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Cold Spring Bi-Weekly Newsletter - 30th November 2006

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SOL INVICTUS CONCERT
Only 3 days to go! Don't forget - doors open at 6.30pm! We look forward to seeing you all there. The venue is filled to capacity - as is the guestlist. Please do not turn up at the door if you don't have a ticket as you will not be admitted!

PRE-ORDERS "A MYTHOLOGICAL PROSPECT OF THE CITIE OF LONDINIUM"!
We are very pleased to announce the release of a fantastic split CD between Sol Invictus / Rose Rovine E Amanti / Andrew King! This CD is officially released on Saturday at the concert in London, and a copy will be presented FREE to each person presenting their ticket at the COLD SPRING stall. For those of you not able to attend (or were unable to get a ticket), pre-orders for this CD last only until Sunday evening! Order your copy now!! The CDs are in stock and all orders will be shipped on Monday.

MERZBOW VS NORDVARGR / SISTRENATUS
Both the CDs will be out soon! Pre-sale campaign still ongoing! Thanks for your patience.

CDRs
We are currently constructing our CDR-only website! There are currently around 300 titles. We will email our newslist when it is live! In the meantime, you can download our CDR stocklist and email us with your order!


SOL INVICTUS / ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI / ANDREW KING | A Mythological Prospect Of The Citie Of Londinium CD (CSR75CD)

Available: Monday 4th December
Nine exclusive studio tracks, three each from Sol Invictus / Rose Rovine E Amanti / Andrew King, in their own unique style. English artists Sol Invictus and Andrew King bestow London-inspired Neofolk and traditional English Folk music, evoking olde Londinium town; while Rose Rovine E Amanti offer romantic Italian Neofolk. The CD comes wrapped in the beautiful paintings of Andrew King, representing the city of London.

UK: £10 | EU: £11 | World: £12
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MERZBOW Vs NORDVARGR | Partikel II CD (CSR73CD)

Available: December
The second part of the Partikel trilogy is finally here! Another beautifully constructed collaboration from the two noise giants - Japanoise King Masami Akita (aka Merzbow) and Swedish Lord Henrik Nordvargr Björkk (MZ.412, Folkstorm, Toroidh etc). The styles on 'Partikel II' range from total noise barrages to more subtle dark ambient pieces. Essential! Presented in a luxurious matt laminate digipack.

UK: £10 | EU: £11 | World: £12
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SISTRENATUS | Division One CD (CSR61CD)

Available: December
Powerful debut of the Canadian noise project. 'Division One' is harsher and more bombastic than Harlow MacFarlane's now defunct project FUNERARY CALL. A true onslaught of Black Ambient, dark electronics and industrial machinery. This is the much anticipated album, after the well received track on our legendary SWARM sampler.

UK: £10 | EU: £11 | World: £12
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BLEIBURG | Pieces Of A Broken Dream 2CD (CSR68CD)
Available: Now
Industrial / Neofolk feat. Aube, Harvest Rain, Cawatana, A. Baghiri, Cellar Of Rats, The Soil Bleeds Black, Larrnakh, Obscure Resistance, Lonsai Maikov, Thorn Agram, Nocturne, Project Toth, Vidna Obmana, Telepherique
UK: £15 | EU: £16 | World: £17
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JOHN WATERMANN | Calcutta Gas Chamber CD (CSR52CD)
Available: Now
The concept of aurally conveying the horror of a gas chamber, realised through field recordings in an abandoned electrical power station.
UK: £12 | EU: £13 | World: £14
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H.E.R.R. | Vondel's Lucifer - First Movement CD (CSR69CD)
Available: Now
A gentle folk-like melody, rich musical arrangements and baroque composition. Guest appearances by Ostara, While Angels Watch, Belborn & Sagittarius.
UK: £12 | EU: £13 | World: £14
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TOLL | Christ Knows CD (CSR66CD)
Available: Now
Classic old-school British Industrial featuring Tim Gane (Stereolab), Paul Lemos (Controlled Bleeding) and Pacific 231.
UK: £12 | EU: £13 | World: £14
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NEXT PLANNED RELEASES:
H.E.R.R. - 'Fire And Glass: A Norwood Tragedy' MCD (CSR74EP)
Shinjuku Thief
- 'The Scribbler' CD (CSR62CD)

