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NEW IN STOCK - 2013.04



MANILLA ROAD - (BLACK) ATLANTIS RISING
Ltd. 200 x black vinyl, gatefold cover, new art, insert, poster. With "Atlantis Rising" and a new record deal in Europe (Germany) Manilla Road somehow entered phase II of their long career. You could call it their comeback album.



PERSIAN RISK - ONCE A KING (BLACK)
Persian Risk were one of the most promising acts of the glorious New Wave Of British Heavy Metal era. But somehow luck was not on their side. They originally formed in Cardiff (in the area of Rhydyfelin to be precise) in 1979. Their debut 7" single "Calling for you" is a precious collectors item today, followed by "Ridin' High" on Neat Records in 1983 and the "Too different" 12" EP a year later. However, the first longplayer "Rise up" was not released until 1986 (issued on Metal Master), by then the N.W.O.B.H.M. was truly over. A case of too little too late. The original incarnation of Persian Risk split up for good in 1986 (with only one single gig played in London in 1986 including Paul Di'Anno guesting on "Jane"). Quite surprisingly, vocalist Carl Sentance (one of the truly great singers of the N.W.O.B.H.M. period) reformed the group recently. The new album "Once a King" is one of the best comeback albums in recent Metal history.

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ALUK TODOLO - OCCULT ROCK (2LP)
Eight hypnotic tracks, an ultimate entheogenic ceremony that reveals the power trio's live energy and osmosis, and the individuality and roughness of each instrument, with an emphasis on the inter-penetration of all the components of an organic and tetanizing trance ritual. This opus recounts the alchemical transformation of the primordial vibration into matter, through all its elemental phases, leading to the sonic manifestation of the forces of the universe into the octagonal prism of 'Occult Rock'.

HOTEL DIABLO - RETURN TO PSYCHO CALIFORNIA
For the 1st time on vinyl! Featuring members of Quiet Riot and W.A.S.P.! Produced by Mr. Gilby Clarke, guitar in Guns'n'Roses, this opus has been enthusiastically reviewed in many specialized music magazines! Highly recommended by Steven Taylor (Aerosmith), this album marks the definitive return of the melodic California hard-rock scene and comes in an astonishing artwork with a 5 gun-shots holed label! Limited and hand-numbered to 300 copies woirldwide!!! Another never-seen before release by the dangerous guys walking the Night Of The Vinyl Dead Boulevard!

KRALLICE - YEARS PAST MATTER (2LP)
More exceptional experimental black metal from Krallice. Double LP (180-gram vinyl) with download.

OM - CONFERENCE OF THE BIRDS (PD)
PICTURE DISC! Comprised of two songs that build on their use of cyclical rhythm, riff and vocal intonation, OM's 2006 album 'Conference Of The Birds' blends metal, chant, drone, dub and psychedelia. The group's lyrics expound upon the structure of the universe, potentiality and freedom from the physical body. 'Conference Of The Birds' is a fully realized work from a forward-thinking band at their peak.



SCREAMER (SWEDEN) - PHOENIX (COL)
ltd numbered 300 x orange vinyl, gatefold cover. "Full Throttle Heavy Metal 'n' Roll" from Sweden! A high-quality mix of early Iron Maiden, Accept and Judas Priest, with a hint of Motamer started out in early 2009, with Christoffer Svensson (bass/vocals), Martin Hallberg (guitars), Anton Fingal (guitars) and Henrik Petersson (drums). In 2011, they released their debut album "Adrenaline Distractions" for High Roller Records. The record received rave reviews all over the world (especially in Germany's leading magazine Rock Hard). Martin Hallberg left the band in 2011 and in came Dejan Rosic on guitar.

SOUNDGARDEN - KING ANIMAL (2LP+CD+DVD)
CD, DVD + 2LP boxset. Including gatefold vinyl, 20 page book, CD Album, live concert DVD, 5 lithographs (4 band shots, 1 King Animal Cover shot).



WARPIG - WARPIG
This new edition of 500 copies comes with a full-color insert. "Lion Productions, in association with Kreation Records, proudly unearths another buried-treasure of pure 70s hard rock in Canada's WARPIG. This is an early masterwork of psychedelic proto-metal. A high quality, remastered piece of vinyl that combines sounds from the era of rock that is timeless and just so good. Elements of Black Sabbath (of course), Flower Travelin' Band, Uriah Heep and even Grand Funk Railroad make this album easy to love. You will be suprised that this band was not a success in the past once you hear it-it's that good. Warpig's long-sought-after self-titled debut will surely satisfy the cravings of both longtime collectors and the new breed of retro-rockers alike!"; "Ultra rare heavy progressive psych hard rock album, only released in Canada in 1970. Some serious stuff, heavy and psychedelic, groovy and dark, Warpig were a heavy rock outfit very much in the spirit of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, Blue Oyster Cult. Heavy heavy riffs, thick fuzzy organ, kick ass drumming, and wild wailing vocals, lengthy extended riffing, organs atop guitars, slithery snake-like leads, throbbing sludgy bass lines, and catchy songs. Every track is a killer: the wild proggy Jethro Tull-ish groove of the opener 'Flaggit,' the 'In A Gadda Da Vida' meets Black Sabbath jam 'Tough Nuts.' One of the best (and strangest) tracks is the lengthy instrumental epic 'Advance In A Minor,' a dense moody, almost classical sounding metallic prog workout, with loping minor key stretches of muted low end guitar strum and simple piano chords, strung between killer bursts of mathy prog, staccato and dynamic, the whole track eventually twisting itself into some slow burning hard rocking blow out, propulsive and relentless. Later on comes another lengthy jam, the strangely titled 'U.X.I.B.,' rife with wild wailing leads, a groovy main riff, fuzzed out organ, and long stretches of blissed out space rock drift, with the vocals not joining in until nearly halfway through. Unlike a lot of supposedly heavy "proto-metal" records, where one or two of the tracks rock super hard and the all the rest are just bad twelve bar blues bar rock, every track here is heavy and proggy and groovy and spacey and pretty dang metal for 1970." This new edition of 500 copies comes with a full-color insert



WITCHBURNER - BLOODTHIRSTY EYES (BLACK)
Gatefold cover, insert, limited 350x black vinyl. You've been into thrash metal for a while? Then you surely know Witchburner from Fulda, Germany. They've been active in the German underground scene since 1992 and they never surrendered. Witchburner kept the spirit alive when everyone else was going astray, and they didnt give a damn about trends that kept coming and going or about the problems that naturally occur when a band has to struggle with constant changes in the line-up. Now, after twenty years of relentless thrashing, and after having released six albums and nine demos, splits and EPs, Witchburner are about to unleash yet another pure old school thrash attack. Bloodthirsty Eyes" is their first full-length on High Roller Records



WITCHGRAVE - WITCHGRAVE
425gsm heavy cardboard cover, black vinyl, ltd. 500, A2 poster. Witchgrave from Vaxjo, Sweden, are a phenomenon - they play N.W.O.B.H.M. just like it came straight from the old days of glory, yet they are young and hungry (or better: thirsty). The band is rightfully satisfied with the reactions to their first release, the mini album "The Devil's Night" which came out on High Roller Records in 2010 and sold out very quickly

BACK IN STOCK - 2013.04



INCOMING CEREBRAL OVERDRIVE - LE STELLE: A VOYAGE ADRIFT
Born at the dawn of the new millennium in Italy, I.C.O. (Incoming Cerebral Overdrive) are heavy to the core. The end of the first decade of the new millennium marks a new step in the evolution of the band. The title of the new chapter is: "Le Stelle: A Voyage Adrift". The concept, an imaginary, dark and lonely trip adrift discovered in a diary. Emotions of fear, anger and irrational excitement are expressed, waiting for a certain epilogue into desolation, a final annihilation in a cosmic fusion. Sonically, this new album is a journey that intersects and expands in a huge, deep and at times, claustrophobic monolith. Heavy cavernous guitars with back-breaking riffs, multifaceted, effect laden vocals and rhythmic notes plunge into a psychedelic mix of unpredictable sounds of distress and madness that we, the recipient, can only succumb to. The album ultimately analyses the irrational, insane feelings of the man who face a journey toward the unknown. A diary has been found, but we cant say anything more than whats written inside. Impossible to identify the places (real or not, who knows) that he explored, what shines through his words are his fears, sensations and frustrations fed by a sense of belonging to a chaotic, incontrollable, and compromised whole. The participation of Urlo and Poia of Ufomammut, both during the composition and the recording sessions opens the project to a new light. Recorded in Rome at Locomotore Studio by Lorenzo Stecconi (already soundlord for such important discs as Ufomammut and Lento). TRACKLIST 1. Mirzam - 2. Sirius - 3. Betelgeuse - 4. Kochab 5. Adhara - 6. Pherkad - 7. SiriusB - 8. Polaris 9. Bellatrix - 10. Rigel



NACHTMYSTIUM - LIVE AT ROADBURN 2010
Unique one-off performance of Nachtmystium with members of Dutch powerhouses The Devils Blood and Astrosoniq. First ever Nachtmystium live release. Sixth installment in the ever growing Live at Roadburn series after Wolves in the Throne Room, Church of Misery, Year of No Light, Wino and Bong. 180 gram vinyl, gatefold sleeve, embossed sleeve, liner notes by tour manager Cartel Brown. Sleeve design by Gnaw Their Tongues mastermind Mories TRACK LISTING 1. Away From The Light (intro) 2. Your True Enemy 3. Ghosts of Grace 4. Life of Fire 5. A Seed For Suffering 6. Chosen By No One 7. Hellish Overdose 8. Cry For Help (intro) 9. High On Hate 10. One Of These Nights 11. Assassins



OBSESSED - LIVE MUSIC HALL KÖLN 1992
Roadburn Records is proud as a peacock to announce the release of the first slab of black vinyl from the mighty Obsessed in many years. Live in Koln December 29th 1992 captures the band live at their peak and is released to celebrate the bands come back on the Roadburn Festival on April 14th 2012. This one will be vinyl only. The record (and shows) will be featuring the lineup from The Church Within; Scott "Wino" Weinrich on guitar/vocals, Greg Rogers (Goatsnake, Sonic Medusa) on drums and Guy Pinhas (Acid King, Goatsnake and Beaver) on bass. The release was mastered from tape but James Plotkin did an amazing job in mastering it and making it a massive and clear registration of a band on the end of a tour when they knew the set by heart and playing on their peak! TRACKLIST A1 Mourning A2 Hiding Mask A3 The Way She Fly A4 Forever Midnight A5 Streamlined B1 Brother Blue Steel B2 Blind Lightning B3 Neatz Brigade B4 River Of Soul

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NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.10



ATOMIC CRIES - SUSPENDED BETWEEN THE MOUTH OF GOD AND THE FIST OF MAN
"We are Atomic Cries, and since 2010 we have played Primitive Doom Metal exclusively. No flares, no bongs, no irony, no pseudo-occult nonsense. We worship at the altar of Armando Acosta. We love Saint Vitus, Trouble and Black Sabbath, but we sound like none of them. This 7" contains two tracks of uncompromising, slow downer-rock that refuses to be easily categorised. We are Sal Do Caixao (Lead/Rhythm Electric/Acoustic Guitars & Vocals) and Andy Lippoldt (Drums/Organ/Bass/Backing Vocals)."



DOOMDOGS/WAR INJUN - SPLIT
Maryland meets Sweden on this clash of two bands obsessed with classic doom metal, both presenting new tracks. Doomdogs from Gothenburg, known for their two smashing full length albums on Doomentia, offer the tune 'Oceans Of Despair' whereas War Injun present their last track with singer JD Williams (also of Internal Void), 'Smokethrower'. Both songs are previously unreleased and exclusive to this release.

AMESOEURS - AMESOEURS (SMOKE EDITION)(2LP)
"The 2LP comes with heavy 350g Gatefold jacket, printed 250g cardboard inner sleeves, heavy, coloured 180g vinyls & exclusive vinyl bonus track. This is a strictly limited repress due to high demand." "Their 3-track EP ""Ruines Humaines"" already gained AMESOEURS a place in the cold hearts of thousands of fans, making their debut album one of the most anticipated releases of 2009, not only in the Black Metal scene. They created their very own style by combining Black Metal with Post Rock & Cold Wave and influenced a large number of other bands - a feat that few of the best bands ever pull off. And time will show that AMESOEURS, with just those two releases, made themselves immortal!



ANGANTYR - FORVIST (BLACK) (2LP)
After more than a year of extensive touring and several festival gigs following the release of Angantyr's successful 4th album. "Svig", as well as changes in his personal life including a move from Denmark to Sweden, mastermind Ynleborgaz finally. found the time to write the songs for the much anticipated 5th album in early 2012. "Forvist" once again showcases Ynleborgaz' uncanny ability to create epic, raw and powerful Black Metal hymns that seem to draw their boundless strength from the cold darkness and eternal solitude of the frozen north. The lyrics continue the epic story of Arngrim, a medieval Scandinavian warrior sailing from his homeland to seek revenge on the Christian invaders who murdered his family, a tale that began with "Hvn". And, just like Arngrim, Ynleborgaz takes no prisoners. All followers of the Danish one-man legion will note with glee that Angantyr in its 15th year remains as strong a force against the Christian invaders as ever.



CONVULSE - INNER EVIL (WHITE)
This EP features the first CONVULSE studio recordings since the mid-nineties. Inner Evil EP, recorded in full analog in the autumn of 2012, consists two long exclusive tracks. The band features the original vocalist, guitarist and bass player in their ranks, and their brand of classic old school death metal still sounds like it's 1991. The vinyl version comes in a heavy jacket with a lyric insert. limited 350 white vinyl

FALCON - DIE WONTCHA
FALCON is a raw heavy rock power trio featuring guitarist/vocalist Perry Grayson (ex-DESTINYS END, ex-ARTISAN, ISEN TORR), bassist/keyboardist Greg Lindstrom (CIRITH UNGOL) and drummer Darin McCloskey (PALE DIVINE). Their second full length was originally released on CD only by Liquid Flames Music in 2008. This vinyl edition comes in a handsome gatefold jacket and is limited to 500 copies only. Recommended for anyone into classic acid proto-metal and heavy rock!

HORSE LATITUDES - GATHERING (2LP)
Gatefold double vinyl with a A1 poster. Limited to 500 copies. This slow motion mammoth of an album is the debut by Finland's Horse Latitudes, the band whose "dual bass incantations capture the most surreal, epic and psychedelic voyage into the annals of doom", as Lurker's Path webzine put it. 'Gathering' was originally released on CD by Aurora Borealis a couple of years back. Never before available on vinyl, the Svart edition comes in heavy black and silvery gatefold covers and also features a gigantic A1 poster. Heavily recommended for fans of Winter, Saturnalia Temple, Electric Wizard, Ride For Revenge, Burning Witch...

HOUR OF 13 - 333 (BLACK)
With just their self-titled debut album, Hour of 13 had already gained recognition as one of the most noteworthy old school Heavy/Doom Metal acts in today's scene, a status they cemented with their following full lengths "The Ritualist" and "333". When we let the band out of their contract so they could sign with a bigger label we retained the rights to release their next two full lengths on vinyl. The first of these is their 3rd album, entitled "333". The LP comes in gatefold jacket with new artwork, limited 400x black.

MAUDLIN - A SIGN OF TIME
Heavy psychedelic doom rock from Belgium! The listener will be subjected to MAUDLIN's raw soul and deep emotions, drenched in a halucinogetic atmospheric pool, combined with sheer brutal power. This conceptual album is suitable for fans of bands as diverse as Neurosis, Type O-Negative, Cave In and even Pink Floyd.

RAUHNACHT - WALDEINSAMKEIT
"Waldeinsamkeit"is completely based on the lyrics and sounds of STURMPERCHT, the legendary creators of Alpine Folk Music. Limited to only 80 copies on transparent vinyl, so don't sleep! This mini-album with a playing time of 28 minutes was in fact recorded BEFORE the debut album "Vorweltschweigen", but due to unknown reasons never finished. In autumn 2012 the band was able to complete the recordings, so that we could finally release this pearl of finest Alpineblackmetal now. RAUHNACHT is a dark journey through deep forests and misty mountains, full of Alpine battle hymns and grim martial anthems for mountain trolls. "Waldeinsamkeit" (means: forest solitude) is deeply engrained in alpine mysticism, ancient pagan rites and heathen legends around strange fairies and wild folks. This sinister album entrains you to arcane mountains, dark chasms and gloomy underwood and guides you to the most secret places in the very depth of the holy Central European Alps, where wild hunters meet creepy creatures from dusk til dawn.

SINK - HOLY TESTAMENT 2
This is the second part of Sink's Holy Testament opus. Finnish underground psychedelic black-drone nomads lead us down a spiral path to nothingness. A strange, choking mixture of choral black metal guitars, deep vocal hum and melting electronics over hypnotic, cavernous drumming. A genre-breaking trip to black ecstasy. Gatefold, limited to 500.

WANDERING MIDGET - (GREY) FROM THE MEADOWS OF OPIUM DREAMS (2LP)
LP , limited 350x silver grey vinyl. After four seemingly endless years of deep, earshattering silence, the Wandering Midget returns from his secret travels into the unknown, and again holds us spellbound with new tales of the strange, the sad, the evil and the macabre. Classic Finnish Doom Metal that truly is one of its kind - epic and sorrowful, mystical and obscure, hauntingly beautiful, melancholic, occult, lyrical and dark!

WITCHBURNER - (PD) BLOODTHIRSTY EYES
Gatefold cover, insert, picture disc. Ltd. 250. You've been into thrash metal for a while? Then you surely know Witchburner from Fulda, Germany. They've been active in the German underground scene since 1992 and they never surrendered. Witchburner kept the spirit alive when everyone else was going astray, and they didnt give a damn about trends that kept coming and going or about the problems that naturally occur when a band has to struggle with constant changes in the line-up. Now, after twenty years of relentless thrashing, and after having released six albums and nine demos, splits and EPs, Witchburner are about to unleash yet another pure old school thrash attack. Bloodthirsty Eyes" is their first full-length on High Roller Records

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EXPECTED - 2013.10

KADAVAR/MESSER/TIDAL SLEEP/BLACKWVS - THIS CHARMING MAN TOUR COMPILATION
Record Store day 2013 release. First come, first served. In October 2012 This Charming Man did a three-towns-label-tour (Münster, Hamburg and Berlin) with seven TCM bands playing every night. As a "you're the best fan we can get" surprise 300 limited 12"es (see-through wax and reverse/recycled screenprinted covers - artwork by H. Otremba, singer of Messer and contemporary-art guy) with unreleased songs by KADAVAR, MESSER, THE TIDAL SLEEP (Mineral coversong) and BLCKWVS were available at the shows and in the the TCM label shop. These copies were sold out very fast. For RSD 2013, and the first time available for stores, you get this 12" comp on different coloured wax with a slightly different screenprint cover! Limited to 400 copies worldwide! Be fast as a shark in a goldfish bowl!



BELZEBONG - SONIC SCAPES & WEEDY GROOVES
REPRESS. Limited 300 copies vinyl version. Polish heavy-doomfuzz-metal outift. here some pressquotes: - The band drowns themselves in a sea of distortion, fuzz and enough bottom-end to cure the worst case of constipation - in other words this music will make you shit." Doommantia - Sonic Scapes & Weedy Grooves is a wicked trip down the hazy and introspective fuzziness associated with a massive blast to the lungs........Its far out man. So far, far out."mishkanyc . com - Huge wheezing stoner riffs, lumbering swamp-man style drums and enough hazy weed smoke to hotbox a double decker bus." heavyblogisheavy . com - It jumps straight into a thick bluesy riff, so heavy that the listener feels like theyre being crushed to death with a giant bag of weed. Free Verse Press

COOPER, ALICE - PRETTIES FOR YOU (180GR)
BACK IN PRINT. Reissue of 1968 debut album on 180-gram vinyl and with reproduced artwork and labels. A PSYCHEDELIC Alice Cooper-album with HEAVY GUITARS. His first initial steps to stardom. Originally on Frank Zappa's label STRAIGHT, in 1968.



DEAD LORD - (BLACK) GOODBYE REPENTANCE
Black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert. 'Goodbye Repentance' is the best album Thin Lizzy haven't written! Dead Lord from the lovely city of Stockholm could become the next "big thing" of Scandinavian Metal - no shadow of a doubt about that! Although musically quite different, in spirit they are very much close to Ghost, In Solitude and Portrait. Dead Lord are playing it from the heart. Their sound is deeply rooted in the 1970s, with a heavy Thin Lizzy influence. Some very distinctive vocals by Hakim Krim, fantastic dual guitar work, an overall rocky sound - those are the main trademarks of Dead Lord. Everything about Dead Lord's outstanding first album 'Goodbye Repentance' feels as if it comes straight from the heart.

DYING FETUS - HISTORY REPEATS
NOW for the very 1st time on vinyl! Officially licensed by Relapse Records, this album features some of the most known tracks in the Death Metal genre! Covers of Cannibal Corpse (Born in a casket), Pestilence (Twisted truth), Napalm Death (Unchallenged hate), Bolt Thrower (Unleashed upon mankind) etc. plus a special track available ONLY on this album (Rohypnol) are the winning points of this release! Exclusive marbled vinyl and an ABSOLUTELY stunning backwards playing technique have been used to present you another opus you can not miss!! The eplanatory sticker on the front cover speaks for itself!!! Read it or you'll never be able to play this record!!!



FINNTROLL - BLODSVEPT
Their 2013 studio album brings to mind classic Finntroll without the frolic, and perhaps a little mid-'90s Dimmu Borgir (the keyboard bits). It's more direct and far heavier than most trollic music from mythology-centric bands multiplying like rabbits out of the Old World, and the 'Blodsvept'.



GRAVETEMPLE - AMBIENT/RUIN (2LP)
Formed in 2006 as a side-project of SUNN O))) by OREN AMBARCHI, STEPHEN O'MALLEY and ATTILA CSIHAR. Elements of tape collage, concrete, and field recordings blend within a strong suite of heavy minimalist/maximalist music, black/death metal and drone.

SAXON - SACRIFICE (PD)
Picture disc version. 'Sacrifice' is the 2013 work of UK-legend Saxon. You haven't experienced the British Heavy Metal magnitude so massive, so robust, so heavy and so targeted focussed for a long time!

STRATOVARIUS - NEMESIS (2LP)
Nemesis is the fourteenth (!) studio album by highly regarded power metal band Stratovarius.

ZOLLE - ZOLLE
Zolle, self-proclaimed rednecks, on the loose and ready to run amok with the release of their self-titled debut album, an ode to okel ways of living. They might not take themselves so seriously but don't be fooled, their music is no hayseed dixie, brace yourself for a ferocious, rampant record of thunderous riffs and robust drum blasts. Zolle are - Marcello (Lan of Morkobot) playing meaty riffs and Stefano who beefs things up on drums and xylophone. The duo commenced work on their debut album throughout the summer of 2012, and in just two months they had the music ready to commit to tape. Their self-titled album was recorded in September of the same year by Michelangelo Roberti at Mizkey Studio (MoRkObOt) and mastered by Giovanni Versari (zu, Morkobot, OvO, One Dimensional Man). It was played almost live, with overdubs reduced to the bone. The drums are of considerable proportion and made of copper and the amplifier an old digital model of the '50s which makes for a mammoth sound. Urlo from Ufomammut and Roberto Rizzo of Quasiviri/Runi add a little synth seasoning to flesh out the album also. The resulting album is mightily heavy, the short songs are direct and song titles are entrenched in references to redneck living. For example 'Mayale' is a play on the Italian word for pig [Maiale] but is written like 'Maya' to reflect the sacred image of the Mayan pig face adorning the album's cover. Similarly, 'Heavy Letam' is suggestive of 'Letame' which means manure in Italian - not to mention being an anagram of 'heavy metal'. Sludge, metal. For fans of: Morkobot, Primus, Clutch. TRACKLIST: 01 - Trakthor 02 - LeeQuame 03 - Forko 04 - Mayale 05 - Man Ja To Ya! 06 - Melicow 07 - Heavy Letam 08 - Weetellah 09 - Trynchatowak 10 - Moongitruce.

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NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.11



PURPLE HILL WITCH - ALCHEMY/RENDEZVOUS WITH MADNESS (PD)
Purple Hill Witch is the latest Scandinavian band to embrace the gloomier side of metal. The Oslo trio's easy accessible brand of doom is consumed by plodding, monolithic riffs and the gloomy ballistics of Sabbath (and to a lesser extent the sprit of early Saint Vitus).

OM - ADDIS DUBPLATE
Released on 12" vinyl only. First of two dub-inspired remix 12"es on Drag City for OM. Two dubplates by ALPHA & OMEGA: 'Ababa Dub' and 'Addis Ababa'. Original version on the flip.



ORCHID - (2LP/BLACK/WHITE/SPLATTER) CAPRICORN
Limited 200 copies heavy black/white splatter vinyl. Gatefold sleeve, poster. Amazing '70s occult rock from San Fransisco. More Sabbath than Sabbath, blacker than black! It is truly almost incredible how well these four guys from San Francisco managed to recapture the spirit of early Black Sabbath. The tracklist is: 1. Eyes behind the wall 2. Capricorn 3. Black Funeral 4. Masters of it all 5. Down into the Earth 6. He who walks alone 7. Cosmonaut of three 8. Electric Father 9. Albatross



ORCHID - (CLEAR/RED) THROUGH THE DEVILS DOORWAY
Gatefold sleeve, Heavy vinyl (limited clear/red version) poster Amazing '70s occult rock from San Francisco. More Sabbath than Sabbath, blacker than black! It is truly almost incredible how well these four guys from San Francisco managed to recapture the spirit of early Black Sabbath. The first song 'Into the Sun' has a significant similarity to Sabbath's 'Children of the Grave', but it also recalls Trouble's self titled album from 1990.

STRATOVARIUS - NEMESIS (2LP)
Nemesis is the fourteenth (!) studio album by highly regarded power metal band Stratovarius.

EXPECTED - 2013.11

ABIGAIL/HELL'S BOMBER - ALCOHOL, SLUTS, SATAN TIL DEATH
If you need any introduction to ABIGAIL, youre at the wrong place baby! See, twenty years of rocking and fucking (and counting!) havent lowered Yusuyuki Suzuki insatiable lust for cheap beers, dirty women and headbanging mania. Inspired by early SODOM, NME, BULLDOZER and MOTORHEAD , the man may have put out more splits so far than most of the bands combined in their whole career, he simply doesn't give a fuck! On the A side of this new split, "Rock'n'Roll Sluts" is just the last in line of many songs hes penned about, well, women and rock'n'roll (duh!) and it just shows - as if one needed that! - that he's lost none of his fucking touch! Having already shared diverse pieces of wax with such dangerous outlaws wearing a torn KREATOR t-shirts as MIDNIGHT, BARBATOS, FASTKILL or NEKROMANTHEON, you can trust Yusuyuki not to team up with wimps. So do not fear: although it is their first official release after only a rehearsal tape last year, Croatias HELLS BOMBER, represented here by two blistering tracks as ungracious and rude as possible, share the exact same spirit, drink the same shitty alcohol and fuck the same sluts. With such high-calibre split as this one, rock'n'roll will truly never die!



CENTINEX - TEUTONISCHE INVASION
Dead, buried but not forgotten. CENTINEX may have officially split in 2006 with both DEMONICAL and INTERMENT kind of carrying out its legacy but the recent LP reissues of Subconscious Lobotomy (The Crypt) or Malleus Maleficarum (Night Of The Living Vinyl) alone is a vivid proof the memory of this great Swedish death-metal warrior lives on. And DOOMENTIA is proud to add this cool item to its mausoleum. In case you were wondering and in case that cover (remember Persecution Mania?) and title didnt give the word away just yet, yes, this posthumous 7 inches includes two very special cover songs: SODOMs "Enchanted Land" and KREATORs "Ripping Corpse". Funny enough, those two covers had been recorded by the same classic line-up yet eighteen months apart and they sound quite different to say the least. If the former was initially recorded in late 2000 yet made only available three years through a split 7 inches shared with NUNSLAUGHTER aptly called Hail Germania, the later was committed to tape in march 99 and released first through a Tribute to Kreator album by Fullmoon Productions, before being added as a bonus track to the CD re-release of Malleus Maleficarum in 2003. Yet it makes here its first apparition on wax. Finally available again and working as a fitting tribute to both the classic sound of the German thrash metal scene of the 80s and CENTINEX, Teutonischen Invasion is for true maniacs only!

MURDER SQUAD - HUMAN GENOCIDE/BLACKNESS WITHIN
2 Autopsy covers: 'Human Genocide' and 'Blackness Within', recorded in 2002 for a release that never happened. As you may know, Murder Squad was an all star project featuring (ex-) members of Entombed, Dismember, Nifelheim and bunch of other great bands. Chris Reifert himself plays drums on 'Blackness Within'. Limited to 384 black vinyl copies.

TANGORODRIM/SALUTE - SPLIT 10"
So you thought you were safe from TANGORODRIM didnt you? That the recent, deluxe re-release on vinyl only of their third album (originally released in 2003) was a one-off shot? That you could go back to your safe, PC and Casio-sponsored nice black-metal and forget about those ugly punks once and for all? Well, think again. Now fully back on track with a now expanded four-piece line-up and right in the wake of the recent release of an impressive EP through Norways APOCALYPTIC EMPIRE (Two Iron Rules), Israels most bastard sons are back with a vengeance with this split and two epic tracks, including the 7+ minutes fist-in-the-face-God that is "Unholy From The Hooves To The Horns". Fear not, their brother-in-arms from SALUTE arent resting on their laurels either though. As a matter of fact, while their earlier material was first and foremost about black dirty nroll, dope and fucking in the streets, including one great split 7 inches with OCCVLTA last year on DOOMENTIA, those two new songs (plus one bonus track weve sworn secrecy about but hush, hush) feel like a bit of departure for the Bristol boys but retain their unmistakable thirst for all things evil. And yes, they would still make Nocturno Culto and Fenriz proud. All in all, over 25 minutes of evil made sound, rounded by a fitting artwork by Peppe Simmons from BUNKER 66.

ACID DEATHTRIP - ACID DEATHTRIP
Bringers of the Blasphemous Boogie ACID DEATHRIP draws influences from sludge, doom, blues, down tuned rock and roll and good old heavy metal making sure their sexually intimidating cocktail of sleaze and dirt hits where it hurts. With lyrics that borderline on complete and utter retardation, drug-fuelled tales of madness, pagan midgets and nudist goat-monks radiate through raw and clean vocals surrounded by riffs that seduce elephants in heat and drums that crush the very thickest of skulls, ACID DEATHTRIP is ready to roll up its sleeves and unzip its pants for a golden shower of power. Anyone into filthy, dirty and all out incredible rock'n'roll metal and bands like Alabama Thunderpussy, Entombed, Saint Vitus or Orange Goblin can't afford to miss out!

BLACKTASK - BLACKTASK/SPIKES TO THE WALL
BLACKTASK was a Philadelphia metal band that existed from 1983 to 1987. They were heavily influenced by Venom, Motörhead, early Slayer and added a dash of punk. This limited edition LP contains Blacktask's ultra rare eponymous 12-inch EP from 1985, backed with their 1984 'Spikes To The Wall' demo tape, nine songs total. Includes a repro of the original lyric sheet and a 12"x24" poster collecting various original write ups, reviews and rare photos. Edition of 500 on black vinyl.

BONGRIPPER/HATE - SPLIT LP
What's that up in the sky? It's my high! I just inhaled 11 minutes of the new BONGRIPPER song "Fisting." This song is taken from their soon to be released split with HATE, coming out via The Great Barrier Records. Both bands rip a hole in Lower Earth with their maniacal audio assault on your senses. This Bongripper and Hate split has only enhanced the effects of their THC death blow to my brain."-CVLT Nation.

CURRICULUM MORTIS - SENTENCIA DE MUERTE
CURRICULUM MORTIS' debut 1988 demo, 'Sentencia De Muerte', is a raw and ferocious mix of hardcore and thrash metal that South American bands mastered in the late 1980s. Seven songs over the course of 30 minutes, for the first time ever on vinyl. Hailing from Lima, Peru, this is a must for any fan of raw South American punk and metal! Limited to 500 copies.

GHOST B.C. - INFESTISSUMAM
Swedish metal at its finest and heaviest! LP release.



GLORYHAMMER - TALES FROM THE KINGDOM OF FIFE
Limited 1LP gatefold edition in white vinyl + bonus track and download card. GLORYHAMMER is the new project of Christopher Bowes, the mastermind of the pirate metal sensation ALESTORM. "Tales from the Kingdom of Fife" is a concept album and tells the story of an alternate history medieval Scotland, a realm of dragons, wizards, magic and dark sorcery. It is the legend of the glorious hero Angus McFife, who wages a long war against the evil wizard Zargothrax, in order to free the people of Dundee. GLORYHAMMER clads these stories in a symphonic power metal armor, which will take the listener by storm and will transport them right into the midst of an epic adventure. Pounding doublebass, enthralling riffs and bombastic orchestral parts turn songs like "The Quest for the Hammer of Glory" or "Angus McFife" into catchy songs that will leave you craving for more. GLORYHAMMER creates the perfect balance between in-your-face speed tracks and epic metal hymns. A real highlight comes in the form of vocalist Thomas Winkler (EMERALD), whose magnificent voices guides you through the adventure. The album was recorded and produced by Lasse Lammert at the LSD Studios - the same studio that brought you the classic ALESTORM longplayers! Metal fans should make sure to enter the legendary world of Angus McFife and GLORYHAMMER! Prepare for epic battles!



HATRED - BURNING WRATH
If you're a faithful follower you should know by now that at DOOMENTIA headquarters they don't fuck around with thrash-metal. They like it raw, in-your-face and with enough gusto to kill any posers in sight! And so far, our Italian friends have yet to fail us, thanks to already blinding records recently by BARBARIAN or BUNKER 66. And guess what? You can now add HATRED to the list! Already spotted for their participation in the 2007 hailed sequel of the famous 'Speed Kills' compilation, the pedigree alone of this power-trio should tell you what the game is here as you'll find back here three quarter of BAPHOMETS BLOOD current line-up, including Necrovomiterror (on vocals and guitar), who's been desecrating souls with BLASPHEMOPHAGHER since 2002. And while the latter is now on hold until further notice, the future spells HATRED whose first proper full-length 'Burning Wrath' -their first sign of life since their 7-inch 'Winds Of Annihilation' on IRON BONEHEAD back in 2010- is now being unleashed through DOOMENTIA. With one foot in the old-school and the other in the modern approach of all things thrashy, this is no simple nostalgia exercise but a stomping and fistbanging 36 minutes trip with a thick-as-a-brick production and relentless drumming.



MAGIC CIRCLE - MAGIC CIRCLE
Drawing from classic NWOBHM and traditional metal influences, this five piece comprised of veteran local musicians have turned out a well crafted solid as hell metal album. They've definitely done their listening homework over the years. Strong and catchy songs, heavy but not tuned down, recorded well but not overproduced, it captures the old DIY ethic of metal in the early 80s. The vocals have an almost Ozzy quality at times, solid as hell. We're totally stoked on this record! Members of MIND ERASER, RIVAL MOB, NO TOLERANCE, DOOMRIDERS etc.



REVEREND BIZARRE - (COL) IN THE RECTORY OF THE..(2LP)
...BIZARRE REVEREND". The first album and arguably the greatest doom metal album ever made, finally on vinyl. Double gatefold vinyl with copper foil stamping, large booklet. Gatefold jacket, big booklet, gold vinyl More info to follow later..

RUSSKAJA - ENERGIA!
Limited gatefold 1LP edition on RED vinyl & download code for the entire album. A metal-head dancing the Kazatchok with a polka fan might be an unusual sight, but high-speed musical sensation Russkaja offers the perfect soundtrack to just such an event. Serving up a mixture of wicked polka beats, trash metal, world jazz and Zappa-Rock, Russkaja are probably the most successful innovators in what they call "Russian Turbo Polka Metal". Russkaja are very Russian, but always with a wink.

SEA BASTARD - SEA BASTARD (2LP)
SEA BASTARD hail from Brighton and specialise in monolithic doom metal. Following their Great Barrier Riff demo, and their amazing live shows which has seen the bands following increase enormously, here finally is their long awaited debut album five songs, all weighing in at over 10 minutes long, downtuned to G# for the heaviest thing you are likely to hear this year! Available on CD or extremely limited edition double gatefold vinyl LP. A must for fans of ELECTRIC WIZARD, ST VITUS etc. Five song, 63 minute album available on either CD or limited edition double LP in gatefold sleeve.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.12

MURDER SQUAD - HUMAN GENOCIDE/BLACKNESS WITHIN
2 Autopsy covers: 'Human Genocide' and 'Blackness Within', recorded in 2002 for a release that never happened. As you may know, Murder Squad was an all star project featuring (ex-) members of Entombed, Dismember, Nifelheim and bunch of other great bands. Chris Reifert himself plays drums on 'Blackness Within'. Limited to 384 black vinyl copies.

DESTROYA - (BLACK) DESTROYA
Limited to 350 x black vinyl, 4 page insert. Destroya were a N.W.O.B.H.M. band which never got round to release anything on vinyl back in the early 1980s. Complicating things, there was another outfit called Destroyer who released a 7" single called "Evil Place" in 1981. "The original line-up with Kev and Terry split in around late 1981/early 82. Then Rick Tiley and Paul Playle joined from a band called Rampant who had just split, so we wrote some new stuff, and within about three weeks were back down the Ruskin gigging. This is the line-up thats on the High Roller EP



EPICA - THE PHANTOM AGONY (EXPANDED) (2LP)
The Phantom Agony marked the start of the now decade-long and world-wide career of the Dutch group EPICA. The album was recorded at The Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany, under the leadership of the renowned producer and engineer Sacha Paeth (a.o. Aina, After Forever, Rhapsody, Kamelot) and at its release it was critically acclaimed to be one of the most impressive Dutch Epic Metal debut albums ever. The classically trained mezzo-soprano vocalist Simone Simons is a true revelation, confronting a complete choir & orchestra just as easily as she battles the shrouds clad grunts. But it is the incredible arrangements and production, this band of ex-After Forever guitarist Mark Jansen gives a unique place in Dutch rock history. "Pain and beauty blend into a musical experience that will saturate all the listener's senses", one critic wrote after listening to the overwhelming CD. He could not have put it better. - Epic Metal - Exclusively restored dynamic 24 bit remastering from the original master tapes - 6 bonus tracks - 2LP high quality 180 gram audiophile pressing - Deluxe 350 gram carton gatefold sleeve - All lyrics included.

FREE FALL (SWEDEN) - POWER & VOLUME
Debut album by Swedish freedom rockers FREE FALL.

WITCHGRAVE - WITCHGRAVE
425gsm heavy cardboard cover, black vinyl, ltd. 500, A2 poster. Witchgrave from Vaxjo, Sweden, are a phenomenon - they play N.W.O.B.H.M. just like it came straight from the old days of glory, yet they are young and hungry (or better: thirsty). The band is rightfully satisfied with the reactions to their first release, the mini album "The Devil's Night" which came out on High Roller Records in 2010 and sold out very quickly.

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.12



ORCHID - (CLEAR/RED) THROUGH THE DEVILS DOORWAY
Gatefold sleeve, Heavy vinyl (limited clear/red version) poster Amazing '70s occult rock from San Francisco. More Sabbath than Sabbath, blacker than black! It is truly almost incredible how well these four guys from San Francisco managed to recapture the spirit of early Black Sabbath. The first song 'Into the Sun' has a significant similarity to Sabbath's 'Children of the Grave', but it also recalls Trouble's self titled album from 1990.

ORCHID - CAPRICORN (BLACK/2LP)
Gatefold sleeve, heavy black vinyl, poster. Amazing 70's occult rock from San Fransisco. More Sabbath than Sabbath, Blacker than black! It is truly almost incredible how well this four guys from San Francisco managed to recapture the spirit of early Black Sabbath.

EXPECTED - 2013.12

AYR - NOTHING LEFT TO GIVE
An EP that will blow your temple! Atmospheric black metal from North Carolina! Features the tracks 'Thirst', 'Starvation', 'Hallucination' and 'Expiration'. Almost half an hour of superbly intense music!



LEVITATION HEX - LEVITATION HEX (BLACK)
Gatefold cover, lyric sheet. Ever heard about The Levitation Hex? Well, its about time to become familiar with this exciting new outfit from the southern hemisphere. Hailing from Canberra, the four-piece-band are a brainchild of Adam Agius. The Levitation Hex step in the footprints of Adams former Band Alchemist, who were well-known as one of the most unique bands in the Australian metal scene, mixing thrash, heavy metal, and other kinds of extreme music with dashes of psychedelia and stoner rock. Alchemist disbanded in 2010, and the same year saw the birth of The Levitation Hex, who take a similarly fascinating approach to their own music - was it Adams wish to pick up where he left with his former band? "I started The Levitation Hex so that I could continue my own musical direction. Of course its going to sound similar to Alchemist, and I have no problem with that at all. I wanted The Levitation Hex to be a little simpler and a lot heavier with just enough texture to make it more interesting than a standard Heavy Metal sound. The new material so far is turning out even heavier.

MAUDLIN OF THE WALL - MY FRUIT PSYCHOBELLS (2LP)
Double LP on 200-gram vinyl, including 11"x17" poster. Limited to 500 copies. Awesome avant-garde metal from Boston!

MOTHERSHIP - MOTHERSHIP (BEER DRINKERS PARTY PACK)
Beer drinkers party pack including a Mothership beer koozie. Beer-coloured vinyl, limited to 50 copies. 70's-tinged U.S. hard rock with a sound that satisfies like a steaming hot stew of UFO and Iron Maiden, blended with the southern swagger of Molly Hatchet and ZZ Top, Motherships goal from the beginning has been to carry on the tradition of the classic rock style; updated and amped up for the modern day. Originally self-released in 2012, Mothership and Ripple Music have joined forces to re-release this stunning debut record on LP (packages to include an 11" x 17" poster and download cards). "Been listening to Mothership all day now and if feels like UFO and Orange Goblin got drunk with St. Vitus, smoked some weed with Blue Cheer and spewed out the tuffest blues-drenched, no frills love child Ive heard all month. Some ridiculously badass guitars. And heavy above all else!" -- Sword of Doom. "Try to resist a band that plays blues-laden metal with heavy guitar riffs that is also hoping for intergalactic travel. Mothership is a three piece from Dallas that alternates between an almost AC/DC-like sound on a track like "City Nights" and a broader, heavier and more epic sound on tracks like "Cosmic Rain," "Angel of Death" and the opener, "Hallucination." -- Vue Weekly.com. For fans of: UFO, Orange Goblin, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Grifter, Rory Gallagher, Foghat, Stone Axe.



MPIRE OF EVIL - DEMONE
Vinyl only release! Two unreleased tracks especially produced for this release! Split colored vinyl (half BLACK and half METAL) housed in a unique and noble cross-inverted packaging: a concept by legendary Mantas ! A special thanks to Demolition Man, Mantas and Marc for wanting Night Of The Vinyl Dead as exclusive vinyl label for this project! Limited and hand-numbered to 333 copies!!! HALF EVIL!

NAZARETH - EXPECT NO MERCY
On 180 gram red vinyl. Vinyl reissue of their 9th studio album, originally released in 1977.

PROCESSION (CHILI) - (BLACK) TO REAP HEAVENS APART
Originally formed in 2006 by guitarist/vocalist Felipe Plaza in Chile's cultural heart, the coastal city of Valparaiso, Procession follow the path of tradition, laid out by the masters Black Sabbath, Saint Vitus and Candlemass - without mercy, without compromise! Receiving a glowing review in Germany's Rock Hard magazine, Procession's debut album Destroyers Of The Faith has not only taken the Doom Metal scene by storm but also convinced parts of the Metal mainstream. The new record To Reap Heavens Apart will win the band even more supporters. Since Epicus Doomicus Metalicus there hasn't been a more convincing pure doom metal album. Songs like "Far From Light", "Conjurer" or the epic title track evoke an eerie atmosphere too frightening to believe.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.13



ABIGAIL/HELL'S BOMBER - ALCOHOL, SLUTS, SATAN TIL DEATH
If you need any introduction to ABIGAIL, youre at the wrong place baby! See, twenty years of rocking and fucking (and counting!) havent lowered Yusuyuki Suzuki insatiable lust for cheap beers, dirty women and headbanging mania. Inspired by early SODOM, NME, BULLDOZER and MOTORHEAD , the man may have put out more splits so far than most of the bands combined in their whole career, he simply doesn't give a fuck! On the A side of this new split, "Rock'n'Roll Sluts" is just the last in line of many songs hes penned about, well, women and rock'n'roll (duh!) and it just shows - as if one needed that! - that he's lost none of his fucking touch! Having already shared diverse pieces of wax with such dangerous outlaws wearing a torn KREATOR t-shirts as MIDNIGHT, BARBATOS, FASTKILL or NEKROMANTHEON, you can trust Yusuyuki not to team up with wimps. So do not fear: although it is their first official release after only a rehearsal tape last year, Croatias HELLS BOMBER, represented here by two blistering tracks as ungracious and rude as possible, share the exact same spirit, drink the same shitty alcohol and fuck the same sluts. With such high-calibre split as this one, rock'n'roll will truly never die!



CENTINEX - TEUTONISCHE INVASION
Dead, buried but not forgotten. CENTINEX may have officially split in 2006 with both DEMONICAL and INTERMENT kind of carrying out its legacy but the recent LP reissues of Subconscious Lobotomy (The Crypt) or Malleus Maleficarum (Night Of The Living Vinyl) alone is a vivid proof the memory of this great Swedish death-metal warrior lives on. And DOOMENTIA is proud to add this cool item to its mausoleum. In case you were wondering and in case that cover (remember Persecution Mania?) and title didnt give the word away just yet, yes, this posthumous 7 inches includes two very special cover songs: SODOMs "Enchanted Land" and KREATORs "Ripping Corpse". Funny enough, those two covers had been recorded by the same classic line-up yet eighteen months apart and they sound quite different to say the least. If the former was initially recorded in late 2000 yet made only available three years through a split 7 inches shared with NUNSLAUGHTER aptly called Hail Germania, the later was committed to tape in march 99 and released first through a Tribute to Kreator album by Fullmoon Productions, before being added as a bonus track to the CD re-release of Malleus Maleficarum in 2003. Yet it makes here its first apparition on wax. Finally available again and working as a fitting tribute to both the classic sound of the German thrash metal scene of the 80s and CENTINEX, Teutonischen Invasion is for true maniacs only!



TANGORODRIM/SALUTE - SPLIT 10"
So you thought you were safe from TANGORODRIM didnt you? That the recent, deluxe re-release on vinyl only of their third album (originally released in 2003) was a one-off shot? That you could go back to your safe, PC and Casio-sponsored nice black-metal and forget about those ugly punks once and for all? Well, think again. Now fully back on track with a now expanded four-piece line-up and right in the wake of the recent release of an impressive EP through Norways APOCALYPTIC EMPIRE (Two Iron Rules), Israels most bastard sons are back with a vengeance with this split and two epic tracks, including the 7+ minutes fist-in-the-face-God that is "Unholy From The Hooves To The Horns". Fear not, their brother-in-arms from SALUTE arent resting on their laurels either though. As a matter of fact, while their earlier material was first and foremost about black dirty nroll, dope and fucking in the streets, including one great split 7 inches with OCCVLTA last year on DOOMENTIA, those two new songs (plus one bonus track weve sworn secrecy about but hush, hush) feel like a bit of departure for the Bristol boys but retain their unmistakable thirst for all things evil. And yes, they would still make Nocturno Culto and Fenriz proud. All in all, over 25 minutes of evil made sound, rounded by a fitting artwork by Peppe Simmons from BUNKER 66.

DIMMU BORGIR - STORMBLAST
Reissue of the second studio album by Norwegian black metal band Dimmu Borgir. It was originally released in 1996 by Cacophonous Records. 180 gram purple vinyl.



HATRED - BURNING WRATH
If you're a faithful follower you should know by now that at DOOMENTIA headquarters they don't fuck around with thrash-metal. They like it raw, in-your-face and with enough gusto to kill any posers in sight! And so far, our Italian friends have yet to fail us, thanks to already blinding records recently by BARBARIAN or BUNKER 66. And guess what? You can now add HATRED to the list! Already spotted for their participation in the 2007 hailed sequel of the famous 'Speed Kills' compilation, the pedigree alone of this power-trio should tell you what the game is here as you'll find back here three quarter of BAPHOMETS BLOOD current line-up, including Necrovomiterror (on vocals and guitar), who's been desecrating souls with BLASPHEMOPHAGHER since 2002. And while the latter is now on hold until further notice, the future spells HATRED whose first proper full-length 'Burning Wrath' -their first sign of life since their 7-inch 'Winds Of Annihilation' on IRON BONEHEAD back in 2010- is now being unleashed through DOOMENTIA. With one foot in the old-school and the other in the modern approach of all things thrashy, this is no simple nostalgia exercise but a stomping and fistbanging 36 minutes trip with a thick-as-a-brick production and relentless drumming.

HOUR OF 13 - 333 (PURPLE)
With just their self-titled debut album, Hour of 13 had already gained recognition as one of the most noteworthy old school Heavy/Doom Metal acts in today's scene, a status they cemented with their following full lengths "The Ritualist" and "333". When we let the band out of their contract so they could sign with a bigger label we retained the rights to release their next two full lengths on vinyl. The first of these is their 3rd album, entitled "333". The LP comes in gatefold jacket with new artwork, limited 200x purple.

HOUR OF 13 - HOUR OF 13 (PURPLE)
With just their self-titled debut album, Hour of 13 had already gained recognition as one of the most noteworthy old school Heavy/Doom Metal acts in today's scene, a status they cemented with their following full lengths "The Ritualist" and "333". The original press of their debut album on CD and LP is totally sold out since years, so we decided to reissue it now. We revised and improved the layout of the original release. The LP comes with gatefold jacket with classic doomy purple + silver print on glossy black 350g cover. 200x purple.

INTRONAUT - HABITUAL LEVITATIONS
Los Angeles experimental metal band's fourth full-length album. The incredibly technical, genre-hopping and theory-oriented style of Intronaut will surely prove to be the most scientific metal of the year.

KVELERTAK - MEIR (2LP)
They're called punk and metal, but at their hearts Norwegian berserkers Kvelertak are the living, firebreathing embodiment of rock and roll. Since their formation in 2006, they've built a die-hard fan-base hungry for their utterly ferocious live shows that have already burned two flaming tire-tracks across the globe. Kvelertak's euphorically-received self-titled 2011 debut was iTunes 2011's US Metal Breakthrough Artist of The Year. Pitchfork described their sound as having "monolithic walls of adrenal-gland-strangling sound" while LA Weekly named frontman Erland Hjelvik #2 on their list of top ten metal frontmen (and women) under 30. Overseas the band has racked up numerous accolades. Kvelertak was called "the best Norwegian debut of all time" by Norwegian rock authority Asbjrn Slettemark, named "Best Debut Album" by Metal Hammer Germany, "Best New Artist" and "Best Rock Album" at the Spellemannprisen (Norway's Grammy equivalent) and has received countless additional critical acclaim from Metal Hammer UK and Kerrang! who called them "the most exciting new band on the planet." Produced by Converge's Kurt Ballou, Kvelertak will release their highly anticipated sophomore album entitled 'Meir' (which means "more" in English) in March 2013. Unlike the majority of heavier bands, they sing in their native language, adding even more character to their already unique sound.

[Shiny Beast]

EXPECTED - 2013.14



CORRECTIONS HOUSE - HOAX THE SYSTEM
Burning World Records is proud to release the debut single from Corrections House, 'Hoax The System', for Europe. In the US the single will be released by on Parker and Lamont's War Crime Recordings label. Corrections House is a metal supergroup featuring Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium), and Bruce Lamont (Yakuza/Bloodiest). "There's really no way to sum up the sound of Corrections House. If you listen to each of the members' individual projects, then you can maybe get an idea if you just imagine a nice blend of the four of them. It's not metal, it's not industrial, and it's certainly not easily classified. But overall, it's pure genius!" (Zero Tolerance Magazine)



FUZZ - SLEIGH RIDE
The second single from a new band featuring TY SEGALL and CHARLIE MOONHEART. Expect sludgy, heavy, psyched-out proto-metal that is steeped in shredding fuzztone guitar (à la Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Hendrix). The follow up to the now-deleted debut 7-inch on Trouble In Mind.

ATROCITY - OKKULT
Limited 1 LP gatefold edition + download of the entire album. On RED 180 gram vinyl, limited to 150 copies only.

