Recenzja Gawthrop „ Deterioration”

 Gawthrop

„ Deterioration”

Sentient Ruin Laboratories 2023

Podróży muzycznych odcinek kolejny. Tym razem gościmy, uwaga, proszę usiąść, w Korei Południowej. Byliście kiedyś? Mi coś świta, ale nazwy zespołu który mi wówczas przygrywał sobie za Diabła przypomnieć nie mogę. Nie będę się więc zadręczał i przejdę do Gawthrop. „Deterioration” to kompilacja dwóch pierwszych demówek zespołu, nagranych odpowiednio w dwa tysiące dziewiętnastym oraz dwudziestym drugim, którą to Sentient Ruin Laboratories postanowiło przedstawić światu w wersji winylowej. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja KHNVM „Visions Of A Plague Ridden Sky”

 KHNVM

„Visions Of A Plague Ridden Sky”

Neckbreaker Records / Bitter Loss Records 2023

Założona w 2018 roku przez gościa z Bangladeszu, który ukrywa się pod pseudonimem Obliterator, KHNVM powraca właśnie z trzecim krążkiem. Wiedząc, że poprzednie ich produkcje całkiem nieźle namieszały na scenie śmierć metalowego grania, tym z większym zainteresowaniem sięgnąłem po materiał, zalegający już jakiś czas w skrzynce odbiorczej. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja BUZZARD „Gambler”

 BUZZARD

„Gambler”  (Re-Issue)

Relics from the Crypt 2023

Chyba kiedyś już o tym wspominałem i być może się powtarzam, ale niesamowitą pracę wykonują ludzie z Relics from the Crypt (jakby ktoś nie wiedział, jest to pododdział Dying Victims Productions). Kopią oni bezustannie w przepastnych czeluściach klasycznych odmian metalu i zawsze dokopują się do wydawnictwa, które warte jest wznowienia. (Czytaj dalej...)

Idzie EP-ka od INHUMED

 

Winnipeg (MB) - Canadian Melodic Death Metal quintet Inhumed will release new EP Feasted Upon Like Carrion on July 14! The EP will available on CD, cassette, and digital formats.

The EP's first single, "A Defiance of Faith," is available now at:

inhumedcanada.bandcamp.com/track/a-defiance-of-faith-2

The single is also available on Bandcamp, Spotify, YouTube, and

Apple Music.

Inhumed draw influence from 90’s death metal, while incorporating a modern twist. Lyrical themes include (but are not confined to) horror, death, gore, and (anti) religion. The band pride themselves on their engaging and energetic live performance, which has earned them opening slots for bands such as Cryptopsy, Kataklysm and Ingested.

Debiut COFFIN MULCH do odsłuchu

 

Today, Scottish death metallers Coffin Mulch stream the entirety of their highly anticipated debut album, Spectral Intercession, at the Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Set for international release on June 30th via Memento Mori, hear Coffin Mulch's Spectral Intercession in its entirety exclusively HERE.

There's no shortage of "old school" death metal records these days, but it's rare to find one with such personality that's unselfconscious and not belabored. Coffin Mulch find that sweet spot with Spectral Intercession!

In the meantime, hear Spectral Intercession in its entirety exclusively HERE, courtesy of the Death Metal Promotion YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Coffin Mulch's Spectral Intercession1. Spectral Intercession

2. Into the Blood

3. Mental Suicide

4. In the Grip of Death

5. Fall of Gaia

6. Gateway to the Unseen

7. Infernal Mass

8. Eternal Enslavement

Zapowiedź splitu Ofermod / Acherontas / Black Altar

Parę miesięcy temu Odium Records zapowiedziało wydanie we wrześniu / październiku

splitu Ofermod z Black Altar i Acherontas „Drakonian Elitism”.

Będzie to bardzo specjalne wydawnictwo, poświęcone Drakońskiej Ścieżce, które zawiera 10

nowych utworów Ortodoksyjnego Black Metalu trwających 53 minuty.

