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Originally released in late 1993, A Day In The Stark Corner is the second studio album by darkwave masters Lycia (third, if you take into account the 1989 EP Wake). Despite being one of the most praised and influential releases in the field, as well as one of Projekt Records most sought-after titles, the album never received a vinyl treatment. Until today. Twentynine years after its original publication, Avantgarde Music renews its cooperation with the US band and brings A Day In The Stark Corner to a wax form for the first time ever, following the same path treaded with Cold and Ionia in recent times.

- 300g black vinyl
- 300 hand-numbered copies
- Handmade silk-screen printed sleeve
- Including two stickers and patch

MCMXCV: The Ultimate Blasphemy contains both seminal 1995 recordings previously released as promo- and rehearsal-tapes.
Crude Black Doom/Death Metal strangulated by the hands of veterans A.J. van Drenth (Beyond Belief a.o.) and Bob Bagchus (Asphyx a.o.).

Full coloured cover with white inner jacket + Insert & A2 Poster. Limited to 111 copies on 12" Vinyl.

With their new album The Lurking Shadow of Death it is clear that Ars Veneficium has not taken the song writing for granted and managed to overthrow their previous work once more with delivering only the best of their best on this record. From the compositions to the production to the artwork, one can undoubtedly say that this is their best work thus so far.

The lead guitars by Ronarg deliver some amazing melodies variated with some aggressive chords where the bass guitar (once again) plays some beautiful underlaying solo notes to create that extra atmosphere which is more or less the Ars Veneficium signature by now. The drum work has been delivered by no one else than Flo Musil (Theotoxin) who blasts his way throughout the album with some outstanding, highly skilled details giving the extra punch that this album absolutely deserves. The vocals by S. are more furious than before and deliver a much wider range and diversity which lifts the whole album to a new level.

With The Lurking Shadow of Death, Ars Veneficium has delivered an absolute beast of a black metal album that every fan of old school, satanic or melodic black metal would appreciate! Raging black metal filled with atmosphere, melodies and pumping energy! A must have!

Another hidden gem sees the light again! Official European reissue of the French LORD’s debut album (originally released in 1998). Considered as cult underground classic in the genre, “Behind The Curtain Of Darkness” is a concentrate of malignant atmospheres, dark melodies and satanic lyrics. True Symphonic Black Metal!!! Available in limited digipak edition with 12-page booklet.

Reissue on digipak CD

A Sealed copy of this Massacre Records edition, double cd digipak

Five years since the release of the universally-acclaimed Omnivium, Germany's progressive metal masters OBSCURA are poised to return with their strongest and most dynamic release to date. The aptly-named 'Akroasis' (Greek for "hearing" or "listening") draws on all the various elements of OBSCURA's signature sound and combines those qualities into a mind-blowing and cohesive whole. Produced by the band and V. Santura (Triptykon, Pestilence), 'Akroasis' is eight songs diverse enough to serve as a near-comprehensive introduction to all of extreme metal.
First pressing includes the CD only bonus track "The Origin of Primal Expression.(this)