BIRDEYE/TRANSATLANTIC RAT'S ATOM - SPLIT LP
TRANSATLANTIC RAT'S ATOM's music feels somehow weird. This is twisted and heavy groovy psych-doom from two thirds of UFO GESTAPO (RIP). Occasional sax, clarinet, harp and keyboards give their side of the split a slight jazzy dissonant feeling. BIRDEYE have gently and humbly taken the B-side, though this is none other than EDGY BURNING WITCH's new band. Evil and psychedelic in its own inimitable way, the music is organic but noisy. And this is not the last you'll hear from them. Unless you're about to die!



BONGRIPPER - LIVE AT ROADBURN (2LP)
Powerful registration of the 2 sets Bongripper played on Roadburn 2012. First ever shows of Bongripper in Europe. Mixed and mastered by James Plotkin (Sunn O)))/Isis etc). Vinyl limited to 500 copies. On the main stage, Bongripper performing all of the beautiful Satan Worshipping Doom album proved to be a revelation for most at the festival. Massively framed by the enormous and intricate cover art, the four silent Chicagoans seemed to teach us all a lesson in how to deliver the heaviest and most atmospheric of music using just stringed instruments, drums and electricity. No head was left un-nodded in the 013 building as they blew away most of the competition with such furiously focussed cyclopean riffing that a crack nearly appeared in the Dutch sea walls 60 miles to the west. One hour of faultless instrumental rock. I felt hugely privileged. To quote any young American - fucking awesome. The Sleeping Shaman Vinyl will be only the Sunday Satan Worshipping Doom-set.

DISCORDANCE AXIS - JOUHOU
Reissue of 1997 release, which came one year before Nasum's 'Inhale/Exhale' and four years before Pig Destroyer's 'Prowler In The Yard'. It signaled a sea change in grindcore. LP with 24-page booklet.

DROWNINGMAN - BUSY SIGNAL AT THE SUICIDE HOTLINE
Their debut full length, back on vinyl for the first time in 15 years.

ENSLAVED - AXIOMA (2LP)
On 180-gram vinyl, limited to 1000 copies. The 11th album by a progressive Viking metal band from Norway. Originally released in 2010.

ENSLAVED - VERTEBRAE (2LP)
On 180 gram vinyl, limited to 1000 copies. Vinyl reissue of the tenth studio album release by Norwegian progressive black metal band Enslaved. It was released in September 2008 and became Album of the Year 2008 in Terrorizer Magazine, and later their Critic's Choice Album of the Year for 2008.

GINGERPIG - HIDDEN FROM VIEW
Gingerpig was founded in 2009 by Boudewijn Bonebakker, previously known for his work with Gorefest and whom following graduated at the conservatory with the music of Purcell and Bach. It characterizes the versatility of the band that went through turbulent times but came back out cleansed. The quartet became a trio and rediscovered itself. With the new album Hidden From View, the band unleashed and forged into a compact collective that is ready for the limelight.

INTER ARMA - SKY BURIAL (2LP)
Merging doom, pychedelic sludge, grind, black metal and mighty mighty riffs to create a sound wholly their own, 'Sky Burial' is a spiritually intense journey through the halls of extreme metal. Inter Arma have made a decisively loud proclamation with 'Sky Burial'. This is a band that could very well be the next crown-holder in a regal line of iconic Relapse bands.



OLD WIND - FEAST ON YOUR GONE
From the darkest parts of Northern Sweden, THE OLD WIND blows... raw and cold, just like its origin and heritage. This constellation of 5 is a new project incepted, after years of absence from the live-scene, by Tomas Liljedahl, former vocalist of the legendary BREACH, who must be counted as one of the most visionary and influential bands of the past 2 decades - a band without whom none of all these newer sub-genres of heavy music that have the word ,post" in them, would exist. Originally incepted as a studio project, Liljedahl soon realized that these rough, abrasive songs needed to be performed live, with a real band. And so he teamed up with his former BREACH band mates Niklas Quintana (guitar) and Kristian Andersson (bass guitar), added drummer Karl Daniel Liden to the lineup and asked Robin Staps of Pelagic Records & The Ocean to join on 3rd guitar. The vinyl version comes on clear vinyl and with hand silk-screened cover art; printed on thick 650 gram cardboard that is as rough as the music.

ORANGE MAN THEORY - GIANTS, DEMONS AND FLOCKS OF SHEEP
Formed in 2003, in Rome, Italy, extreme rock quartet The Orange Man Theory delivers a raging sound influenced by a strong passion for groovy dissonances, angular and odd rhythms, a perverse addiction to death metal and a real devotion for 70's super rock.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.15



VAMPIRE - VAMPIRE
A: At Midnight I'll Possess Your Corpse, Jaws Of The Unknown. B: The Night It Came Out Of The Grave, Under The Grudge. Yellow vinyl (2 sorts: egg yellow, and canary yellow).



EL CAMINO - SMALAND
The grand wizards of sticks and stones return with a small taster before their second full length "The Gold of the Great Deceiver". This maxi is over 25 minutes with an exclusive track "Daemonangel" + their amazing Swedish sung VENOM cover "I Lag Med Satan" as well as the title track in a different mix. Ltd. edition of 300 copies.



DEAD LORD - (BLACK) GOODBYE REPENTANCE
Black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert. 'Goodbye Repentance' is the best album Thin Lizzy haven't written! Dead Lord from the lovely city of Stockholm could become the next "big thing" of Scandinavian Metal - no shadow of a doubt about that! Although musically quite different, in spirit they are very much close to Ghost, In Solitude and Portrait. Dead Lord are playing it from the heart. Their sound is deeply rooted in the 1970s, with a heavy Thin Lizzy influence. Some very distinctive vocals by Hakim Krim, fantastic dual guitar work, an overall rocky sound - those are the main trademarks of Dead Lord. Everything about Dead Lord's outstanding first album 'Goodbye Repentance' feels as if it comes straight from the heart.



GODFLESH - HYMNS (2LP)
Pressed on 180 gram audiophile vinyl. Coming with a bonus track, this is a reissue of their 7th album, originally released in 2001. It marked a return to the relative simplicity of a guitar/bass/human drummer lineup. Justin Broadrick even sings on a number of songs without the aid of distortion. This isn't to imply that they've lightened up or lost their brutal, pessimistic outlook. The angst and the cold, mechanical feel are still present and correct, but the band sound better than ever. Side One: 1. Defeated 2. Deaf, Dumb & Blind 3. Paralyzed 4. Anthem. Side Two: 1. Voidhead 2. Tyrant 3. White Flag 4. For Life. Side Three: 1. Animals 2. Vampires 3. Antihuman 4. Regal. Side Four: 1. Jesu 2. If I Could Only Be What You Want (Bonus track).

LEVITATION HEX - LEVITATION HEX (BLACK)
Gatefold cover, lyric sheet. Ever heard about The Levitation Hex? Well, its about time to become familiar with this exciting new outfit from the southern hemisphere. Hailing from Canberra, the four-piece-band are a brainchild of Adam Agius. The Levitation Hex step in the footprints of Adams former Band Alchemist, who were well-known as one of the most unique bands in the Australian metal scene, mixing thrash, heavy metal, and other kinds of extreme music with dashes of psychedelia and stoner rock. Alchemist disbanded in 2010, and the same year saw the birth of The Levitation Hex, who take a similarly fascinating approach to their own music - was it Adams wish to pick up where he left with his former band? "I started The Levitation Hex so that I could continue my own musical direction. Of course its going to sound similar to Alchemist, and I have no problem with that at all. I wanted The Levitation Hex to be a little simpler and a lot heavier with just enough texture to make it more interesting than a standard Heavy Metal sound. The new material so far is turning out even heavier.

MANILLA ROAD - (COL) OPEN THE GATES
Limited to 300 x "dookie" brown vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard gatefold cover, poster. Mark Shelton - Guitars, Vocals. Scott Park - Bass. Randy Foxe - Drums, Keyboards, Vocals.

MOTHERSHIP - MOTHERSHIP (BEER DRINKERS PARTY PACK)
Beer drinkers party pack including a Mothership beer koozie. Beer-coloured vinyl, limited to 50 copies. 70's-tinged U.S. hard rock with a sound that satisfies like a steaming hot stew of UFO and Iron Maiden, blended with the southern swagger of Molly Hatchet and ZZ Top, Motherships goal from the beginning has been to carry on the tradition of the classic rock style; updated and amped up for the modern day. Originally self-released in 2012, Mothership and Ripple Music have joined forces to re-release this stunning debut record on LP (packages to include an 11" x 17" poster and download cards). "Been listening to Mothership all day now and if feels like UFO and Orange Goblin got drunk with St. Vitus, smoked some weed with Blue Cheer and spewed out the tuffest blues-drenched, no frills love child Ive heard all month. Some ridiculously badass guitars. And heavy above all else!" -- Sword of Doom. "Try to resist a band that plays blues-laden metal with heavy guitar riffs that is also hoping for intergalactic travel. Mothership is a three piece from Dallas that alternates between an almost AC/DC-like sound on a track like "City Nights" and a broader, heavier and more epic sound on tracks like "Cosmic Rain," "Angel of Death" and the opener, "Hallucination." -- Vue Weekly.com. For fans of: UFO, Orange Goblin, Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Grifter, Rory Gallagher, Foghat, Stone Axe.

SAXON - SACRIFICE (PD)
Picture disc version. 'Sacrifice' is the 2013 work of UK-legend Saxon. You haven't experienced the British Heavy Metal magnitude so massive, so robust, so heavy and so targeted focussed for a long time!

SKOGEN BRINNER - 1ST (BLACK)
Limited 600 x black vinyl. The debut album from Skogen Brinner is a wasted, slimy, speed freak vortex of polluted proto metal risen from a self-loathing nurtured by an increasingly greasy wasteland called Sweden. Wicked, toxic and manic rock, psychotic vocals, gnarly guitars, cavernous bass and drums beat to a pulp. A quick glare at the cover and youre savvy on what it's about. "The idea is probably to create rotten hard rock with a drive and without too many frills. Maybe you can compare us with a Z-grade flick: bad. but still damn good in a strange way." Skogen Brinner consists of four young reprobate souls; Jesper Aronsson - vocals, David Forsberg - Guitar, Joel Carnstam - bass, Jonathan Eriksson - drums, who, despite their situation, are now trying to break the negative spiral of self-destruction with sound therapy. "My life is fucking complicated, youd be surprised." They have played, even if the result sometimes becomes terrible. They have played with each other and with their bodies, with toxins and with their strength. They played with values which society and parents slipped on them.

SORCERY - LEGACY OF BLOOD
Re-issue of "Bloodchilling Tales" including the "Rivers of the Dead" 7" as bonustracks. Due to the fact their old company hold the rights this is released with a new title (actually the original working title back in the days) and stunning new cover by Daniel Devilish. Music lovingly restored from original sources at studio XXVII. Includes inlay. Ltd. edition 400 copies on purple vinyl.

[Shiny Beast]

EXPECTED - 2013.15

BODY (USA) - MASTER WE PERISH
This mini-album offers three brand new tracks, pushing their experimental doomed and blackend heavy sound ever forward. Edition on 12-inch vinyl.

OM - GETHSEMANE DUBPLATE
A 12-inch vinyl only release. The second of two dub-inspired remix 12-inches on Drag City for OM. This, with 'Gethsemane' from 'Advaitic Songs' and 'Garden Of Gethsemane' from 'Alpha & Omega'.

AKITSA/ASH POOL - ARRACHE A LA MORT, FORCE A VIVRE ET MOURIR...
...A NOUVEAU' - Split LP of esoteric and violent North American black metal, four years in the making. the title translates to 'Ripped From Death, Forced To Live, And Die Again'. Edition of 500.



CHURCH OF MISERY - THY KINGDOM SCUM (2LP)
CHURCH OF MISERY was founded by Tatsu Mikami (bass guitar) back in 1995. After the breakup of his leading thrash metal band SALEM, a band that had toured in the UK several times and received critical acclaim from metal fans and press alike. Tatsu decided to start his own solo project. He wanted to do something that reflected his other musical inspirations - doom metal and doom rock. Apart from metal and thrash, he was strongly influenced by doom bands like SAINT VITUS, BLACK SABBATH and became aware that his own riffs had started to include doom vibes. Also, he was very much into late 60s/early 70s heavy rock material like LEAF HOUND, NOVEMBER, MAY BLITZ, HIGH TIDE, GUN, BLUE OYSTER CULT and so on. It was natural for him to shift his musical direction from metal to a more rock-influenced style.



EXUMER - (BLACK) POSSESSED BY FIRE (LP+7")
Reissue of this German band's debut album. Edition of 150 copies on black vinyl, with 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert, poster, and bonus 7-inch. Remember what you did in 1986? If you were among the chosen few, you got yourself a vinyl copy of Exumer's stunning debut 'Possessed By Fire'. If not. well, we have good news for those who had been 1.) not yet born 2.) simply too unaware: High Roller Records are helping you to make up for this epic failure!

FELL VOICES - REGNUM SATURNI (2LP)
On this album, California's drone/ambient black metal merchants take the energy of their songs to a next level. 'Regnum Saturni' is presented in a three-panel-foldout, This is a double-LP, pressed on 180-gram vinyl, with a laser etched D-side.



JAG PANZER - (BLACK) CHAIN OF COMMAND
Reissue of their 2004 album. Black vinyl, with 425gsm heavy gatefold cover and poster. Including 2 bonus tracks: 'When The Walls Come Down' (bonustrack, unreleased demo) and 'Battle Zones' (bonustrack, live).

JAG PANZER - AMPLE DESTRUCTION (BLACK)
Reissue of their album from 1984. On black vinyl, with 425gsm heavy gatefold cover and poster.

KOKOMO (GERMANY) - KOKOMO (+7")
After releasing 'If Wolves' Kokomo decided to also work with dunk!records for their third full length album. This self-titled release is recorded and mixed by Tobias (drummer) in their very own home studio in Duisburg, Germany. "Music can be heard, described, categorised and analysed in countless ways. Thodor W. Adorno for instance distinguished between popular and serious and by this gave music a difference in value which is still in use today. But no matter how one approaches music, it is for sure that music is socially produced as well as socially productive. And this the main concern behind Kokomo. There is a scene for every kind of music and we secretly hope to have found our little spot. Since 2008 we have tried to bring our music to people and spread a little joy on concerts and tours with And So I Watch You From Afar, Caspian, Silver Mt. Zion, 65daysofstatic, Caspian, This Will Destroy You, Maybeshewill and many other bands between Edinburgh and Istanbul. If one would enumerate aims, this would be one of ours: To enjoy the music, pass this feeling to the audience and thereby have a good time ourselves. Each of our by now three albums has been recorded by ourselves and we have put a lot of effort into getting the whole thing across with a lot of love and dedication. For example with self made packaging, our own designs or hand printed merchandise. We hope that we can set ourselves a little bit apart with the new album and on our upcoming concerts, but above all we want to let our music speak for itself. Because since Jaques Derrida we know that words are only sleeves and can change their meaning every day."



ORCHID - MOUTHS OF MADNESS (BLACK)
Taking into consideration that the Californian quintet had obviously already found its formula for success, one could have expected them to play save by fully maintaining the first records course. However, when giving ORCHIDs sophomore release "The Mouths Of Madness" a spin for the first time, one will immediately realize that it embodies anything but stagnation! "The new tracks sound much more direct - the tunes are of a higher quality, somehow more on the spot, which can be traced back to the fact that weve all become better musicians", guitarist Mark Thomas Baker states. "Plus theres an increased amount of psychedelic parts that we werent able to show as much before, while the use of synthesizers was decreased, compared to Capricorn". The instrumental recordings, split into two separate sessions, were done in Hyde Street Studios, San Francisco (DEAD KENNEDYS, MR. BUNGLE, JOE SATRIANI, EXODUS) as well as in Laughing Tiger Studios, San Rafael (SANTANA, SAMMY HAGAR), before long-time producer and engineer Will Storkson and his home studio came into play, where the vocals were tracked. Carrying their 70s-doom-hard-rock vibe to a new level of intensity and adding new facets to the work of art, ORCHID haves succeeded in staying true to their roots while refining their trademark sound at the same time. Or, as the press puts it: "The true heir of BLACK SABBATH!" (Rock Hard Italy).

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.16



FUZZ - SLEIGH RIDE
The second single from a new band featuring TY SEGALL and CHARLIE MOONHEART. Expect sludgy, heavy, psyched-out proto-metal that is steeped in shredding fuzztone guitar (à la Sabbath, Blue Cheer, Hendrix). The follow up to the now-deleted debut 7-inch on Trouble In Mind.

KADAVAR/MESSER/TIDAL SLEEP/BLACKWVS - THIS CHARMING MAN TOUR COMPILATION
Record Store day 2013 release. First come, first served. In October 2012 This Charming Man did a three-towns-label-tour (Münster, Hamburg and Berlin) with seven TCM bands playing every night. As a "you're the best fan we can get" surprise 300 limited 12"es (see-through wax and reverse/recycled screenprinted covers - artwork by H. Otremba, singer of Messer and contemporary-art guy) with unreleased songs by KADAVAR, MESSER, THE TIDAL SLEEP (Mineral coversong) and BLCKWVS were available at the shows and in the the TCM label shop. These copies were sold out very fast. For RSD 2013, and the first time available for stores, you get this 12" comp on different coloured wax with a slightly different screenprint cover! Limited to 400 copies worldwide! Be fast as a shark in a goldfish bowl!

ENTOMBED - LEFT HAND PATH
* Massively influential debut album from Swedish death metal legends pressed on limited edition vinyl. Left Hand Path defined the Swedish sound replicated by hundreds of other acts and came to represent the primal death metal sound that was to breakthrough into the mainstream in the early 1990s This album has been specially remastered using FDR - Full Dynamic Range mastering.

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.16



VAMPIRE - VAMPIRE
A: At Midnight I'll Possess Your Corpse, Jaws Of The Unknown. B: The Night It Came Out Of The Grave, Under The Grudge. Yellow vinyl (2 sorts: egg yellow, and canary yellow).

EL CAMINO - SMALAND
The grand wizards of sticks and stones return with a small taster before their second full length "The Gold of the Great Deceiver". This maxi is over 25 minutes with an exclusive track "Daemonangel" + their amazing Swedish sung VENOM cover "I Lag Med Satan" as well as the title track in a different mix. Ltd. edition of 300 copies.



SORCERY - LEGACY OF BLOOD
Re-issue of "Bloodchilling Tales" including the "Rivers of the Dead" 7" as bonustracks. Due to the fact their old company hold the rights this is released with a new title (actually the original working title back in the days) and stunning new cover by Daniel Devilish. Music lovingly restored from original sources at studio XXVII. Includes inlay. Ltd. edition 400 copies on purple vinyl.

EXPECTED - 2013.16

ENTOMBED/EVILE - DROWNED (PD)
RECORD STORE DAY 2013 RELEASE, only few available, so order fast. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE. Tracks: 01 Entombed - Drowned (1990 version). 02 Evile - Drowned (Entombed cover).

ANCIIENTS - HEART OF OAK (2LP/BLACK)
'Heart of Oak', the stunning Season of Mist debut full-length from ANCIIENTS, is one of 2013's most anticipated albums for a reason. The acutely modern, progressive quartet craft songs as nuanced and expressive as the range of human emotion, without eschewing their hard rock/heavy metal roots. Unforgettable tracks such as "Raise the Sun", "Falling in Line", "The Longest River", and "Faith & Oath" hit hard and resonate deeply. With 'Heart of Oak' as their calling card, ANCIIENTS exude class and the confidence of a band beyond their years. "One of 2013's most anticipated albums" - Decibel magazine (US) Recommended if You Like: MASTODON, KYLESA, BARONESS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, WITCHCRAFT, ELECTRIC WIZARD



ANCIIENTS - HEART OF OAK (2LP/COL)
LTD BROWN VINYL. 'Heart of Oak', the stunning Season of Mist debut full-length from ANCIIENTS, is one of 2013's most anticipated albums for a reason. The acutely modern, progressive quartet craft songs as nuanced and expressive as the range of human emotion, without eschewing their hard rock/heavy metal roots. Unforgettable tracks such as "Raise the Sun", "Falling in Line", "The Longest River", and "Faith & Oath" hit hard and resonate deeply. With 'Heart of Oak' as their calling card, ANCIIENTS exude class and the confidence of a band beyond their years. "One of 2013's most anticipated albums" - Decibel magazine (US) Recommended if You Like: MASTODON, KYLESA, BARONESS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, WITCHCRAFT, ELECTRIC WIZARD

BLACK TUSK - TEND NO WOUNDS
Black Tusk is an American heavy metal power trio from Savannah, Georgia. This is their 2013 EP.

COFFINS - THE FLESHLAND (2LP)
Japan's death/doom metal masters Coffins with their new album. The terrors of Tokyo have once again entered their local Noise Room Studio to work on 'The Fleshland', their fourth full-length. 'The Fleshland' will be the first new LP from the band since their acclaimed 'Buried Death' album, released in 2008, and will be Coffins first official release for Relapse Records.

KYLESA - ULTRAVIOLET (2LP)
Double-LP. Shifting effortlessly from heavy hard rock riffs to punk-infused beats to even barren cold wave concoctions, 'Ultraviolet' sees the group progressing in fascinating ways.

[Shiny Beast]

JEX THOTH - CIRCLES
Limited 7", "Circles" with one exclusive non album studio track.



JEX THOTH - BLOOD MOON RISE
After much anticipation, JEX THOTH present their second full-length album: BLOOD MOON RISE. Heavy and thick in the spirit of Black Sabbath, brewed with the soul of Sabbath contemporaries like Amon Düül II, Pink Floyd, Heart and Blue Oyster Cult. Well worth the wait, BLOOD MOON RISE delivers not only a collection of catchy doom ballads, but a flowing tapestry of cursed, psychedelic heavy metal. The album reflects JEX THOTH's expanded vision, while incorporating celebrated elements from the band's self-titled debut. Tracks: 1. To Bury 02:54 2. The Places You Walk 05:04 3. The Divide 06:38 4. Into a Sleep 04:06 5. And the River Ran Dry 01:12 6. Keep Your Weeds 05:49 7. Ejh 08:16 8. The Four of Us Are Dying 03:59 9. Psyar 08:33.



NEKROFILTH - STREET BITCH
Zack Rose is at it again and no posers is gonna stand between him and his street bitch! As if the man hadn't enough shit to stir up with both CRUCIFIED MORTALS and NUNSLAUGHTER, his most personal project is reaching here new heights - or should we say lows? - of depravity in the name of rock'n'roll, the zombie way. If you thought that punk and metal couldn't fornicate faster and louder than with MIDNIGHT or early TOXIC HOLOCAUST, this brand new 7 inches by NEKROFILTH is going to show you in a little more than twelve minutes how fucking wrong you were. Although made up of two separate recordings (and last with now departing founding member Timmy) with two different line-ups, lets say those who already purchased Worship Destruction or their raging split with SPEEDWOLF should get ready to get smeared with the same ugly and stinky shit. Wait, we'll take that back: it's even more stinky and ugly! And besides, that cover artwork alone will tell you all you need to know in the first place. Especially since next to two originals ("Street Bitch" and "Street Creep"), you'll find those two covers of punk rockers DAYGLO ABORTIONS 1986 classic anthem ("Argh Fuck Kill") and Cleveland's first afro-american heavy-metal squad BLACK DEATH ("Street Walker"). Oh yeah baby, NEKROFILTH are the scumbag of the dark!

BONE SICKNESS - ALONE IN THE GRAVE
The maelstrom of death metal savagery Bone Sickness conjures on 'Alone In The Grave' recalls Repulsion's 'Horrified' LP and early Master/Deathstrike recordings, and exhumes Napalm Death when still commanded by domineering, barbaric drummer Mick Harris. No Incantation worship or goats 'n' gasmasks posing; just American death metal disfigured by grindcore.



AEROSMITH - AEROSMITH
Reissue of their eponymous debut album, originally released in January 1973 by Columbia Records.[1] The song "Walkin' the Dog" is a cover song originally performed by Rufus Thomas. Also the album "Dream On" became an American top ten single when re-released in 1976. "Dream On" was first released as a single in 1973. The album peaked at #21 on the Billboard 200 in 1976.

BLACK SABBATH - 13
13 is the upcoming nineteenth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It will be the first studio album released by Black Sabbath since Forbidden (1995), and their first studio recording with original singer Ozzy Osbourne and bassist Geezer Butler since the live album Reunion (1998), which contained two new studio tracks. It is also the first studio album with Osbourne since Never Say Die! (1978), and Butler since Cross Purposes (1994). Tracklisting: 1. "End of the Beginning" 2. "God Is Dead?" 3. "Loner" 4. "Zeitgeist" 5. "Age of Reason" 6. "Live Forever" 7. "Damaged Soul" 8. "Dear Father".



BURNING STARR - LAND OF THE DEAD (2LP)
U.S. power metal cult band from the 80's led by Jack Starr (ex-Virgin Steele), started the new decade in glory with a powerful new album released in 2011. This is the vinyl version limited to 500 copies on coloured vinyl and gatefold sleeve with stunning artwork by Ken Kelly (Kiss/Manowar/Rainbow). Special guests in two songs: Ross the Boss and David Shankle (both ex-Manowar axemen). Special bonus tracks for vinyl only: exclusive track "Spirit of 86" and extended alternate version of "Sands of Time". This is the perfect re-release on any true Headbanger's favourite format: the glorious vinyl! Split release with Metal Soldiers.



DEATHENING - CHAINED IN BLOOD
Second album by Deathening, Chained In Blood is a twelve track piece on the brutalities and atrocities caused by man as empathy is suppressed. The brutal vocal style, ranging from death growls to black metal screaming, is backed up by intense riffing and an exquisite drum work. Standing out in the steady stream of metal releases is not an easy task but this is an album so fully loaded with musicality and gut feeling that it is destined to stand the test of time. Including guest appearence by Orvar Safstrom (ex- Entombed).



LEATHER SYNN - LEATHER SYNN
Leather Synn is an heavy metal band founded in 2011. The band belongs to a movement which can be called as the New Wave Of Portuguese Heavy Metal. Taking influences from many of the mid-80's U.S. traditional metal acts, they also have their local inspiration in 80's Portuguese heavy metal bands of their arcane underground. Leather Synn has a few heavy metal knights from distinct local bands such as Dawnrider, Ravensire and Inquisitor. Their debut 12"EP has 20 minutes of pure heavy metal from the 80s for fans of bands like Medieval Steel, Warrior, Thor, Glacier, Black Death, Ivory Tiger, Salems Wych, Iron Gypsy, etc.! Also they pay tribute to Portuguese cult acts such as Alkateya, Xeque Mate, Valium, Iberia, STS Paranoid, etc.! Prepare for the attack of the soldiers of the NWOPHM: Synn is Ynn!



MACHETAZO - RUIN
If you ask MACHETAZO's drummer and longtime spokesman Dopi about how he feels about the band's new album 'Ruin' - and first proper full-lenght since 2008's 'Mundo Cripta' - he'll tell you that he sees it as a new phase for us as I think we've finally found our own sound and style. It's a dark, negative and hermetic album that reflects perfectly the attitude of the people involved. One could say that nothing was done that differently this time around though: the recording took place in the band's hometown, A Corua in Galicia, at local studio called the Treboada Studio where they have been doing stuffs with Paco 'The Maggot' Liao engineering since 1998. And to once again get the most spontaneous and energetic sound possible, they voluntary recorded the whole thing in only 18 (!) hours, yet after six months of intense rehearsals in order to be fully ready when it was time to commit the whole thing to tape. And it bloody shows. Ruin' may sometimes dwell in surprising yet suffocating doom-as-fuck territories that will have old-school death-metal freaks in its dirtiest form possible shit their pants ("Tanatorio" or the eight-minutes plus drone and tortured pulse of "Ruinas") but at the end of the day, this is, guess what, another pure fucking old-school grindcore masterpiece. No need to remind you the band's influences, you know them and they proudly wear them on their sleeves anyway. No, all you need to know that in a world where even extreme music is being sterilized, their fifth full-length doesn't show any sign of them slowing down. As a matter of fact, co-released on LP by DOOMENTIA and PARASITIC and on CD (and limited digipack) by DOOMENTIA this April, perfectly illustrated by Timo Ketola stark black and white artwork, one could simply say that 'Ruin' is the real fucking deal. And so are MACHETAZO



MORDEBRAND - UNMAKE
You can take the man out of the death metal but you can't take the death metal out of the man, it seems. Following the example of his former MACABRE END/GOD MACABRE comrade Jonas Stahlhammar who after a ten year break from the extreme metal scene has been churning out records like crazy since forming BOMBS OF HADES - Per Boder is back in full swing and doing what he knows best: growling his way through furious slabs of old-school Swedish death fuckin' metal! If MORBRAND was initiated as a studio project by Johan Rudberg and Bjorn Larsson from thrash metal warriors THE LAW, in 2006, it's really when Boder was pulled out of his retirement in 2010 that the band finally started to fire all cylinders. And since the release of their first MCD Necropsychotic in 2011, they've been on a roll. The following year saw them offering a split with, you've guessed it, BOMBS OF HADES and a 7 inch EP (entitledKolumbarium). Guess that Unmake just proves that they're not planning to slow down anytime soon. Adorned with a fantastic artwork by Juanjo Castellano Rosado, not only does it include three new tracks, but as a special treat it also features one killer EXCITER cover - "War Is Hell" (whose original is included on the Canadians second album Violence & Force from 1984, yeah!) - with added eerie keyboard layers that makes it even more evil-sounding. Overall, it almost feels as if his absence from the scene for so long, Boder is now on a mission to make up for lost time. Mission accomplished, since Unmake could just as well have been recorded at Sunlight Studios in 1991, 'cause many wouldn't know the difference.

THIN LIZZY - LIVE 2012, VOL. 1 (2LP)
Live at The Shepherds Bush Empire on December 17th, 2012. White 180 gram vinyl, limited to 1000 copies.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.18



KOKOMO (GERMANY) - KOKOMO (+7")
After releasing 'If Wolves' Kokomo decided to also work with dunk!records for their third full length album. This self-titled release is recorded and mixed by Tobias (drummer) in their very own home studio in Duisburg, Germany. "Music can be heard, described, categorised and analysed in countless ways. Thodor W. Adorno for instance distinguished between popular and serious and by this gave music a difference in value which is still in use today. But no matter how one approaches music, it is for sure that music is socially produced as well as socially productive. And this the main concern behind Kokomo. There is a scene for every kind of music and we secretly hope to have found our little spot. Since 2008 we have tried to bring our music to people and spread a little joy on concerts and tours with And So I Watch You From Afar, Caspian, Silver Mt. Zion, 65daysofstatic, Caspian, This Will Destroy You, Maybeshewill and many other bands between Edinburgh and Istanbul. If one would enumerate aims, this would be one of ours: To enjoy the music, pass this feeling to the audience and thereby have a good time ourselves. Each of our by now three albums has been recorded by ourselves and we have put a lot of effort into getting the whole thing across with a lot of love and dedication. For example with self made packaging, our own designs or hand printed merchandise. We hope that we can set ourselves a little bit apart with the new album and on our upcoming concerts, but above all we want to let our music speak for itself. Because since Jaques Derrida we know that words are only sleeves and can change their meaning every day."



LOST IN KIEV - MOTIONS
Lost In Kiev is a five piece post-rock, post-hardcore band from Paris: "This debut album Motions is inspired by numerous, short and long time travels we all have made. We have juggled with various styles, from melancholic post-rock to heavy post-hardcore and some epic metal. Motions is the soundtrack of a movie where everyone should decide whether he should stay or go."



TERRAFORMER - THE SEA SHAPER
On 180-gram coloured vinyl. This is how post/math rock band TERRAFORMER describe themselves: "Three pieces. Instrumental. Oh My God Climax. Almost shredding. Wild. Cheesy layers. Rash looping. Evil patterns. Semi mosh. Catchy tappings. Messy. Sexy lads. Br00tal! Barefaced. Mickey. Ninja. Emergency. Cephalopod. Elusive. Booby hatch. Ham rotten. Homeric. Ethereal. Celurean. Dragon. Terrestrial. Epic. Gray. Mduse. Explosions. Tasty shirts. Wolves. Hibou. Opaque Ethyl. Beast. Puddles. Summoning creatures. Ship related stuff. Peril. Bricolage. Noir. Surge. Whopping. Misty. Summing. Vultures. Seismograph. The pink lizard. Burst."

EXPECTED - 2013.18



NECROCURSE - GRIP OF THE DEAD
Limited edition of 400 12-inches on orange vinyl. Sweden's hell-majestic Death Metallers NECROCURSE have truly invoked pure evil with the much anticipated debut full-length 'Grip Of The Dead'! With members from Nifelheim, Swordmaster, Runemagick, Sacramentum, etc and set in a traditional ancient Heavy Metal spirit, 'Grip Of The Dead' is a convocation of ominous Deathchaos and Blackened Thrash destruction. Together with a slab of anthemic devil-horn theatrical antics, the end result is a perfect assimilation of the legitimate NECROCURSE sound-stamp! Recorded, mixed and mastered at Sonic Train Studios with legendary King Diamond guitar maestro Andy La Rocque (King Diamond, Melechesh, Hammerfall, etc) and the stunningly nefarious artwork cover by David Herrerias (of Sweden's Antichrist), the Morbid Maniacs have returned and it is going to be unpleasant.



ANCIIENTS - HEART OF OAK (2LP/BLACK)
'Heart of Oak', the stunning Season of Mist debut full-length from ANCIIENTS, is one of 2013's most anticipated albums for a reason. The acutely modern, progressive quartet craft songs as nuanced and expressive as the range of human emotion, without eschewing their hard rock/heavy metal roots. Unforgettable tracks such as "Raise the Sun", "Falling in Line", "The Longest River", and "Faith & Oath" hit hard and resonate deeply. With 'Heart of Oak' as their calling card, ANCIIENTS exude class and the confidence of a band beyond their years. "One of 2013's most anticipated albums" - Decibel magazine (US) Recommended if You Like: MASTODON, KYLESA, BARONESS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, WITCHCRAFT, ELECTRIC WIZARD



ARCKANUM - FENRIS KINDIR (BLACK)
Limited 700 LP's on black vinyl. Sweden's black metal troll ARCKANUM return with his eighth opus, 'Fenris Kindir!' Equal parts ripping riffs and howled vocals from the edge of Ragnarok, 'Fenris Kindir' expands on the darkness of 'Helvtismyrkr' and finds ARCKANUM taking a battle axe to the world. Having emerged from the black metal underground, the bludgeoning brute force of the 'Fenris Kindir' demands the respect and fear that plundering raiders from the North commanded centuries prior. "Arckanum, the one man band run by Shamaatae, creates the perfect metal: primitive, raw and deeply rooted in dark forests and Norse history." - SVT (Sweden). Recommended if you like: WATAIN, (old) MARDUK, DARTHRONE, DRUDKH, CARPATHIAN FOREST.



ATHEIST - ELEMENTS
Arguably one of the most groundbreaking and influential bands in the metal realm, ATHEIST combined a death metal attack with virtuosic level of playing. This union would create a style of forward thinking, progressive metal that would soon become the benchmark for many influential metal bands (DEATH, CYNIC, PESTILENCE, etc.). 'Elements' was once the final chapter in the story of a band many years ahead of its time. Its complex arrangements fused disparate sounds such as delicate jazz, deep funk grooves, latin rhythms, flamenco guitar stylings, and samba interludes with blistering metal chops to create music that confused as many as it pleased. Once a fitting swansong for the unique entity that ATHEIST had become, 'Elements' was almost equally regaled and reviled for the ambitious ideas it put into motion. In the years since the band split Elements has been recognized as a crucial piece of ATHEIST history and a marker for the wider acceptance for heavy, dynamic, progressive metal. Recommended if you like: late-period DEATH, OBSCURA, CYNIC, THE FACELESS, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN.



HAEMOPHAGUS - SLAVES TO THE NECROMANCER
Comes with an obscure and obsessive Necromantic b/w cover, 2 sides black/white extra insert with lyrics & putrid morbid artwork. in the way it should be!!! Worship the necromantic cult!!! "Slaves to the Necromancers is a crushing display of horror worshiping DEATH/GRIND at it's best! This devastating full length is NOT for trendies or the weak of heart!!! Fucking obsessive and morbid!!! An hefty dose of old-school grindcore in REPULSION style with reminiscence of NIHILIST old-school Death Metal! KILLER!!! Vinyl version includes 3 bonus tracks!!! Incl. "Grotesque Laceration of Mortified Flesh" GENERAL SURGERY cover! Features members from Undead Creep and Morbo! Absolutely for fans of REPULSION, IMPETIGO, TERRORIZER, MACHETAZO, AUTOPSY & early PUNGENT STENCH!!

HESSIAN - MANEGARMR
HESSIAN unleashes a furious blizzard of cold black metal, violently crashing into a maelstrom of ultra-metallic dark hardcore. For friends of Converge and Neurosis. LP version.

KILL - MAKE 'EM SUFFER
THE KILL are a three-piece hailing from Melbourne, Australia that play the most blazing, relentless grindcore imaginable. A full-length on vinyl is years overdue for this band and 'Make 'Em Suffer' will fill that grindcore void in your life. The band has been active for a dozen years and have done splits with the likes of BIRDFLESH and INSECT WARFARE. They have also played Maryland Deathfest and Obscene Extreme and toured worldwide to blast audiences into kingdom come. Also including a Slayer-cover, the LP comes on split coloured vinyl.



KYLESA - ULTRAVIOLET (BLACK)
Limited to 350 copies on black vinyl. Shifting effortlessly from heavy hard rock riffs to punk-infused beats to even barren cold wave concoctions, 'Ultraviolet' sees the group progressing in fascinating ways.



REACTORY - KILLED BY THRASH
REACTORY was founded in early 2010 in Berlin/Germany by 4 guys which grew up with original Thrash-Metal many years ago and finally decided to make their own metal band. The idea was to kill posers, pseudo metal idiots, and to create an own sound. And for sure to go on many tours, drink a lot of beer, and present musical aggression. Loud and fast! After starting to write some songs, in late 2010 the first demo was recorded in the practice-room. The CD version was released on their first show in december 2010, the Tape Version was released some weeks later. In 2011 the band played a lot of shows throughout Europe. In summer 2012 the EP "Killed by Thrash" was recorded, which was released on some labels as CDs, Vinyl and Tapes in the beginning of 2013.



SERPENT VENOM - CARNAL ALTAR (2LP)
LIMITED DOUBLE LP VERSION. Serpent Venom arose from the grave in 2008 to inflict doom upon the masses. If you like your classic doom, think Saint Vitus, Pentagram, The Obsessed and many in between, you have to check out the Serpent Venom album 'Carnal Altar'. The initial release will be on CD in a book style package with 16 pages full of lyrics and creepy images which pays homage to the old beat, horror, pulp paperback's or Italian fumettis of the '70s.



WARBEAST - DESTROY
Dallas, Texas' thrash metal kings, WARBEAST return with their devastating second album 'Destroy!' Led by former RIGOR MORTIS vocalist, Bruce Corbitt, WARBEAST's uncompromising brand of no-mercy thrash has steam-rolled towns all over the world. Swirling guitars and punishing blastbeats mesh with the fierce vocals creating modern thrash unlike anything heard prior. WARBEAST stand tall among the crowd as the unchallenged champions of thrash. Recommended if You Like LAMB OF GOD, PANTERA, SLAYER, DOWN, TESTAMENT, KREATOR, METALLICA...

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.19



CORRECTIONS HOUSE - HOAX THE SYSTEM
Burning World Records is proud to release the debut single from Corrections House, 'Hoax The System', for Europe. In the US the single will be released by on Parker and Lamont's War Crime Recordings label. Corrections House is a metal supergroup featuring Scott Kelly (Neurosis), Mike IX Williams (Eyehategod), Sanford Parker (Nachtmystium), and Bruce Lamont (Yakuza/Bloodiest). "There's really no way to sum up the sound of Corrections House. If you listen to each of the members' individual projects, then you can maybe get an idea if you just imagine a nice blend of the four of them. It's not metal, it's not industrial, and it's certainly not easily classified. But overall, it's pure genius!" (Zero Tolerance Magazine)



NEKROFILTH - STREET BITCH
Zack Rose is at it again and no posers is gonna stand between him and his street bitch! As if the man hadn't enough shit to stir up with both CRUCIFIED MORTALS and NUNSLAUGHTER, his most personal project is reaching here new heights - or should we say lows? - of depravity in the name of rock'n'roll, the zombie way. If you thought that punk and metal couldn't fornicate faster and louder than with MIDNIGHT or early TOXIC HOLOCAUST, this brand new 7 inches by NEKROFILTH is going to show you in a little more than twelve minutes how fucking wrong you were. Although made up of two separate recordings (and last with now departing founding member Timmy) with two different line-ups, lets say those who already purchased Worship Destruction or their raging split with SPEEDWOLF should get ready to get smeared with the same ugly and stinky shit. Wait, we'll take that back: it's even more stinky and ugly! And besides, that cover artwork alone will tell you all you need to know in the first place. Especially since next to two originals ("Street Bitch" and "Street Creep"), you'll find those two covers of punk rockers DAYGLO ABORTIONS 1986 classic anthem ("Argh Fuck Kill") and Cleveland's first afro-american heavy-metal squad BLACK DEATH ("Street Walker"). Oh yeah baby, NEKROFILTH are the scumbag of the dark!



STUBB - UNDER A SPELL
Under a Spell - a heavy rocker about backstabbers with liberal doses of hammond organ while Bullets Rain (From An Angry Sky) with it's thundering bass line is about being caught in a war zone and running from the gunfire raining down from above. Despite the heavy subject matters both of the tracks have a groove that will stop you standing still for long. Under a Spell is limited to 300 copies on blue 7" vinyl with a special textured sleeve from the rather excellent Stone Stallion Rex.



ACHERON - LEX TALIONIS
"Lex Talionis" is highly enjoyable old-school death metal with solos that bring in a traditional heavy metal feel. Acheron managed to carve out their own niche in the death metal scene, as their stuff is neither typically early 90s US or Swedish death metal.

AMON - SHEMHAMFORASH
One of the most interesting black metal releases coming not from Norway or Sweden. This is pure obscure satanic music from Switzerland. An absolute collector's item!!!

BELPHEGOR - BLUTSABBATH
Definitely get this release. It's recommended to Belphegor fans and all blackened death metal fans in general as well.

BLACK CAPRICORN - BORN UNDER THE CAPRICORN
With their second album BORN UNDER THE CAPRICORN the ladies and guys give you a straight mixture of classic doom and heavy psych vibes. Gathering all darkness of the universe crossed with a heavy psychedelic attitude, BORN UNDER THE CAPRICORN is a journey into the space with some astronomical and mythological coordinates. Heavy, slow, dark, psychedelic, evil and obviously rock are the other coordinates to reach with a simple and easy way the world of the Black Capricorn. From an ancient and mysterious island in the mediterranean sea some wizards and witches merge an alchemy which gives birth to a horned beast under the sign of the Capricorn! Limited to 150 copies on heavy purple vinyl!

DOPEFIGHT - BUDS
Buds is a damn fine work of sludge doom that stands up to the classic Weedeaters, Bongzillas, Buzzov*ens and Electric Wizards of the world. Drums are tight and punchy, bass is sturdy and rumbling, guitars are clear and melodic yet pack a punch with a massive wall-of-sound production.

DOPEFIGHT/LEX RHINO - SPLIT LP
Sadly Dopefight's very last release ever. 4 tracks of sludge worshipping groovy doom metal meets the nasty rowdy-quintette Lex Rhino presenting 4 hymns of finest fitlhy doom metal suggested for the mature audience. All songs of Dopefight and Lex Rhino were mastered by James Plotkin (K.K. Null, Nadja, Sunn O))), ISIS, Pelican and Earth).

HEAVY WATER EXPERIMENTS - PHILOSOPHER QUEEN
With their music, Heavy Water Experiments evoke the impression of an intoxicating ritual and did neither forgot about writing good songs nor convulsively tried to appear evil to the outside. One will believe in the secretiveness of the artist, because the music (for friends of RMFTM and Vibravoid) speaks for itself.

ICE DRAGON - THE BURL, THE EARTH, THE AETHER
Killer stuff. Refreshingly different, but still very much doom. If you are into the sound of Electric Wizard and 70s epic heavy metal, get it!!!

SERPENT VENOM - CARNAL ALTAR (2LP)
LIMITED DOUBLE LP VERSION. Serpent Venom arose from the grave in 2008 to inflict doom upon the masses. If you like your classic doom, think Saint Vitus, Pentagram, The Obsessed and many in between, you have to check out the Serpent Venom album 'Carnal Altar'. The initial release will be on CD in a book style package with 16 pages full of lyrics and creepy images which pays homage to the old beat, horror, pulp paperback's or Italian fumettis of the '70s.

SETHERIAL - LORDS OF THE NIGHTREALM
Lords of the Nightrealm is a stupendous black metal album from the glory days of true black metal. It should be in the collection of any fan of the black metal genre.

TRAITOR'S GATE - (COL) DEVIL TAKES THE HIGH ROAD
Bone-vinyl, poster, insert. The Traitor's Gate band line up began life in 1979 as Cyron, playing original and cover material.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.20



NEKROFILTH - STREET BITCH
Zack Rose is at it again and no posers is gonna stand between him and his street bitch! As if the man hadn't enough shit to stir up with both CRUCIFIED MORTALS and NUNSLAUGHTER, his most personal project is reaching here new heights - or should we say lows? - of depravity in the name of rock'n'roll, the zombie way. If you thought that punk and metal couldn't fornicate faster and louder than with MIDNIGHT or early TOXIC HOLOCAUST, this brand new 7 inches by NEKROFILTH is going to show you in a little more than twelve minutes how fucking wrong you were. Although made up of two separate recordings (and last with now departing founding member Timmy) with two different line-ups, lets say those who already purchased Worship Destruction or their raging split with SPEEDWOLF should get ready to get smeared with the same ugly and stinky shit. Wait, we'll take that back: it's even more stinky and ugly! And besides, that cover artwork alone will tell you all you need to know in the first place. Especially since next to two originals ("Street Bitch" and "Street Creep"), you'll find those two covers of punk rockers DAYGLO ABORTIONS 1986 classic anthem ("Argh Fuck Kill") and Cleveland's first afro-american heavy-metal squad BLACK DEATH ("Street Walker"). Oh yeah baby, NEKROFILTH are the scumbag of the dark!



CONAN - LIVE AT ROADBURN 2012
Stage 1 at Roadburn 2012 was already overcrowded when Conan entered (with their gear through the audience) and laid down an hour of Horseback battle doom. The band were in obviously ebullient form, stoked at playing this legendary festival and also being asked to join Sleep in Oslo, as selections from the new and monstrous Monnos were intermingled with the huge and bulldozing force of classics like Krull and Older Than Earth. Jons instantly likeable faraway vocals have never sounded more realised to these ears, and the audience were massively appreciative of Conan's true wallop as the Stonehenge of amps that framed the band belched out universe-sized slices of ultra low-end hostility. A special mention too for Paul O'Neil's expert drumming which represents the kind of versatility and intelligence that one would not usually expect with this most primal of genres, truly adding colour to the palette. By the end of the set I had cunningly worked my way into the centre of the room and believe me I was not regretful of the deoxygenated crush of Stage 01 - Conan had finally arrived on the international stage like the great wrecking ball that they have always been and I needed to be there to witness their special Roadburn moment. I toast thee lads - you are truly monolithic. ~The Sleeping Shaman. TRACKLIST: 1. KRULL 2. SATSUMO 3. HAWK AS WEAPON 4. BATTLE IN THE SWAMP 5. HEADLESS HUNTER 6. SEA LORD.



MACHETAZO - RUIN
If you ask MACHETAZO's drummer and longtime spokesman Dopi about how he feels about the band's new album 'Ruin' - and first proper full-lenght since 2008's 'Mundo Cripta' - he'll tell you that he sees it as a new phase for us as I think we've finally found our own sound and style. It's a dark, negative and hermetic album that reflects perfectly the attitude of the people involved. One could say that nothing was done that differently this time around though: the recording took place in the band's hometown, A Corua in Galicia, at local studio called the Treboada Studio where they have been doing stuffs with Paco 'The Maggot' Liao engineering since 1998. And to once again get the most spontaneous and energetic sound possible, they voluntary recorded the whole thing in only 18 (!) hours, yet after six months of intense rehearsals in order to be fully ready when it was time to commit the whole thing to tape. And it bloody shows. Ruin' may sometimes dwell in surprising yet suffocating doom-as-fuck territories that will have old-school death-metal freaks in its dirtiest form possible shit their pants ("Tanatorio" or the eight-minutes plus drone and tortured pulse of "Ruinas") but at the end of the day, this is, guess what, another pure fucking old-school grindcore masterpiece. No need to remind you the band's influences, you know them and they proudly wear them on their sleeves anyway. No, all you need to know that in a world where even extreme music is being sterilized, their fifth full-length doesn't show any sign of them slowing down. As a matter of fact, co-released on LP by DOOMENTIA and PARASITIC and on CD (and limited digipack) by DOOMENTIA this April, perfectly illustrated by Timo Ketola stark black and white artwork, one could simply say that 'Ruin' is the real fucking deal. And so are MACHETAZO



MOSS (UK) - HORRIBLE NIGHT (2LP)
'Horrible Night' is the sound of MOSS emerging from its cocoon, becoming a much more savage, intelligent and all the more terrifying beast. While no longer obsessed with extremity for its own sake -with weirdly infectious riffs, eccentric vocal melodies and no song over 12 minutes- MOSS remain heavier-than-thou, broadening their horror beyond any imposed 'scene' expectations. This mastery of the craft is evident from the opening moments of first track 'Horrible Nights' -written back in 2010 it sets the course for the album, taking the twisting death-crawl of MOSS mini-epics such as "Tombs Of The Blind Drugged' and administering a lethal dose of addictive melody, cooked up by the colossal riffs of Dominic Finbow and the Ozzy-via-seance vocalisations of Olly Pearson. Cuts such as 'The Coral Of Chaos' and 'Dark Lady' expand further upon this potent formula, dragging the Black Sabbath blueprint to its most nightmarish conclusion and ushering MOSS further into their newest dark age. With 6 tracks, MOSS proves more than ever why this English cult band is regarded exactly as such. While still no easy pill to swallow for the uninitiated, over its duration 'Horrible Night' will demand complete mind control. Nonsense prefixes such as "stoner", "sludge" or "drone" do not apply here; this is pure DOOM METAL, a celebration of horror, the arcane and the unknown. Although traditionally a reluctant live act, in 2013 MOSS are set to embark on their first European headline tour, as well as a return trip to Holland's Roadburn Festival, playing Jus Oborn's Electric Acid Orgy with Electric Wizard, Dream Death, Psychic TV and the Pretty Things, it seems in their 13th year MOSS have finally arrived.

EXPECTED - 2013.20



ANVIL CHORUS - (BLACK) THE KILLING SUN (LP+7")
Edition of 150 copies on black vinyl, presented in 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, including 4-page insert and a black vinyl bonus 7". Anvil Chorus must be one of the most underrated bands of the entire American Metal movement. To achieve your highest goals in life, the timing needs to be just perfect. In the case of Thaen Rasmussen (guitars, vocals), Doug Piercy (guitars), Aaron Zimpel (vocals, bass), Phil Bennett (keyboards) and Joe Bennett (drums) it was not a case of too little too late but a question of too much too soon. When the band issued their first privately financed 7" single entitled Blondes In Black in 1982, there was no Bay Area Thrash scene in San Francisco yet (this came a good year later with Metallica making the first waves, plus Megadeth, Exodus, Legacy et al). In the year Number Of The Beast was released, the Metal world (even in the US of A) was still following the rules of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal. Although Anvil Chorus fitted in perfectly, their career was relatively short-lived, the band never really took off.



COVEN (USA/80S) - WORSHIP NEW GODS (BLACK)
Edition of 150 ciopies on black vinyl, with 425gsm heavy cardboard cover and lyric sheet. The band Coven we are talking about is not the thrash/death metal bunch from Seattle (who released the notorious Blessed Is The Black album in 1988). And it's not the obscure 1960s American band who might have issued the first ever Satanic rock album in history either (1969's 'Witchcraft Destroys Minds And Reaps Souls' - today a precious collector's item). 'Worship New Gods' is a doom metal monster originally released in 1987 and now re-released for the first time on High Roller Records (remastered by Patrick W. Engel at his Temple of Disharmony). Coven were initially formed in the motor city of Detroit in 1985.



