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Cold Spring Bi-Weekly Newsletter - 30th April 2009

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COLD SPRING PRESENT ESOTERIC / JARBOE / ROSE KEMP
20th June 2009, The Underworld, Camden, London. Tickets on sale now!

PRE-ORDERS
The pre-orders for Anni Hogan, Rose Rovine E Amanti, Werkraum and Folkstorm 'Sweden' (only)
have now been shipped to customers! Due to factory complications with Folkstorm 'Victory Or Death' and Z'EV
'Sum Things' will not be shipped until 11th May. We're sorry for any inconvenience, but this is beyond our control
and we're working hard to get all orders to our customers asap.

Anni Hogan | Kickabye 2 x CD (CSR99CD) £13 / £15 / £17

Shipping: Now
From her early days as a legendary Batcave DJ, through her work with Marc Almond, Anni Hogan is one of the true geniuses of the alternative scene. A composer, songwriter, arranger, producer, promoter and DJ, she helped to shape the sound of the 80s. Cold Spring is proud to present her debut release expanded and brought to the public for the first time on CD. "Kickabye" features some of the leading lights of the alternative scene: NICK CAVE, MARC ALMOND, FOETUS, BUDGIE (Siouxsie And The Banshees) and GINI BALL amongst others as well as production by Jim "Foetus" Thirwell, plus 10 extra tracks from the same period. The second CD is also tracks from the same period, featuring YELLO and with production by BARRY ADAMSON. Digitally remastered with 4 new and exclusive song versions.

MP3 | MP3 | Anni Hogan

 
Z'EV | Sum Things CD (CSR101CD)
£8 / £9 / £10

Shipping: 11th May
Through an element darkly… In the fall of 2005 Z’EV began dipping deep into his archives and selecting recordings to produce ‘sum things / a possible form for cold dark matter’, a project reflecting his take on the ‘dark ambience’ genre. Composed between December 2005 and March 2006, these 6 pieces endeavour to transport the listener deep into their long forgotten memories of the primal forces at the dawn of creation. Each piece is based on a single sound source. Absolutely no effects of any kind, not even equalization, were applied to the source recordings. Instead Z’EV relied solely on the stretching of the duration and pitch of the samples and then edited and mixed the results down into the heart of space. Hear then, the state of the art in elemental musics. Not to forget the beautiful packaging by artist Abby Helasdottir.

MP3 | Z'EV

 
Rose Rovine E Amanti | Demian CD (CSR112CD) £10 / £11 / £12

Shipping: Now
Cold Spring proudly presents the brand new album from Rose Rovine E Amanti. “Demian” is a powerful mixture of Neo-Folk-Rock with a Mediterranean sensibility. 10 tracks presenting the new, unique sound from this great Italian project. Comes with an outstanding 14-page booklet containing exclusive drawings by Bulgarian artist Emil Ivanov Saparevski, which illustrate each song and its lyrics. Highly recommended!

MP3 | MP3 | Rose Rovine E Amanti

 
Werkraum | Unsere Feuer brennen! CD (CSR49CD) £10 / £11 / £12

Shipping: Now
Debut album from a band who created excitement across the whole scene, having only appeared on a handful of extremely rare compilations, (including the impossible to find collaboration with Von Thronstahl and Bleiburg) at the time of first release. A genius mixture of martial industrial, Neofolk, ambience and neo-classical! Aided by Lady Morphia (UK) and Harvest Rain (USA). 2nd unlimited edition in jewelcase with brand new gold on black artwork. Contains two bonus tracks - "Wir Rufen Deine Wölfe" (taken from the compilation of the same name) and "Blutsommerland" (taken from the vinyl-only release "Eternal Soul") and is completely remastered for 2009!

MP3 | Werkraum

   
Folkstorm | Victory Or Death CD (CSR31CD) £8 / £9 / £10

Shipping: 11th May
The mammoth sound of Folkstorm in captured here, on what has been called the project's finest album to date! Samples of war, speeches, harsh noise, heavy gritty vocals. distorted rhythms and extremely intense sonics fuse into this mammoth blast of war themed assaults. Executed with brutal thoroughness by Nordvargr, of MZ.412, Toroidh etc. Brilliantly re-mastered, unlimited edition with modified artwork for 2009.

MP3 | Folkstorm

   
Folkstorm | Sweden CD (CSR29CD)
£10 / £11 / £12

Shipping: Now
Discovered in the Cold Spring archives, an album shelved for over two years (recorded 2000). Pulled out, dusted down and remixed by Lord Nordvargr himself! This is the final full body of work by the legendary harsh Industrial Noise project. Prepare yourself for an intense trip through these 11 brutal and punishing tracks! 2nd, unlimited edition with modified artwork for 2009.

