came about as the two were composing sound and music for a piece by Gisèle Vienne and Dennis Cooper, entitled 'Kindertotenlieder'. This CD is NOT the soundtrack to said piece, but a separate project. However, elements may appear in the finished piece which is to be premiered in Brest, France, March 2007. Pieces were recorded in a resistance fortress in southern France during a thunderstorm. Others in a wintergarden drenched in the sunlight.
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LNGTCHE - 'Music For An Untitled Film By T. Zarkkof' CD (Etude Records)
The debut album from this project is an obscure piece for the widely unknown Russian auteur T. Zärkkof. A 44:22 minute long soundtrack of dark isolation, drones and exploration of ambient music, blending electronic soundscapes with the sound of raw guitar. A beautiful, haunting and darkly complex work packaged in an exclusive triptych panel with brilliant artwork by SELDON HUNT (also known for his artwork for Sunn O))), Earth, Troum, Neurosis, Z'EV etc).
LOTUS CIRCLE - 'Bottomless Values And Boundless Floods' CD (Nykta)
A true underground apocalypse! This UK act "gives you the strange feeling of going on a bad trip. A dark vision of forgotten swamps and demon caves, a void, a storm of sounds! Lotus Circles' sound is close to early Earth and Sunn O))) but in different way. Lotus Circle are the Black Metal side of drone / doom. Feedback noises mixed up with inhuman vocals..." Ltd x 500 copies. Greek import.
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MOSS - 'Cthonic Rites' CD (Aurora Borealis)
'Cthonic Rites' is a mighty slab of extreme, brooding Doom on a cosmic scale. Huge slabs of distortion warp the listener like gamma rays, leaving a twisted parody of a human in their wake, as one touched by the unholy tentacles of the Elder Gods who dwell beyond time and all comprehension Two tracks over 66 minutes. If you like your doom in the way of Sunn O))) or Khanate, step inside. Second pressing with additional text by Seldon Hunt.
NADJA - 'Skin Turns To Glass' CD (The End Records)
CD reissue of the very limited release on NOTHingness Records (2003). Nadja creates music that has been variously described as drone metal, ambient doom, and shoegazer, incorporating influences from such diverse artists as Swans, Godflesh, Jesu, Sunn O))), Earth, OM and My Bloody Valentine. Nadja combines soundscapes, electronics and atmospheric vocals with snail-crawl, epic riffs and dirge-like percussion, tempering the cacophany with a certain ethereal melodicism such that the listener is enveloped in a sublimating wall of amorphous sound.
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OSOKA - 'Caustic Smoke' CD (War Office Propaganda / Rage In Eden)
The debut album of Russian experimental post-rock group Osoka, based in Rostov-on-Don. Their sound draws from influences ranging from sludge and doom metal, with stoner rock background to dark ambient and industrial music on the other pole. The band's inspirations are Cult of Luna, Neurosis, Isis, Meatjack, Khanate, Nadja, Sunn O))), Halo. "Caustic Smoke" is one expanded track, 45 minutes long, slow, repetitive and crushing, with heavy sections of distorted guitars often interspersed with dark ambient and industrial interludes. CD in 6-panel digipak.
Fourth edition of this bi-monthly UK mag. Features interviews with Subtle, Chris McGrail ( Slomo - who recently toured the UK with Sunn O))) ), Ghostigital, Big Business, Kaada, Lords, Zombi, Sika Redem. Plus great articles on Southern Lord and The New Blockaders and a big bunch of album/live reviews. Always highly recommended.
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #16 Magazine
Scottish prog-rockers Mogwai feature on the 16th edition of UK bi-monthly magazine Rock-A-Rolla. #16 also features interviews with Lustmord, Jazzfinger, Creature With The Atom Brain, Kayo Dot, Mothlite, Umlaut, Ascend ( Greg Anderson of Sunn O))) ), Triclops!, Caïna, Hey Colossus and a Q&A with Racebannon. This month's Label Focus is on Thurston Moore's (Sonic Youth) Ecstatic Peace! Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Recommended!
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ROCK-A-ROLLA Issue #20 Magazine
A real collector's issue, with no less than 10 pages of Rock-A-Rolla 20 dedicated to the duo of Stephen O'Malley and Greg Anderson's Sunn O))) and Thorr's Hammer projects. There's also interviews with Sonic Youth, Head Of David, The Jesus Lizard, Les Claypool, Altar Of Plagues, The Paper Chase and a Q&A with Tartufi. This month's Label Focus is on Ipecac Recordings. Also included is the usual vast selection of news, music, DVD and live reviews from the avant-rock, metal, noise and experimental scenes. Highly recommended!
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SHIFT - 'Have No Fury' 7" (Heidenlärm Sounds)
First release from Swedish Noise artist Shift. The title track initiates proceedings with dark ambient soundscapes and strong industrial rhythms, developing into heavy electronics. Flipping over, 'Jag Var I Kulverten' opens into a vast industrial soundscape, carried by a subtle repetitive melody. Heavily distorted low and mid frequency textures dominate the early moments, giving way to confrontational high-pitched abrasions. Heavyweight, clear vinyl presented in a nice outsize sleeve with artwork by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Khanate etc). Ltd x 500.