Dzisiaj jest premiera pierwszego singla, a jest nim utwór Acherontas „Intra Psyche”. Można

go odsłuchać tutaj: https://youtu.be/SEwEFKuU-WU

Ruszyły również pre ordery splitu i ukaże się on w następujących formatach:

- De luxe Wooden Box, limitowany do 100 sztuk, który zawiera: Die hard Red 2LP, digi pack

Cd, kasetę, T-shirt, kadzidła, certyfikat.

- Die Hard Czerwony 2LP - gatefold, 180 gram z grawerem, książeczką i plakatem A2,

limitowany do 100 sztuk.

- Czarny 2Lp - gatefold, 180 gram z grawerem, książeczką i plakatem A2

- CD - 8 panelowy digi pack z 16 stronicowa książeczką

- Kaseta – z nadrukiem po obydwu stronach, limitowana do 100 sztuk

- Digital

- T-shirt / Longsleeve

Autorem okładki jest Daniele Valeriani.

Lista utworów:

1. Ofermod – Intro

2. Ofermod – Vinum Sabbathi

3. Ofermod – Agios Ischyros Belial

4. Ofermod – Atavistic Chants of Levitation

5. Black Altar – Via Draconis

6. Black Altar – In the Labyrinths of Sitra Achra

7. Black Altar – The Oracle of Divine Madness

8. Black Altar – Outro

9. Acherontas – Intra Psyche

10. Acherontas – Astra Magia

Można odsłuchać nowy SYSTEMIK VIØLENCE

 

Today, Portuguese hardcore punks Systemik Viølence stream the entirety of their highly anticipated second album, Negative Mangel Attitude, at the Felopunk YouTube channel. Set for international release on June 30th - RSR Records will release the vinyl LP version, Doomed Records and Ragingplanet will release the CD version, and Regulator Records and Ring Leader will release the cassette tape version - hear Systemik Viølence's Negative Mangel Attitude in its entirety exclusively HERE.

In the meantime, hear Negative Mangel Attitude in its entirety exclusively HERE, courtesy of the Felopunk YouTube channel. Also see & hear the previously video for "Extinta Raiva" exclusively HERE, courtesy of the Hardcore Worldwide YouTube channel, as well as the previously revealed video for "Uncivil Disobedience" HERE at Systemik Viølence's official YouTube channel. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Systemik Viølence's Negative Mangel Attitude

1. Self Reliance

2. Uncivil Disobedience

3. Extinta Raiva (featuring Paulo Rui - Besta/Redemptus)

4. Moral Stabbing

5. Intellectual Prolapse

6. Into Dis-belief

7. Laws of the Purge

8. Ego is the Bastard

9. We are the Grave ot the Posers

10. Scene Stomper

W sierpniu winylowy box NECRONY

 

NECRONY "CORRUPTED CRESCENDOS" 5 LP BOXSET!!!

NOTE!!! Sales are moving fast, only 11 copies left of the Oxblood limited edition version!!!!

Release date: August 25th

Super exclusive 5 LP boxset “Corrupted Crescendos” includes the complete studio-sessions of Swedens legendary gore death metal band Necrony.

-All LPs are housed in sturdy LP sleeves with 3mm spines.

-Carefully remastered by Dan Swanö (Unisound Studio).

-Includes a 24 page booklet packed with liner notes, in depth conversation between the two members Anders Jakobson and Rickard Alriksson, lyrics, rare unpublished photos.

-3 exclusively designed stickers

-a woven patch.

-Boxset is limited to 500 copies, 100 copies on oxblood vinyl and 400 copies on black vinyl.

Pre-order your copy from our bandcamp:

regainrecords.bandcamp.com/album/corrupted-crescendos

or our webstore: www.shadowrec

ords.se

Nowy numer BLACK SORCERY

 

Today, ancient black metallers Black Sorcery premiere the new track "Gasping for Light Under a Petrine Cross" at heavily trafficked web-portal NoCleanSinging.com. The track is the second to be revealed from the band's highly anticipated debut album, Deciphering Torment Through Malediction, set for international release on July 28th via Eternal Death. Hear Black Sorcery's "Gasping for Light Under a Petrine Cross" in its entirety exclusively HERE.

