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Back in stock - Extreme Metal and Dark music
digipack Cd
"V - Oceans", is the new incredible album of the Belgian Atmospheric Funeral Doom project SLOW, probably the heaviest thing to come out this year both in terms of sheer mass and the astounding emotional momentum it carries. Drowning in the colossal waves of the sea has never been so breathtakingly majestic
2 × CD, Compilation, Digibook
"The overall atmosphere is somewhat dark and foreboding but somehow comforting at the same time. There is hope in the darkness"
"Wings of Tzinacan gracefully balances diversity of approach with overarching intent and leads its listeners down a grim path without wholly losing itself in indulgences or letting its theatrical elements take away from the impact the material is clearly meant to have...Albez Duz haven’t stopped growing yet and I wouldn’t expect them to now either." The Obelisk
"Musically this is heavy, doomy metal with an epic feel. Like the soundtrack to the forthcoming apocalypse.
This release compiles their amazing "Devoted to God" demo and "Preach Eternal Gospels" MCD as well as unreleased live tracks, original artwork, unreleased band photos and new liner notes.
Tracks 1-5 remastered from the "Devoted to God" demo tape.
Tracks 6-8 remastered from the "Preach Eternal Gospels" MCD.
Track 9 recorded live at Nighttown Rotterdam - 23 October 1992.
Track 10 recorded live at Melkweg Amsterdam - 7 August 1993.
Track 11 recorded live at Overkill Fest Hoorn Z - 17 September 1994.
Released on CD by Vic Records
With a past that stretches back to the late '90s and a patient path that began in 2013 with a moniker change, Brazil's THE KRYPTIK burst forth into brilliance when they aligned with PURITY THROUGH FIRE. In the autumn of 2019 came their acclaimed second album, When the Shadows Rise, a startlingly immersive gem of symphonic black metal, and many finally took notice. A year late came the 40-minute Behold Fortress Inferno, which poignantly expanded on their vast canvas despite "only" being a mini-album. Between these two records especially, THE KRYPTIK proved that "symphonic black metal" need not be a dirty word; with no outside influence from the nowadays "black metal" scene, the duo dependably practiced their mystical arts and erected a grand citadel of sound - an atavistic awakening of when all was simply BLACK METAL, heedless of appellations.
And so it goes with THE KRYPTIK's massive third album, A Journey to the Darkest Kingdom. Truly titled, the seven-track/70-minute A Journey to the Darkest Kingdom reveals the duo's grandest vision yet: neo-ancient symphonic black metal drenched in the dark waters of the cosmos, a castle of crystalline ice whose spires reach into boundless space. The band's ebon flow continually crests and cascades, synths swirling all about and with utterly magickal effect. The production here in this Darkest Kingdom is clear and sharp - all murk excised for maximum immersion, gorgeous swell, and pulsing violence - altogether sounding incredibly vintage and era-authentic yet somehow fresher than most nowadays black metal recordings. But, that magick largely resides in THE KRYPTIK's songwriting, as each song is an epic in its own right and then are all threaded together as one fever dream: melodicism, majesty, and malice in perfect balance. Thus, A Journey to the Darkest Kingdom follows logically in THE KRYPTIK's continuum whilst pushing their creativity to even-more-breathtaking heights. Have they delivered a classic on par with Witchcraft, The Sad Realm of the Stars, or even Stormblåst? Only time shall be the judge...
