Hell ain’t a bad place to be”, they say. Well, it’s probably because THRONE are not running the place, because if they were, hell would be really… hellish. THRONE are back with their heaviest, strongest and most desperate effort so far and their solid sludge metal morphed into something more sulphureous, more malignant and definitely more feral.
“Ossarium” is a long, painful trip into the territories laden out by EYEHATEGOD, BUZZOVEN and ACID BATH but with an evolved take bordering on black metal sound, as the first single “Aten” clearly demonstrates. In other episodes like “Morrigan”, for which a videoclip will premiere out during the month of January, the band goes back delivering mid-tempo funeral marches for the expected sludge-experience.
Empowered by an astonishing sound quality, perfect for a nightmarish musical experience, “Ossarium” will surely make an impact in early 2025!

Hell ain’t a bad place to be”, they say. Well, it’s probably because THRONE are not running the place, because if they were, hell would be really… hellish. THRONE are back with their heaviest, strongest and most desperate effort so far and their solid sludge metal morphed into something more sulphureous, more malignant and definitely more feral.
“Ossarium” is a long, painful trip into the territories laden out by EYEHATEGOD, BUZZOVEN and ACID BATH but with an evolved take bordering on black metal sound, as the first single “Aten” clearly demonstrates. In other episodes like “Morrigan”, for which a videoclip will premiere out during the month of January, the band goes back delivering mid-tempo funeral marches for the expected sludge-experience.
Empowered by an astonishing sound quality, perfect for a nightmarish musical experience, “Ossarium” will surely make an impact in early 2025!

- Limited to 50 copies
- Metal Box
- Jewel case CD
- Guitar pick
- Flag
- Logo Patch

Sarkom are back with a vengeance with “Exceed In2 Chaos”, their fifth opus after “Anti-Cosmic Art” released in 2016. In the meantime, they have kept themselves busy releasing several EPs containing some new tunes and a memorable rendition of the Prodigy classic “Breathe”. Anyway, 2025 marks the comeback in full form: “Exceed In2 Chaos” is a grand return to classic, razor-sharp norwegian black metal in pure Sarkom tradition. Since the artwork, Sarkom again push the boundaries of Black Art with a challenging, violent and brightly coloured design.
Musically speaking, “Exceed” displays nine tracks of cold, evil black metal enhanced by a great production and a bone-chilling vocal performance by Unsgaard. Balancing between fast splinters and panzer-like mid-tempos, the record clocks at almost 50 minutes of pure darkness!

with mirror laminated cover, 30x60 insert, OBI. Remastered sound

Sarkom are back with a vengeance with “Exceed In2 Chaos”, their fifth opus after “Anti-Cosmic Art” released in 2016. In the meantime, they have kept themselves busy releasing several EPs containing some new tunes and a memorable rendition of the Prodigy classic “Breathe”. Anyway, 2025 marks the comeback in full form: “Exceed In2 Chaos” is a grand return to classic, razor-sharp norwegian black metal in pure Sarkom tradition. Since the artwork, Sarkom again push the boundaries of Black Art with a challenging, violent and brightly coloured design.
Musically speaking, “Exceed” displays nine tracks of cold, evil black metal enhanced by a great production and a bone-chilling vocal performance by Unsgaard. Balancing between fast splinters and panzer-like mid-tempos, the record clocks at almost 50 minutes of pure darkness!

Sarkom are back with a vengeance with “Exceed In2 Chaos”, their fifth opus after “Anti-Cosmic Art” released in 2016. In the meantime, they have kept themselves busy releasing several EPs containing some new tunes and a memorable rendition of the Prodigy classic “Breathe”. Anyway, 2025 marks the comeback in full form: “Exceed In2 Chaos” is a grand return to classic, razor-sharp norwegian black metal in pure Sarkom tradition. Since the artwork, Sarkom again push the boundaries of Black Art with a challenging, violent and brightly coloured design.
Musically speaking, “Exceed” displays nine tracks of cold, evil black metal enhanced by a great production and a bone-chilling vocal performance by Unsgaard. Balancing between fast splinters and panzer-like mid-tempos, the record clocks at almost 50 minutes of pure darkness!

