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In the name of Loki, the Swedish Pagan Black Metal band Mara returns with their 5th Full length album «Sword of Vengeance». Just like their previous albums, the path of Mara is clear since their sound has been developing for a decade now. Straight forward 2nd wave Scandinavian Black Metal entangled in the old lores of Paganism.

Limited to 100 copies on 12″ Vinyl.

Anch’essi svedesi, di Stoccolma, i giovani musicisti incarnano a tutti gli effetti un tributo alla gloriosa scena death metal locale. Il loro primo full-length può essere in effetti visto come una sorta di bigino di tutto ciò che è swedish death metal, con richiami ai grandi classici che in qualche occasione si configurano a tutti gli effetti come dei veri e propri omaggi.
Fin dalla prima traccia, “Denial of Clarity”, è infatti evidente quanto gli Impurity abbiano interiorizzato i pilastri dello storico sound della loro città: il riff centrale, che richiama esplicitamente “Dreaming in Red” dei Dismember, stabilisce subito un legame diretto con il glorioso passato. I riferimenti a “Indecent & Obscene” sono peraltro disseminati tra le trame dell’album, con quell’attento mix tra groove, melodia e forza scardinatrice che rimanda tantissimo al secondo album dei maestri.
Anche i Carnage trovano spazio in questa celebrazione: “Ancient Remains”, con la sua durata contenuta e l’urgenza feroce, sembra rifarsi in tutto a un disco come “Dark Recollections”. L’omaggio non si limita però alla violenza sonora: sulle arie di “Lament to the Lost One”, una algida traccia acustica posta come intermezzo, la mente torna infatti a “Where No Life Dwells” degli Unleashed, facendoci comprendere come gli Impurity abbiano provato ad esplorare anche atmosfere più malinconiche e riflessive in questo loro debut album.
Tra tutti questi rimandi, non possono ovviamente mancare i padri Nihilist/Entombed, evocati soprattutto dal timbro vocale del cantante/chitarrista Ville Esbjörn, che qui sembra un misto tra il primo LG Petrov e Nicke Andersson.

CD incl. bonus track "Assertion" in Digipak with 24-page deluxe booklet on matt coated paper.

Emerging from the Belgian underground in 1993, ENTHRONED have stood as one of black metal’s enduring forces, their legacy defined by uncompromising vision and ritualistic intensity. Over three decades, the band has refined their craft into an artform of esoteric violence and transcendence.
Their new opus ‘Ashspawn’ embodies six years of ritual creation and total artistic unity. Written in collaboration with occult author Gilles de Laval, the album charts a descent into spiritual death and a transformative rebirth, framed by a lyrical architecture of demonology, ritual praxis, and metaphysical calculus. Musically, it is ENTHRONED’s most ferocious and personal work to date: a relentless fusion of blast beats, oppressive mid-tempos, and solos oscillating between chaos and virtuosity. Tracks such as “Raviasamin”, “Ashspawn”, and “Ashen Advocacy” channel this doctrine into ritual soundscapes that convulse between violent catharsis and crushing introspection.
Every note and silence are deliberate; a weapon forged for transformation rather than entertainment. ‘Ashspawn’ is not an echo of past glories, but a culmination of ENTHRONED’s essence: dark, authentic, and absolute.

For fans of MARDUK, DARK FUNERAL, GORGOROTH, 1349.

Full coloured cover with white inner jacket + 24paged Booklet & A2 Poster. Limited to 150 copies on 12" Vinyl.

Fourth and last album, this is Emperor´s swansong. The band left the death metal field for a more symphonic and metal opus.

Deluxe digibook double CD with newly re-mastered audio by Joel Grind. This new edition of the already-staggering The Enemy of Virtue adds PROFANATICA's songs from the Trampling the Holy Faith four-way split album in 2008 - regarded by many as some of the band's best songs ever.


Originally released just as PROFANATICA were about to mount their monumental comeback with Profanatitas de Domonatia, The Enemy of Virtue was a timely reminder of just how pioneering this American black metal was - and was about to continue being.

Limited remastered transparent blue double vinyl

Abbey rd half speed masters
2LP Vinyl (Please note not final artwork)
140gram
Gatefold Heavy Weight sleeve
OBI strip