Swiss Black Metal is no new card on the table. Cultivated by the likes of Hellhammer/Celtic Frost and Samael early on, and bands such as Darkspace and Paysage D´Hiver in more recent years, this rather small country has always had an excellent leading artistry; and it's no less so with the likes of Tardigrada.
Emotionale Ödnis (emotional wasteland) marks the band`s debut record that follows up on their already excellent demonstration mark "Widrstand" from 2012 and rare live performances.With all lyrics mainly done in the swiss dialect, Tardigrada present a darkly melancholic voyage; lush with atmosphere and texture.
Recorded and finalized at Iguana Studios and featuring custom artwork by Misanthropic Art, 'Emotionale Ödnis' sets the listener on a bleak sonic journey over the duration of 60 minutes. Intertwined with instrumental passages, just like a flickering dull light carried through a colourless landscape, it is a prime example of deep breathing, sorrowful black metal; ripe in execution and character.
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Hembygdsångesten återvänder – Grift returns! By now we should all know what that means. We where all mesmerized by Erik Gärdefors latest album ”Syner (2015)” which set a tone for what Grift really is and reflected it's uniqueness. This new EP by multi-instrumentalist Gärdefors, shaped and released in collaboration with Ukraine's own Drudkh, continues where ”Syner” said farewell. Hägringar (Mirages) bids us on an even more down to earth experience where the en-devours of life back in the old days are re-discovered and uphold. A brilliant interpretation of a mans struggle to find his path in a primitive world.
The collaborative release between Grift & Drudkh is presented in co-operation with the French label Season of Mist. Scheduled for release on September 16. The LP is embraced by a beautiful gate fold sleeve with cover artwork by the Finnish visual artist Magnus Enckell (1870-1925) and includes lyrics and liner notes. Available in multiple vinyl colours.
Remnants of Expansion - Due out Oct 28th on CD/LP/CS and digital. Pre-orders begin September 22nd.
www.darkdescentrecords.com
Cult Swedish death metallers DERANGED will release a new full-length album,"Struck By A Murderous Siege", on October 28th via Agonia Records. It is the band's first studio album in five years, and their ninth altogether, that was recently completed at Berno Studio (Amon Amarth, The Crown, Witchery) in their hometown Malmö. The album's cover artwork is a visiual depiction of its title, and it was created by Mike Hrubovcak (Grave, Six Feet Under, Sinister).
Despite of DERANGED's roots, their sound is more associated with American death metal rather than the early 90's Swedish death metal scene they originated from, and can be described as technical and brutal death/grind with several groove influences. Guitar player & main songwriter, Thomas Ahlgren, commented on the album: "The new Deranged album, titled "Struck by a murderous siege" is a blend of classical Deranged brutality with a bit of new elements that will fit perfectly both old and new Deranged fans. You can be sure about that! The album, consisting of five fast, grinding and shredding songs and three heavy mid-tempo tunes, will give the listener the most interesting and varied Deranged album so far. Prepare to hear the echoes of serial killers and brutality!" The successor to "Cut Carve Rip Serve" from 2011 will feature 8 new tracks with a playing time of roughly 40 minutes. "Struck By A Murderous Siege" will be available in: - Digipack CD. - Box CD (inc. "Postmortem Rituals" compilation album). - Black LP. - Transparent LP (limited to 150 copies). - White & black T-shirts. - Digital format. New album tracklist: 1. The frail illusion of osteology 2. Hello from the gutters 3. Reverent decomposition 4. Shivers down your broken spine 5. Cold icy hands 6. Struck by a murderous siege 7. Toy box torture chamber 8. Undead instrument by grim ascendancy
On October 28th, DERANGED will also release a special compilation album,"Postmortem Rituals", that will feature a collection of rare demo tapes and 7" singles, that have never been released on CD or on any other format than the original media (or that have never been released at all). The entire compilation has been newly remastered from original DAT tapes and includes:
- "...the confessions of a necrophile" (Demo 1-92), - "...the confessions continues" 7" (single 1-93), - "Upon the medical slab" 7" (single 2-94), - untitled and never officially released ´97 demo, - rare versions of old classic songs along with three cover tracks. The compilation album "Postmortem Rituals" will be available as a BOX CD (inluding the new album) and double gatefold LP. There will also be a limited white T-shirt. "Step into an inverted world of crimson where blood fills the oceans and rains from the skies. Melancholy is a disease contracted from breathing in the noxious atmosphere. Hope is but a frail fragment, a dying ember disappearing before your very eyes and the light left from a scorched heaven is not enough to see. Enigma is the final chapter in a trilogy of dark revelations. Awake on this final dawn Embrace the impending death Succumb to dark ominous ruin" Set to be released on vinyl and CS in 2017 between Amor Fati, Fallen Empire and Grey Sun
Recorded and mastered at the Temple of Ouroboros
The Peaceville debut from US Occult Blackened Noise masters T.O.M.B. will be released on the 21st October, and will feature Hellhammer (Mayhem) on drums and an artwork by Erik Danielsson (Watain).
