VA - 'The Bells Shall Sound Forever' CD (Sweet Farewell)
This compilation of 15 European and American artists pays tribute to David Tibet's Current 93 which along with stablemates Death in June and Sol Invictus, founded apocalyptic folk as we know it. This tribute is acknowledged by Tibet himself who contributed to the CD artwork by providing an image of Ethereal City which is taken from his personal collection of paintings by the Outsider artist, Louis Wain. The contributions to this tribute are not attempts to imitate but to cover C93 in the respective styles of the various artists. But such is the material that the spirit of Current inevitably shines through. Features: Cawatana, Decadence, Der Feuerkreiner, Dorien Campbell, Engelsstaub, Exit, Leisur Hive, Lisa Toulouse, Ô Paradis, Pancreatic Aardvarks, Sonne Hagal, Storm Of Capricorn, The Well Of Sadness, Vequinox and Weihan.
UK 12£
Europe 13£
World 14£
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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!
UK 13£
Europe 14£
World 15£
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WEIHAN - 'Symphonies Of Divination' CD (Old Europa Cafe)
The 2nd album of this very promising project from the medieval lands bordering the cold North Sea, Flanders (North-Belgium). Dramatically straying from the neofolk path of their debut album “Galder”, “Symphonies of Divination” offers dark and bombastic compositions with clear references to Slavonic, German and Scandinavian classical music. Heavy percussion, assiduous spiccato string sections, dramatic horn accents and haunting choirs form the backbone of this album. The cold and eerie narrative vocals enhance the grim atmosphere of the music even further. The lyrics, mainly in English but with hints of Dutch, Old-Norse and Swedish, are devoted to Indo-Germanic religion, myth and legend, the Nietzschean spirit and relentlessly attest to the grotesque decline of the modern world. Ltd x 540 copies in a digipak with booklet.
