PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN´S APSU RELEASE "PROSCRIPTOR MCGOVERN´S APSU"

 

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Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû

by Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû

Genre:Black thrash metal

Agonia Records

Tracklist:

1.Amenta: Accelerando: Azyn including Hierophantasmal Expounder 03:52

2.Esoterically Excoriating The Exoteric 04:35

3.Quasaric Pestilence 03:28

4.Mirroracles 03:56

5.In-Betweeness Gateway Commuters 05:26

6.Jupiter In Capricornus 01:46

7.Dedicated To Thoth, But Azathoth Wasn’t Listening (A Necroloquy) 03:27

8.Caliginous Whorl 03:23

9.The Coagulating Respite 02:43

10.Prana: Therion: Akasha 02:47

11.Tantrums Of Azag-Kkû 03:09

12.Every Watchtower Within Is The Axis Of A Watchtower Without including Totemic Thresholds 05:45

About

When drummer/vocalist Proscriptor McGovern (Russ R. Givens) dissolved Absu on January 27th 2020, his main intention was to splinter the 30-year old faction into a renewed songwriting concord. Proscriptor McGovern’s Apsû is the obvious by-product of that chemical breakdown, which constitutes a new incarnation and direct continuation of Absu’s legacy. Securing the ranks, alongside McGovern, are continuing bassist/vocalist Ezezu (Absu: 2008-2020), new guitar virtuoso Vaggreaz (Possessed, Gruesome) and keyboardist Vorskaath (Zemial, Agatus). Since Absu’s last, unreleased album was to be penned as “Apsû,” McGovern fused the title with his name to form the group. With this much anticipated, self-titled album, McGovern’s objective was to append the signature sound of “mythological occult metal,” but to convolute it with bouts of psychedelia, fusion and vintage electronics.

When asked about the album’s final outcome, McGovern stated the following: “Having the opportunity to assemble these band members, in the development of this album, was a remarkable honour and I strongly feel this album captures the band’s true, yet frenzied potential.” McGovern, who also produced and co–engineered the album, added: “I specifically appointed these three to...  more

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released November 26, 2021

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Formats:

- Jewelcase CD

- Digi Slipcase CD

- Clam–Shell Box CD (Limited To 1000 Numbered Copies With Pin & Front Cover Flag)

- Black LP

- Swamp Green LP

- Gold LP

- Mercurial Silver LP

- Ultra Clear LP

- Picture LP

- Mephitic Vapour Splatter LP

- Cassette

- Digital

Clothing:

- T-shirt 1 – Quasaric Pestilence (White On Black)

- T-shirt 2 – Tantrums Of Azag-Kkû (Black On Gray)

- T-shirt 3 – Logo With Sleeve Prints (Red On Black)

- Black HSW Zipper

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MYSTRAS RELEASE "EMPIRES VANQUISHED AND DISMANTLED"

 

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Empires Vanquished And Dismantled

by MYSTRAS

Genre: Black Metal

Label: I, Voidhanger Records

Tracklist:

1.The Nightingale 04:15

2.On The Promises Of Angels 07:57

3.Ah Ya Zein 02:12

4.The Fall Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem 14:26

5.Cheragheh Zolmezalem (Opposition's Fire) 07:36

6.To The Builders 09:49

7.Wie Schändlich Es Ist 02:19

8.The Favor Of The Saints 06:47

9.In The Company Of Heretics 07:39

About

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2x12"LP VINYL IN GATEFOLD SLEEVE - Out May 28, 2022

(incl. Bandcamp Digital Download and Streaming)

• Ltd 300: 150 black vinyl, 150 oxblood vinyl*

• 140gr. vinyls

• 350gr. gatefold sleeve

• Black inner sleeves

• Outer plastic sleeve

*Color variant exclusive to our Eshop

CD edition out November 5 via Stellar Auditorium Productions:

spectrallore.bandcamp.com

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While MYSTRAS' previous album "Castles Conquered and Reclaimed" dealt with peasant uprisings, new album "Empires Vanquished And Dismantled" moves into the topic of medieval imperialism, following the band's motto "Medieval Black Metal Against Empire and Aristocracy". The central point of the album consists of the first two metal songs, "On The Promises Of Angels" and the 14-minute epic "The Fall Of The Kingdom Of Jerusalem", both thematically dealing with the Crusades as the progenitor of the European colonialism of the 15th century: the first song tells about the successful conquest of Jerusalem, while the second narrates the history of its loss in the hands of Saladin.