DARKNESS (GERMANY) - DEATHSQUAD (BLACK)
150 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster. There's no doubt about the fact that the Ruhr area was the birthplace of German thrash metal. Kreator, Sodom, Living Death and even one-hit wonders such as Violent Force (Velbert) all came from working-class towns graced by bleak industrial buildings and mass unemployment. The same goes for Darkness. They formed on the spot on December 1st 1984 after a legendary gig at the Zeche Carl in Essen, where Destruction, Iron Angel and Tormentor, an early incarnation of Kreator, had been playing. They had everything: the name of the band, Darkness (Destroyer was an early alternative name), the concept, and the pseudonyms, namely Torturer (Lacky), Agony (Hartmut Schoner) and Skull (Andreas Becker). Darkness' first album Death Squad, originally released in 1987 on Tales of Thrash, a subsidiary label of GAMA, became an instant Teutonic thrash classic.



DIAMOND LIL - DIAMOND LIL (BLACK)
350 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, 8 page booklet, A4 photo, poster. Being early forerunners of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement (just like Adrian Smith's Urchin from the East End of London), Diamond Lil was formed during 1975 with the line up of Lorna Oakley (vocals), Harry Spooner (lead guitar), Alan Letch (bass guitar) and Marcus Foakes (drums). The group started in Braintree, Essex, as a covers band playing standards taken from groups such as Wishbone Ash, The Pirates, Thin Lizzy and other 1970's bands as well as playing some rock classics. Their first ever live appearance took place on the 10th of December 1975. During their first year, Diamond Lil evolved from a pure covers band to become a totally original group playing a repertoire of no less than forty self-penned songs.



ONSLAUGHT - POWER FROM HELL (BLACK)
150 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster. Simple truth no. 1: There are classic albums that simply must be available. Always. On vinyl, of course. That truly accounts for the first full-length album by legendary U.K.-thrashers Onslaught, whose debut from 1985 is counted among the most influential cult classics of the nascent thrash metal scene. Onslaught first started out as a punk outfit, heavily influenced by bands like Discharge and G.B.H. on the one hand, and more metallic acts such as Motorhead , Exodus, Slayer and Venom on the other hand. "Power From Hell" does not betray these roots, being as filthy, mean and aggressive as it gets. On this early release raw punk riffing meets satanic evilness, while Paul Mahoney delivers strangled vocals that come straight from the hellish depths of your local squats manky cellar, totally reflecting the spirit of a time when music was not labelled but lived. Seen from the perspective of metal history, "Power From Hell" is all the more important for another reason: It was here that founding member Nige Rocket coined the term "Death Metal" for the very first time. Anyone objecting to this shall be remembered that Possessed recorded "Seven Churches" a month after the release of "Power from Hell"!

QUEENSRYCHE - FREQUENCY UNKNOWN
25 years after the Mindcrime revolution, the Rÿche returns with their 13th studio album - a new chapter in the epic saga of one of the most critically adored and commercially successful metal bands of all time!Vocal powerhouse and frontman Geoff Tate leads the HEAVIEST Rÿche ever, including longtime guitarist Kelly Gray plus newly acquired bassist Rudy Sarzo (Quiet Riot) and drummer Simon Wright (AC/DC, DIO)! Guest appearances by K.K. Downing (Judas Priest), Chris Poland (Megadeth), Ty Tabor (Kings X), Paul Bostaph (Slayer), Brad Gillis (Night Ranger), Dave Meniketti (Y&T) and more.



SENTINEL BEAST - (COL) SENTINEL BEAST
REPRESS. 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert, clear vinyl, ltd 200. Hailing from Sacramento, California, Sentinel Beast was originally conceived in late 1983 by Mike Spencer on bass, the unique Debbie Gunn on vocals and Scott Awes behind the drum kit. The two guitarists Barry Fischel and Mark Koyasako completed the line up. Sentinel Beast first released an independent demo in early 1985. The band's anthem "Sentinel Beast" was included on the "Metal Massacre VII" compilation album. "Depths of Hell" was their first and only album. It captures the very heart and soul of Sentinel Beast - from the title track's expression of fear and submission to the re-recorded version of "Sentinel Beast". The cover version of Iron Maiden's classic Paul Di'Anno era "Phantom of the Opera" was another highlight of the record.



SLEEP - DOPESMOKER (2LP/BROWN)
'Hasheeshian edition' on 180-gram brown/black/tan swirl vinyl! Limited to 2.000 copies. Reissue of an undisputed masterpiece, SLEEP's 63 minute long ode to weed, available once again as 2LP! 'Dopesmoker' remains unrivaled in the annals of (stoner) metal.



WITCHBURNER - (COL) BLOODTHIRSTY EYES
Gatefold cover, insert, 2nd pressing: ltd. 300, white vinyl. You've been into thrash metal for a while? Then you surely know Witchburner from Fulda, Germany. They've been active in the German underground scene since 1992 and they never surrendered. Witchburner kept the spirit alive when everyone else was going astray, and they didn't give a damn about trends that kept coming and going or about the problems that naturally occur when a band has to struggle with constant changes in the line-up. Now, after twenty years of relentless thrashing, and after having released six albums and nine demos, splits and EPs, Witchburner are about to unleash yet another pure old school thrash attack. "Bloodthirsty Eyes" is their first full-length on High Roller Records.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.21



EXUMER - (COL) POSSESSED BY FIRE (LP+7")
Reissue of the German band's debut album. Editioon of 350 copies on red/yellow blend vinyl, with 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert, poster, and bonus 7-inch. Remember what you did in 1986? If you were among the chosen few, you got yourself a vinyl copy of Exumer's stunning debut 'Possessed By Fire'. If not. well, we have good news for those who had been 1.) not yet born 2.) simply too unaware: High Roller Records are helping you to make up for this epic failure!



JAG PANZER - (BLACK) TYRANTS
On black vinyl, with 425gsm heavy gatefold cover and poster. Jag Panzer is one of the most legendary US Metal bands of all time! No doubt about that. The band's actual roots go back a long time. Not a lot of people know that before they christened themselves Jag Panzer they were also called Stormbringer, Roller, Dragon, then Tyrant and finally Jag Panzer. The original (classic) line up of the band consisted of Mark Briody (guitars), John Tetley (bass), Rick Hilyard (drums) and Harry Conklin (vocals). The final name change came about because there also was a Metal Blade recording artist called Tyrant. Fittingly, Jag Panzer's vinyl debut from 1983 was also christened 'Tyrants'.



MERCYFUL FATE - CURSE OF THE PHARAOHS
At last! Available again for the fist time in over 25 years! This classic and ultra hard to find semi official Mercyful Fate classic fan club recordings. Originally released for a short period in the mid 1980s, these vinyl LPs became part of the folklore of one of the greatest black metal acts of all time. Curse of the Pharaohs is an 11 track collection of rare demo recordings including the bands stunning cover of the Maiden classic Running Free. The story behind these releases is cloaked in mystery and intrigue. Most experts on the band consider them to be true fan club releases. Now, in 2013, they are available again. And this time on awesome coloured vinyl. Only 500 of each exist and they will be gone in a flash. Don't miss out on your copies, once they are gone thats it! Guaranteed collectibles for the future. Hail Satan!



MOSS (UK) - HORRIBLE NIGHT (2LP)
'Horrible Night' is the sound of MOSS emerging from its cocoon, becoming a much more savage, intelligent and all the more terrifying beast. While no longer obsessed with extremity for its own sake -with weirdly infectious riffs, eccentric vocal melodies and no song over 12 minutes- MOSS remain heavier-than-thou, broadening their horror beyond any imposed 'scene' expectations. This mastery of the craft is evident from the opening moments of first track 'Horrible Nights' -written back in 2010 it sets the course for the album, taking the twisting death-crawl of MOSS mini-epics such as "Tombs Of The Blind Drugged' and administering a lethal dose of addictive melody, cooked up by the colossal riffs of Dominic Finbow and the Ozzy-via-seance vocalisations of Olly Pearson. Cuts such as 'The Coral Of Chaos' and 'Dark Lady' expand further upon this potent formula, dragging the Black Sabbath blueprint to its most nightmarish conclusion and ushering MOSS further into their newest dark age. With 6 tracks, MOSS proves more than ever why this English cult band is regarded exactly as such. While still no easy pill to swallow for the uninitiated, over its duration 'Horrible Night' will demand complete mind control. Nonsense prefixes such as "stoner", "sludge" or "drone" do not apply here; this is pure DOOM METAL, a celebration of horror, the arcane and the unknown. Although traditionally a reluctant live act, in 2013 MOSS are set to embark on their first European headline tour, as well as a return trip to Holland's Roadburn Festival, playing Jus Oborn's Electric Acid Orgy with Electric Wizard, Dream Death, Psychic TV and the Pretty Things, it seems in their 13th year MOSS have finally arrived.

EXPECTED - 2013.21

ALUK TODOLO - FINSTERNIS (AJNA OFFENSIVE)
Their second album, originally out on Public Guilt in 2010, now available in its definitive version and including the artwork wanted and designed by the band. Aluk Todolo are a recondite creature. Part okkult black metal fiend and part snide kraut menace. Somehow the doppelganger works and 'Finsternis' proves for a second time there is brilliance in the absence of light. Dry, spare percussion grievously mines the scrapes, shrieks and shimmer of mutated guitar and bass. A dangerous, noxious coil of all things black.



EARTHEN GRAVE - EARTHEN GRAVE (2LP)
Limited 2LP edition, with 2 BONUS live tracks. Formed in 2008, EARTHEN GRAVE is a five-piece Chicago metal band that marries the sounds of metal past and future with a sweaty, pummeling live show. EARTHEN GRAVE boasts an undeniable collective metal and musical pedigree. Each member is an accomplished musician and a veteran of the metal scene, including Ron Holzner who was a member of the seminal and seismic doom pioneers TROUBLE - a band widely regarded as one of the most important unsung American metal bands of all time. In addition, EARTHEN GRAVE has that "extra something special" with occasional guest 6th member live and boasting a Full collaboration on the new release with Rachel Barton Pine. Rachel, a world-renowned classical violinist brings her frightening classical chops to a relatively new instrument, the Viper. For fans of: Trouble, Black Sabbath, Cathedral, Pentagram, St. Vitus, Rainbow.

EARTHLING - DARK PATH
'Dark Path' is the brazen debut from Virginia's warlocks EARTHLING. Possessing a haunting intricacy, Earthling has crafted an album that skilfully avoids the pitfalls of metal's current sub-genres. Harnessing a classic sound with a blazing vision, 'Dark Path' is a relentlessly cruel record that cultivates a natural mysticism. Lurking soundscapes spiral into pure sonic madness like 1980's Slayer running wild through 1990's Norway. These promising riff mongers have made a sharp first impression.

EVOKEN - ATRA MORS (2LP)
Now available on vinyl, their 2012 album! Formed almost 20 years ago, EVOKEN are one of the godfathers of epic funeral/death doom metal and among the first American bands to adopt the style, being influenced by the likes of Thergothon, Disembowelment and the early years of Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride. Between 1998 and 2007, they released four albums, all considered milestones in the genre.



LOST SOCIETY - FAST LOUD DEATH
Black vinyl. 17, 18, 19, 19. No, that's not today's lottery numbers, but the age of the band members of Finland's most promising contemporary newcomer combo. Founded early 2010 in Jyväskylä by thrash/speed metal enthusiast Samy Elbanna, the front man gathered an ensemble of passionate allies around him to establish a band that soon should become known as the most energetic up-and-comers Scandinavia had seen in years. After numerous gigs in every nook and corner of their home country, bringing them great feedback for their extraordinarily strong stage presence, LOST SOCIETY decided to take part in the world-renowned GBOB (Global Battle Of the Bands). After they had won the preliminary decision round in their hometown, they were invited to their country's finals held in Helsinki, where they prevailed against 13 contesters and eventually came off victorious. The contest peaked in an amazing performance at the big GBOB world finals event in London on December 9, 2012 that brought LOST SOCIETY great awareness and respect far over and above the Finnish borders.



NECRONOMICON BEAST - SOWERS OF DISCORD
One could say that even before famed illustrator and now longtime ally of DOOMENTIA Mark Riddick introduced us to NECRONOMICON BEAST, for whom he designed the blistering cover of 'Sowers Of Discord', they were due to end up on the label anyway. Thrash metal the evil way is the name of the game here and the screaming chorus that goes like "Ave Sathanaaaaaas!" of the opening track "Antichriste" should tell you all you need to know about this Jundiai in the Sao Paulo suburbs-based lot. Except that whereas one might have expected another black/thrash band with punk leanings, this power-trio proves with a fist that they just don't play to the same category and don't really fit with the overall chaotic sound of the Brazilian scene. Maybe fuelled by their various experiences in different fields of the vast metal sphere - heavy-metal with WYTCHKRAFT, doom/death with MORIENDI, folk/metal with FOLKLORD etc. - they've settled for a music that has a much tighter, American-like type of sound yet without loosing a drop of their blasphemous elements, even daring on a regular basis to go beyond the five minutes mark. So think of an early AT WAR or BULLDOZER with a modern production that would have decided to get his membership card at the Satanic Church and go on a killing spree in the nearest liquor store! After a series of demos and limited releases on selected format such as tapes, 'Sowers Of Discord' represents band's second proper full-length after fourteen years (!) of existence, their first 'real' release since the 2004's debut album 'Hell Thrash War' and their first recording featuring new member Warhammer, on bass. But it's also first and foremost a great proof than in 2013, with songtitles like "Warfield" or "World Assured Destruction" thrash is alive and well and still obsessed with cruelty!



STEPSON - THE LOST TAPES '72-'74
About forty years in the making, and finally the world has the second Stepson album! Utilizing tapes preserved by drummer Len Fagan then transferred to digital and mastered by bassist Bruce Hauser, this fine collection of twelve songs is as close as the world will ever get to a real second Stepson album. Some is raw, some is embryonic, but it's all prime stuff for fans to savor, reflecting the bands "devil may care" attitude and rock'n'roll lifestyle. And just in case you don't believe that the band liked to party, consider that the exact recording dates (and even some locations) have long been forgotten. To borrow an old adage: If you can remember Stepson, you weren't there. Kicking off with a crunching riff by guitarist Joey Newman, Danger Zone is the heaviest track Stepson ever cut, replete with an ominous atmosphere reflecting the seedy side of their native Los Angeles; Streets of Alameda (1974) is an ode to vocalist Jeff Hawks' hometown, featuring a liquor store holdup and a stolen Lincoln used as the getaway car. Flesh & Blood is the only track on here that got an official release, albeit by ex-Smith belter Gayle McCormick as the title track to her second solo album, released by Decca in 1972. This version showcases the riff in full glory. And if you don't believe that this riff is strong, consider that The Tonight Show band played it for approximately two weeks in 1976, prompting Fagan to confront "author" Don Menza, who coincidentally did the Flesh & Blood albums horn charts and was now claiming credit for the song under the title Instant Heart. The song disappeared from late night TV show shortly thereafter. Bad Situation, the only other 1974 track, describes the bands predicament that year: a track that should have propelled them to the big time, but instead bounced off a brick wall like a tennis ball. The maracas and funkified quasi-Bo Diddley groove hint at Stepson's growth and what might have been. Bluesy hard rock band that rose from the ashes of Touch. Their sole album was released on ABC/Dunhill Records in 1974. Despite the fact that the band never toured in support of their amazing album, over the years the word has gotten out about this incredible album and the band enjoys cult success among collectors. Easily one of the best examples of "cock rock" ever put onto wax. Side One: 1. Danger Zone 2. Streets of Alameda 3. Can't Help Myself 4. Flesh & Blood; 5. Don't Say Goodbye (Say Goodnight). Side Two: 1. S-H-A-K-E 2. Midnight Creep 3. Mississippi Dirt Road 4. RockD To My Very Soul 5. Bad Situation.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.22



DOOMRAISER/CARONTE - (BLACK) SPLIT 12"
Limited edition of 150 copies on black vinyl. A split album between Italian doomsters DOOMRAISER and fellow countrymen CARONTE. Doomraiser presents 'Dream Killers' and Caronte contributes the tracks 'Back From The Grave' and 'Journey Into The Moonlight'.



DEMETRA SINE DIE - (BLACK) A QUIET LAND OF FEAR
'A Quiet Land Of Fear' is a psychedelic trip through our fears. The sound is dark and visionary, cosmic and doom supported by synths and trumpet. On the way of bands such as Neurosis, Ancestors, Swans, Tool, A Storm of Light and last Ulver, Demetra's sound is today characterized by a new cinematic and emotional approach.



DOOMRAISER - (COL) MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
Limited coloured version. Really mature and inspired doom with psychedelic touches which reminds Cathedral masterpiece "Statik Magik"...Doomraiser go over doom exploring the mind climbing the Mountains of Madness...



FUNERAL MARMOORI - VOLUME 1 (COL)
Limited orange vinyl. Heavy progressive doom from Florence, Funeral Marmoori, recorded their first album "Volume 1" released by BloodRock Records. Their obscure and gloomy sound is like Lorenzo Lamas riding an evil machinery in the garden of doom! The Florence group, founded in 2008 by guitarist and singer Giulio Sieni and drummer Fabio Nanni, is enriched by the presence of bassist Marco Trentanove and keyboardist Nadin Petricelli. Their main musical influences lie in listening to the dark dark sound vibrations of the Italian pioneers Death SS and Paul Chain Violet Theatre, gloomy and sepulchral atmosphere on which are molded fascinating progressive solutions dictated by the magnificent sound of the keyboards, in particular Farfisa organ. Track-list: Funeral Marmoori Garden Of Doom Drunk Messiah Lorenzo Lamas Black Rooster Come With Us

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.22

LANDMINE MARATHON - LANDMINE MARATHON
LANDMINE MARATHON follow up last year's critically and fan acclaimed full length, 'Gallows', with a new two song self titled EP. Both songs were recorded in the same sessions as 'Gallows' and will not be heard anywhere else. These songs will destroy you with their hearty mix of old school death, grind and doom, combined with a ferocious vocal onslaught.

EXPECTED - 2013.22



ABHORRENCE - (COL) COMPLETELY VULGAR (2LP)
REPRESS. Gatefold, 20 PAGE booklet, 5 bonus tracks! Limited SMOKEY GREY limy vinyl, 350 only. Finnish death metal from the end of the 80s/early 90s. In the golden years of the early 90s, there had been a bunch of demo bands that did have indeed more and less an influence on the then ever-evolving and still shapeless form of extreme music known as death metal. And then, there was ABHORRENCE. Of course, we aint just talking about AMORPHIS Tomi Koivusaari, even if this well-established and respected band's very first proper release in 1991 (Privilege Of Evil) was a direct continuation of it. No, to put it simply, over the course of less than two years, and even if they officially released during their lifetime only one EP on SERAPHIC DECAY and one demo on tape, this bunch of young lads changed the course of Scandinavian extreme metal forever. Up to this day, only a handful of brave acts have managed to match the intensity and utter creepiness of "Caught In A Vortex" or "Vulgar Necrolatry". Like their neighbours in Stockholm, early Finnish death metal had a sound on its own and this is the one and only true definition of it: raw, putrid, primitive and truly made straight in Hell.



BACH, SEBASTIAN - ABACHALYPSE NOW (2LP)
Limited to 1000 copies on 180 gram clear vinyl. Live album by former Skid Row member. SIDE A: 1. Slave To The Grind 2. Kicking & Screaming 3. Here I Am. SIDE B: 4. Big Guns 5. Piece Of Me 6. 18 & Life. SIDE C: American Metalhead 8. Monkey Business. SIDE D: 9. I Remember You 10. Youth Gone Wild.



BACH, SEBASTIAN - KICKING & SCREAMING
On 180 gram red vinyl. Overall fourth release by heavy metal musician Sebastian Bach, but is the second to include all original studio recordings. One of the most thoroughly enjoyable releases from any artist associated with the hair band movement of the late 80s and early 90s.



CANDLEMASS - (BLACK) EPICUS DOOMICUS METALLICUS-LIVE AT ROADBURN
Double gatefold vinyl with etched D-side, black vinyl ltd to 400. Candlemass' debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is a genre-defining classic if there ever was one - the starting point of modern epic doom metal, even. In 2010 and 2011 Candlemass invited the original Epicus vocalist Johan Lngqvist back into the fold for a few select shows celebrating the album's 25th birthday. This vinyl only release captures the band performing Epicus live at the sold out Roadburn Festival in Holland, April 2011. Mixed from a professional 32-track recording and mastered vinyl under the supervision of Leif Edling, this is the ultimate live version of the classic. The Svart release has the album spread over three sides of vinyl and an etching on side D. The two LPs are wrapped in a gatefold jacket.



CHAIN, PAUL - LIFE AND DEATH (BLACK)
Black vinyl, ltd. to 400. Life and Death, talian doom metal magister Paul Chain's first solo album after disbanding Violet Theatre, is musically a more traditional affair than the psychedelic experimentation he became synonymous with later in his career. Originally released on Minotauro Records in 1989, the Svart version is authorised and expands the original artwork to gatefold format.



CORROSION OF CONFORMITY - WISEBLOOD
On 180 gram vinyl, first 750 copies on black red splattered vinyl. Originally released in 1996. Corrosion of Conformity got to old-school heavy metal, yet their fondness for industrial soundbites and thrash-metal keeps the group sounding contemporary. Despite receiving mixed reviews, Wiseblood is one of Corrosion of Conformity's most successful and best-selling albums to date, peaking at number 104 on the Billboard 200.



DAMN YANKEES - DAMN YANKEES
180 gram audiophile pressing. The band was formed in 1989, consisting of Tommy Shaw of Styx, Jack Blades of Night Ranger, Ted Nugent of The Amboy Dukes and a successful solo career, and Michael Cartellone (then an unknown drummer, but one who would later join Lynyrd Skynyrd). Produced by rock producer Ron Nevison, the new bands self-titled debut album went double-platinum in 1990.



DEATHENING - CHAINED IN BLOOD
Second album by Deathening, Chained In Blood is a twelve track piece on the brutalities and atrocities caused by man as empathy is suppressed. The brutal vocal style, ranging from death growls to black metal screaming, is backed up by intense riffing and an exquisite drum work. Standing out in the steady stream of metal releases is not an easy task but this is an album so fully loaded with musicality and gut feeling that it is destined to stand the test of time. Including guest appearence by Orvar Safstrom (ex- Entombed).



DREAM DEATH - SOMNIUM EXCESSUM (BLACK)
Dream Death's comeback album after a 25 year silence. Gatefold. Black vinyl, ltd. to 300.



EMPEROR - PROMETHEUS (2LP)
Limited to 1.000 copies, pressed on 180-gram grey vinyl. LP reissue of the fourth and final studio album of this Norwegian symphonic black metal band, originally released in 2001. This album takes a more progressive style than their previous releases.

GOATESS - GOATESS (BLACK) (2LP)
Black vinyl, limited to 300 copies.



I, GVILT BEARER - THIS GIFT IS A CURSE
Splatter vinyl. This first album is a crushing experience of Blackened Sludge Hardcore. Distilling all its influences in a new configuration of extreme aggression, "I, Gvilt Bearer" combines the hatred of early & raw Black Metal with the heaviness of modern & metallic Sludge Hardcore. Recorded in early fall of 2011 in secret location north of Stockholm, the album was released in may 2012 in collaboration with 5 labels from France, Denmark, Germany, Scandinavia and Uk in lp and sold out just a few months. This second press in collaboration with Monotonstudio (Germany) and Discouraged Records (Scandianvia) will be presented in a beautiful 12" splatter vinyl in printed innersleeve + cover. Suffocating, dark, dense, rich and personal, this music is a new step in the evolution of extreme metal.



M-PIRE OF EVIL - CRUCIFIED
Limited cross-numbered edition of 333 copies and featuring an embossed sleeve plus inner sheet and free M-Pire Of Evil logo stencil! This release includes VENOM only tracks which have been re-recorded by Mantas, Tony and Marc! Officially presented during the first NIGHT FEST at MoFo Studios, this release really knocked the band on their knees!



MASTERPLAN - NOVUM INITIUM
Highly anticipated fifth album of the multinational melodic metallers! The new lineup featuring: Martin "Marthus" Skaroupka (CRADLE OF FILTH) on drums, vocalist Rick Altzi (AT VANCE, THUNDERSTONE) and bassist Jari Kainulainen (Ex-STRATOVARIUS, SYMFONIA). For the fans of Helloween, Stratovarius, Kamelot etc.



MERCY - WITCHBURNER (BLACK)
Black vinyl, limited to 300 LP's. Along with Heavy Load, Mercy were the most memorable early pioneers of the Swedish heavy metal scene. With their first releases strongly influenced by NWOBHM, the joining of singer Messiah Marcolin took the band's sound towards heavier and more obscure pastures. Witchburner is the band's only album with the future Candlemass star on vocals, and it is also arguably their heaviest and most doom-influenced. Strongly recommended for anyone into classic 80's doom metal!



METAL CHURCH - HUMAN FACTOR
180 gram audiophile pressing. Vinyl reissue of 1991 metal album. In order to promote The Human Factor, Metal Church supported MotAlice Cooper on the Operation Rock 'N' Roll tour, and later supported Metallica on the Wherever We May Roam Tour as well as Motorhead, Judas Priest and Alice Cooper.



ORNE - (BLACK) CONJURATION BY THE FIRE (2LP)
On black vinyl, limited to 500 copies. Gatefold artwork, with insert and bonus tracks. Orne's debut album The Conjuration by the Fire, originally released in 2006, is already a revered cult classic. It's original vinyl version, alas, was a botched affair. Pressed directly from a CD master, it left much to be desired. The Svart reissue is a modest attempt to try and fix the situation. With a new vinyl master prepared by Joona Lukala / Noise For Fiction, the album is cut on three LP sides to give it more dynamics. As an added bonus on side D there's the original A Beginning three track demo, which led to the band being signed back in the day. The package also features a 8 page booklet with liner notes by band leader Kimi Krki (also of Reverend Bizarre / Lord Vicar fame). The LP set comes packaged in a copper foil stamped heavy gatefold jacket.



SCALE THE SUMMIT - THE MIGRATION
Ltd Vinyl LP (180g clear vinyl with poster + download card Musically wise beyond their years, the Houston-based SCALE THE SUMMIT has accomplished things in six short years that many veteran acts still dream of achieving. After self-releasing their acclaimed debut album in 2007, the instrumental progressive hard rock quartet signed with Prosthetic Records before issuing their sophomore effort, 2009's "Carving Desert Canyons". The album won extensive praise from the likes of Guitar World, Revolver and their hometown Houston Chronicle (the ninth-largest newspaper in America, and Texas' biggest daily publication), as well as their musical peers in such groups as Dream Theater, Between The Buried And Me and Protest The Hero, all of which invited the group to tour with them in the year following the album's release. After headlining Prosthetic's SXSW showcase last spring and gaining notoriety via their music's inclusion in the Rock Band Network, SCALE THE SUMMIT spent much of 2010 writing and recording their third album, "The Collective". Produced, engineered and mixed by Mark Lewis (All That Remains, Trivium, DevilDriver), and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side (Baroness, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Hatebreed), the album saw the band step up their game sonically while continuing to craft expansive, atmospheric music that speaks volumes without saying a word.



SHINING (NORWAY) - ONE ONE ONE
Pressed on 180-gram orange vinyl, here's the 2013 album by Norway's blackjazz/industrio-freaks Shining. An exuberant release of unparalleled sonic mayhem!

TRAP THEM - SEIZURES IN BARREN PRAISE
Back in print. 'Seizures In Barren Praise' is the second full length album by extreme metal/HC band Trap Them. It was originally released in 2008.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.23

CUT YOURSELF IN HALF - MEKKANIZM
Debut album by Bradford 4-piece energised, riff packed, stoner rockers. A hellish amalgam of the hook laden rolling stoner grooves of QOTSA and Red Fang, mashed with a mighty thump of Mastodon-esque heaviness and hard rock, all put through a psychedelic mangle. The music is huge, with thunderous riffs followed by thunderous rhythm changes and grooves that take in hardcore, doom and acid-rock, all executed with top class playing. LP on 180-gram blood-splatter vinyl. Presented in gatefold sleeve and includes download.



EARTHEN GRAVE - EARTHEN GRAVE (2LP)
Limited 2LP edition, with 2 BONUS live tracks. Formed in 2008, EARTHEN GRAVE is a five-piece Chicago metal band that marries the sounds of metal past and future with a sweaty, pummeling live show. EARTHEN GRAVE boasts an undeniable collective metal and musical pedigree. Each member is an accomplished musician and a veteran of the metal scene, including Ron Holzner who was a member of the seminal and seismic doom pioneers TROUBLE - a band widely regarded as one of the most important unsung American metal bands of all time. In addition, EARTHEN GRAVE has that "extra something special" with occasional guest 6th member live and boasting a Full collaboration on the new release with Rachel Barton Pine. Rachel, a world-renowned classical violinist brings her frightening classical chops to a relatively new instrument, the Viper. For fans of: Trouble, Black Sabbath, Cathedral, Pentagram, St. Vitus, Rainbow.



UNSILENCE - UNDER A TORN SKY
Slow, heavy epic doom metal with magnificent clean vocals. Unsilence is from the UK and this is their debut full-length album after many demos and MCDs. 'Under A Torn Sky' is old-school, arcane and epic doom metal not far from the style of Solstice and Doomsword and also appealing for traditional doom fans.

EXPECTED - 2013.23

COFFINS - LIVE IN JAPAN (10")
Recording of a live set from 2011, Japan. Features a special folding poster cover by artist Joe Salois (also responsible for the sleeve of Black Pyramid's 'Stormbringer'). Limited edition of 400 copies on thick black wax.

AEROSMITH - AEROSMITH 'DREAM ON' (USA/180GR)
Numbered high quality LP reissue on 180-gram vinyl of this classic Aerosmith title, which hit the US charts in 1973 and again in 1976!

ATROCITY - HALLUCINATIONS/THE HUNT (2LP)
Re-release incl. Blue Blood EP 1989, The Hunt Mini LP 1996 and 4 bonus live tracks from Barcelona 1992.

DEAFHEAVEN - SUNBATHER (2LP)
Melodic epic black metal from San Francisco that's got way more intensity and personality to offer than the average representative from the vast league of copy cats. Both personal and universal, Deafheaven feels like a refreshing hurricane in the realm of black metal. Double LP-edition.



SUMMONING - OLD MORNINGS DAWN (2LP)
Seven long and agonizing years have finally come to an end, as "Old Mornings Dawn" - the highly anticipiated new album by the cult band SUMMONING - is about to be released! Despite the long break, the congenial duo Silenius and Protector did not stray an inch from their patch. Their distinctive melodies are the heart of all the songs on the latest longplayer, and bring the listeners directly into the fantastic world of Middle-Earth. This becomes evident in e.g. "Caradhras", where already the first notes let the mighty and ice-clad mountain appear in the mist, whereas "Flammifer" summons the spirit of Erendil. The majestic and diverse hymns are a monument of epic proportions and are beyond comparison in each and every second. SUMMONINGs Epic Black Metal is the perfect soundtrack for a world filled with legendary characters, massive strongholds and breathtaking landscapes. "Old Mornings Dawn" marks the glorious return of a band, who has already become a legend in its own right.



TERRORAMA - (BLACK) GENOCIDE
Limited 100 copies BLACK vinyl. Swedish warmachine TERRORAMA unleashes their third full-length album "Genocide" packed with unrelenting deathrash taking their influences of South American, East European or Aussie metal to a new level of extreme.



ULTRA VIOLENCE - PRIVILEGE TO OVERCOME (2LP)
Dear metalheads and headbangers! This is your cup of tea! Guaranteed! 100% thrash metal in the most traditional Bay Area vein! Now the ULTRA VIOLENCE album 'Privilege To Overcome' appears on vinyl for the first time in a strictly hand-numbered limited edition of 250 copies plus photo/lyrics sheet! Two heavy black vinyl platters housed in a noble 5 mm spine cover featuring an amazing painting by extraodinaire artist ED REPKA!!! Really nothing more has to be said! If you are into old school, then this is for you! The young oufit's energy combined with their amazing technical skills already made reviewers talk of the new Death Angel!

BACK IN STOCK - 2013.23



CHAIN, PAUL - (BLACK) DETACHING FROM SATAN
Limited to 350 x black vinyl, insert + poster. The master of esoteric doom metal and former DEATH SS member.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.25



HARVESTER (EIRE) - BLIND SUMMIT RECORDINGS
A 12-inch on 180-gram black virgin vinyl, offering six songs in 30 minutes on 33 rpm. Sleeve with 3mm spine and matte finish. Insert with lyrics and band portrait. Limited to 250 hand numbered copies. Mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin. HARVESTER is a stoner metal band from Galway in the west of Ireland. Formed in 2011 through a mutual love of Black Sabbath and Guinness they draw influences from the greats; Thin Lizzy, Black Sabbath, Sleep, Rory Gallagher as well as bands such as Graveyard, Torche and High On Fire etc. Essentially, Harvester play our favourite mix of Stoner, Rock 'n' Roll, Punk and Metal and Freak Flag Recordingsis more than proud to present this mini-long playing record in a physical format. Please note that James Plotkin's master is only available on the vinyl. The download code with the record contains the original digital version of 'The Blind Summit Recordings'.

EXPECTED - 2013.25

WOLVES LIKE US - GET GONE 10"
PROSTHETIC RECORDS is excited to announce the release of a special vinyl only 10" single from Norwegian's WOLVES LIKE US. A precursor to the upcoming new album, these two brand new recordings are exclusive to this release - the epic, sprawling title track "Get Gone" clocking in at just under 8 minutes and a masterful cover version of Quicksand's "Too Official" on the b-side. Having signed with Prosthetic Records back in 2011, WOLVES LIKE US (who feature ex-members from such notable Norwegian acts as Amulet, Infidels Forever, JR Ewing and Silver) have had a couple of years of dedicated hard work and widespread acclaim. Their debut album from 2011, 'Late Love' was warmly received and heralded both domestically as well as across the UK and mainland Europe, from NRK and GQ Norway, to Visions DE, Kerrang and BBC Radio 1 amongst numerous others. Their infectious, powerful and honest fusion of post-hardcore and heavy punk / indie has seem then tour Europe three times over this period too with Kvelertak, the Swing Kids and label mates Junius and a main stage appearance at Norway's prestigious OYA Festival, among others. The band are currently in the studio in Oslo recording their follow up album, which will be unveiled in the Autumn of 2013. In the meantime, the guys wanted to do something special so entered the famous Propeller Studios to record "Get Gone", a track that stands tall on it's own and perfect choice for an interim single. Having already covered The Afghan Whigs on 'Late Love', Quicksand seemed like the perfect choice for this recording, highlighting another of the band's strongest influences. The sessions were documented with a video diary that will be launched online in the build up to this release. 'Get Gone' highlights a band that's on the move. Their sound has grown. It's big. It resonates. Something special is happening right here. Issued exclusively as a 10" vinyl only release and packaged with the stunning visuals of Polish artist, Dawid Ryski. Watch out for the new album in the Autumn and the mammoth touring schedule that will follow. TRACKLISTING: 01. GET GONE 02. TOO OFFICIAL (QUICKSAND COVER).

AC/DC - LET THERE BE ROCK (UK)
Vinyl reissue of their famous 1977 album.

BARONESS - LIVE AT MAIDA VALE EP
Features all four tracks recorded on 12 July 2012 for their session on BBC Radio 1's Rock Show. Limited edition 12" EP.

DEATHCHARGE - BAD DREAM FOREVER
A golden dawnrazor for the new dark age! DEATHCHARGE returns with their second 12". Eschewing both redundancy and the predictable pitfalls of false progression, A. Void and the funeral horde push through to strange new frontiers. Gone is the d-beat worship of their earliest incarnations as a bleak melodic dirge emerges from the rubble of the micro/macro apocalypse. Slice wide the curtain of night and watch the entrails of a bad dream spill out.forever.

HEAVY LOAD - DEATH OR GLORY
Heavy Load was a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm. The band is often hailed as the first Swedish heavy metal band and were known for their Viking themes. They formed in 1976, as a trio, by the two brothers Wahlquist (guitar, vocals and drums), together with bassist Michael Backlund. 1977 Heavy Load recorded their debut-album "Full Speed At High Level" (released 1978), now with Dan Molen handeling the bass playing. The record company, Heavy Sound Records, went bankrupt after a while (not because of Heavy Load I hope!) and the Wahlquist Bros. formed their own label, Thunderload Records, and recorded this follow up 'Death Or Glory' album.

HEAVY LOAD - STRONGER THAN EVIL
Reissue of 1983 album. Heavy Load was a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm. The band is often hailed as the first Swedish heavy metal band and were known for their Viking themes. They formed in 1976, as a trio, by the two brothers Wahlquist (guitar, vocals and drums), together with bassist Michael Backlund.

HUNTRESS - STARBOUND BEAST
Limited 1LP gatefold edition on black vinyl + bonus track & download. HUNTRESS released their buzzworthy debut album "Spell Eater" on April 27, 2012 via Napalm Records. The album, which Metal Hammer calls "a magical debut from the hottest new act of 2012, " was just the beginning for the Southern California heavy metal pentad. Huntress recorded their second album "Starbound Beast" with producer Zeuss (SHADOWS FALL, HATEBREED, AGNOSTIC FRONT) at Hobby Shop Studios in Los Angeles. "Starbound Beast" will be released via Napalm Records on June 28, 2013 (Europe) and July 2, 2013 (North America). HUNTRESS was spawned from the preternatural union of Jill Janus with underground metal bands PROFESSOR and DARK BLACK. HUNTRESS vocalist Jill Janus states the band's inspiration for the album came the cosmos. "I began to open the stargate with "Spell Eater", and specifically the song "Sleep and Death" which references deep space. We are children of Earth, but crave the stars, the vast galactic unknown. I began writing the second album while on tour last summer in Europe. I'd wake up at odd hours while everyone slept and began receiving lyrics and melodies that were expanding beyond my knowledge of the occult." "Starbound Beast" will blow minds; HUNTRESS remains true to the roots of melodic heavy metal, but has advanced musically and will indeed surprise many metal fanatics with their stunning new material. The band's thundering drums, heavy riffs, spectral solos and catchy choruses are derived from the musical concoction of esoteric science and bong rips. "Starbound Beast" is your ship to other realms and beyond!



LEGEND (USA/HARDROCK) - FROM THE FJORDS
1979 progressive heavy rock masterpiece that set the flame for the epic metal genre a few years later. Connecticut's LEGEND had their record released as a private pressing of a mere 500 copies, and now changes hands for $700 and more. Over the last 15 years and specially due to the internet share of information on underground cult gems, this monster grew and grew in popularity and price. This power-trio shared their love for Sabbath/Heep/Rush and others of the genre, but also fusion rock like Mahavishnu Orchestra. Their imaginary revolved around epic fantasy, specially Viking mythology. Legend was a power trio, full of great musical ideas and concepts that unfortunately didn't have a place in a 1979 garbage filled music industry. The band ended up in 1980 and changed name to Mercenary which only released a single in 1981. Acid Nightmare proudly releases this heavy/prog classic in a limited edition of 400 copies with lyric insert. Do not miss this! If you still don't know Legend, you're playing in the wrong league!

NAPALM DEATH - UTILITARIAN
Vinyl version of the 2012 album from the veteran Grindcore outfit. Fourteen albums in and Napalm Death still remain the leaders of the Grindcore/Death Metal world, once again showing the upstarts how its done. Utilitarian runs the gamut from straight-ahead violence and force to pure, undiluted Napalm Death-induced chaos that overall provides a well-rounded bloodletting thats not for the weak and also confronts the listener with such surprising moments as the sax passages by none other than John Zorn on Everyday Pox or choral-like clean sections in Fall On Their Swords or Blank Look About Face. True to the bands tradition of spitting gallons of verbal venom, Utilitarian is an in-your-face razor-edged platter of social, cultural and political commentary.

VENOMOUS MAXIMUS - BEG UPON THE LIGHT (2LP)
Limited 2LP gatefold edition on PINK vinyl & 3 bonus tracks & 1 vinyl exclusive track & download. The Texan dark occult metal outfit VENOMOUS MAXIMUS has already risen to the status of a heavy hitter in the depths of the underground. Now, the band is ready to finally unleash the album debut "Beg Upon The Light". Heavy riffs, driving drums create the perfect foundation for the musical and lyrical direction of the songs, which bring the enthralled listener into the realm of the occult! The Texans turn the mix of stoner and doom metal into a deadly blend that goes right into your blood. Pounding and powerful songs filled with energy set the stage for the glorious vocals of frontman Gregg Higgins, the grand marshal who leads through these occult hymns "Beg Upon The Light" combines occultism, heavy riffs and the perfect stoner attitude to create a pitch-black and irresistible album. A pitch-black and occult ceremony!

BACK IN STOCK - 2013.25



EPICA - THE PHANTOM AGONY (EXPANDED) (2LP)
The Phantom Agony marked the start of the now decade-long and world-wide career of the Dutch group EPICA. The album was recorded at The Gate Studio in Wolfsburg, Germany, under the leadership of the renowned producer and engineer Sacha Paeth (a.o. Aina, After Forever, Rhapsody, Kamelot) and at its release it was critically acclaimed to be one of the most impressive Dutch Epic Metal debut albums ever. The classically trained mezzo-soprano vocalist Simone Simons is a true revelation, confronting a complete choir & orchestra just as easily as she battles the shrouds clad grunts. But it is the incredible arrangements and production, this band of ex-After Forever guitarist Mark Jansen gives a unique place in Dutch rock history. "Pain and beauty blend into a musical experience that will saturate all the listener's senses", one critic wrote after listening to the overwhelming CD. He could not have put it better. - Epic Metal - Exclusively restored dynamic 24 bit remastering from the original master tapes - 6 bonus tracks - 2LP high quality 180 gram audiophile pressing - Deluxe 350 gram carton gatefold sleeve - All lyrics included. CHAPTER A: 1. Adyta 1:27 "The Neverending Embrace" 2. Sensorium 4:49 3. Cry for the Moon 6:44 "The Embrace that Smothers - Part IV 4. Run for a Fall 6:31. CHAPTER B: 1. Illusive Consensus 5:00 2. Faade of Reality 8:10 "The Embrace that Smothers - Part V 3. Feint 4:19 4. Seif al Din 5:46 "The Embrace that Smothers - Part VI. CHAPTER C: 1. The Phantom Agony 8:59 2. Veniality 4:37 - non album track 3. Triumph of Defeat 3:54 - non album track. CHAPTER D: 1. Veniality 4:35 - orchestral version 2. Feint 4:53 - piano version 3. Cry for the Moon 3:30 - single version 4. Run for a Fall 4:29 - single version.



ZARPA - HEREDEROS DE UN IMERIO
Reissue of 1985 heavy metal classic from Spain's metal pioneers Zarpa. Has two bonus tracks from the same recording sessions, that were not included in the album by original labels decision. All completely remastered, the release also includes a nice insert with photos and memorabilia. Limited collectors edition of 320 copies only, with the artwork as it was intended by the band!

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.26



CARNAL GHOUL - (COL) THE GROTESQUE VAULT
Limited to 166 copies on transparent red/white splatter vinyl, with two-sided poster.

HIRAX/FKU - SPLIT 7"
Thrash metal massacre pressed on white vinyl.



OATH - NIGHT CHILD (COL)
E3dition of 150 copies on gold vinyl. Tracks 'Night Child', 'Black Rainbow'.



COFFINS - LIVE IN JAPAN (10")
Recording of a live set from 2011, Japan. Features a special folding poster cover by artist Joe Salois (also responsible for the sleeve of Black Pyramid's 'Stormbringer'). Limited edition of 400 copies on thick black wax.



COVEN (USA/80S) - (COL) WORSHIP NEW GODS
350 x white vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet. The band Coven we are talking about is not the thrash/death metal bunch from Seattle (who released the notorious Blessed Is The Black album in 1988). And it's not the obscure 1960s American band who might have issued the first ever Satanic rock album in history either (1969's Witchcraft Destroys Minds And Reaps Souls - today a precious collector's item). Worship New Gods is a doom metal monster originally released in 1987 and now re-released for the first time on High Roller Records (remastered by Patrick W. Engel at his Temple of Disharmony). Coven were initially formed in the motor city of Detroit in 1985.



DARKNESS (GERMANY) - DEATHSQUAD (COL)
350 x blue/ red blend vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster. There's no doubt about the fact that the Ruhr area was the birthplace of German thrash metal. Kreator, Sodom, Living Death and even one-hit wonders such as Violent Force (Velbert) all came from working-class towns graced by bleak industrial buildings and mass unemployment. The same goes for Darkness. They formed on the spot on December 1st 1984 after a legendary gig at the Zeche Carl in Essen, where Destruction, Iron Angel and Tormentor, an early incarnation of Kreator, had been playing. They had everything: the name of the band, Darkness (Destroyer was an early alternative name), the concept, and the pseudonyms, namely Torturer (Lacky), Agony (Hartmut Schoner) and Skull (Andreas Becker). Darkness' first album Death Squad, originally released in 1987 on Tales of Thrash, a subsidiary label of GAMA, became an instant Teutonic thrash classic.



DIAMOND LIL - DIAMOND LIL (BLACK)
350 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, 8 page booklet, A4 photo, poster. Being early forerunners of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal movement (just like Adrian Smith's Urchin from the East End of London), Diamond Lil was formed during 1975 with the line up of Lorna Oakley (vocals), Harry Spooner (lead guitar), Alan Letch (bass guitar) and Marcus Foakes (drums). The group started in Braintree, Essex, as a covers band playing standards taken from groups such as Wishbone Ash, The Pirates, Thin Lizzy and other 1970's bands as well as playing some rock classics. Their first ever live appearance took place on the 10th of December 1975. During their first year, Diamond Lil evolved from a pure covers band to become a totally original group playing a repertoire of no less than forty self-penned songs.



NAE'BLIS - SKETCHES OF REALITY (COL)
Limited edition 250 copies clear vinyl. A manifestation of thoughts about the futility of dreams and the meaninglessness of human life. Swedish Suicide Black Metal far above the genre standards, musically and lyrically.



STONE SOUR - HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES PART 1
Stone Sour don't play it safe on their fourth offering, House of Gold & Bones-Parts 1 & 2. House of Gold & Bones Parts 1 & 2 is a collection of 23 tracks that follow an immersive, linear storyline. Part 1-the first 11 songs-will be released on October 23, 2012. Part 2 will be released next year, completing the story. The songs set the tone and follow the action, but House of Gold & Bones is a multimedia experience. Videos, an online presence, album packaging, the live show and even a graphic novel will all follow and expand on the story. It's a lofty undertaking, but Stone Sour have never shied away from a challenge. With them, it's par for the course. TRACKLISTING: 01. GONE SOVEREIGN 02. ABSOLUTE ZERO 03. A RUMOR OF SKIN 04. THE TRAVELERS, PT. 1 05. TIRED 06. RU486 07. MY NAME IS ALLEN 08. TACITURN 09. INFLUENCE OF A DROWSY GOD 10. THE TRAVELERS, PT. 2 11. LAST OF THE REAL

EXPECTED - 2013.26



ARSTIDIR LIFSINS/HELRUNAR - FRAGMENTS: A MYTHOLOGICAL EXCAVATION
Gatefold sleeve, 180g vinyl, signed poster, PVC protection sleeve. Heathen black metal. Apart from being a collaborative effort by Helrunar und Arstidir Lifsins, who each recorded one song of epic length exclusively for this split release, "Fragments - A Mythological Excavation" also testifies to the friendship between the labels of both bands, Prophecy Productions and Ván. This release (overall duration: 35 minutes) already suggests, both groups delve into mythological topics: Helrunar's "Wein Fur Polyphem" draws from Homer's "Odyssey" while Arstidir Lifsin's 'Vindvalarmal" taps into the sources of Old Norse mythology. What in the end unifies both songs musically as well as lyrically are their monumental character and apocalyptic undertone which is manifest to the elemental force of those mythological ideas - a power reanimated by "Fragments".

ASH BORER - BLOODLANDS
Here the US metal group explores greater textures and pushes the ambience and atmosphere even further to the forefront of their songs. Includes download.



BEAST IN THE FIELD - THE SACRED ABOVE THE SACRED BELOW (2LP)
We dare you to survive the wrath and wreckage of this 70-plus-minute hellride into oblivion. Recorded -once again- live to tape, never has the sonic prowess and sheer brute strength of BEAST IN THE FIELD been captured the way it has here.

INTER ARMA - DESTROYER
Mini-album, now also on vinyl! Inter Arma are known for their furious mix of black metal, southern stoner and Neurosis-style imperial riffage.

ISIS - CELESTIAL (2LP)
The band's landmark debut album, available on vinyl for the first time in more than 6 years. Comes with re-mastered audio and a new layout with re-invisioned artwork by AARON TURNER.

LYCHGATE - LYCHGATE
LYCHGATE blends the mood of experimental doom with the execution and soundscape of melody-driven black metal. On 180-gram vinyl, including download.



MANILLA ROAD - (BLACK) OUT OF THE ABYSS
200 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy gatefold cover, poster, 2 page insert. 1988's Out of the Abyss can't be classified as a typical Manilla Road album by any stretch of the imagination! Some say it is the darkest Manilla Road album ever and some are of the opinion that it was the most thrash metal influenced record in the band's long and fruitful career.



MASTER - (BLACK) FOUR MORE YEARS OF TERROR (+7")
150 x black vinyl, bonus 7", 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert. Notorious both for his mighty beard and his strong opinions, Paul Speckman from Chicago, Illinois is one of the loudest and most significant voices in (thrashened) death metal. His band Master belongs to the longest lasting constants in that field of music, forever shunning all trends or the "need" for a "modern" sound. Master first formed in 1983, rising from the ashes of Pauls former bands War Cry and Death Strike, and in spite of a long list of line up changes and troubles with getting out their first proper release (their debut, simply titled "Master", was released in 1990 on German label Nuclear Blast) Master have been alive, kicking and massively influential ever since.

QUTTINIRPAAQ - NO VISITORS
The shadowy, bleary-eyed Austin crew lead by MATT TURNER (passed out on the lawn) serves up Texas-style sludge with layer upon layer of in-the-red fuzz, feedback, vomit, claustrophobia, no eye contact, distorted 808 beats, wind-up glam drums, suspicious voices from other rooms, Tejano transmissions and EDP Wasp synthesizer. Includes a wind tunnel cover of George Brigman's 'DMT' for all the heads. Past involvements include Austin psych stumblers RUBBLE, SAME SAC and '90s free noise questionables ABRASION ENSEMBLE. 180-gram, deep purple vinyl. Edition of 300.



VALIENT THORR - OUR OWN MASTERS
Limited vinyl version. Recorded at Ronnie Jone Sound Studios in Athens, GA and produced, engineered and mixed by Kyle Spence of experimental rockers Harvey Milk, 'Our Own Masters' shines a bright light on VALIENT THORR's singular sound, delivering twelve tracks of balls-to-the-wall rock that yearns to be played at full volume.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.27

HIRAX/FKU - SPLIT 7"
Thrash metal massacre pressed on white vinyl.

HIRAX/VIOLATOR - SPLIT 7"
Hirax (USA), known worldwide as forefathers of Thrash Metal and crossover music and Violator (Brazil) are leaders of the new exploding Thrash Metal movement. This 7" brings together bands from two different countries and unites them through the Power Of Thrash Metal and extreme music! Guaranteed to satisfy fans of metal, punk, and hardcore. This record is a MUST HAVE!!



HEATHEN - RECOVERED
Thrashers and metalheads everywhere! It's your turn again! The very last release missing on vinyl from this legendary band is now available! 'Recovered' from 2004! Limited edition of 400 hand-numbered copies with a gatefold cover and OFFICIALLY licensed by the band themselves! Bay Area thrash masters, HEATHEN can be considered as prime movers of the San Francisco thrash metal scene along with Testament, Death Angel, Exodus and Megadeth! Always active part of the scene since the early days. You do not really need more to know! Go and BUY! Thrash or be thrashed!



M-PIRE OF EVIL - CRUCIFIED
Limited cross-numbered edition of 333 copies and featuring an embossed sleeve plus inner sheet and free M-Pire Of Evil logo stencil! This release includes VENOM only tracks which have been re-recorded by Mantas, Tony and Marc! Officially presented during the first NIGHT FEST at MoFo Studios, this release really knocked the band on their knees!



ULTRA VIOLENCE - PRIVILEGE TO OVERCOME (2LP)
Dear metalheads and headbangers! This is your cup of tea! Guaranteed! 100% thrash metal in the most traditional Bay Area vein! Now the ULTRA VIOLENCE album 'Privilege To Overcome' appears on vinyl for the first time in a strictly hand-numbered limited edition of 250 copies plus photo/lyrics sheet! Two heavy black vinyl platters housed in a noble 5 mm spine cover featuring an amazing painting by extraodinaire artist ED REPKA!!! Really nothing more has to be said! If you are into old school, then this is for you! The young oufit's energy combined with their amazing technical skills already made reviewers talk of the new Death Angel!