+ Limited to 100 pieces RIGID BOX
+ "Wolves of the underworld" CD
+ "Hellborn" Bonus CD
+ exclusive wood bottle opener
+ 2 X Custom coasters with logo
+ Exclusive band’s logo PATCH

For fans of Norwegian Black Metal and melodic Black Metal.
For fans of SETHERIAL, MARDUK, DARK FUNERAL, NECROPHOBIC.

HELVITNIR with their first album deliver classic but yet melodic black metal with a pounding production sound

For fans of Norwegian Black Metal and melodic Black Metal.
For fans of SETHERIAL, MARDUK, DARK FUNERAL, NECROPHOBIC.

HELVITNIR with their first album deliver classic but yet melodic black metal with a pounding production sound

For fans of Norwegian Black Metal and melodic Black Metal.
For fans of SETHERIAL, MARDUK, DARK FUNERAL, NECROPHOBIC.

HELVITNIR with their first album deliver classic but yet melodic black metal with a pounding production sound

Pressed on grey marble vinyl. Comes with a 2-page insert. Released by Lonely Demon Records. Colors on final record may vary to a degree from the mockup.

The second album from a prayer for the worst finds Herr B (GODKILLER) continuing his exploration of uneasy, emaciated sounds in his insatiable quest to find musical expressions of anguish and final rest.

For fans of Darkwave, lo-fi synth pop, dark ambient, early Industrial, weird post-punk, skewed electronica, suicide music.

Pressed on pink vinyl. Released by Lonely Demon Records. Colors on final record may vary to a degree from the mockup.

The music is slow, introspective and dreamy, the opposite of leisure music. The tracks mix stripped-down electronics, crepuscular evocations and quasi-mystical atmospheres, accompanied occasionally by lyrics that are rather disparaging of life in general and the human race in particular.

For fans of Darkwave, lo-fi synth pop, dark ambient, early Industrial, weird post-punk, skewed electronica, suicide music.

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One of South America's shortest-lived yet undeniably potent cults, Peru's LEVIFER formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2004, leaving behind but a demo and a split with a then-young GOAT SEMEN. Nevertheless, the sulfurous spirit of those nine primary tracks remains timeless to this day, and it's with great honor that WEREWOLF compiles LEVIFER's entire recorded work on one convenient format.

LEVIFER released their lone demo, Tribute to the Supreme Beast, in 2000. For all intents and purposes, though, that demo could've been released in 1992, exhibiting a bestial death metal sound comparable to early Mystifier, Naked Whipper, Finland's Belial, Germany's Blood, and Brazil's Impurity. Hulking and at times clanging and atonal but always with utterly gutted savagery, LEVIFER's first seven songs retain a remarkable sense of ritualistic flow. In 2003, LEVIFER released a two-song split 7" with GOAT SEMEN. Here, their bestiality took on a much-more-blackened aspect, and cavernous atmosphere was compounded tenfold. Sharper songwriting-wise and tighter in execution, these two songs teased at how mesmerizingly awesome LEVIFER could've become had they continued. A couple tracks from that very same session were released as bonus tracks on a picture-disc reissue of the demo in 2006, and they're now collected here on Southern Bestial Storms, bringing together everything mainman Levifer and crew recorded. From the past come the Southern Bestial Storms!

Compilation of all demos by Behexen and Lords of the Left Hand.

Disc 1:
- Tracks 1-4 from Reality is in Evil... (1995)
- Tracks 5-10 from Eternal Realm (1997)
Disc 2:
- Tracks 1-3 from Blessed Be the Darkness (1998)
- Tracks 4-9 from Promo '99 (1999), previously unreleased.

Comes in a 4-panel digipack. Released by Lonely Demon Records.