Rooted in two decades of Rhode Island black metal lineage - with members hailing from past bands Bog of the Infidel, Sangus, Nefarious, and Sorcery - America's Black Sorcery emerged out of the plague days of early 2020. Fittingly for such origins, the quartet play a consciously regressive style of music that rejects the bloated aesthetics of most modern American black metal and embraces the arcane forms of the past. Whether it's the paradigmatic early days of Gorgoroth or the contemporaneous turn-of-the-millennium work of Behexen and Satanic Warmaster serving as the aesthetic foundation, Black Sorcery truly sound like they do not belong to this decade nor this country.

Hear for yourself with the brand-new track "Gasping for Light Under a Petrine Cross" exclusively HERE, courtesy of NoCleanSinging.com. Also hear the previously revealed "Erinyes Slough" HERE at Eternal Death's Bandcamp, where the album can also be preordered. Cover artwork, courtesy of Maegan Lemay, and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Black Sorcery's Deciphering Torment Through Malediction

1. Intro

2. Gasping for Light Under a Petrine Cross

3. Final Meditations on Despair

4. Erinyes Slough

5. Gomorran Virtue

6. Sordid Rote

7. Heinous Rites

8. (Endgame Thought Process)

9. Seven Veils

Nowy CRUEL FORCE we wrześniu

 

Today, Shadow Kingdom Records announces September 22nd as the international release date for Cruel Force's highly anticipated third album, Dawn of the Axe, on CD, vinyl LP, and cassette tape formats.

Truest of the true, Germany's Cruel Force burst onto the scene in 2008 with the Into the Crypts... demo. While many have tried to emulate the ancient German (black)thrash sound, Cruel Force brimmed with an authenticity that could not be denied, as well as songwriting that added to that noble tradition rather than lazily picking at its corpse. Their two successive albums, 2010's The Rise of Satanic Might and 2011's Under the Sign of the Moon, made Cruel Force a certifiably CULT name in the international metal underground. Sadly, the band fell into a hiatus following that second album, but returned reinvigorated with the comeback 7" EP Across the Styx in 2022 and are ready to make up for lost time with their imminent third album for new label home Shadow Kingdom.

It's rare for a band to be away a full decade and then come back with their best work, but such is the case with Cruel Force and Dawn of the Axe. There's some strange magick brewing in the Devil's Dungeon, and they've crossed the Styx to bring you that Power Surge! To celebrate this momentous occasion, Shadow Kingdom will also be reissuing on a worldwide scale the band's first two albums: the time of Cruel Force is NOW!

First single with accompanying video to be revealed on July 5th. Preorder info to follow on July 11th. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Cruel Force's Dawn of the Axe

1. Azrael's Dawn

2. At the Dawn of the Axe

3. Night of Thunder

4. Death Rides the Sky

5. Devil's Dungeon

6. Watchtower of Abra

7. Across the Styx

8. Power Surge

9. Realm of Sands

Krążek DETERIOROT w lipcu

Release date for "The Rebirth" will be July 18th, 2023 through Xtreem Music on CD, Cassette & Digital formats (12 "LP vinyl version will follow later on). 

You can listen to the 1st advance single on the following link:

https://youtu.be/bgPY1dOmnWM

Koncerty CASKET ROBBERY

 

A Day of Death

 

Horrid Fest 2023

 

SATHANAS podpisali papiery z Moribund Records

SATHANAS Sign Multi-Album Deal with Moribund Records!

We are Honored to Announce that Legendary, Long-running US Blackened Death-Thrash Metal artist SATHANAS have signed a multi-album deal with Moribund Records! The band enter the studio July 8th to begin recording their 12th Full Length album and Moribund Records Debut! Also, following the new album’s release this fall/winter, we will begin a campaign to Officially Re-issue the majority of SATHANAS’ massive, cult classic and long out-of-print back-catalog! Stay tuned for more info!