Sole member Ayloss (SPECTRAL LORE) couldn't obviously leave out a song centered around the premises of the Byzantine Empire, and in fact "The Favor Of The Saints" deals with the successful Bulgarian uprising lead by Peter and Asen in the 12th century, one of the major blows which lead to the weakening and eventual dissolution of the Empire.

Musically, "Empires Vanquished And Dismantled" follows the same stylistic path of MYSTRAS' debut but with a much clearer and stronger sound, and without betraying the lo-fi and atmospheric aesthetics of the project. Much more focus and effort was given into the folk tracks, produced with the help of six session musicians and their exotic instruments, like the Turkish ney, the violin and the santoor, while two singers lent their powerful voices into the instrumentals: Nina Saeidi from the doom band Lowen, and opera singer Carling Chiu.

Where "Castles..." was mostly centered around european medieval music, the focus in "Empires..." changes towards the East, featuring the ney - played by ney specialist Stamatis Zafeiropoulos - as the focal point of the folk tracks, which include covers of Arabic, Byzantine and German tunes as well as the original drone piece "Cheragheh Zolmezalem (Oppression's Fire)", written on Persian and Arabic modes. 

Credits

released November 5, 2021

All music by Ayloss except tracks 1, 3, 7

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Ayloss at the Stellar Auditorium during 2021

With the contributions of:

Stamatis Zafeiropoulos - Turkish Ney on tracks 1, 3, 5

Matthew Dakoutros - Violins on track 1, 5

Dimitris Corax Avgoustinos - Percussion on tracks 1, 5

Nina Saeidi - Vocals on track 5

Carling Chiu - Vocals on track 7

Crasse from Toul en Ihuern - Santoor on track 5

Album cover and Mystras logo by Loukas Kalliantasis

Layout by Francesco Gemelli

Released in collaboration with Stellar Auditorium Productions

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CRUEL BOMB RELEASE "MAN MADE" EP

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Man Made

by Cruel Bomb

Genre: Thrash Metal

Independent

Tracklist:

1.Keystone Mosh

2.Dogs of War

3.Bombed Squad

4.Stronger Than Yesterday

5.A-10 (EP edition) 02:57

credits

Cruel Bomb is a three piece thrash metal band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania with one goal in mind; bring the hardest and fastest thrash metal to the world. Fresh off their first two singles "Dead Wake" and "Breathe", they look to finishing their upcoming EP "Manhattan Mischief” and playing all over the Northeast 

releases January 7, 2022

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GODLESS RELEASE "STATES OF CHAOS"

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States of Chaos

by GODLESS

Genre: Death Metal

Independent

Tracklist:

1.Malevolent 02:40

2.Visions 03:56

3.Descent 01:06

4.Netherworld 03:08

5.Fluxion 02:42

6.Cormorant 04:47

7.Post-Cryogenic 02:21

8.Replicant 04:28

9.Orbits of Decay 03:21

About

Godless is back with its brand of thrash-laced death metal—this time with the debut LP “States of Chaos.” The full-length album sees the band unleash 8 intense and unfaltering tracks that promise to pummel the listener into submission.

Godless have once again roped in Poland’s Hertz Studio (Vader, Behemoth, Decapitated) to handle the mixing and mastering duties for the album, and the result is a uniquely vicious-sounding record.

The album explores psychological trepidation & terror and phantasmagorias of dreamscapes that are sure to induce nightmares.

Over time, Godless has proven to be a force in the subcontinental metal movement, and with their debut LP "States of Chaos," the band aims to propel their brand of thrashy death metal to more parts of the world more than ever before.