EXPECTED - 2013.27



JOHANSSON & SPECKMANN/TORTURE PULSE - LAIR OF THE WRETCHED
Yipieh-ka-yay. This is old school, this is death metal. Fucking blasting, killing and raw . What do you expect if true death metal veterans are calling for war?! ARMAGEDDON!!!



SETHERIAL - FIRESTORMS
Two unreleased Satanic prayers. Fast and evil. Monstrous and pitch black. The way Norwegian black metal has to be played!

AMARANTHE - THE NEXUS
The sophomore full length by this melodic death-/power-metal outfit from Sweden.

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH - WRONG SIDE OF HEAVEN/THE RIGHTEOUS SIDE... (2LP)
...OF HELL, VOL. 1' - The 4th and 5th albums from the Californian metal band collected in one double-LP set.



LIKLUKT - BAY OF KINGS
Arrrggg! The first full length release from Tapir (Crypticus, Johansson & Speckmann, Megascavenger, Ribspreader, The Grotesquery, The Skeletal, Those Who Bring The Torture) and Sigar. True Norwegian death metal bulldozers! This masterpiece will contain ten brand new tracks of ruthlessly stomping, brainbusting death metal bearing the unavoidable Scandinavian spirit - of power and from the heart.



NECROMASS - CALIX. UTERO. BABALON.
The new album from NECROMASS, 'Calix. Utero. Babalon'. Recorded at Nadir Music Studios and produced by Funeral Industries, it represents the official comeback for the black metal cult band, 17 years after the last full length 'Abyss Calls Life' (1996). An evocative portrait of Tilla Durieux as Circe, made by German symbolist painter Franz von Stuck in 1913, has been chosen as album cover.

NOISEM - AGONY DEFINED
'Agony Defined' offers nine high-octane death/thrash tracks in the tradition of early SLAYER, MORBID ANGEL, or CANNIBAL CORPSE, with a filthy and crispy delivery. Fans of the originators/masters of the style will not be disappointed, and all non-believers will be extinguished. Vinyl edition.

RAMESSES - MISANTHROPIC ALCHEMY (2LP)
Re-release now on Ritual Production + bonus material. The first full album on double LP from former Electric Wizard members. The album features the trademark torrential riffing, psychedelic jams and enigmatic spells. Ramesses condense the Wizard's enormity into more manageable and more immediately comprehendible form and evoke Korpse and Sleep.



RIBSPREADER - BOLTED TO THE CROSS
It fucking kills the whole way through. You can't get enough of the guitar sound, which beats out 'Clandestine'/'Left Hand Path'-era Entombed even in its sick, dirty sound! Killer death metal for the first time on vinyl!



SETHERIAL - EKPYROSIS
Satanic destruction! Monstrous and pitch black, 'Ekpyrosis' bashes you over the head in that patented Nordic fashion. And dammit if you don't want it to happen. The masters of fast skullcrushing Norwegian black metal. For the first time on vinyl!



ULVER - MESSE I.X-VI.X (BLACK)
Edition on black vinyl! Music commissioned for Tromso Kulturhus in cooperation with the Arctic Opera and Philharmonic Orchestra. Composed and first performed by Ulver, on primarily electronic instruments, with the Tromso Chamber Orchestra on September 21st, 2012. The assistance of Martin Romberg -God bless his Viennese heart and arrangements- has been invaluable. Much of this was recorded live, yet it is not a live album. Ulver and crew spent long hours in the studio translating what happened that night, with the result being more quiet than normal. More modern than medieval. But there will always be rapture. Consecration and crying. The father, the mother... and ghosts. Shadows reverberate -it feels like a companion piece- and Silence's erratic electronique. Sample culture. War and vulture. People hurt. In spite we love. Our children. We fear their future. Remember Gorecki's No. 3: Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. It has haunted us for years, and probably always will. The Gustavs Mahler and Holst. Sound collages from When or Nurse With Wound. '70s kraut and synth. Ash Ra and Autobahn. '80s pop scores. John Carpenter and Tin Drum. Terry Riley, again and again and again. Saint John of the Cross. By now, most of you know where we come from. The rest is silence. ~Ulver, Purgatory, summer 2013.



ULVER - SVIDD NEGER O.S.T. (GOLD)
Ulver's 'Svidd Neger' score from 2003 is available on vinyl again, with adjusted golden artwork. This is Ulver's first foray into scoring full-length feature films (as opposed to the previously scored short film "Lyckantropen", though ironically this disc is a few minutes shorter than "Lyckantropen Themes"), the subject being the controversial Norwegian film "Svidd Neger". Here the songs are incredibly lush and dense, generally laidback but sinister, at times more musical and orchestral, while other elements are more minimal and atmospheric - but always exceptional. (Quote taken from aversionline.com). Limited 100 copies.



ZATOKREV - THE BAT THE WHEEL & A LONG ROAD TO NOWHERE
Zatokrev, hailing from Basel in Switzerland, was founded by Silvio Spadino (drums), Marco Grementieri (bass/samples) and Frederyk Rotter (guitar/vocals) in April 2002 to deliver a heavy load of dragging metal. After they recorded the self--titled debut album in their own rehearsal room, Zatokrev got a release through the UK label Codebreaker and Earache in North America and got only positive reviews in music magazines everywhere. Since then Zatokrev had many replacements of band members. Finally in 2011 a new fixed line--up has been completed and the band is ready to tour again. Zatokrev recorded a new full--length album with Serge Morattel at the Rec Studio in Geneva, where many great albums from bands like Knut, Shora or Impure Wilhelmina have been produced already. The album called "The Bat, The Wheel and a Long Road to Nowhere" has been mixed, mastered and co--produced by Raphaël Bovey, also known as drummer from the band Kruger, to give it the final punch. Zatokrev have developed their music further through past years. The new album contains elements from Sludge, Stoner, Black Metal, Prog--Metal, Doom, Psychedelic Rock, Post--Hardcore and shows more dynamics in song writing, instrumentation and a stronger variety of vocals. Since August 2012 the latest album -- "The Bat, The Wheel and a Long Road to Nowhere" is out worldwide on CD through Candlelight Records, who called Zatokrev ,one of the most forward--thinking and crushing bands in extreme music at the moment". For Fans of: Crowbar, Neurosis, Eyehategod, Mastodon, Baroness, Isis, Electric Wizard, Wolves In The Throneroom.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.28



NECROCURSE - GRIP OF THE DEAD
Limited edition of 400 12-inches on orange vinyl. Sweden's hell-majestic Death Metallers NECROCURSE have truly invoked pure evil with the much anticipated debut full-length 'Grip Of The Dead'! With members from Nifelheim, Swordmaster, Runemagick, Sacramentum, etc and set in a traditional ancient Heavy Metal spirit, 'Grip Of The Dead' is a convocation of ominous Deathchaos and Blackened Thrash destruction. Together with a slab of anthemic devil-horn theatrical antics, the end result is a perfect assimilation of the legitimate NECROCURSE sound-stamp! Recorded, mixed and mastered at Sonic Train Studios with legendary King Diamond guitar maestro Andy La Rocque (King Diamond, Melechesh, Hammerfall, etc) and the stunningly nefarious artwork cover by David Herrerias (of Sweden's Antichrist), the Morbid Maniacs have returned and it is going to be unpleasant.



STEPSON - THE LOST TAPES '72-'74
About forty years in the making, and finally the world has the second Stepson album! Utilizing tapes preserved by drummer Len Fagan then transferred to digital and mastered by bassist Bruce Hauser, this fine collection of twelve songs is as close as the world will ever get to a real second Stepson album. Some is raw, some is embryonic, but it's all prime stuff for fans to savor, reflecting the bands "devil may care" attitude and rock'n'roll lifestyle. And just in case you don't believe that the band liked to party, consider that the exact recording dates (and even some locations) have long been forgotten. To borrow an old adage: If you can remember Stepson, you weren't there. Kicking off with a crunching riff by guitarist Joey Newman, Danger Zone is the heaviest track Stepson ever cut, replete with an ominous atmosphere reflecting the seedy side of their native Los Angeles; Streets of Alameda (1974) is an ode to vocalist Jeff Hawks' hometown, featuring a liquor store holdup and a stolen Lincoln used as the getaway car. Flesh & Blood is the only track on here that got an official release, albeit by ex-Smith belter Gayle McCormick as the title track to her second solo album, released by Decca in 1972. This version showcases the riff in full glory. And if you don't believe that this riff is strong, consider that The Tonight Show band played it for approximately two weeks in 1976, prompting Fagan to confront "author" Don Menza, who coincidentally did the Flesh & Blood albums horn charts and was now claiming credit for the song under the title Instant Heart. The song disappeared from late night TV show shortly thereafter. Bad Situation, the only other 1974 track, describes the bands predicament that year: a track that should have propelled them to the big time, but instead bounced off a brick wall like a tennis ball. The maracas and funkified quasi-Bo Diddley groove hint at Stepson's growth and what might have been. Bluesy hard rock band that rose from the ashes of Touch. Their sole album was released on ABC/Dunhill Records in 1974. Despite the fact that the band never toured in support of their amazing album, over the years the word has gotten out about this incredible album and the band enjoys cult success among collectors. Easily one of the best examples of "cock rock" ever put onto wax. Side One: 1. Danger Zone 2. Streets of Alameda 3. Can't Help Myself 4. Flesh & Blood; 5. Don't Say Goodbye (Say Goodnight). Side Two: 1. S-H-A-K-E 2. Midnight Creep 3. Mississippi Dirt Road 4. RockD To My Very Soul 5. Bad Situation.



TERRORAMA - GENOCIDE (BLACK)
Limited 100 copies BLACK vinyl. Swedish warmachine TERRORAMA unleashes their third full-length album "Genocide" packed with unrelenting deathrash taking their influences of South American, East European or Aussie metal to a new level of extreme.

EXPECTED - 2013.28



ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO - UNDEAD PRIEST OF HOLY TRINITY OF DEATH
Available on standard black (ltd. to 500) wax. ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO, the Finnish 'Kings of Lovecraftian Hard Rock & Death Metal', are back with a 7" EP entitled 'Undead Priest of Holy Trinity of Death', featuring three brand-new songs from the sessions in which they recorded their critically acclaimed debut album, Torches Ablaze. The title track is an unholy recital about a zombie priest evoking an undead horde. 'The Nomad' tells the story of a vicious revenant wanderer who slaughters everything he sees. 'Spellbound & Tortured' is a mangled vision from the eyes of a sadist wizard. Musically, this EP delivers the most straightforward ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO to date and the band sounds nastier than ever. The cover art is courtesy of Eero Reiniaho, the mastermind behind the album covers of STENCH OF DECAY and DEPRESSION.



DAGGER - MAINLINE RIDERS (BLACK)
Ltd. 700 x black vinyl. The band: Jani Kataja - vocals, David Blomqvist - guitars, Tobias Cristiansson - bass, Fred Estby - drums. Tracks: Mainline Riders b/w Dark Cloud.



METH DRINKER - EP
The dirty trio from New Zealand have done it again. This crushing 7" takes off where their s/t LP left you! Fucked up, filthy, crushing sludge that does not need any comparrison. Meth Drinker have made a brew of their own, and you better pick up on it!

SERVILE SECT - GLOWING (10")
A three-track excursion lasting twenty-three minutes, 'Glowing' shows KRNKR and CLMNT's compositions at their most mature and polarizing, no doubt to raise eyebrows and cause many an argument on various silly internet forums. Manifesting itself as a sort of slow metamorphosis, 'Glowing' is a sort of exercise in balance with the duo shifting weight equally between their more alien, experimental side, and, of course, their black metal roots. Pressed on smoke coloured 10-inch vinyl.

AGARTTHA - A WATER WHICH DOES NOT WET HANDS
From the backward special theatre of archetypes, AGARTTHA is a flashing journey into the past dream of a gypsy moth whom powder ferries the listener into the twists and turns of unconscious among the remote architectures of black pointed stones and echoes of warmth and light. Agarttha is the solo project of Italian musician FRANCESCA MARONGLU, already in ARCHITEUTHIS REX (Utech Records) along with Antonio Gallucci. 'A Water Which Does Not Wet Hands' is inspired by the namesake book of Sendivogius, a Polish pioneer in alchemical studies and it deals with the Jungian archetypes, in particular with the apocalyptic dreams and premonitions of the daughter of Jung's friend, an 8 year old child which dreamed for awhile about death symbols and drew them in a small book before dying of a fatal illness.



ARSTIDIR LIFSINS/HELRUNAR - FRAGMENTS: A MYTHOLOGICAL EXCAVATION
Gatefold sleeve, 180g vinyl, signed poster, PVC protection sleeve. Heathen black metal. Apart from being a collaborative effort by Helrunar und Arstidir Lifsins, who each recorded one song of epic length exclusively for this split release, "Fragments - A Mythological Excavation" also testifies to the friendship between the labels of both bands, Prophecy Productions and Ván. This release (overall duration: 35 minutes) already suggests, both groups delve into mythological topics: Helrunar's "Wein Fur Polyphem" draws from Homer's "Odyssey" while Arstidir Lifsin's 'Vindvalarmal" taps into the sources of Old Norse mythology. What in the end unifies both songs musically as well as lyrically are their monumental character and apocalyptic undertone which is manifest to the elemental force of those mythological ideas - a power reanimated by "Fragments".

CROWBAR - BROKEN GLASS
Reissue on vinyl of one of the favourite Crowbar-titles among many of the band's fans. Originally released in 1996, this is their fourth album.

DEAD AIR (USA) - HOOF
Dead Air is essential hard rock for creepy people in the food court. The trio brings to mind pill poppers and school skippers like the U-Men or the Cherubs in attack with an additional double helix sniff. Here are six tracks straight from the main vein of a grease clogged heart. Hyper limited edition of 150 copies!



DEADLOCK - THE ARSONIST
After a line-up change, a new chapter opens in the book of DEADLOCK. A chapter that couldn't be more electrifying and thrilling. Every part, every vocal line and each and every played note had to live up to the expectations of all band members. The result - 'The Arsonist' - is a testament to this work ethic. Be it the driving opener 'The Great Pretender', the brutal death metal song 'Darkness Divine', or the ballad 'Hurt' that puts the angelic voice of Sabine Scherer in the spotlight. The mix of melodic death metal and elements from the world of pop has reached a new level of maturity and depth of details on 'The Arsonist'. The band did not shy away from orchestral sounds, choir elements or synth fragments. Despite the new influences, the band built a musical bridge to its previous releases, which is due to the main songwriter Sebastian Reichl. Reichl made use of different sounds in order to create a score to a world of feelings. He creates an atmosphere that is oppressive, melancholic and unsettling, but because of the pop elements, the sound turns out to be fresh, catchy and dynamic. The combination of the sound and the vocal work of John Gahlert and Sabine Scherer makes the album the most versatile and sophisticated longplayer in the bands history. 'The Arsonist' is both, catchy and complex. Thus, giving the album a timeless quality. "The Arsonist" is once more a testament to the bands grasp of pure heaviness and catchy melodies. DEADLOCK's 'The Final Storm' says that 'A new aeon rises. We are here to stay. May my voice be the storm...we are the storm'. After listening to the new album, one can wholeheartedly agree with this statement.



EXTREME - PORNOGRAFFITTI
180 gram audiophile pressing. Originally released in 1990. The title is a portmanteau of pornography and graffiti. The album sold very well, peaking at #10 on the Billboard 200, and was certified double platinum in the U.S. It is the band's best selling album. Two singles from Pornograffiti, "More Than Words" and "Hole Hearted", reached the top-5 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two other tracks, "Decadence Dance" and "Get the Funk Out", reached the lower half of Billboard's rock chart.



FOREIGNER - 4
180 gram audiophile pressing, coming with an insert. Reissue of their 4th studio album, originally released in 1980. Several singles from the album were successful, including "Urgent", "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "Juke Box Hero". They propelled the album to being Foreigner's only #1 in the US.

MEKONG DELTA - KALEIDOSCOPE
MEKONG DELTA's 'Kaleidoscope' for the very first time on vinyl in a limited edition of 333 copies! OFFICIALLY licensed by the band and featuring 2 special inserts!



POWERWOLF - PREACHERS OF THE NIGHT (2LP)
- Limited 2LP Gatefold Edition in Orange Vinyl Ltd to 400 Copies incl. 4 Bonus Tracks and A1 Poster. No other metal band has achieved similar sucess in the last years: With 'Blood Of The Saints' Powerwolf entered the German album charts for about 3 weeks, they even rose up to position 23! The German Metal Hammer elected the band 'ascenders of the year' and their album was honoured as the 'Power Metal album of the year'. 'Preachers Of The Night' will be released via Napalm Records: a truly catchy and intense album - furious, epic, heavy und wolfish up to the max! Powerwolf have again created an album that goes directly in your ears with its easy-to-grasp hooklines and catchy refrains, but you also won't be fed up with it after numerous listens. Powerwolf do not only impress on CD but also on stage where they prove to be true masters of entertainment, who will celebrate a big metal party with their fans at every gig. Powerwolf do not only rely on their fantastic songs, they nearly detain a metal mass und playfully include religious/spiritual elements. Powerwolf just combine all aspects to a thrilling event, that will give you goosebumps and earned the band the reputation as one of the best live acts out there.

RASPBERRY BULBS - DEFORMED WORSHIP
Stomping, vicious and unrelenting, here are nine songs in thirty minutes. NY-based Raspberry Bulbs defies the constraints of classification but is often mistakenly labelled as a black metal band. It is not a black metal band. Raspberry Bulbs has grown from the solo project of M. del Rio (HWCT from Bone Awl) into a five-piece of extraordinary force and focus.



RITUAL REAPER - PLAGUE RIDDEN KINGDOM EP
Don't get confused with the visual concept in this release: You can see some pentagram, the band logo seems to be made with some stems with thorns, and maybe you can think about some extreme metal band. Wrong! Ritual Reaper is a real gothic rock machinery which is perfectly well-tuned; they have the high level of energy from the bands of the new millennium: this modern sound which have aplomb, force, and higher bit rates (compared with some classics, which are denser, and they were oriented to the creation of obscure soundscapes, with mesmerizing melodies) I can say that some tracks are more rock-oriented with some traces of metal (because of the hard and heavy guitars). But the final result is an awesome combination of both of the traditional, and modern sounds of gothic rock. They are carrying the torch, and they are giving a refreshing rendition of the genre at the same time. This is the debut EP of this band from Sweden, and it is hot stuff because their sound is pretty exciting. ~Daniel Olivera/thisisgothicrock.com

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.30



CANDLEMASS - (BLACK) EPICUS DOOMICUS METALLICUS-LIVE AT ROADBURN
Double gatefold vinyl with etched D-side, black vinyl ltd to 400. Candlemass' debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is a genre-defining classic if there ever was one - the starting point of modern epic doom metal, even. In 2010 and 2011 Candlemass invited the original Epicus vocalist Johan Lngqvist back into the fold for a few select shows celebrating the album's 25th birthday. This vinyl only release captures the band performing Epicus live at the sold out Roadburn Festival in Holland, April 2011. Mixed from a professional 32-track recording and mastered vinyl under the supervision of Leif Edling, this is the ultimate live version of the classic. The Svart release has the album spread over three sides of vinyl and an etching on side D. The two LPs are wrapped in a gatefold jacket.



DARK BUDDHA RISING - DAKHMANDAL (3LP BOX)
3LP box set, colored vinyl, 350 copies. Finnish occult psychedelic drone doom metal group Dark Buddha Rising is drenched in deep mystery, with no biographical information available. Described by Roadburn Festival as "sprawling dirge of doom metal and myriad cryptic incantations luring the listener into a trance of doom-induced sensory depravation", the band has released three self-financed full length albums (Ritual IX, Entheomorphosis, Abyssolute Transfinite) on vinyl only. The time has come for the fourth Dark Buddha opus; Dakhmandal, for which the band chose to employ the services of the eclectic Finnish label Svart Records. Dakhmandal, the new album of the drone metal necromancers can be described as oppressive and circular. Due to the nature of the work it will be released primarily as a triple 12 inch EP.



KUOLEMANLAAKSO - ULJAS UUSI MAAILMA
Standard black vinyl, gatefold + large booklet. As they say, life will find its way. Named after one of the lowest, driest and hottest places on Earth, Kuolemanlaakso ("Death Valley") took its first breath in the Spring of 2010. The band originally started out as a one-man project of guitarist Laakso (Chaosweaver). Much influenced by 'Eparistera Daimones' of Triptykon, Laaksos mission was to create an utterly dark and heavy album, full of catchy hooks and originality: a tragically beautiful world all its own. The feedback from an unreleased four-song demo recording was so overwhelmingly positive from fellow musicians that Laakso decided to recruit some of them and thus make Kuolemanlaakso a fully operating five-head outfit. The band packed their bags in February 2012 and flew to Woodshed Studio, Germany, which is operated by none other than V. Santura of Triptykon and Dark Fortress fame. Santura not only co-produced, mixed, mastered and engineered the crushing debut album, 'Uljas Uusi Maailma' ("Brave New World"), but he also provided guest guitars on five tracks on it - upon his own request, as he liked the material so much. So, here it is, Kuolemanlaaksos first step into darkness, 'Uljas Uusi Maailma', for you to check out. Life has definitely found its way. A very, very dark and heavy way.



MONARCH! - OMENS
'OMENS' is MONARCH!'s sixth full-length release of atmospheric dirge/drone since their 2005 inception. The latest recordings also features newest member Rob Schaeffer (DARK CASTLE, YOB, etc.), along with guitarist Shiran Kaidine (YEAR OF NO LIGHT), bassist Michell Beidegain, and of course the ethereal, penetrating vocals of Emilie Bresson. Guest musicians Atsuchi Sano (BIRUSHANAH), Yallen Munoz (ENSORCELOR), Eric Quach (THISQUIETARMY), Jeanne Peluard (THE SPARTEENS), and Robert Macmanus (ex-GREY DATURAS, ex-Monarch) make appearances.



ORNE - (GREEN) CONJURATION BY THE FIRE (2LP)
On green vinyl, limited to 300 copies. Gatefold sleeve, plus insert and bonus tracks. Orne's debut album The Conjuration by the Fire, originally released in 2006, is already a revered cult classic. It's original vinyl version, alas, was a botched affair. Pressed directly from a CD master, it left much to be desired. The Svart reissue is a modest attempt to try and fix the situation. With a new vinyl master prepared by Joona Lukala / Noise For Fiction, the album is cut on three LP sides to give it more dynamics. As an added bonus on side D there's the original A Beginning three track demo, which led to the band being signed back in the day. The package also features a 8 page booklet with liner notes by band leader Kimi Krki (also of Reverend Bizarre / Lord Vicar fame). The LP set comes packaged in a copper foil stamped heavy gatefold jacket.



SOLSTAFIR - (CLEAR) MASTERPIECE OF BITTERNESS (2LP)
Double gatefold vinyl with printed inners. Available editions are clear vinyl (700 copies). For this very special vinyl edition of the band's second album 'Masterpiece Of Bitterness' the Solstafir guys dug up the original unmastered mixes of the album to create a new vinyl master from and also prepared new layout. The band was also kind enough to hand over a wholly unreleased track from the Masterpiece sessions, 'Devil Mask'! This vinyl is the fruit of a year of hard work on both artistic and archaeological levels, and we hope it to be the best possible presentation of Solstafir's breakthrough work. The gatefold double LP comes with printed inner bags. On clear vinyl.



YEAR OF NO LIGHT - VAMPYR (2LP+CD/BLACK)
Initially composed to be played as a live soundtrack (like at Roadburn Festival 2011 for example) on Carl Dreyer's "Vampyr" (silent film from 1932), this long musical piece was finally recorded in february 2012. The result is not a new YEAR OF NO LIGHT album but a long new track (72 minutes) with YEAR OF NO LIGHT classic heavy riffs mixed with more experimental and drone tunes that can remind us their collaborative records with NADJA or THISQUIETARMY. The record is a double vinyl including a CD version of the long track to listen to it in an one-time session.

EXPECTED - 2013.30

CAROUSEL - JEWELER'S DAUGHTER
CAROUSEL Incorporates the harmonized guitar lines of Thin Lizzy, the bombast of Mountain and the rhythmic propulsion of Diamond Head, Motörhead, and other bands whose names include the word "head".

COFFINS - SEWAGE SLUDGECORE TREATMENT
Japan's notorious COFFINS deliver an album of covers. Features versions of songs by Buzzov-en, Eyehategod, Noothgrush, Grief, and Iron Monkey. Six tracks in all.

GRIME - DETERIORATE
Hailing from Trieste, Italy, GRIME channel the essence of sludge and doom metal into an ugly, vitriolic, black cacophony. Their debut full length will leave you with a sick and unsettling feeling deep in the recesses of your stomach, yet you will be unable to suppress the desire to bang your head into oblivion. Features ex-members of THE SECRET. The LP will consist of two different colour variants on heavy weight 180-gram vinyl encased with black dust sleeves and full colour jackets with a poster and download card. The limited run is oxygen rich blood haze of oxblood red and grimace purple and a larger run of grey and red haze.

TAAKE - NOREGS VAAPEN (2LP)
Reissue of the fifth full-length album (from 2011) from Norwegian black metal band Taake.

TRAITORS RETURN TO EARTH - BETTING ON A FULL COLLAPSE
In 2011 Traitors Return to Earth released Smokescreen and received warm welcomes from the international doom scene as a result. This their sophomore effort, the much awaited Betting on a Full Collapse promised not to disappoint. While Smokescreen offered up critical observations of endless wars and of US foreign policy, Betting on a Full Collapse shifts its harsh critique toward the failing monetary policies of a rapidly growing world bank. The vinyl release will feature all original cover art from W. Ralph Walters, including an original Traitors Return to Earth themed comic book by W. Ralph Walters in every album as well as a download for the album plus two bonus tracks! Traitors doubled down on Betting, choosing once again to play all basic tracks live. The result is a very raw and personal experience that draws in the listener. Digging even deeper into the riff, Traitors have grown darker and more complex on Betting while still allowing for a certain diversity. "Betting On A Full Collapse is a brilliant album that I cannot rate highly enough. This is their best work to date and I hope there is more to come from these hugely talented sludge metallers... They might be great guys away from the band but once they are playing as a collective unit then they are true demonic force of nature. A dark and brooding unflinching ride of thrills and spills take this album into the realm of brilliance."

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.31

WHISPERHEAD - (BLACK) WHISPERS IN THE VOID (10")
Black vinyl version. What initially started out as an alternate acoustic recording based entirely on their debut album 31,000, ended up as a compilation of acoustic songs with mostly new material. Recorded using classical guitars only and one vocalist, Whispers in the Void / Volume I stands as Whisperhead's first endeavour into the nether regions of ambient acoustic soundscapes. Whisperhead is a metal band with a twist, hailing from the Netherlands, with black metal heritage. The band consists of two people: Sademaara and Shagra, with Sademaara composing as well as playing all the instruments, and Shagra writing the lyrics and performing the vocals.



RITUAL REAPER - PLAGUE RIDDEN KINGDOM EP
Don't get confused with the visual concept in this release: You can see some pentagram, the band logo seems to be made with some stems with thorns, and maybe you can think about some extreme metal band. Wrong! Ritual Reaper is a real gothic rock machinery which is perfectly well-tuned; they have the high level of energy from the bands of the new millennium: this modern sound which have aplomb, force, and higher bit rates (compared with some classics, which are denser, and they were oriented to the creation of obscure soundscapes, with mesmerizing melodies) I can say that some tracks are more rock-oriented with some traces of metal (because of the hard and heavy guitars). But the final result is an awesome combination of both of the traditional, and modern sounds of gothic rock. They are carrying the torch, and they are giving a refreshing rendition of the genre at the same time. This is the debut EP of this band from Sweden, and it is hot stuff because their sound is pretty exciting. ~Daniel Olivera/thisisgothicrock.com

EXPECTED - 2013.31

NUNSLAUGHTER/EVIL WRATH - SPLIT 7"
The masters of American devil metal go toe to toe with some evil Canadians. Packaged in full colour covers.

PELICAN - DENY THE ABSOLUTE/THE TRUCE
Two songs from instru-metal, post-everything pioneers, Pelican. Recorded by Greg Norman at Studio Greg Studios II (Neurosis, Russian Circles) and Kemble Walters at Canshaker Studios, mastered by Brad Boatright at Audioseige (Sleep, Noothgrush). These tracks are exclusive to the physical vinyl format and will not be released digitally.

ARABROT - ARABROT
Arabrot's self titled sixth album follows the Steve Albini-produced 'Solar Anus', which won the band a Norwegian Grammy. The album features a widened family of Arabrot-collaborators, most notably Emil Nikolaisen (Serena Maneesh) who in addition to recording and mixing the album, also plays bass. Norwegian experimental stalwarts Lasse Marhaug and Erland Dahlen also feature heavily. The lyrical content follows familiar Arabrot patterns, taking inspiration from surrealists like Georges Bataille and Robert Desnos, mixed with a fascination for the mythologies of ancient Greece and the Old Testament. LP version, including CD.

BLOTTED SCIENCE - THE ANIMATION OF ENTOMOLOGY
Blotted Science is an instrumental technical death metal supergroup headed by Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink), bassist Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) and drummer Hannes Grossmann (Obscura, ex-Necrophagist). They started out under the name Machinations of Dementia, but after the departure of drummer Chris Adler, the band changed their name to Blotted Science. This is a vinyl reissue of their 2011 mini-album.

BLOTTED SCIENCE - THE MACHINATIONS OF DEMENTIA (2LP)
Blotted Science is an instrumental technical death metal supergroup headed by Ron Jarzombek (Watchtower, Spastic Ink), bassist Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) and drummer Hannes Grossmann (Obscura, ex-Necrophagist). They started out under the name Machinations of Dementia, but after the departure of drummer Chris Adler, the band changed their name to Blotted Science. This is a double-LP reissue of their 2007 debut full length.

CELESTE (FRANCE) - NIHILISTE(S)
FINALLY REPRESSED!!! Comes with stunning new artwork. The second full length record by this nihilistic, misanthropic band from France! Fans of Cult Of Luna, Breach, Neurosis or Dark Funeral should be all ears!

DIRTY TRICKS - DIRTY TRICKS
Dirty Tricks was a British blues-based hard rock band, which recorded three albums in the second half of the '70s. These albums were 'Dirty Tricks' (1975), 'Night Man' (1976) and 'Hit & Run' (1977). Dirty Tricks made its San Antonio debut at a Southside bar known as Randys Rodeo late in 1974, to rave reviews. It was there that they debuted songs from the upcoming album and finished the crowd off with an explosive version of the Kinks 'You Really Got Me', a year before Van Halen released their first album with that same song. The debut self-titled album was produced by Black Sabbath/Budgie/Judas Priest legend Rodger Bain.

GLACIERS - MIRRORED THROUGH THE ANCIENTS
California's instrumental heavy rock band Glaciers' 2013 full length reveals a heavier, moodier, more experimental and somewhat psychedelic sound. There is still plenty of melody, but more distortion, riffs, effects pedals, heavy drumming, heavy rock songs, and a much lower tuning can be heard. This edition is available on smoke (black/grey and clear) coloured vinyl, and it comes complete with full colour packaging, full colour insert and a digital download code.

HAIKAI NO KU - SICK ON MY JOURNEY
Guitar & vocals: Mike Vest (Bong/Drunk in Hell), bass: Jerome Smith (Charles Dexter Ward/Female Borstal), drums: Sam Booth (Foot Hair/Rife). Sick on My Journey is the first real album by Haikan No Ku, the brainchild of Mike Vest from the mighty Bong, Sam Booth and Jerome Smith. The band has been described as: "Death Toll Blues". Ear damaging psych heavily influenced by Japanese bands like Mainliner, Les Rallizes Denudes etc. Crashing drums and bass lay down the framework for fiery guitar attacks to lash across peoples faces. Expect dirge, noise and astral planes. Haikai No Ku play some of the most morose, damaged blues psych weve heard in years: death-toll bass and crashing drums lead the way for a solitary guitar line obliterated by total psychedelic guitar scree. Songs start off as loose jams that slowly build up to utter brain-melting acid psychedelia. Early Ramleh gone deathrock? Tracks: A1 Powder Flowder A2 Violent Existence Of The Yagyu B1 Sleep On Horseback B2 Maximum Zenith B3 Carving Kuhi.

LYCUS - TEMPEST
Following a demo, which was so impressive that it appeared on vinyl through SF's Flenser Records, Oakland-based (via Sacramento) LYCUS deliver their official debut full length. The young band has crafted an incredibly mature album, instantly recognizable as among the top funeral doom/death releases of the past several years. One can hear echoes of Mournful Congregation, Asunder, My Dying Bride, even Pallbearer within their melancholic dirges and woefully heavy riffs. However, Lycus don't rely solely on punishingly slow tempos. In fact, even the slow sections have a sense of movement not often seen in the genre, and at other times the band breaks out into bursts of hysteric black metal, such as on the album's 20-minute title track. 'Tempest' is the most promising debut of 2013 in the doom genre, and establishes Lycus as a band to watch in the months and years ahead.

MAMMOTH GRINDER - UNDERWORLDS
Now also on vinyl! Their previous full length, 'Extinction Of Humanity', showcased the band's direction into a distinctly death metal permutation, full of aggression and punk rawness, and they continued in this spirit on 2011's split LP with fellow Austin, Texas-based group Hatred Surge. Now, after a long wait and much anticipation, Mammoth Grinder release their wildly destructive third full-length 'Underworlds'. The album marks a peak at which Mammoth Grinder have sharpened and perfected their sound into a seething grind/death/thrash maelstrom of intense degree. With artwork by the legendary JOE PETAGNO, whose work has graced albums from artists like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin to Motörhead and Marduk.

PANOPTICON - KENTUCKY (2LP)
Finally, PANOPTICON's most coveted release is available on vinyl again! 'Kentucky' was lauded as an instant classic of North American black metal and experimental metal upon its initial 2012 release. It sold out immediately and is now highly sought-after. Second edition of 1.000 copies!

PANOPTICON/VESTIGES - SPLIT LP
Washington, DC's VESTIGES and Louisville, KY's PANOPTICON have teamed up for a split album. The limited-edition LP contains two of Vestiges' strongest songs yet -18 minutes of material- and three unreleased tracks by Panopticon (including a Suicide Nation cover). Vestiges formed in January of 2010 and have already released several critically acclaimed EP's and full-lengths that blend hardcore, black metal, crust, D-beat, screamo and post-rock influences. One-man North American black metal entity Panopticon has almost a dozen releases under its belt over the past six years, and Metal Underground called the band "... far from traditional, and always dynamic." In 2012, they released their black metal/bluegrass hybrid masterpiece album 'Kentucky' to great critical acclaim.



URFAUST - DREI RITUALE JENSEITS DES KOSMOS
With etching on side "b". Mandala poster, din A2 (pics will follow), silver/golden print on solid black cartonstock Printed innersleeves and black wax. Urfaust is an occult audial vessel of madness that was invoked in 1999.

BACK IN STOCK - 2013.31



GOLD (NL) - (BLACK) GONE UNDER/MEDICINE MAN
Highly acclaimed 7" debut of Dutch "GOLD'. Strongly rooted in 70's hard rock and NWOBM.



AFTER ALL - DAWN OF THE ENFORCER
Belgian thrash metal band. Printed innersleeves with lyrics, 1st edition in 180g black wax.



DEVIL'S BLOOD - III: TABULA RASA OR DEATH AND SEVEN PILLARS (2LP)
Gatefold sleeve, heavy full coloured innersleeves, 180 gram black virgin vinyl. Third album by Dutch dark-cult-psych-doom band. Limited edition Heavy grey rough cartonstock with overall golden hotfoil embossing, miniposter with all info and lyrics. Musically expect rock'n'roll flavoured hard rock that speak of times decades past, no modernisms, no trends, no high end sounds. Just vintage rock music in the vein of Roky Erickson, Black Widow, Coven, Black Sabbath and a rich plethora of sixties and seventies undergound psychedelic rock bands too numerous to mention. Although The Devil's Blood are inspired and fueled by their love for these bands they are not a tribute band in any way or form. Instead we offer new, original, fresh material to strengthen our live rituals and appease our Master's senses. So even though The Devil's Blood play "old time music" they do it with the same creative and artistic drive as their inspirators."

DEVIL'S BLOOD - THOUSANDFOLD EPICENTRE (2LP)
REPRESSED. Second album. a 70 minutes monster of psychedelic rock. Gatefold outer sleeves, printed, heavy innersleeves, black vinyl, 24 page full coloured booklet (12"sized) with lyrics and illustrations.



LEMOUCHI, SELIM -& HIS ENEMIES- - MENS ANIMUS CORPUS
Fullcoloured glossy jacket, heavy innersleeves, 180g black virgin vinyl. Psychedelic kraut rock. Selim Lemouchi on most instruments. His enemies: a never stagnant group of colleagues, friends and artists.



ORANGE MAN THEORY - GIANTS, DEMONS AND FLOCKS OF SHEEP
Formed in 2003, in Rome, Italy, extreme rock quartet The Orange Man Theory delivers a raging sound influenced by a strong passion for groovy dissonances, angular and odd rhythms, a perverse addiction to death metal and a real devotion for 70's super rock. Once recorded their debut cd "Riding A Cannibal Horse From Here To..." with Steve Austin of Today Is The Day, they signed to the US Supernova Records. Their album soon caught the attention of the worldwide press that acclaimed the album on the most important magazines, and The Orange Man Theory toured Europe, USA and South America. They performed at SXSW 2008 in Austin, TX, and played with bands like Sick Of It All, Today Is The Day, Wolves In The Throne Room, Venomous Concept, Cripple Bastards, -(16)-, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Godflesh, Dark Funeral... Hardcore riffs, grind outbursts and rock atmospheres blend together in the third album titled 'GIANTS, DEMONS AND FLOCKS OF SHEEP'.

SAINT IVO - DOOMESTICATION
Silver print on solid black rough cartonstock, 180g clear vinyl Dark, doom metal.



VANDERBUYST - VANDERBUYST (BLACK)
Vinyl version housed in nice gatefold sleeve. Vanderbuyst is a Dutch Hard Rock band formed in 2008 by guitarist Willem Verbuyst (ex-Powervice). As a power trio they advocate a mix of 70s/80s Hard Rock, Classic Rock and early NWoBHM. Inspired by bands like Rainbow, Van Halen, Thin Lizzy, UFO, Deep Purple and ZZtop, Vanderbuyst is not for the ones looking for the latest Nu-Metal and Gothic stuff. However, if you like your Hard Rock old school, Vanderbuyst is your band.



WHISPERHEAD - 31000
Whisperhead is a metal band with a twist, hailing from the Netherlands, with black metal heritage. The band consists of two people: Sademaara and Shagra, with Sademaara composing as well as playing all the instruments, and Shagra writing the lyrics and performing the vocals. The Whisperhead concept was first conceived during the summer of 2011 with the idea of combining science fiction storytelling and music. For the 'The Presage'-trilogy, most of our inspiration has been and continues to be drawn from the Warhammer 40,000 universe and the Norwegian black metal movement of the early 1990s. This is Whisperhead's debut album, 31,000, which is part one of the trilogy: 'The Presage'. This first part is the culmination of over a year of hard work and to a certain degree was inspired by the writings from The Black Library and the Warhammer 40,000 universe. In this trilogy, the music interprets and follows the story about the most promising son of the Emperor of mankind as he descends into madness. For fans of: WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM, ULVER and Norwegian black metal in general.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.32



DARKNESS (GERMANY) - DEATHSQUAD (COL)
350 x blue/ red blend vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster. There's no doubt about the fact that the Ruhr area was the birthplace of German thrash metal. Kreator, Sodom, Living Death and even one-hit wonders such as Violent Force (Velbert) all came from working-class towns graced by bleak industrial buildings and mass unemployment. The same goes for Darkness. They formed on the spot on December 1st 1984 after a legendary gig at the Zeche Carl in Essen, where Destruction, Iron Angel and Tormentor, an early incarnation of Kreator, had been playing. They had everything: the name of the band, Darkness (Destroyer was an early alternative name), the concept, and the pseudonyms, namely Torturer (Lacky), Agony (Hartmut Schoner) and Skull (Andreas Becker). Darkness' first album Death Squad, originally released in 1987 on Tales of Thrash, a subsidiary label of GAMA, became an instant Teutonic thrash classic.



MANILLA ROAD - (BLACK) THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS (2LP)
170 x black vinyl, downfold gatefold cover, poster, insert. Everybody who is familiar with Manilla Road's fine and criminally underrated body of work will know that 1992's Circus Maximus is the odd one out. Originally the album was supposed to be released as a Mark Shelton solo album. But this was not to be.

EXPECTED - 2013.32



CHURCH OF VOID - DEAD RISING (BLACK)
Gatefold, black vinyl, ltd. to 350. Church of Void presents the new wave of old school doom metal on Svart Records. Hailing from the barren wastes of southern Finland, Church of Void is a five man electrical rock band. Founded in 2010 by vocalist Magus Corvus, the band's first sign of life was the limited run EP 'Winter Is Coming'. Now signed to Finland's eclectic vinyl merchants Svart Records, Church of Void is gearing up for a full album release. Self described as new wave of classic doom metal, Church of Void wears their influences proudly on both sleeves and cites their sound as deeply affected by classics such as Saint Vitus, Black Sabbath and Pentagram, but one can also hear overtones of Scandinavian downer rock in the vein of Mana Mana and Babylon Whores here and there. Thematically the band steers away from the popular occult current and focuses on levels of the human condition instead. "We write our material both as individuals and as a group, and most of it draws inspiration from archaic human instincts, needs and emotions", comments Corvus.



CORSAIR - CORSAIR (BLACK)
Ltd. 150 x black vinyls, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet.

DEVILDRIVER - WINTER KILLS (2LP)
Devildriver overlord Dez Farara will readily acknowledge the basic tenet of heavy metal is to achieve the essence of power and complete freedom. At the most base level, its a concept that can manifest itself in the form of a high-speed joyride or defeating ones antagonists, be they Frank Frazetta-rendered warriors or the guy/girl who was looking at your lover too long at the biker bar and now has a concussion and a collection of broken pool cues. On Devildrivers sixth release, Winter Kills, the band certainly didnt skimp on the riffage, the idling-dragster tempos or the sheer sonic drive that makes them one of heavy musics respected outfits. Winter Kills is all about the creation of flashover moments to empower people with hope and affirmation-or at the very least, the inspiration for people to create great work and engineer their own meaningful universes. This aint no tired Tony Robbins posi-posturing or Joel Osteens cartoony, cash-and-Christ posing. The world got more oppressive, and Devildriver are stepping up their game to keep hope alive in the most bone-powdering, cochlea-bleeding, neck-snapping way possible.



ELIXIR - SON OF ODIN (BLACK) (2LP)
Ltd. 150 x black vinyl, gatefold cover, 4 page insert.



EXITUS - (BLACK) STATUTUM EST HOMINUBUS MORI
Gatefold, bonus CD, black vinyl, ltd. to 350. Exitus was a seminal Finnish doom/death/thrash metal band that only survived from 1989 to 1990. They released one official demo, Statutum Est Hominibus Mori in 1990 that was sold to friends and through the underground metal zines of the time. Only around 300 copies were ever made. The band played some gigs in Helsinki area with local bands like Abhorrence and Oppression and were quite popular in those circles. Now, 23 years later, the remastered demo is available on vinyl with a bonus CD-EP of unreleased live and rehearsal tracks. Youve finally got the chance to hear what dark, gloomy, sounds they used to make back then. An absolute must for fans of Dream Death, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Candlemass.. The Svart reissue consists of the entire 30 minute demo remastered on LP and an ultra-rare rehearsal tape as added bonus on CD. The set comes in gatefold covers . "In 1990, around the time the second wave of Doom Metal started its gathering by bands like Cathedral, Penance and Revelation, far away in the periphery of Finland one group did its solitary toil, in shadows and silence.Their existence was brief and mostly unnoticed, but the material so powerful, that had the eyes and ears of the world been turned for that one moment towards them, they would be revered as one of the pioneering saviours of Doom. Now, the world has got a second chance. Enter EXITUS!"

HAIKAI NO KU - SICK ON MY JOURNEY
Guitar & vocals: Mike Vest (Bong/Drunk in Hell), bass: Jerome Smith (Charles Dexter Ward/Female Borstal), drums: Sam Booth (Foot Hair/Rife). Sick on My Journey is the first real album by Haikan No Ku, the brainchild of Mike Vest from the mighty Bong, Sam Booth and Jerome Smith. The band has been described as: "Death Toll Blues". Ear damaging psych heavily influenced by Japanese bands like Mainliner, Les Rallizes Denudes etc. Crashing drums and bass lay down the framework for fiery guitar attacks to lash across peoples faces. Expect dirge, noise and astral planes. Haikai No Ku play some of the most morose, damaged blues psych weve heard in years: death-toll bass and crashing drums lead the way for a solitary guitar line obliterated by total psychedelic guitar scree. Songs start off as loose jams that slowly build up to utter brain-melting acid psychedelia. Early Ramleh gone deathrock? Tracks: A1 Powder Flowder A2 Violent Existence Of The Yagyu B1 Sleep On Horseback B2 Maximum Zenith B3 Carving Kuhi.



HOLOCAUST - (2LP/BLCK+BK) INSIDE THE POWERCAGE
An incredible compilation of this stunning metal band's work. Features a double LP (black vinyl) plus 20 page book!

KATATONIA - LAST FAIR DEAL GONE DOWN (3LP)
Last Fair Day Gone Night documents Katatonia, the Swedish dark rock/metal masters, at Koko in London during a series of special celebratory shows to mark the band's 20th anniversary. The album contains a comprehensive set of band classics - including the Last Fair Deal Gone Down album in its entirety - and is issued on triple heavyweight 180gm vinyl in a deluxe box that comes with an 8 page 12" book. Founding members Anders Nystrom and Jonas Renkse are joined by long-time drummer Daniel Liljekvist along with recent members - namely guitarist Per Eriksson and recently recruited bassist Niklas Sandin.



PROTECTOR - (BLACK) REANIMATED HOMUNCULUS
400 x black vinyls, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert. One thing is crystal clear: Protector from Wolfsburg, Germany, are one of those bands that never really got the attention they deserved. How could it ever happen that such a great band with a sound uncompromising and aggressive like burning sulphur already on their first demo could be so neglected in the common histories of German thrash?



RODS - VENGEANCE (BLACK)
150 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet.



SKULLFLOWER/MASTERY - SPLIT LP
SKULLFLOWER presents a trinity of sombre meditations evoking Europe after the rain, drowned ruins, sunken dreams: spiders run across harpsichords in deserted schlosses and chateaus, doors slam and phantom demon choirs are summoned at seances by Blatavskian crones, whose impenetrable china blue dolls eyes open onto Tibetan vistas, terrible, ancient and remote... MASTERY is improvised one man cosm(ag)ick. Total berzerker black metal, rooted in the tradition of true grim blackness, but filtered through Mastery's cracked perception, transforming this into something beyond true; a droned out and damaged, outsider blackness, that sounds pretty much unlike almost any other black metal. Limited to 400 copies on purple vinyl.



SPEEDTRAP - POWERDOSE (BLACK)
350 black vinyl edition. After many slow-ups and hardships, Finland's Speedtrap (founded in Lappeenranta, 2007) are finally back and ready to let it loose! Three years have passed since their previous release, a split album with Helsinki-based heavy metal punks Death with a Dagger, but the reckless heavy metal rockers have been busy boosting up their hyper energetic act to a whole new level. Those already familiar with Speedtrap know what to expect: the aptly named debut full-length album "Powerdose" is a Motorheadcrash of speed metal, hardcore punk, rock n roll and rapid-fire guitars that will bulldoze the feeble retro-revival scene back into oblivion. With roots crawling in the most vigorous depths of the 80s, Speedtrap grabs the listener by the cojones with their take no holds barred arrogance, bestial grooves, rockin riffs that force the head to tilt back and fort, and vicious vocal delivery provided by Jori Sara-Aho, one of the most promising players in the scene. Speedtrap is not here to reinvent the wheel, but to stretch out the best parts of their influences and mold it into exceptionally vivacious heavy metal rock mammoth. The band has squeezed out all the unnecessary elements out of their diamond-tight arrangements and kept the songs short to ensure an overdose of genuine 110-proof rock energy. Zero extra + zero bullshit = pure rock n roll powerdose! To fully capture the bands true sound and identity, the album has been recorded fully analogue from beginning to end: no computers were used in the making of this album. The result is a musical weapon of brutal delight that will take no prisoners. Warning: Speedtrap is not for wimps!



VOLTURE - ON THE EDGE (BLACK)
Ltd. 150 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert, poster. Volture is the brainchild of bassist Ryan Waste (known for his work with Municipal Waste) and guitarist Nick Poulus (an ex-member of Cannabis Corspe). Both got together over a beer (or four) to form the band in Richmond VA in November 2008. The song writing leaned toward traditional Euro/US Metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The two friends were joined by drummer Barry Cover and vocalist Brent Hubbard (who was later replaced by Jack Bauer).



WYTCHHAZEL - THE TRUTH (BLACK)
Ltd. 350 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, insert.

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ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO - UNDEAD PRIEST OF HOLY TRINITY OF DEATH
Available on standard black (ltd. to 500) wax. ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO, the Finnish 'Kings of Lovecraftian Hard Rock & Death Metal', are back with a 7" EP entitled 'Undead Priest of Holy Trinity of Death', featuring three brand-new songs from the sessions in which they recorded their critically acclaimed debut album, Torches Ablaze. The title track is an unholy recital about a zombie priest evoking an undead horde. 'The Nomad' tells the story of a vicious revenant wanderer who slaughters everything he sees. 'Spellbound & Tortured' is a mangled vision from the eyes of a sadist wizard. Musically, this EP delivers the most straightforward ARKHAMIN KIRJASTO to date and the band sounds nastier than ever. The cover art is courtesy of Eero Reiniaho, the mastermind behind the album covers of STENCH OF DECAY and DEPRESSION.



CHAIN, PAUL - LIFE AND DEATH (BLACK)
Black vinyl, ltd. to 400. Life and Death, talian doom metal magister Paul Chain's first solo album after disbanding Violet Theatre, is musically a more traditional affair than the psychedelic experimentation he became synonymous with later in his career. Originally released on Minotauro Records in 1989, the Svart version is authorised and expands the original artwork to gatefold format.



CHAIN, PAUL - WHITED SEPULCHRES (BLACK)
Black vinyl, ltd. to 300. Whited Sepulchres, Italian doom metal alchemist Paul Chain's 1991 album is also one of his most seldom heard. Released on Minotauro Records and barely distributed outside Italy, Whited Sepulchres is a cult item that demands rediscovery. Musically it mixes influences from Paul Chain's doom metal roots and esoteric themes with the kind of heavy psychedelic experimentation he later became known for. The Svart reissue is authorised and is a replica of the original issue, including two inserts.



DARKNESS (GERMANY) - DEATHSQUAD (COL)
350 x blue/ red blend vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster. There's no doubt about the fact that the Ruhr area was the birthplace of German thrash metal. Kreator, Sodom, Living Death and even one-hit wonders such as Violent Force (Velbert) all came from working-class towns graced by bleak industrial buildings and mass unemployment. The same goes for Darkness. They formed on the spot on December 1st 1984 after a legendary gig at the Zeche Carl in Essen, where Destruction, Iron Angel and Tormentor, an early incarnation of Kreator, had been playing. They had everything: the name of the band, Darkness (Destroyer was an early alternative name), the concept, and the pseudonyms, namely Torturer (Lacky), Agony (Hartmut Schoner) and Skull (Andreas Becker). Darkness' first album Death Squad, originally released in 1987 on Tales of Thrash, a subsidiary label of GAMA, became an instant Teutonic thrash classic.



DREAM DEATH - SOMNIUM EXCESSUM (BLACK)
Dream Death's comeback album after a 25 year silence. Gatefold. Black vinyl, ltd. to 300.



GOATESS - GOATESS (BLACK) (2LP)
Black vinyl, limited to 300 copies.

INTERNAL VOID - (BLACK) STANDING ON THE SUN (2LP)
Limited to 300 copies black vinyl.



MANILLA ROAD - (BLACK) THE CIRCUS MAXIMUS (2LP)
170 x black vinyl, downfold gatefold cover, poster, insert. Everybody who is familiar with Manilla Road's fine and criminally underrated body of work will know that 1992's Circus Maximus is the odd one out. Originally the album was supposed to be released as a Mark Shelton solo album. But this was not to be.



MERCY - WITCHBURNER (BLACK)
Black vinyl, limited to 300 LP's. Along with Heavy Load, Mercy were the most memorable early pioneers of the Swedish heavy metal scene. With their first releases strongly influenced by NWOBHM, the joining of singer Messiah Marcolin took the band's sound towards heavier and more obscure pastures. Witchburner is the band's only album with the future Candlemass star on vocals, and it is also arguably their heaviest and most doom-influenced. Strongly recommended for anyone into classic 80's doom metal!



