Alex Sanders (1926-1988) - "the King of the Witches" - was the most powerful witch in Britain. "Here, for the first time, he presents a full recording of the solemn initiation of a new member into the ancient Craft. Assisting him is his wife and High Priestess, Maxine, and a coven of their young witches. Alex himself is a hereditary witch; he was initiated by his grandmother when he was seven years old. For centuries the Craft was driven underground by persecution and intolerance. Today, though their innermost secrets may still be only told to witches, they can open a few pages of their Book of Shadows - and for those who seek to know more of this faith that is older than history, they can set up signposts to the way of Wicca, or wisdom. This record is such a signpost."
UK 8£
Europe 9£
World 10£
QUANTITY
ALLERSEELEN - 'Hallstatt' CD (Ahnstern / Aorta)
13 new apocalyptic and passionate songs about love and death. This release - musically situated somewhere in a terra incognita between folklore, krautrock, metal and industrial music - is inspired by the beautiful Upper Austrian village of Hallstatt, which belongs to the world cultural heritage due to its amazing tomb findings of the Hallstatt culture and the unique ossuary with the painted skulls. The songs have lyrics and vocals by Gerhard Petak and R. N. Taylor from Changes. Apocalyptic industrial folklore songs dedicated to those who decided to disappear forever in the mountains. Presented in a luxurious digipak with 16-page booklet.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
AMON - 'Nona' CD EP (Amplexus)
"Nona" takes inspiration from a case of xenoglossy (the ability to speak in an unlearned and unheard foreign language, often associated with past-life recall, trance or hypnosis) discovered in Great Britain around the early Thirties when a woman in state of trance expressed herself in a language which was recognised as ancient Egyptian. This voice from the past was called "Nona" or "The One Without a Name". This release introduces new elements for Amon and could be filed both under Dark Ambient and Avantgarde. Comes in 10" wallet!
UK 9£
Europe 11£
World 13£
QUANTITY
BLOOD OF THE BLACK OWL - 'A Feral Spirit' CD (Bindrune Recordings)
From the organic cauldron of the Pacific Northwest rain forest comes Blood Of The Black Owl. Formed in 2004 by Heathen visionary Chet W. Scott (Ruhr Hunter), as a primitive fusion of slow tempo Earth Metal & Woodland Ritualistic Doom. 'A Feral Spirit' combines Native American shamanic influence and the Germanic nature worship of his own heritage with an entirely transcendent musical vision, BOTBO gives praise to the spirits of nature and the unspoken bonds that tie man, beast and environment. "A personal cleansing woven through audible passages of earthbound ritualistic transcendence". "A Feral Spirit" is a clarion call for the rebirth of the human animal spirit and a return to the ancestral forests of our past. Blood Of The Black Owl shall lead them... Ltd x 1000 copies in a 6-panel digipak.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
BLUE SABBATH BLACK CHEER - 'Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass' CD (Release The Bats)
Blackened Noise mayhem from Seattle's Blue Sabbath Black Cheer. "Crows Eat The Eyes From The Leviathans Carcass" is a collection of several long out of print limited cuts and two bonus unreleased tracks. Blue Sabbath Black Cheer formed in late 2005 and is centred around the duo of wm.Rage and Stan Reed. The sound of BSBC is dark and heavy, violently bleak horror-noise: a demon network of scraping nails. File beside Yellow Swans, Bastard Noise or The Rita. Ltd x 500 copies in a Stumptown cardboard sleeve with black on black print.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
BONEMACHINE - 'Erste Rotation' 2 x CD (Sabbathid Records)
Bonemachine (feat Hugin of Uruk-Hai) is a martial industrial and dark ambient act from Austria. "Erste Rotation" is a retrospective release featuring older tracks (including the first Bonemachine track 'Destination: Hell' from 2002), unreleased and remixed material. Based on the heritage of Industrial Music and Krautrock, Bonemachine has quested for the proper way of presenting its own intention toward the industrial age by integrating some methods of alternative dark and electronic music. Features a number of guest vocalists including Marcel P. (Von Thronstahl). Japanese import in a double DVD box.