The music is slow, introspective and dreamy, the opposite of leisure music. The tracks mix stripped-down electronics, crepuscular evocations and quasi-mystical atmospheres, accompanied occasionally by lyrics that are rather disparaging of life in general and the human race in particular.

For fans of Darkwave, lo-fi synth pop, dark ambient, early Industrial, weird post-punk, skewed electronica, suicide music.

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Comes in a 6-panel digipack. Released by Lonely Demon Records.

The second album from a prayer for the worst finds Herr B (GODKILLER) continuing his exploration of uneasy, emaciated sounds in his insatiable quest to find musical expressions of anguish and final rest.

For fans of Darkwave, lo-fi synth pop, dark ambient, early Industrial, weird post-punk, skewed electronica, suicide music.

Dive into the sonic abyss with Borgne’s new album. Between chaos and hypnotic melodies, the Swiss band redefines the boundaries of industrial black metal. An immersive, cold, and suffocating masterpiece where hammering rhythms and synthetic layers merge into a nihilistic whirlwind. For those who crave raw intensity and mesmerizing soundscapes. Much more than a simple album, it's a manifesto, a reincarnation, a cry emanating from nothingness. This new opus marks an essential quest: to reappropriate a dissolved identity, to draw on the darkness to be reborn in a strange, infinite world devoid of hope. Each track is a catharsis, a journey between destruction and reconstruction, where darkness becomes a creative force.

Dive into the sonic abyss with Borgne’s new album. Between chaos and hypnotic melodies, the Swiss band redefines the boundaries of industrial black metal. An immersive, cold, and suffocating masterpiece where hammering rhythms and synthetic layers merge into a nihilistic whirlwind. For those who crave raw intensity and mesmerizing soundscapes. Much more than a simple album, it's a manifesto, a reincarnation, a cry emanating from nothingness. This new opus marks an essential quest: to reappropriate a dissolved identity, to draw on the darkness to be reborn in a strange, infinite world devoid of hope. Each track is a catharsis, a journey between destruction and reconstruction, where darkness becomes a creative force.

FROZEN SHADOWS, formed in 1995 in Quebec, has been a pioneering force in the Canadian black metal scene. Known for their raw intensity and atmospheric depth, the band has carved a distinct path, blending traditional black metal elements with a cold, Canadian edge.

Available in both CD and LP formats, this reissue of "Empires De Glace" delivers an experience of this masterpiece originally released in 1999.
This album combines blistering riffs, haunting melodies and icy soundscapes, now reissued with a special mastering of both formats, preserving its raw and cold essence.

Re-issue, 200x sea blue 12" in a black poly-lined innersleeve, gatefold jacket full-color printed on 350g carton, all assembled in a plastic overbag.

FROZEN SHADOWS, formed in 1995 in Quebec, has been a pioneering force in the Canadian black metal scene. Known for their raw intensity and atmospheric depth, the band has carved a distinct path, blending traditional black metal elements with a cold, Canadian edge.

This reissue of "Empires De Glace" delivers an experience of this masterpiece originally released in 1999.

This album combines blistering riffs, haunting melodies and icy soundscapes, now reissued with a special mastering of both formats, preserving its raw and cold essence.

Re-issue, complete updated layout, remastered.

Limited Edition Gold with Black Splattered Vinyl

Please indicate tshirt size in the order's notes (from Small to XXL)

Printed on Gildan SF000 Softstyle Midweight sweatshirt with NO hood (old style, yeah)
Please stick to the above mentioned sizes, no exceptions

Teitanblood returns to claim underground metal’s most lawless frontier. “From the Visceral Abyss” is an all-engulfing tide of unfettered, raging chaos – where black and death metal collapse into a maelstrom of destruction. Its force is neither random nor aimless but guided by an instinct sharpened over decades.