Inanna - 'Day Ov Despair' CD (CSR71CD)
Sleep Research Facility - 'Deep Frieze' CD (CSR72CD)

ALL AVAILABLE COLD SPRING TITLES

H.E.R.R. - 'Vondel's Lucifer - First Movement - From Twilight Zone (IT)

Toll - 'Christ Knows' - From Necroweb (DE), Twilight Zone (IT)

Rose Rovine e Amanti - 'Rituale Romanum' - From La Defuncion (ES)

Necropolis - 'Necrosphere' - From Sonidobscuro (ES), Twilight Zone (IT), Guts Of Darkness (FR)

VA - 'Swarm' - From Side Line

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Cold Spring presents:
SOL INVICTUS / ROSE ROVINE E AMANTI / ANDREW KING

2nd Dec 06, Water Rats, London (UK)

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LAIBACH
1st Dec 06, Tavastia, Helsinki (FI)
6th Dec 06, Betong, Oslo (NO)
10th Dec 06, Palladium, Warsaw (PL)
13th Dec 06, Roxy, Prague (CZ)
14th Dec 06, Backstage Werk, Munich (DE)
15th Dec 06, Innsbruck, Salzburg (AT)
16th Dec 06, Estragon, Bologna (IT)

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A CHALLENGE OF HONOUR - 'Where No Angels Dare To Come’ CD (Vrihaspati Recordings)
- £12 / £13 / £14
Good recording from the very first ACOH live concert! Here they play their early and very Martial Industrial style. The concert was well recorded and was professional mastered at the Steinklang Studios. The sound quality is 100 times better than the Russian bootleg version and the official Vrihaspati version additionally includes 2 live versions of the ACOH hits "Dum pater familias" and "La Legion", both recorded at the Flammenzauber Festival in 2003. An essential document for the ACOH newcomer and collector alike. Ltd x 500.

ALLERSEELEN - 'Cruor’ 2 x LP (Ahnstern) - £16 / £18 / £20
The first CD album of Allerseelen from 1993 reissued in a brilliantly remastered version on highest-quality double vinyl! Fascinating organic Ritual-Industrial music about the blood rituals of the Mithras cult. This vinyl edition also contains one LP side of early, rare tape recordings from 1989, which were not on the CD version. Presented in a stunning double gatefold pack and limited to just 600 copies!

ALLERSEELEN - 'Edelweiss’ CD (Ahnstern / Aorta) - £12 / £13 / £14
This outstanding collection of newer musical works of the Austrian artist Allerseelen is a co-production of Ahnstern and Allerseelen's own label Aorta. Contains a selection of the best Allerseen songs, many of them for the first time on CD and some unreleased Industrial-Folk hymns. Allerseelen were supported on this release by members of O Paradis, Circe and Sturmpercht, which gives this album a very special touch. Presented in a luxurious 6-panel digipak.

ALLERSEELEN / SANGRE CAVALLUM - 'Barco Do Vinho’ CD (Ahnstern) - £12 / £13 / £14
'Barco do Vinho' were the boats that in the past that brought the barrels of wine from the vineyards in Callaecia (Northern Portugal) on the river Douro to the town of Porto. This CD features four exclusive songs by the Northern-Portuguese group Sangre Cavallum and four exclusive songs by the Austrian group Allerseelen. Ancient and traditional but at the same time brand new avant-garde music, somewhere between apocalyptic folklore and psychedelic rock. Poetical songs about the journey of the wine, from the vineyard to the river. Then a silent darkness, a timeless life inside oak barrels, turning the wine into flavoured blood for a toast between men and nature. Presented in a beautiful 6-panel digipak.