MP3 | Folkstorm

   
TenHornedBeast | My Horns Are A Flame To Draw Down The Truth CD (CSR106CD) £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50

MP3 | MP3
Shipping: Now
Five new compositions from black ambient / doom overlord Christopher Walton - three remixes / expansions / contractions from "The Sacred Truth" and two new pieces. Digipak.
 

Bleeding Heart Narrative | All That Was Missing We Never Had In The World CD (CSR109CD)
£10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50

MP3 | MP3
Shipping: Now
A constantly evolving autumnal orchestra of layered cellos, repeating piano melodies, hushed vocals and mutant textures of sound and noise...a unique, haunting and compelling album. Digipak.
 
Sistrenatus | Sensitive Disturbance CD (CSR108CD) £10 / £11 / £12
Shipping: Now
Dark Ambient, Industrial and Noise... shifting between oppressive aggression and unsettling atmospheres. An abrasive rendition of the industrial revolution in its darkest phases.

FORTHCOMING RELEASES:

SPLINTERSKIN - 'Wayward Souls' CD (CSR112CD)
IRON FIST OF THE SUN - 'Behavioral Decline' CD (CSR116CD)
NDE - 'Blut Krieg Ehre Asche' CD (CSR110CD)
H.E.R.R. - '12 Caesars' CD (CSR117CD)
SEELENLICHT - 'Love & Murder' CD (CSR115CD)

ALL AVAILABLE COLD SPRING TITLES

SHIP OF FOOLS CLUB
• 10 May 09, Bar & Co, London - Sieben & Spectre
• 12 Jul 09, Bar & Co, London - Andrew King & Naevus

H.E.R.R.
• 22 May 09, P60, Amstelveen (UK). With Rome

PRURIENT / IRON FIST OF THE SUN
• 23 May 09, Vivid, Birmingham (UK). With Nicholas Bullen

COLD SPRING PRESENT:
ESOTERIC / JARBOE / ROSE KEMP
• 20 Jun 09, The Underworld, London (UK)
+ COLD SPRING STALL
Tickets on sale now

VON THRONSTAHL
• 20 Jun 09, DK Swit, Warsaw (PL). With Krepulec.

SATORI
• 26-27 Jun 09, Tonwellen Konferenz 2, Burscheid (DE). With Whitehouse, Hijokaidan, Atrox + More!

JARBOE
• 25-26 Jul 09, Super Sonic, Birmingham (UK). With Head Of David, Skullflower, Scorn, Venetian Snares + More!
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ATAVIST - 'II:Ruined' 2 x LP (Aurora Borealis) - £16 / £19 / £22
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.

• All Atavist Titles • All LP/12" Vinyl

AUBURN LULL - 'Behind All Curses Of Thought Lies The Ability To Focus On Vacant Spaces'
7" (Zeal Records) - £5 / £6 / £7
This 7" nods towards more electronically-based space rock / ambient elements of Auburn Lull than heard on prior releases; elements that interweave amongst cascading guitars and droning samples. The band and many others simply refer to this release by the name of it's title track, 'North Territorial'. Nice piece.

• All 7" Vinyl

BLOOD OF THE BLACK OWL - 'A Feral Spirit' 2 x LP (Aurora Borealis) - £16 / £19 / £22
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 on 180g vinyl, in a sumptuous gatefold sleeve with A2 poster.

• All LP/12" Vinyl

BONG - 'Bong' LP (Heidenwut Productions) - £12 / £14 / £16
Crushing Doom from Newcastle. "...this is the essence of doom metal as a spectral conjuring calling forth into our world things too heavy to exist otherwise... Seldom have I heard a band so monumentally heavy in mood, atmosphere and musical execution. Hyperbole is lost on, and words fail to properly capture the spirit of a release like this... If you've ever wondered what “heavy” sounds like in its purest, most distilled form, take a Bong hit and find out" (Diabolical Conquest). Features members of Lobster Priest and Trollmann Av Ildtoppberg. Ltd x 500 copies in a full colour sleeve.

• All LP/12" Vinyl

BRYAN LEWIS SAUNDERS & Z'EV - 'Daku' CD (Outfall Channel) - £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
Reissue of a rare 2008 album (Ltd x 77 copies, Stand-Up Tragedy Records). Daku chronicles one man's journey through the evolution of his interpretation of pain. BLS delivers a feverish spoken word journey through a mysterious stomach ailment attributed to a elusive and abusive entity known as daku… accompanied by legendary percussionist Z'EV's sound work. Packaged inside a screenprinted, gatefold sleeve.