This is Teitanblood at their most unhinged, yet wholly assured in execution. Dissonance and precision collide in monstrous, writhing riffs, underpinned by percussive violence that shifts between merciless blasting and dirge-like weight. Layer upon layer of bile-drenched vocals coil through the cacophony, forging a suffocating atmosphere of grotesque grandeur.

As ever, the album is steeped in the restless spirit of the late Finnish artist Timo Ketola, who stood as both interpreter and architect of Teitanblood’s visual world. Ketola’s oracular visions provided the scripture from which these lyrics emerged – his legacy not merely preserved but carried forth beyond the grave. The tradition of transmuting sound into imagery continues, with Dávid Glomba filling the booklet’s pages with a dense tapestry of illustrations, sigils, and hand-scribed invocations.

Teitanblood returns to claim underground metal’s most lawless frontier. “From the Visceral Abyss” is an all-engulfing tide of unfettered, raging chaos – where black and death metal collapse into a maelstrom of destruction. Its force is neither random nor aimless but guided by an instinct sharpened over decades.

This is Teitanblood at their most unhinged, yet wholly assured in execution. Dissonance and precision collide in monstrous, writhing riffs, underpinned by percussive violence that shifts between merciless blasting and dirge-like weight. Layer upon layer of bile-drenched vocals coil through the cacophony, forging a suffocating atmosphere of grotesque grandeur.

As ever, the album is steeped in the restless spirit of the late Finnish artist Timo Ketola, who stood as both interpreter and architect of Teitanblood’s visual world. Ketola’s oracular visions provided the scripture from which these lyrics emerged – his legacy not merely preserved but carried forth beyond the grave. The tradition of transmuting sound into imagery continues, with Dávid Glomba filling the booklet’s pages with a dense tapestry of illustrations, sigils, and hand-scribed invocations.

With its tenth full-length album, Svartsyn delivers a work rooted in both its present vision and primordial past. “Vortex of the Destroyer” unfolds in two intertwined chapters: four new compositions alongside six resurrected relics from Chalice, the entity that would become Svartsyn in 1994.

The first half of “Vortex of the Destroyer” embodies a refined yet relentless approach, shaped by instinct and hindsight alike. From the ruin of Atlantis to the flames of Surtr and Fenrir, these songs channel Svartsyn’s pursuit of apocalyptic grandeur – a descent into the abyss.

The latter half harks back to the autumn of 1992, breathing new life into six compositions first forged under the Chalice banner. Conceived at the dawn of the second wave of Black Metal, these tracks honour the band’s origins. Re-recorded with present clarity, their essence remains untouched: wild, sinister, and unmistakably Ornias.

many sellers would rate this as a NM--- there's moderate physiological signs of use and storage, but all in all great shape

Media Condition: Near Mint 
Sleeve Condition: Mint 

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Sleeve mint, Disc near mint (just a couple of light scratches)

NEAR MINT! like new ! Gold vinyl, includes printed card (numbered)  

"777 – Sects(s)" is an organic, cascading volume of deviant, dark art that exhibits BLUT AUS NORD’s natural habitat, a cleansing blade amid transitory moments of non-importance. Hypnotic guitars, discomforting beats and alienating voices clash with the ferocity of aural tectonic plates to produce horrific Black Metal decadence for an anonymous, lost, irrelevant generation.
 

Small cut on the sleeve, 5 mm long, on the bottom part, as they used to do back then to mark nice-price / overstock or store promo copies

Media Condition: Mint 
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint 

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This special edition comes with an exclusive silkscreened hand-printed and numbered slipcase, printed innersleeve, 12-page 12"x12" booklet and a download card. Pressed on exclusive gold nugget heavy vinyl. Limited to 102 copies.

#076/102

12", Unofficial Release, Blue

Media Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

Bootleg. Absence of sleeve, only two slabs of thick paper with the artwork. Contains only a fragment of 10 tracks compared to "Vinterskugge" CD releaces which have 16 tracks.
Tracks A1-B2 taken from "Vandreren" 1993 demo
Tracks B3-B5 taken from "Horizons" 1991 demo
Limited to 500 copies.

