DEAD RAVEN CHOIR - 'Cask Strength Black Metal' 2 x CD (Supernal Music)
DCD version of the Weird Forest 3LP boxset from Polish artist Smolken (Wolfmangler). The most insane black metal release ever! Harsh sounding evil, atmospheric off-kilter black metal. Call it black metal folk. The loudest noisiest crazy insane sounding blasts of skree with strange folky melodic undertones of banjo, cello, mandolin, and percussions and the most frightening vocals ever dared to be recorded. Many traditional folk songs shrouded in blasts of white noise armageddon. For fans of twisted, unique, raw black metal with a very bent edge. Pray (no, commit ritual sacrifice) to the underworld that your stereo survives! For fans of Leviathan, Gorgoroth, Draugar, Xasthur, Burzum etc.
UK 12.50£
Europe 13.50£
World 14.50£
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DEEP-PRESSION - '4: Void Of A Morning' CD (Valse Sinistre)
The 4th full-length of this experimental Polish combo is a huge step forward. Based on a solid drone soundscape and ambient textures Deep-pression incorporates elements of post-black metal, shoegaze, industrial, electronic, dark ambient, noise and a whole lot of others. Introspective and tormenting experimental drone dancing on the edge of madness! File next to Trist, Xasthur, Vinterriket, Northaunt. Ltd x 1000 copies.
UK 10£
Europe 11£
World 12£
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INSTINCT - 'Instinct' CD (Heidenwut Productions)
"...this is the kind of misanthropic, isolationist black metal which revels in its own cryptic obscurity... a worthy addition to the lineage of misanthropic pagan black metal established by Burzum and carried on these days by bands like Abyssic Hate, Leviathan and Xasthur. And of course, it's encouraging to find music this bleak and dark being made in England, which, it's fair to say, has not been at the cutting edge of black metal evolution in recent decades" (Judas Kiss). Ltd x 1000 copies.
UK 9£
Europe 10£
World 11£
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LDRTFS / GATE TO VOID / AeON NOUGHT - 'Those Who Dwell Beyond' CD (Black Mass Records)
3-way split between 3 Ritual-Doom-Droner acts: LDRTFS ("Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere"), Gate To Void and Aeon Nought. LDRTFS offer a new 30-minute track with influences that include from the most extreme Drone / Doom from composers like Penderecki or Arvo Part. GTV's effort includes a new track, a Xasthur cover and a track recorded jointly with LDRTFS. Aeon Nought offers 2 new tracks. Released in a 6-panel outsize folder.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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NORTT - 'Graven' CD (Red Stream)
CD reissue of Denmark-based Nortt's epic 1999 demo. In the spirit of early atmospheric, depressive Black Funeral Doom acts like Burzum. Xasthur and Mortiis, "Graven" is a collection of depressive, horrifying tone poems rather than a simple series of songs, progressing deeper and darker into cavernous sonic wastelands. "Graven" is akin to what the sound of death would be like; Nortt is the ferryman, ever eager to offer passage.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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PYHA - 'Play Backfires' CD (Misanthropic Art Productions)
Atmospheric black metal / dark ambient from South Korean Pyha (Ruins). Consisting of more mature and clean sounds than his previous, critically acclaimed album "The Haunted House" (which he wrote when he was just 14!). Burzum meets Abruptum meets Xasthur but even more harsh and atmospheric. Anti war, anti military outsider individualistic blackness that destroys any other BM you've heard. Unbelievably grim and melancholic. Ltd x 500 copies.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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SIEGHETNAR - 'Todessehnsucht' CD (Nordsturm Productions)
Second release from this mysterious German BM act. Raw, misanthropic and unapologetic Black Metal... dark, doomy and nihilistic. Monotone riffs supply a steady basis for the dull crunching guitars. Synthesizers fill every nook and cranny with a sound like sandpaper on glass. Sieghetnar are masters in this genre - and this is definitely a release for those who worship Burzum, Gorgoroth, Blut Aus Nord; and above all Xasthur.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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STRIBORG - 'Autumnal Melancholy' CD (Displeased Records)
By our count, this is the eighth official Striborg full-length album. Deep forest Black Metal is combined with dark ambient / drone / doom soundscapes, creating a chilling and eerie atmosphere. Typically cold, desolate and depressive stuff from this prolific Tasmanian artist. File next to Burzum, Vinterriket, Xasthur, Leviathan etc. Breath-taking grimness!
UK 12£
Europe 13£
World 14£
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STRIBORG - 'Perceiving The World With Hate' CD (Displeased Records)
Brand new 2009 album from this Tasmanian Black Forest Metal / Black Ambient legend. Deathly slow, depressive Black Metal with a wondrous touch of the eerie and gloomy. "Perceiving The World With Hate" has a strong emphasis on the melancholic and atmospheric side of BM, with moments of blackened Doom. "... strikes my ears as stealthy move into a woods overrun by ghosts... it is one thing for Sin Nanna to play the character of a lone gunner in the dark wilderness. But it is another thing to play sounds that portray wasted souls as strewn about that same landscape" (Brutalism). Features Malefici of Xasthur on 3 tracks. File next to Burzum. Packaged in a DVD case.
UK 11£
Europe 12£
World 13£
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STRIBORG - 'Solitude' CD (Displeased Records)
Ghastly hatred towards mankind through forest black metal and eerie ambient soundscapes! Brooding atmospheres of pessimism, perceptual distortion and misanthropy, highlighted by the droning aspect of the music. Sin Nanna, the prolific Tasmanian devil, offers the second Striborg full-length of 2007 with this chilling 8-song, 71-minute nightmare. For fans of Burzum, Xasthur and Ildjarn.
UK 10.50£
Europe 11.50£
World 12.50£
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SVARTTHRON - 'Obscure Telephathy' CD (ISO666 Releases)
Raw Black Metal from Lithuania with a few ambient parts. Created as a way to express the author's philosophy, negative emotions and inner demons, and as therapy for his own mental illness, the album is also inspired by occultist Aleister Crowley. Misanthropic, suicidal black metal in the vein of Strid, Xasthur, Striborg and Nortt. Greek import.
UK 8£
Europe 9£
World 10£
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XASTHUR - 'The Funeral Of Being' CD (Blood Fire Death)
The lastest assault of bleak, suicidal Black Metal / Blackened Ambient from this kult US band. Malefic's second misanthropic and dismal opus is more aggressive than many of Xasthur's other releases. Unleashed to hasten the demise of humanity! Ultra haunting, ultra grim, ultra claustrophobic in the way of Leviathan, Mord, Nortt etc.