Składanka "No Future, No Past" w październiku

No Future, No Past – Svart Records set to release a compilation of the lost treasures of Finnish speed and thrash metal in October

No Future, No Past: Finnish Speed & Thrash Metal Explosion 1986-1992

Side A

1. A.R.G.:Pesticide

2. Chorea: Vultures

3. Menticide: Enforcer

4. Outrage: Deflowered Soul

5. Lycantrophy: Dismemberment of Sanity

Side B

1. Sacred Crucifix: Realms of Darkness

2. Mayhem: Die Drunk

3. Mengele: Few Lines and Tones About Dr. Mengele and His Railway Selections

Side C

1. Vendetta: No Future, No Past

2. Hammerhead: Legal Security Act

3. Brainwash: Brainwash

4. Damage: Sons of Mother Earth

5. Crashed: This Man

Side D

1. The Hirvi: Satan's Back

2. Catalepsy: Why?

3. Tetragon: For the Jackal's Sake

4. Terrific Verdict: No Return

5. Morphosis: Sick Standard of Living

Vendetta: No Future, No Past (Youtube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rnvD_KDsS8

Menticide: Enforcer (Youtube)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLHUTxRAh9Q

Pre-order here!

Koncerty NARCOTIC WASTELAND

 

Armstrong MetalFest

Being held on July 14th and 15th in the Okanagan Valley at the Hassen Arena in Armstrong, BC, the playlist features bangers from AMF's 2023 lineup that included headliners LA thrashers WARBRINGER, San Francisco tech-death giants FALLUJAH, festival alumni Spokane, WA's ENTERPRISE EARTH, and Los Angeles' THE ZENITH PASSAGE, along with Denver's H.P. Lovecraft extreme metallers VALE OF PNATH, and Edmonton's Juno award-winning heavy metal champions STRIKER among the 28 bands performing on the two-day extreme music festival. (full lineup listed below)

Tickets are available at https://armstrongmetalfest.ca/tickets/​

Prices are as follows:

Pre-sales $179.99 (Until July 12th)

Door sales weekend pass $219.99

One day admission $119.99

Krążek DEMOLIZER w lipcu

“Post Necrotic Human” will be released on LP (gatefold 180gr black vinyl, limited to 300) and digital formats via Mighty Music on July 7th, 2023.

DARK AWAKE "Abaris Hyperboreios"

New album is out by STEINKLAG PRODUCTIONS ! ! !

Comes as 6-panels glossy laminated digipak!

☩ ART FOR THE ELITE ☩

MARTIAL - NEOFOLK - NEOCLASSICAL - DARK AMBIENT - RITUAL

Steeped deep in esotericism, occult philosophy and ancient lore, Greek Dark Awake have been exploring the hidden, subterranean currents of the European spirit for over 15 years now. In that time, the project has amassed a discography of respectable size, including the 2019 album The Last Hypnagogue on Steinklang Industries.

Abaris Hyperboreios, referencing the legendary figure of Abaris of Hyperboreia from Greek mythology, is an album both timeless and old school, drawing from the perennial wisdom of the European spirit and inspired by the cornerstones of traditional martial industrial and post-industrial. Belligerent martial rhythms and heroic orchestrations mix with passages of deeply mysterious, abstract ritual ambience, enhanced by evocative neoclassical arrangements. From dramatic choirs to crackling layers of synthesizers, the musical breadth of the album is considerable.

This is not an album of elaborately orchestrated, exquisite sounding but soulless, cinematic emptiness. Rather, in the classic tradition of the genre, the compositions are often understated and stripped bare of all meaningless excess. What results is an album that will appeal to fans of all eras of the martial industrial scene. Evoking atmospheres of sinister menace, heroic spirit, ancient mysteries and the perenniality of sacerdotal truths, like the namesake figure of the album, Abaris Hyperboreios sagely parts the veil for a peek at the concealed, esoteric nightside. Of history, modernity and the future, informed by hermetic, transcendent wisdom.

