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Claustrum is an old school death metal trio born someplace between Trieste and Gorizia, in north-eastern Italy, featuring members from Grime, Affliction Vector, Fierce and Dromme, all brought together by a feral passion for the death metal of old. Drawing their inspiration from sci-fi, horror, authors like Poe and Lovecraft and the misery of human existence, in their debut, self-titled album Claustrum delivers some crypt-reeking, disturbing death metal, heralding the impending Apocalypse.

The Latin word Claustrum stands for a thin sheet of gray matter that connects to cortical and subcortical regions. It is considered the most interconnected structure within the telencephalon, that allows for the integration of multiple cortical stimuli, such as visual, acoustic and tactile. It is commonly considered the area of ​​the human brain where the soul resides.

But Claustrum is also an enclosed space, a fence, a prison. As the band explained: “Claustrum to us also means separation from the rest of the world. The record was born during a period of confinement due to the pandemic and for this reason it is above all an outlet, something authentic and spontaneous with which to release negative energies that have been compressed for too long. That's why during this separation for us it was paramount to rely on certainties. And those certainties are liturgies written by Autopsy, Asphyx, Death and Incantation”. 

Issued in a standard jewel case with clear tray and a 20-page booklet.

 

• Four panels digipack Limited to 200 copies
  
  Includes unlimited streaming of Salt via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

This is a preorder: release date is set to June, 9

2012's 'Random Friday' is one of the most popular Solar Fields albums ...and here it comes back to life again, as usual with a state of the Art remastering by Robert Elster @Elster Mastering and revamped in a 6 panels digipak CD in case you missed the original compact disc edition  (as well as treated for the first time for a vinyl release).

Mythos’ ’Pain Amplifier’ album is shredding, Finnish death black Metal of the highest calibre. Featuring former Belial guitarist Jukka Valppu, Mythos burst onto the scene almost out of nowhere with one of the heaviest albums in extreme metal history. Mikko Laurila's vocals sound almost as if he literally vomited them forth, and the music is tight and surprisingly catchy considering the ultra brutal nature of the whole thing. Pain Amplifier was the only full-length from this band, this is a fitting monument to the annals of Death Metal history especially with the flowing melodicism of black metal. Originally released in 1995, recorded a Tico-Tico Studio in Kemi, Finland by Ahti Kortelainen (Impaled Nazarene, Sentenced, Wintersun). Special liner notes by Luxi Lathinen (journalist for the Metal Crypt since 1999) and new booklet design.

What would be the combination / hybride  of Infernal Majesty and Blasphemy, two leading and intense extreme metal bands from Canada. And both are responsible for mile-stone albums in their genres. Well, when ex Infernal Majesty vocalist Brian Langley (also ex-Aggression, Canada) and guitar player Marco Banco (known as ‘The Traditional Sodomizer of the Goddess of Perversity’ from the cult Blasphemy album Fallen Angel of Doom....) joined to form band called Tyrants Blood, you will get close. This blasting death / black / trash metal band featuring Blasphemy / Infernal Majesty ex members released three full length albums and a handful of splits and ep’s. Vicrecords now re-issued the initially limited edition self-released third album ‘Into the Kingdom of Graves’ originally from 2013. Cover-art by Paolo Girardi (Firespawn, Aeon, Inquisition and Manilla Road) and liner notes by Brian Langley. Guest bass and mixed and produced by Martin Meyer (ex-Aggression, ex-Disciples of Power). Drums recorded by Terry "Sho" Murray (Infernal Majesty, 3 Inches of Blood).

The colour of every FEN album points towards its lyrical and musical content. For the first time in their career, the East Anglian post-black metal trio has used the colour red on the cover artwork of their seventh full-length "Monuments to Absence". FEN describe the album as an expression of anger, hopelessness and despair – anger at the desperate futility of a human species hell-bent on self-destruction. This is reflected in the decidedly harsh and black sound of "Monuments to Absence", which is undoubtedly FEN's most extreme recording to date, even though there are still moments of atmospheric glory, spatial clean sections, heaving doom, and full-blown riffs, which augment the furious expression of rage. FEN took their name from the Fens of East Anglia when the trio formed in 2006. These desolate and bleak landscapes have left a deep mark in the post-black metal sound, which the band pioneered in the UK when the English scene revitalised in the wake of forerunners FOREFATHER with bands such as FEN, WINTERFYLLETH, and WODENSTHRONE coming to the fore. When FEN released their debut full-length "The Malediction Fields" (2009), the band made good on the huge promise of their previous EP "Ancient Sorrow" (2007) by delivering a first album that already combined the black metal tradition elegantly with a dedicated atmospheric twist and gentle experimentation beyond the perceived narrow confines of their genre. With each following full-length, from "Epoch" (2011), via "Dustwalker" (2012), "Carrion Skies" (2014), "Winter" (2017) to "The Dead Light" (2019), FEN have expanded both their musical range and following, while also perfecting their recognisable and unmistakable sound. "Monuments to Absence" marks FEN's welcome return to a dark and fierce sound.

New double live album including 2x studio bonus tracks

Originally released as a picture disc only “Totentanz” is re-issued via Back On Black on all formats. Totentanz (Dance Of The Dead) was recorded live on December 12th, Essen Germania 2001.

Jewelcase

Reissue of the band's fantastic debut album from 1999 with original artwork and revised layout including all lyrics, extensive liner notes and many photos from the early days.

The CD comes as Collector's Edition in 4-panel digipack with 8-page booklet, limited to 500 copies, and includes the "Rabenflug" demo from 1996 as exclusive bonus tracks.

"Reign of Tempests" is a genuine classic of German Melodic/Symphonic Black Metal and an absolute must have for all fans of this genre. Pure 90s nostalgia!!

Both album and demo were meticulously restored and remastered for optimal sound on CD as well as vinyl by Patrick W. Engel at Temple of Disharmony in 2022.

Re-released with kind permission from DIES ATER and now available for the first time ever on vinyl and as DigiCD with the original artwork!