***"After months of silence & unholy rituals under the moonlight Italy's Doom & Occult preachers CARONTE are happy to announce the release of their third full-length album YONI. YONI is the most magic filled work the band has ever written! 'It's music is more direct and its lyrics are more hermetic,' quotes the band.'It's the closing of our first cycle of activity since we were born, precisely 7 years ago.' There are 7 tracks on the album, just like the previous two, and, with this record, the first trilogy dedicated to Thelema and to traditional Shamanism will be complete." CD housed in 3-panel digipaks with 20-page booklet. LP inlcudes a poster and 12-inch 20-page booklet.
LP $21.50
09/08/2017
CD $13.25
09/08/2017
***"There’s a short version of this review that goes like this: King Diamond and Cradle of Filth can fucking eat it. The reason why those two well-respected bands need to get Sanctimonious into their cake-holes as soon as possible is because ATTIC have managed to do exactly what those bands have been doing for decades and, frankly, wiped the floor with almost everything they have released. That’s not to say that listeners will be tipping their copies of Abigail and The Eye into an incinerator any time soon, nor that CoF’s latest Hammer of the Witches was anything less than astonishingly vibrant, but more to emphasize the fact that Attic have accepted all of the worthy features from those two bands, addressed the problems with the style, and come up with something that need not be embarrassed to stand among the best in occult metal. The influence from King Diamond and Mercyful Fate is extremely obvious, copying from the same blueprint of melodic riffing accompanied by plentiful sinuous leads, storytelling drama that arrives by way of a plethora of vocal gymnastics, and a dark, occult tone running through the whole thing. However, Attic are not direct imitators of the style forged by those bands in the 1980s, modernizing elements of the sound, such as the more forceful riffing that crosses over into thrash and black metal on several memorable occasions, the infrequent use of blastbeats, and rather more extensive song structures that bear some resemblance to the theatrics of...
CD $14.50
08/18/2017
2XLP $30.45
08/18/2017
***Germany's Ván Records proudly presents the sophomore album of DREAD SOVEREIGN—a Dublin-based trio who specialize in true, evil doom. Dread Sovereign is NEMTHEANGA (vocals & bass), DUBH SOL (drums) and BONES (guitar); a triumvirate of old school attitude and arcane spirituality. Although retaining the rugged, epic drama of PRIMORIDAL (in which Nemtheanga and Dubh Sol both perform), Dread Sovereign are distinctly different; blending influences of Venom, Saint Vitus and Cirith Ungol in the raw underground cult doom idiom.
CD $13.25
08/04/2017
***After the artistic success of 2015's No Image—which united journalists, musicians, music lovers and even a pro-wrestler in its appraisal—GOLD returns with its successor. Together with producer RANDALL DUNN (a.o. Sunn O))), Earth, Ash Borer, Marissa Nadler), Gold have put their angular drive, their blackened guitar textures, and the composed yet vulnerable vocal delivery of MILENA EVA in an even broader context. Gold have created an almost unlimited space for their unique unity of beauty and cruelty to crush and confuse even more. LP packaged in gatefold jackets and pressed on 180-gram white vinyl.
LP $17.75
08/04/2017
CD $13.25
08/04/2017
***Exuvia is a vessel of constipated lethal bacteria, loading an atonic fluid, a venomous substance of colors, a marsh of florescence. It is a fortress against a siege machine of spiritless organisms and so much a yell to nature's cleansing spirits. Production and mixing was processed with MICHAEL ZECH. CD is digipak with booket. 2xLP pressed on 180-gram dark red vinyl and is packaged in gatefold jackets with booklet and poster.
CD $13.25
08/04/2017
2XLP $25.25
08/04/2017
***Ván Records proudly presents the new album of Danish hopefuls SLAEGT! Building up on their highly acclaimed EP Beautiful and Damned (2015) and an own blend of Black Heavy Metal, this band is definitely armed and ready for the next step with Domus Mysterium. Delve into sophisticated, yet aggressive compositions garnished with brilliant melodies and musicianship. CD housed in noble digipak with silver hot-foil embossing. 2xLP pressed on 180-gram 3-sided white vinyl and housed in gatefold jackets with booklet.
CD $13.25
08/04/2017
2XLP $25.25
08/04/2017