• All Z'EV Titles

BURIAL HEX - 'Initiations' 2 x LP (Aurora Borealis) - £16 / £19 / £22
Clocking in at one hour, thirteen minutes, "Initiations" represents a journey, a metaphysical odyssey of uncertain outcome. Somnambulant, subterranean oscillations... undulating analogue synth and gentle percussion... dark ambient soundscapes. The album ends with the half speed collisions, static miasma and white noise squawl of 'Bo -II- Ne', the listener deposited on shores unknown, prostrate at the feet of the infinite mystery. Kneel, o ye acolytes, before an astral-industrial opus of vast depth and occult magnitude. Ltd x 500 copies DLP edition in foldout silk-screened sleeve with 2 inserts.

• All Burial Hex Titles • All LP/12" Vinyl

BURIAL HEX - 'Initiations' CD (Aurora Borealis) - £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
Clocking in at one hour, thirteen minutes, "Initiations" represents a journey, a metaphysical odyssey of uncertain outcome. Somnambulant, subterranean oscillations... undulating analogue synth and gentle percussion... dark ambient soundscapes. The album ends with the half speed collisions, static miasma and white noise squawl of 'Bo -II- Ne', the listener deposited on shores unknown, prostrate at the feet of the infinite mystery. Kneel, o ye acolytes, before an astral-industrial opus of vast depth and occult magnitude. 2nd edition in jewelcase.

• All Burial Hex Titles

DEAD RAVEN CHOIR - 'My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind' CD (Aurora Borealis)
- £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
Recorded in Poland on archaic Soviet Bloc technology,"My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind" sees Dead Raven Choir in full throttle audio assault with total disregard for all conventions of audio fidelity, with great songs of the 20th Century by artists diverse as Townes Van Zandt, Richard Thompson and Cole Porter torn limb from limb and dragged through Smolken's forest home. Curiously upbeat in parts, though with harrowing and bizarre artwork. "A ghostly fog. A hollow sonic death rattle: Doom with pneumonia" (The Wire). Digipak.

• All Dead Raven Choir Titles

ERIC CORDIER - 'Breizhiselad' CD (Erewhon) - £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
"[Eric Cordier] plays six lengthy pieces with this limited material, but cranks out some beautiful material with it. Of course the crackling vinyl plays an important role, but throughout there is a great sense of peace and warmness in these recordings. Everything moves solemnly and slowly around, and makes a hotbed of ambient sounding material, but albeit an ambience of a highly original kind. Perhaps limited in it's concept, the execution thereof is great..." (Vital Weekly). Digifile.

ERIC CORDIER - 'Osorezan' CD (Herbal International) - £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
Selected field recordings from 1993 - 2007, made in Japan and France. A volcano in Niseko... a ferry journey on the Seine... a storm in Honshu, ... a festival, a bonfire and a cemetary in La Haye De Routot, Normandy... and the beginning of a summer afternoon in Le Mazel, Champy. Over 60 minutes of sounds. "Such richness captured in such elegant and smooth way: a true treat for the ears." (Vital Weekly). Presented in a 6-panel digifile with an extensive booklet of site photos and text in English.

FLUTWACHT - 'Breath' CD (Mask of The Slave / The Tourette Tapes) - £9 / £10 / £11
New full length album from the well known German Power Electronics / Noise project. Flutwacht returned to Mask of the Slave / The Tourett Tapes with this great noisy stuff, after several releases with other labels in the industrial / experimental scene. The best Flutwacht release to date, highly recommended for PE / Noise / Experimental maniacs. Ltd x 500 copies in a DVD case.

• All Flutwacht Titles

FLUTWACHT - 'Fiebertentakel' 7" (The Tourette Tapes) - £5 / £6 / £7
The A-side of this limited release is a rhythm'n'noise / power electronics track at it's best in the vein of Esplendor Geometrico. The B-side is a contrasting monotone and minimal piece. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies with a wraparound xerox sleeve complete with a real photograph.

• All Flutwacht Titles • All 7" Vinyl

FLUTWACHT - 'Traumsplitter' LP (The Tourette Tapes) - £12 / £14 / £16
This LP seems to come from the good old and lost hand-made "Industrial" world. The sounds on the vinyl are for a good part slow-moving re-worked and re-processed concrete sounds from different sources such as metal / concrete / water and other organic materials. The disc ends with a massive old school industrial attack. In a few words: a step back to good old industrial productions. Highly recommended! 2nd edition of 50 hand-numbered copies with unique hand-painted sleeves.