AS ALL DIE - 'As Rome Burns The Band Plays On’ 3" CDR (Rape Art Productions) - £4 / £5 / £6
One 13-minute track of lo-fi abrasive noise from this US artist. Similar to many American bands of the same ilk - Deathpile, Bloodlust, Gruntsplatter, Panicsville etc. Limited to 50 hand-numbered copies 3" CDR in a mini PVC sleeve.

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FEAR FALLS BURNING - 'I'm One Of Those Monsters Numb With Grace’ LP (Equation Records)
- £13 / £15 / £17
Side-project of Vidna Obmana. A wilful crossing between the infinite looping of Fripp & Eno and the power chords of Sunn O))). A solitary journey into the netherworld. From huge walls of sound to soft humming shimmery buzz, My Bloody Valentine-ish blown-out bliss to raga-like buzz, fear falls burning is a truly unique and surprisingly melodic take on doom and drone. Comes in a heavy-card gatefold sleeve with a printed inner bag. Ltd x 349 copies on heavy metallic grey vinyl. Each copy features a printed numbered sticker on the front.

FOUNDATION HOPE - 'The Faded Reveries’ CD (Cold Meat Industry) - £12 / £13 / £14
Foundation Hope was formed in 2003 by Joep Smaling. The main idea was to make dark cinematical soundscapes with a strong focus on the harshness and cruelty of everyday life. Ironically presenting itself as a foundation, an institute that comforts seeking souls in times of distress, it is instead an attempt to confront the listener with moods of isolation, despair and sorrow. Drones, strings, melancholic tunes, confusing vocal-samples and cinematic moods. A very successful follow-up to their 2006 debut "A Call To All Redeemers" (Divine Comedy Records).

GOVERNMENT ALPHA - 'Prospective Massacre’ CDR (Rape Art Productions) - £6 / £7 / £8
Japanese Noise artist Govt. Alpha (Yasutoshi Yoshida) performs 7 new, extremely loud, harsh noise tracks. Recommended to fans of the Japanoisee genre - Merzbow, MSBR, Masonna etc! Limited to 50 hand-numbered copies a standard PVC sleeve.

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GUSTAF HILDEBRAND - 'Primordial Resonance’ CD (Cyclic Law) - £12 / £13 / £14
RESTOCK! Second full-length album from Gustaf Hildebrand (ex-Lithivm). A unique, evolved experience inviting you to embark upon an odyssey through ancient and lifeless surroundings. Sweeping ambient soundscapes and delicate textures mingle with the distant shrieks of surreal machinery - conjuring up images of abandoned and forgotten places, clouded skies and dead cities where time has been standing still. A captured moment from a strange no man's land lit by a perpetual gloom, “Primordial Resonance” is a voyage only limited by the imagination of the listener. First 1000 copies come in an oversized fold out cover.

KARJALAN SISSIT - 'Tanssit On Loppu Nyt’ CD (Cyclic Law) - £12 / £13 / £14
Fourth full-length album from one of Sweden's most respected Martial / Industrial acts. Quoted from Markus Pesonen himself "This is my personal W.A.R. against everything that reveals my hate! You are the enemy! "... so you can expect a logical follow up to his last album where Anti socialism, Bitterness, Alcoholism and his Finnish roots are still at the centre stage of his purpose and where harsh industrial passages, aggressive vocal lines and soft ambient textures collide with intense bombastic outbursts. The album was again exquisitely produced by Peter Bjärgö (Arcana, Sophia) at Erebus Odora. Limited to 1000 copies in an outsized textured cover. A stunning release!

