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1000x heavyweight grey vinyl 12" (180g) in a black poly-lined innersleeve; download card; poster A2, full-color on 150g art paper, gatefold, full-color with black flood inside, printed on 350g, all assembled in a plastic overbag.

Hard-cover mediabook with extensive booklet

Pioneering French dark atmospheric music since 1996, Dark Sanctuary is back with their eighth album, Cernunnos, the first in fourteen years. Following the EP Iterum released in 2022, it marks the group's return to the front of the stage.

Cernunnos is an ancient Gaulish god who embodied the biological cycle of nature, simultaneously reflecting life and death, germination and decay, like the deer, the animal that represents him, who loses its antlers in winter to recover them in spring. This title perfectly symbolizes the history of Dark Sanctuary after these years of artistic break and this rebirth.

Composed during the year 2022, the 11 songs of this album make it one of the most varied that Dark Sanctuary have made so far, oscillating between what has characterized the band for two decades and new musical horizons. Both dark and emotional, Cernunnos is a new milestone in the history of the group.

Mixed and mastered by Øystein G. Brun at Crosound Studio in Bergen

Cover Artwork by Valnoir/Metastazis

Eucharist's classic 1992 demo plus rare bonus material,
-housed in a sturdy 6-panel digipack CD
-including booklet with extensive liner notes & exclusive photos

2023 REISSUE on digipak CD with booklet

2023 re-issue digipak with booklet!

Emotionally raw and brutally savage release following in the tradition of 2015's Arpitanian Lands. Enisum have managed to mix elements of atmospheric black metal and doom metal into ten perfect songs for this album.

The work of one Alexis Chiambretto, with drums provided by Nicolas Muller, UNHOLDUN's style of black metal is simple but sublime. Although the band hails from France, the sweepingly melodic surge which pushes this self-titled record forward favorably recalls the Québec scene that's made waves in the underground for the past decade-plus. Melancholic yet triumphant, faintly folky but never mawkish, its ever-insistent propulsion taking dynamic twists and turns, and even some commanding lead work cropping up, Unholdun retains a certain timelessness: looking to the past, UNHOLDUN nevertheless feel very NOW.

"I didn't try to revolutionize black metal with this EP," says Alexis. "It's more like 'a tribute' to the good, old black metal. So, I would like to feel a little bit the 90's vibe, even in the artwork." Expanding on that latter element, he says, "The devil on the front cover plays a 'carnyx,' a French trumpet used by Gauls before a war to frighten enemies." Sound that trumpet, then, for the arrival of UNHOLDUN!

Haunting and tortured melodies echo through the ruins of a mausoleum, before erupting into heathenistic majesty.
Each track summons bygone eras with the guitars dominating the realm with flowing and triumphant riffs that inspire a sense of longing trapped within the madness.
The album as a whole instills a sense that it is forgotten relic of a lost time with an infernal entity revealing the secrets within.
Atmospheric and bursting with grandiose ambition, this gem shines within the crypts of black metal.

IL CLASSICO ALBUM DEI MYSTICUM RISTAMPATO CON BONUS E DVD EXTRA CONTENENTE REGISTRAZIONI DAL VIVO!

disponibile dal 25.02.2013

This edition of 'In the Streams of Inferno' also includes a bonus DVD containing two live shows from 1996. 'Grotten', in Asker, Norway has until now been totally unknown to the masses except for the few that were present at the show. The other show is the more well-known Bradford, UK set from Mysticum's European tour with Marduk and Gehenna. Overall both gigs give a great glimpse into the pure atmosphere and intensity of this cult act. It is a must for all fans.

release date 25.02.2013

Re-issue 2022 of their very last album and limited edition to 500 copies.