ORDERS HERE :

https://steinklangindustries.bandcamp.com/album/dark-awake-abaris-hyperboreios-2023

Ofensywa Xtreem Music

 

Recenzja / A review of Fugitive „Maniac”

 Fugitive

„Maniac”

20 Buck Spin 2023

Jakże myląca jest debiutancka EP-ka tych pochodzących z Texasu młodzieńców. A przynajmniej jej rozpoczęcie, które jak żywo kojarzyć może się z Obituary i ich „Frozen In Time”. Panowie przedstawiają się bowiem za pomocą numeru instrumentalnego, bardzo rytmicznego i bezpośrednio kojarzącego się z „Redneck Stomp”. I kiedy zaczynamy myśleć, że oto mamy do czynienia z naśladowcami ekipy Tardych, od drugiego numeru wszystko toczy się zupełnie innym torem. (Czytaj dalej / Read here)

Recenzja Grotesqueries „Vile Crematory”

 Grotesqueries

„Vile Crematory”

Caligari Records 2023

Pamiętacie niejakiego Maksa Kolonko, który był swego czasu reporterem którejś ze stacji telewizyjnych i stacjonował w USA? Każdą swą relację kończył, używając w wieśniacki sposób amerykańskiego akcentu, słowami: „Boston… Massachusetts”. Stamtąd właśnie pochodzi młodziutki Grotesqueries, założony trzy lata temu. W poprzednim roku wydali ciepło przyjętą epkę, a już niedługo, bo trzydziestego czerwca ukaże się ich debiutancka płyta. (Czytaj dalej...)

Recenzja A DIADEM OF DEAD STARS „Emerald Sunsets”

 A DIADEM OF DEAD STARS

„Emerald Sunsets”

III Damnatio Records 2023

 

Ciekawą wizję muzyki ułożył w swej głowie grecki Pielgrzym, odpowiadający w całości za A Diadem of Dead Stars. Nazwał ją Misty Lowland’s Black Metal, ale co najważniejsze, jegomość ten z miasta Volos położonego nad zatoką Morza Egejskiego nie poprzestał jeno na wizjonerstwie, tylko swe majaki, widziadła i koncepcje przekuł w dźwięki i od 2014 roku konsekwentnie kroczy obraną przez siebie ścieżką. (Czytaj dalej...)

DEMONICAL pograją sobie latem na festiwalach

 

Swedish death metal masters DEMONICAL will embrak on a string of fesival shows this summer, July 21st through August 26th. The "Victorious Summer Tour" includes a stop at Brutal Assault Open Air in Czech Republic.

The tour follows the surprise EP "Into Victory", which introduced Charlie Fryksell as band's new full-time vocalist, through two songs present on the release - the distinctive title track and a metalized Ramones's cover.

DEMONICAL was spawned in 2006 by then-former Centinex members Martin Schulman (bass), Ronnie Bergerståhl (drums) and Johan Jansson (ex-guitars & ex-vocals), with a mission to return to the roots of death metal and deliver a sheer dose of melodic darkness and brutality, through a fierce, HM2-beaten path. Their last full-length release, "Mass Destroyer", was delivered to the masses in 2022, and crowns a discography of seven studio albums and three EP's.

Tour dates:

"Victorious Summer tour 2023"

21.07 DE Baden-Wurttemberg - Boarstream Open Air

22.07 DE Weil Am Rhein - Baden in Blut Festival

23.07 DE München - Free & Easy Festival

25.07 SL Tolmin - Tolminator Festival

11.08 CZ Jaromer - Brutal Assault

13.08 CZ Prague - Modra Vopice

26.08 SE Malmö - Malmö Massacre

Nowy PROGENITOR do odsłuchu

 

Black metal horde PROGENITOR are now streaming the title track off their upcoming debut album, Eldritch Supremacy.

