Black Metal

Recorded over 14 years ago, released by Nordkult Rituals over 13 years ago, it’s well overdue this release gets the vinyl treatment. One of the most haunting, sinister and chilling recordings ever to come out of Nidaros, dare I say.

As raw and haunting as it is beautiful, this record has been on numerous rotations over the years, and now its finally out on a proper format, mastered for vinyl by Kark Mastering.

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Swedish Black Metal from 2007

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Bestowing a mastery of harsh and bleak raw black metal. Indonesian Raw Black Metal entity JURE GRANDO conspires rites of undeath in a manifestation of this tormented anomaly that emits sounds of dark witchery and voiding chaos.

A revelation of JURE GRANDO is summoned, ‘ARCHAIC MOON MYSTICISM’ will rebirth the shrouded unholy spirits that follow the path of mystic raw black metal. This dedication of evil is a manifestation of ethereal illusions and chaotic visions. This declaration of Raw Black Metal is a proclamation of impure, inhuman, and unholy sounds. This distorted and destructive assault summons eight tracks of ancient invocations, leading an alliance of treacherous drumming, tortured howls, and mystic guitar melodies. These offerings demonstrate the total worship of chaos and abhorrence, leading JURE GRANDO further into the nights veil after the entities two previously released demos. A resurrection of raw ferocity and internal evil devoid of life.

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Limited to 280 copies on standard black vinyl.

Comes with LP-size double-sided insert.

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Split album between these Finnish hordes.

Gatefold sleeve.

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The band was founded, rehearsed and recorded based off our interpretations of early 90’s Black Metal. The era of murder, arson, Black Magick and spite. I firmly believe what you hear on these recordings, are the same chaos that fueled the originators, and is as genuine as the old classics. I was sitting right there alongside H. “Sarath” Dalen, while he recorded this on tape in the basement of our record store Apocalyptic Empire, in the heart of Nidaros back in 2005. Reminiscing back, I’ll never forget the intense atmosphere, dedication and focus the band had, something I’ve never experienced since, just like their live shows. Nothing will ever compare. The store was very much exactly what Helvete was in the 90’s: a record store ran by us for us, with a basement where recordings were happening non stop, even during the opening hours. The basement was a collective ground for us where lifelong friendships arose, parties ensued, and inspirations were endless. Imagine locking up a bunch of miscreants devoted to the same cause, with no boundaries, no thought or respect for anyone, just all focused on one thing: BLACK METAL. This was always for ourselves, hence why releases are so sporadic. I am truly grateful to not only having been there throughout the beginning, but to have been granted the exclusive right to release several of these gems, and to be able to call these genuine artists and individuals my close friends to this day.

We present to you the restored version of the one and only KAOSRITUAL – Svøpt morgenrød, plus the infamous Rituell katarsis demo and more, remastered by our friend M. of MGLA/No Solace. A special thanks to him for adding his magick to these incredible recordings, and I want to personally thank Blix and Tvedt for letting me finally unleash this upon the world.

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Debut demo of this young Dutch horde – limited to 300 handnumbered copies.

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Katatonia was formed in Stockholm Sweden, in 1991 by Anders Nystrom and Jonas Renkse. Their debut album, ‘Dance of December Souls’, was released in 1993, gaining the band recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom/death metal and joining acts such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride as one of the genre’s defining bands. On future albums a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined and structured collection of melodic dark rock songs which became third album ‘Discouraged Ones’ which is widely regarded as the main evolution point for modern day Katatonia, where a much more progressive style of metallic rock was successfully embraced.

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Katatonia was formed in Stockholm Sweden, in 1991 by Anders Nystrom and Jonas Renkse. Their debut album, ‘Dance of December Souls’, was released in 1993, gaining the band recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom/death metal and joining acts such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride as one of the genre’s defining bands. On future albums a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined and structured collection of melodic dark rock songs which became third album ‘Discouraged Ones’ which is widely regarded as the main evolution point for modern day Katatonia, where a much more progressive style of metallic rock was successfully embraced.

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The demo from 1995 of the Polish legend Kataxu.

40 minutes of Polish Black Metal.

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The debut full-length from 2000 of the Polish legend Kataxu.

40 minutes of Polish Black Metal.

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“To be shunned by all…as centres of Pestilence”, the sophomore album of Germany’s Kathaaria, took fourteen years to manifest. In 2008, when EAL released the band’s debut, we were proud to support an act that wasn’t musically predictable. Perhaps the guitarwork hinted somewhat towards the most forward-thinking acts of the time, and a general affinity for the weird. In any case, the record was deeply personal and entirely unaffiliated with any currents or trends. Black Metal done by people who know their metal but refuse to abide by conventions.
In a nutshell, this blatant disregard for norms and expectations is precisely what “To be shunned by all…as centres of Pestilence” is about. It’s an album that falls into no fixed category besides the one reserved for highly personal takes on Black Metal.