• All Flutwacht Titles • All LP/12" Vinyl

FLUTWACHT & VINCENZO BOSSI - 'Brechen (Bruchstück #1: Beyond Mental Borders' 7"
(The Tourette Tapes) - £5 / £6 / £7
Three collaboration tracks from these two German acts: the prolific Flutwacht and Vincenzo Bossi (aka Alexander Neumann of Shadow Theater). Harsh Industrial / Power Electronics! Ltd x 100 hand-numbered copies with insert.

• All Flutwacht Titles • All 7" Vinyl

FREDERIC NOGRAY - 'Nelki' CD (Prele) - £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
Frédéric Nogray diverts his rock crystal crucibles from their usual function in the silicon industry to generate tactile music, a music that succeeds as much in making the listener's intellect wander as it does in moving the material itself. Although entirely acoustic, this music is powerful, the different-sized bowls being generators of distinct waves operating in the range of frequencies from infra- to ultrasonic. Because of their superimposition and the acoustics of the space they are in, chimeras or interferences are born. A musical event partaking simultaneously in the creation of perception and corporal experience. Digifile.

FREDRIK KLINGWALL - 'Works Of Woe' CD (Last Entertainment Productions)
- £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
Nine instrumental piano works Inspired by the poems of Edgar Allan Poe. For over a decade Swedish artist Fredrik Klingwall has been creating music that combines neoclassical and industrial dark ambient voids with emotion and drama, bringing you the soundtrack of your nightmares. Digipak.

• All Fredrik Klingwall Titles

HELMOND - 'Frühe Werke' CD (Trutzburg Thule) - £11 / £12 / £13
Reissue of an extremely limited CDR (100 copies, Trutzburg Thule, 2008). "Frühe Werke" is a collection of early works by this German Neoclassical / Martial project, showcasing instrumental pieces composed during 2004 and 2006. For fans of The Days Of The Trumpet Call or Von Thronstahl! Ltd x 180 hand-numbered copies (of a total of 300 pressed - the other 120 copies were only available in the Helmond 'Box'). Presented in a square DVD case. ACT FAST!

• All Helmond Titles

INSTINCT - 'Instinct' CD (Heidenwut Productions) - £9 / £10 / £11
"...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.

K11 - 'Voices From Thelema' Enhanced CD (Aurora Borealis) - £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
"Voices From Thelema" is an action of instrumental transcommunication with short wave receivers. It was realised inside the ruins of Thelema Abbey, Cefalù, Sicily - founded by Aleister Crowley in 1920. K11 is a project of Italian sound / installation artist Pietro Riparbelli that deals with the world of radio signals, trans-communication and other invisible phenomena, to create a dimension where the only sound sources are signals from shortwave radio receivers. Deluxe digipak with 32 page booklet featuring photographs from the recording process at Thelema Abbey. Also features a short film shot on location at the Abbey.

• All K11 Titles

LIHOLESIE - 'Boundless Thirst For The Outside' CD (Assault Rex) - £10 / £11 / £12
The transient serenity of Liholesie's previous album has gone. More Angst, more drums, more thrilling tunes! Go ahead! Beyond horizons! This is the fourth album of the Russian project Liholesie. More Industrial-Neofolk with barbaric drum patterns but keeping to the previous melodic / lyrical lines this time. Enigmatic, dark and mysterious, with atmospheric ambience, industrial layers and drones. Amid debris of a bygone civilization. "This album is dedicated to all the wanderers of the cursed forests and men amongst ruins."

• All Liholesie Titles

PAUVROS & KAWABATA - 'Mars' CD (Prele) - £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
"In 2005, Jean-Francois Pauvros and Makoto Kawabata (Acid Mothers Temple) used bowed electric guitars to produce a CD of slow, quiet and moving music; sometimes nostalgic, sometimes as ominous as a dark-blue sky over a foreign land. The colour photographs within are records of their travels, and suggest they both see the world as a slightly alien place full of strange and inexplicable beauties. The centre-spread is simply an urban town square reflected in a large water-puddle, yet by the simple act of inverting it, a multi-layered metaphysical image worthy of Tarkovsky results" (The Sound Projector). Gatefold digifile with booklet.