Media Condition: Mint (M) 
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)

Small (2 cm)  cut on the bottom side of the cover, as typical in those years, to mark nice-price, ovestocks or promo copies, they either drilled or cut the sleeve

Black vinyl version. Compilation of the "Satanist Stryken" demo tape and "Hail Satanas, We Are The Black Legions" 7" EP.

Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Near Mint (NM or M-)

700 copies on black vinyl 
Includes A2 poster, lyric insert and 12x12cm sticker

Near Mint / Near Mint

8 panels digipack

Exactly 8 years after June 2010's 'The Grave of Civilization' Void of Silence are back with a brand new album.
Although still based on the classic Conforti/Zara line-up core, the new album features again a new lead vocalist (Luca Soi, of Arcana Coelestia and Visthia past).

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New mini-album from German black metal cult PARIA.

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Second album by Yorkshire’s White Medal. “Lyke Wake” features 9 new tracks recorded in 2015. The new songs follow on from “Guthmers Hahl” (2013) in terms of song writing and over all feeling but with a more refined sound. All lyrics in Yorkshire dialect with very personal themes of graft, death, grief, loss and paganism.

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The Clearing Path is a very young and talented solo-artist recording project. 'Watershed...' was initially released only as digital, and benefits of a promotional campaign conducted by Earsplit PR, receiving a lot of web-media consensus.
It's bleak, noisy, extremely emotional, but listening to it is so easy that you won't realize you are giving it a 3rd spin in two hours without getting bored. It appeals to a wide range of extreme music fans, from black metal to Neurosis and Pelican

Comes in a radical chic essential-design digipack

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Contains the last 3 Demos of the finnish Horde. Bestial Black/Death/Doom Metal with members of Witchcraft and Ceremonial Torture 

Raging,repetitve yet diverse black/death metal
with a discreet yet ever present droning vibe.
Hypnotic and hysterical,channeled through the virtues
of a sharp,
strict but eventually warm sound production,
Υπνωσίνοσις provides a sonic guidance to the subsconscious and beyond!

Atmospheric black metal union GRIMA return with a dark ritual of ancient forest magic!

With 10 years of scene-stealing experience behind them, looming stars of Siberian atmospheric black metal, GRIMA, will release their sixth album and Napalm Records debut, Nightside, on February 28, 2025. After several shows accross Europe (one with highly-uprising german death metal force Kanonenfieber), the band is set to honor the spirit of the Siberian Forest, Taiga, with their impending next chapter.
While fans of their deep, melancholic sound can look forward to tales like in “Flight Of The Silver Storm” and “The Nightside”, GRIMA also showcases focused effort and skill on the album’s more brief, accessible offerings. “Beyond The Dark Horizon“ and “Curse Of The Void” are as dreamy and complex as their big brothers, but also satisfy as more direct black metal anthems. The band shows a wide range of variety: First single “Skull Gatherers” is infused with the mesmerizing cold of the Siberian evening wilderness, constructed with folk instruments like the Russian accordion bayan but GRIMA also use death metal-like growls into their delivery on “Impending Death Premonition”.
Mixing, mastering, and helming the album’s clear, powerful sound is black metal-experienced producer Vladimir Lehtinen. The two driving forces behind the band’s unique sound, Vilhelm and Morbius, both deliver different aspects of the band’s impactful, massive guitar riffs, leads and melodies, while Vilhelm also soars as vocalist. Guest musicians Vlad (drums) and Serpentum (guitars) also join the fold both in studio and on stage. In addition to their unforgettable sound, the band’s eerie, piercing look – towering like living trees with intimidating carved wooden masks and branched fingers – adds another haunting element to their brutal yet beautiful output. With their mysterious visual aura and intriguing sound, on Nightside, GRIMA continues to prove themselves as an unmissable band to watch within the genre.

