Black Metal

Although it had a very troubled birth, all detailed in the liner notes included with those different versions here, CRADLE OF FILTH almost-album-length 1996 EP V Empire, Or Dark Faerytales In Phallustein proved to be a superb triumph over adversity. Despite all their legal problems, line-up changes and insane pressure after the gigantic success of their debut album, the Brits nevertheless managed to write and record a slab of new even grander songs, next to a new version of the already classic ‘The Forest Whispers My Name’, some would argue even bettering their debut in the process.

Neofolk

Debut album of this Neofolk solo project.

Exclusive import from Ixiol (USA).

Black Metal

Cremantur returns with a two-track tome mastering the harsh abrasive Black Metal spewed on previous releases. The atmosphere is dense, the feeling of complete desolation.

Industrial

Long awaited reissue of Croatian Amor’s debut album from 2013. The World marked a switch in the project from the earliest tape experiments and this debut is in many ways a key release in the back catalogue of Posh Isolation.

RAC/Oi!

The Antifant grumbles, followed by the pseudo-patriotic bootleg traitor—but the upright collectors and loyal scene enthusiasts rub their hands together with a grin: Just under a quarter of a century after its debut release on Herbert Egoldt’s Cologne-based Rock-O-Rama Records label, the first and only LP by the Canadian Oi!/RAC band CROSS, “Rise and Conquer,” has finally awakened from its slumber and is officially available.
1992 was a year that resonated deeply within North America’s Oi!/RAC and skinhead scenes. One release from Rock-O-Rama Records in particular stood out and quickly became a true hidden gem: “Rise and Conquer” by CROSS from Montreal. Interestingly, by the time the album was released, the band no longer existed. Even before the album, the band recorded two groundbreaking demos: The first, featuring original singer Alaric Jackson (IXL-Store Toronto/Montreal), included “Canada Rise Up” and already showcased their potential. On the second demo, “Armed Rebellion,” the song material remained the same, but with a new singer, the sound gained significantly in power and clarity. Shortly before the studio recordings, the lineup was finalized: Sam (vocals), Mark (guitar), Thorsten (bass), and Chuck (drums).

Black Metal

No one could expect CULTES DES GHOULES to create another Coven, which clocked in at nearly 100 minutes across two CDs or three 12″ vinyl records; they would never want to do that anyway. Instead, the coven dives headlong into the spacier crevasses of their inscrutable, always idiosyncratic sound. Like the blackest of magick, willed into being through both inmutable will and unselfconscious abandon, “Sinister” opens up – WIDELY – and again stretches sulfur and brimstone to their breaking point, with four of the five tracks topping ten minutes (or more) in length. Within, largely tribal/ritualistic drumming guides this “Sinister” spelunk into supernatural horrors yet witnessed; loose and lawless but always with torch in hand, the collective canvass teeth-gnashing gnarliness and haunting, stripped-back tension alike. It’s not “weird” black metal because it tries to be – it just IS, like always.

Black Metal

Originally released in the autumn of 2005, of DARK FUNERAL’s fourth album, Attera Totus Sanctus, was arguably the band’s fastest and fiercest record ever – which is all the more remarkable given the band’s longevity to that point. Where most bands soften or slow down as they get older – or break up, respectably, before ruining their good name – DARK FUNERAL proved that age is just a number and made their razor-sharp yet always-melodic sound that much more nuclear-powered. In fact, that they were able combine such amazingly blitzed speeds with melodies that are highly memorable, even at those speeds, is something that’s black magick indeed… And another fiery album cover proved that nothing could extinguish DARK FUNERAL’s inferno!

At long last, OSMOSE will do DARK FUNERAL’s back catalog justice with the first of many reissues. This version of Attera Totus Sanctus will faithfully reproduce the original, now finally available on vinyl for the first time in nearly a decade.

Black Metal

Originally released in the autumn of 2001 on the pivotal No Fashion label, DARK FUNERAL’s third album, Diabolis Interium, arguably brought the band to their biggest audiences yet. The album’s release was followed by wealth of touring across both Europe and the United States, the latter still a rarity back then for Scandinavian black metal bands. Indeed, with the razor-sharp execution across Diabolis Interium, DARK FUNERAL were perfect ambassadors for the sound, and for Swedish black metal in general: many bands had come and gone over the ‘90s, but there they stood, sticking to their guns – and spiked gauntlets. Nothing could extinguish this inferno!

At long last, OSMOSE will do DARK FUNERAL’s back catalog justice with the first of many reissues. This version of Diabolis Interium will faithfully reproduce the original. Include 4 cover tracks (King Diamond, Sodom, Slayer, & Mayhem) and 3 live tracks (from South American 2003).

Black Metal

The mini album from 2000 available again on LP.