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Svart Records proudly present the Black- and Doom Metal pioneers Unholy’s compilation of early material – Demology out on July 19th

“Unholy are arguably the most original, avant-garde, definitive, and important Finnish extreme metal band. The paths they have walked have always been lonely and unknown, entering to the deepest celestial forests and psychic graveyards, and the treasures found there dark and exquisite. This compilation consists of their three legendary demos, of which Trip to Depressive Autumn is the best recording ever done in Finland, of any genre or style”.
- Albert Witchfinder, Reverend Bizarre

Svart Records is set to release the compilation album “Demology” by Finnish avant-garde death doom metal band Unholy. Including their early demo recordings "The Procession of Black Doom" (1990), "Demo 11.90" (1990) and "Trip to Depressive Autumn" (1992), this is the first time these demos are in the same package with exclusive liner notes.

Unholy emerged from the eastern Finnish town of Imatra in the late '80s. After changing their name from Armageddon to Holy Hell and eventually to Unholy, their mission was simple; to create harder, heavier, and slower music than their idols Black Sabbath and Celtic Frost. The lyrical themes and ideas for the songs came from Satanism, mysticism, anti-Christianity, mushroom trips, and shamanism among others. Finnish deep ecologist Pentti Linkola also inspired the band and their music. Some of the songs came up naturally by jamming riffs and others entirely by improvisation.

While the first two demos already made Unholy a force to be reckoned with, the release of “Trip to Depressive Autumn” caught the attention of the underground metal scene and various labels. The band was hungry for a recording contract, and it finally came into realization when Lethal Records released their debut album “From the Shadows” in 1993.

“Demology”, mastered by Jaime Gomez Arellano at Orgone Studios, is out on July 19^th. Available formats include the Svart exclusive 2LP black/white marble vinyl, 2LP limited transparent red vinyl, 2LP classic black vinyl, and the 2CD edition.

This is a limited one off print, 100 copies available with the digipak inside a "black print on matte black" box, plus extra natural contents (yerba santa leaves and other ritual herbs) which can't be simulated at computer (so they're not pictured here).

Almost four years after Moth's Illusion, Arpitanian black metal veterans Enisum, from northern Italy, are back with a brand new studio album, the fifth in their career.
Forgotten Mountains is a journey through mountains and life, a path that leads Man to the highest peak, to face his own existence and its meaning. Enisum’s new album consists of eight atmospheric gems for fans of Wolves In The Throne Room, Earth And Pillars and the most intimate and naturalistic side of black meta

Jewel case, slipcase, booklet. Limited first press.

Exclusive CD version limited to 1000 copies packed in:
-cd mini gatefold, printed on uncoated paper
-printed inner sleeve on uncoated paper
-4 page booklet with lyrics

Keeping consistent with the strident foundation laid forth by their debut EP, LIFVSLEDA’s Det Besegrade Lifvet features nine tracks of wild, raw, and absolutely brilliant black metal in the vein of the early Nordic scene. Once again partly recorded out in the woods, in uttermost isolation, during the ongoing plague, you can truly feel the atmosphere of this album, and the stench of something old and rotten that has been dug up and resurrected. And despite it being the band's debut album, Det Besegrade Lifvet evinces an ancient wisdom, an archaic splendor wrought from turbulence and times of conflict.

Grim, evil and obscure, a new masterpiece for this elitarian black metal band from France

Jewel case CD, 12 pages booklet.

Fire Walk With Us was perceived, composed and performed by Aborym, except for "Det Som En gang Var" composed by V. Vikernes
Recorded at Temple of Noise Studios, Roma, in January-May 2000 anno Kali Yuga. Produced and mixed by C.Ice. This Version has been mastered in Budapest by Attila Csihar. Noise-industrial-inferno by Aborym and C.Ice. Drumming devastation by Aborym.
Theta waves deconstructed by Mental Siege and Aborym- Original artwork and layout by Fabban. Restyling by Fabban. Aborym is incarnated in: Fabban ( bass, keyboards, samples, synth, vocals on "Det Som En gang Var", Nysrok ( guitar, guitar synth, solos, backing vocals on "Det Som En gang Var", Attila Csihar (vocals), Sethlans (guitars and samples)

Digipack CD

2 CD + booklet
“Inside The Unreal” by Electrocution was one of the first and most famous old school death metal albums released in Italy in 1993. Reissued several times through the years, this version is a 2CD edition with all the demos and eps released by the band before the debut. The booklet has been redesigned with new liner notes. This 2CD version has only been released once, by Dark Symphonies in 2017, and it is now sold-out and difficult to find.
A relentless attack made of tight tempos, primitive growls and thrashy riffing, “Inside The Unreal” is considered a minor-classic of the death metal sound of the early nineties.

Songs talks about landscapes, cohabitation between man and nature, the music is deeply inspired by Cascadian black metal bands like Wolves in the Throne Room, Alda…
At times you might get the feeling that this is music being piped through from another time. It is music mercifully free of the tropes that trip us up and the trends that scratch on the grubby windows of the music scene.
‘Samoht Nara’ is music dedicated to the natural and listening to it feels like a rare, beautiful privilege.
 

Norwegian viking pagan black metal brigade NIFROST is set to release their new, long-awaited, full length album to the masses 
NIFROST already established its own remarkable identity built upon cold and ferocious sounds attack, intense melodies and charging guitars.
Combining unrelenting black metal atmosphere and vision from varying extreme metal genres with a apocalyptic twist of inspiration, careful listeners may just be able to identify themes from some of their stories, concepts and more…
The concept of their third album began with the title “Orkja”, which is the name of a mountain infamous for landslides that turned into murderous floods in the olden days of Jølster, on the wild and beautiful western coast of Norway.
Through these old stories, they found a spark of inspiration in approaching apocalyptic themes in a bigger or on smaller more personal-level picture, both physically and metaphorically.

When the band wrote the album “Orkja” in late 2018, they never knew how fitting these doomsday-themes would come to be in current times. The seven songs that comprise “Orkja”, each have its own connection to the end of things, and to the possibility of new beginnings.

Norway’s cold Black Metal act HOVMOD arise at their debut full length studio album, “Doedsformasjon”, which has been released in winter 2019 on Dusktone.

Formed in Toten, Norway, HOVMOD is one of the seven deadly sins, and it represents aggression, rage, pride and the opposite of humility- something that reflects in HOVMOD’S music in the upcoming debut album “Doedsformasjon” that has been released in both CD and Vinyl format.

Expect a thick and impenetrable blanket of cold northern fog that becomes sound, this grim graveyard of straight nowegian black metal is some of the creepiest music that Dusktone has released so far.