Limited 4LP slipcase with Petrol Green vinyl. With booklet.

Tomb Of The Forgotten - NECROPSY's early demos to be re-released on vinyl in January via Svart Records. NECROPSY is one of the few truly legendary bands of the obscure Finnish death metal scene of the late 80s/early 90s. Dark and twisted Death Metal in the vein of early SENTENCED, early AMORPHIS, CONVULSE, DEMIGOD, PURTENANCE, DEMILICH and ABHORRENCE. Hailing from Lahti, Finland, the band formed in 1987 and released the material featured on this compilation before taking a 14-year hiatus beginning in 1994. Founding member Janne Kosonen and his brother Tero reformed NECROPSY in 2008 and are still active today.

Tomb of the Forgotten (The Complete Demo Recordings 1989-1993), originally released by Century Media in 2013, is the first ever official demo compilation fully authorised by the band and features all of NECROPSY's early recordings with 40 tracks in total. All audio material has been carefully remastered from the original master tapes by DMS Mastering (GRAVE, MORBID, ASPHYX) for the best possible audio quality. Includes an extensive interview with the band, tons of pictures, scans of concert flyers, demo artwork, fanzine reviews and more.

Rotten Bowel Of Pestigore – Complete works of obscure Finnish death metal maniacs PESTIGORE available on vinyl for the first time ever

Classic Finnish grinding death metal demos by PESTIGORE compiled together for the first time ever on vinyl via Svart Records! Take a vomit-soaked time machine back to the early days of truly ghoulish death metal with the putrid sounds of these five demos spanning from 1991-1992. Rotten Bowel of Pestigore, originally released only on CD through Headsplit Records in 2023, holds all the recorded material of PESTIGORE before the band’s untimely disbandment in 1993, plus rare photos & liner notes from vocalist Kari Kräkin. Killer stuff and essential listening for fans of classic death metal.

PESTIGORE was founded in 1990 in Järvenpää, Finland. They were an active part of the first wave of Finnish death metal scene back in the day, but decided to call it quits after only three years of existing. In 2015 the band reactivated with founding members Kari Kräkin (vocals), Saku Manninen (guitar), Teme Grönberg (guitars) and Pekka Sauvolainen (bass) along with Pete Raatikainen (drums) in order to annihilate venues again.

Rotten Bowel Of Pestigore – Complete works of obscure Finnish death metal maniacs PESTIGORE available on vinyl for the first time ever

Classic Finnish grinding death metal demos by PESTIGORE compiled together for the first time ever on vinyl via Svart Records! Take a vomit-soaked time machine back to the early days of truly ghoulish death metal with the putrid sounds of these five demos spanning from 1991-1992. Rotten Bowel of Pestigore, originally released only on CD through Headsplit Records in 2023, holds all the recorded material of PESTIGORE before the band’s untimely disbandment in 1993, plus rare photos & liner notes from vocalist Kari Kräkin. Killer stuff and essential listening for fans of classic death metal.

PESTIGORE was founded in 1990 in Järvenpää, Finland. They were an active part of the first wave of Finnish death metal scene back in the day, but decided to call it quits after only three years of existing. In 2015 the band reactivated with founding members Kari Kräkin (vocals), Saku Manninen (guitar), Teme Grönberg (guitars) and Pekka Sauvolainen (bass) along with Pete Raatikainen (drums) in order to annihilate venues again.

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.

Black Vinyl

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Transparent Violet/Black marble vinyl, booklet. Limited to 500 copies.

Formed in New York circa 1988, Winter played slow, deep and hard nuclear doom with a crust punk rawness, that came across like Hellhammer jamming with Amebix. Their penchant for mammoth sized and funeral-paced, wasteland droning has become a touchstone reference for bands across the whole spectrum of underground metal.