• All Kawabata Titles

SHADOW THEATER - 'Ein Splitter Glas' 7" (Apocalyptic Radio) - £4 / £5 / £6
Two tracks of rhythmic power noise and heavy electronics. "Shadow Theater succeed where many others fail. They really go off... The track '33rpm' is angst ridden noise at its best. A merciless barrage of sub-sonic frequencies and post-industrial noise almost bury what may be a human voice. The 'B' side of this excellent study in the long-term effects of too much time alone, 'Ein Splitter Glas', presents a vocal treatment laid over a modulating noise loop... Love it" (auralpressure). Ltd x 500 copies.

• All 7" Vinyl

SISTER IODINE - 'Flame Desastre' LP (Premier Sang) - £13 / £15 / £17
The fourth release from French experimental noisers Sister Iodine is probably the most concise and focused of the trio. Like an intense and rough attack with not much time left for the listener, here we are faced with an aggressive, joyful and violent orgy of lacerated guitars, primal and ecstatic heavy lead drums. The production is brutal and raw... sometimes pierced by electronic effects. There is an addictive phenomenon introduced by repetitive assaults, hammered in bolts. These 10 brutal, burning tracks come like an elegant sonic bludgeon devastating your face! Ltd x 500 copies on transparent white vinyl.

• All LP/12" Vinyl

TENHORNEDBEAST / MARZURAAN - 'The Law Of The Needle / Into Countless Battles' CD
(Aurora Borealis) - £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50
TenHornedBeast is the dark vision of Christopher Walton, part of the much feted Endvra, masters of 90s dark and occult ambient. 'Law Of The Needle', clocking in at over 28 minutes, is an oppressive opus of doomed drone, both monolithic and multifaceted. Marzuraan contribute 13 minutes of narcotic guitar haze. Their previous gruff metal grunts have been replaced by a subdued, almost crushed vocal. This is epic, like a bassier, looser, Mogadon dosed JESU with a man past caring roped in to give his thoughts on where its all gone wrong. Printed on heavy textured card and with 2 die cut runes. Comes in a PVC archive bag with a transparent sticker.

• All TenHornedBeast Titles • All Marzuraan Titles

THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL - 'I Saw No Temple In The City / Reminiszenz 1999-
2006' 2 x CD (Trutzburg Thule) - £16 / £17 / £18
The Days Of The Trumpet Call are back! Neoclassical surrounded by a large range of ambient, experimental and folk rock. "I Saw No Temple In The City" was TDOTTC's 2nd opus and was originally released back in 2001 on 10" picture disc (Ltd x 555) by Ars Musica Diffundere. "Reminiszenz..." provides a review of the strongest work of TDOTTC from 1999-2006. 13 select pieces have all been revisited and remastered in the studio. Last but not least is a special bonus track, written by Sagittarius and sung by Troy Southgate (H.E.R.R) and Vera Debaillou. This double album is presented in a stunning 6-panel digipak.

• All The Days Of The Trumpet Call Titles

THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL - 'I Saw No Temple In The City / Reminiszenz 1999-
2006' 2 x CD & MCD Boxset (Trutzburg Thule) - £40 / £44 / £48
The Days Of The Trumpet Call are back! Neoclassical surrounded by a large range of ambient, experimental and folk rock. "I Saw No Temple In The City" was TDOTTC's 2nd opus and was originally released back in 2001 on 10" picture disc (Ltd x 555) by Ars Musica Diffundere. "Reminiszenz..." provides a review of the strongest work of TDOTTC from 1999-2006. 13 select pieces have all been revisited and remastered in the studio. Last but not least is a special bonus track, written by Sagittarius and sung by Troy Southgate (H.E.R.R) and Vera Debaillou. This double album is presented in a stunning 6-panel digipak.

This special limited boxset (300 copies) is presented in a beautiful, high quality box, with silver foil print. The additional 3" CD (not CDR!) contains 4 bonus tracks, gathered from ultra rare compilations, and is fastened to an additional silver foil print insert. Finished in a card slip with sticker. A true collector's piece!

• All The Days Of The Trumpet Call Titles • Click here for close-up!

THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL - 'Purification' CD (Trutzburg Thule) - £11 / £12 / £13
"Purification" is the re-issue of Raymond P.‘s first album (1999, Black Rain). This edition comes remastered and in all new artwork. "Purification" was recorded at the same time when Josef K. and Raymond P. recorded Von Thronstah's first two albums for Cold Spring. Dark and Neoclassical soundscapes with many voice samples. Digipak.