Credits

released November 19, 2021

Drums recorded at Wind Horse Recording Studios

Guitars and bass recorded at Infinity Studios

Vocals recorded at Hydrozoa HQ

All studio recordings engineered by Abbas Razvi

Mixed and Mastered at Hertz Studio, Poland

Album art and layout by New Salem

Kaushal LS – Vocals

Ravi Nidamarthy – Guitars

Moiz Mustafa – Guitars

Abbas Razvi – Bass

Aniketh Yadav – Drums

Vishesh Singh – Drums (“Fluxion”)

All songs written by Godless

Lyrics by Kaushal LS

Samples by Ravi Nidamarthy

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MORTIFERUM RELEASE "PRESERVED IN TORMENT"

 

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Preserved In Torment

by MORTIFERUM

Genre: Death Doom Metal

Label: Profound Lore Records

Tracklist:

1.Eternal Procession 06:49

2.Incubus Of Bloodstained Visions 07:51

3.Seraphic Extinction 05:54

4.Exhumed From Mortal Spheres 05:38

5.Caudex Of Flesh 06:29

6.Mephitis Of Disease 07:05

About

On their sophomore album Preserved in Torment, Olympia WA’s doomed death metal unit MORTIFERUM push their penchant for dark, depraved, and disgusting dirges even further out into the periphery. Picking up where they left off with their Profound Lore debut Disgorged from Psychotic Depths, MORTIFERUM continue to mine the poisonous quagmire of classic American death metal, the warped visions of Finnish death metal, and the suffocating lurch of funeral doom for inspiration, but the resulting six tracks on Preserved in Torment operate on a larger scale, both in musical scope and in sheer crushing weight.

Recorded over the span of twelve days at Soundhouse in Seattle WA with Andrew Oswald at the engineering/mixing helm, Preserved in Torment finds MORTIFERUM expanding on the ominous atmospherics of their past work while simultaneously pushing and refining their work into even more vile and oppressive sonic territories. From the moment the album opens with “Eternal Procession,” the listener is laid to waste with the band’s monolithic siege, with impossibly heavy riffs and relentless mid-tempo drum barrages creating the aural equivalent of being trampled beneath the hooves of some unstoppable army. MORTIFERUM don’t shy away from long-form songwriting on Preserved in Torment, yet the band doesn’t waste a note in crafting their epic assaults. The eight-minute opus “Incubus of Bloodstained Visions” harnesses all of the band’s cataclysmic impulses even as they display an increased capacity for wretched harmonies, dynamic tempo shifts, and nimble fretwork, resulting in a composition that taps into prog rock ambitions without succumbing to the clinical perfectionism of progressive death metal virtuosos. They reassert their integrated devotion to both putrid riffs and foul melodicism on “Caudex of Flesh,” where troglodyte death metal impulses merge with the chasmic doom of classic Cathedral.

With guitarist/vocalist Max Bowman and guitarist Chase Slaker having cut their teeth in the death/grind outfit Bone Sickness and drummer Alex Mody having played in funeral doom group Ēōs, it only follows that MORTIFERUM would find a way to fuse their musical roots into a cohesive hybrid of grotesque savagery and glacial mass. While some credit must be paid to pioneers like Rippikoulu and Disembowelment, the band sees their sound as less indebted to past attempts at crosspollinating these disparate approaches and more as a result of organic gut-level intuition and a natural inclination towards musical experimentation. In a nod to the Pacific Northwest’s esteemed history of low-tuned slow-hand sludge, bassist Tony Wolfe further expands the group’s sound with thick slabs of gut-churning distorted bass. Paired with the continued cover art painting by Chase Slaker, MORTIFERUM create an all-encompassing sense of dread and morbidity that is distinctly their own. 

credits

released November 5, 2021

Recorded by Andrew Oswald at Soundhouse Studios, Seattle, WA.

Mixed by Andrew Oswald at Paradise Studios.

Mastered by Dan Lowndes at Resonance Sound Studios.

Cover art by Chase Slaker.

Calligraphy by Gabriel Danilchik.

