Releases – April 2021

Odal - Welten Mutter - CD

Odal – Welten Mutter – CD

Formed in 1999, for over 20 years now, ODAL have been a pillar of Germany's richly varied black metal scene. At once staunchly traditional but never blinkered by self-imposed boundaries, ODAL breathe the essence of the ancients whilst exhibiting a vibrancy that's refreshingly youthful. Their discography is deep and full of ...
Wheel - Preserved In Time - CD

Wheel – Preserved In Time – CD

On their first studio album in eight years, Preserved in Time, Germany’s Wheel delivers seven songs of brooding, emotional doom that promises to be an early 2021 favorite!

Wheel was formed in 2006 in Dortmund, Germany by guitarist Benjamin Homberger, bassist Marcus Grabowski and vocalist Arkadius Kurek under the name Ethereal Sleep. The ...
Wheel - Preserved In Time - Vinyl

Wheel – Preserved In Time – Vinyl

On their first studio album in eight years, Preserved in Time, Germany’s Wheel delivers seven songs of brooding, emotional doom that promises to be an early 2021 favorite!Wheel was formed in 2006 in Dortmund, Germany by guitarist Benjamin Homberger, bassist Marcus Grabowski and vocalist Arkadius Kurek under the name Ethereal Sleep. The ...
Phaethon - Sacrifice Doth Call - Vinyl

Phaethon – Sacrifice Doth Call – Vinyl

On their debut Sacrifice Doth Call five-song mini-album, the U.K.’s Phaëthon carry the torch for classic, epic heavy metal!
When the global lockdown related to the Coronavirus began in March 2020, Phaëthon vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Vrath found himself isolated and out of excuses — this was the time to start the metal band he ...
Witchfinder - Hazy Rites - Vinyl

Witchfinder – Hazy Rites – Vinyl

FFO: Monolord, Windhand, Bongzilla
French doom sludge unit WITCHFINDER took the metal scene by storm, spreading out their heavier-than-heavy mucky riffs with a highly psychedelic potential. Gloomy and haunted voices in the vein of Monolord or Windhand are blended with saturated Bongzilla or Weedeater vocals like, and fat riffage. With ‘Hazy Rites’, WITCHFINDER ...
Datcha Mandala - Hara - Vinyl

Datcha Mandala – Hara – Vinyl

FFO: The Black Keys - Rival Sons - The Beatles
High voltage riffage, political and spiritual topics, Robert Plant-esque vocals and an overflowing energy perfectly characterize Dätcha Mandala's sophomore album 'Hara'. The heavy blues trio deliver their strongest, most generous and firmly rock'n'roll record to date. The record was released on June 2020 ...
Datcha Mandala - Hara - CD

Datcha Mandala – Hara – CD

FFO: The Black Keys - Rival Sons - The Beatles
High voltage riffage, political and spiritual topics, Robert Plant-esque vocals and an overflowing energy perfectly characterize Dätcha Mandala's sophomore album 'Hara'. The heavy blues trio deliver their strongest, most generous and firmly rock'n'roll record to date. The record was released on ...
Midnight Odyssey - Biolume Part 2: The Golden Orb - CD

Midnight Odyssey – Biolume Part 2: The Golden Orb – CD

Among the most beloved and revered acts within the atmospheric metal field, Australia's MIDNIGHT ODYSSEY is back with “Biolume Part 2: The Gold Orb”, the second part of a trilogy started in 2019 with “Biolume Part 1: In Tartarean Chains.” The new album explores the themes of the sun, set within the ...
Mare Cognitum - Solar Paroxysm - CDD

Mare Cognitum – Solar Paroxysm – CDD

From the depths of the outer rim to solid footing of green earth, "Solar Paroxysm", cosmic black metal entity MARE COGNITUM's fifth album proper, finds itself moving from the impossible to the familiar. Now occupying himself with the failures of humankind over the past epoch, Jacob Buczarski's frustrations with humankind ...
Crooked Mouth And Headstone Brigade - Crooked Headstone - CDD

Crooked Mouth And Headstone Brigade – Crooked Headstone – CDD

Two bold voices resounding from deep within the Pacific Northwest darkfolk zeitgeist amalgamate as one on “Crooked Headstone”, the collaborative album between British Columbia’s CROOKED MOUTH and Washington State’s HEADSTONE BRIGADE. For years, each project has toiled alone in a decaying genre, carving singular identities capable of breathing new life ...
Spectral Lore - Heterophoto - CDD

Spectral Lore – Heterophoto – CDD

Fresh from the success of “Wanderers: Astrology of the Nine” – a split album released in 2020 with MARE COGNITUM, their usual cosmic travelling companion – SPECTRAL LORE return with “Heterophoto”, their brand new and highly anticipated full-length, destined to setting the whole progressive/atmospheric black metal scene on fire. Released seven years ...
Crawling, The - Sparrow - CD

Crawling, The – Sparrow – CD

Formed in the winter of 2014 from Lisburn city, Northern Ireland; The Crawling use a guttural vocal to combine melancholy with weight, churning out a heavy, doom/death ensemble.

January 2015 saw the single ‘Choking On Concrete,’ followed in October by the highly successful EP 'In Light of Dark Days.' April 2017 ...
Ved Buens Ende - Those Who Caress The Pale - CDD

Ved Buens Ende – Those Who Caress The Pale – CDD

ULTIMATE RE‐ISSUE OF THE CLASSIC MATERIAL INCLUDING BONUS TRACKS AND LINER NOTES
Cult Norwegian nineties black metal classic finally re‐issued!

The early nineties Norwegian black metal demo “Those who caress the pale” (originally released 1994 on cassette format) has had a cult status for many years. After a few re‐issues in the distant ...
Ved Buens Ende - Those Who Caress The Pale - Vinyl

Ved Buens Ende – Those Who Caress The Pale – Vinyl

ULTIMATE RE‐ISSUE OF THE CLASSIC MATERIAL INCLUDING BONUS TRACKS AND LINER NOTES
Cult Norwegian nineties black metal classic finally re‐issued on limited vinyl!

The early nineties Norwegian black metal demo “Those who caress the pale” (originally released 1994 on cassette format) has had a cult status for many years. After a few re‐issues ...
Ved Buens Ende - Those Who Caress The Pale - White Vinyl

Ved Buens Ende – Those Who Caress The Pale – White Vinyl

ULTIMATE RE‐ISSUE OF THE CLASSIC MATERIAL INCLUDING BONUS TRACKS AND LINER NOTES
Cult Norwegian nineties black metal classic finally re‐issued on limited vinyl!The early nineties Norwegian black metal demo “Those who caress the pale” (originally released 1994 on cassette format) has had a cult status for many years. After a few re‐issues ...