Their pre-internet infamy led to Winter demos being tape- traded in hallowed adoration by fans and bands alike, gaining notable fans such as Fenriz from Darkthrone. Deserving of their special place in the pantheon of one-off classic albums, the Swans-like noise and down-tuned Earth-like riffs of "Into Darkness" went on to spawn countless doom and sludge bands, being an influence for an entire doomed generation.

The Winter come-back show at Roadburn Festival in 2011 was massively anticipated and held a captivated audience. Packing out one of The Netherlands largest stages, that particular Winter show, after many years in obscurity is a rare event that is still highly regarded today. The band is a rare jewel amongst collectors, and audiences alike.

"Into Darkness" was a gateway drug to the dark depths of sludge metal, and now awaits a whole new throng of acolytes who bow down before the throne of heavy doom. Svart Records is proud to re-release it once more, putting the album back in print for a new generation of listeners. Eternal Winter awaits!

Formed in New York circa 1988, Winter played slow, deep and hard nuclear doom with a crust punk rawness, that came across like Hellhammer jamming with Amebix. Their penchant for mammoth sized and funeral-paced, wasteland droning has become a touchstone reference for bands across the whole spectrum of underground metal.

Their pre-internet infamy led to Winter demos being tape- traded in hallowed adoration by fans and bands alike, gaining notable fans such as Fenriz from Darkthrone. Deserving of their special place in the pantheon of one-off classic albums, the Swans-like noise and down-tuned Earth-like riffs of "Into Darkness" went on to spawn countless doom and sludge bands, being an influence for an entire doomed generation.

The Winter come-back show at Roadburn Festival in 2011 was massively anticipated and held a captivated audience. Packing out one of The Netherlands largest stages, that particular Winter show, after many years in obscurity is a rare event that is still highly regarded today. The band is a rare jewel amongst collectors, and audiences alike.

"Into Darkness" was a gateway drug to the dark depths of sludge metal, and now awaits a whole new throng of acolytes who bow down before the throne of heavy doom. Svart Records is proud to re-release it once more, putting the album back in print for a new generation of listeners. Eternal Winter awaits!

Digipak CD
First Oranssi Pazuzu album reissued at last.
“During the last few years we have had many people asking from us about the availability of our earlier albums, the vinyl versions of both and also the debut cd being sold out for some time now. We have been promising a repress basically since 2011, when the vinyls first came out, and we are very happy to say this is finally being realized.
To us both Muukalainen puhuu and Kosmonument nowadays sound something like a different band, but they still embody many of our principal musical ideas in songs like Korppi or Kaaos hallitsee

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Disponibile ora!

A 70+ minute sprawling voyage, ‘Värähtelijä’ more accurately represents the stunning live presence of the band where the songs often span new and previously unheard dimensions of form and structure. Not meant for genre purists, Oranssi Pazuzu are on a trip all their own; modern electric pioneers on an expedition to unlock the keys to the hidden spaces all around and inside us. 20 Buck Spin is pleased to once again present the innovative brilliance of Oranssi Pazuzu and ‘Värähtelijä’.

"Värähtelijä is continuing where we left off with Valonielu. But it plunges deeper into the pitch black hypnosis, combines progressive song structures to more free and flowing parts."

Svart Records proudly present the Black- and Doom Metal pioneers Unholy’s compilation of early material – Demology out on July 19th

“Unholy are arguably the most original, avant-garde, definitive, and important Finnish extreme metal band. The paths they have walked have always been lonely and unknown, entering to the deepest celestial forests and psychic graveyards, and the treasures found there dark and exquisite. This compilation consists of their three legendary demos, of which Trip to Depressive Autumn is the best recording ever done in Finland, of any genre or style”.
- Albert Witchfinder, Reverend Bizarre

Svart Records is set to release the compilation album “Demology” by Finnish avant-garde death doom metal band Unholy. Including their early demo recordings "The Procession of Black Doom" (1990), "Demo 11.90" (1990) and "Trip to Depressive Autumn" (1992), this is the first time these demos are in the same package with exclusive liner notes.

