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The impressive debut full-length by this U.K. band. Mutagenic Host are a five-piece band hailing from London, as part of the New Wave of British Death Metal (Coffin Mulch, Celestial Sanctuary, Slimelord, Vacuous, Mortuary Spawn...). The band comprises members from various parts of the U.K. and the States. With a diverse background spanning the Hardcore, Black Metal and Death Metal scenes, Mutagenic Host blends Hardcore sensibilities and groove with the heavy, well-crafted sound reminiscent of 90´s Floridian Death Metal. Mutagenic Host dives into a technological apocalypse, examining a world overshadowed by hypocritical, insidious and murderous global powers. The band is deeply disillusioned with the traditional themes of Death Metal and Hardcore, feeling that these subjects no longer capture the urgency of the present. Instead, Mutagenic Host tackles the modern-day specters of complacency, apathy and the looming threat of AI. Their work is an allegory for the systematic industrialization of humanity´s eradication, whether by human hands or by the machines we create to snuff out life. In this narrative, the instruments of the state use AI to monitor, control and suppress the population, sounding a warning of impending doom through a fresh, intense lens in the Death Metal genre. "The Genotoxic Demo", unleashed in early 2023, featured four tracks that plunged listeners into a cerebral mulch while simultaneously slashing through them with a ruthlessness found in the streets. Following a year of relentless live performances alongside bands such as Incantation, Fulci, Fuming Mouth, Undeath, Celestial Sanctuary, Kruelty, Portrayal of Guilt and Doldrey, Mutagenic Host are now ready to unleash their debut full-length. Aptly titled, "The Diseased Machine" is a dark and thought-provoking journey into that post-plague world, which frankly doesn´t feel so far away from present times. As a debut album, it consolidates Mutagenic Host´s myriad strengths -stomping and slamming grooves, world-eating heaviness, patient deployment of double-bass movement- and then intensifies them to an enviable degree. To be sure, the band are the proverbial well-oiled machine (but not diseased!) across the album´s ten oft-twisting tracks, the clean-yet-crushing production amplifying their strident execution. And with their fluid shifting between tank-rolling downtempo and galloping bouts of speed, we can confidently declare "The Diseased Machine" as the epitome of "chug and slug" Death Metal. Mutagenic Host have stormed the gates to further solidify their ferocious presence in the Death Metal scene!

Almost 4 years after their debut album “Drapsdalen” Valdaudr returns with the mighty follow up!
“Du Skal Frykte” brings even more nostalgia and atmosphere from the past to the table. There's a bit more melodic touch to it, but in the right way. Often reminding of the great early Satyricon, Ulver and other scene pillars, this album still brings you back to the early 90's and the whole reason why we started enjoying this epic and majestic genre. Hail Norwegian Black Metal!

4-panel digipack printed on 300 gsm carton scratch-resistant matte lamination w/12 page booklet printed on 135gsm art paper with matte machine varnish.
Features different artwork than the vinyl versions!

Half white/half black vinyl repress. Comes housed in noble gatefold sleeve with 5mm spine printed on 350gsm carton and with double sided inner sleeves printed on 220 gsm carton

This album contains what happened in between. No tracks are re-mixed, nothing has been touched up. It's all straight from original tapes. These recordings feature legendary artists (members of BURZUM, IMMORTAL, HADES, The BATALLION) in several unique line ups pioneering some of the oldest Norwegian black, deathrash and death metal!

This complete compilation, featuring ALL tracks Old Funeral ever recorded, follows Old Funeral from their rebellious youth through to an ending in darkness.

Includes:
The first 7 demo recordings NEVER released before except for the 50 original cassette copies from 1989.
Live recording from Garage, Bergen, Norway in April 1991. NEVER released in any format before.
The "Abduction Of Limbs" 1990 DemoThe "Devoured Carcass" 7" 1991 EP
The track "Forced To Be Lost" 1991 recorded in Grieghallen.
The September 1992 advance tape
Live track from Hulen, Bergen, Norway 1991.
Vinyl Gatefold/ CD booklet includes original democover artwork + flyers + never before seen pictures including the VERY FIRST photosession from May 1988!

Nadsvest is a black metal entity based in Serbia, comprised of Serbian native S and NewZealander A.
S (Gorgoroth) and A (Barshesketh) crossed paths in 2015, and after a clear musical symbiosis had become evident, formed Nadsvest.
After an EP and a split with Portugal’s Necrobode, Nadsvest crafted their definitive debut album.
Musically, Nadsvest is a hellish combination of the first, second-wave and bestial black metal scenes, with unhealthy doses of heavy metal and nods to Serbian folk music.
Lyrical themes deal with the black arts through the lens of the darker aspects of Serbian folklore.
Conceptually, Slovo meseca i krvi is an epic poem exploring the stages in the process of awakening the primal werewolf force in the warrior, the triumph of the spirit and the ultimate sacrifice of the flesh.
Sound was forged in Sonorous Studio with the goal of evoking the noise of the tortured soul.

Extinct' is the 4th overall album of Switzerland's rising black metal malfeitors MALPHAS.
MALPHAS have been working their way through the underground for several years now and with "Extinct" they are raising the stakes even further.
"Extinct" enters a new journey into more chaotic and wild fields and unleashes the band's full hate against the world. With more thrashy influences and riffs, the album neither looses the band's classic style, nor does the melancholic and softer parts get lost. It is a fury hammer of Swedish inspired black metal, of ups and downs, of melancholy and chaos, ready to smash every listeners ears. This is the most versatile album of the band so far and expresses a general death-wish to all.

KHOLD RETURN WITH A NEW GRIM MASTERPIECE OF BLACK DARK METAL!

“Du dømmes til Død” is a concept album about henchmen and various people being condemned to the death penalty throughout Norwegian history.
Musically, you know what´s being offered: down-tuned and mid-paced metal with no compromises whatsoever. Groovy, melodic and loads of heavy riffs – this band sounds like nothing else, and that´s exactly the way it should be. And it´s how it will remain.
True.
Raw.
Primitive.
Khold.
 

4-panel digipack printed on 300 gsm carton w/16 page booklet printed on 135gsm art paper.

6-page folded booklet printed on on 125gsm art paper.

The classic Norwegian black/viking metal material re-issued! The 1994 Aurora Borealis demo and the 1995 Leve Vikingånden 7"ep presented as one album.