ORNE - (BLACK) CONJURATION BY THE FIRE (2LP)
On black vinyl, limited to 500 copies. Gatefold artwork, with insert and bonus tracks. Orne's debut album The Conjuration by the Fire, originally released in 2006, is already a revered cult classic. It's original vinyl version, alas, was a botched affair. Pressed directly from a CD master, it left much to be desired. The Svart reissue is a modest attempt to try and fix the situation. With a new vinyl master prepared by Joona Lukala / Noise For Fiction, the album is cut on three LP sides to give it more dynamics. As an added bonus on side D there's the original A Beginning three track demo, which led to the band being signed back in the day. The package also features a 8 page booklet with liner notes by band leader Kimi Krki (also of Reverend Bizarre / Lord Vicar fame). The LP set comes packaged in a copper foil stamped heavy gatefold jacket.

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ARGUS (USA) - BEYOND THE MARTYRS
Filled with doom-tinged, traditional heavy metal, Argus' third album is sure to force metal heads everywhere to raise horn-crested fists to the sky. 'Beyond The Martyrs' contains all of the hallmarks of their previous works, including twin guitars, soaring vocals, and a driving rhythm section. This is heavy, melodic, epic, and brooding all at once. If you don't like this album, you don't like metal! Vinyl version.

HANNUM, TERENCE - SPECTRAL LIFE
Terence Hannum is one third of avant drone metal outfit LOCRIAN. 'Spectral Life' features meditative and sonic cathartic noise torrents.

PELICAN - FIRE IN OUR THROATS WILL BECKON THE THAW (2LP)
Double-LP reissue of the second full-length studio album (originally issued in 2005) by Chicago's post-metal band Pelican.

SLOW WALKERS - SLOW WALKERS
The first release from this project by LAWRENCE ENGLISH and LIZ HARRIS, born from a mutual fascination with horrific depictions of the human present and future, and resulting in intriguing dark ambient drone metal! Pressed in an edition of 400 copies. With archival gold-foiled cover and silk screened black and gold block printed labels.

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CHURCH OF MISERY - THY KINGDOM SCUM (2LP)
CHURCH OF MISERY was founded by Tatsu Mikami (bass guitar) back in 1995. After the breakup of his leading thrash metal band SALEM, a band that had toured in the UK several times and received critical acclaim from metal fans and press alike. Tatsu decided to start his own solo project. He wanted to do something that reflected his other musical inspirations - doom metal and doom rock. Apart from metal and thrash, he was strongly influenced by doom bands like SAINT VITUS, BLACK SABBATH and became aware that his own riffs had started to include doom vibes. Also, he was very much into late 60s/early 70s heavy rock material like LEAF HOUND, NOVEMBER, MAY BLITZ, HIGH TIDE, GUN, BLUE OYSTER CULT and so on. It was natural for him to shift his musical direction from metal to a more rock-influenced style.

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BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - DEFLORATE
Still reveling in the wake of their ravenously received DVD spectacle "Majesty", Michigan's oddball sons of molten melodic death metal The Black Dahlia Murder return stronger than ever with their fourth thrashing opus, "Deflorate"! Classical-come-apocalyptic; violently energetic yet melodiously beautiful, "Deflorate" sees the songwriting of band leader and rhythm guitarist Brian Eschbach at its most developed and refined, exponentially complimented by contributions from both bass savant Bart Williams and newcomer guitarist/shred lord Ryan Knight (ex-Arsis), whose leads are destined to dazzle fans and take the band's punishing potency to dramatic new heights. Combined with the intense performances of uniquely charismatic howler/growler Trevor Strnad and rising extreme drumming star Shannon Lucas, the cannon of talent possessed by The Black Dahlia Murder is more stacked to destroy than ever! Multiplying the strengths of their past catalog with a reborn urgency and focus, the BDM crew forge steadily down the blackened path they laid with 2007's stunningly dark "Nocturnal". With pedal completely to the metal, "Deflorate" boasts the bands patented mixture of Swedish influenced thrash and black metal with blasting fury and crushing American muscle. Recorded at the famed Audio Hammer Studios by production wizard Jason Suecof and engineering talent Mark Lewis, "Deflorate" is multifaceted death trip: beautiful, evil, and morbidly addicting. The Black Dahlia Murder has not surrendered their knack for writing compact, catchy death metal madness, and "Deflorate" is by no means an exception to the bands rule of 'all killer and no filler'... no punches are pulled, no gravestone is left unturned!



BLACK DAHLIA MURDER - UNHALLOWED
If there's one band that can rightfully claim the combined terms "brutal" and "melodic" to describe their style, that is THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER! Add to that "extravagant", "crazy" and "absolutely charming". The first two adjectives listed here were both documented well enough on their first two albums "Unhallowed" and "Miasma".

BODY (USA) - CHRISTS, REDEEMERS (2LP)
Body is an American avant-metal duo with ravishing grimness and impenetrable walls of noise. Incorporates elements of noise, avant-garde composition, and experimental electronic music into their crushing doom and searing black metal foundation. This deluxe double-LP comes in a heavy duty old-style tip-on gatefold jacket printed on uncoated husky stock. Includes download.



CALADAN BROOD - ECHOES OF BATTLE (2LP/CLEAR)
Heavy, matt laminated 350g gatefold cover, printed 250g cardboard innersleeves, 180g CLEAR vinyls, two A2 posters, logo sticker, two exclusive bonus tracks, total playing time 1.5 hours. 'Echoes Of Battle' is the debut album of this band from Utah/USA, and their songs are the Epic Black Metal interpretation of Erikson's Malazan books, not unlike what a certain band from Austria created for Tolkien's Middle Earth. In fact, when you listen to 'Echoes Of Battle' for the first time you might think you're listening to the new album of that certain band from Austria, simply because Summoning defined this very style, let's keep calling it Epic Black Metal, 17 years ago on their 'Minas Morgul' album and since then no other band has managed to reach the pinnacle of perfection that Summoning held ever since. Until now. What distinguishes Caladan Brood from a mere copycat is their ability to take what worked for Summoning and then add their own trademarks to it, such as clean male vocals and choirs or actual guitar solos, and forging all of this into something truly majestic, thus redefining the term Epic Black Metal in their own unique way, just like Erikson redefined Epic Fantasy with his books. And while it's obvious that Summoning have been a tremendous influence for Caladan Brood, for those of you who, like myself, were waiting in vain for a new Summoning album and by now are ready to welcome an heir to the throne, for you 'Echoes Of Battle' may well turn into a 71(!) min eargasm because it simply can't get any better than this. Everything on this release, the fantastic music, the great vocals, the massive sound, the attention to detail, the beautiful artwork by Albert Bierstadt, the poetic lyrics, everything works in tandem to create an album that will be enjoyed by fans of this style for years to come.

CANNIBAL CORPSE - THE BLEEDING (PD)
Picture disc reissue of 1994 album by US death metal band Cannibal Corpse.



CULT OF LUNA - VERTIKAL II
Vertikal II marks the end of an era. Distilled throughout "Vertikal II" are themes of machinery, repetition and clear, linear structures honed to the visual imagery of Fritz Lang's classic expressionist science-fiction film Metropolis. It's the final Chapter in the "Vertikal" universe. After releasing "Vertikal" in January 2013 and many months of intense touring in 2013 the band now shows a new, even more futuristic outlook with "Vertikal II". "Vertikal II" was produced by Cult of Luna 2013. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Magnus Lindberg at Tonteknik Recording and The Vilhelm Room.

DREAM THEATER - DREAM THEATER (2LP)
The 2013 studio album by the leading US prog-metal band.

EXHUMED - NECROCRACY
'Necrocracy' features nine sickening tracks of prime Exhumed gore-blazing guitars, filthy vocals and obscene blasting drums. 'Necrocracy' is Exhumed's political manifesto for a new dark day-no democracy, no equal rights, no freedom of choice-bow down to your one true master-THE SAW. This quite possibly is their finest hour. As the years roll by Exhumed refuse to mellow. This is a band that stinks like the rotting flesh of a nation waiting for revolution. 'Necrocracy' for the masses. Vote now!

FATES WARNING - DARKNESS IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT (2LP+CD)
The eleventh studio album by progressive metal band Fates Warning.



FLIGHT OF SLEIPNIR - SAGA (2LP/GREEN)
Heavy, uv-lacquered 350g gatefold cover, 8-page booklet, GREEN vinyl, A2 poster. "Saga" is the band's 4th album and by now I think we can dispense with comparisons. The Flight Of Sleipnir have become their own reference - a fact to which a large and continuously growing fan base attests. On "Saga" David & Clay have further refined what has become their very own style, a totally unique combination of Viking and Doom Metal with progessive elements, which they developed and improved with every release. In this respect, the new album is a consequent continuation of "Essence Of Nine", with its focus on acoustic parts, melodic guitar leads and clean vocals on the one hand, and raw Viking/Black Metal outbursts on the other, everything merged into a seamless whole. In short, an exciting and never boring or repetitive journey through a rough northern landscape, interspersed with relaxed nights around the campfire.



HORISONT - TIME WARRIORS
Formed in Gothenburg back in 2005, Horisont have paid their dues rocking and sweating it out in the underground clubs and bars of Europe ever since. Key slots at some of Europe's larger rock festivals in 2012 led to more widespread recognition and standout reviews. 'Time Warriors', their third full-length album, showcases just how far they have come in terms of precise musicianship, songwriting and dedication to the music they passionately believe in. Although their influences and basic inspirations may come from a genuine love of o-so-classic '70s rock and metal bands such as Priest, UFO, Sabbath and Thin Lizzy, Horisont plays music with a feeling that is more relevant today than it's ever been.



NYMF - FROM THE DARK (BLACK) (2LP)
Limited edition 300 copies black vinyl, 2LP set housed in a majestic 350 gms gatefold sleeve. The second assault from Swedish doom/heavy hardrockers NYMF. The band sprung out of well known GRAVIATORS. Like the debut, we get 13 tracks of heavy metallic tracks that finds inspiration from BLACK SABBATH, PENTAGRAM, as well as SPIRITUAL BEGGARS and ORANGE GOBLIN. The artwork for 'From The Dark' was made by Jan Orkki Yrlund who also made artwork for MANOWAR, APOCALYPTICA and WULFGAR.

REVOCATION - REVOCATION (2LP)
Double LP edition. One of the most exciting modern metal bands on the planet, REVOCATION return with their fourth full-length and most mind-blowingly impressive album to date. Displaying an unprecedented level of musicianship, the quartet shred and slaughter their way through ten insane tracks of guitar wizardry, stunning dexterity and next-level songcraft. This self-titled masterpiece combines all of the band's trademark elements and cranks them up to 11. Thrashing, virtuosic melodies, top-notch technical drumming and an all-out vocal assault take the listener on a lightning ride through the hallowed halls of heavy metal. Revocation have proven that they are here to stay, miles above their peers.

SATAN'S SATYRS - WILD BEYOND BELIEF
This band from Virginia, USA, was among the revelations of the 2013 edition of the annual Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, The Netherlands. SATAN'S SATYRS merge the riffing, the tone, the fuzz, and the cult-horror worship of the ultra-doom underground with the unbridled energy, lo-fi production, and fuck-you attitude of garage punk!! Influences include THE ROLLING STONES, BLACK FLAG, ELECTRIC WIZARD and BLACK SABBATH.

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AOSOTH - IV: ARROW IN HEART (2LP)
The band comments: "IV: Arrow In Heart" holds yet a bigger spiritual meaning: "We've spent such a huge amount of time on defining a darker identity, yet open to a wider range of influences. Those tracks still haunt us, as delivering them was a painful and excruciating experience, and left some of us even physically wounded... Which gives that album even more of a spiritual value, as it involved a form of sacrifice." The band also added: "This fourth full-length release is without a doubt a great step forward for us in term of music writing, and sound."

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ASOMVEL - KNUCKLE DUSTER
The fiery rampage of ASOMVEL's metal-punk-rock'n'roll masterpiece 'Knuckle Duster' marks 20 years since these British bruisers first started jamming on a pig farm with a load of Special Brew.



BONGRIPPER - SATAN WORSHIPPING DOOM
Fourth repress of their 2010 album. This album has only four tracks: 'Hail', 'Satan', 'Worship', and 'Doom', each spanning more than ten-minutes in length. The harsh, epic, menacing sound of these songs is difficult to describe; the closest I can get is saying that if DXM were a metal album, it would be Bongripper's 'Satan Worshipping Doom'. In spite of this album's lack of vocal tracks, the concept of the album is clear. Unlike the drug-obsessed sludge of previous Bongripper-releases, this one is an ode to hardcore Satanism. The hypnotic beats and overtly devil-worshipping cover art and song titles more than let us know. Not only is this change in concept refreshing, it's pretty fucking cool. The songs on this album are slow, menacing, and fucking awesome, especially when combined with a fat sack of weed or (better yet) a refreshing bottle of DXM cough syrup.

DOOMRIDERS - GRAND BLOOD
The 2013 album by the heavy rock outfit from Boston.



FUNGUS LIVER - FUNGUS LIVER
4-piece rock band from Tampere, Finland. Gaining much underground popularity since 2005." This is the band's 2nd release. This album guaranteed impresses the shit out of everybody who hears it for the first time. Out now on digital and on vinyl, Fungus Liver play that nice, nitty gritty, dirty rock and roll. They harken back to the days of the late 70's to mid 80's when hard rock and metal were at some of the finest times. This album is filled to the brim with adrenaline, enough to make your foot force the gas down while driving. Be cautious when listening, the grooves are addicting. Hihglight is the 10 minute groovin' track 'Ayr Dreams'. Think infectious energy and grooves of AC/DC, MOTERHEAD and the likes...it has this sweaty atmosphere, we all love from a true rock concert... GET IT!!! Vinyl limited!!



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Nausea from L.A. formed in 1987 from the ashes of Majesty and sharing members with Terrorizer: Alfred "Garvey" Estrada on bass and Oscar Garcia on vocals and guitar. Oscar Garcia eventually recorded Terrorizer's classic "World Downfall" LP, but Nausea didn't break up, thus unleashing another death metal/grindcore instant classic originally released in 1991 by Wild Rags. The album is for the very first time reissued on vinyl. 400 copies on black vinyl, 100 on white vinyl (with handnumbered sticker). All copies coming with A2 full color poster, jacket on 300 gsm cardboard, 4 pages insert, outer plastic bag.

PELICAN - FOREVER BECOMING
PELICAN's fifth album is an immense, speaker-rattling meditation on the infinite cycle of death and life.

VARIOUS - DESERTFEST 2013 LIVE IN LONDON
The track on this LP were recorded at the 3-day stoner/doom festival in London, in April 2013! The track listing features some of the best bands from the underground, including Unida (ft. John Garcia), Dozer, House Of Broken Promises, Fatso Jetson, Yawning Man, Colour Haze, Lowrider...

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DE NOVISSIMIS/WRECK OF THE HESPERUS - SPLIT 10"
LAST COPIES! The Dublin, Ireland doom metal scene is represented on this new 10", which features one massive track each from Wreck Of The Hesperus and De Novissimis, and just as we'd expect from a single piece of vinyl matching up these two bands, this is seriously heavy shit. Both of these bands are already known. Wreck Of The Hesperus through their excellent full-length on Aesthetic Death that came out a year or two ago, and De Novissimis through their CDR demo and a recent 7" that came out on Rimbaud. Both bands put their own spin on ultra-slow, noxious doom/sludge, and each side weighs down on you like a pallet of concrete blocks. Wreck Of The Hesperus are up first with "Raw Sewage Heart", a hideous splooge of blackened ultradoom that focuses on one monstrous riff wading through about ten minutes of buzzing feedback, garbled amplifier drone, and fithy low-end rumble. The riff is totally crushing, and the band plays at a sickeningly slow 10 bpm crawl with huge pauses between each crashing chord and pounding bass-drum hit, but it's the vocals that really make this as diseased and demonic as it is. You've got to wait awhile for 'em - the vocaltist doesn't show up until three or four minutes in, when the band is totally immersed in septic sludge - but when they finally kick in, it sounds like Regan from The Exorcist fronting Toadliquor, with multiple voices all coming out of the same throat at the same time, bestial death metal roars, psychotic cackles, weird slurping noises that sounds like someones chowing down on a plate of mashed potatoes. The drumming is also really cool, throwing in busy martial snare rhythms and rolls in between each suspended riff, and adding a coiled tension to their corrosive doom. Total slime! Contrasting Wreck Of The Hesperus's hellish descension with their own crusty nihilism, De Novissimis deliver a vicious track called "Worthy Of Nothing" for their side of this split, a near 10 minute blast of depressing, fatalist lyrics, long stretches of shimmering feedback, high pitched yowling vocals that trade off with deeper, more gutteral death metal style growls, and the expected glacial propulsion. The riffs are more atmospheric than you might expect though; slightly dissonant chords drift across the lumbering drumming, while another guitar plays a creepy minor key melody, and the song occasionally breaks away into total ambient drift where it's just the guitars chiming away and rumbling in space, only to crash back in a moment later into dense, droning, noisy ultradoom. Then all of a sudden from out of nowhere in the middle of the song, De Novissmis explode into furious blackened blasting, blastbeat drums and atonal grindcore whipped up into a violent sonic storm, and from there the song alternates between the plodding feedback-strewn blackdoom and epic murky crust, like Dystopia mixed with Grief, Christdriver and Khanate. Packaged in a glossy jacket with rad artwork on both sides, and a couple of inserts. Black vinyl.



AFTER ALL - DAWN OF THE ENFORCER
Belgian thrash metal band. Printed innersleeves with lyrics, 1st edition in 180g black wax.



BANDA DE LA MUERTE - PULSO DE UNA MENTE MALDITA
Banda de la Muerte is without doubt one of the most promising acts on the Argentinean underground heavy music scene. The band is part of the steadily gathering strength South American sludge movement and is successfully implementing metal, stoner, sludge, hardcore punk traits into their music. Still, the label which the band would use is rock'n'roll. Pretty heavy and potent rock'n'roll indeed!



ORANGE MAN THEORY - GIANTS, DEMONS AND FLOCKS OF SHEEP
Formed in 2003, in Rome, Italy, extreme rock quartet The Orange Man Theory delivers a raging sound influenced by a strong passion for groovy dissonances, angular and odd rhythms, a perverse addiction to death metal and a real devotion for 70's super rock. Once recorded their debut cd "Riding A Cannibal Horse From Here To..." with Steve Austin of Today Is The Day, they signed to the US Supernova Records. Their album soon caught the attention of the worldwide press that acclaimed the album on the most important magazines, and The Orange Man Theory toured Europe, USA and South America. They performed at SXSW 2008 in Austin, TX, and played with bands like Sick Of It All, Today Is The Day, Wolves In The Throne Room, Venomous Concept, Cripple Bastards, -(16)-, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Godflesh, Dark Funeral... Hardcore riffs, grind outbursts and rock atmospheres blend together in the third album titled 'GIANTS, DEMONS AND FLOCKS OF SHEEP'.



PREMONITION 13 - 13
Fronted by the legendary SCOTT "WINO" WEINRICH (THE OBSESSED, SAINT VITUS, SPIRIT CARAVAN, THE HIDDEN HAND, SHRINEBUILDER).

SAINT IVO - DOOMESTICATION
Silver print on solid black rough cartonstock, 180g clear vinyl Dark, doom metal.



SPELLJAMMER - VOL II
Limited 250 copies coloured vinyl. Slow and heavy Swedish stoner/doom. Recorded and produced by Spelljammer / mixed and mastered by Billy Anderson / cover art by Niklas Olsson. The songs are long, slow and impossibly heavy (less fuzz, more doom), and still had fairly clear vocals, which is rare in a genre that is often filled with guttural screams and indecipherable shrieks. For fans of Sleep, Lowrider, Kyuss, Slo-Burn and Acid King. Tracks: 1. Aun's Mountain 09:40 2. Electric Ground 08:03 3. Space Reefer 09:07



TAURA - EL FIN DEL COLOR
TAURA has released the vinyl edition of its third studio album, "EL FIN DEL COLOR." The record includes ten intimate and furious DOOMY STONER HEAVY PSYCH METAL tracks, plus visual art which floods the atmosphere with enduring melancholia. "EL FIN DEL COLOR" is a step forward in the bands evolution. The vinyl edition, published by ZONDA RECORDS, is a collectible document portraying the concept and focus of the band, both in musical composition and esthetic art content. "EL FIN DEL COLOR" comes to show the bands trademark essence, and renews the melodic force of TAURA, one of the most innovative and energetic music gatherings of the Argentinean rock scene.



VALIENT THORR - OUR OWN MASTERS
Limited vinyl version. Recorded at Ronnie Jone Sound Studios in Athens, GA and produced, engineered and mixed by Kyle Spence of experimental rockers Harvey Milk, 'Our Own Masters' shines a bright light on VALIENT THORR's singular sound, delivering twelve tracks of balls-to-the-wall rock that yearns to be played at full volume.



VALIENT THORR - STRANGER
What Valient Thorr care about is rocking your face off with a beer-funneling display of heavy metal/speed punk kickass-ery without all the pretention, preening or bravado. This is good time party metal rooted in the classic vibe of seminal bands like Pentagram, Tytan or Thin Lizzy with hints of the crossover thrash of S.O.D. and Anthrax. Its a sloppy, keg party-starting romp as vocalist extraordinaire Valient Himself wails and howls about lying, money, nightmares, and the often tragic irony of dying. Theyre not trying to amaze you with guitar heroics - although guitarists Eidan and Sadat Thorr shred more than ably - and theyre not seeking to wow you with complex time signatures or proggy style shifts. Rather, they want to bulrush you through the barrooms wood paneling with a circuit-blowing power surge of boozy hard rock.

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FUNGUS LIVER - FUNGUS LIVER
4-piece rock band from Tampere, Finland. Gaining much underground popularity since 2005." This is the band's 2nd release. This album guaranteed impresses the shit out of everybody who hears it for the first time. Out now on digital and on vinyl, Fungus Liver play that nice, nitty gritty, dirty rock and roll. They harken back to the days of the late 70's to mid 80's when hard rock and metal were at some of the finest times. This album is filled to the brim with adrenaline, enough to make your foot force the gas down while driving. Be cautious when listening, the grooves are addicting. Hihglight is the 10 minute groovin' track 'Ayr Dreams'. Think infectious energy and grooves of AC/DC, MOTERHEAD and the likes...it has this sweaty atmosphere, we all love from a true rock concert... GET IT!!! Vinyl limited!!

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SEPTIC TANK - THE SLAUGHTER
SEPTIC TANK is a great new band from the UK, featuring members from a.o. Napalm Death, Cathedral and Repulsion.

ENTRAPMENT/PYRE - ENTRAPMENT/PYRE
Each band delivers two songs of blistering old school death metal. Comes on 180-grams black vinyl!

SUTEKH HEXEN - MONUMENT OF DECAY
Another unrelenting hellish black maelstrom from Sutekh Hexen. This 2013 release was recorded with a more fully formed line-up and more orthodox instrumentation, including vocals/effects, dual guitars and live percussion. Four tracks come together for a 12-inch EP release. Presented in pro-printed full colour jackets with spot copper printing and an internal copper flood, and with red and black center labels in an edition of 500 copies. Pressed on randomly mixed black and red vinyl.



ALBINO PYTHON - (BLACK) THE DOOMED AND THE DAMNED
Limited 100 copies BLACK vinyl. Heavy doom from Arizona, this duo will rip your face off with heavy riffs and big choruses. The Doomed & The Damned, a drugged-out ripper of a doom record that recalls names like Electric Wizard with their references to the dark arts and devotion to fuzzy, weight riffs.



ANSWER (EIRE) - NEW HORIZON (2LP)
Limited 2 LP Gatefold Edition & 6 Bonus Tracks (3 Vinyl Exclusive Bonus Tracks) (Black Vinyl). THE ANSWER release with their stunning new album "New Horizon" the most thrillingly vital album of their career to date. This album is a statement of intent that showcases their trademark rock n roll evangelism. Produced by Little Angels front man, Toby Jepson and mixed by the renowned Mike Fraser (AC/DC, Metallica), The Answer have seldom sounded as electrified as they do on this recording. From the bullish bluster of the opening track, itself called New Horizon and the irresistibly catchy thud n thrust of Spectacular to the muscular grooves and blues inspired Baby Kill Me and the bold and brash call to arms of Scream A Louder Love, "New Horizons" 10 gleaming anthems offer a strident and skilful update of The Answers ageless manifesto. This is rock n roll as it was always meant to be; raging with confidence and belief, crackling and sparking with feral energy yet exhibiting the kind of sublime flair that separates the instantly classic from the merely mundane. The artwork was designed by the iconic and late Storm Thorgerson (Pink Floyd / Led Zeppelin/ Muse), this package promises a brighter, louder and more unstoppably triumphant future for The Answer than ever.

ANTHRAX - AMONG THE LIVING (PD)
A great looking picture disc reissue of their third studio album. Originally released in 1987.



ARCTURUS - ASPERA HIEMS SYMPHONIA (2LP)
SIDE A 1. To Thou Who Dwellest In The Night 2. Wintry Grey 3. Whence And Whither Goest The Wind 4. RaudtOgSvart SIDE B 5. The Bodkin & The Quietus 6. Du Nordavnid 7. Fall Of Man 8. NaarKulda Tar (FrostnettenesProlog) SIDE C 9. The Deep Is The Skies (bonus track) 10. Cosmojam (bonus track) 11. RaudtOgSvart (taken from the 'Constellation' promo CD) 12. Icebound Streams And Vapours Grey (taken from the 'Constellation' promo CD) SIDE D 13. NaarKulda Tar (taken from the 'Constellation' promo CD) 14. Du Nordavind (taken from the 'Constellation' promo CD) 15. My Angel (taken from the 'My Angel' 7" EP) 16. Morax (taken from the 'My Angel' 7" EP)



ARCTURUS - LA MASQUERADE INFERNALE (2LP)
SIDE A 1. Master Of Disguise 2. Ad Astra SIDE B 3. The Chaos Path 4. La Masquerade Infernale SIDE C 5. Alone 6. The Throne Of Tragedy SIDE D 7. Painting My Horror 8. Of Nails And Sinners



BORROWED TIME - BORROWED TIME (BLACK)
Borrowed Time is a new metal band formed in Detroit, Michigan in 2010. J. Priest (vocals, keyboards), Matt Preston (guitars, keyboards), Victor Ruiz (guitars), Mark Kiseliovas (bass) and Sam Ceckowski (drums) issued a compilation of demos and live recordings entitled Arcane Metal Arts on High Roller Records. Their debut for the same label was the split 7" single Black Olympia with British act Wytch Hazel.



CORSAIR - (BLACK) ALPHA CENTAURI
350 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, insert. Think 70s rock, Iron Maiden, AC/DC, and a lot of prog! Sounds like a great mixture? Corsair from Charlottesville, Virginia, give you just that. Formed in 2008, the band recorded and released their debut EP "Alpha Centauri" from 2010 all on their own. Now it will finally be made available through High Roller Records. Corsair consist of guitarists Marie Landragin and Paul Sebring, Jordan Brunk on bass and Aaron Lipscombe on drums, who all found together trough their love of good music. Marie, Paul and John used to put their talents together to play in Mass Sabbath, a tribute band that had made it a tradition to play Black Sabbath tunes on Halloween each year.



DEMON - UNBROKEN (BLACK)
150 x black vinyl, gatefold cover Band: Dave Hill - Vocals David Cotterill - Guitars Paul Hume - Guitars Ray Walmsley - Bass Karl Waye - Keyboards Neil Ogden - Drums Tracks: -Prey (Intro) -Prey -Unbroken -Wings of Steel -Fill Your Heart with Rock -Take Me to Your Leader -Shine a Light -Private Lives -We Can Make It -What About the Night -I Still Believe -Get the Hell Out of Here (bonus song)

DIESTO - FOR WATER OR BLOOD
Formed in Portland in the year 2000, Diesto through the years evolved from noise-rock bludgeoners to high plains drifters of doom. There are echoes of Led Zep III, 'Pompeii'-era Floyd and Masters Of Reality, but the doomy heaviness, the expressive vocals and surprising attacks of angular noise rock and dissonance will mostly remind of bands s.a. Yob and Sleep.

IMPIETY - VENGEANCE HELL IMMEMORIAL
This superb compilation-LP collects 15 tracks from Impiety's cultest, most sought-after releases, s.a. 1993's 'Salve The Goat... Iblis Exelsi' EP, 1992's 'Ceremonial Necrochrist Redesecration' demo, 2004's split EP with Surrender Of Divinity, and then lastly 2008's split EP with Abhorrence. From their ultra-raw bestial beginnings on through to their fierce 'n' finessed present, hear the whole spectrum of Impiety's cruel savagery and merciless battery across 'Vengeance Hell Immemorial'. Indeed, the past is alive! Comes in a gatefold jacket with UV spot gloss and with a large 18x24-inch poster.



IN THE WOODS - OMNIO (2LP)
SIDE A 1. 299796 Km/S SIDE B 2. I Am Your Flesh 3. Kairos! SIDE C 4. Weeping Willow SIDE D 5. Omnio: Pre 6. Omnio: Bardo 7. Omnio: Post



IN THE WOODS - STRANGE IN STEREO (2LP)
A hauntingly beautiful, powerful release. In the Woods are one of those very few Metal bands which possess an artistic quality that transcends the barriers of the genre. Truly original and with no doubt one of the most artistic of all metal acts. The mood of this album is at once one of despair and lingering hope, both a lament and a celebration of joy. The vocals are flawless, clean and emotional, as beautiful as the abstract, elusive lyrics. The guitars are at times crushingly heavy and erratic,or progressive and building up into unbearably intense and emotional melodies. This album is (like any In the Woods release) a must have for anyone seriously into music.

INCANTATION - DIABOLICAL CONQUEST (2LP)
Double-LP repress of this crushing death metal platter. Comes on dark blue vinyl with a heavy black splatter and an etching on Side D. Includes a luxurious glossy gatefold cover, a polylined inner sleeve and a large poster featuring the cover artwork.

JESU - EVERYDAY I GET CLOSER TO THE LIGHT FROM WHICH I CAME
Two years in the making, this the long awaited 2013 album from JESU. Majestic, slowly evolving, introspective, blissed out, moving in many ways... A masterpiece! LP on 180-gram black vinyl.

KALMAH - SEVENTH SWAMPHONY
'Seventh Swamphony' is the seventh studio album by the Finnish melodic death metal band Kalmah. This is is their first album with new keyboardist Veli-Matti Kananen. Vinyl edition.

KNELT ROTE - TRESPASS
Listening to the band's third full-length, 'Trespass', it's clear that Knelt Rote executes these more nuanced strains of extreme metal with a rare sense of precision and focus. What further separates Knelt Rote from its peers is the heavy harsh noise influence that the band incorporates into its work, adding additional layers of depth and dimension. 'Trespass', like its predecessor 'Insignificance', is textured and fluid in a way that few extreme metal albums are.



MASTER - FUNERAL BITCH
This is the first time these tracks are being made available on vinyl. Even if it includes the same four bonus tracks as the CD version, to make it even more special, it's been once again given a new title ('Funeral Bitch') and a new, more fitting and blasphemous artwork, rounded up with the usual high quality standards DOOMENTIA is known for. So, as Speckmann said it himself in the song that gave the band its name: "We are your Masters/So set your soul free!"

MINISTRY - FROM BEER TO ETERNITY (2LP)
The final and last ever album from Al Jourgensen and Ministry! On double vinyl!

MORBOSIDAD - MUERTE DE CRISTO EN GOLGOTA
The year 2013 marks the 20th anniversary of the plague known as MORBOSIDAD. Since then, TOMAS STENCH, guided by his depraved impulses, has led Morbosidad in its revelry in all that is unholy. Although Morbosidad's catalogue is vast, this fourth album features some of the finest moments in the band's discography. Morbosidad continues with the savage sound achieved on the recent split releases with Pseudogod, Perversor, and Witchrist. Morbosidad has departed somewhat from the near-grindcore approach of the early albums, instead focusing and tightening the sound and this album is a culmination of that trajectory. The sharpened character of Morbosidad's music allows for a more potent effect and permits the songwriting to stand out without sacrificing the horrific bestiality of the songs.

MYSTIFIER - THE WORLD IS SO GOOD THAT WHO MADE IT DOESN'T LIVE HERE
An awesome vinyl reissue of their third album (1996). Although the traditional Brazilian black/death sound is present, the album is far more theatrical and the production substantially cleaner than the band's earlier work. With 'The World is So Good...' Mystifier embraces a technical approach that departs from the brutal primitivism for which the country's early metal is known.

OLDE - GATES OF DAWN
Powerful black metal of death. A must for anyone into Destroyer 666 and old Carpathian Forest! Featuring Chad Davis (from USA's Hour Of 13) and Stephen Roche (member of Ireland's Celtachor). LP-edition, limited to 300 copies on black vinyl. Comes with a double sided printed inner sleeve.



PEHRSSON, ROBERT -'S HUMBUCKER- - (BLACK) ROBERT PEHRSSON'S HUMBUCKER
black vinyls, 425 gsm heavy cardboard cover, insert It's a small wonder that the name Robert Pehrsson (born 13th of December 1975) is not as yet familiar to a broader (rock) audience. He has worked for such diverse bands such as Runemagick, Thunder Express, Death Breath, DundertDagger. Robert Pehrsson picked up his guitar around 1987/88 and started his (professional) career in around 1994, then concentrating mainly on playing extreme music like thrash and early death metal.

REPUKED - UP FROM THE SEWERS
On vinyl, it's the sophomore album by the Swedish old school death metal dirts!

[Shiny Beast]

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RANGER - KNIGHTS OF DARKNESS
A four-piece HEAVY METAL unit, RANGER shifts into overdrive with their debut vinyl titled Knights of Darkness. Prepare to be mangled, thrashed, and shocked when you drop the needle on this brute. RANGERS debut MLP is the real-deal pounding metal you haven't heard in ages. This music is based on the very essence that makes HEAVY METAL music so powerful: a vocalist that sounds like a banshee on the attack, double-lead guitars that send shivers down your spine, and drums hammering like a freight train on the loose. RANGER will split your skulls, one by one, with their intense energy and power that can be heard in every single second of this release! For reference, think old SLAYER, RUNNING WILD, and TYRANT (US) in a car crash on the way to Hell, but 666%. RANGER: the Knights of Darkness are on the march, and theres no escape! Side A: 1. Ranger [5:39] 2. Touch of Death [3:32 3. Steel Dwan (5.12). Side B: 4. Supreme Evil [3:03] 5. Knights of Darkness [6:25] Total length: 23:51.



ROCKA ROLLAS - CONQUER
Limited edtion 300 copies black vinyl. Running Wild have returned with their new EP "Conquer". Under the new name Rocka Rollas decided to bring us the pirate-infused speed metal once again! Well, thats what all Running Wild fans hoped at least. The good news is that Rocka Rollas is actually a legitimate new band that has truly captured the essence of Running Wild. Amazingly, all of this music was composed and played (except for the vocals) by just one guy. Musically, their first full-length, "The War of Steel Has Begun" was quite a different affair. It was still an over-the-top speed metal attack, but it was more of a tribute to heavy metal with tracks like "More Metal Than Steel" and "Heavy Metal Kings". With "Conquer", Rocka Rollas has turned their attention bringing back the glory of records like "Blazon Stone" and "Black Hand Inn".



AIR RAID - (BLACK)NIGHT OF THE AXE
Limited edition 300 copies black vinyl. New Wave of Classic Heavy Metal from Sweden. Killer riffs and a powerful Voice up to high pitched ! Traditional Heavy Metal Album of the year 2012! For Fans of US Metal with Speed (old Forte, Cage, etc.), Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Accept, Running Wild, Razorwyre, Artch, In Solitude Tracklist: Side A 01. Treason 01:00 02. Night Of The Axe 04:35 03. The Lost City 04:07 04. Highway Legion 03:48 05. Dying Man 06:10 Side B 06. Raiders Of Hell 04:45 07. Call Of The Warlock 04:30 08. Reminiscence 01:48 09. Riding Out 03:53 10. A Blade In The Dark 05:27



ATTACKER - (BLACK)GIANTS OF CANAAN
Limited 350 copies black vinyl. The Lords of Thunder are back! New Jersey's own power/traditional heavy metal act ATTACKER strikes with their fifth album. What we have here is classic guitar work with a true '80s feel, mighty galloping riffs, powerhouse drumming, thunderous bass, and, last but not least, the bloody impressive vocal performance by the new singer, Bobby Lucas (ex-SEVEN WITCHES, OVERLORDE), straight from the Dickinson and Rivera school.



BONGRIPPER - SATAN WORSHIPPING DOOM
Fourth repress of their 2010 album. This album has only four tracks: 'Hail', 'Satan', 'Worship', and 'Doom', each spanning more than ten-minutes in length. The harsh, epic, menacing sound of these songs is difficult to describe; the closest I can get is saying that if DXM were a metal album, it would be Bongripper's 'Satan Worshipping Doom'. In spite of this album's lack of vocal tracks, the concept of the album is clear. Unlike the drug-obsessed sludge of previous Bongripper-releases, this one is an ode to hardcore Satanism. The hypnotic beats and overtly devil-worshipping cover art and song titles more than let us know. Not only is this change in concept refreshing, it's pretty fucking cool. The songs on this album are slow, menacing, and fucking awesome, especially when combined with a fat sack of weed or (better yet) a refreshing bottle of DXM cough syrup.



ETHEREAL ARCHITECT - MONOLITH (2LP)
Double-lp including 2 Bonus Tracks, 350 Copies in Black Vinyl, Hand Numbered, Gatefold Cover ! US Prog/Power Metal at its best with unbelievable Melodies and killer Riffs. 10 Points from 10 in Rock Hard Magazine! This is the best Prog Metal Album of this Decade! 5 Years after Dissension here is the new Masterpiece with killer riffs, great melodies and vocals from Austin/Texas ! Unbelievable Melodies ! The best US Prog/Power Metal Album in this century! For Fans of Heart of Cygnus, Shadow Gallery, Anacrusis, Theocracy, Zero Hour, Power of Omens, Twilight Kingdom! Tracklist Side A 1. Kalinago 05:47 2. Mercury 06:00 3. Obsidian 09:02 Side B 4. Oceans 05:21 5. Final Escape 05:04 6. Revolutions 04:33 Side C 7. Obscura 05:25 8. Bardo Becoming 04:31 9. Submission 08:39 Side D 10. MacArthur Park 07:01 11. Oceanos (Bonus Track) 05:24 12. Ethereal Medley (Bonus Track) 02:41



OPETH - GHOST REVERIES (2LP/PD)
DOUBLE PICTURE DISC VERSION. As hard to believe as it appears there are still exceptions to the rule. For the past 15 years OPETH have managed to tread their very own path through a scene full of wannabes and traditionalists without ever heeding "metal laws" or fashion trends. Death metal was transformed into a melting pot in the hands of OPETH who added goth, '70s prog rock, folk and even elements of jazz with great skill transcending each genre in turn. After their sonic double assault that was 'Deliverance' and 'Damnation' -one heavy to the point of bursting, the latter ballad-oriented- no one thought it possible that OPETH would be able to cap it all off with 'Ghost Reveries'. But they did so with ease. 'Ghost Reveries' is positively brimming with grand emotions, brutal riffs, spherical guitars, acoustic breaks, epic keyboards, rocking organs, enchanting solos und vocals reaching from downright evil to heart-breakingly beautiful. You can detect MORBID ANGEL just as well as PINK FLOYD, KING CRIMSON and NICK DRAKE. Let 'Ghost Reveries' be your personal expedition. Metal by and for visionaries. TRACKLISTING: 01. GHOST OF PERDITION 02. THE BAYING OF THE HOUNDS 03. BENEATH THE MIRE 04. ATONEMENT 05. REVERIE/HARLEQUIN FOREST 06. HOURS OF WEALTH 07. THE GRAND CONJURATION 08. ISOLATION YEARS



PROTECTOR - (BLACK) REANIMATED HOMUNCULUS
400 x black vinyls, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert. One thing is crystal clear: Protector from Wolfsburg, Germany, are one of those bands that never really got the attention they deserved. How could it ever happen that such a great band with a sound uncompromising and aggressive like burning sulphur already on their first demo could be so neglected in the common histories of German thrash?



RODS - VENGEANCE (BLACK)
150 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet.



VOLTURE - ON THE EDGE (BLACK)
Ltd. 150 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert, poster. Volture is the brainchild of bassist Ryan Waste (known for his work with Municipal Waste) and guitarist Nick Poulus (an ex-member of Cannabis Corspe). Both got together over a beer (or four) to form the band in Richmond VA in November 2008. The song writing leaned toward traditional Euro/US Metal and the New Wave of British Heavy Metal. The two friends were joined by drummer Barry Cover and vocalist Brent Hubbard (who was later replaced by Jack Bauer).

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WARHAMMER/BLACKWHOLE - SPLIT (BLACK)
300 x black vinyl, insert WARHAMMER: Strike Of The Infernal Adversary BLACKWHOLE: Spees Graben



ORDO INFERUS - DAMNATI (10")
Black vinyl limited to 400 copies / gatefold / sticker) Itd be easy to simply call ORDO INFERUS and super-group and let the hype machine take the lead. After all, it's not that often you get musicians spread over two different continents with such a pedigree getting together in the name of death fucking metal. And who the hell would dare to say that Hempa Brynolfsson (EXCRUCIATE), Daryl Kahan (DISMA, FUNEBRARUM), Tony Freed (GODHATE, THRONEAEON), Martin Halfdan (NECROPHOBIC) and Jann Bjoknfall (MASTICATION, MORPHEUS, MALFEITOR) don't know shit about said genre?! Except that ORDO INFERUS isn't trying to surf on the current old-school trend. Nor does it pretend to be just a one-off thing. As a matter of fact, by the time you'll be able to put your sweaty hands on this debut 10" inch, they will already be working on their first proper full-length. And if you can trust those first three tracks, this is going to be a monster! To put it simply, death-metal it is but a catchy-as-hell yet heavy version of it that even dares to be melodic in places, the kind of songs that instantly stick unto your mind with their big choruses the first time you hear it. Damnati was mixed and mastered by Benny Moberg (MALFEITOR, BLOOD MORTIZED) and features amazing artwork by the madman Paolo Girardi (BLASPHEMOPHAGHER, CRAVEN IDOL etc.)

A PERFECT MURDER - DEMONIZE
The 2013 offering from Canadian groove metal band A Perfect Murder. Included are eight tracks, including 'Demonize', 'Deadweight', 'Awake', 'Clear', 'Blue', 'Warriors' and 'Substance'. European edition.

DISMA - TOWARDS THE MEGALITH (PD)
limited to 500 copies / printed jacket on 350gsm board / sticker / A2 poster) Ladies and gentlemen, it is finally here. Over twenty-two months after its initial release on CD through PROFOUND LORE RECORDS, New Jersey's Death Metal monster DISMA debut full-length Towards The Megalith is finally getting the vinyl treatment its been begging for since its inception, and boy, oh boy, was it worth the wait. In case you've been living under a rock for the last three years or so, you should know that DISMA marks the grandiose return of vocalist extraordinaire Craig Pillard, whose cavernous rasping helped take INCANTATIONs Onwards To Golgotha a notch above the rest into uncharted territory of pure darkness. Seeing him team up with two members of the mighty FUNEBRARUM, including vocalist / guitarist and mastermind Daryl Kahan in 2007, could only mean one thing: pure death-metal fury ahead! And indeed, Towards turned out to be exactly the monster we all expected it to be; a devastating onslaught of down-tuned madness that, whenever verging on pure apocalyptic doom, can be almost suffocating in its approach. Such a masterpiece deserves only something special. Proof being that DISMA are here to stay and that Towards The Megalith is already a classic whose deluxe LP version is no less than mandatory to ALL death-metal fans out there!



EXTREMA - THE SEEDS OF FOOLISHNESS
An Italian thrash legend has returned with a bone-crushing album! EXTREMA - "The seed of foolishness" is out now on vinyl officially licensed from Scarlet Records in a strictly limited edition of 350 hand-numbered copies in gatefold matt and glossy cover plus a double folded insert! The new incredible release features songs that are already classics to the legions of thrashers out there! "Between the lines", "The politics", "Again and again", "Deep infection" and "Sick and tired" will leave you breathless and full of adrenaline at the same time! Extrema push the limit of thrash metal further and crack the boundaries of extreme music.



HORN OF THE RHINO - BREED THE CHOSEN ONE (2LP)
After the two successful releases of Weight of Coronation in 2010 and Grengus two years later, one could say its only logical to see both DOOMENTIA and HORN OF THE RHINO once again joining forces, but this time for a good old blast from the past. Originally released through 7th GATE RECORDS back in 2007, Breed the Chosen One was the first of the two albums the Basque Country-based proud three-headed monster initially recorded as RHINO. Even if compared to their later works that debut will probably sound a tad more aggressive and thrash/hardcore-oriented, the amazing thing about it is the trio's unique blend of various styles of metal - from doom to sludge and grunge - was already firmly in place six years ago. Like DANZIG, HIGH ON FIRE and later ENTOMBED all wrapped up in one. Dark yet melodic and not afraid of pulling all stops one minute and speeding up the next, the band's main strength was already his frontman and vocalist Javier Gàlvez. Like a more possessed sounding Chris Cornell on his way down to hell, he's the one taking Breed the Chosen One to the next level, proving that the Bilbao boys hadnt waited Weight of Coronation to learn how to be and sound bloody great. This time, there's no point trying to deny the deafening stomping of the RHINO.



HORSE LATITUDES - BLACK SOIL
When speaking about Black Soil, Lurkerspath.com draws a parallel in between what ALUK TODOLO are to black-metal and what HORSE LATITUDES are to doom, like a strange entity that cannot be tamed. And theyve got a point. First off, those weirdos have ever been what you can call your typical doom band in the first place. And their extensive use of not one but TWO bass players and lack of guitar is just a part of the riddle. See, those three Finns have always been first and foremost about repetition. And theres always been something very ritualistic about their music, as if it was their way of entering the next world. And this has never been as vibrant as on this brand-new 12"MLP. This being said, MLP might not be the most appropriate term as the whole thing clocks at nearly 40 minutes, with the song "Eternal Spring" swallowing the whole B side. And whereas on the flipside both "Black Soil" and "Forest" present a quite versatile face full of analog synths, death growls and vibrant drumming, this final epic of 17 + minutes take their already legendary sense of minimalism to new heights. If at some point the song seems to come to a halt, it finishes off on an almost hysterical and black-metal like note, encompassing how truly out-of-this-world HORSE LATITUDES are.

HUNT - HUNT BEGINS
Offering sparse arrangements, desert guitars, and a charismatic frontman, New York City's The Hunt lead a new crop of death rock bands bent on spreading their coarse invective. This is an unearthed full length from the first Sacred Bones band ever, with a major cult following in NY. Two members went on to join CULT OF YOUTH.



INTERMENT/BRUTALLY DEDEASED - GLORY DAYS, FESTERING YEARS
(black vinyl limited to 400 copies only / insert / uv spot printing on the jacket) Two different bands, two different generations, two different countries but the same taste for old-school Swedish fucking death-metal!!! With a name taken from one early GRAVE classic and a debut album back in 2010 whose conclusion was a faithful yet ripping cover of DISMEMBERs "Override Of The Overture", Pragues BRUTALLY DECEASED (featuring members of JIG-AI and HEAVING EARTH) never even bothered to hide what theyve been all about from day one. And those three new tracks, their first since the recording of Dead Lovers Guide, are no different: recorded back in April at Studio Davos in their hometown, "Deceased", "Waking The Lifeless" and "Bloodstreams" have the same buzzsaw guitar sound, roughness and urge to hark back to the days when ENTOMBED and death-metal the Swedish way ruled the world! From one Swedish devotee to the actual thing. While BRUTALLY DECEASED are left emulating the sound of yore, INTERMENT dont even need to bother on the other hand, simply because they were there to witness it firsthand as they formed as back as 1988 in Avesta, Sweden. And ever since they got back together in 2002 after a long hiatus, those seasoned veterans from CENTINEX, DEMONICAL or DELLAMORTE (among many others) have proven that unlike others, they havent deviated from their initial course. Proof being those three new tracks (including a reworking of an old song from their first demo, "Cranial Putrefaction"), the first ones since the recording three years of the Into The Crypts Of Blasphemy album.



MASTER - FUNERAL BITCH
This is the first time these tracks are being made available on vinyl. Even if it includes the same four bonus tracks as the CD version, to make it even more special, it's been once again given a new title ('Funeral Bitch') and a new, more fitting and blasphemous artwork, rounded up with the usual high quality standards DOOMENTIA is known for. So, as Speckmann said it himself in the song that gave the band its name: "We are your Masters/So set your soul free!"



OVO - ABISSO
Even if OvO is a difficult band to file, we can still see an evolution from "Assassine"s total improv to "Cor Cordium"s radical noise rock. "ABISSO" open a new artistic era for this duo, formed by Stefania Pedretti and Bruno Dorella. Theres a new richness in their sound, brought by the use of samples, drum machines, pads, field recordings and synths. "Cor Cordium" and the previous album "CroceVia" were a point of no return for their minimal rock challenge, engaged in making as much sound as possible with their very few elements: Bruno's half drum set, Stefania's guitar and her incredible voice. The new challenge is to go beyond it, using contemporary music tools to keep on being creative and evolve. For this step OvO had the priceless help of Giulio "Ragno" Favero at the mixing desk, Giovanni Versari's mastering, and the friendly collaboration of Alan Dubin (ex OLD, Khanate, now in Gnaw) and Carla Bozulich with her full band Evangelista. After 13 years, OvO keep on experimenting, developing, pushing themselves into borderline territories, in a continuous purchase of the Extreme. For Fans of: Khanate, Nadja, Evangelista...



TESTAMENT - DARK ROOTS OF THRASH (COL) (2LP)
Paramount in Huntington, NY: TESTAMENT are about to reach another highlight in their 25 year career. Filming an entire live show in front of a truly frantic audience for the upcoming new DVD on February 15th, 2013. "Dark Roots Of Thrash" was produced by Get Hammered Productions, directed by Tommy Jones and mixed by Juan Urteaga. A total of 19 live tracks, the video clip for Native Blood and additional Backstage Footage make "Dark Roots Of Thrash" an incomparable experience for every true Thrash fan. Countless cams onstage, in the center of the moshpit and moving high above the audience on trusses, you will become part of the show while watching. Being released on October 11th, 2013 in several different formats containing high quality bonus materials, "Dark Roots Of Thrash" is going to be the outstanding Genre Moment of the entire year.

THEATRE OF TRAGEDY - AEGIS
Vinyl reissue of the third full length album (1998) from this female fronted Norwegian metal/goth band, who'd later focus on electronic sounds more and more.

[Shiny Beast]

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DEATHSTORM - AS DEATH AWAKES (BLACK)
LIMITED 400 COPIES BLACK VINYL. It's been 6 years since this young Austrian thrash platoon began their mission to eradicate the mediocre and to take a stand for meaningfulness. Two demos were recorded under the moniker of DAMAGE and in 2010 one of these demos found its way to I HATE, who would become their willing ally. Around the same time the name of the band was changed to the more powerful sounding DEATHSTORM and a year later the mini-LP Storming with Menace surfaced. With 2013 upon us, I HATE are proud to announce the power trio's first full-length, As Death Awakes, an album that's raw and unpolished, yet coherent and mature. DEATHSTORM's song-writing manages to capture the aura of raw death/thrash in the early SADUS/MORBID SAINT/SODOM-tradition but augmenting it with the slightly more mature and technical late 80s deeds of CORONER and KREATOR. This is sadly a forgotten path not many artists choose to follow nowadays...but all this will change with DEATHSTORM! Prepare for the slaughter! Await the edged blades!



VULCANO - ANTHROPOPHAGY (COL)
Limited 100 copies blue vinyl. Reissue on vinyl of 1987 album by Brazilian speed/thrash metal act...leaning in style on their brothers in arms Sepultura.

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CEMETARY - INCARNATION OF MORBIDITY
Classic Swedish death metal with doomy elements. Edition of 400 copies on red and black splatter vinyl. Includes a 16-page booklet with the band history and old photos. The tracks are 'The Funeral' and 'Beyond The Grave'.