Through 18 years of existence, T.O.M.B. (Total Occultic Mechanical Blasphemy) has created a multitude of horrific, spell-binding sound structures across thirteen different releases including compilations, splits, EPs and LPs. During that time, the project has devoted itself to developing material with an essence directly derived from areas and elements associated with death, paranormal activity and occult practices. Formed in 1998, & inspired by projects such as Abruptum, Havohej, Samael, Sunno))) and Wardruna, T.O.M.B. members No-One, B. Zimimay and Samantha Viola – the trio also notable as King Dude-signed act Dreadlords - orchestrated their latest recordings into thirteen hypnotic and malicious tracks, resulting in a ritualistic album outside of the boundaries of contemporary Ambient, Doom, Industrial, Noise or traditional Black Metal music. When creating these field recording soundscapes, certain necromantic instrumentation was used: human and animal bone, cemetery crypt doors, tombstones and coffins, and audio EVP equipment. Key musicians contributing their craft throughout Fury Nocturnus are legendary drummer Hellhammer of Mayhem, shaman doom guitarist John Litchko of Goreaphobia/Necrotion & the mighty death industrial noise artist Grant Richardson from the project GNAWED, along with famous sound engineer Alan Douches of West Westside studios in New York. Artwork for Fury Nocturnus appears courtesy of Watain’s Erik Danielsson.
Today is the Tour start for the Dimensional Nomads Tour with Acherontas, Sinmara, Slidhr and Shrine of Insanabilis . Along with that, come two new releases, namely a split CD of Acherontas and Slidhr and a Shrine of Insanabilis Digi-sleeve EP (vinyl versions of both will be released at a later point).
Highly anticipated 4th album by Swedish Sludge masters SUMA. “The Order of Things” is a beast made of slamming riffs, inhuman vocals, granitic sonorities of unrelentless heaviness. Recorded and mixed by producer BILLY ANDERSON, “The Order of Things” is a massive slab of crushing doom, capturing the band at its best, heavy and obscure as never before. Recorded and mixed by legendary BILLY ANDERSON (MELVINS, NEUROSIS, EYEHATEGOD). Tracklist:
The Sick Present Bait for Maggots R P A Being and/or Nothingness Education for Death Disorder of Things The Greater Dying THE ORDER OF THINGS will be released for Europe by ARGONAUTA RECORDS in CD edition and available from October 11th, 2016. www.facebook.com/sumanoise www.argonautarecords.com
Bestiarie Records are proud to announce our new release: Emanation «Temple Sleep Crystallization» 12” LP vinyl / Digital (Bestiarie vol. XIV).
After the monumental «The emanation of begotten chaos from God» and the other minor works, Emanation is manifested again. The new work, entitled «Temple Sleep Crystallization», is an introspective study into the dangers of spiritism, where communication is made on a sensory level and sound is oriented to its resonant physical reality.
Release date: 1st September
Regular edition 150 limited copies on black vinyl. Extended edition (Only available through the Bestiarie online shop) 50 numbered and limited copies. Black vinyl, the «Appendix Two: Ceremonial» cassette and an in-depth interview. www.bestiarie.com bestiarie.bandcamp.com bestiarie.bigcartel.com www.facebook.com/bestiarie |
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