• All The Days Of The Trumpet Call Titles

THE FUNERAL ORCHESTRA - 'ODO' 7" (Aftermath Music) - £6.50 / £7.50 / £8.50
First new material from TFO since 2003. This ritualistic, funeral doom band hail from Sweden. Recorded in 2004 during the first "Necro Occult" session. Ltd x 500 copies on violet coloured vinyl in a full colour sleeve.

• All 7" Vinyl

THE FUNERAL ORCHESTRA - 'Slow Shalt Be The Whole Of The Law' CD (Aftermath Music)
- £11 / £12 / £13
The Funeral Orchestra plays very heavy and ritualistic sounding Funeral Doom, which should not disappoint any fans of the genre. Very slow and trance-like music that brings some new ideas to the Funeral Doom genre. This Swedish band (a side project of Runemagick) does credit to their name. 45 mins of music. Ltd x 999 hand-numbered copies in a digipak.

THE MANSON FAMILY - 'The Family Jams' Picture Disc LP (Elite Hunting / Neue Aesthetik)
- £20 / £22 / £24
Picture disc re-issue of the CD on Aoroa. Professionally remastered for a much better sound with complete new artwork. Recordings dated 1970, some Family members play Manson's compositions. 16 tracks of pure apocalyptic folk against the love and peace movement. This is where Current 93 and Changes found their own roots. The front side is a picture by Adam Parfrey, the back a picture by Robert N. Taylor. Includes a postcard with a painting of Charles Manson during his trial by Robert N. Taylor, with liner notes by Neil Young and Charles Manson. Ltd x 500 copies. ACT FAST!

• All Charles Manson Titles • All LP/12" Vinyl • Click here for close-up!

THE MOON AND THE NIGHTSPIRIT - 'Ösforrás' CD (Equilibrium Music) - £11 / £12 / £13
On their third album, "Ösforrás" (the “Source Pristine”), the Hungarian duo embody on their new material a more tribal and exotic approach, in intense rituals dedicated to the old and eternal tradition, where World Music acquires a bewitching Pagan aura. Digipak.

• All The Moon And The Nightspirit Titles

THE MOON AND THE NIGHTSPIRIT - 'Ösforrás - Collector's Edition' CD Book
(Equilibrium Music) - £16 / £18 / £20
On their third album, "Ösforrás" (the “Source Pristine”), the Hungarian duo embody on their new material a more tribal and exotic approach, in intense rituals dedicated to the old and eternal tradition, where World Music acquires a bewitching Pagan aura. Collector’s edition hard-cover 19.5cm x 14cm Digibook, with full-colour booklet and a bonus track. Ltd x 1000 copies. A stunning piece!

• All The Moon And The Nightspirit Titles

TOR LUNDVALL - 'Insect Wings, Leaf Matter & Broken Wings' CD (Eternal Autumn Editions)
- £13 / £14 / £15
This CD on Tor's own label gathers together 26 of his earliest ambient recordings from 1991 - 1994, and his personal favourites. Only a fraction of this music has seen the light of day. "Listening to these tracks now, I'm taken back to the exact time and place when I recorded them. I still sense the shifts in weather and see the changing light shining through whatever window I was working near. Fond memories from a simpler and more carefree time in my life". Ltd x 300 copies in a matt digipak.

• All Tor Lundvall Titles

TOR LUNDVALL - 'Yule' CD (Strange Fortune) - £13 / £14 / £15
Snowy soundscapes and celebratory songs for the season. Tor explains with 'Yule' he has attempted to capture "another side" of the holiday season than the typical Christmas album, offering all original compositions in a "blurred and distant," slightly melancholic form. 47 minutes of music. Regular, unlimited edition. Slim card cover.

• All Tor Lundvall Titles

VIPCANCRO - 'Xax' LP (Lisca Records) - £13 / £15 / £17
Lisca Records is a no form music label dedicated to sounds generated by environmental saturation and reflection. This is the debut LP from the Tuscan drone / post-industrial / experimental quartet of Andrea Borghi, Filippo Ciavoli Cortelli, Alberto Picchi and Nichola Quiriconi. Limited to just 100 copies in special handmade packaging - ACT FAST!

