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New EP from the really dark and obscure black metal band Kozeljnik,
 

Collectors Digipak edition with hot foil embossing and tight booklet.

KANKAR make their first grand statement with 'Dunkle Millennia', the duo's debut full-length. Immediately recognizable as KANKAR but bolstered on every level - songwriting, performance, production - Dunkle Millennia literally bristles with an electricity that's undeniable. For a band still (proudly) black metal, the KANKAR of now here evince an artistry that spans decades and even genres; one can detect trace elements of classic death metal, pagan metal, traditional metal, and even rock 'n' roll within the album's succinct-yet-expansive 45-minute runtime, and yet all of it's spliced and diced in a most fluid manner, and not once ever schizophrenic. In fact, the muscular-yet-finessed interplay between vocalist/guitarist/bassist Stríð and drummer Plágan suggests an almost symbiotic relationship, each ever-unfolding passage walking/surging down a thorny path but with the route known only to KANKAR. Even with these increasingly tricky detours, the 11 component songs of Dunkle Millennia never suffer from information overload or convoluted expressions of such: everything is always felt, darkly and dynamically. Credit that feel to the gleaming(ly powerful) production of Markus Stock (Helrunar, Bethlehem, Empyrium, Secrets of the Moon etc.) at his renown Klangschmiede Studio E.

A new producer was brought along to make the album sound the way they intended. ‘Innhøstinga’ (Norwegian: ‘the Harvest’) might be their most complex album to date, containing nine songs divided into 50 minutes of playtime. The songs are diverse and different in their own way, while the lyrics bind them together as a whole.

This is their second album with a Norwegian title, in which half of the lyrics are sung on their mother-tongue. ‘Lysene som Forsvant’ might just be their most melancholy epos to date, telling the story about those they have lost on their way.
 

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Official 2022 reissue - Hardcover digibook CD

One of Greece's best-kept secrets, HATE MANIFESTO formed in 2003 but, so far, have an extremely sparse discography. However, what they lack in quantity, they more than double-up on in quality. To Those Who Glorified Death, their debut album from 2017 - which HELTER SKELTER rereleased on a worldwide scale in early 2018 - displayed the shockingly extreme force with which HATE MANIFESTO could create their whirlwind of martial black/death. But with the aptly titled Herald of Triumph do they fully display the armament of their potential. Comprising four fierce 'n' fiery tracks in a swift 'n' decisive 17 minutes, Herald of Triumph is full-on shock & awe - CRUSH, KILL, DESTROY - with HATE MANIFESTO's chosen weapons being the iron-fisted surge of black metal and the muscular swarm of death metal, all rendered in rich, devastating tones.

Collector's Edition in 6-panel Digipack, limited to 500 copies.

This CD reissue features Remete’s debut full length "Into Endless Night" that was previously released through D.’s own label Cold Ways Music in an edition of 500 copies in jewel case, and on vinyl through Northern Silence.

On this album Remete’s music developed from the old school Melancholic Black Metal á la Burzum, Forgotten Woods or Strid of the earlier releases into a more Atmospheric Black Metal terrain that could be described as a mix of Woods of Desolation and Saor.

Collector's Edition in 6-panel Digipack, limited to 500 copies.

Remete is the solo-project of D. from Woods of Desolation. This CD reissue features the EP "The Winter Silence", previously released through D.’s own label Cold Ways Music in an edition of only 300 copies, alongside the "Forgotten Aura" demo for the first time on CD. On these releases Remete plays Melancholic Black Metal for fans of Burzum, Forgotten Woods, Strid, Ulver and Woods of Desolation.