ARABROT - MURDER AS ART EP
The follow-up EP to Arabrot's celebrated s/t sixth album offers three tracks featuring Karin Park, Lasse Marhaug and Erland Dahlen (Nils Petter Molvaer). The A-side contains 'Signifying Monkey', a loose decadent rocker and the pitch black noise track 'Mystikum', whilst the B-side features a 15 minute sonic monster entitled 'Story of Lot'. This 27-minute EP (or mini-album) comes with artwork by Norwegian artist Johannes Hoie and a printed inner-sleeve with a short story by the legendary English writer John Doran.



EL CAMINO - (BLACK) GOLD OF THE GREAT DECEIVER
Limited to 200 copies on black vinyl. Nassjo's most sinister doom-metal band is back. The group's second full-length is dirty, raw and completely oozes of malice. It's heavy and seriously demented... "EL CAMINO delivers earcandy in its most perverse form." ~Close Up Magazine 152, June 2013.

IHSAHN - DAS SEELENBRECHEN
Few artists in modern heavy music have created such an extraordinary and unique body of work as Ihsahn. Having refined and redefined black metal with the now legendary 'Emperor', Norway's foremost musical extremist has spent the last decade establishing himself as a fearless and wildly idiosyncratic solo artist, but even by his own remarkable standards, Ihsahn's fifth solo album 'Das Seelenbrechen' is a bold and mind-blowing step into the unknown.

INSULTERS - WE ARE THE PLAGUE
First vinyl output from this dark horde from Sabadell, Catalunya, containing 11 tracks of pure sonic rawness. 'We Are The Plague' is a nihilist and anti-religious spell in the shape of cold and harsh metal with black/thrash hints and an old smell. Most copies are pressed on black, some on red vinyl. Includes an insert.

NAZARETH - CLOSE ENOUGH FOR ROCK'N'ROLL
Vinyl reissue of 'Close Enough For Rock'N'Roll', the seventh studio album by the Scottish hard rock band, originally released in 1976. SIDE A 1. Telegram pt.1 On Our Way 2. Telegram pt.2 So You Want To Be A Rock N Roll Star 3. Telegram pt.3 Sound Check 4. Telegram pt.4 Here We Are Again 5. Vicki 6. Homesick Again 7. Vancouver Shakedown SIDE B 8. Born Under The Wrong Sign 9. Loretta 10. Carry Out Feelings 11. Lift The Lid 12. You're The Violin



PESTILENCE - OBSIDEO
Their 2013 album! Pestilence started in 1986. Initially the band was heavily influenced by American and German thrash metal. By the time of their second album, 'Consuming Impulse' from 1989, the band had developed its own brutal death metal style. In the years that followed Pestilence became one of the prime bands in the international death metal scene. Tracks: 1. Obsideo 2. Displaced 3. Aura Negative 4. NecroMorph 5. Laniatus 6. Distress 7. Soulrot 8. Saturation 9. Transition 10. Superconscious

RUSSIAN CIRCLES - MEMORIAL
LP in gatefold sleeve and including download card. One of the most notable aspects of this fifth album by Chicago-based three-piece Russian Circles, which almost sounds like a split personality, is the wide range of emotions. Compared to their previous releases the heavy parts are more blown out while the pretty moments are far more restrained, delicate and atmospheric. One track features special guest vocalist Chelsea Wolfe!



SAHG - DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR
The 2013 full length from Norwegian quartet SAHG, which specializes in doom-infused and psychedelic '70s rock. SIDE A 1. Slip Off The Edge Of The Universe 2. Blizzardborne 3. Firechild 4. Walls Of Delusion SIDE B 5. Ether 6. Then Wakens The Beast 7. Odium Delirium 8. Sleeper's Gate To The Galaxy



STONE SOUR - HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES PART 2
The second half of their ambitious double concept album closes out the narrative with an incendiary conclusion-and the best music of the band's career to date. In a stroke of genius, not only do they tell a universally identifiable story of a man at life's crossroads, but they also get more intimate than ever before. This is as close to Stone Sour as you'll ever be, and you'll feel that wonderful fire forever. TRACKLISTING: 01. RED CITY 02. BLACK JOHN 03. SADIST 04. PECKINPAH 05. STALEMATE 06. GRAVESEND 07. ï82 08. THE UNCANNY VALLEY 09. BLUE SMOKE 10. DO ME A FAVOR 11. THE CONFLAGRATION 12. THE HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES

STRYPER - NO MORE HELL TO PAY (2LP)
Christian heavy rockers STRYPER deliver their 2013 album! Vinyl edition. SIDE A 1. Revelation 2. No More Hell To Pay 3. Saved By Love SIDE B 4. Jesus Is Just Alright 5. The One 6. Legacy SIDE C 7. Marching Into Battle 8. Te Amo 9. Sticks & Stones SIDE D 10. Water Into Wine 11. Sympathy 12. Renewed

[Shiny Beast]

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CHURCH OF VOID - DEAD RISING (BLACK)
Gatefold, black vinyl, ltd. to 350. Church of Void presents the new wave of old school doom metal on Svart Records. Hailing from the barren wastes of southern Finland, Church of Void is a five man electrical rock band. Founded in 2010 by vocalist Magus Corvus, the band's first sign of life was the limited run EP 'Winter Is Coming'. Now signed to Finland's eclectic vinyl merchants Svart Records, Church of Void is gearing up for a full album release. Self described as new wave of classic doom metal, Church of Void wears their influences proudly on both sleeves and cites their sound as deeply affected by classics such as Saint Vitus, Black Sabbath and Pentagram, but one can also hear overtones of Scandinavian downer rock in the vein of Mana Mana and Babylon Whores here and there. Thematically the band steers away from the popular occult current and focuses on levels of the human condition instead. "We write our material both as individuals and as a group, and most of it draws inspiration from archaic human instincts, needs and emotions", comments Corvus.



EXITUS - (BLACK) STATUTUM EST HOMINUBUS MORI
Gatefold, bonus CD, black vinyl, ltd. to 350. Exitus was a seminal Finnish doom/death/thrash metal band that only survived from 1989 to 1990. They released one official demo, Statutum Est Hominibus Mori in 1990 that was sold to friends and through the underground metal zines of the time. Only around 300 copies were ever made. The band played some gigs in Helsinki area with local bands like Abhorrence and Oppression and were quite popular in those circles. Now, 23 years later, the remastered demo is available on vinyl with a bonus CD-EP of unreleased live and rehearsal tracks. Youve finally got the chance to hear what dark, gloomy, sounds they used to make back then. An absolute must for fans of Dream Death, Hellhammer, Celtic Frost, Candlemass.. The Svart reissue consists of the entire 30 minute demo remastered on LP and an ultra-rare rehearsal tape as added bonus on CD. The set comes in gatefold covers . "In 1990, around the time the second wave of Doom Metal started its gathering by bands like Cathedral, Penance and Revelation, far away in the periphery of Finland one group did its solitary toil, in shadows and silence.Their existence was brief and mostly unnoticed, but the material so powerful, that had the eyes and ears of the world been turned for that one moment towards them, they would be revered as one of the pioneering saviours of Doom. Now, the world has got a second chance. Enter EXITUS!"



PALE DIVINE - (BLACK) THUNDER PERFECT MIND (2LP)
Presented in a gatefold sleeve and printed on black vinyl, this LP release is limited to 350 copies. PALE DIVINE are one of the brighter stars in the contemporary doom firmament. Heavy '70s flavoured doom with the onus on songwriting, and fluid wah-wah drenched solos. A modern day equivalent of the wondrous Pentagram. PALE DIVINE is sure to please fans of PENANCE, TROUBLE, SAINT VITUS and PENTAGRAM.

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GONGA - CONCRESCENCE
Clawing their way out of the dank blackness of their "riff research laboratory," "rehearsal dungeon" and hungry for the flesh of new twisted listeners, GONGA bring forth their 2013 offering. Without a singer in the ranks the aim became to create aural landscapes for band and listener to use as launchpad for remote viewing, for mental and spiritual enlightenment and for emotional therapy. One could refer to it as instrumental Heavy Rock for the philosophical connoisseur. UK import, vinyl edition.

KROKUS - STAMPEDE (2LP)
A classic title from the Swiss '80s metal band, now available on double 180-gram vinyl.

LOSS OF SELF - TWELVE MINUTES
Now also on vinyl. Melbourne, Australia's formidable black metal entity LOSS OF SELF has teamed up with avant-garde metal label The Flenser to release 'Twelve Minutes', the follow-up EP to the band's highly acclaimed 2012 demo cassette. Unfurling dark, sweeping soundscapes, Loss Of Self's shoegaze tinged post-rock and twisted black metal surpasses all musical boundaries and restrictions.

MOTORHEAD - AFTERSHOCK
Motorhead's 21st studio album! Tracklisting: 01. Heartbreaker 02. Coup De Grace 03. Lost Woman Blues 04. End Of Time 05. Do You Believe 06. Death Machine 07. Dust And Glass 08. Going To Mexico 09. Silence When You Speak To Me 10. Crying Shame 11. Queen Of The Damned 12. Knife 13. Keep Your Powder Dry 14. Paralyzed.

MOUNTAIN WITCH - COLD RIVER
Doom/stoner rock from Germany. Trading in the cosmos for the kingdom with 'Cold River', Mountain Witch are out for the crown. and its only a matter of time before they take the empire.

ULCERATE - VERMIS (2LP)
Auckland's extreme metal underground heroes ULCERATE make their Relapse debut with 'Vermis', a pummeling, brain twisting example of just how creative and challenging the death metal genre can still be, without becoming obtuse or arty. Combining truly original dark atmospheric guitar work with powerful, blastbeat driven drums, 'Vermis' achieves a wholly unlikely harmonization of Neurosis and Morbid Angel. It's a genuine affirmation of how thrillingly brilliant extreme metal can be and it's an instant classic of forward thinking death metal. The LP is packaged in a gatefold jacket with a printed innersleeve.

WINDHAND - SOMA (BLACK)
Windhand's debut full length for Relapse Records is nothing short of transcendent. On its surface it is a top 5 of all time doom record, but this record is for more than just doom-metal fanatics though. This is an epic record for all fans of guitar driven rock and roll! On 'Soma' Windhand successfully make syrupy slow, downtuned doom hooky and anthemic. Propelled by singer DORTHIA COTTRELL's beautifully haunting bellow, Windhand's dual guitar attack sounds like the glorious misfit offspring of Black Sabbath and Nirvana. Edition on black vinyl.

WOLVSERPENT - PERIGAEA ANTAHKARANA (2LP)
This duo from Boise, Idaho summons a deeply lush and powerful amalgamation of doom, dark-folk, drone, chamber music and black metal. Shimmering tribal drones dance with epic blackened metal to create a sound much much bigger than its two human parts. Simultaneously dark and beautiful, the band's sprawling Relapse-debut gracefully blends stringed amplified instruments with a 21st century approach to composition to create a 4-part masterwork that is dark, emotional, menacing, cinematic, atmospheric, and heartbreakingly lovely. This double-LP is pressed on purple vinyl and comes in a deluxe gatefold jacket.

[Shiny Beast]

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ALBINO PYTHON - (BLACK) THE DOOMED AND THE DAMNED
Limited 100 copies BLACK vinyl. Heavy doom from Arizona, this duo will rip your face off with heavy riffs and big choruses. The Doomed & The Damned, a drugged-out ripper of a doom record that recalls names like Electric Wizard with their references to the dark arts and devotion to fuzzy, weight riffs.

KATATONIA - DETHRONED & UNCROWNED (2LP)
The 2013 album by the Swedish metal band.



SLEEP - DOPESMOKER (2LP/BROWN)
'Hasheeshian edition' on 180-gram brown/black/tan swirl vinyl! Limited to 2.000 copies. Reissue of an undisputed masterpiece, SLEEP's 63 minute long ode to weed, available once again as 2LP! 'Dopesmoker' remains unrivaled in the annals of (stoner) metal.



STONE SOUR - HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES PART 2
The second half of their ambitious double concept album closes out the narrative with an incendiary conclusion-and the best music of the band's career to date. In a stroke of genius, not only do they tell a universally identifiable story of a man at life's crossroads, but they also get more intimate than ever before. This is as close to Stone Sour as you'll ever be, and you'll feel that wonderful fire forever. TRACKLISTING: 01. RED CITY 02. BLACK JOHN 03. SADIST 04. PECKINPAH 05. STALEMATE 06. GRAVESEND 07. ï82 08. THE UNCANNY VALLEY 09. BLUE SMOKE 10. DO ME A FAVOR 11. THE CONFLAGRATION 12. THE HOUSE OF GOLD & BONES

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CHURCH OF MISERY - EARLY WORKS COMPILATION (3LP)
Back in print! Triple gatefold sleeve. This is another masterpiece for true doom fans. Early Works Compilation includes all the songs that are on the band's hard to find albums before Master Of Brutality. 'Retal' is a previously unreleased song that was recorded in 2000. Compiled on three LPs are 16 songs of heavy psychedelic doom rock. All songs have been remastered.



CHURCH OF MISERY - VOL. 1 (+7")
REPRESS. The LP comes with a 7" single containing the last 2 songs of the CD version. The official re-release of Church Of Misery's unreleased debut full lenght Volume 1. This will be the first time this has been officially released. This release has been remastered (Souichirou Nakamura at Peace Music) and sounds amazing compared to the original release. Originally recorded in 1996 these are the oldest Church Of Misery recordings. Volume 1 track listing. 1. Cloud Bed 2. Nutz 3. Kingdom Scum 4. Frog's Funeral 5. Cerebrate Pigs. Tracks on 7" single: 6. Race With The Devil (Single Version) 7. Chilly Grave (Single Version).



CONVULSE - EVIL PREVAILS (BLACK)
Finnish death metal quartet CONVULSE are commonly known as one of the most classic bands from the first wave of Finnish death metal, with the debut album World Without God being one of the most collectible items of the era. But this past January's comeback EP Inner Evil, recorded after an 18-year break, proved that the group can still cut it. CONVULSE spent the whole of August locked away in an old-fashioned analog studio, recording what was to become Evil Prevails. A fascinating combination of old-school death metal, lightning-fast thrashing parts, some blastbeats here and there, and even ultra-slow doom elements. The CONVULSE of the year 2013 is heavier and meaner than ever before. This album is a rebirth as much as it is continuation of the old-school spirit.

GNAW - HORRIBLE CHAMBER
A combination of horrifying ambient-noise-terror and equally horrifying doom-metal from NYC's Gnaw. Vinyl edition.



SATYRICON - SATYRICON (2LP)
The milestone self-titled album (their 9th) from Satyricon is out now!



TOMBSTONED - TOMBSTONED (BLACK)
Gatefold, black vinyl, ltd. to 500. Funereal directors of rocking doom, Tombstoned have committed their first undead body to the earth. Kicking up new dirt in the old graveyard, with a warm vintage sound that's as fresh as it is genuine. Dragging along truckloads of smoking riffs and coffins of classic, doom-laden heavy rock and roll, these young stalwarts of psychrock have the real magic of a future classic. Brimming with southern swamp atmospheres, reminiscent of Neil Young or Woven Hand and dosed up on heavy Sabbathian, timeless riffs, Tombstone's debut album bristles forth chainsaw guitars that put bands like High Tide ahead of their time. Every bit real-deal purveyors of the finest art, the album is an unforgettable collection of die hard tracks to die for. Vocals like the bastard lovechild of Ozzy, Robert Smith and Hawkwind-era Lemmy hook you into the gloom in a way that's been lost for decades. Just when you thought that heavy classics are getting harder and harder to find, Tombstoned show up in a haze of heaving, dusty doom-rock like a shining diamond in vagrant's tooth. From Justin Oborn's favorite new earworm and choice to play Roadburn 2013, to the new treasured LP you expose your friends to, Tombstoned are as certain as death to catch up with you!

[Shiny Beast]

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A STORM OF LIGHT - NATIONS TO FLAMES (2LP)
A Storm Of Light are New York-based metal alchemists, featuring former NEUROSIS visual master Josh Graham. Kim Thayil (SOUNDGARDEN) lends guitar on several tracks. On this release the band ditched the heavy rock elements of their previous release in favour of influences of f.i. Killing Joke, Bad Brains, Metallica and Crash Worship. This approach brings back the intensity of 'Black Ocean', but with the speed and precision that reminds of the band's metal influences. While there are still some slower/sludgy tunes, some songs are twice as fast as the older material.



ATLANTEAN KODEX - WHITE GODDESS (2LP)
Gatefold cover. 180 gram virgin vinyl. Many bands and labels lay claim to the word "epic" to describe a particular sound, but on 'The White Goddess (A Grammar of Poetic Myth)', Atlantean Kodex embodies the term in a way very few others could imagine. Highly recommended to fans of traditional heavy metal and Norse metal with timeless songcraft.

BEAST (SWEDEN) - DEAD OR ALIVE
Debut album by the Swedish band, specialized in sleazy metal-punk'n'roll. Get out yer leather jacket, put on yer shades and don't let go of that booze bottle. Nine tracks of primal energy.

CELESTE (FRANCE) - ANIMALE(S) (2LP)
Expressionistic, sophisticated, evolved, overflowing, pitch-black... these are just a few words which are a desperate attempt to properly approach 'ANIMALE(S)', the fifth full-length record of the French combo CELESTE from Lyon. Musically 'Animale(s)' showcases how the band developed their metal and hardcore oriented sound in different directions. Their music was always characterised by the interaction of monumental melodies, dark riffs, violent drums and expressive lyrics, but on this album all these ingredients are present even stronger.

DREAD SOVEREIGN - PRAY TO TE DEVIL IN MAN
180 gram heavy purple virgin vinyl. Dread Sovereign is the born dead brain child of Nemtheanga from Primordial. Years of string hacking and slashing on guitar have finally come to realization as backed by Dubh SOL (Primordial) on drums and Bones (Wizards of Firetop Mountain) on guitar they have forged a new band. The blueprint is rough, raw old school doom / metal which hails of Venom, Saint Vitus, Cirith Ungol and touches of late 80s early sepulchral black metal. Not intended to re-invent the wheel just to give it a good kicking in the true old evil metal fashion.

GEHENNA - UNRAVEL
Having kept us waiting since the 2005 release of 'WW', 'Unravel' is Gehenna's latest addition to the Norwegian black metal experience. It carries the spirit from 'WW', and twists it to confront a more post-apocalyptic era rather than the ragnarok of the bourgeoise, the individual, and the failings of western society. Gehenna faces 21st century existence head on. There is no remorse, no compromise, there is only perfect hate.



LUMBAR - THE FIRST AND LAST DAYS OF UNWELCOME
A crushing sonic endeavour featuring Mike Scheidt (YOB) and Tad Doyle (Yes, of F***ING TAD-fame!!) and Aaron Edge (HIMSA). An intense, monolithic and emotional outpouring that (out)rages against Aaron Edge's personal struggle with multiple sclerosis.



NOOTHGRUSH/COFFINS - SPLIT LP
COFFINS from Japan churn out a dose of utterly filthy noise. Oakland, CA's NOOTHGRUSH are amongst the pioneers of sludge and return with their first brand new material in over 13 years. A relevant split!

RUINS OF BEVERAST - BLOOD VAULTS (2LP)
Three panel hardcover with bronze hotfoil embossing. Heavy 180g black virgin vinyl. Full-coloured 12" booklet, rough paper. Huge b/w two sided printed poster (120 x 90cm / DinA0+) Two-sided full-coloured Din A2 poster. Artwork by Axel Hermann (Grave, Morgoth, Asphyx, Samael, etc.). Sinister black metal.

URFAUST - GEIST IST TEUFEL
Urfaust is an occult audial vessel of madness that was invoked in 1999. Ritual doom metal. Jacket with silver print on rough black carton stock, printed & heavy innersleeves, black & heavy 180g virgin vinyl.



WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM - BBC SESSION 2011 ANNO DOMINI
On offer are two songs from 'Celestial Lineage', performed live for BBC Radio in 2011.

[Shiny Beast]

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ARGUS (USA) - BEYOND THE MARTYRS
Filled with doom-tinged, traditional heavy metal, Argus' third album is sure to force metal heads everywhere to raise horn-crested fists to the sky. 'Beyond The Martyrs' contains all of the hallmarks of their previous works, including twin guitars, soaring vocals, and a driving rhythm section. This is heavy, melodic, epic, and brooding all at once. If you don't like this album, you don't like metal! Vinyl version.



EL CAMINO - (BLACK) GOLD OF THE GREAT DECEIVER
Limited to 200 copies on black vinyl. Nassjo's most sinister doom-metal band is back. The group's second full-length is dirty, raw and completely oozes of malice. It's heavy and seriously demented... "EL CAMINO delivers earcandy in its most perverse form." ~Close Up Magazine 152, June 2013.



EXTREMA - THE SEEDS OF FOOLISHNESS
An Italian thrash legend has returned with a bone-crushing album! EXTREMA - "The seed of foolishness" is out now on vinyl officially licensed from Scarlet Records in a strictly limited edition of 350 hand-numbered copies in gatefold matt and glossy cover plus a double folded insert! The new incredible release features songs that are already classics to the legions of thrashers out there! "Between the lines", "The politics", "Again and again", "Deep infection" and "Sick and tired" will leave you breathless and full of adrenaline at the same time! Extrema push the limit of thrash metal further and crack the boundaries of extreme music.



GERM BOMB - SOUND OF HORNS
(limited to 300 copies on aqua blue vinyl / insert) No decent metalhead collection can do without a least one VENOM compilation. And even if the young generation tends to forget about them, DISCHARGE and GBH fuck you attitude is still the tailor-made punk for those with long hair sporting an IRON MAIDEN shirt. But what if youd combine those three together in one in-your-face and explosive band? Enter GERM BOMB. This duo might hail from Gothenburg Sweden, paradise of the melodic death-metal scene, but fear not, there's nothing technical nor beautiful about Sound Of Horns. If their style might have come straight from the '80s, their intense musicianship and production are not. As a matter of fact, this new full-length is even faster and angrier than its predecessor (Infected From Birth released in 2010), depicting a rotten society on its knees and on its way to Armageddon. Just like CARNIVORE twenty-five years ago, GERM BOMB likes to twist the knife where it hurts, with a beer in its hand and a grin on its face. Already released on CD by AREA DEATH PRODUCTIONS (China) and on tape through HEAVY STEEL RECORDS (Germany), DOOMENTIA is once again damn proud to handle its vinyl version that will surely please all fans of crossover, pissed off thrash, the latest DARKTHRONE incarnation or just any damn good punk and metal music



HORN OF THE RHINO - BREED THE CHOSEN ONE (2LP)
After the two successful releases of Weight of Coronation in 2010 and Grengus two years later, one could say its only logical to see both DOOMENTIA and HORN OF THE RHINO once again joining forces, but this time for a good old blast from the past. Originally released through 7th GATE RECORDS back in 2007, Breed the Chosen One was the first of the two albums the Basque Country-based proud three-headed monster initially recorded as RHINO. Even if compared to their later works that debut will probably sound a tad more aggressive and thrash/hardcore-oriented, the amazing thing about it is the trio's unique blend of various styles of metal - from doom to sludge and grunge - was already firmly in place six years ago. Like DANZIG, HIGH ON FIRE and later ENTOMBED all wrapped up in one. Dark yet melodic and not afraid of pulling all stops one minute and speeding up the next, the band's main strength was already his frontman and vocalist Javier Gàlvez. Like a more possessed sounding Chris Cornell on his way down to hell, he's the one taking Breed the Chosen One to the next level, proving that the Bilbao boys hadnt waited Weight of Coronation to learn how to be and sound bloody great. This time, there's no point trying to deny the deafening stomping of the RHINO.



HORSE LATITUDES - BLACK SOIL
When speaking about Black Soil, Lurkerspath.com draws a parallel in between what ALUK TODOLO are to black-metal and what HORSE LATITUDES are to doom, like a strange entity that cannot be tamed. And theyve got a point. First off, those weirdos have ever been what you can call your typical doom band in the first place. And their extensive use of not one but TWO bass players and lack of guitar is just a part of the riddle. See, those three Finns have always been first and foremost about repetition. And theres always been something very ritualistic about their music, as if it was their way of entering the next world. And this has never been as vibrant as on this brand-new 12"MLP. This being said, MLP might not be the most appropriate term as the whole thing clocks at nearly 40 minutes, with the song "Eternal Spring" swallowing the whole B side. And whereas on the flipside both "Black Soil" and "Forest" present a quite versatile face full of analog synths, death growls and vibrant drumming, this final epic of 17 + minutes take their already legendary sense of minimalism to new heights. If at some point the song seems to come to a halt, it finishes off on an almost hysterical and black-metal like note, encompassing how truly out-of-this-world HORSE LATITUDES are.



MASTER - FUNERAL BITCH
This is the first time these tracks are being made available on vinyl. Even if it includes the same four bonus tracks as the CD version, to make it even more special, it's been once again given a new title ('Funeral Bitch') and a new, more fitting and blasphemous artwork, rounded up with the usual high quality standards DOOMENTIA is known for. So, as Speckmann said it himself in the song that gave the band its name: "We are your Masters/So set your soul free!"

MOUNTAIN WITCH - COLD RIVER
Doom/stoner rock from Germany. Trading in the cosmos for the kingdom with 'Cold River', Mountain Witch are out for the crown. and its only a matter of time before they take the empire.

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AYREON - THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING (+2CD)
Eighth studio album of progressive metal/rock opera Ayreon project by Dutch songwriter, producer, singer, and multi-instrumentalist Arjen Anthony Lucassen.

BATHORY - UNDER THE SIGN OF THE BLACK MARK
REPRESSED. Stunning 180 gram limited edition gatefold blue vinyl reissue of Bathory's third album. It had a major influence on the black metal genre, specifically the Norwegian black metal scene that emerged in the early 1990s. The song "Woman of Dark Desires" is a tribute to the band's namesake, Elizabeth Bathory, and has become one of their most recognized early tracks. "Enter the Eternal Fire" was the band's first epic, reaching nearly seven minutes in length, and presaged the turn towards what would become known as Viking metal which Bathory would take on their next three records.

BONG - MANA YOOD SUSHAI (COL)
Following last years masterpiece Beyond Ancient Space, Bong prove to be ever-prolific with their latest offering, a brand new album entitled, Mana-Yood-Sushai. Recorded, mixed and mastered in just two days in December 2011, this marks the first time Bong have entered a professional studio and recorded with an engineer. At the helm was Greg Chandler of Esoteric who had this to say about the experience: "It was really great to record an album live in the studio with BONG, whose heavy, droning, psychedelic improvisations unfolded like a lucid, transcendental journey. Great vibe to the session with these guys, and a real pleasure to work with. I really enjoyed the session, was cool to work with a band that can just get in and do their thing with a completely no nonsense approach!" That the music on this record is described by Greg as unfolding "like a lucid transcendental journey" is easy to imagine when you hear it. Dreams of Mana-Yood-Sushai" seems to pick up where Beyond Ancient Space ended, with ritualistic vocal passages atop their meditative jams. Trees, Grass and Stones evolves at an unhurried pace, first emerging with simple chimes and drones before locking into a most seductive groove. This is Bong as we have never heard them before, and they sound all the better for it! Artwork is an image of a splendid painting by Nicolas Roerich entitled Mount Of Five Treasures. 180g CLEAR BLUE vinyl, full colour printed vinyl labels, black paper inner sleeve, full colour premium 300gsm heavy card outer sleeve with 3mm spine, matt varnish.



ELECTRIC WIZARD - ELECTRIC WIZARD
REPRESS. First album by 70's influenced rock band, inspired by BLACK SABBATH and BUDGIE. Stoner fans take note.



GEHENNA (NORWAY) - UNRAVEL
Having kept us waiting since the 2005 release of 'WW', 'Unravel' is Gehenna's latest addition to the Norwegian black metal experience. It carries the spirit from 'WW', and twists it to confront a more post-apocalyptic era rather than the ragnarok of the bourgeoise, the individual, and the failings of western society. Gehenna faces 21st century existence head on. There is no remorse, no compromise, there is only perfect hate.



GRAVE DIGGER - EXCALIBUR (2LP)
Reissuie of a highly regarded rock album. SIDE A 1. The Secrets Of Merlin 2. Pendragon 3. Excalibur SIDE B 4. The Round Table (Forever) 5. Morgane Le Fay 6. The Spell SIDE C 7. Tristan's Fate 8. Lancelot 9. Mordred's Song SIDE D 10. The Final War 11. Emerald Eyes 12. Avalon



IRON MAN - SOUTH OF THE EARTH (2LP)
Rising out of the same Maryland/DC mean streets as fellow US doom pioneers Pentagram and The Obsessed, IRON MAN was formed in 1988 as a Black Sabbath tribute band by guitarist Alfred Morris III, whose musical career began in 1977 with mysterious proto-doom cult FORCE. Al's legendary, heavy, unearthly guitar tone was already much in evidence on FORCE's ultra-rare 1981 debut EP, and it has only deepened, hardened, improved and refined in the ensuing 32 years. Signed to the legendary underground doom label Hellhound Records, IRON MAN released its stellar 'Black Night' debut in 1993, followed by 'The Passage' in 1994, before line-up and label instability forced the band into a late 90s wilderness period. They re-emerged in 1999 with 'Generation Void', before another extended hiatus. This time it took a full ten years before Al reassembled the indestructible IRON MAN with yet another new line-up for the aptly-named return-to-form 'I Have Returned' on Shadow Kingdom. 'South Of The Earth' is, without question, Iron Man's strongest, heaviest release to date. The time has come for a wider audience to finally appreciate the grinding majesty of this true underground phenomena.



OBLITERATION - BLACK DEATH HORIZON
OBLITERATION is a young death metal band from Kolbotn (home of Darkthrone, Aura Noir, Lamented Souls among others), Norway. They started out in 2001 and have ever since left a trail of destruction behind them with HELLBLAZING gigs and rock solid releases. Obliteration returns after a three year hiatus with a devastating monument of death. Recorded once again in their own DIY studio at Kolbotn, to capture the band's fire on tape, 'Black Death Horizon' delivers seven sepulchral tracks of haunting death metal.

RHAPSODY OF FIRE - DARK WINGS OF STEEL (2LP)
Tenth full-length studio album by the Italian symphonic power metal band Rhapsody of Fire. Gatefold sleeve. Transparent vinyl.

[Shiny Beast]

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EXTREMA - THE SEEDS OF FOOLISHNESS
An Italian thrash legend has returned with a bone-crushing album! EXTREMA - "The seed of foolishness" is out now on vinyl officially licensed from Scarlet Records in a strictly limited edition of 350 hand-numbered copies in gatefold matt and glossy cover plus a double folded insert! The new incredible release features songs that are already classics to the legions of thrashers out there! "Between the lines", "The politics", "Again and again", "Deep infection" and "Sick and tired" will leave you breathless and full of adrenaline at the same time! Extrema push the limit of thrash metal further and crack the boundaries of extreme music.



SEANCE - AWAKENING OF THE GODS
SEANCE's album 'Awakening Of The Gods' appears on LP for the very first time, in a limited hand-numbered edition of 250 pieces worldwide! Housed in a noble unique gatefold cover this release marks the triumphant come back of this cult Swedish death metal act, active since 1991!



TONER LOW - III (2LP)
After four years Dutch psychedelic doom stoners TONER LOW are back with the follow-up of their highly acclaimed second effort. Being the lowest frequency producers of the Netherlands TONER LOW astonished listeners with their first two albums and undoubtedly will do the same with III, as their third album is titled. However, this time the band presents a more diverse sound than ever before in their fifteen years existence. On III TONER LOW are both faster and slower as well as rawer and more subtle, whilst making sure that the deepest sub-low frequencies are omnipresent throughout the entire album. A wide range of psychedelic sounds completes this four songs in 55 minutes ride through a musical wasteland filled with drugged out themes and doped up riffing. With one difference: this time even the cover artwork might get you high! Laying down the law once more with low-endness and undertones TONER LOW reach another high in heaviness on III, both musically and physically. Tracklisting: 1. Six (VI) 2. Seven (VII) 3. Eight (VIII) 4. Nine (IX).

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ATLANTEAN KODEX - WHITE GODDESS (2LP/USA)
US LP edition. Many bands and labels lay claim to the word "epic" to describe a particular sound, but on 'The White Goddess (A Grammar of Poetic Myth)', Atlantean Kodex embodies the term in a way very few others could imagine. Highly recommended to fans of traditional heavy metal and Norse metal with timeless songcraft.

BEASTMILK - CLIMAX (BLACK)
Deluxe LP version with 16 page booklet. 500 x black vinyl. "Apocalyptic visions and a wicked sense of humor populate audio nightmares as Beastmilk create visceral, unsettling death rock for the elite", wrote Pitchfork of the band whose highly anticipated debut album poignantly combines haunting clean vocals, darkly shimmering melodies, and a throbbing rhythmic pulse to create an atmospheric yet energetic journey into post-punk's past, present, and definitely its future. "Elements of a gloomier Joy Division, an angrier Echo & The Bunnymen, a medicated Killing Joke, and even a lush layering of Peter Murphy" - all this, and vastly more, describes the immediately memorable 3D darkness of Beastmilk. In June 2013, they flew out to Boston, USA to record at GodCity Studio with the legendary Kurt Ballou (Converge), who produced their debut full-length album, Climax.



BONGZILLA - (COL) METHODS FOR ATTAINING EXTREME ALTITUDES
Limited to 350 copies on SWAMPBUD GREEN vinyl. The 15th anniversary edition of the stoner-sludge classic. The band have been delivering their drugged out, tuned down, Sabbath inspired stoned music over the course of six albums, the first being 'Methods For Attaining Extreme Altitudes' in 1998.

BOTANIST/PALACE OF WORMS - HANGING GARDENS OF HELL/ODE TO JOY
San Francisco's two most peculiar black metal bands have conspired to release a mind bending split LP via The Flenser. BOTANIST and PALACE OF WORMS each contribute three tracks. Edition of 500 copies.



DISEASE CONCEPT - YOUR DESTROYER
Strictly limited to 300 copies, all on blue translucid wax with red splattering. Artwork by Scott Stearns. This band features Jesse Kling (Vocals - Sollubi), Dave Szulkin (Guitar - Blood Farmers), Tommy Southard (Guitar - Solace), Rob Hultz (Bass - Trouble, Solace) and Corey Bing (Drums - Fistula, Accept Death). On offer are seven tracks in the vein of Eyehategod, Blood Farmers, Judas Priest and Kiss.



MOTH - THEY FALL
Hailing from Hamburg, Germany The Moth are a young three-piece who despite only forming at the end of 2012 have already garnered plenty of praise for their heavy, no nonsense approach to psychedelic metal. A well-tempered mix of Baroness, Mastodon and Kylesa the album is virtually void of frills, instead opting to turn out hammer heavy drums and riff ready rock'n'roll, fraught with the head to head vocals of bass player Cecile and guitarist Freden. A driving lo-fi sound and Jekyll and Hyde-like aural aesthetic thats as brutal as it is bewitching.



OBSESSED - THE CHURCH WITHIN (2LP)
Biker metal, doom metal, stoner metal....whatever metal subgenre you want to fit him into, Scott "Wino" Weinrich has been at the forefront of it for over thirty years. The unmistakable rasp of his lead vocals and thick, fuzzy Gibson guitar tone have spearheaded bands ranging from Saint Vitus to Spirit Caravan to Probot, but for many his crowning achievement (and most accessible one) was 'The Church Within', the last album he made with his first band, The Obsessed, for Columbia in 1994. His lone major label release, 'The Church Within' features the dark vision and crushing, slow-motion riffs beloved by fans of Black Sabbath, but the driving intensity and atonal guitar solos recall Motörhead and Black Flag, respectively; in short, this album transcends genre classifications even as it defines them. Now, for the first time, this lost classic of 90s metal is being reissued by Real Gone Music on double 180-gram gatefold vinyl with two bonus tracks (the single 'Mental Kingdom' and the unreleased track 'Melancholy Grey'), added photos, the original album art with lyrics and a new note from Wino himself. Everyone from Henry Rollins to Dave Grohl to Ian MacKaye has sung Wino's praises...time to join the chorus.

[Shiny Beast]

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ATLANTEAN KODEX - WHITE GODDESS (2LP/GER)
Gatefold cover. 180 gram virgin vinyl. Many bands and labels lay claim to the word "epic" to describe a particular sound, but on 'The White Goddess (A Grammar of Poetic Myth)', Atlantean Kodex embodies the term in a way very few others could imagine. Highly recommended to fans of traditional heavy metal and Norse metal with timeless songcraft.



CHURCH OF MISERY - EARLY WORKS COMPILATION (3LP)
Back in print! Triple gatefold sleeve. This is another masterpiece for true doom fans. Early Works Compilation includes all the songs that are on the band's hard to find albums before Master Of Brutality. 'Retal' is a previously unreleased song that was recorded in 2000. Compiled on three LPs are 16 songs of heavy psychedelic doom rock. All songs have been remastered.



CHURCH OF MISERY - VOL. 1 (+7")
REPRESS. The LP comes with a 7" single containing the last 2 songs of the CD version. The official re-release of Church Of Misery's unreleased debut full lenght Volume 1. This will be the first time this has been officially released. This release has been remastered (Souichirou Nakamura at Peace Music) and sounds amazing compared to the original release. Originally recorded in 1996 these are the oldest Church Of Misery recordings. Volume 1 track listing. 1. Cloud Bed 2. Nutz 3. Kingdom Scum 4. Frog's Funeral 5. Cerebrate Pigs. Tracks on 7" single: 6. Race With The Devil (Single Version) 7. Chilly Grave (Single Version).

DOMOVOYD - (BLACK) OH SENSIBILITY
Gatefold jacket, black vinyl, ltd. to 350. With MP3 download.



HORISONT - TIME WARRIORS
Formed in Gothenburg back in 2005, Horisont have paid their dues rocking and sweating it out in the underground clubs and bars of Europe ever since. Key slots at some of Europe's larger rock festivals in 2012 led to more widespread recognition and standout reviews. 'Time Warriors', their third full-length album, showcases just how far they have come in terms of precise musicianship, songwriting and dedication to the music they passionately believe in. Although their influences and basic inspirations may come from a genuine love of o-so-classic '70s rock and metal bands such as Priest, UFO, Sabbath and Thin Lizzy, Horisont plays music with a feeling that is more relevant today than it's ever been.



IRON MAN - SOUTH OF THE EARTH (2LP)
Rising out of the same Maryland/DC mean streets as fellow US doom pioneers Pentagram and The Obsessed, IRON MAN was formed in 1988 as a Black Sabbath tribute band by guitarist Alfred Morris III, whose musical career began in 1977 with mysterious proto-doom cult FORCE. Al's legendary, heavy, unearthly guitar tone was already much in evidence on FORCE's ultra-rare 1981 debut EP, and it has only deepened, hardened, improved and refined in the ensuing 32 years. Signed to the legendary underground doom label Hellhound Records, IRON MAN released its stellar 'Black Night' debut in 1993, followed by 'The Passage' in 1994, before line-up and label instability forced the band into a late 90s wilderness period. They re-emerged in 1999 with 'Generation Void', before another extended hiatus. This time it took a full ten years before Al reassembled the indestructible IRON MAN with yet another new line-up for the aptly-named return-to-form 'I Have Returned' on Shadow Kingdom. 'South Of The Earth' is, without question, Iron Man's strongest, heaviest release to date. The time has come for a wider audience to finally appreciate the grinding majesty of this true underground phenomena.



ORANSSI PAZUZU - VALONIELU (BLACK)
Known entity to the most attentive and adventurous of black metal fans, with Valonielu ORANSSI PAZUZU offers a vibrant, colorful cataclysm of psych, space rock, and black metal that cannot be easily categorized as any one particular genre or any single influence. At once celestial and boundless yet malevolently grim and harsh, Valonielu is certain to elevate ORANSSI PAZUZU to new levels of importance within the modern music scene. ORANSSI PAZUZU's previous album Kosmonument was received with great critical acclaim as a brilliant album by a band developing into something all their own. On Valonielu, the band has sharpened their songcraft into a more succinct and salient statement, formidably invoking '90s-era Darkthrone yet boldly reaching further out into the multiverse of the psych and experimental side they have always inhabited. From the beginning chainsaw riff of album opener "Vino Verso" ("Askew Sprout") to the climactic, world-downfall of final track "Ympyra On Viiva Tomussa" ("A Circle Is A Line In The Dust"), ORANSSI PAZUZU masterfully establish a cosmology all their own. Recorded at Orgone Studios in London and produced by Jaime Gomez Arellano (Ulver, Gates of Slumber, Hexvessel...).



TOMBSTONED - TOMBSTONED (BLACK)
Gatefold, black vinyl, ltd. to 500. Funereal directors of rocking doom, Tombstoned have committed their first undead body to the earth. Kicking up new dirt in the old graveyard, with a warm vintage sound that's as fresh as it is genuine. Dragging along truckloads of smoking riffs and coffins of classic, doom-laden heavy rock and roll, these young stalwarts of psychrock have the real magic of a future classic. Brimming with southern swamp atmospheres, reminiscent of Neil Young or Woven Hand and dosed up on heavy Sabbathian, timeless riffs, Tombstone's debut album bristles forth chainsaw guitars that put bands like High Tide ahead of their time. Every bit real-deal purveyors of the finest art, the album is an unforgettable collection of die hard tracks to die for. Vocals like the bastard lovechild of Ozzy, Robert Smith and Hawkwind-era Lemmy hook you into the gloom in a way that's been lost for decades. Just when you thought that heavy classics are getting harder and harder to find, Tombstoned show up in a haze of heaving, dusty doom-rock like a shining diamond in vagrant's tooth. From Justin Oborn's favorite new earworm and choice to play Roadburn 2013, to the new treasured LP you expose your friends to, Tombstoned are as certain as death to catch up with you!

URFAUST - GEIST IST TEUFEL
Urfaust is an occult audial vessel of madness that was invoked in 1999. Ritual doom metal. Jacket with silver print on rough black carton stock, printed & heavy innersleeves, black & heavy 180g virgin vinyl.

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16 - LOST TRACTS OF TIME
Stark, harsh and brutal are the only words that give weight to the sound of Southern California's 16. These three tracks are previously unreleased, recorded during the 'Zoloft Smile' sessions. Prepared for vinyl by former White Zombie guitarist J. Yuenger, these songs have been born again with renewed fury for enhanced listening. 'Lost Tracts Of Time' includes the eerie midnight forest jacket and sleeve artwork designed by Lindsey Kuhn. The colour of the vinyl is midnight sky mixed with opaque and translucent hues. The A side of the record showcases the three songs at 45 RPM while the entire B Side is an etching by Kuhn. The run is limited to 500 copies.



GUILT OF... - ISOLATION ROOM
'Isolation Room' is The Guilt Of...'s new limited edition full-length vinyl LP on Last Hurrah Records. The Guilt Of... is the demented duo of EyeHateGod's Mike IX Williams and Ryan McKern, former member of Wolvhammer. Think Skinny Puppy on steroids infused with tortured punk vocals, black metal guitar and power electronics. These seven songs, clocking in at over thirty minutes of music, have been mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin. The cover artwork features an embossed band logo and embossed angels designed by artist Lindsey Kuhn. The colours of the vinyl record are a translucent green splashed with doublemint and black. The run is limited to 500 copies.

LORD TIME - BLACK HOLE AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
Another blast of nekro-black 'morbid dead metal' filth from the solo project of ANDORKAPPEN, the drummer of LA black metal trio HARASSOR. And like the previous tape on Universal Consciousness, this is some dark, sinister, hateful heaviness, the sound raw and primitive, filthy and crusty, the sound lo-fi, but still somehow weirdly lush and LOUD, buzzing guitars, pounding practice space drumming, and some seriously sick demonic croak vokills. In 36 minutes you'll hear 20 brief blasts, plus a super creeped out almost 20th century sounding piano dirge outro, spare and abstract, percussive and darkly ominous.



PRONG - PROVE YOU WRONG
180 gram audiophile pressing, coming with an insert. Prove You Wrong was released in 1991, and turned heads worldwide with its more melodic approach to Prongs formula of hardhitting industrial Hardcore Thrash Metal. The album yielded two singles: "Unconditional" and "Pointless". Surprising song on Prove You Wrong is the Stranglers cover Get A Grip (On Yourself) which is sung by new bassist Troy Gregory. The original vinyl issue was limitedly available because of diminishing demands for albums on wax.

[Shiny Beast]

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BLACKHORSE - BLACKHORSE
Originally released in 1979. Blackhorse from Texas only released one album in 1979. They were in the same territory as ZZ top and Point Blank, playing near flawless Texas boogie. The album is utterly unbelievable in its rich and devilish guitar riffs and very unique as it fuses hard rock and southern flair. It is mentioned in celebrity rock critic Martin Popoff's list of the "100 Heaviest Albums of the Seventies". If you like heavy Southern Rock, along the lines of Molly Hatchet, Blackfoot or Doc Holiday, then you're gonna dig this.

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ANATOMIA/NECROVOROUS - SPLIT
If you are a fan of all things putrid and stinky, ANATOMIA should need no introduction. Born out of the ashes of TRANSGRESSOR and NECROPHILE and regarded as Japans answer to the mighty AUTOPSY, for the last decade or so, this trio has done their best staying away from any modern or too melodic influences in order their death-metal pure and primitive. A longtime supporter of the true underground, they regard low-key releases or splits as equally important as their full-length and this new piece of wax is no exception. To put it simply, if you are perverted enough to have enjoy the extremity and utter foulness of their latest full-length (2012s Decaying in Obscurity), get ready to once again jump in a cesspool of infamy and excrements with the aptly-titled "Desolation". A six minutes plus dirty and rampant that will make you to desecrate your next kin. NECROVOROUS may play a different ballgame but one could say that at the end of the day, this is all death fuckin metal. And indeed, although they have formed only in 2005, this Greek lot have amassed quite an extensive back catalogue already and have found their own way on the left hand path. Then again, with members who have already served (or still are) in CHTONIC AURA, REURGENCY, EMBRACE OF THORNS or INVERACITY, they could hardly have gone wrong. And indeed, originally included on their two songs Promo 2013 released earlier this year on tape through NUCLEAR WINTER RECORDS, "Eternal Soulmates" just proves how much theyve progressed and how tortuous and far more lethal their brand of death metal has become.



DISMA/CONVULSE - DAYS OF DEATH
Gatefold / insert / stickers of each band. To celebrate their upcoming headlining set at the inaugural WOLF THRONE festival on November 9th, DISMA have decided to wrap it around a bunch of European dates both in Italy and France. Tagging along for the already cult death-metal supergroup is another bunch of veterans, Nokias CONVULSE who have recently reformed after a whopping eighteen absence. The occasion to mark this (un)holy pairing was just too good and tempting to pass and DOOMENTIA once again gladly volunteered to celebrate it with another new and sure to be cult addition to its already long list of cool split 7 inches. And besides, for those frustrated to have witnessed the 500 copies of the deluxe 2 LP version of DISMA debut album Towards the Megalith selling out in the blink of an eye, here is your second chance to grab one of the unreleased track that was included on the bonus 7 inches it included. Except that this version of Unwept in Oblivion is presented here in an exclusive alternative mix and mastering. As for CONVULSE, theyre offering here "We Kill Our Kind", an advance track taken from their brand new album Evil Prevails to be out in late November on SVART RECORDS. Just in case you still needed some convincing, let it be known that Ola Larssons incredible artwork for this very special split is not a direct continuation of what he did on Towards the Megalith but also one of the most impressive and detailed he's ever done.



DRUID LORD - BARON BLOOD
So you thought that last year's 'Druid Death Cult' was DRUID LORD's heaviest material to date? Think again. If you're an avid follower of both the Floridian scene and DOOMENTIA, that band should need no introduction. Formed by seasoned veterans that have nothing to prove anymore since they've been assaulting legions of metalheads for over two decades in such revered acts as EQUINOX, ACHERON or DIABOLIC, DRUID LORD's purpose since day one has always been to mix both classic doom and old-school death-metal and it's never been truer than on this, their brand new EP for DOOMENTIA records. Dedicated to cult horror movie director Mario Bava and enlighted (or should we say darkened?) by Eric Rot's intensely morbid artwork, those two tracks, by far the slowest they've ever made, see for the first time the band switching totally to doom mood. With swirls of an agonizing organ in the back and pounding tempos only, Baron Blood and especially Monarch Macabre take their BLACK SABBATH/CELTIC FROST inspired sound to new heights of heaviness. While the band is now hard at work on their second full-length, this skilfully EP mastered by Patrick Bruss (CRYPTICUS) is a good reminder that in 2013, not everyone is dead and rotting in Florida. All hail DRUID LORD!

MOLOCH (UKRAINE)/MOONKNIGHT - SPLIT 7"
A split of very depressive black metal. Ukraine's MOLOCH deliver another attack of cold, raw and angular despair, again with the lyrics in German. MOONKNIGHT returns with 'Night Creature', a bleak, depressive dirge which is the first new song since 2012's 'Ligeia' and the first material to feature live drums courtesy of ANDORKAPPEN a.k.a. LORD TIME. This is a limited pressing of 250 copies on black vinyl, presented in heavy stock pro-printed folding covers with black inner sleeves.



PROVOCATOR - DARKNESS IS RISING
Limited to 300 copies on bone coloured vinyl. When asked about how he would describe PROVOCATOR's musical mission, Hellscream doesn't even want to be bothered with any other tag than just black metal. Then again, what should you expect from BLEEDING FIST's mainman? The Slovenian warrior has been conceiving from day one his music as a fist in the face of God and his brand-new solo project - in the truest sense of the word since he's written and playing everything here - follows the same motto, albeit in an even more old-school and primitive way. What started off based on a lot of riffs ideas left unused by BLEEDING FIST has turned into an even more lo-fi and bestial form of black-metal, with claimed influences like HELLHAMMER, BEHERIT or VON. While a full-length and an upcoming split with cult Italian horde VATICAN IMPALER are already in the works, 'Darkness is Rising' is PROVOCATOR's first official 7". Four tracks of raw and blasphemous black metal, done the right way and devoid of any studio trigger or other modern useless influences that would have ruined the whole atmosphere. One spin of, say, Baphomet's Cult or Death To All and you'll understand right away that PROVOCATOR stands for pure old-school black metal and nothing else.

CANNABIS CORPSE/GHOUL - SPLATTERHASH
A split 12-inch of pure pothead death metal!

DEEP PURPLE - PERFECT STRANGERS LIVE (2LP+2CD+DVD)
The year 1984 saw the long-awaited reunion of the classic Deep Purple Mark II line-up of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. It was the first time they got together since 1973. They recorded the brand new studio album 'Perfect Strangers' and headed out on tour. This show was recorded in Sydney, Australia and is the only full-length concert album/film of the band at this time. It's a stunning concert with the band in incendiary form. The setlist mixes then new tracks from the 'Perfect Strangers' album with favourites from the early seventies culminating in the brilliant 'Smoke On The Water' finale. This is without doubt one of the finest Deep Purple concerts ever captured and a must have for their legions of fans and includes a DVD containing the only footage available from the 'Perfect Strangers' tour featuring the reunion of the classic Mark II line-up plus a bonus tour documentary.

EXHUMED/IRON REAGAN - SPLIT LP
A split 12-inch between California's immensely popular death metal deviants EXHUMED and Virginia hc thrashers IRON REAGAN, who feature within their crossover ranks Tony Foresta (Municipal Waste), LandPhil Hall (Municipal Waste/Cannabis Corpse), Ryan Parrish (ex- Darkest Hour), Mark Bronzino (Mammoth Grinder/ANS) and Rob Skotis (Hellbear). The split contains eight battering tracks, four by each band, two of which find EXHUMED delivering soul-smearing covers of Minor Threat's 'Seeing Red' and Negative Approach's 'Ready To Fight'.

GRAVEYARD (SPAIN)/KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR - LA GERNANDAT DE LA NIT PROFUNDA
After all, one can't help but think: what is actually the REAL of a split release. Is it just a convenient way to put together two different recordings by two different bands just to save money? Or does one take advantage of this unusual format and go all the way with it? GRAVEYARD and KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR didn't bother asking themselves the question twice. On the surface, they may seem to come from two different planets: while GRAVEYARD have been churning death metal the ancient way with a Swedish flavour ever since they first roared back in 2007, KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR are even more on the primitive side with their nasty and filthy hybrid of proto-black metal, thrash and punk. But besides being both from Barcelona, as soon as the later set foot in GRAVEYARD's Moontower studio to record their second full-length back in 2010, an unholy pact in hell was forged. And now, this friendship forged in metal and steel is crowned by La Germandat de la Nit Profunda, a special release that takes the concept of a split to its logical extreme. See, not only both bands have recorded at the same studio but they've also covered each other repertoire for the occasion. And on each cover, the drums are performed by the musician who played on the originals.



