VALGRIND RELEASE "BLACKEST HORIZON"

 

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Blackest Horizon

by Valgrind

Tracklist:

1.Victorious 03:06

2.Sunken Temple Of Initiated 04:03

3.Third And Last 04:20

4.The Blackest Horizon 05:41

5.Sacrificial Journey 03:37

6.The Empire Burns 04:24

7.The Fist 03:45

8.Last Angel (Into The Unknown) 04:23

9.Last Angel (The Psychonaut) 05:09

10.Last Angel (Hades Horseman) 05:53

One year after the release of the "Seal Of Phobos" EP, the Italian combo Valgrind return with their Old School Death Metal formula full of ripping riffs, harsh vocals and tons of memorable solos for their third full length "Blackest Horizon."

Valgrind was born from the ashes of the ultra-underground act Necrospell in 1993 as a Death-Black project with both extreme and melodic influences. During the following years the band released four demos and developed its own style, combining the main influences (early florida Death Metal) with a strong sense of melody and a passion for the dark atmospheres of bands like Candlemass and early Paradise lost. Valgrind disbanded in 2003, but the strong will to return on stage of both founding member and main songwriter Massimiliano Elia and vocalist Daniele Lupidi (also frontman of Hateful) made the return possible in 2008. 2012 was the year of their debut album "Morning Will Come No More", almost one hour of classic Death Metal, filled with killer solos, memorable riffs and obscure vocals.

With a renewed line-up (featuring Gianmarco Agosti from the italian hardcore legend Raw Power) Valgrind performed at many important shows in Italy, Germany, Holland and Sweden. In 2013 the band started working on the new album, entitled "Speech of the Flame", a very aggressive, yet diverse and dynamic collection of songs. The music strays away from the early influences to become more personal, while the lyrical concept deals with the darkest sides of the ancient mediterranean civilities.

in 2016, Umberto Poncina (ex-member of Unbirth/Demiurgon/Saturno) replaced Massimo Vezzani and contributed to the realization of the EP "Seal Of Phobos" that was released in 2018 for Everlasting Spew Records as a sort of appetizer for "Blackest Horizon."

For fans of Pestilence, Monstrosity, Nocturnus, Morbid Angel. 

released May 25, 2018

SPIT021

Produced by Valgrind

Drums and Bass recorded at Art Distillery Studio by Claudio Mulas

Vocals recorded at Dysfunction Studio by Eddy Cavazza

Guitars and Keyboards recorded by Umberto Poncina and Massimo Vezzani

Mixed by Umberto Poncina (umbertomaveth@gmail.com)

Mastered by Andrea Piola

Cover Artwork by Daniele Lupidi (paintingtheabyss@gmail.com)

Layout by Leila Farsi Nezhad

Daniele Lupidi - Vocals/bass

Massimiliano Elia - Lead and rhythm guitars/keyboards

Umberto Poncina - Rhythm and lead guitars/keyboards

Gianmarco Agosti - Drums

www.facebook.com/valgrindband

https://www.instagram.com/valgrind_deathmetal_band/

https://everlastingspewrecords.bandcamp.com/

PANEGYRIST RELEASE "HIERURGY"

 

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Hierurgy

by PANEGYRIST

Tracklist:

1.Hymn Of Inversion 01:44

2.Idylls Of The Cave 06:24

3.To Quicken Stone 09:44

4.The Void Is The Heart Of The Flame 04:08

5.Ophidian Crucifix 09:47

6.Hierurgy 12:03

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4-Panel Digipack CD with Gold Pantone. 20-page booklet complete with lyrics. Cover painting and booklet art by Elijah Tamu / Ikonostasis

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I, Voidhanger Records proudly attends the birth of PANEGYRIST, a mysterious entity sure to take the avant-garde black metal scene by storm. Hailing from USA, PANEGYRIST's debut full-length “Hierurgy” – meaning "ritual" or, literally, "holy work" – is an expression of burning religious impulse. This collection of meditations explores the theme of theosis, the process whereby the individual is transformed and united with God through the operations of the divine energies. “This unification is not a dissolution of self into a generic 'divinity',” asserts PANEGYRIST's singer/lyricist Elijah Tamu, “but is instead a higher individuation that occurs in relation to the Divine Other, across the ontological abyss. The abyss is transcended in a manner parallel to its very existence: the living relation between the individual and God is precisely the higher unity that is made possible by the distinction. Existence itself is prayer.”

Offering a unique, vertiginous combination of avant-garde/progressive black and epic heavy metal, sacred vocal chants and powerful screams, and with the furious drumming of Marcel Szumowski – who played on INFERNO's “Gnosis Kardias” – each track on “Hierurgy” is a spiritual working focusing on a particular aspect of theosis. Journey through alchemical riddles and contemplations on the inner and outer temple, the void and the eye, the serpent and the savior. Come at last to the shores of primordial mercury, and take flight on wings of theion, the philosophical sulfur and everliving fire.

Though conceptually dense, the music and words contained in “Hierurgy” are not merely theoretical musings; rather, they are drawn from prayers and meditations grounded in personal agonies and triumphs. “The Morning Star lights a narrow and all-consuming path,” concludes Tamu, “and these are the songs of those who dare to tread it.” 

released May 18, 2018

Cover painting and booklet art by Ikonostasis: Artwork of Elijah Tamu.

https://i-voidhangerrecords.bandcamp.com/album/hierurgy

https://www.facebook.com/Panegyrist/

BODY VOID RELEASE "I LIVE INSIDE A BURNING HOUSE"

 

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I Live Inside A Burning House

by Body Void

Tracklist:

1.Intro / A Burning House 01:50

2.Haunted 18:18

3.Trauma Creature 16:36

4.Phantom Limb 08:54

5.Given 21:30

released May 11, 2018

Following their well received debut release "Ruins" in 2016, Body Void returned to Earhammer Studios, once again under the watchful ear of Greg Wilkinson and submitted to tape an hour of painful sludge and wretched doom to welcome the year of 2018.

Continuing in the same style as fellow doom peers and labelmates Primitive Man and Keeper, as well as genre-defining bands like Khanate, Body Void built upon what they started with previous demos and "Ruins" but expanding upon what they have already manufactured to create, biased of course, what we consider one of the great doom metal records of 2018.

Mastered by Brad Boatright at AUDIOSIEGE.

Artwork by Ibay Arifin Suradi.

Will Ryan: Guitar/Vocals/Keys

Parker Ryan: Bass

Edward Holgerson: Drums

https://bodyvoid.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/bodyvoid

https://www.instagram.com/bodyvoiddoom/

OMMADON RELEASE "END TIMES"

 

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End Times

by Ommadon

Tracklist:

1.Side A 20:00

2.Side B 22:52

Ommadon return with a new album, End Times, via Dry Cough Records (UK), At War With False Noise (UK), DGRecords (US), and Medusa Crush Recordings (CAN).

As one piece played over two sections, End Times charts a journey that marks new musical territory in Ommadon’s quest to annihilate the self through primitive heaviness..

500 copies.

Ommadon are a Scottish two-piece who play heavy drone-doom. Fiercely independent, Ommadon have recorded all of their music themselves and made their releases available for PWYW download. They have been crushing audiences and pummeling minds in the UK since 2012 on tours with Bismuth, Legion of Andromeda, Coltsblood, Horse Latitudes, and Primitive Man.

released May 1, 2018

End Times was recorded by Ommadon and mastered by Billy Anderson (Sleep, Eyehategod, High on Fire etc).

Artwork by Timo Ketola.

https://drycough.bandcamp.com/album/end-times

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Ommadon/122816124443493