UK 13£
Europe 14£
World 15£
QUANTITY
BT.HN - 'Her Serpent' CD (Troniks / PACrec)
BT.HN is Sam McKinlay (The Rita, Vice Wears Black Hose, Black To Comm) and Josh Rose (Sick Buildings). A deep, crushing soundwork fuelled by the duo's dark powers. Obscured vocal rituals and throbbing electronics push through shifting harsh noise walls. PLAY AS LOUD AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. Ltd x 500 copies in a card sleeve.
DARK AGES - 'A Chronicle Of The Plague' LP (Northern Heritage / Freak Animal)
Dark Age's second album continues offering us minimalist Dark Ambient, this time more melodic than before, and inspired on the horrors of the Middle Ages. Between the fall of the Western Roman empire in A.D. 476 and the fall of Constantinople in 1453, Europe was ravaged by plagues and superstition. Greek was largely forgotten, and with it much of the learned texts of antiquity. 'A Chronicle of the Plague' is a musical tale of the terror of 1349, which depopulated entire villages and decimated Europe's human population; the disease was not understood at the time, and therefore it was assumed to have been the wrathful punishment from the Judaeo-Christian Deity. Alas, prayers were of no avail... Project from member of Ukrainian BM act Hate Forest. Ltd x 250 copies.
UK 13.00£
Europe 16.50£
World 20.00£
QUANTITY
DEAD MAN'S HILL - 'Songs Of The Forthcoming Apocalypse Chapter 2: Transformation' CD (Midnight Productions)
After two years, Belgium Industrial / Neoclassical project Dead Man’s Hill now comes back with the second chapter in their 'Apocalypse' trilogy: Transformation. Themed around the apocalypse and what will happen thereafter, this is a journey which starts on a darkened earth, which sky is filled with aurora's and fire, and continues it's way trough planets and spaces of no life. The whole aura and concept is an integral inheritance of Songs Of The Forthcoming Apocalypse... Mother Earth's black lung!!!! Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak. Chinese import.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
ERESHKIGAL - 'The Raping Of The Divine' LP (Temple Of Darkness)
Ereshkigal is a Greek band that plays shockingly and devastatingly interesting Black Metal, trying to continue the primordial heritage of ROTTING CHRIST, THOU ART LORD, VARATRHRON and so on. Brutal riffs with progressive melodies, heavy metal and powerful riffs, magnificent guitar solos and thrash, thunderous and boisterous elements are some of the things that comprise this polymorphic puzzle. Ereshkigal are the living proof that black metal can improve and constantly evolve! Ltd x 1000 handnumbered copies on purple vinyl, presented in a full colour gatefold sleeve.
UK 10.00£
Europe 14.50£
World 19.00£
QUANTITY
FEAR FALLS BURNING - 'Dead Of Night' 7" (Dot Dot Dot Music)
Founded in 2005 as an exercise in minimalism and as a conscious counterpoint to the refined complexity of vidnaObmana, Fear Falls Burning has gradually turned into a musical meditation on purity and subdued power. As part of this transformation, the guitar has evolved from a mere instrument into a veritable shamanic tool for trance. In a sense, Dirk Serries, who has held a deep fascination for the subtle power of drone music ever since embarking on his personal odyssey in 1984, is returning to his roots here: FFB presents listeners with a primevally physical experience that is in turns contemplative, rhythmically agitated and thunderous. Ltd x 300 copies on purple splatter vinyl.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
QUANTITY
HAPSBURG BRAGANZA - 'Hatchling' CD (Idiosyncratics)
"To the exorcism of the ghosts and escaping from cities". Hatchling is a slow-burning electro-acoustic piece, integrating dense atmospheric collage of field recordings and concrete sound source with highly textural drones and warm subtle harmonics. A very personal and breathtaking piece, both in the heritage of Francisco L�pez and Charlemagne Palestine. "Moving and morphing into various genres, musique concrete, field recordings, minimalist music, this is one solid sound experience. Very nice work!" (Vital Weekly). Ltd x 300 copies in an ekopack.