Design by Dan Fried.

https://mortiferum.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mortiferum.official/

VORGA RELEASE "STRIVING TOWARD OBLIVION"

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Striving Toward Oblivion

by VORGA

Genre: Black Metal

Label: Transcending Obscurity

Tracklist:

1.Starless Sky 

2.Comet

3.Disgust

4.Stars My Destination

5.Last Transmission

6.Fool's Paradise

7.Taken

8.Death Manifesting

About

Following a stunning debut EP in 'Radiant Gloom' which landed them a label deal, German black metal band Vorga return with an absolutely scintillating full length that expands upon the music on their debut and takes it to new heights. The sound is more powerful and streamlined than ever before, while remaining intense and sufficiently scathing but not so much so as to blur out the gleaming melodies that add a dimension to the band's atmospheric and otherworldly music. Similar to the sci-fi themed black metal label mates Imperialist, Vorga seem influenced by Dissection but do so much more and sonically are operating almost as an atmospheric black metal band. It's easy to get lost in the intense and engaging soundscapes Vorga create, making the listener mentally traverse endless galaxies and remain enraptured by it all, as they weave together compelling riff after riff, ensuring that no time is wasted during the extraterrestrial journey. This is one of the best and most emphatic expressions of this style, leaving no stone unturned in ensuring a fulfilling, edge-of-the-seat experience that's both refreshing and unforgettable.

For fans of - Dissection, Necrophobic, Imperialist, Mare Cognitum, Unanimated, Sacramentum, Dark Funeral, Immortal, Gorgoroth

Credits

releases February 4, 2022

Line up -

Atlas - Rhythm and Lead Guitars

Jervas - Drums

Спейса - Vocals and Bass Guitar

Artwork by Adam Burke (Imperialist)

2021-2022 Transcending Obscurity Records

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Bandcamp - transcendingobscurity.bandcamp.com

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GALAXY RELEASE "ON THE SHORE OF LIFE"

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On the Shore of Life

by Galaxy

Genre: Heavy Power Metal

Label: Dying Victims Productions

Tracklist:

1.Bright Stars 04:54

2.Valentine 04:56

3.Gemini 04:59

4.Daughter in the Distance 05:21

5.Bargaining 05:53

6.Firelight Palaver 04:44

7.On the Shore of Life 00:59

8.We Enter the Door of Death Alone 06:26

About

DYING VICTIMS PRODUCTIONS is proud to present GALAXY’s highly anticipated debut album, On the Shore of Life, on CD and vinyl LP formats.

GALAXY are a heavy metal band from Melbourne, Australia. Lost From the Start, their debut EP released in late 2019 by DYING VICTIMS, was a nod to the speed and traditional heavy metal of the 1980s, replete with the furious riffs and high-octane vocals one would demand from the genre. GALAXY are now set to release their follow-up, and first full-length album, On the Shore of Life. This time around, the band has spared no effort to make the music more dynamic and adventurous: the songs exhibit a greater sense of scope and take the listener to darker and colder climes.

Songwriter Stu Callinan (who handles all guitars and bass) and vocalist / lyricist Phillip T. King are joined on the recording by legendary session drummer and special guest Simon Phillips, who over the years has stinted with the likes of Judas Priest, the Michael Schenker Group, The Who, and Jeff Beck. His special guest-performance has created a most powerful foundation for the music to layer upon, lifting GALAXY’s new material to heights previously undreamt.

In a post-covid world where the future of live music remains unpredictable, GALAXY will be back onstage as soon as possible. In the meantime, the spirited performances on this new record do well to propagate GALAXY’s tales of joy and madness, of love and loss, of fear and courage… Join GALAXY at the next port of their journey, On the Shore of Life! 

Credits

released November 19, 2021

“On the Shore of Life”

Produced by Stuart Callinan, Sam Johnson and Phillip T. King

All music written by Stuart Callinan

All lyrics written by Phillip T. King

Stuart Callinan - Guitars, Bass

Phillip T. King - Vocals

Simon Phillips - Drums

Drums engineered by Jason Mariani and recorded at Carbonite Sound, Ojai, CA, June 3-5, 2020

Vocals recorded and engineered by Luke Joseph at Fuzz Face Studios, Yarraville, Melbourne, July 30, 31, August 1, 2020

Guitars and bass recorded and engineered by Sam Johnson at Holes and Corners Studio, South Melbourne, December 17-19, 2020

Mixed by Sam Johnson at Holes and Corners Studio, April – May 2021

Mastered by Collin Jordan at The Boiler Room, Chicago, IL, June 2021

Cover art by Killustrate Illustrations

Logo design by Dean O’Brien

https://galaxyaus.bandcamp.com/

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