• All LP / 12" Vinyl

VON THRONSTAHL - 'Germanium Metallicum' CD (Trutzburg-Thule) - £12 / £13 / £14
New material with an occidental sound - a fusion of martial, industrial, orchestral, neofolk, military and apocalyptic storm-composing. Intense, dramatic and unbeatable. High quality, powerfully-mastered with a wide spectrum of sound. "Germanium Metallicum" is a musical revelation of old Europe, caught between rebirth and death, freedom and slavery, uproar and revolution. It is an apocalyptic journey with many international musicial guests from the genre, including guest vocals by Plastique of Welle Erdball, Troy Southgate (H.E.R.R., Seelenlicht) and Natacha Von Wynn (erotic starlet from Switzerland). The sounds of Von Thronstahl's earlier works are cleverly combined with the composing quality of their latest album "Sacrificare" and the intensity and power of its predecessor "Bellum Sacrum Bellum!?" Exclusively distributed by Cold Spring!

• All Von Thronstahl Titles

WHIP - 'Sewn In Seems' 7" (Zeal Records) - £5 / £6 / £7
Folk Rock from Oregon. At the foundation of "Sewn In Seems" is everything you would expect from Jason Merritt (aka Whip); wonderfully raw front-porch singing and acoustic guitar. Normally Merritt ends there, letting the simplisty and naked beauty of the songs speak for themselves. However, with "Sewn in Seems," he has taken the song to a whole new level. Besides the addition of standing bass and piano, Merritt has added a lot of atmosphere to the song by his playing of some mellow flutes, wine glasses and manipulated tea kettles. The end result is spectacular.

• All 7" Vinyl

WHITEHOUSE - 'Quality Time' LP (Very Friendly) - £15 / £17 / £19
Recorded in 1995 by Steve Albini and William Bennett in Chicago, and written by William Bennet, Philip Best and Peter Sotos, "Quality Time" marked the end of the mid-period Whitehouse with an album containing the original version of the notorious 'Just Like A C**t' featuring Philip Best on vocals, and the indescribably disturbing 'Baby'. Features the beautiful cover artwork by the now Tokyo-based legend Trevor Brown. Heavyweight vinyl in a glossy sleeve.

• All Whitehouse Titles • All LP/12" Vinyl

WORMSBLOOD - 'In The Stars' LP (Aurora Borealis) - £13 / £15 / £17
Hailing from grim Wisconsin, Wormsblood have honed their craft since 2002 on solstice and eclipse. They create "Blood Sorcery = Progressive Blackened Stenchcore". "In The Stars" is a tumultous sonic cauldron overflowing with elements of true metal, noise, black metal, field recordings, free folk and eye of newt. Littered with occult references and clearly a work of some intelligence, "In the stars" baffles the listener as it drags them through the bleak Oshkosh woods in a lysergic Wild Hunt: from the ritual / field recording sounds of primitive percussion and the united voices of animal and man that give way to epic riffing and deranged vocals. Pressed on blue / black marbled vinyl.

• All LP/12" Vinyl

ZHURONG - 'Zhurong's Anger' MCD (Outfall Channel) - £9 / £10 / £11
Reissue of the great fantastic debut from this Chinese act (Ltd x 100 copies, 2005). "Zhurong's Anger" ("Anger Of The Fire God") is a Cathay Martial, dark ambient epic about the Qin Dynasty's invincible legion. 4 tracks of dark, solemn and despotic music. Ltd x 500 copies in a card sleeve with printed paper inner sleeve and insert. Chinese import.
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ARDITI - 'Omne Ensis Impera’ LP (Equilibrium Music) - £15 / £17 / £19

Swedish duo Henry Möller of Puissance and Marten Björkman. Epic orchestral loops and thunderous percussions are granted a more prominent role, stirring the damp and suffocating ambiance that the duo have always produced so well with their use of ominous synths, obscure speeches and mesmerizing narrations. Guest: Nordvargr (MZ.412, Toroidh). Ltd x 300 copies on black vinyl.


ARDITI - 'Standards Of Triumph’ LP (Equilibrium Music) - £15 / £18 / £21

"Standards of Triumph" taps further into the darker tones of Militaristic Neoclassical ambiance that has become the band's trademark - ever effective in their use of crushing orchestrations and evocative speeches, casting an hypnotizing veil over the turmoil of warfare-inspired Industrial soundscapes. Ltd x 500 copies in a heavy gatefold sleeve with A2 poster.


ASHRAM - 'Shining Silver Skies’ CD (Equilibrium Music) - £11 / £12 / £13

Four years after their homonymous debut, the Italian ensemble finally completes their second album, a masterpiece which not only embodies the romantic backdrop of early 1900’s glamour but that also flirts with a slightly naïve Folk spirit occasionally. Melancholic and touching Neo-Classical music. Digipak.


