"The doom sound is instantly recognisable, complete with rasping vocals - an ultra-heavy onslaught. That’s the known and well-explored ground. But from here, Batillus moves towards irresistible, heavy riffing psych, while Ryan Fairfield’s Hallowed Butchery project fires a pistol to transcend the mossy caves and to throw fits of shoegazing prog doom. This is a brilliant doom metal split—the Batillus side rules, because the American four-piece works so effectively and freshly within the known framework. The Hallowed Butchery side is even better because he does the same, and much more, transcending the confines of the genre" (Foxy Digitalis). Mastered by James Plotkin and beautifully packaged. Ltd x 400 copies on black vinyl.
UK 12.00£
Europe 15.50£
World 19.00£
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HALLOWED BUTCHERY - 'Funeral Rites For The Living' CD (Vendetta Records)
Though this one-man project ostensibly falls within doom's murky sphere it manages to cut through a variety of subterranean genres with a cold blade, effectively providing a cross section of all things dour and gloomy. The first thing you'll notice are the trudging atonal riffs and unearthly rasps, but closer inspection reveals wisps of industrial static, droning melancholy and vague traces of forgotten folk, suggesting that while a debt may well be owed to the likes of Burning Witch and Thergothon, the album's creator is also more than au fait with the further-flung territory mapped out by the likes of Gnaw Their Tongues, Coil and Nadja. Digisleeve.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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HALLOWED BUTCHERY - 'Funeral Rites For The Living' LP (Vendetta Records)
Though this one-man project ostensibly falls within doom's murky sphere it manages to cut through a variety of subterranean genres with a cold blade, effectively providing a cross section of all things dour and gloomy. The first thing you'll notice are the trudging atonal riffs and unearthly rasps, but closer inspection reveals wisps of industrial static, droning melancholy and vague traces of forgotten folk, suggesting that while a debt may well be owed to the likes of Burning Witch and Thergothon, the album's creator is also more than au fait with the further-flung territory mapped out by the likes of Gnaw Their Tongues, Coil and Nadja. Ltd x 400 copies on black vinyl.
UK 12.00£
Europe 15.50£
World 19.00£
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HOLLOW SUNSHINE / THE AUSTRASIAN GOAT - 'Wherever I Am' 12" (Vendetta Records)
Two solo dirging monsters team up - US Doom Vs. French Blackened Doom Metal. On the a-side, Hollow Sunshine delivers a pummeling, industrial sewer while The Austrasian Goat goes rather eclectic. The b-side features a wild blackened shoegaze meets industrial psych piece by way of a collaboration between the two. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies in a silk-screened cover.
Reissue of Velnias' 2008 album. The music of Illinois based blackened doom outfit Velnias can be best described as a combination of sorrowful black metal with a very doomy atmosphere, combined with elements of folk. With three lengthy songs, the emphasis has been laid upon a musical foundation of progressive yet feral riffs, intertwining with delicate passages that only make the heavier parts that much more potent. Combined with lyrical content based upon the premise that the human race is insignificant compared to the grand power and prestige of nature this is a debut album that should not be dismissed! File next to Opeth, Agalloch or Wolves In The Throne Room. Ltd x 400 copies on black vinyl.