KTL (STEPHEN O'MALLEY + PETER REHBERG) - 'KTL’ CD (Editions Mego) - £12 / £13 / £14
Threatening collaboration taking in parallel worlds of Extreme Computer Music and Black Metal. KTL is Stephen O'Malley (SUNNO))), Khanate) and Peter Rehberg (PITA). A six part collision amongst the increasingly fading prescences between the light and the dark. This work came about as the two were composing sound and music for a piece by Gisèle Vienne and Dennis Cooper, entitled 'Kindertotenlieder'. This CD is NOT the soundtrack to said piece, but a separate project. However, elements may appear in the finished piece which is to be premiered in Brest, France, March 2007. Doom, Drone, Bass guitar noise abuse, as to be expected...

LANDING - 'Gravitational IV’ LP (Equation Records) - £13 / £15 / £17
Up until now, 'Gravitationl IV' has been known as Landing's "lost" album. Mostly recorded during the sessions that led to 2004's 'Sphere', 'Gravitational IV' is a varied and multi-textured album. Sound experiments, free flowing drone freakouts, post-rock and softly lilting lullabies. Many of you will know landing from their collaborations with Füxa, Rothko and Printed Circuit. This is music to stay indoors with. Comes in a heavy gatefold sleeve with a 2-sided card insert featuring an illustrated discography. Ltd x 450 copies on heavy vinyl.

MOURMANSK150 - 'Le Cadavre Est Encore Chaud’ CDR (Rape Art Productions) - £7 / £8 / £9
15 tracks of aggressive Power Electronics and abrasive Heavy Noise from this French artist, who has previously released editions on Divine Comedy, L-White, Blade Records etc. Using screeching waves of feedback, tape loops, distorted, hateful and offensive lyrics, Mourmansk150 explores death, mutilation, power and degradation. Ltd x 300 hand-numbered copies in a nice digifile sleeve.

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NORTHAUNT - 'Horizons’ Enhanced CD (Cyclic Law) - £12 / £13 / £14
Third full length album from one of Norway's most renowned Dark Ambient acts. Horizons is a collection of 7 long ambient landscapes, lonely sceneries on the verge of night, places we long for, places we have been, sanctuaries from mankind. This is desolation made audible, carefully constructed and layered with deep drones, melancholic tonalities and outdoor field recordings which makes this Northaunt's most haunting release so far. Includes a bonus Video file with an alternate version of the track "The Wilderness". Ltd x 2000 in a 6-panel digipak.

NOTHINGISTTRUE - 'The Stand Against Humanity’ CDR (Rape Art Productions) - £6 / £7 / £8
Known from their releases on Freak Animal, Antihumanism and Void Rekordz, this US artist performs 12 sick misanthropic Noise and Power Electronics pieces using vocals and piercing frequencies similar to Slogun, Whitehouse or Fire In The Head. Ltd x 50 hand-numbered copies in a standard PVC sleeve.

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ROME - 'Nera’ CD (Cold Meat Industry) - £12 / £13 / £14
The black atmosphere of 'Nera' weighs heavily on the soul. However, Rome manages to include warmth and affection in its cold world of steel. The songs are full of citations, abstractions and ideals. The marching and counter-marching of doubtful armies luring our love away, with icy and bitter irony. These are some of Nera's interlocking themes in a world scorched by the wastefulness and cruelty of war. Less martial and post-Industrial than their debut EP, 'Nera' is a much more accessible, almost new wave offering, though there is still a sprinkling of Neoclassical added for good measure. Presented in a debossed digipak.

SOPHIA - 'Deconstruction Of The World’ Enhanced CD (Cyclic Law) - £12 / £13 / £14
RESTOCK! The final work of Sophia. This CD features an additional, previously unreleased, track "Depravity" (not available on the LP version), along with a video clip to accompany this track. For this album Peter Bjärgö joined forces with long time friend and Arcana collaborator Stefan Eriksson to deliver an outstanding piece of sonic grandeur. Keeping with the latest elements of the Sophia sound and bringing back some of the early martial elements with predominant drumming and the addition of commanding vocal parts, this album is definitely one step above it's predecessors and reconfirms Sophia's uniqueness. Be prepared for an intense journey! First edition of 2000 copies come in an oversized, fold-out, textured cover.