The first release on Black Labs, sister label to UK label Riot Season. Black Labs unites two of Britain's creamiest, shadiest, hell mongers Hey Colossus and Dethscalator, for a split album and you're going to cop it massively in the face till you fall in. Three new long tracks from Hey Colossus (epic dirge space rock, with three sprawling slow-jams, that oozes from slow burning drones, to lurching stumbling blackened crush, to metallic krautrock and back again, rumbling drones - Aquarius) and five from new boys on the chopping block Dethscalator (a gnarled blend of Gore like repetitive heaviness, and lo-slung noise rock - Aquarius). Around 40 mins of music. Ltd x 500 copies.
UK 13.00£
Europe 16.50£
World 20.00£
QUANTITY
HROSSHARSGRANI - 'Sanguis' CD (Beverina & WAR Productions)
In the cold winter of 1998 a.d. the Austrian battle machine Hrossharsgrani formed for their first release in shape of the demo 'Blut'. In the beginning Hrossharsgrani (feat Hugin of Uruk-Hai) wandered the worlds of dark ambient music to tell stories of creatures that walked by night, the undead, the vampyres. He paid tribute to the bloody heritage of Lord Byron and Bram Stoker. On the 10 year anniversary of "Blut", this gem, which was lost for a decade, is now digitally remastered and released once again. Prepare for the birth of a new Hrossharsgrani era! Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
INADE - 'Aldebaran' CD (Cold Spring CSR13CD)
Debut CD from the masters of Black Ambient, available again after 6 years! "Aldebaran" is the black sun of the secret knowledge. This work focuses on the German Vril society myths of 'Aldebaran', from which universal spirituality is said to originate. One hour of immense walls of dark, brooding atmospherics, pulsating anthems of the universal power, mixed with themes of heritage and history. The ultimate document of deep and cavernous dark ambient.
KARNA - 'Nekronautica: Chronicles Of Lost Souls' CD (Spectral Halls Productions)
Blackest Ambient from this Russian act. Karna is dead, and there are no doubts or vain regrets. However, as a perfect creature of Pure primordial Darkness, even after death it continues to paroxysmally emit spawns of its heritage, whose prehensile tentacles are woven deeply into the fabric of our Cosmos. "Nekronautica" is a compilation of different, shattered, sharpened splints of Karna's inanimate legacy. Unlike other compilations, "Nekronautica" doesn't sum up any terms, or provide any conclusion or essence, it is just a door to those Darkness of which was told so much, but which become fearfully real only after death, and there is no matter whose. Ltd x 300 copies.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
KNIFELADDER - 'Music/Concrete' CD (Cold Meat Industry)
KnifeLadder have been in existence in one form or another since 1998. Their sound is the culmination of years of experimentation and independent development. The resultant sound is a heavily percussive industrial organic hybrid, a new meshing of electronic loops, live bass and percussion and ethnic instrumentation to form a kind of Organic Industrial Music. "Music/Concrete" is a unique mix of hi-tec and lo-fi sounds, authoritative drums courtesy of John Murphy, and distorted obscure instruments. With shuddering machine loops overlaid with frenetic metal percussion, power ambient soundscapes melting into epic defiant anthems, "Music/Concrete" uses traditional hand played electronics and instrumentation to realise a thoroughly contemporary vision of rebirth and decay. Digipak.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
LINIJA MASS - 'Mechano-Faktura' CD (Der Angriff)
