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After one magic debut album in 2015 on Altare Productions, Avantgarde Music signed one of the most promising band from Portugal, Névoa. Compared to their debut, the band slowed down quite a bit their tempo, but their rage transformed from speed to a hopeless, bleak, post black/doom, with clear influences from american sludge acts like […]
As equally majestic as it is furious, Empires of Ash channels that epic spirit of black metal bands like Summoning, Saor, and even Emperor. What really sets Sojourner apart from their contemporaries for is how well they weave the folk instruments into their songs; a variety of flutes, piano, and synths pour personality into the […]
New ep by Sivyj Yar, released just after Summer Solstice Digisleeve compact disc in strictly one-press edition of 200 copies. Secure your own copy by pre ordering here!
Hypnotic, immersive atmospheric black metal that combines icy, haunting vocals with mesmerizing, fully realized synth/bass landscapes. A must for fanatics of atmospheric black metal with a space aesthetic and concept, but also for all those on a certain atmospheric folk edge. This duo in fact features Ana from Ulvesang, the folk band recently released by […]
Seeing an 18 year old perform and compose every instrument with clarity of thought and intentional songwriting chops beyond his years was impressive enough, but 2016 sees Nick Stanger as exuberant as ever; Yūgen outshines their debut “Vacant” in every aspect. A gorgeous expedition through luscious soundscapes aided by an oriental tint, Ashbringer present one […]
“Fusing the deep, spiritual sounds of tribal, ritualistic ambient and chanting with the complex, cacophonous discord of modern unorthodox black metal, Drought’s two unlikely halves meld and transcend. Lengthy bouts of inward, meditative ambiance explode into uncompromising, overwhelming blackened extremism, breaking the trance and achieving a greater aggression in the listener.” Jon Rosenthal // Invisibleoranges.com […]
This is the soundtrack to the Norwegian movie Morgenrøde, released on dvd and bluray on 2016/05/09 after collecting an impressive serie of important reviews and prizes at various Sci-Fi movie exhibitions and dedicated magazines. Music-side, the OST was composed and recorded by Ole Petter Sørum: when not imaginarily bound to the screen, we could define this […]
The success of Downfall of Nur‘s debut is unstoppable: after a digisleeve edition and an A5 digipack reissue, we are not sold on both, and are going to have a standard jewelcase edition for all future sales. The album was also recently released on double LP! You can order both here
Their 2015 “Isolate” debut started quite many interests in the whole world on the MESARTHIM project, the album being praised at every latitude of the planet and being a huge success on the web. Now Mesarthim are back with a new 32 minutes long EP titled ‘Pillars’ and coming in 6 panels digipack. Again the […]
Auriga comes from ancient Foenicia region, the actual Lebanon Sure indeed a weird country where to play this kind of music! Auriga album reminds us a lot of Darkspace debut releases: fast-paced space blackmetal with radical and minimalistic sounds production, but yet very cold and and with chilling atmospheres! Order Auriga CD here!