Unholy emerged from the eastern Finnish town of Imatra in the late '80s. After changing their name from Armageddon to Holy Hell and eventually to Unholy, their mission was simple; to create harder, heavier, and slower music than their idols Black Sabbath and Celtic Frost. The lyrical themes and ideas for the songs came from Satanism, mysticism, anti-Christianity, mushroom trips, and shamanism among others. Finnish deep ecologist Pentti Linkola also inspired the band and their music. Some of the songs came up naturally by jamming riffs and others entirely by improvisation.

While the first two demos already made Unholy a force to be reckoned with, the release of “Trip to Depressive Autumn” caught the attention of the underground metal scene and various labels. The band was hungry for a recording contract, and it finally came into realization when Lethal Records released their debut album “From the Shadows” in 1993.

“Demology”, mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios, is out on July 19^th. Available formats include the Svart exclusive 2LP black/white marble vinyl, 2LP limited transparent red vinyl, 2LP classic black vinyl, and the 2CD edition.

If we take a look back at the very dark past of the birth of Finnish death metal, Disgrace was one of the originators among bands like Abhorrence, Belial, Xysma, Beherit, Funebre, etc. The late '80s were days of active tape trading, playing gigs wherever possible—mostly in local youth centers—and creating new music out of sheer frustration. Was it the geographical location of Finland, with its long winters and absence of light, that gave Finnish death metal that extra feeling of gloom and darkness? Even though you can hear some sort of “trademark” sound that comes to Finnish bands, the scene was vital in those days, and everyone was doing their own thing.

Disgrace recorded their first demo in 1989, which has been buried in time and dust. Luckily, their "Beyond the Immortalized Existence" and "Inside the Labyrinth of Depression" demos—both recorded in 1990—and the "Debts of God" EP (1990) have survived and are compiled into the "1990" release, which is now available again in a limited edition of 500 vinyl copies. These demos and EP document Disgrace at their most brutal and primitive, yet young and bloodthirsty. This is true grinding and murky death metal where you can hear influences from fellow bands like Xysma and Funebre, but also from UK and Swedish bands like Carcass (just listen to the track "Deprive My Innermost"), Bolt Thrower, Carnage, and Nihilist. Disgrace wasn’t afraid to include some doomier and groovier rocking parts into their sound even in the early days. Disgrace guitarist and vocalist Jukka Taskinen himself said that the Canadian band Voivod was the biggest influence to start the band, and there’s an obvious nod to those Quebecian sci-fi thrashers in the intro of "Debts of God."

Finnish death metallers Disgrace released a bunch of demos and one EP before their first full-length album, “Grey Misery,” which was released in 1992. The Finnish metal scene was flourishing with releases during those days—many of them are recognized as immortal classics among die-hard maniacs around the world: Slumber of Sullen Eyes, Member of Immortal Damnation, The Karelian Isthmus, Children of the Scorn, to name a few. And, of course, Grey Misery!

A bunch of classic albums, each with its own distinct sound and style, emerged during that time. Disgrace stepped up their game from their demo days, recording and mixing Grey Misery at Timo Tolkki’s TTT studio in May 1991. It was originally released on vinyl, CD, and tape by the Modern Primitive label in 1992. The band remembers that everything went smoothly during the recording process. It is evident that Disgrace practiced a lot and sharpened their songwriting skills without compromising the brutality in their delivery. Grey Misery takes the listener through nine tracks of organic, gloomy, groovy, and heavy-as-hell grinding death metal. Jukka Taskinen and Toni Stranius’ guttural double vocals still remind us of Bill Steer and Jeff Walker from Carcass. Some of the riffs also bear a resemblance, no doubt about that, but Disgrace managed to present their own blend of Finnish brutality with groove and almost prog-rock-like technical parts in some tracks. After Grey Misery, Disgrace decided that their days of death metal were over and transitioned to a brighter style with garage punk and rock’n’roll. That is a whole different story altogether.