Reissue of this early album from the famous Russian old-school analogue industrial noise project of Alexander Lebedev-Frontov (Stalnoy Pakt / Vetrophonia). One of the most sought after collectibles of Russian Industrial culture heritage, "Mekano-Faktura" (1999, Ultra) offers a bonus track from the rare 7" release "Genus Ferru". All the sound material has been remastered from the original source tapes. A must for all fans of pure and true industrial art! Ltd x 400 copies, packed in a stark black and white 'envelope' sleeve with a poster. Russian import.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
QUANTITY
LINIJA MASS - 'Proletkult' CD (Der Angriff)
Reissue of this early album from the famous Russian old-school analogue industrial noise project of Alexander Lebedev-Frontov (Stalnoy Pakt / Vetrophonia). One of the most sought after collectibles of Russian Industrial culture heritage, "Proletkult" (1999 Ultra, 2001 Membrum Debile Propaganda) contains the track 'Dinamika Grunta', not present on the MDP LP edition. All the sound material has been remastered from the original source tapes. A must for all fans of pure and true industrial art! Ltd x 400 copies, packed in a stark black and white 'envelope' sleeve with a poster. Russian import.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
QUANTITY
LINIJA MASS - 'Trud' CD (Der Angriff)
Reissue of this early album from the famous Russian old-school analogue industrial noise project of Alexander Lebedev-Frontov (Stalnoy Pakt / Vetrophonia). One of the most sought after collectibles of Russian Industrial culture heritage, "Trud" (1997 Ultra) contains the exclusive, previously unreleased track 'Elektrostahl'. All the sound material has been remastered from the original source tapes. A must for all fans of pure and true industrial art! Ltd x 400 copies, packed in a stark black and white 'envelope' sleeve with a poster. Russian import.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
QUANTITY
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...
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
QUANTITY
MANIA - 'Armed To The Teeth' CD (Troniks / PACrec)
Mania is Texan Keith Brewer (Taint, Sonic Sadist etc). Mania seems to be almost wholly focused on distilling violence, warfare, murder, and, more than anything else, the brutal power of firearms into blasts of twisted, ultraviolent Power Electronics. The sound isn't all that far removed from Taint, but on "Armed To The Teeth", Brewer lays a 35 minute track of scorching distortion, clanging metal percussion, harsh vocals that are treated with an overload of psychedelic effects and screeching, punishing waves of feedback that is then cut with interludes of recordings captured from weapons training presentations, shootings, and firing ranges. It's a weird mix of sounds, but if you've got a rotten tooth for this kind of grating speaker perversion, Mania brings it really harsh. File this next to TEF, The Rita, MSBR, Cherry Point, Macronympha, etc. Card sleeve.
The debut album from Polish project Monopium is definitely something new and different. 40 minutes of psychedelic / neo-cabaret music based on a fascination with the dadaism, avant-garde atmosphere of old Berlin cabarets and surrealism. If the Dadaists were an anarchistic negation of European heritage, rejecting today's conventions and restrictions for the sake of free and unbound fantasy and a bit of trivial mystery, then what is Monopium today? Dada works with all his might to incorporate the idiocy all around. But creatively. So have Monopium. Ltd x 500 copies with cover art by Robert Schalinski (Column One).
New York based Prurient (aka Dominick Fernow) has been an active instigator of the Power Electronics and Noise genres for well over a decade, with 100+ releases issued so far, usually limited and over all known formats. This is a new set of Prurient compositions, comprised of 3 ear splitting tracks of high end quality feedback, disturbed vocals and twisted percussion. While previewing this work for release on a flight from Milan to Vienna it came to the attention of the listener that an irritated passenger 2 rows in front complained of high pitched whistling in the air conditioning. Such is the power of Arrowhead.