SSHE RETINA STIMULANTS - 'Heaven 39’ 2 x LP (Diophantine Discs) - £15 / £17 / £19
Recorded in 1997 (remastered 2006) following a request by Body & Blood Exploration, Canada, in the math of the suicide of 39 members of Heaven's Gate cult, all of which were found draped in a purple sheet. Thirty-nine tracks of experimental industrial noise, carefully constructed from feedback, drones, and other electrical disturbances. A stormy and unsettling hour-long work, presented as a 3-sided, 2 x LP album, wrapped in a purple felt sheet with insert. Ltd x 139 numbered copies.

SIKHARA - 'Sunken City’ CDR (Rape Art Productions) - £6 / £7 / £8
First release from this Equadorian label. Utilising both machinery and acoustic elements, Californian act Sikhara creates a disturbed enviroment of ritualistic post-indusrial sounds. Manipulated sources of primitive voices are collaged into a hypnotic new language, which melds instinctively with animalistic tribal percussion. 5 tracks. Ltd x 50 hand-numbered copies with colour artwork in a standard PVC sleeve.

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STURMPERCHT - 'Geister Im Waldgebirg’ CD (Percht) - £12 / £13 / £14
First full-length album from this Austrian / south Bavarian Alpin-Folk formation on Steinklang's Percht imprint. "Geister im Waldgebirg" is a journey through the deepest central-European forests and mountains with all their strange creatures, fairies, myths and legends. The sounds and lyrics on this album are engrained in old Pagan rites and cults, in hunters-legends and in tales from darkest woods and the people living there. the songstyles vary from powerful Martial-Folk hymns, over fragile Folk-balads, to weird songs about strange people and creepy animals. Features Axel Frank (Werkraum) with his perfect guitar, flute playing and his skillful hands in mixing; Allerseelen, Sangre Cavallum and Waldteufel. This album will be your closest friend in dark and frosty winter nights! 6-panel digipak.

STURMPERCHT - 'Geister Im Waldgebirg’ 2 x LP Boxset (Percht) - £25 / £28 / £32
First full-length album from this Austrian / south Bavarian Alpin-Folk formation on Steinklang's Percht imprint. "Geister im Waldgebirg" is a journey through the deepest central-European forests and mountains with all their strange creatures, fairies, myths and legends. The sounds and lyrics on this album are engrained in old Pagan rites and cults, in hunters-legends and in tales from darkest woods and the people living there. the songstyles vary from powerful Martial-Folk hymns, over fragile Folk-balads, to weird songs about strange people and creepy animals. Features Axel Frank (Werkraum) with his perfect guitar, flute playing and his skillful hands in mixing; Allerseelen, Sangre Cavallum and Waldteufel. This album will be your closest friend in dark and frosty winter nights! Sumptuous double LP set in a stained and branded wooden box. Ltd x 340 copies only!

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SVARTSINN - 'Traces Of Nothingness’ CD (Cyclic Law) - £12 / £13 / £14
The third offering from Norway's Svartsinn could be acknowledged as the end of a trilogy, the first opus "Devouring Consciousness" was an album containing stories made during what the artist explains as being some difficult and rough times. The second offering, "Of Darkness And Re-Creation", was the process of trying to deal with these struggles and reflect on them. "Traces Of Nothingness" is simply the reaction, result and the path ahead in this ongoing, seemingly endless darkness. A slightly more melodic, sad and obscure side of Svartsinn that still keeps the cold and dark atmosphere that defines his sound. Ltd x 1000 copies in a 6-panel portrait digipak.

