Öröm – O Label: Twilight Records Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Digipack Country: Hungary Released: 28 May 2015 Style: Doom Metal, Experimental
Doom atmospheric folk band from hungary , 6 new songs previously unreleased. The firstprint was of only 88 copies, now Twilight Records is releasing this new album in a 300 limited edition, in a luxury white digipack with a 16 pages booklet. the call of the forest, of the nature , the rumour of the river …. so far, the chant of birds and the mountains as a wall of the world. absolutelly beautifull album , you will love it !
The Dark Red Seed – Stands With Death Label: Prophecy Productions – PRO 214 LP Format: Vinyl 12″ EP Country: Germany Released:14 Sep 2017 Style: Neofolk
The Dark Red Seed is the musical outlet of Tosten Larson, guitarist for Seattle dark folk musician King Dude. A self-coined ‘metaphor for the heart’, The Dark Red Seed represents a direct reference to life – and death – itself. The duo, which also includes King Dude engineer Shawn Flemming, is now about to release its debut EP, “The Dark Red Seed Stands with Death”.
Described as ‘a study of death’, “The Dark Red Seed Stands with Death” is a dark, dusty discourse on the departure and ultimate dissolution of life; a powerful expression of absolute loss shaped through Larson’s haunting, Cash-like delivery. Each of the EP’s three songs represents various aspects of death (the death of America, death of culture and death of reality through technology and globalization), drawing on deep feelings and unanswered questions to create living, breathing sound.
“I know when death comes for me I will most likely run away with blind fear,” Larson says. “I’m sure when death comes, I will almost certainly cling to life until my dying breath and pray to someone else’s god for salvation. But in life, I try to approach death as the ultimate acceptance. Whatever death and a possible life thereafter means to each individual, death is the only place where we might find answers. For in life there are only questions. Death is the one thing that awaits us all.”
Raised in Kalispell, Montana and currently based in Portland, Oregon, Tosten Larson began his classical instruction as a young boy sitting at his grandmother’s piano. Firmly rooted in the traditions of American music, Larson’s sound is equally shaped by art rock such as Swans and Six Organs of Admittance, Eastern masters like Kayan Kalhor and Ravi Shankar, and hard rock staples such as Led Zeppelin and Neil Young. Though he wears his influences on his sleeve, his music attempts to defy category and carve its own path.
The Dark Red Seed’s first full-length album, “Becomes Awake”, is already in the pipeline and tentatively scheduled for a summer 2018 release. The record is described as a detailed concept album that can be thought of as an answer or sequel to “Stands with Death”.
Edition: – Vinyl MLP
Tracklist: 1. The Antagonist 2. The Tragedy of Ålesund 3. The Master and the Slave
Soror Dolorosa – Apollo (Artbook 3CD+DVD) Prophecy Productions – PRO 183 LU Format: Artbook 3CD + DVD Country: Germany Released: 14 Sep 2017 Style: Goth Rock, Post Punk
Paris-based Soror Dolorosa creates raw and hungry gothic rock inspired by post-punk, death rock and cold wave. French for ‘Sister Pain’, Soror Dolorosa was formed in 2001 by vocalist Andy Julia. Taking its name from the novel “Bruges-la-morte” by Flemish symbolist writer Georges Rodenbach, Soror Dolorosa channels its inspiration’s strong undercurrents of passion, nostalgia and mourning, transferring those powerful emotional states into its music and live performances. These signature elements of the group’s sonic formula are heard in its muscular songs, jangling guitars, overdriven bass lines, driving rhythms and Julia’s distinctive, dramatic vocal style.
Four years in the making, “Apollo” is Soror Dolorosa’s crowning achievement; a bombastic dystopian world view encapsulated in dark popcraft. Melodic and memorable, the album shines a light on both stunning beauty and haunting sadness with Julia’s foreboding, prophet of doom baritone soaring on down a long and lonesome highway full of baroque, exquisite anguish. The four sides of the double LP are presented like the passing of the four seasons, creating an audio life cycle. With Soror Dolorosa, everything starts and ends within this ancestral conception.
“Travels were the key inspiration for the songs on ‘Apollo’,” Julia says. A renowned editorial photographer in Paris’ elite fashion industry, the frontman is also an exhibited artist and published author who travels the globe. “Passing through plains, mountains, cities, forests and deserts; all of these sensations, all of these smells are remembered and represented within the songs simple melodies and die hard grooves.”
Long associated with acts such as Alcest, Les Discrets and Lantlôs, it makes perfect sense for Prophecy to welcome Julia and Soror Dolorosa to its family of artists. Long compared to standard-bearers such as Fields of the Nephilim, The Sisters of Mercy, Joy Division and Bauhaus, it too makes sense that Soror Dolorosa continues to grow its sound and vision; and with “Apollo”, they have taken that very next step. For the band, “Apollo” isn’t just a new album, it’s a spiritual quest.
Deluxe 3xCD/DVD artbook (measuring 28×28 cm, including 72 pages) including the “Rive Gauche” live album on 2xCD and DVD featuring 110 minutes of concert footage
Edition: – 3CD + DVD Artbook
CD1: 1. Hologram 2. A Dead Yesterday 3. 43° 4. Dany 5. The Figure Of The Night 6. Low End
CD 2: 7. Silver Square 8. Sound & Death 9. Autumn Wounds 10. Beau Suicide 11. Trembling Androgyneous 12. Cathodicum 13. The End 14. Scars Of Crusade 15. Exodus 16. Low End 17. Trembling Androgyneous
DVD: 1. Hologram 2. A Dead Yesterday 3. 43° 4. Dany 5. The Figure Of The Night 6. Low End 7. Silver Square 8. Sound & Death 9. Autumn Wounds 10. Beau Suicide 11. Trembling Androgyneous 12. Cathodicum 13. The End 14. Scars Of Crusade 15. Exodus 16. Low End 17. Trembling Androgyneous
