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“Coloured Funeral” is one of the most complex releases of early 90's death metal, certainly a cornerstone release for all fans, which needs more attention than it gets in time. It's a classic masterpiece without compromise that defines why old school death metal was unique and intelligent music.

Recorded and mixed by Colin Richardson in 1993, this album brings some of the best technical and slightly progressive death metal, with a clean and powerful production.
You find some progressive elements but it's a vicious and aggressive old school death metal gem.

This is intense brutality of the highest rank, a mind-blowing piece of real unholy Death Metal forever written in extreme metal history!

Re-issue, completely updated layout with a new mastering, CD in a jewel case, 20 page booklet full colours on 135g paper, sealed.

Originally released by Tatra Productions in 2022, here comes an official reissue on 6 panels digipak format

200 copies edition

Includes a 20-page booklet with credits & recording info.
check out tracklist and partecipating bands at this link

Consumption is one of the creatures born from the mind of Håkan Stuvemark, mastermind of WOMBBATH and now making music with several projects such as Skineater, Leper Colony and Crossbow Suicide. The first two records established for the band a strong reputation in recovering a classic form of death metal influenced by the mid-period Carcass and the goriest landmarks of the 90s. In particular the second one, “Necrotic Lust” out on Hammerheart Records in 2022, was a fine collection of catchy riffs, abrasive melodies and up-tempo structures. With a blood-spattered cover artwork by Felipe Mora, “Catharsis” tries to raise the bar, gathering twelve bullets of straight-to-the-point old school death metal for a grand total of fifty minutes of dark and hammering vibrations!

Two years have passed since Tuomas Tahvanainen introduced the world to his void-inducing brain-child COLD PROPHET, and now triumphantly returns to cause distress with 2 brand new tracks (a taste of what's to come). French K.F.R. contributes he, too, with his very specific way of causing epileptic episodes, one of them featuring The Enemy on vocals. To be released on a matt Digipak, hand-numbered in 500 copies.

Soft touch, gatefold sleeve with poster

The Sinister Initiative is proud to announce that the 11-year re-issue of SHINING's infamous "8 ½" compilation has been scheduled for release in the cold month of November. This anniversary edition features the now celebrated five tracks of demo recordings on which BEASTCRAFT/URGEHAL maestro Lars Erik Frøslie added his nightmarish keyboard soundscapes, raising the bar of creepiness a few steps higher on the ladder. Meanwhile, for each composition, one specifically appointed frontman lent his very own horrifying and "feverish" ideas, guaranteeing every listener a mental downfall into the bottomless, dark depths of the human psyche.

Regarding the specific guest vocalists, Maniac (SKITLIV) and Pehr Larsson (ALFAHANNE) contributed wholly unique touches. The remaining three revered artists leapt even further into the realm of the unexpected by translating the original lyrics into their respective native tongues, offering audiences a taste of what SHINING could have sounded like if Kvarforth wasn't born Swedish: Attila Csihar (MAYHEM/TORMENTOR) therefore performed in Hungarian, Famine (PESTE NOIRE) in French and, last but certainly not least, Gaahl (TRELLDOM) in Norwegian!