UK 13£
Europe 14£
World 15£
QUANTITY
RAPOON - 'Dark Rivers' CD (Lens Records)
'Dark Rivers is about a particular area in the North of England which stretches from the Solway Firth into the wastelands of the Northumbrian borders. This area is steeped in history and mystery. In particular, I have focused on the development of Britain's Cold War intercontinental ballistic missile weaponry in the late forties and fifties and which later became the center for Britain's space efforts... Many of the place names reflect the ancient cultural beliefs and superstitions - Black Fell, Black Beck, etc. Even today the place is wild and remote and old superstitions live on. The conflict of the ancient superstitions and the cold war paranoia is essentially what this is about. The older superstitions swallowing whole the newer age which came and went on the same dark, brooding hills. I was lucky enough to be born and grow up here and the darkness of the place is embedded deeply inside me." Digipak.
'Pátria Granítica' ("Granite Fatherland") is the long awaited new album from northern Portuguese act Sangre Cavallum. Ten powerful songs combining heroic traditional music and beautiful Folk-ballads, sometimes even with a slight avant-garde touch. The artists play a large variety of early traditional instruments, blended with electrical sounds and mesmerising psychedelic arrangements. 'Pátria Granítica' is a pagan journey into the world of stones of their historical homeland Callæcia and its gods, giving voice to the traditional heritage of granite warriors. Sangre Cavallum's debut album 'Barbara Carmina' was released on Michael Moynihan's (Blood Axis) label STORM. Ltd x 400 copies.
UK 12.00£
Europe 15.50£
World 19.00£
QUANTITY
SECT - 'Auctoritas' CD (Rage In Eden)
"Auctoritas" is the next phase by Polish project Sect, backed up by Lukasz Maj. The powerful and orchestral instrumentation, which Sect is famous for, was enriched by Lukasz with new accents that have made Sect’s music ascend to a level higher. Sect offers 55 minutes - a long feast for fans who love dark and neoclassical sounds. Additionally, "Auctoritas" is both a derision and disdain for contemporary authorities that were magically covered with sounds. Digipak.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
QUANTITY
SKULLFLOWER - 'Fucked On A Pile Of Corpses' CD (Cold Spring CSR151CD)
The most remorseless, brutal Skullflower ever! Alternating between granular lo-fi primitive rock and granular lo-fi primitive Power Electronics, this taut disc is a chain mail glove of hate to any lazy minds who've tainted the air with describing Skullflower as 'psychedelic'. But that's not to say this is an all out total assault. There are also moments of tender acoustic balladry, its just that they don't exist. The remorseless brutal sound is primitive, but as detailed and rich as a blood soaked medieval canvas, somewhere betwixt The Rita and Clandestine Blaze, but more brutal! Long live the New Flesh! Kether is in Malkuth, Malkuth is in Kether, but in a different way...
THE BASTARD NOISE / THE ENDLESS BLOCKADE - 'The Red List' CD (20 Buck Spin)
A split album between two titans of the North American underground! “The Red List” marks a huge turning point for US noise legends Bastard Noise. The harsh noise and power electronics they are well known and revered for here is mixed into a foundation of brutal modern hardcore with progressive tendencies, recalling their seminal past ties with Man Is The Bastard. The Endless Blockade's contribute a 14+ minute modern power-violence epic, alongside two remix tracks from the "Primitive" sessions; the first remix by Noah Creshevsky, the second a brutal harsh noise blast by Canadian audial assaulter The Rita. A sick offering!
THE JOY OF NATURE - 'The Empty Circle Part II: Rastos De Sangue E Fragmentos Da Tradicao' CD (Ahnstern)
The second part of the trilogy "The Empty Circle" by The Joy of Nature reflects and gathers fragments of the Perennial Tradition. Naturally, it is also about the Spiritual inheritance of the Portuguese ancestors. Musically, it's the most song-orientated The Joy of Nature release until now, with its roots in the folk tradition of rural Portuguese regions, especially the Azores. The album is not just a Folk-album, it also has several amazing psychedelic moments. Features collaborations with R. Coutinho, B. Ardo (Sangre Cavallum), Rui Almeida (Massa Última), Triarca, Mara Neves and M.J. Over an hour of music.