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SITAAR-TAH! - 'Semimimimimin' CD (Archive)
A 43 minute single track studio recording from the Tokyo based Sitar Orchestra that provided the amazing musical backdrop for Keiji Haino on the double disc archive release "Animamima". The 22 piece unit is back with this swarm of locus gem of a release. Four colour silkscreen outer cover. An amazing mix of sitar sounds, tuvanian throat singing, Indian percussion and electronics. Inner is a photographic collage. Artwork by Stephen O'Malley (Sunn O))), Gravetemple). Mastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Old). Pressing of 700 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).
STRIBORG - 'Embittered Darkness / Isle De Morts' CD (Displeased Records)
Bleak, misanthropic, depressive black metal with blurry guitars, clean ephemeral bass and plodding, relentlessly pounding rhythms that create a very dark and ghostly atmosphere. Lyrics about the forest, fog and nocturnal desires. Contains a brand new recording along with the very rare 'Isle Des Mortes' demo from 1997. Striborg is one of Sunn O)))'s favourite Black Metal artists and was a big inspiration / influence on the recent 'Black One' album, and one of the tracks on that album was named after Striborg mainman Sin-Nanna. The US edition of this album came out on Southern Lord in the same year.
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THE SOUND PROJECTOR - '15th Issue' Magazine
15th edition of this outstanding UK mag. Interviews with Russ Waterhouse, Peter Strickland, Clay Ruby, Mudboy and U. W. Owl. Articles on Carl Michael Von Hausswolff, Sunn O))), 'Vinyl Viands Emanating From America' (US underground Vinyl). Reviews of 'The Nordic Realms' (Finland, Norway, Denmark), 'International Music', the label 'Sublime Frequencies', 'Noises From The US Underground', Black Metal, Doom, Noise, Post Rock, Stoner Rock, Environment And Field Recordings, Art / Modernist, Minimalism, Improv, Tape Manipulation / Turntablism, Freak / Weird, Electronica, Drone, Singer / Songwriter, experimental Guitar music, plus a general reviews section. A4, perfect-bound B&W with full colour cover, 148 pp.
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TRANSITIONAL - 'Nothing Real, Nothing Absent' CD (Conspiracy Records)
Transitional is the new project of musician producer Kevin Laska (Novatron) and Dave Cochrane (Jesu, Grey Machine, God, Head Of David). The debut 'Nothing Real, Nothing Absent' offers a rich variety in their approach to sound, combining crushing atmospheres through a mixture of electronic ambience, mangling bass lines and distorted epic layers of textured guitar. Injected with driving rhythms and effected vocal phrasing Laska and Cochrane build discordant worlds on an immense scale which pull you down to another level of fear and ethereal bliss before kicking off with some more soul dismantling sonic dysfunction. This is a band which can deliver both sonic tranquility and extremely heavy slabs of dense music and just about everything in between. File next to Godflesh, Sunn O))), Isis. Digipak.
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VA - 'OneManDrone' 12" (Petty Bourgeois)
Compilation 12" release following the tour of these four one-man bands through France & Spain. One track each from Shit, Oldine, Tamagawa and B°tong. The music ranges from Dark Ambient drones and tones, Sunn O)))-like bass-thunderings to Spacemen 3-like guitars... very warm guitar drones a la Fear Falls Burning, to drift off late at night. 33rpm. Ltd x 500 copies on beautiful clear, marbled vinyl. Swiss import.
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VANESSA VAN BASTEN - 'La Stanza Di Swedenborg' CD (Eibon Records / Radiotarab / Noise Cult / Cold Current Productions)
Vanessa Van Basten is a strongly emotional sonic magma that absorbs and metabolises different sonic influences, from the introspective metalcore / heavy Postrock of Jesu and Neurosis to the experimental metal drones of Sunn O))), from Lycia and Slowdive melancholy-driven soundscapes to the cinematic melodies of Morricone and Badalamenti. Astonishment, meditation, psychotropic medias, cynism and human misery. Welcome to the Swedenborg Room. Outsized digisleeve with printed inner sleeve.
"Those who worship at the altar of all that is slow and low and heavy and sludgey and doomy and droney, you must now bow before a new lord, the duo from New York known simply as Wicked King Wicker. After three records, each heavier than the last, comes Borne Black, a sprawling black sun explosion of creepy crawly riffage, lumbering lugubrious tempos, tarpit sludge, and spaced out abstract buzz and shimmer, if you fancy Moss, Bunkur, Blue Sabbath Black Cheer, SUNNO))), Wolf Eyes, Khanate, Skullflower, Human Quena Orchestra, Monarch, Corrupted, Otesanek, Habsyll, and all the various other denizens of the inky black dronedirgedoom underworld, and have yet to hear WKW, you are in for a treat. (Aquarius). Ltd x 999 copies.