ATARAXIA / AUTUNNA ET SA ROSE - 'Odos Eis Ouranon - La Via Verso il
Cielo’ 2 x CD (Equilibrium Music) - £16 / £17 / £18

Autunna et sa Rose have used material from their first 3 albums, interpreted on piano and cello, and featuring soprano vocals and poetic recitation. Ataraxia have rearranged a collection of their finest tracks that would fit an entirely acoustic format, revisiting them in a warmer and more intimate form. An essential release for those into Neo-Classical music. Deluxe digipak with booklet.


BERKANA - 'Lichtrad' CD (Halbwelt) - £11 / £12 / £13

Debut album of this German act, after a 7" on HauRuck!. Classic sad Neofolk and 'Mittelalter'' at it's best! Berkana make Neofolk in the vein of Orplid or Forseti, but with a very personal touch of Neoclassical and some dark industrial / ambient passages. Presented in an elegant 6-panel digipak with all lyrics.

DUO NOIR - 'Marseilles’ CD (Tursa) - £9.50 / £10.50 / £11.50

Part 4 in the Sol Invictus archive series. "Marseilles" features Tony Wakeford and Matt Howden of Sieben in an extraordinary live performance, recorded in Marseille in 2000. Ltd x 1000 copies in a slim card cover.

HOWDEN / WAKEFORD - 'Wormwood' CD (Tursa) - £11 / £12 / £13

Second collaborative project of Matt Howden (Sieben) and Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus), inspired by the Book Of Revelation. Apocalyptic and dark tales told through Howden's violin and Tony's bass, with sparse vocal parts from both artists. An accessible album rich with dark folk and ritual elements. Ltd x 1000.

L'ORCHESTRE NOIR - '11' CD (PREcordings) - £11 / £12 / £13

The masterpiece by L’Orchestre Noir from 1999, now remastered and remixed. L'Orchestre Noir is Tony Wakeford (Sol Invictus), along with Eric Rogers (Gae Bolg), Nathalie Van Keymeulen and Céline Marleix-Bardeau. Digipak.

LES FRAGMENTS DE LA NUIT - 'Musique Du Crépuscule’ CD
(Equilibrium Music) - £11 / £12 / £13

A vision of night wrapped in mystery: a night haunted by spectral chants, under the spell of epic, poignant strings and sustained by hypnotic piano pulsations. A neo-classical or post-nocturnal masterpiece! Digipak.


MOSS - 'Cthonic Rites' CD (Aurora Borealis) - £10.50 / £11.50 / £12.50

'Cthonic Rites' is a mighty slab of extreme Doom from beyond, a paean to the Elder Gods. Two tracks over 66 minutes. If you like your doom in the way of Sunn O))) or Khanate, step inside. Second pressing with text by Seldon Hunt.

SIEBEN - 'Forbid The Sun's Escape’ CD (Tursa) - £11 / £12 / £13

Debut album by Sieben. Moody classical arrangements with eerie synths produce beautiful gothic soundscapes. Matt Howden appears with his violin prominently on most of the tracks. Features Sally Doherty and Tony Wakeford.

SOL INVICTUS - 'All Things Strange And Rare' CD (Tursa) - £11 / £12 / £13

This CD combines six rare tracks from the Sol Invictus back catalogue. 3 tracks previously appeared on "Above Us The Sun", along with 3 bonus tracks: a 7" version of "Looking for Europe" and two compilation tracks. Guests: Colin Potter (Monos), Ian Read (Fire + Ice), Karl Blake (Shock Headed Peters).

SOL INVICTUS - 'The Angel' CD (Tursa) - £9.50 / £10.50 / £11.50

A collection of rarities, remixes and unreleased tracks (1998-2003), with both Sol Invictus and Tony Wakeford solo pieces. Also contains two previously unreleased songs (including a collaboration with Joe Budenholzer of Backworld). Ltd x 1000 copies in a slim card cover, with artwork by Tor Lundvall.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Credo In Unum Deum' CD Book (Trinitas Music)
- £13 / £14.50 / £16

Released as a concept album about Christian identity, the musical styles range between between Neofolk, Industrial, Sacral, Orchestral and Dark Ambient. Featuring: Von Thronstahl (2 tracks), Rose Rovine E Amanti, Kriegsfall-U, The Days Of The Trumpet Call, Our God Weeps, Militia, Thorn Agram, Lonsai Maikov, Oda Relicta, Parzival, Hidden Place, Kayno Yesno Slonce, Gregorio Bardini and Zebaoth. The CD comes with an A5 62-page high gloss, professionally-pressed book containing paintings, various texts in Latin, English and statements of the bands. Act fast!!


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