THELEMA - 'Eldur Og Is’ CD (Ahnstern) - £12 / £13 / £14
Project of Sturmpercht member Hajü. The soundtrack for a incredible tour around Iceland, accompanied by the Icelandic singer Steindor Andersen, well known for his collaborations with Sigur Ros and Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson. This album carries you from the deepest vollcanos to the biggest glaciers, guided by catchy music that varies from traditional Icelandic folklore to Epic soundscapes. sometimes the music is rough and wild, sometimes it's smooth and dreamy, just like the country it tells of, sometimes very experimental and avant-garde! Presented in a stunning 16-page, 7" booklet showing incredible pictures of the Icelandic landscape, shot by the band in 2004 and 2005.

VON THRONSTAHL - 'Mutter Der Schmerzen’ MCD (Der Angriff) - £9 / £10 / £11
Brand new MCD from the legends of Martial Industrial. Unlike the usual stuff from this band, there are almost no military drums or warlike guitars. The record is full of beauty and melancholy while the tension is hidden behind the warm voices and charming acoustic parts. This is the soft side of Von Thronstahl’s creative universe, and is beautiful to discover! 5 tracks including versions of Forthcoming Fire's 'Europa Calling' and Death In June's 'Runes And Men'. Gatefold digifile limited to 350 copies only. Russian import.

VON THRONSTAHL / THE DAYS OF THE TRUMPET CALL - 'Split’ MCD (Der Angriff)
- £9 / £10 / £11
Second edition of this split release. Each band has contributed three exclusive studio tracks which have been conceived with Russia in hearts and minds. Von Thronstahl tracks include the Russian traditional song “Luchinushka” sang by the very nice female voice on pure Russian and the hit “Return To Palestine”. The Days Of The Trumpet Call tracks are very dark and melancholic, a mixture of dark folk, ethereal and neo-classical elements. Nice sad melodies interwoven into dense apocalyptic atmospheres. Gatefold digifile limited to 350 copies only. Russian import.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Free Speech Series 7-9’ 3 x 3" CDs (L-White) - £25 / £28 / £32
We are very pleased to offer the final 3 CDs in the ‘Free Speech Series’ on this prestigious German label! Each CD is presented in a glass clip frame and is limited to just 350 copies! When all 9 CDs are laid out together, they make one complete picture! For this reason we will ONLY offer the CDs as a set and will not sell them separately. Part 7 = Sektion-B, Part 8 = The Grey Wolves, Part 9 = Con-Dom. The price reflects not only the quality and limited availability of all the pieces, but also the heaviness of the set.

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VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'Heilige Feuer III’ CD (Der Angriff) - £12 / £13 / £14
This volume commemorates the spirit and atmosphere of the third incarnation of the biggest regular Russian industrial festival, which took place in Saint-Petersburg on October 19th, 2002. As usual, each of the contributors (who also played at the festival), made two exclusive studio tracks for this compilation. Martial rhythms and orchestral chord patterns from Wappenbund, obscure forest-inspired drone from Lunar Abyss Quartet, deep dark ambient from Inade and gloomy conspirological electronics from Cyclotimia, blended together into the perfect symphony of sound. Quality A5 digipak with a deluxe insert, giving a page to each artist. Ltd x 500. Russian import.

VARIOUS ARTISTS - 'The Steinklang Picture Years’ 4 x CD (Steinklang) - £18 / £20 / £22
This very special set contains the early Steinklang picture LPs, 10"s and 7"s from the years 1995-1996. On these 4 CDs you get the full power of the unique Steinklang style. Pure Power Noise and Rhythmic Industrial Noise. and Rhythm-Noise. The originals of these vinyls are impossible to get and therefore Steinklang present this CD edition now for a very reasonable price. All music on these 4 CDs is taken from the original DAT and tape masters and is remastered to highest quality. More than 4 1/2 hours of pure power from Atrox, DKF, Viron, Irikarah, Rasthof Dachau and Andxesion. Presented in a beautiful 7" booklet.

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