LAHAR/EXORCIZPHOBIA - SPLIT LP
Thrashers of the world, unite! Our beloved genre is now under serious attack, being threatened by hipsters and people who have nothing to do with metal alike to be turned into a sad joke. But fear not, my patches vest and high top sneakers wearing friends, the resistance lives on in the spirit of both LAHAR and EXCORZPHOBIA who have decided to team for a split LP that will annihilate the non-believers in eight, joyful blasts! LAHAR, formed by two members of RADIOLOKATOR and recently expanded to a five piece, should need no introduction, having already released through DOOMENTIA one full-length and one EP. Their high-energized mix of crossover and in-your-face thrash has lost none of its fury and actually has gotten even more pissed off and brutal, as proven by those four new tracks, once again sang in their native tongue for additional rasp. In comparison, fairly newcomers EXORCIZPHOBIA may seem a first a tad more on the traditional side of things. But they know how to thrash, they know their Bay Area classics inside out and they'll hit like a brick those MUNCIPAL WASTE fans desperate for a new lease of life. And besides, whats the point to resist with such a declaration of intent like this killer artwork by the one and only Andrei Bouzikov?

MARTYR - FEEDING THE ABSCESS
New vinyl edition. Featuring Daniel Mongrain (GORGUTS, VOIVOD), 'Feeding The Abscess' was Martyr's third and latest release (2006). A frighteningly ambitious album, yet achieved with ease and mocking effortlessness. Features a cover of VOIVOD'S 'Brain Scan' with Blacky himself on bass!

VASAELETH - ALL UPROARIOUS DARKNESS
The poisonous death metal duo known as VASAELETH returns with the barbarous five-track statement 'All Uproarious Darkness', now issued on vinyl via 20 Buck Spin. Like on the 'Bone Sickness' 12-inch (released earlier in 2013), Vasaeleth unleashes death with a less-is-more approach, summoning forth five songs in just under 19 minutes, warranting repeated beatings. Raw, noxious, swirling murk and punishing brutality announce Vasaeleth as possibly the most horrifying young death metal band in the US; methodical in their madness. Mastered at 45RPM for the maximum essence of true audial evil.

VASAELETH - CRYPTBORN AND TETHERED TO RUIN
Vinyl issue of the duo's 2010 debut ful length. This monstrous album instantly signaled Vasaeleth as a top contender to the US death metal throne!

[Shiny Beast]

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AXESLASHER/CALL OF THE VOID - SPLIT 7"
Two merciless bands from Denver, together on 7-inches of orange vinyl! Side A of the 7-inch features AXESLASHER's thrashing single 'The Drifters Warning', while on Side B we hear Relapse recording artist CALL OF THE VOID doing their smoldering cover of His Hero Is Gone's 'Headless, Heartless', which was previously only available in Japan. Sonic hostility to the extreme!

CASKET/SEWERCIDE - SPLIT 7"
Piladelphia's HC-influenced death metal miscreants CASKET team up with Melbourne, Australia's thrash-heavy SEWERCIDE for a killer 7-inch split showcasing both bands at their absolute best.

CLOCK WORK - CLOCK WORK (2X10")
This will be a true delight for CORONER fans and real music lovers! Previously only available as a promotional cardsleeve CD (limited to 1.000 pieces world wide and immediately listed as rare and highly collectable), this mini album is now out on double 10-inch vinyl! It comes in a unique hexagonal gatefold cover with unique hexagonal labels, featuring the 4 songs of the mini-CD plus 4 previously UNRELEASED tracks from the original sessions! This incredible release has been made possible thanks to Mr. Tommy Vetterli (Coroner) who officially licensed those 8 tracks to Night Of The Vinyl Dead for a vinyl-only release! Needless to say, this is going to be another collectable vinyl very soon!

AMERICAN HERITAGE - SEDENTARY
Angered metal with a tint of burnt edges from the Chicago-based band, with guest appearances by current members of Mastodon and Fight Amp. For fans of riffs, beers and Red Fang!

FOREIGNER - HEAD GAMES
The heaviest record of the band's career, this 1979 effort functions as solid proof that the quintet rocked as hard as anybody in the mainstream, and they did so without losing sight of the melodies that put the band at the top of the charts. Mastered from the original master tapes, this 180-gram LP edition of this longtime favourite burst with tremendous dynamics, soaring vocal timbres, punchy dynamics, and newfound instrumental separation. With more emphasis placed on Mick Jones' guitar riffs and meatier grooves, you may just find yourself investing in a new amplifier to get every last degree of detail that's uncovered! Longtime fans will be thrilled to hear the subtle nuances amidst a gargantuan soundstage. Guided by Queen producer Roy Thomas Baker, Foreigner goes for broke, ratcheting up the muscularity on hard-hitting fare such as the hit 'Dirty White Boy', 'Seventeen', and aptly titled 'Rev On The Red Line.' However, the group maintains its trademark equilibrium, pushing the limits on toughness yet retaining a diamond-in-the-rough smoothness that allows the hummable choruses and winding hooks to take hold. At the time, the combination signaled a breakthrough idea. 'Head Games' has sold more than five million copies. None, however, sound anywhere near as lifelike, involving, and rich as these remasters. Rock on!

GRAVE MIASMA - ODORI SEPULCRORUM (2LP)
NOW ALSO ON DOUBLE-VINYL! Grave Miasma are poised to reign amongst the death metal elite. A genuine death metal revelation, their debut album 'Odori Sepulcrorum' raises the scene to a new level, with no other 2013 work able to match its power. The release showcases a new sense of artistry, harnessing uncanny atmospherics and heaving might. A milestone in occult death metal, 'Odori Sepulcrorum' will go down as a classic of ritual darkness.

IMPIETY - IMPIOUS CRUSADE
At 22 devastating minutes, Impiety's mini-album ' Impious Crusade' is locked into the maximum of crush/kill/destroy. Includes a cult cover of Sorcery's 'Lucifer's Legions' and uniquely noble artwork sculpted by LORD SICKNESS.

KHÜNNT - DEAD EYES
Formed in 2006, Khünnt have fervently explored the boundaries of esoteric music, from minimalist noise to live improvisation and psychedelic mantra. Focusing exclusively on a more aggravated and blighted composition, 'Dead Eyes' reflects the band's most recent forages into noise and sludge. Comparable to works by Corrupted, Khanate and Noothgrush, the bleak and at times unbearable landscape of 'Dead Eyes' is a passage of hypnotic despair.



L'IMPERO DELLE OMBRE/BUD TRIBE - CORVI NERI/WARRIOR CREED
Jolly Roger Records celebrates its first 5 years of activity by releasing a 12-inch split between cult-doom band L'Impero Delle Ombre and classic heavy metal band Bud Tribe. The L'Impero Delle Ombre side contains one unreleased track titled 'Corvi Neri', a previously unreleased alternative version of 'Divoratori Della Notte' and 'Dr. Franky'. The Bud Tribe side contains 'Warrior Creed' and 'Rule The Lightning' (the CD bonus tracks from 'Eye Of The Storm' album) and 'Star Rider'. Limited to 250 copies. For fans of heavy Italian bands s.a. Strana Officina, Sabotage, Death SS...

PYRES - YEAR OF SLEEP
Edition of 200 copies on black vinyl, presented in a gatefold jacket. A fine album from a Toronoto-based band, containing never-ending riffs of glorious, dual guitar attack, harmonious yet breaking all barriers. For fans of early Baroness, early Mastodon, newer High On Fire, riffs and madmen on the loose.



SACRILEGE (ITALY) - DEMON WOMAN
'Demon Woman' is the vinyl edition of the 1986 self titled demo by the obscure Italian cult band Sacrilege (post-Black Hole and pre-Epitaph featuring Mauro Tollini and Nicola Murari), showcasing a dark heavy metal sound with NWOBHM and doom influences. Completely remastered and including an 8-page insert, this release is limited to 500 copies.

VARIOUS - KILLED BY DEATHROCK, VOL. 1
This cool compilation features rare and out-of-print tracks from 11 essential deathrock bands: YOUR FUNERAL, KITCHEN & THE PLASTIC SPOONS, TWISTED NERVE, MOVE, BUNKER, TASTE OF DECAY, AFTERIMAGE, SCREAMING FOR EMILY, GLORIOUS DIN, THE NAKED & THE DEAD, BAROQUE BORDELLO.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2013.49

CASKET/SEWERCIDE - SPLIT 7"
Piladelphia's HC-influenced death metal miscreants CASKET team up with Melbourne, Australia's thrash-heavy SEWERCIDE for a killer 7-inch split showcasing both bands at their absolute best.



DRUID LORD - BARON BLOOD
So you thought that last year's 'Druid Death Cult' was DRUID LORD's heaviest material to date? Think again. If you're an avid follower of both the Floridian scene and DOOMENTIA, that band should need no introduction. Formed by seasoned veterans that have nothing to prove anymore since they've been assaulting legions of metalheads for over two decades in such revered acts as EQUINOX, ACHERON or DIABOLIC, DRUID LORD's purpose since day one has always been to mix both classic doom and old-school death-metal and it's never been truer than on this, their brand new EP for DOOMENTIA records. Dedicated to cult horror movie director Mario Bava and enlighted (or should we say darkened?) by Eric Rot's intensely morbid artwork, those two tracks, by far the slowest they've ever made, see for the first time the band switching totally to doom mood. With swirls of an agonizing organ in the back and pounding tempos only, Baron Blood and especially Monarch Macabre take their BLACK SABBATH/CELTIC FROST inspired sound to new heights of heaviness. While the band is now hard at work on their second full-length, this skilfully EP mastered by Patrick Bruss (CRYPTICUS) is a good reminder that in 2013, not everyone is dead and rotting in Florida. All hail DRUID LORD!



PROVOCATOR - DARKNESS IS RISING
Limited to 300 copies on bone coloured vinyl. When asked about how he would describe PROVOCATOR's musical mission, Hellscream doesn't even want to be bothered with any other tag than just black metal. Then again, what should you expect from BLEEDING FIST's mainman? The Slovenian warrior has been conceiving from day one his music as a fist in the face of God and his brand-new solo project - in the truest sense of the word since he's written and playing everything here - follows the same motto, albeit in an even more old-school and primitive way. What started off based on a lot of riffs ideas left unused by BLEEDING FIST has turned into an even more lo-fi and bestial form of black-metal, with claimed influences like HELLHAMMER, BEHERIT or VON. While a full-length and an upcoming split with cult Italian horde VATICAN IMPALER are already in the works, 'Darkness is Rising' is PROVOCATOR's first official 7". Four tracks of raw and blasphemous black metal, done the right way and devoid of any studio trigger or other modern useless influences that would have ruined the whole atmosphere. One spin of, say, Baphomet's Cult or Death To All and you'll understand right away that PROVOCATOR stands for pure old-school black metal and nothing else.



ACCEPT - (BLACK) BLOOD OF THE NATIONS (2LP)
Pressed on 180-gram black vinyl and presented in a gatefold sleeve with poster. Tracklist Side A: 1. Beat The Bastards 2. Teutonic Terror 3. The Abyss 4. Blood Of The Nations Tracklist Side B: 1. Shades Of Death 2. Locked And Loaded 3. Time Machine (Bonus Track) Side C: 1. Kill The Pain 2. Rolling Thunder 3. Pandemic Side D: 1. New World Comin' 2. No Shelter 3. Bucket Full Of Hate

GRAVEYARD - GRAVEYARD (CLEAR)
Clear 180g vinyl in gatefold, incl. DIN A2 poster.

GRAVEYARD (SPAIN)/KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR - LA GERNANDAT DE LA NIT PROFUNDA
After all, one can't help but think: what is actually the REAL of a split release. Is it just a convenient way to put together two different recordings by two different bands just to save money? Or does one take advantage of this unusual format and go all the way with it? GRAVEYARD and KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR didn't bother asking themselves the question twice. On the surface, they may seem to come from two different planets: while GRAVEYARD have been churning death metal the ancient way with a Swedish flavour ever since they first roared back in 2007, KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR are even more on the primitive side with their nasty and filthy hybrid of proto-black metal, thrash and punk. But besides being both from Barcelona, as soon as the later set foot in GRAVEYARD's Moontower studio to record their second full-length back in 2010, an unholy pact in hell was forged. And now, this friendship forged in metal and steel is crowned by La Germandat de la Nit Profunda, a special release that takes the concept of a split to its logical extreme. See, not only both bands have recorded at the same studio but they've also covered each other repertoire for the occasion. And on each cover, the drums are performed by the musician who played on the originals.



JORN - SPIRIT BLACK (ORANGE)
Limited to 250 orange vinyls (180g) in gatefold with poster. Spirit Black is the sixth studio album by Jorn Lande. It was also released under his Stagename Jorn. Jorn describes the album as a "crossover between The Duke and Lonely A direction is now more defined and less experimental." He also says that the fans "can expect a solid and defined record".



LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA - LMO (2LP/COL)
The year is 1996. German dyed-in-the-wool metallers RAGE can already look back on more than a decade of band existence as well as on numerous highly acclaimed studio albums, some of which to go down in German metal history as true milestones. Their powerfully melodic songs delight with straightforward catchiness and there's no need for a deviation from this formula for success. But real artists have always been characterized by going one step further, laughing all kinds of alleged boundaries out of court and refusing lethal stagnation, RAGE dare to be the first German metal combo to cooperate with a classical symphony orchestra. In the form of the 'Lingua Mortis' album that presents older songs with a rearranged and orchestrated livery, RAGE pioneer impressively!



LUMBAR - THE FIRST AND LAST DAYS OF UNWELCOME
A crushing sonic endeavour featuring Mike Scheidt (YOB) and Tad Doyle (Yes, of F***ING TAD-fame!!) and Aaron Edge (HIMSA). An intense, monolithic and emotional outpouring that (out)rages against Aaron Edge's personal struggle with multiple sclerosis.



NOOTHGRUSH/COFFINS - SPLIT LP
COFFINS from Japan churn out a dose of utterly filthy noise. Oakland, CA's NOOTHGRUSH are amongst the pioneers of sludge and return with their first brand new material in over 13 years. A relevant split!



OLIVA, JON -'S PAIN- - (CLEAR) MANIACAL RENDERINGS (2LP)
Limited to 250 transparent double vinyls (180g) in gatefold with poster. Maniacal Renderings is a 2006 release by Jon Oliva's Pain. It was their first full-length studio recording released for new label AFM Records. The album features material and riffs recorded by Jon's late brother, Criss Oliva. Oliva says that he moves around a lot and his wife found a box of old cassette tapes inside a shoebox, with Criss's handwriting on it. Jon says that during their days in Savatage, the two would write, practice and record music, then swap so they could finish each other's songs. Jon says that there is plenty of material from the box that could be used in future works.



POWER TRIP - MANIFEST DECIMATION
Their debut offering draws from the sacred texts of the Cro-Mags, Vio-lence, Leeway, Exodus, and Nuclear Assault.

RUSSIAN CIRCLES - MEMORIAL
LP in gatefold sleeve and including download card. One of the most notable aspects of this fifth album by Chicago-based three-piece Russian Circles, which almost sounds like a split personality, is the wide range of emotions. Compared to their previous releases the heavy parts are more blown out while the pretty moments are far more restrained, delicate and atmospheric. One track features special guest vocalist Chelsea Wolfe!



SATAN'S HOST - (COL) CELEBRATION FOR THE...(2LP)
...Love Of Satan'. Limited to 400 x transparent yellow vinyl, 425 gsm heavy gatefold cover, poster



WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM - BBC SESSION 2011 ANNO DOMINI
On offer are two songs from 'Celestial Lineage', performed live for BBC Radio in 2011.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.50

BABY LOU - STAGEDIVING INTO TOTAL DARKNESS
With their 2013 full length the German outfit totally lives up to the high expectations.

BATHORY - NORDLAND I & II (2LP)
Nordland I is the eleventh full-length album by Bathory, released in 2003. It is characterized by an unapologetic return to the Viking metal of Bathory's middle period, and features songs written mainly about Norse mythology. It was to be the first in a projected four-album set,[citation needed] but Quorthon only lived long enough to finish the first two volumes (Nordland II was the second). Nordland II is the twelfth and final album by Bathory. It is the successor to Nordland I. Like its predecessor, it is characterized by an unapologetic return to the Viking metal style of Bathory's middle period.

BURZUM - FALLEN
Repressed. 2010 album by Burzum on high quality vinyl.



CHROME DIVISION - INFERNAL ROCK ETERNAL (2LP)
Shagrath is well known from his band Dimmu Borgir, but not everybody knows that there's a different side to this guy: his love for dirty Rock'n'Roll. This was long an unexposed side to him. During the summer of '04 he summoned his long time friends Lex Icon of The Kovenant and Luna of Ashes To Ashes, respectively on drums and bass guitar. Suddenly they were a trio. During months of rehearsing and beer drinking, the band CHROME DIVISION took shape. After releasing the highly successful albums; 'Doomsday Rock'N'Roll' (2006) and 'Booze, Broads & Beelzebub' (2008) the band were held back from entering the live scene due to immense activity with the members other bands, so it remained a dormant volcano of pure energy. The band is heavily into the creation of their fourth album which will be something the world would never expect. A perfect blend of dirty rock, stoner and even elements of metal. An intense and highly creative album is in the making and will hit the streets this year. Chrome Division is set to play more shows this year than ever combined in their existence, and will become highly active on the live scene in the future as well.



CIRCLE - INCARNATION
The discography of CIRCLE is as vast and winding as the legendary Finnish band's history. From blissed-out quietude to teeth-gnashing noise and virtually everything in between, CIRCLE have done it all, and always with their characteristically quirky charm. Now, that very same quirkiness extends to the bands actual moniker, as they've recently "loaned" it to other bands and musicians, while they're meanwhile exploring cosmic AOR and soft rock in Falcon. The first fruit of this unusual alliance/dalliance is appropriately titled 'Incarnation'. From the first seconds on and onward, it's readily apparent that this 'Incarnation' is quite a different CIRCLE. Sure, CIRCLE have done plenty of loud/aggressive/"extreme" records before, but never have they been as brutal'n'burly as they are on 'Incarnation'. Fittingly, the members of "this" CIRCLE have deep roots in the modern Finnish death metal underground; the names of their current or ex-bands aren't necessarily important. And yet, par for CIRCLE's course, the downtuned 'n devastating death metal across 'Incarnation' isn't "just" the death metal that's so common to the nowadays scene, but rather is taken to more unusual, often-hypnotic ends, with textures and tempos quite uncommon for the genre. The result is record thats inviting and beguiling in equal measures, but is exciting and defiant at every turn - hail the new Incarnation!



DREAM THEATER - TRAIN OF THOUGHTS (2LP)
On 180-gram vinyl, this is an audiophile pressing with an insert. Originally only released on CD in 2003, a year after their mindblowing 'Six Degrees Of Inner Turbulence', 'Train Of Thought' found Dream Theater back on the heavier and straight forward side of Prog Metal. From the album opener 'As I Am' to the closer 'In The Name Of God', this essential Dream Theater album thrusts forward like an unstoppable freight train. As Thom Jurek on Allmusic summarizes: This is hard, heavy progressive metal at its very best lyrically and musically. We can only add +1 to that statement.



FALCON - FRONTIER
Foreshadowed by the hit single 'Beer And Ribs', FALCON (EX-CIRCLE) continue their ascent to rock'n'roll heaven with their full-length debut, 'Frontier'. With a dazzling array of textures and tempos, FALCON take the listener on an instantly addicting journey through lazer-beamed AOR and soft rock, with more than a few nods to hot-rockin' weekend rock. Stained-glass synths soar majestically across pulsing beats and power balladry, anthems for one and anthems for all, heading out on the highway with the top down and the sun in your eyes and the wind in your hair. Appropriately, the song titles themselves explore timeless themes like 'Miami Tits', 'Vegas Sundown', 'Leather Seat', 'Ace Of Hearts', and of course the mandatory 'Beer And Ribs'. This is music for the Everyman, and also for the greater good: unapologetically populist arena-sized sounds beamed in from outer space. 'Frontier' will take you there, so hitch a ride with FALCON.



HAVOK - BURN
Burn is the first full-length album recorded by the thrash metal band, Havok. It was originally released in 2009 on Candlelight Records. DELUXE SPLATTER VINYL EDITION!!!!



HELL'S DOMAIN - HELL'S DOMAIN
"Hell's domain" for the very 1st time on vinyl in a limited hand-numbered edition of 250 pieces featuring heavy black vinyl, lyric sheet and (another!) astonishing cover by mr. Ed Repka! Thrash Metal at its best! The musicians involved in this act are well known names of the Danish scene! Ex-members of Exmortem, Hatesphere, Grope, Crionic and Artillery play in HELL'S DOMAIN! ONLY 150 copies available for Europe!



ISKALD - NEDOM OG NORD
Two winters has passed since the release of "The Sun I Carried Alone", Iskalds previous record that saw the light of day in February 2011. As all their releases, this as well received critical acclaim and great feedback from fans all over the world. For two years, they have been writing their latest epos. Finally, on the third winter, they return with their fourth full-length effort "Nedom og Nord". Iskald still sounds as fierce, cold and intense as before, but with even more massive guitars, aggressive bass-lines, complex drumming and harsh vocals. "Nedom og Nord" is by far their most epic album to date, containing six long masterpieces, each with different lyrical themes. This is their first Norwegian entitled album, in which half of the lyrics are based on their mother-tongue. And finally, their self-titled song "Iskald" was finished and put on the new record. It's a monumental hymn dedicated to the surroundings and people of their home; Nordland.



KAMPFAR - DJEVELMAKT (2LP)
Metal-veterans Kampfar gives you Norse Pagan Folk-Metal, inspired from the band members background in Norwegian Black Metal, Folk and Classical. Djevelmakt is Kampfar's sixth studio album. Follow-up of the critically acclaimed release "Mare" from 2011. DELUXE VINYL EDITION!!!!

TRICKY LOBSTERS - THE BLUE HOSPITAL CONSPIRACY (2LP)
On vinyl, this is a cool offering from a Rostock, Germany based stoner band.

EXPECTED - 2013.50

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2013.51



LORD FIST - THE WORDLESS WISDOM OF LORD FIST
Hail the new dawn: LORD FIST are here to usher in the New Wave of Great Heavy Metal with their debut EP, 'The Wordless Wisdom Of Lord Fist'. Firmly rooted in the steel-clad sounds at the turn of the '80s, LORD FIST stride forth on golden steeds and exude rock'n'roll outlaw attitude, charging ahead with chugging, headbanging riffs, narrative and expressive solos, and old-soul vocal mysticism. Epic without overstating the fact, the title is no idle boast; LORD FIST indeed impart their wordless wisdom through eternal heavy metal magick. And with youth on their side and their ideals in the right place, this is only the beginning for LORD FIST...



CIRCLE - INCARNATION
The discography of CIRCLE is as vast and winding as the legendary Finnish band's history. From blissed-out quietude to teeth-gnashing noise and virtually everything in between, CIRCLE have done it all, and always with their characteristically quirky charm. Now, that very same quirkiness extends to the bands actual moniker, as they've recently "loaned" it to other bands and musicians, while they're meanwhile exploring cosmic AOR and soft rock in Falcon. The first fruit of this unusual alliance/dalliance is appropriately titled 'Incarnation'. From the first seconds on and onward, it's readily apparent that this 'Incarnation' is quite a different CIRCLE. Sure, CIRCLE have done plenty of loud/aggressive/"extreme" records before, but never have they been as brutal'n'burly as they are on 'Incarnation'. Fittingly, the members of "this" CIRCLE have deep roots in the modern Finnish death metal underground; the names of their current or ex-bands aren't necessarily important. And yet, par for CIRCLE's course, the downtuned 'n devastating death metal across 'Incarnation' isn't "just" the death metal that's so common to the nowadays scene, but rather is taken to more unusual, often-hypnotic ends, with textures and tempos quite uncommon for the genre. The result is record thats inviting and beguiling in equal measures, but is exciting and defiant at every turn - hail the new Incarnation!

EXPECTED - 2013.51

KING DUDE/URFAUST - SPLIT 7"
Dark folk meets ritual black metal. - 7" clear virgin vinyl - silver & brass print on black solid-coloured rough cartonstock - Spiritus Nihilismus & Pagan Eyes Over German Skies - cover artwork by Karmazid !!!

MESSENGER - SOMNILOQUIST (BLACK)
Limited to 500 copies black vinyl.

URFAUST - DIE ERSTE LEVITATION
Ritual black metal Black rough cartonstock jackets with graphite-coloured hotfoilembossing, black vinyl with etching on side B.



AVATARIUM - AVATARIUM (2LP)
AVATARIUM has only been around for about 8 months, but the word is already spreading rapidly about this unique band and its special blend of heavy adventurous music. JETHRO TULL, BLUE OYSTER CULT, BLACK SABBATH, RAINBOW... It's all there, together with some delicate moments of beauty and frailness that you rarely find in a band these days. In AVATARIUM'S music you will also hear tangents of pop and '60s influences.



BABYLON WHORES - (BLACK) PRIDE OF THE DAMNED (6LP)
A carefully curated box set containing all the available Babylon Whores material ranging from obscure demos and compilation appearances to the three-full length albums on six slabs of pitch-black records. Completing the box is a 100-page book with many rare photographs including unused promo shots, interviews, and an in-depth band history by Mikko Mattila of Isten zine documenting the entirety of the unusual and rather colourful career of the band all the way to their legendary secret gigs in later years. Many contemporaries, label-mates and folks otherwise connected with Babylon Whores chip in with their reminiscences and assessments of the Babylonian legacy, including current and ex-members of bands such as Mayhem, The Black League, Sunn O))), Hexvessel, Endvra, Saturnalia Temple, Therion, Deathchain, & more. The box also includes the classic Cold Heaven band photo as a poster.

BULLDOZER - THE EXORCISM DEMO '84
The ultra-rare BULLDOZER demotape '1984' with the cult 7-inch 'Fallen Angel' added as bonus. One of the most incredible findings in FOAD's hunting career: only 3 copies of this demo exist, one was sent to Roadrunner, one to King Diamond and one was recently exhumed in AC Wild's basement and delivered to the label for a top quality treatment. This is the recording that got Bulldozer signed to Roadrunner in 1984 and it sounds killer. Different and rawer versions of classics ended on their debut slasher 'The Day Of Wrath'. Dark, demonical black/speed metal from the most savage guts of Italy's early '80s metal inferno, for anyone that worships the early releases from Venom, Bathory and Possessed, plus the 'Fallen Angel' session adds that Motörhead touch that makes this an instant masterpiece of rawness. Check out how AC Wild introduced the unreleased demo recordings: "This tape was sent to Roadrunner and Roadrunner signed us in 1984. It was also submitted to King Diamond to ask if he was interested in being the producer of our album but he refused saying that this stuff sounded "too punk"!! Comes in a stunning gatefold cover filled with rare/unseen photos, alternate artwork and liner-notes.

CORRECTIONS HOUSE - LAST CITY ZERO
Vinyl version! The further collective compulsions of Mike IX Williams (EYEHATEGOD), Scott Kelly (NEUROSIS), Sanford Parker (MINSK) and Bruce Lamont (YAKUZA) and their minister of propaganda, Seward Fairbury. Embracing the unkind, the diseased, the forgotten, the morose, the group's lush anti-soundscrapes and shadowy verses -at once beautifully hideous, graceful and terrifying- are a direct manifestation of societal ruin and psychological decay.

CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER - LIFE IN GRAVE & RARITIES (+FANZINE)
California's thrashing speedcore pioneers CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER team up with FOAD Records for an incredible vinyl treasure finally giving the right treatment to their legendary 'Life In Grave' Demo 1985 and to an accurate selection of ultra-rare/unreleased recordings ranging from their three piece line-up era (1985) to the 'Convicted'/'Money Talks' days. This release has been in the works for months until FOAD found the top sounding masters in existence and restored them for the best possible audiophile result when pressed on vinyl. Side A includes the band's demo tape 'Life In Grave' adding two rehearsal tracks from the same period, one is a speeded up HELLHAMMER cover and one is a super-raw version of VENOM's 'Welcome To Hell'. Side B is all focused on the 'Convicted'/'Money Talks' 4-piece line-up and includes various live recordings and a good sounding rehearsal tape from 1986. All songs here are performed even faster than how they were played on their classic albums. This is how Goodbadmusic.com introduced 'Life In Grave': "1985 was a good year for music - bands like SLAUGHTER, NYC MAYHEM, VOOR, WEHRMACHT, HIRAX, DEATH, REPULSION and CRYPTIC SLAUGHTER amazed me and they still blow me away today! Especially this one here with its youthful urgency, its unpolished power and enthusiasm. And stilistically, this was very refreshing. Could you say whether this is more metal or more hardcore? Does it matter to you?" Being this one of the most important FOAD releases to date, the label also dedicated the right passion to the packaging: a stunning reverse board gatefold sleeve and most of all a 36 page zine/booklet stuffed with rare photos, interviews, zine excerpts and gig flyers. If you're into any kind of fast music be it thrash, hardcore, grind or power violence, you are MAD if you miss this!!!!

DEF-CON-ONE - BRUTE FORCE AND IGNORENCE
Night Of The Vinyl Dead is proud to present this exclusive vinyl release! Not available anywhere else and ONLY on vinyl! DEF-CON-ONE: 'Brute Force And Ignorance': 4 totally brand NEW tracks on toxic vinyl featuring a triple gatefold cover and etched autographs on the B-side! The project of Antton (Cronos' brother) strikes back with 4 ear-drilling songs exclusively for another Night Of The Vinyl Dead cult release! Strictly limited and hand-numbered to 250 pieces worldwide!



DEMILICH - (BLACK) 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF EMPTINESS (3LP)
All boxes feature three LPs, the 1st of which is 'Nespithe' in a separate jacket. Platters 2 and 3 have both the 2006 recordings and all of the group's demos, wrapped in a gatefold jacket. There's also a sticker, poster and a 44 page Demilich 'zine, all housed in a sturdy box set. '20th Anniversary of Emptiness' contains everything Demilich have ever recorded, starting from 'Regurgitation of Blood' demo (1991) and rounding things off with three songs the band recorded during their brief comeback in 2006. This is Demilich as you've never heard it before. 'Nespithe' LP is wrapped in the original Turkka Rantanen cover art, lovingly restored, and a new artwork by Mr Rantanen adorns the box itself. For the demo compilation cover the band commissioned new art from renowned underground artists David Mikkelsen and Johnny Maddox, inspired by Demilich lyricals. Mikkelsen's art also comes as a poster in the package, the whopping 44 page Demilich 'zine features a long Q&A session between Olivier 'Zoltar' Badin and Antti Boman plus lyrics, song commentary and a plethora of assorted interviews and reviews spanning two decades.

EXCRUCIATION - LAST JUDGEMENT/FIRST ASSAULT (2LP)
If one has to think back of classic '80s Swiss thrash metal, EXCRUCIATION is hands down one of the names forming the genre's unholy trinity... and it would be pretty easy to realize that the other 2 are HELLHAMMER and MESSIAH. FOAD Records presents another classic double LP housed in high-glossy, laminated gatefold cover including unreleased photos and exclusive liner notes. This special edition double-LP is a deadly retrospective nightmare into the band's rawest and earliest recordings. It starts with an incredibly remastered version of the classic 'Last Judgement' mini LP originally released in 1987 by the obscure kult label CHAINSAW MURDER RECORDS (which, in its short existence brought to vinyl MESSIAH and a legendary 7" of Chile's death/thrashers PENTAGRAM!), and follows up with the entire 'First Assault' Demo from 1986. An extensive selection of rare rehearsal and live tracks from 1985 to 1987 completes a total of 25 bursts of mayhemic thrash. The stuff included ranges from riff oriented, evil kind of thrash (think of early DESTRUCTION and once again, MESSIAH) to faster thrash close to the "core" formula (on the backcover you'll see the band members sporting D.R.I., C.O.C. and WEHRMACHT tshirts) to some darker, slow paced structures recalling the crypts of Tom G. Warrior's bands. What you get here is not only meant to be an extended version of the band's cult MLP 'Last Judgement' but basically a complete tour revealing the roots of their sound, one of Switzerland's most incredible metal acts.

FU MANCHU - NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE
A great 20th anniversary gatefold reissue of the band's 1994 Bongload album, long out of print!

MORDICUS - DANCES FROM LEFT (BLACK) (LP+7")
This official 20th anniversary release marks the vinyl debut of Mordicus' debut album 'Dances From Left', originally release by Thrash Records on CD in 1993. As an added bonus the package also features an exact replica of the band's debut 7" EP 'Three Way Dissection' from 1992.

MOURNBLADE - TIME'S RUNNING OUT
Reissue of a 1985 metal album that helped bridge the gap between Hawkwind's spacerock and late '70s-early '80s NWOBHM.

NAUSEA (LA) - WORLD STRUGGLE: DEMOS '88/'92
LOS ANGELES GRINDCORE at its finest! Yes, this is pure old school grindcore and you can't get closer to TERRORIZER's legendary album 'World Downfall'. Fact is: about a third of the songs of Terrorizer's 'World Downfall' were actually NAUSEA material, the previous band of vocalist Oscar Garcia. Born from the ashes of Majesty, they are not a side project of Terrorizer (as many think incorrectly), but a real band. When Terrorizer broke up in early 1988 Nausea was in full action. In fact 'World Downfall' was recorded posthumously one year later and contained some Nausea songs that Oscar took to complete the album ('Corporation Pull-in', 'Need to Live', 'Condemned System' and the title track 'World Downfall' that was in origin a Majesty song). This LP collects the band's classic 'Psychological Conflict' EP (1990), the obscure and under-rated 'Tumor' Demo (1992) and the entire split demo with TERRORIZER (1988) bootlegged on vinyl by Headache Records in the early 90s. This is raw, doomy and corrosive death metal tinged GRIND with whirlwind blast beats and those incredible moshing riffs that became so influential when 'World Downfall' gained its deserved success. 18 songs in total, gatefold sleeve with rare photos and an extensive interview.



PRONG - BEG TO DIFFER
Pressed on 180-gram audiophile vinyl, coming with an insert. Edition of 750 copies on light blue vinyl. This is a reissue of their second album, originally released in 1989. It can best be described as 'thrash metal before groove metal'. Brian Schroeder did the design and cover artwork for the album.

RATT - REACH FOR THE SKY
Ratt's fifth full length (the fourth on a major label), 'Reach For The Sky', offers more of their swaggering style and their sleazy lyrics.

REVEREND BIZARRE - SO LONG SUCKERS (BLACK) (4LP)
Reverend Bizarre's final opus is a 130 minute juggernaut, thought by many as impossible to fit on vinyl. Well, you thought wrong. Mastered under the supervision of Albert Witchfinder by Joona Lukala, this four LP package presents the work cut on eight sides of 12 inch vinyl. The set comes with an expanded 20 page booklet and a poster, all packaged in a heavy duty gold foil stamped box.

REVEREND BIZARRE - SO LONG SUCKERS (COL) (4LP)
Coloured vinyls. Reverend Bizarre's final opus is a 130 minute juggernaut, thought by many as impossible to fit on vinyl. Well, you thought wrong. Mastered under the supervision of Albert Witchfinder by Joona Lukala, this four LP package presents the work cut on eight sides of 12 inch vinyl. The set comes with an expanded 20 page booklet and a poster, all packaged in a heavy duty gold foil stamped box.

SUBROSA - MORE CONSTANT THAN THE GODS (2LP)
Since their formation in the summer of 2005, Subrosa has been recognized as one of the more unique bands in the doom rock genre. Underpinned by a monolithically heavy rhythm section and featuring two electric violinists and the enchanting vocals of Rebecca Vernon, the Salt Lake City-based group garnered widespread critical acclaim in 2011 for their third album 'No Help For The Mighty Ones', a powerful mix of Kyuss, Sleep, L7 and PJ Harvey, enriched with folk, neo-classical and chamber music influences. With their 2013 full-length, here on DOUBLE VINYL, Subrosa present their most accomplished and enrapturing work yet. The album is sure to earn Subrosa a place alongside Royal Thunder, Kylesa and Witch Mountain as one of the most prominent bands of the genre.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2014.06

AXESLASHER/CALL OF THE VOID - SPLIT 7"
Two merciless bands from Denver, together on 7-inches of orange vinyl! Side A of the 7-inch features AXESLASHER's thrashing single 'The Drifters Warning', while on Side B we hear Relapse recording artist CALL OF THE VOID doing their smoldering cover of His Hero Is Gone's 'Headless, Heartless', which was previously only available in Japan. Sonic hostility to the extreme!



BLACKFINGER - BLACKFINGER
Following his departure as longtime vocalist for Chicago doom legends TROUBLE in 2008, Eric Wagner promptly removed himself from the spotlight and began intently writing new material of a more personal nature. Those writing sessions would yield the musical inspiration for BLACKFINGER. Described adamantly as a "band" and not a "project", BLACKFINGER began to take shape as a unit in 2009, with Wagner recruiting hometown friends Rico Bianchi and Doug Hakes on guitars, Ben Smith on bass, and Larry Piatz on drums. Over the course of the next four years, the group would meticulously craft and commit eleven tracks to tape. These tracks, with their many peaks and valleys of heaviness and melancholy, along with Wagner's signature vocals, would ultimately become the self titled debut album. 'Blackfinger' will mark the singer's first recorded output since TROUBLE's 2007 release 'Simple Mind Condition'. Between 2010 and 2012, BLACKFINGER would find themselves playing a handful of high profile hometown shows in the Chicago area to great acclaim, and Dark Star Records would tease the crowds further with their release of the band's "All The Leaves Are Brown" single. Add two triumphant appearances at Milwaukee's Days Of The Doomed Fest I & II, and interest in BLACKFINGER quickly became a major buzz in the doom metal scene and beyond. In August of 2013, fans of Eric and BLACKFINGER were put on notice that it would not be much longer before the debut record would be unleashed.

FU MANCHU - NO ONE RIDES FOR FREE
A great 20th anniversary gatefold reissue of the band's 1994 Bongload album, long out of print!

MOONBOW - THE END OF TIME
Whiskey-soaked stoner rock from the hills of Kentucky. Features David McElfresh of HANK3, Steve Earle of AFGHAN WHIGS and HERMANO, and guest vocals on the track 'Take It For Granted' by John Garcia of KYUSS. Comes on cherry red translucent vinyl.



WHEEL - ICARUS (ORANGE)
Pressed on orange vinyl in an edition of 350 copies, presented in a gatefold sleeve, and including an A2 poster. In 2010 Wheel released their self-titled debut album to high acclaim from both fans and press. Their melancholic, traditional style was appreciated by followers of both contemporary Doom Metal acts as well as the old school faction favouring classic '80s material. On their much anticipated sophomore album 'Icarus' the band fine-tuned their songwriting and empasized their unique qualities without neglecting to pay tribute to those great bands that came before them. Thus, fans of Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Saint Vitus, Solitude Aeturnus, Count Raven, Reverend Bizarre, Pentagram, Lamented Souls or Tristitia are encouraged to check out 'Icarus'.

EXPECTED - 2014.06



IN SOLITUDE - SERPENTS ARE RISING/MOTHER OF MERCY
Limited 300 copies. "I love their 'Mother of Mercy' version. I wish we sounded that good!" - Eerie Von, Samhain. A: Serpents Are Rising B: Mother of Mercy.



HOODED MENACE - LABYRINTH OF CARRION BREEZE
DOOMENTIA and HOODED MENACE go back a long way. Ever since the label offered to re-release the band's sole demo 'The Eyeless Horde' as a classy 7-inch back in 2008, the two parties have worked together on split releases (with ANIMA MORTE, COFFINS, ASPHYX or HORSE LATITUDES) and deluxe vinyl reissues of their first two albums and there's plenty more to come! This early 2014 release features some of their heaviest work yet. 'Labyrinth Of Carrion Breeze' is the first title to feature the band's altered line-up, which now includes Teemu Hannonen who used to play with the band's leader Lasse Pyykko in the mighty PHLEGETHON, back in the early '90s. Whereas the epic 'Chasm Of The Wraith' is inspired by the classic 1970s horror movie 'Cry Of The Banshee' (starring Vincent Price) and features as a guest Pia from SERPENT OMEGA on backing vocals, 'The Creeping Flesh' is based on the equally stunning motion picture of the same title. Recorded in their hometown of Joensuu, Finland and mixed in Stockholm, this release comes with colourful yet disturbing artwork as the finishing touch.



USURPRESS/ BENT SEA - SPLIT
This release sees Swedish D-beat/crust masters USURPRESS exploring new and surprising territories. The over 7-minute 'A Tidal Wave Of Fire' is their first genuinely epic recording and all in all the music is heavier than ever and it really sounds unlike anything else they've done before. BENT SEA's contributions to this split are equally impressive. Their recordings presented here will take the listeners back to the glorious days of early EARACHE classics like TERRORIZER or EXTREME NOISE TERROR, yet with a modern edge.

AMAROK/HELL - SPLIT LP
Following Pesanta Urfolk's highly acclaimed vinyl release of HELL's trilogy, the label returns with a split LP uniting those doom/drone giants with one of the subgenre's best-kept secrets, AMAROK.

DARK FOREST - THE AWAKENING
Dark Forest was forged in the Black Country, England by guitarist Christian Horton. For just over a decade they have been delivering their uniquely rousing, defiant heavy metal to the world. In 2012 Dark Forest recruited the outstanding vocalist Josh Winnard as their new front man and shortly afterwards also gained the incredible talents of guitarist Pat Jenkins. With this new line up, the band immediately began writing fresh material and entered the recording studio in June 2013 to produce their third album, 'The Awakening'.



DEEP MACHINE - RISE OF THE MACHINE (BLACK)
Edition on black vinyl (150 copies) with a lyric sheet and presented in a heavy cardboard cover.

GERYON - GERYON
Using only bass guitar and drums, Nick McMaster and Lev Weinstein (both from KRALLICE) deliver intricate, abrasive death metal with a touch of melody. Includes download.

GLOW GOD - HOUSE OF DISTRACTIONS
Beaming out of Oklahoma City, GLOW GOD is here and hopefully the world is ready. After a slew of demo tapes, 'House Of Distractions' marks the debut official release from these sludged out grunge-worshipping freaks. The record is a journey starting hard and fast then venturing down paths of heavy rock jams. Prepare yourself, you might break a sweat.

HELL - III
The awaited third installment in the trilogy from Oregon doom lords HELL is now available on vinyl. Strictly limited to 472 copies, pressed on black/blood-red vinyl and including a large poster and insert.



HEXIS - ABALAM
Landing by surprise from the cold and distant lands of Denmark, HEXIS deliver their first full-length record 'Abalam', following a handful of singles and splits. Directly inspired by the darkness of black metal and the brutality of punk/HC, these five Danish dudes offer us thirteen tunes under the signs of monolithism and dedication. The album title refers to the Prince of Hell and his female face, all the lyrics fit the demonic concept. The record is released on digipack CD (1.000 copies) and on vinyl (1.000 copies, 300 copies on clear with black streaks and 700 copies on black) co-released with HALO OF FLIES RECORDS (USA).



HOLOCAUST - (BLACK) LIVE (HOT CURRY & WINE) (+7")
HOLOCAUST Live! 'Hot Curry & Wine'. Edition of 150 LP's on black vinyl, with a gatefold cover and a bonus 7-inch in a separate picture sleeve.



IMPURE WILHELMINA - BLACK HONEY (2LP)
Presented with beautiful artwork, this is a double 12-inch vinyl with the CD-version included. The fifth album for these Swiss post-HC heroes offers raw beauty and tortured black emotion.



KUOLEMANLAAKSO - TULIJOUTSEN (BLACK)
Gatefold, black vinyl , limited 350 copies. The highly acclaimed Finnish death doomsters return with their most ambitious work to date. Produced once again by the Triptykon and Dark Fortress guitarist V. Santura, Kuolemanlaaksos sophomore album "Tulijoutsen" ("The Fire Swan") explores unconquered grounds of heaviness, and pushes the band into a new level of melancholy. The 50-minute magnum opus was inspired by the grandeur of the Finnish forests, serene eeriness of the lakes and early 1900s poetry and folklore. Thus it was only natural for the band to live the lyrics, so to speak, and isolate themselves in a secluded location in the middle of the woods, and capture the true essence of the songs on hard disk.



LOINEN - LOINEN
Finland's nastiest sludge lowlifes LOINEN return with a second full length, following the debut on Streaks Records in 2007. As usual, availability is extremely limited, and there will be no other formats than vinyl.



LURK - KALDERA
The four Finnish individuals hidden behind that ugly and ferocious monster known as LURK don't like tags. Not only because it would raise the impression that they were actually looking at other bands for inspiration, but also because it would restrict them too much. Sure thing, the words 'dark' and 'fucking heavy' are the most common descriptions for their music, followed by 'doom', 'sludge', a.s.o.



MANTAR - DEATH BY BURNING (BLACK)
Gatefold, black vinyl version. Recorded earlier in 2013 and titled "Death By Burning", the album is a raw, self produced and 100% DIY display of power. The half German, half Turkish band has existed for less than a year and released one limited run 7" - probably sold out by the time you read this. MANTAR manages to sound heavier than most five piece bands you may know, in spite of the fact that no bass guitar was used on this record. Just drums and guitar set for destruction. Forget about Rock 'n Roll. This will hurt. Flogging beats and blackened melodies meet feedback orgies and doom mayhem. Early Melvins, Motorhead, Darkthrone. You name it. Don't call it sludge though. Everything as black as possible. A soundtrack for the final battle.



MARCH 15 - OUR LOVE BECOMES A FUNERAL PYRE
Although known for wider audience as the founder and the main song writer of REVEREND BIZARRE, THE PURITAN and OPIUM WARLORDS, and the vocalist of SPIRITUS MORTIS, AZRAEL RISING and THTIPORTTI, Sami Albert "Witchfinder" Hynninen has his roots in the most extreme, experimental, and avantgarde areas of music. The original recording sessions of the two compositions, 'OUR LOVE BECOMES A FUNERAL PYRE' and 'NO LOVE LOST', meant to constitute the MARCH 15 EP, took place on Valentine's Day, 2004, in the suffocative atmosphere of a northern Finnish town Tornio (birthplace of a legendary HC band TERVEET KADET), with Vesa Karppinen of local heavy metal band FALL OF THE IDOLS. The EP was not released until 2008, and even then only in Chile, as a poor quality CD version. Now, exactly 10 years after the original sessions, this material finally gets a proper release through Svart Records, remastered and expanded with a whole B-side of new exclusive material, written and recorded in 2010 and 2013.

MESSENGER - ILLUSORY BLUES (BLACK)
Gatefold, booklet, black vinyl. MESSENGER (UK) is a musical troupe from London formed in the spring of 2012 by Khaled Lowe and Barnaby Maddick. They booked a session with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios that gave birth to their debut album, Illusory Blues: a cosmic ode to the forces of nature and the inevitable cycle of life. To cite musical influences would be futile. The musicians had made their names with bands in scenes as far apart as hardcore punk, black metal, and ambient music. Tonally, one might recall finding oneself in the same "space" occupied by other architects of sound such as Ulver, The Beatles, Swans, or Pink Floyd. But the stream of sound that emanates from the source of Illusory Blues is a heaving mass of organic richness, brimmed with intricate sounds that acknowledge the original fathers of experimentation but look forward in creating something new and unique. They dwell equally in the earthly realm of folk music and in the celestial void of progressive psychedelia, but have chanced upon a sound and an experience that sounds like no other.

SINK - FOG & DOMINANCE
Limited 300 copies. Finnish underground psychedelic black-drone nomads lead us down a spiral path to nothingness. A strange, choking mixture of choral black metal guitars, deep vocal hum and melting electronics over hypnotic, cavernous drumming. A genre-breaking trip to black ecstasy.



WOODS OF DESOLATION - AS THE STARS (BLACK)
Limited 333 copies black vinyl. LP's come with gatefolds, A2 poster and logo sticker. 'As The Stars' is the new album from Woods Of Desolation, by now probably Australia's premier depressive black metal band. On this 3rd album, mastermind D. on guitars, with the help of session members (Vlad from Drudkh on drums, Luke Mills from Nazxul and Pestilential Shadows on bass, and Old from Drohtnung on vocals), continues the musical direction which was begun on 'Toward The Depths' and refined on the very successful 'Torn Beyond Reason'. Fans of the band will be pleased to hear that the main ingredients as well as the songwriting are similar to those on W.O.D.'s excellent sophomore album - haunting, melodic and intense depressive black metal, delving further into melancholy and the essence of personal expression through music, which may occasionally remind the listener of another of Australia's finest, AUSTERE, as well as ALCEST, and perhaps 'Brave Murder Day'-era KATATONIA.

YOB - CATHARSIS
Here's a long-awaited deluxe vinyl reissue of the most highly regarded album from one of the leading bands in doom metal. Includes a download code.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2014.07



EXISTANCE - EXISTANCE (RED)
Limited to 100 x red vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, cardboard lyric insert. Existance is quite a young band, formed in 2008 in a small town called Clermont, situated approximately 60 kilometres north of Paris. Although its not a big place by any stretch of the imagination, Clermont is home to quite a few local metal bands (such as Arès, Irminsul, Gencode, Orkaan and Dead N Crazy). The group's founder, guitarist and vocalist Julian Izard, is the son of Didier Izard, who played for French metal legends H-Bomb. Band: Julian Izard - vocals, guitar Fred Labasque - guitar Tom Drouin - bass Laurent Louvrier - drums. Tracks: - Son of Wolf - Diary of Eternity - Soul Warrior - Kill Me Madness - Innocent - Dark Day - Waverly Hills - Existance.

NEW IN STOCK - 2014.07



WHEEL - ICARUS (ORANGE)
Pressed on orange vinyl in an edition of 350 copies, presented in a gatefold sleeve, and including an A2 poster. In 2010 Wheel released their self-titled debut album to high acclaim from both fans and press. Their melancholic, traditional style was appreciated by followers of both contemporary Doom Metal acts as well as the old school faction favouring classic '80s material. On their much anticipated sophomore album 'Icarus' the band fine-tuned their songwriting and empasized their unique qualities without neglecting to pay tribute to those great bands that came before them. Thus, fans of Black Sabbath, Candlemass, Saint Vitus, Solitude Aeturnus, Count Raven, Reverend Bizarre, Pentagram, Lamented Souls or Tristitia are encouraged to check out 'Icarus'.

EXPECTED - 2014.07



INCARCERATION - SACRIFICE
INCARCERATION was formed 2010 in Brazil and moved to the north of Germany to spread the unholy plague inspired by the fastest riffs of Nihilist, Repugnant, early Sepultura or Sadistic Intent. Classic necrotic death metal straight to the bone with lyrics about existence, suffering and death. Limited to 376 copies on black vinyl.

BONGRIPPER - HIPPIE KILLER (2LP)
Very limited edition double-LP, and the few available copies are selling fast! 'Hippie Killer' is so good, you'll want to develop a massive marijuana habit right away and spend your days lurking through the ten part expedition of doom laden valleys and psychedelic post rock peaks, bong in hand. After the intro piece, Bongripper literally rips your head off and dumps all sort of riff heavy hallucinogens right down your neck. I kid you not!



ESCARNIUM - EXCRUCIATING EXISTENCE
Escarnium is a death metal band from Salvador (Brazil). This is their first full-length, which until now only was available on CD. Here it's on 180-gram vinyl, with remastered sound and new artwork! Limited to 197 copies on black vinyl.

FREE NELSON MANDOOMJAZZ - SHAPE OF DOOMJAZZ TO COME/SAXOPHONE GIGANTICUS
Two EP's on one album! This ambiguous instrumental power trio from Scotland draws from Slayer, Megadeth and Napalm Death on one hand, and on the other from such avant garde jazz icons as saxophonists Marshall Allen, Albert Ayler and Peter Brotzmann. This music will confound jazz critics as it challenges the thrash metal and grindcore community.



MONOLORD - EMPRESS RISING (2LP)
LIMITED EDITION 100 COPIES EXCLSUIVE COLOUR FOR CLEAR SPOT Sweden's psychedelic doom band, Monolord, releases its first full length 'Empress Rising' via Easy Rider Records. The five-song album clocks in at almost 50 minutes of skull crushing heavy grooves and heavy guitars that summon the spirits of Norse gods when played at loud volumes. Monolord is for more than just doom-metal fanatics; this is an epic record for all fans of guitar driven rock and roll, stoner rock, and heavy riffs. 'Empress Rising' has all of the flavours of an iconic doom record and follows in the footsteps of Sleep, Holy Mountain, Pallbearer's 'Sorrow and Extinction', Electric Wizard's 'Witchcult Today' with melodic vocals and harmonies that are super psychedelic and easy to sing along to.

NEGATIVE STANDARDS/WHITEHORSE - SPLIT
Two of the heaviest bands around team up for one ear damaging split. Australia's WHITEHORSE once more deliver ultrabrutal sludge/doom with one of the sickest vocalists around, think a sludgier Corrupted. NEGATIVE STANDARDS from the States are all over the place, mixing aggressive HC/power violence with mean sludge and even some black metal. Mastered by JAMES PLOTKIN with artwork by KEVIN GAN YUEN (Sutekh Hexen).