THE RITA - 'The Voyage Of The Decima Mas' CD (Troniks)
From the mind behind BT.HN, Vice Wears Black Hose and Black To Comm comes a sea of obsessed deliberation and suffocating harsh noise waves. Sourced from live snorkeling murk, overdriven detail defines the unfathomable abyss. "The Voyage Of The Decima MAS" proves there is NO MORE HOPE.
VA - 'John Barleycorn Reborn' 2 x CD (Cold Spring CSR84CD)
A discovery of folk music from dark Britannica. 'John Barleycorn Reborn' explores seasonal birth, death and rebirth on this double CD. This compilation explores the darker side of British folk music, evoking the mystery of our ancient past and peoples, the strangeness of their beliefs, arcane traditions and the remnants of this carried down the centuries as folklore. The set has an extended booklet with articles, essays and explorations of the album's concept. Curated by Mark Coyle (Woven Wheat Whispers). Features 33 artists:
CD1: Alphane Moon, Andrew King, Charlotte Greig & Johan Asherton, Damh The Bard, English Heretic, Far Black Furlong, Mary Jane, Pumajaw, Peter Ulrich (Dead Can Dance), Sharron Kraus, Sieben, Sol Invictus, The Horses Of The Gods, The Owl Service, The Story (Tom & Martin Welham / Forest), The Triple Tree (Tony Wakeford / Andrew King).
CD2: Clive Powell, Doug Peters, Drohne, Electronic Voice Phenomena, Martyn Bates (Eyeless In Gaza), Quickthorn, Sand Snowman, Stormcrow, The A Lords, The Anvil, The Kitchen Cynics, The Purple Minds Of Lazeron, The Straw Bear Band, Tinkerscuss, Venereum Arvum, While Angels Watch, Xenis Emputae Travelling Band.
VA - 'John Barleycorn Reborn: Rebirth' 2CD (Cold Spring CSR150CD)
The compilers of 'John Barleycorn Reborn' (2007), faced an embarrassment of riches - a testament both to English folk heritage and the health of the contemporary folk music scene. So here we have the second crop from that original sowing. Originally released for download only, now finally available as a stunning double CD, with every track completely remastered to the highest quality. 33 tracks from the cream of current dark British Folk music.
CD1: Charlotte Greig & Johan Asherton, David A Jaycock, Far Black Furlong, James Reid, JefvTaon, Magpiety, Novemthree, Paul Newman, Sedayne, Steve Tyler, Telling The Bees, The Big Eyes Family Players, The Owl Service, The Story, The Straw Bear Band, The Wendigo, Wooden Spoon, Xenis Emputae Travelling Band and Yealand Redmayne.
CD2: Clive Powell, Cunnan, Daughters Of Elvin, James Reid, Mac Henderson Of Grand Union Morris, Mary Jane, Misericordia, Novemthree, Orchis, Sundog, Sunshine Coding, The Anvil, Twelve Thousand Days and Venereum Arvum.
WEREWOLF JERUSALEM - 'Confessions Of A Sex Maniac' 4 x CD Boxset (Second Layer Records)
Werewolf Jerusalem is the static drone project from Houston noise legend Richard Ramirez. The intention with this set was to present an overview of all aspects of the Werewolf Jerusalem sound, covering shorter estatic studies', live material, long-form minimal wall noise and an entire disc of collaborations with The Rita, Baculum, The Whitehorse, Painful Vigil, Tissa Mawartyassari, Non Ho Sonno and I Spit on Your Grave. Essential for fans of Chop Shop, The Rita, early Dead Body Love, etc. Ltd x 280 copies in a black gloss clam-box. Includes a 12 page booklet with extensive liner notes by Sam McKinlay (The Rita, BT.HN).
ONE COPY PER CUSTOMER ONLY! If you attempt to purchase more than 1 copy, your order will be refunded.