The album's second single pulls inspiration from the H.P. Lovecraft novella "The Shadow Over Innsmouth." Vocalist/bassist Brian Sprouse comments, "I have read that story multiple times, and each time, it has immersed me as much as the first. I always wanted to write a song about this story, but I wasn’t satisfied with the lyrics every time I tried.Then one day, I thought, instead of writing a song about the story itself, why not write from the perspective of the hybrid humans and deep ones of Innsmouth? From that thought came the song name 'Eldritch Supremacy.'"

The exclusive world premiere of "Eldritch Supremacy" comes courtesy of Decibel Magazine. Stream the song now at this location.

Stream the album's first single, "Beast of Gevaudan," at youtu.be/TLbAZpHWucw.

Tracklist:

1) Intro

2) Eldritch Supremacy

3) Crows of Winter

4) Prophets Belial

5) Beast of Gevaudan

6) Treasures of Perversion

7) Binding of the Corpse God

WE DO NOT BELONG HERE wydadzą EP-kę we wrześniu

 

With one foot in the world of Black and Death Metal and one foot in the world of Emo and Post-Hardcore, Louisiana’s We Do Not Belong Here is the sum of seemingly disparate parts. Strange to Cope in Today's World, the trio's debut EP, will be self-released on September 8.

The EP's first single, "A Life, Explained" is available now at:

wedonotbelonghere.bandcamp.com/track/a-life-explained

Strange to Cope in Today’s World, recorded with James Whitten of Hightower Recording in New Orleans, is a chaotic journey. At the EP’s most mournful, Heck’s pained delivery and confessional lyrics play against the haunting melodies of Bennett’s guitar while Martinez’s propulsive drumming drives the band forward. These moments are a counterpoint to the EP’s most aggressive moments when all three members lock in on powerful rhythms and vocal deliveries. Strange to Cope in Today’s World is a lamentation of living in a region on the brink of fascism and environmental ruin.

Formed in 2022 as an outlet for the trio to reject stylistic constraints, We Do Not Belong Here writes music that snakes around clear genre definitions. The chaotic sound of the band is a reflection of the members. AJ Martinez and Troy Bennett, members of Louisiana blackened death metal powerhouse Faustian, create a sinister sonic landscape for the shredded vocals of Nat Heck, member of Louisiana emo staple Wonder Kid.

Track Listing:

1. A Chain Pulled Taut

2. A Life, Explained

3. Faith or Fucked

4. Shame

5. Strange to Cope in Today's World

SEKTARISM zapowiadają nowy album

 

On June 30th internationally, EAL Productions will release Sektarism's highly anticipated fourth album, Et Facta Est Lux.

2019, the end of a cycle: A pinnacle in our approach to what a ceremony should be, especially on the occasion of "Les Feux de Beltane" (The Fires of Beltane). The lands of Brittany always provide us with the energy and the perfect setting for letting go and immersing ourselves completely in our Art.

Each of our ceremonies has marked a milestone in our congregation since that time. Les Feux de Beltane was marked by the replacement of Kristik A.K. with Vagus Nox. "Et il n'y aura plus de nuit" was Messiatanik Armrek's final ceremony after more than 18 years of ignominious activism. Since then, he has taken a different path and now follows a different light. It was also during that same year, at "Et il n'y aura plus de nuit", that we had the honor of introducing Dehn Sora on stage, handling the machines and percussions. Dehn Sora was already known for his remarkable visual work on our previous album, Fils de Dieu.

Our last ceremony in January 2020 marked the arrival of Eurnnath Nefast on bass. We then delved into our inner selves to find necessary rest, and the health crisis was conducive to that. Our resilience was tested until the last minute before entering the studio in July 2021. We left as five and arrived at the gates of studio Kerwax as four. Vagus Nox had fallen into a vortex from which we are still not certain he has returned to this day.

In this context, fraught with obstacles and challenges, it is within ourselves that we found the energy and inspiration to compose and present you this new offering, Et Facta Est Lux. This fourth album marks the end of an era, both personally and artistically. Would it be possible at all to separate the two?