NIGHT - NIGHT
High level hard-rock in a melodic late '70s style. Partly due to the excellent female vocals, Night is often being compared to prime Heart.



SHRINE (USA) - BLESS OF
So-Cal shit-kickers THE SHRINE return with their album 'BLESS OFF', a blazing hell ride featuring 11 rip-roarin' party rock anthems guaranteed to destroy your ears! Undoubtedly one of America's hottest underground bands, THE SHRINE plays loud, heavy rock'n'roll fueled by cheap beer and bad acid that combines the hook-laden appeal of '70s garage rock and gritty '80s HC with a skate punk energy and attitude resulting in a sound the trio describes as "psychedelic violence".

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2014.08



INCARCERATION - SACRIFICE
INCARCERATION was formed 2010 in Brazil and moved to the north of Germany to spread the unholy plague inspired by the fastest riffs of Nihilist, Repugnant, early Sepultura or Sadistic Intent. Classic necrotic death metal straight to the bone with lyrics about existence, suffering and death. Limited to 376 copies on black vinyl.



MESSENGER - SOMNILOQUIST (BLACK)
Limited to 500 copies black vinyl. A prelude to the band's grand album release in March, we present Somniloquist by Messenger on limited edition seven inch vinyl. The flipside features a breathtaking rendition of the song Pictures of Sadness, originally performed by Eduardo Bort on his eponymous 1975 album. The song is exclusive to this 7". MESSENGER (UK) is a musical troupe from London formed in the spring of 2012 by Khaled Lowe and Barnaby Maddick. They booked a session with producer Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios that gave birth to their debut album, Illusory Blues: a cosmic ode to the forces of nature and the inevitable cycle of life. To cite musical influences would be futile. The musicians had made their names with bands in scenes as far apart as hardcore punk, black metal, and ambient music. Tonally, one might recall finding oneself in the same "space" occupied by other architects of sound such as Ulver, The Beatles, Swans, or Pink Floyd. But the stream of sound that emanates from the source of Illusory Blues is a heaving mass of organic richness, brimmed with intricate sounds that acknowledge the original fathers of experimentation but look forward in creating something new and unique. They dwell equally in the earthly realm of folk music and in the celestial void of progressive psychedelia, but have chanced upon a sound and an experience that sounds like no other.



BABYLON WHORES - (BLACK) PRIDE OF THE DAMNED (6LP)
A carefully curated box set containing all the available Babylon Whores material ranging from obscure demos and compilation appearances to the three-full length albums on six slabs of pitch-black records. Completing the box is a 100-page book with many rare photographs including unused promo shots, interviews, and an in-depth band history by Mikko Mattila of Isten zine documenting the entirety of the unusual and rather colourful career of the band all the way to their legendary secret gigs in later years. Many contemporaries, label-mates and folks otherwise connected with Babylon Whores chip in with their reminiscences and assessments of the Babylonian legacy, including current and ex-members of bands such as Mayhem, The Black League, Sunn O))), Hexvessel, Endvra, Saturnalia Temple, Therion, Deathchain, & more. The box also includes the classic Cold Heaven band photo as a poster.



CONVULSE - EVIL PREVAILS (BLACK)
Finnish death metal quartet CONVULSE are commonly known as one of the most classic bands from the first wave of Finnish death metal, with the debut album World Without God being one of the most collectible items of the era. But this past January's comeback EP Inner Evil, recorded after an 18-year break, proved that the group can still cut it. CONVULSE spent the whole of August locked away in an old-fashioned analog studio, recording what was to become Evil Prevails. A fascinating combination of old-school death metal, lightning-fast thrashing parts, some blastbeats here and there, and even ultra-slow doom elements. The CONVULSE of the year 2013 is heavier and meaner than ever before. This album is a rebirth as much as it is continuation of the old-school spirit.



DISEASE CONCEPT - YOUR DESTROYER
Strictly limited to 300 copies, all on blue translucid wax with red splattering. Artwork by Scott Stearns. This band features Jesse Kling (Vocals - Sollubi), Dave Szulkin (Guitar - Blood Farmers), Tommy Southard (Guitar - Solace), Rob Hultz (Bass - Trouble, Solace) and Corey Bing (Drums - Fistula, Accept Death). On offer are seven tracks in the vein of Eyehategod, Blood Farmers, Judas Priest and Kiss.



DOPETHRONE - III
Limited vinyl pressing of the third album by DOPETHRONE! For the uninitiated, Dopethrone play the classic kind of sludge, evil as Satan himself, dripping blood and black bile, while it claws at your flesh from within a cloud of weed smoke and burning homes. If anything 'III' hits harder than 'Dark Foil'. The riffs are monumental monsters of distortion and grime. It's like the buzz of a thousand hornets inside an empty skull.



DYNAMITE - LOCK N LOAD (BLACK)
If you ever wondered how the follow up album to 'Highway To Hell' should sound like, look no further ! If Bon Scott would be alive, AC/DC would have delivered this album. It oozes with fat Angus Young'ish riffs and a Bon Scott-like voice. This is high energy classic rock, comparable with AC/DC, KROKUS and ROSE TATTOO, and easily outrocking new bands like AIRBORNE and BONAFIDE. This is the band that got chased by the police force in Sweden after an imaginary bank robbery some folks thought was real!



ESCARNIUM - EXCRUCIATING EXISTENCE
Escarnium is a death metal band from Salvador (Brazil). This is their first full-length, which until now only was available on CD. Here it's on 180-gram vinyl, with remastered sound and new artwork! Limited to 197 copies on black vinyl.



KUOLEMANLAAKSO - TULIJOUTSEN (BLACK)
Gatefold, black vinyl , limited 350 copies. The highly acclaimed Finnish death doomsters return with their most ambitious work to date. Produced once again by the Triptykon and Dark Fortress guitarist V. Santura, Kuolemanlaaksos sophomore album "Tulijoutsen" ("The Fire Swan") explores unconquered grounds of heaviness, and pushes the band into a new level of melancholy. The 50-minute magnum opus was inspired by the grandeur of the Finnish forests, serene eeriness of the lakes and early 1900s poetry and folklore. Thus it was only natural for the band to live the lyrics, so to speak, and isolate themselves in a secluded location in the middle of the woods, and capture the true essence of the songs on hard disk.



LOINEN - LOINEN
Sludge metal has been experiencing a resurgence in Finland over the past few years, with bands like Fleshpress, Frogskin, Stumm and Hebosagil. The grittiest, nastiest and most obscure of the bunch, however, is Loinen, hailing from the dirtiest ghettos of Karjaa, in downtuned wasteland of southern Finland. With more focus on the sludge than the metal, Loinen have the habit of churning out untitled releases primarily on tape and vinyl. This untitled album was recorded in early 2012 and will see the bright light of day on Valentine's Day 2014. Presented by Svart Records, the work is available on 12 inch vinyl only, without a download card, and limited to 425 copies.



MANTAR - DEATH BY BURNING (BLACK)
Gatefold, black vinyl version. Recorded earlier in 2013 and titled "Death By Burning", the album is a raw, self produced and 100% DIY display of power. The half German, half Turkish band has existed for less than a year and released one limited run 7" - probably sold out by the time you read this. MANTAR manages to sound heavier than most five piece bands you may know, in spite of the fact that no bass guitar was used on this record. Just drums and guitar set for destruction. Forget about Rock 'n Roll. This will hurt. Flogging beats and blackened melodies meet feedback orgies and doom mayhem. Early Melvins, Motorhead, Darkthrone. You name it. Don't call it sludge though. Everything as black as possible. A soundtrack for the final battle.



MARCH 15 - OUR LOVE BECOMES A FUNERAL PYRE
Although known for wider audience as the founder and the main song writer of REVEREND BIZARRE, THE PURITAN and OPIUM WARLORDS, and the vocalist of SPIRITUS MORTIS, AZRAEL RISING and THTIPORTTI, Sami Albert "Witchfinder" Hynninen has his roots in the most extreme, experimental, and avantgarde areas of music. The original recording sessions of the two compositions, 'OUR LOVE BECOMES A FUNERAL PYRE' and 'NO LOVE LOST', meant to constitute the MARCH 15 EP, took place on Valentine's Day, 2004, in the suffocative atmosphere of a northern Finnish town Tornio (birthplace of a legendary HC band TERVEET KADET), with Vesa Karppinen of local heavy metal band FALL OF THE IDOLS. The EP was not released until 2008, and even then only in Chile, as a poor quality CD version. Now, exactly 10 years after the original sessions, this material finally gets a proper release through Svart Records, remastered and expanded with a whole B-side of new exclusive material, written and recorded in 2010 and 2013.



MORDICUS - DANCES FROM LEFT (+7"/BLACK)
This official 20th anniversary release marks the vinyl debut of Mordicus' debut album 'Dances From Left', originally release by Thrash Records on CD in 1993. As an added bonus the package also features an exact replica of the band's debut 7" EP 'Three Way Dissection' from 1992.



NIGHTWISH - OVER THE HILLS AND FAR AWAY (2LP)
On 180-gram audiophile vinyl! Finnish symphonic Metal giants Nightwish released the 'Over The Hills And Far Away' EP in 2001, when the band was still conquering stages all over the world with original singer Tarja Turunen. It made a big impact upon its release. The EP was released during an intensive tour schedule following their success albums 'Oceanborn' and 'Wishmaster'. The title track is a cover version of Gary Moore's original song. Included is a selection of eight fine live performances by the band, recorded in 2000 in Tampere, Finland. Two live tracks have never been issued on vinyl before ('10th Man Down' and the title track)! This is an edition of 1500 copies on solid blue vinyl! Each copy is individually numbered. The D-side features a beautiful etch.



REVEREND BIZARRE - SO LONG SUCKERS (BLACK) (4LP)
Reverend Bizarre's final opus is a 130 minute juggernaut, thought by many as impossible to fit on vinyl. Well, you thought wrong. Mastered under the supervision of Albert Witchfinder by Joona Lukala, this four LP package presents the work cut on eight sides of 12 inch vinyl. The set comes with an expanded 20 page booklet and a poster, all packaged in a heavy duty gold foil stamped box.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2014.09



INCARCERATION - SACRIFICE
INCARCERATION was formed 2010 in Brazil and moved to the north of Germany to spread the unholy plague inspired by the fastest riffs of Nihilist, Repugnant, early Sepultura or Sadistic Intent. Classic necrotic death metal straight to the bone with lyrics about existence, suffering and death. Limited to 376 copies on black vinyl.



DISEASE CONCEPT - YOUR DESTROYER
Strictly limited to 300 copies, all on blue translucid wax with red splattering. Artwork by Scott Stearns. This band features Jesse Kling (Vocals - Sollubi), Dave Szulkin (Guitar - Blood Farmers), Tommy Southard (Guitar - Solace), Rob Hultz (Bass - Trouble, Solace) and Corey Bing (Drums - Fistula, Accept Death). On offer are seven tracks in the vein of Eyehategod, Blood Farmers, Judas Priest and Kiss.



DOPETHRONE - III
Limited vinyl pressing of the third album by DOPETHRONE! For the uninitiated, Dopethrone play the classic kind of sludge, evil as Satan himself, dripping blood and black bile, while it claws at your flesh from within a cloud of weed smoke and burning homes. If anything 'III' hits harder than 'Dark Foil'. The riffs are monumental monsters of distortion and grime. It's like the buzz of a thousand hornets inside an empty skull.



ESCARNIUM - EXCRUCIATING EXISTENCE
Escarnium is a death metal band from Salvador (Brazil). This is their first full-length, which until now only was available on CD. Here it's on 180-gram vinyl, with remastered sound and new artwork! Limited to 197 copies on black vinyl.



FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE - LABYRINTH (2LP)
A great release of technical death metal from Italy, presented on a Double-LP.



IRON CLAW - IRON CLAW (2LP)
2LP has heavy duty gatefold cover double album with poster and insert. Re-mastered for vinyl release. Early 70s underground hard rock recordings from this Scottish group who were stomping around the UK with the likes of Black Sabbath, Hackensack, Pink Fairies, Juicy Lucy and others from the time, but never released a proper album. In the beginning, Iron Claw probably became the world's first Black Sabbath tribute band, as they incorporated the entire first Black Sabbath LP and single into their set! This collection of sixteen original studio tracks documents their existence from 1970 thru 1974 and features extensive liner notes, lyrics and photos, including a poster and insert! For fans of Tear Gas, Leaf Hound, Jerusalem, Ancient Grease, Toad, Incredible Hog, Elias Hulk, etc!

EXPECTED - 2014.09

ARCHGOAT/SURRENDER OF DIVINITY - ANGELSLAYING CHRISTBEHEADING
The united force of ultimate BLACK fucking METAL worship! Offering the soundboard live recordings from both legendary underground hordes, recorded blood-red and raw from the God Beheading Live Ritual 2013 in Thailand. On offer are nine quick, Christ-defiling tracks from ARCHGOAT and three blitzed, blasphemous ones from SURRENDER OF DIVINITY, all totaling absolute desecration and destruction. Limited to 1.000 LPs.



ARCHSPIRE - LUCID COLLECTIVE (RED)
Limited 250 copies transparent red. Canadas ARCHSPIRE unleash an insane attack of blistering technical death metal on 'The Lucid Collective'. Guitars shred with fury, and vicious vocals swarm over whirlwind drum work in the band's potent display of 21st century extremity. More than just a collection of chops and blast beasts, the albums eight tracks showcase a fast-rising band with supreme mastery of dynamics going hand in hand with their aggression. 'The Lucid Collective' is a definitive statement of intent by one of death metal's most exciting new bands. Recommended if you like: OBSCURA, NECROPHAGIST, GORGUTS, BEHEMOTH, BEYOND CREATION, GNOSTIC, CRYPTOPSY, IMMOLATION.

CANNABIS CORPSE - BENEATH GROW LIGHTS THOU SHALT RISE
Following in the tradition laid down by their earlier releases, each song on the record is inspired by a classic death metal track. This time around MORBID ANGEL and DEICIDE are getting the Cannabis treatment. Coloured vinyl and including download!



DEATH MECHANISM - TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
'Twenty-First Century' is the 2014 release from Italian thrashers DEATH MECHANISM. True to the band's name, the album contains a lot of dark themes, but mostly it's just a frantic and fast foray into the world of thrash. DEATH MECHANISM are definitely on the SLAYER end of the thrash scale. It's all extremely fast, and pretty brutal, and that includes the vocals from Pozza.



EYEHATEGOD - PREACHING THE ENDTIME MESSAGE
EYEHATEGOD compilation featuring 2 alternative versions, 3 tracks from split EPs, 2 live in Japan tracks and 3 new tracks recorded in march 2005. Track listing: 1. Methamphetamine - Alternate version from Cry Now Cry Later comp.#1 2. Serving Time In The Middle Of Nowhere Alternate version 3. Sabbath Jam - EHG / Anal Cunt split 7" 1997 4. Age Of Bootcamps - EHG / Soilent Green split 7" 5. I Am The Gestapo - EHG / Cripple Bastards split 7" 6. Jackass In The Will Of God (live in Japan 3-19-02) 7. Reveloution / Revelation (live in Japan 3-19-02) 8. 36 Beers And A Ball Of String (new track recorded 3-10-05) 9. International Narcotic (new track recorded 3-10-05) 10. Turn Troubled Tables (new track recorded 3-10-05).

GRIND, JOEL - THE YELLOWGOAT SESSIONS
Ten tracks of raw and fuzzed out rock & roll/metal/punk in the vein of the first BATHORY album, MOTÖRHEAD, and fairly reminiscent of the demo days of TOXIC HOLOCAUST, specifically 'Critical Mass'. If you are looking for over-produced shit that passes as metal today, this is NOT for you!



MACABRE - DAHMER (2LP)
In a catalogue rich with such classics as 'Gloom', 'Murder Metal' and especially 'Sinister Slaughter', it was 'Dahmer' with which MACABRE truly transcended their genre and especially their patented, highly individual sound. Released as the new millennium kicked off, 'Dahmer' saw Macabre tackle their most ambitious project yet: an entire 26(!)-track album lyrically/conceptually devoted to one of the world's most notorious serial killers, Jeffrey Dahmer. Reissue on couloured vinyl double-LP, presented in gatefold jackets.

PROFANATICA - THY KINGDOM CUM
Profaners of the pure, defilers of Dog's creation, and fornicators upon the altar, PROFANATICA return with their most vile and virulent creation yet, 'Thy Kingdom Cum'. As one of the earliest American black metal bands, during the dark 'n' bloody days of the early 1990s, Profanatica set out upon a course of utter blasphemy and barbaric primitivism. Tense, veritgo-inducing riffing from Gelso malforms minds while Ledney's charred-black throat vomits forth visions only Profanatica can create/desecrate.



ROYAL HUNT - A LIFE TO DIE FOR
Masterpiece from one of the best class/symphonic acts ever ! Royal Hunt - "a life to die for" for the very 1st time on vinyl! Officially licensed by the band, this new opus comes in a limited hand-numbered edition in gatefold glossy cover and inner sheet! Undoubtely one of their best release! The trademark of the Danish act is remarkable in every song with absolutely heavenly melodies mixed to supreme taste for music binded to technical skills! If you know Royal Hunt you know what i am talking about! Songs like "hell comes down from heaven", "A bullet's tale", "running out of tears" and the title-track are already classics! There is nothing more to add: Royal Hunt marked the path of elegange in music since their very first speps and every album is better than its predecessor.



SATAN'S SATYRS - DIE DREAMING
Something sinister is looming in the mist - a ghastly three-headed apparition, equal parts riffage and rancour and fuelled by a steady diet of garage rock 7-inches played at 33RPM and horror movies watched at 5AM, the primeval force of Satan's Satyrs is returned to the earth to lay waste to everything in its path. Rising from the primordial ooze of Herndon, Virginia Satan's Satyrs hit the metal underground like a tidal wave of sulphur with their debut proper, 2012's 'Wild Beyond Belief'. This almighty assault, almost entirely the work of chief Satyr Clayton Burgess, was a harrowing blast of fuzz-drenched aggro - a clash of Venom-esque metalpunk squalor and in-the-red garage-rock dementia. This time around, the band set about expanding their sound, maintaining their trash-obsessed aesthetic whilst sharpening their songcraft to produce an album possessed of both mighty heaviosity and incisive hooks. Bolstered by roaring Hammond and percussive ornamentation that bring still more Hammer Horror atmosphere to the fray, 'Die Screaming' transcends the band's Black Sabbath, Stooges and Black Flag influences to arrive at a relentlessly gory and gung-ho assault on the senses. One minute, this terror-troupe are dishing out the rotten rock n'roll of 'One By One (They Die)' and 'Curse Of The Corpse', which stalk the Earth like the reanimated corpses of Budgie and Blue Oyster Cult records past. The next, on the jaw-dropping title-track, they're throwing Death SS, the Alice Cooper of 'Sick Things' and Scott Reagers-era Saint Vitus into a bubbling cauldron and standing well back. Yet at all times Satan's Satyrs gonzo attack is authentically red in both tooth and claw.



SEIROM - AND THE LIGHT SWALLOWED EVERYTHING (+CD)
LP+CD. SEIROM is about beauty and melancholy, the more beautiful aspects of life. SEIROM is about personal expression without boundaries, internal or external. SEIROM is about grand bombastic melody filtered through noise and black metal aesthetics. The marriage of wedding bells to blastbeats. About a certain feeling.a longing lost long ago. SEIROM is M.C De Jong, mastermind of Gnaw Their Tongues, ADERLATING and others, a stalwart of bleak and desolate music for many years. SEIROM sees a different side of De Jongs musical output, an outpouring of glorious light. And the light will swallow everything is Seiroms 2nd album after 1973, released on Aurora Borealis-label in 2012. If 80s 4AD-records would be transformed to the now they would sound like this. If Sofia Coppola would make Lost In Translation II this would be the soundtrack. This is a record that could only have been made NOW: it incorperates black metal, showgaze, post-rock, new wave and transforms those genres into one blissfull avalanche of sound. Mories, the evil mastermind behind such pseudonyms as Gnaw Their Tongues, Aderlating, De Magia Verterum, has worked the 10.000 hours on his music (probably twice). The time you need to get really good at something according to Malcolm Gladwell. And the light swallowed everything is the culmination of everything he has done the last 10 years.



WARLOCK - TRUE AS STEEL
A 180-gram audiophile pressing, coming with an insert. Vinyl reissue of the third album by this German heavy metal band, originally released in 1986. This album meant their first success outside of Europe, the single 'Fight For Rock' charted on Billboard, and the music video for this song was aired on MTV's Headbangers Ball.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2014.10



AHAB - THE GIANT (2LP/PD)
AHAB braves the seas for a third time to deliver their unique brand of "nautik" doom metal to their fans and draw them down into the depths of the ocean and the human psyche. While the band's previous releases took on Herman Melville's Moby Dick, as well as the tragic fate of the crew on the whaling vessel "Essex", they now turn to Edgar Allan Poe's solitary novel The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket for inspiration. The story comes to life within the musical confines of "The Giant". The songs are long in duration and turn into miniature epic tales embellished by hypnotic and heavy doom riffs, brutal vocals, but also melodic moments that include clean vocal interludes. Those who chose to dive into this monolithic album will surely be rewarded with an extraordinary musical experience that will further confirm the band's top status.



CONAN - BLOOD EAGLE
1 LP Gatefold Edition Ltd Ed Black Vinyl The English CONAN follow the ideals of their namesake and continue their path without compromises. The second album "Blood Eagle" is a Doom/Drone/Stoner Metal monument filled with monolithic riffs, hypnotic melodies, brutal drumming and an archaic atmosphere. Epic hymns (e.g. "Crown of Talons" or "Gravity Chasm") transport the listener directly onto blood-soaked battlefields. "Blood Eagle" has a unique and raw character that will enthrall fans of AHAB, EYEHATEGOD or SUNN O))) with the very first note. The wrath of CONAN is upon us! Caveman Battle Doom.



GRAND MAGUS - (BLACK) TRIUMPH AND POWER
Black vinyl in gatefold incl. poster. The Stockholm based trio has re-entered Studio Sweetspot in Halmstad right after finishing up demoing and a pre-production phase in early September 2013. For the best possible result GRAND MAGUS have once again engaged with Nico Elgstrand as a producer, who already had his hands on the controllers for The Hunt, as well as the engineering force of Staffan Karlsson, who has worked with ARCH ENEMY and has mixed the most recent record of SPIRITUAL BEGGARS. GRAND MAGUS was founded by JB Christofferson (vocals/guitars) and Mats "Fox" Skinner (bass) in 1996. Two years later, Fredrik "Trisse" Liefvendahl joined in on the drums and the first two demos were released. In November of 2001 the self-titled debut album - obviously inspired by the late creative period of bands such as BLACK SABBATH or DEEP PURPLE - was published on the European and US market. Monument (2003) and Wolfs Return (2005) followed, receiving but praiseful press reactions. On their fourth studio outcome, Iron Will (2008) GRAND MAGUS present a redefined style and grand expertise, still acknowledging their own roots, gaining perfect scores with the music press again and being entitled the soundcheck winner with German Metal Hammer.



HEXIS - ABALAM
Landing by surprise from the cold and distant lands of Denmark, HEXIS deliver their first full-length record 'Abalam', following a handful of singles and splits. Directly inspired by the darkness of black metal and the brutality of punk/HC, these five Danish dudes offer us thirteen tunes under the signs of monolithism and dedication. The album title refers to the Prince of Hell and his female face, all the lyrics fit the demonic concept. The record is released on digipack CD (1.000 copies) and on vinyl (1.000 copies, 300 copies on clear with black streaks and 700 copies on black) co-released with HALO OF FLIES RECORDS (USA).

EXPECTED - 2014.10



HIGH SPIRITS - HIGH SPIRITS (BLACK)
European version. Pressed on black vinyl, limited to 250 copies.

KRIEG - ISOLATION/TRANSMISSION
RECORD STORE DAY 2014 RELEASE-FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED - The US black metal legends return with two tracks, blistering with punk influences. Limited to 500 copies on orange vinyl.

NEKROFILTH/SPEEDWOLF - SPLIT 7"
Two great bands share one slab of vinyl.

NOISEM/OCCULTIST - SPLIT 7"
RECORD STORE DAY 2014 RELEASE-FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED - Baltimore's thrash/death youth crew NOISEM team up with vicious female-fronted crust/metal OCCULTIST (from Richmond, VA) for 'Volume II' in the A389 RSD Split series, this time paying tribute to Repulsion and The Plasmatics. Limited to 1.000 copies on red vinyl.



REVEL IN FLESH/ GRAVE WAX - CORPUS OBSCURIA
Swedish sound ridden old school Death Metal from Germany versus cult death-metal guru?! Determined not to be left behind biting the dust, Germanys REVEL IN FLESH have exhumed an unreleased track taken from the recoding sessions of their acclaimed second album Manifested Darkness (Germany) released last year on FDA REKOTZ. "Corpus Vermis" is another glorious throwback to the days when Sunlight studio and ENTOMBED reigned supreme, yet with those youngsters own flair and melodic sense that really set them apart from the horde of Swedeath revivalists that had been sweeping mercifully the scene recently. GRAVE WAX isnt just another outlet for legendary former MASSACRE vocalist and one of death-metal original growler, Kam Lee but rather a unique occasion to team up with the Riddick brothers (including Mark, renowned graphic artist and responsible for this splits cover) to come up with their quite unique form of extreme music. That doesnt mean theyve forgotten their roots as besides a new, exclusive original ("Obscuria Darkness Enraptured"), theyre also covering here the mighty IMPETIGO by defiling their very own "Dis-orga-nized".

SWORD - HIDDEN MASTERS/ARCANE MONTANE (2X7")
A cool coloured vinyl double 7-inch featuring two tracks from their 'Apocyphon' album and two exclusive remixes done by DYLAN C.

SECT PIG - SLAVE DESTROYED
'Slave Destroyed' is the debut mini-LP released by the obscure and previously unheard of SECT PIG. Steeped in hallucinatory dissonance and unsettling imagery, the backbone of Sect Pig's sound is reminiscent of Von in its tendency toward hypnotic repetition and sinister chord progressions. Perhaps the most distinctive and pronounced element of the music, here, is the vocals.

YAUTJA - SONGS OF DESCENT
YAUTJA incorporates imperial sludge riffs à la Neurosis with grind, math, crust and more. You'd think a mish-mash of influences like that would be jarring, but the music feels a lot more organic than its description leads on. Yautya consists of members of COLISEUM, GNARWHAL, ALARAUNE, LEGION and more.

ABIGAIL - INTERCOURSE AND LUST
Japan's ABIGAIL has been a flagship band in the Nuclear War Now camp since the beginning of the label's existence. In the more than 20 years of Abigail's existence the band has undergone a noticeable stylistic evolution from sinister Yakuza Black Metal to the band's later period of sexualcoholic Street Metal Thrash. Dating from the '90s, 'Intercourse And Lust' has stood the test of time and is as relevant now as it was when it was initially released.

AC/DC - BALLBREAKER
Reissue on 180-gram vinyl.

ANATOMIA - DECAYING IN OBSCURITY (2LP)
ANATOMIA's death doom sound perfectly captures the cold immobile grip of mortal expiration. They evolved out of the decrepit corpus of TRANSGRESSOR, a band that is highly regarded yet rarely mentioned. DOUBLE-LP!



BARBARIAN - FAITH EXTINGUISHER
Their 2012 split with BUNKER 66 predicted a change in approach, a direction which they continue here. Nevertheless, the seven tracks on 'Faith Extinguisher' are still 666% pure BARBARIAN. This album is a sermon of allegiance to ALL things metal the '80s way.

BEASTWARS - BLOOD BECOMES FIRE
On their first two releases, New Zealand's Beastwars have defined their concreted sludge riff fest with uncompromising metal richness. Opening for High on Fire and Kyuss, performing at Auckland's Big Day Out fest, and recently added as a finalist for the 2014 Taite Music Prize, Beastwars are not messing around on their quest for world domination. For fans of Mastodon, High on Fire, Unsane...

BESIEGED - VICTIMS BEYOND ALL HELP
'Victims Beyond All Help' is pure bludgeoning metal for fans of Beneath The Remains, Reign In Blood, Darkness Descends, and other uncompromising, furious albums that changed the face of the genre. Unavailable for way too long, this album finally gets an official release on vinyl. Features completely old school artwork painted by the legendary ED REPKA. Limited to 500 copies.

BLOODLET - LIVE ON WMFU-FM
RECORD STORE DAY 2014 RELEASE-FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED - Release of a rare live-on-air radio performance from 1995, before their landmark album 'Entheogen' was completed. Contains slightly different arrangements of their destined-to-be classic tracks, creative improvised interludes and an unreleased/unheard track entitled 'Canker'. Artwork from AARON TURNER.

CARNIFEX - (BLACK) DIE WITHOUT HOPE
'Die Without Hope' marks the long awaited return of Carnifex, with their fifth full-length album and Nuclear Blast debut. Here are 10 tracks and over 35 minutes of crushing metal that no fan of heavy music can deny. Recorded at Audiohammer Studios in Sanford, FL and produced by the esteemed Mark Lewis (ARSIS, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, WHITECHAPEL, DEVILDRIVER, DEICIDE, SIX FEET UNDER), San Diego's finest metal export delivers an album that stands as a definitive cornerstone for modern death metal.



DELAIN - THE HUMAN CONTRADICTION (2LP)
Double-LP on black vinyl. DELAIN will not only enthral symphonic metal fans with their fourth album 'The Human Contradiction', but also listeners new to the genre. Extremely catchy refrains, bewitching hooks and melodies, symphonic bombast and of course a good dose of Metal, that's how symphonic metal has to sound in 2014! Vocalist supreme Charlotte Wessels and her equally talented band of colleagues exceeded the highest expectations and have elevated the genre to a whole new level.

EXMORTUS - SLAVE TO THE SWORD
The Southern California quartet EXMORTUS -whose invigorating twin-guitar mix of neoclassical shred, Bay Area thrash, progressive death and traditional heavy metal has earned the group a devoted following in the Western U.S.- unleash their Prosthetic Records debut and third overall album 'Slave To The Sword'.

HIGH SPIRITS - YOU ARE HERE (BLACK)
Edition of 400 LP's on black vinyl, presented in a gatefold cover. It's surely no exaggeration to proclaim that Chicago's own 'High Spirits' are one of the hottest bands in contemporary metal. Now the time has come for the third studio album entitled 'You Are Here'. Nine timeless traditional metal songs played from the heart, full of power, passion and immortal hooks. All instruments were handled by Chris Black 'The Professor' himself.



JACKSON FIREBIRD - COCK ROCKIN'
Limited edition LP-release, pressed on black vinyl and presented in a gatefold sleeve. Australians JACKSON FIREBIRD show the rock community how to rejuvenate a genre without losing sight of rock's purest essence. Sweaty riffs with irresistible hooks are the main ingredients on the debut album 'Cock Rockin''. The duo wastes no time and offers the listener a musical parade of top-notch Rock songs.



KORGULL THE EXTERMINATOR - WAR OF THE VOIVODES (2LP)
A solid LP by the Spanish band operating heavily under the influcence of Voivod.

MOTORJESUS - ELECTRIC REVELATION
A rocking blend of headbanging riffs, huge choruses and the need to get into your ride and put the pedal to the metal.

MOURNING CLOAK - NO VISIBLE LIGHT
This is some seriously bleak stuff that fans of Bongzilla and Cough should feverishly inhale. The band hails from North Carolina and is made up of members of TORCH RUNNER, GRAF ORLOCK and BRAVEYOUNG (GIANT).

NIGHT DEMON - NIGHT DEMON (BLACK)
An expanded EP on black vinyl, containing 8 tracks. Presented in a heavy cardboard cover with lyric sheet.

THOU ART LORD - REGAL PULSE OF LUCIFER
On this 2014 album, entitled 'The Regal Pulse of Lucifer', Greek black metal legends Thou Art Lord resurrect the rich atmosphere and occult ideology for which the band has been heralded through the years.



UNIDA - COPING WITH THE URBAN COYOTE (2LP)
Including a full LP of bonus live recordings, this is a reissue of the 1999 album by UNIDA, a band that rose from the ashes of Kyuss. During these sessions the band consisted of JOHN GARCIA, ARTHUR SEAY, DAVE DINSNORE and MIGUEL CANCINO. Comes in a gatefold sleeve.



VARIOUS - UNDERGROUND NEVER DIES
Remember Death Metal, Speed Kills or Grindcrusher?! Those early sampler compilations gave many future giants early exposure but also gave the fans a first glance at how diverse and dynamic the metal scene was back in the day. The accompanying compilation to the Underground Never Dies! book has a different goal: if to those who discovered extreme metal through Facebook or Hot Topic- these band names mean nothing, the real diehards on the other hand will savor finding for the first time such revered acts as INCUBUS, NECROVORE, INVOCATOR or DR SHRINKER. Hailing from Denmark, Australia, Canada, Germany, Chile, the USA and France, these bands share the same burning passion for a metal that was raw, unbridled and vicious. Featuring only rare demo tracks recorded in the second half of the 80s and ranging from thrash (ARMOROS), proto-black metal (SLAUGHTER LORD, POISON) to classic death metal (INCUBUS) and even black/death (NECROVORE), this is THE sound of the underground as it was almost a quarter of a century ago. LP version contains twelve tracks of underground metal. Can you hear the roar of the underground, raging as if there were no tomorrow?

VERLAINES - JUVENILIA
Repress of this excellent compilation of the Verlaines' early '80s guitar pop singles and EP's.

VIOLATOR - SCENARIOS OF BRUTALITY
Fourth album from the Brazilian old school thrash kings! Presented in a high gloss jacket and featuring artwork from the great ANDREI BOUZIKOV. This pressing is limited to a single run of 1.000 copies.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2014.11



HOODED MENACE - LABYRINTH OF CARRION BREEZE
DOOMENTIA and HOODED MENACE go back a long way. Ever since the label offered to re-release the band's sole demo 'The Eyeless Horde' as a classy 7-inch back in 2008, the two parties have worked together on split releases (with ANIMA MORTE, COFFINS, ASPHYX or HORSE LATITUDES) and deluxe vinyl reissues of their first two albums and there's plenty more to come! This early 2014 release features some of their heaviest work yet. 'Labyrinth Of Carrion Breeze' is the first title to feature the band's altered line-up, which now includes Teemu Hannonen who used to play with the band's leader Lasse Pyykko in the mighty PHLEGETHON, back in the early '90s. Whereas the epic 'Chasm Of The Wraith' is inspired by the classic 1970s horror movie 'Cry Of The Banshee' (starring Vincent Price) and features as a guest Pia from SERPENT OMEGA on backing vocals, 'The Creeping Flesh' is based on the equally stunning motion picture of the same title. Recorded in their hometown of Joensuu, Finland and mixed in Stockholm, this release comes with colourful yet disturbing artwork as the finishing touch.



USURPRESS/ BENT SEA - SPLIT
This release sees Swedish D-beat/crust masters USURPRESS exploring new and surprising territories. The over 7-minute 'A Tidal Wave Of Fire' is their first genuinely epic recording and all in all the music is heavier than ever and it really sounds unlike anything else they've done before. BENT SEA's contributions to this split are equally impressive. Their recordings presented here will take the listeners back to the glorious days of early EARACHE classics like TERRORIZER or EXTREME NOISE TERROR, yet with a modern edge.



CORSAIR - (BLACK) GHOSTS OF PROXIMA CENTAURI
350 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, insert Explorers of distant prog rock galaxies, pay attention, this one is for you! Corsair from Charlottesville, Virginia are a bunch of seasoned musicians who first found together through their love of great music, having played together not only in Mass Sabbath (guess what they might have been covering) but also in Mockstarballs, a band paying tribute to no-one less than the legendary Spinal Tap (!). Don't get me wrong here, the guys and gals of Corsair are far more than that: Each of them is or was an active member in several bands, those ranging from metal to indie pop. Current members in Corsair are Marie Landragin (guitars), Paul Sebring (guitars), Jordan Brunk (bass), and Aaron Lipscombe (drums). Vocal duties are shared between Paul, Marie and Jordan. Once the four had decided to form an original band, Corsair constantly worked on developing their very unique sound, infusing it with a great deal of Thin Lizzy-adoration and Iron Maiden-worshipping.



KYLESA - ULTRAVIOLET (GREEN)
Shifting effortlessly from heavy hard rock riffs to punk-infused beats to even barren cold wave concoctions, 'Ultraviolet' sees the group progressing in fascinating ways. Transparent Green Gatefold LP (500 copies).



LIVING DEATH - (BLACK) METAL REVOLUTION
150 x black vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster. With their second album Metal Revolution Living Death carried on where they had left off with Vengeance of Hell. With similar results. The production of the nine songs was again well under par compared to Thrash Metal classics such as Slayers Reign in Blood or Kreators Extreme Aggressions. In Andreas Oberhoff Living Death had found a competent new drummer. However, singer Thorsten "Toto" Bergmann was not willing to tone down his vocal style (which had by 1986 become the main trademark of the band). The press once again had a field day. Reviews could not have been much worse. Only a few magazines (like Metal Forces from the UK) did get what the band was trying to achieve. All in all, Metal Revolution was only a slightly less extreme record in comparison to the debut Vengeance of Hell. The album was originally released on the newly founded Earthshaker label (home of Warlock) in 1986. With "Screaming from a Chamber", "Deep in Hell" or "Grippin a Heart" it once again featured a fair number of raw German Thrash Metal classics. After the release of Metal Revolution the boys from Velbert ("Dead City" in the words of fellow Thrashers Violent Force) struggled on. Various line-up changes (Atomic Steif joined on drums, the Kelch bothers left) resulted in a more technical style of Thrash Metal though. Albums such as Protected from Reality (1987), Worlds Neuroses (1988) or Killing in Action (1991) were moving more and more in the direction of bands like Mekong Delta (or Sieges Even for that matter) .



LIVING DEATH - (COL) VENGEANCE OF HELL
350 x transparent clear/ red splatter vinyl, 425gsm heavy cardboard cover, lyric sheet, poster, REMIX VERSION 1985



VARIOUS - UNDERGROUND NEVER DIES
Remember Death Metal, Speed Kills or Grindcrusher?! Those early sampler compilations gave many future giants early exposure but also gave the fans a first glance at how diverse and dynamic the metal scene was back in the day. The accompanying compilation to the Underground Never Dies! book has a different goal: if to those who discovered extreme metal through Facebook or Hot Topic- these band names mean nothing, the real diehards on the other hand will savor finding for the first time such revered acts as INCUBUS, NECROVORE, INVOCATOR or DR SHRINKER. Hailing from Denmark, Australia, Canada, Germany, Chile, the USA and France, these bands share the same burning passion for a metal that was raw, unbridled and vicious. Featuring only rare demo tracks recorded in the second half of the 80s and ranging from thrash (ARMOROS), proto-black metal (SLAUGHTER LORD, POISON) to classic death metal (INCUBUS) and even black/death (NECROVORE), this is THE sound of the underground as it was almost a quarter of a century ago. LP version contains twelve tracks of underground metal. Can you hear the roar of the underground, raging as if there were no tomorrow?



WOODS OF DESOLATION - AS THE STARS (BLACK)
Limited 333 copies black vinyl. LP's come with gatefolds, A2 poster and logo sticker. 'As The Stars' is the new album from Woods Of Desolation, by now probably Australia's premier depressive black metal band. On this 3rd album, mastermind D. on guitars, with the help of session members (Vlad from Drudkh on drums, Luke Mills from Nazxul and Pestilential Shadows on bass, and Old from Drohtnung on vocals), continues the musical direction which was begun on 'Toward The Depths' and refined on the very successful 'Torn Beyond Reason'. Fans of the band will be pleased to hear that the main ingredients as well as the songwriting are similar to those on W.O.D.'s excellent sophomore album - haunting, melodic and intense depressive black metal, delving further into melancholy and the essence of personal expression through music, which may occasionally remind the listener of another of Australia's finest, AUSTERE, as well as ALCEST, and perhaps 'Brave Murder Day'-era KATATONIA.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW ARRIVALS - 2014.12



EYEHATEGOD - PREACHING THE ENDTIME MESSAGE
EYEHATEGOD compilation featuring 2 alternative versions, 3 tracks from split EPs, 2 live in Japan tracks and 3 new tracks recorded in march 2005. Track listing: 1. Methamphetamine - Alternate version from Cry Now Cry Later comp.#1 2. Serving Time In The Middle Of Nowhere Alternate version 3. Sabbath Jam - EHG / Anal Cunt split 7" 1997 4. Age Of Bootcamps - EHG / Soilent Green split 7" 5. I Am The Gestapo - EHG / Cripple Bastards split 7" 6. Jackass In The Will Of God (live in Japan 3-19-02) 7. Reveloution / Revelation (live in Japan 3-19-02) 8. 36 Beers And A Ball Of String (new track recorded 3-10-05) 9. International Narcotic (new track recorded 3-10-05) 10. Turn Troubled Tables (new track recorded 3-10-05).



GREEN & WOOD - DEVIL'S PLAN
Remember the doom metal band from Los Angeles Green & Wood? They released a debut in 2009 by Cyclopean Records and a second full-lenght self-released 'Devil's Plan' in 2011. Unfortunately, after a tour in mid-2012, the group disbanded and the albums have been forgotten. 'Devil's Plan' is a special material that equally competed with the best doom metal album in 2011 'Capricorn' by Orchid. Made Available again. Judging by the album covers I think they have sticked with the same artist and it's good for them! The art is amazing and it totally gives the idea of what you should expect form album. Lyrics always twist around themes of occultism, or pagan/satanic/folk stuff. 'Devil's Plan' sounds much more doom oriented, heavier and darker than its predecessor. Flowers vocals have a clearer Ozzy orientation and that is particularly noticeable on the slower songs. Green & Wood seems to be another one of those bands that Black Sabbath would be proud of. Now that the grandfathers are reunited (11-11-11) you can only dream to catch these guys on a tour with Orchid and Ice Dragon. Having shared the stage with masterminds such as Pentagram, Graveyard, Red Fang, Shrinebuilder, Earthless, Valiant Thorr and others, Green & Wood would not sit still for long. Winter of 2011, deep within the mountains of doom, Green & Wood honed their craft with wizardry and wonder. Naturally something was stirring up. That something was 'Devil's Plan'. Recorded solely in the living room of Ethan and Magda's house in Highland Park, California on a host of rotten old tape on a rotten old 8 track, 'Devil's Plan' started as a single and magically morphed into a full-length release in no time. Soon after, Green & Wood teamed up with Saviours to bring 'Devil's Plan' live to the uninitiated masses of the European continent for a well-received debut tour of the new album.



RAINBOWS ARE FREE - WAVES AHEAD OF THE OCEAN
Their sophomore full length release heralds a unique interpretation of a bygone era of classic heaviness, setting them apart from contemporaries with whom they have shared the stage (Saint Vitus, High on Fire, The Sword, Pallbearer, Kylesa, Dead Meadow).

EXPECTED - 2014.12

ASG - WIN US OVER (2LP)
Double-LP reissue of ASG's classic 2008 record, remastered for vinyl! This is a triumph of a record that has LONG been out of print! Comes complete with a download code for the full album!



DEVIL YOU KNOW - THE BEAUTY OF DESTRUCTION (2LP)
Released on double black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. 'The Beauty Of Destruction' isn't merely another great metal anthem. It's a battle cry, a statement of purpose, a scream for survival! From start to finish, this is a record that burns with emotion and intensity. The sort of record that pushes the competition to the ground. Very few debut records deliver this much.



HOLOPAINEN, TUOMAS - THE LIFE AND TIMES OF SCROOCHE (2LP)
Double LP on black vinyl in a gatefold sleeve. Tuomas Holopainen (the keyboardist and main songwriter of NIGHTWISH) has spent most of the year 2013 writing and producing his solo album. The main theme of the album is based on a graphic novel called The Life And Times Of Scrooge McDuck, written and illustrated by Don Rosa.

LIMB - LIMB
At last, here's the self titled debut album from London's doom/sludge monsters Limb. Limb have been a band to catch by those in the know on the doom/sludge scene since their formation in 2011. These musicians set themselves apart from the big heap of the genre's representatives by enriching their music with elements from post-punk and post-rock, including Joy Division and Slint. The super deluxe LP edition is pressed on 180-gram green and black vinyl and presented in an awesome gatefold sleeve. Also included is an insert of the cover art and a free download of the whole album.

MOTORHEAD - ACE OF SPADES (UK)
US reissue on black vinyl of this legendary title. Feted by bikers, adored by metal heads and respected by punks, Motörhead exemplified rock's outlaw chic. On 'Ace Of Spades' their speed-metal attack exploded with unparalleled fury. Indeed, the title track is -and will always be- one of the greatest heavy rock songs ever made.

OMEGA MASSIF - KALT
At last, the Omega Massif debut record 'KALT' is available on wax. This is not the usual silent start/big climax thing, well-known from the postrock genre. Nope, this is one of the best instrumental/metal/doom bands of the past years and already a classic of the genre. Remastered by James Plotkin (Khanate, Phantomsmasher etc.).

REIGN OF FURY - WORLD DETONATION
Vinyl edition of their 2012 full-length. Contains eight intensely thrashing tracks!



SABATON - HEROES
Another impressive offering from Sweden's award winning heavy metal giants Sabaton.



SONATA ARTICA - PARIAH'S CHILD (2LP)
Finnish melodic metal outfit SONATA ARCTICA release their eighth studio album, the follow up to their successful 'Stones Grow Her Name' full-length. Double-LP on heavy vinyl in a gatefold sleeve.



YOB - THE GREAT CESSATION (2LP)
Stoughton gatefold jacket. A classic that rabidly demanded to be reprinted! This is the best fucking album Yob has done! Contains two bonus tracks not available on the CD version. Doom is meant to be dour and slow, but here it's also furious. The riffs, the vocals, the deliberate, pummeling rhythm (courtesy of Yob alumni Travis Foster on drums and bassist Aaron Reiseberg) - it seethes from start to finish, and as a statement of intent for 'The Great Cessation', you can't get any better. Black vinyl.

[Shiny Beast]

NEW IN STOCK - 2014.13



GREEN & WOOD - DEVIL'S PLAN
Remember the doom metal band from Los Angeles Green & Wood? They released a debut in 2009 by Cyclopean Records and a second full-lenght self-released 'Devil's Plan' in 2011. Unfortunately, after a tour in mid-2012, the group disbanded and the albums have been forgotten. 'Devil's Plan' is a special material that equally competed with the best doom metal album in 2011 'Capricorn' by Orchid. Made Available again. Judging by the album covers I think they have sticked with the same artist and it's good for them! The art is amazing and it totally gives the idea of what you should expect form album. Lyrics always twist around themes of occultism, or pagan/satanic/folk stuff. 'Devil's Plan' sounds much more doom oriented, heavier and darker than its predecessor. Flowers vocals have a clearer Ozzy orientation and that is particularly noticeable on the slower songs. Green & Wood seems to be another one of those bands that Black Sabbath would be proud of. Now that the grandfathers are reunited (11-11-11) you can only dream to catch these guys on a tour with Orchid and Ice Dragon. Having shared the stage with masterminds such as Pentagram, Graveyard, Red Fang, Shrinebuilder, Earthless, Valiant Thorr and others, Green & Wood would not sit still for long. Winter of 2011, deep within the mountains of doom, Green & Wood honed their craft with wizardry and wonder. Naturally something was stirring up. That something was 'Devil's Plan'. Recorded solely in the living room of Ethan and Magda's house in Highland Park, California on a host of rotten old tape on a rotten old 8 track, 'Devil's Plan' started as a single and magically morphed into a full-length release in no time. Soon after, Green & Wood teamed up with Saviours to bring 'Devil's Plan' live to the uninitiated masses of the European continent for a well-received debut tour of the new album.

EXPECTED - 2014.13

CAULDRON BLACK RAM - STALAGMIRE
The crude horde that be the CAULDRON BLACK RAM emerges yet once more from wat'ry tomb to besiege hapless poseurs and put to manacles weak would-be picaroons. Being the third of albums to sail under the banner of Cauldron Black Ram, this recording is a commanding effort of sludgy, crossboned black death metal and slimy, rum-sodden doomed debauchery. The brigands from the far side of the world prove well versed in the execution of this unfair trade, delivering knavish punishment unto unprepared ears in the form of 'Stalagmire'. Be it black, death, doom, or thrash, all goes into the strange brew mixed in the Cauldron Black Ram. The line-up includes inner-circle members of MOURNFUL CONGREGATION, STARGAZER and MARTIRE. Vinyl edition with gatefold insert!



ROYAL HUNT - THE MISSION
For the very first time on vinyl in a limited edition of 350 hand-numbered copies in heavy black vinyl and printed inner sleeve! Officially licensed by Majestic Entertainment. The sixth release for this amazing band. The vinyl saga goes on! What's next!?

BACK IN STOCK - 2014.13



SAINT VITUS - LIVE
Limited edition of only 1000 hand numbered copies on color vinyl. Recorded live at the Palladium in Worcester, MA on October 17, 2009."



ROCKA ROLLAS - CONQUER
Limited edtion 300 copies black vinyl. Running Wild have returned with their new EP "Conquer". Under the new name Rocka Rollas decided to bring us the pirate-infused speed metal once again! Well, thats what all Running Wild fans hoped at least. The good news is that Rocka Rollas is actually a legitimate new band that has truly captured the essence of Running Wild. Amazingly, all of this music was composed and played (except for the vocals) by just one guy. Musically, their first full-length, "The War of Steel Has Begun" was quite a different affair. It was still an over-the-top speed metal attack, but it was more of a tribute to heavy metal with tracks like "More Metal Than Steel" and "Heavy Metal Kings". With "Conquer", Rocka Rollas has turned their attention bringing back the glory of records like "Blazon Stone" and "Black Hand Inn".



AIR RAID - (BLACK)NIGHT OF THE AXE
Limited edition 300 copies black vinyl. New Wave of Classic Heavy Metal from Sweden. Killer riffs and a powerful Voice up to high pitched ! Traditional Heavy Metal Album of the year 2012! For Fans of US Metal with Speed (old Forte, Cage, etc.), Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Accept, Running Wild, Razorwyre, Artch, In Solitude Tracklist: Side A 01. Treason 01:00 02. Night Of The Axe 04:35 03. The Lost City 04:07 04. Highway Legion 03:48 05. Dying Man 06:10 Side B 06. Raiders Of Hell 04:45 07. Call Of The Warlock 04:30 08. Reminiscence 01:48 09. Riding Out 03:53 10. A Blade In The Dark 05:27



AIR RAID - DANGER AHEAD
Classic heavy metal with NWOBHM influences from Sweden. Limited edition to 300 hand-numbered copies. Recommended for fans of: Artch, Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Accept, Tyran' Pace, etc.



ATTACKER - (BLACK) GIANTS OF CANAAN
Limited 350 copies black vinyl. The Lords of Thunder are back! New Jersey's own power/traditional heavy metal act ATTACKER strikes with their fifth album. What we have here is classic guitar work with a true '80s feel, mighty galloping riffs, powerhouse drumming, thunderous bass, and, last but not least, the bloody impressive vocal performance by the new singer, Bobby Lucas (ex-SEVEN WITCHES, OVERLORDE), straight from the Dickinson and Rivera school.



ETHEREAL ARCHITECT - MONOLITH (2LP)
Double-lp including 2 Bonus Tracks, 350 Copies in Black Vinyl, Hand Numbered, Gatefold Cover ! US Prog/Power Metal at its best with unbelievable Melodies and killer Riffs. 10 Points from 10 in Rock Hard Magazine! This is the best Prog Metal Album of this Decade! 5 Years after Dissension here is the new Masterpiece with killer riffs, great melodies and vocals from Austin/Texas ! Unbelievable Melodies ! The best US Prog/Power Metal Album in this century! For Fans of Heart of Cygnus, Shadow Gallery, Anacrusis, Theocracy, Zero Hour, Power of Omens, Twilight Kingdom!



VORTICE - HOST (COL)
LIMITED EDITION OF 200 COPIES ON COLOURED VINYL. "A progressive album that drifts away from the predictable rhythmic ventures of math metal and reaches for new horizons." ~Metal Hammer UK. "A cluster of tech metal yet organic, with math roots but also unpredictable and direct detours, structures that still challenge the foreseeable but catches the non-initiated listener better." ~Mondosonoro. "Dynamic and more varied than ever, 'Host' flows naturally, it rocks and hits like 'What Everyone Says' and the electronic 'The Spaceship Destroyer Of Mankind' certainly place Vortice among the best of Spain's scene." ~Rockzone.