Empyrium – Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields (Vinyl, LP, Orange) Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO 007 LPC-1 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue Country: Germany Released: 2022 Style: Black Metal, Doom Metal
A masterpiece of monumental and bombastic Dark Romantic Metal
With «Songs Of Moors And Misty Fields» (1997), Schwadorf perfected his dark Metal full of classical Romanticism and traditional folklore. The album relates back to the band’s debut «A Wintersunset …», but also delivers the blue-print for their later development into more tranquil folk sceneries.
Khôrada – Salt (2 × Vinyl, LP) Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO227LP Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, clear vinyl Country: Germany Released: 20 Jul 2018 Style: Progressive Metal, Alternative Rock
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Rising from the ashes of Agalloch and Giant Squid, a new group is born: Khôrada. Featuring former Agalloch members Don Anderson (guitar), Jason Walton (bass) and Aesop Dekker (drums) alongside ex-Giant Squid guitarist / vocalist Aaron John Gregory, Khôrada creates colossal, textured, and emotionally powerful music. As a completely fresh concept, Khôrada is an opportunity for the musicians to explore new soundscapes while challenging themselves creatively. With their debut album «Salt», Khôrada forges breathtaking swathes of sound that swell, stretch, submerge and recede with panoramic power.
At once atmospheric, aggressive and apocalyptic, the album’s emotion is driven by the band members’ view of today’s world; these are precarious times. «Salt» was written under the pressure and uncertainty of the beginning of the Trump-era, standing as a musical exploration of the routine madness we now live. Paired with the surreally visceral artwork of internationally renowned painter & sculptor Cedric Wentworth, the visual explorations prove to be as haunting as the ethereal vocals of Aaron himself.
The dissolution of two of America’s most beloved underground groups has resulted in the formation of perhaps the scene’s most highly anticipated new band. With a sound built upon a resolute sense of purpose, Khôrada has arrived.
Negură Bunget – Măiastru Sfetnic
Label: Lupus Lounge – WOLF 023
Format: CD, Album, Reissue
Country: Germany
Released: 21 Nov 2008
Genre: Rock
Style: Black Metal
The early Negura Bunget’s masterpiece. With «Mãiastru Sfetnic» the band wrote their own piece of black metal history so that this album, marked by an incredibly dense and oppressive atmosphere, already has its righteous place within the black metal pantheon