Just like our previous works, a dynamic of improvisation remains at the core of our creative endeavors. The process has been enriched by numerous additions of instruments and sounds, brought by the fresh blood that has joined our congregation as well as this unique place that is the Kerwax studio. The sound palette of Sektarism has thus evolved, heaviness being still at the heart of the orchestration. Et Facta Est Lux continues our work with a sense of greater maturity and mastery while retaining that element of insecurity and urgency that is inseparable from the context of improvised live recordings.

Some will find light in it, while others will find darkness. For us, it is the very essence of who we are. This work is the result of hard labor and has been born out of pain. For without that, can we truly speak of Art?

Full stream to be revealed the day of release. Cover and tracklisting is as follows:

Tracklisting for Sektarism's Et Facta Est Lux

1. Fiat Lux [21:58]

2. Le Vent des Serpents [19:33]

Drugi album OF DARKNESS w sierpniu

 

On August 25th internationally, Personal Records is proud to present Of Darkness' highly anticipated second album, Missa Tridentia, on CD format.

A cult band even among an already-cult scene, Of Darkness are an experimental funeral doom band hailing from Barcelona. While exuding the characteristic traits of the subgenre - sepulchral tones, glacial pace, suffocating atmosphere - the Spaniards look beyond mere metal for idiosyncratic deployment of other such musics as ambient, industrial, and especially classical. Intensely atmospheric and deeper than the abyss, their sound is the perfect landscape for the members' extreme nihilistic beliefs. And although those members concurrently play in such distinguished bands as Teitanblood, Balmog, and Graveyard among many others, in thought and deed is Of Darkness entirely its own entity.

Of Darkness was born in 2003 and released their first demo, Death, a few months after. In 2004, the entities behind the band started working on a new work, The Empty Eye, which was released in 2005. Around that time, several labels showed interest in both records: Goatowarex Records and Xtreem Music. None of those deals came to a good end, so the band stayed on hold for a few years until Psychedelic Lotus Order (the new guise/ruse of infamous rip-off Goatowarex) and Black Mass Records decided to give a second chance to both records, re-releasing them on limited vinyl and CD in 2009/2010. In 2012, in conspiracy with Black Mass Records again, Of Darkness released Scorpiace, a split tape with legendary Galician drone / ambient / industrial act Like Drone Razors Through Flesh Sphere, which was re-released (including another very long track) later on CD by Gradual Hate Records in 2015. Perhaps most indicative of the band's unique take on funeral doom was the release of Tribute to Krzysztof Penderecki - Passio et Mors Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Secundum Lucam. More or less their debut album, the 43-minute record indeed interpreted two compositions of modern classical master (and master of tension & terror) Penderecki, complete with a cover that mirrored those of Deutsche Grammaphone's long-running line of classical records.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track "Requiem Aeternam" HERE at Personal Records' Bandcamp. Preorder info can be found HERE. Cover and tracklisting are as follows:

Tracklisting for Of Darkness' Missa Tridentia

1. Adjutorium Nostrum In Nomine Domini

2. Requiem Aeternam

3. Dies Irae

4. Deus Qui Humanae Substantiae

5 Eis Requien, Eis réquiem Sempiternam

6. Requiescant In Pace

7. Ite Missa Est

Recenzja Cortege „Vandari”

Cortege

„Vandari”

A.D.G. Rec. 2023

Mimo, iż rodzimy Cortege obecni są na scenie, z kilkuletnią przerwą, już od roku dziewięćdziesiątego szóstego, i dochrapali się trzech demówek oraz dwóch pełnych wydawnictw, to „Vandari” jest moim pierwszym spotkaniem z muzyką tego zespołu. Najczęściej w takich sytuacjach mój mózg podświadomie wysyła mi sygnał, że taki band może być co najwyżej średni, skoro jego nazwa nigdy nie obiła mi się o uszy. A jednak kilka lat człowiek w tym grajdole siedzi. (Czytaj dalej...)