• CD,  Distribution

    Nordvargr ‎– The Secret Barbarous Names

    abril 3, 2017

    Nordvargr ‎– The Secret Barbarous Names
    Label: Malignant Records ‎– TUMORCD102
    Format: CD, EP, Reissue
    Country: US
    Released: 20 Jan 2017
    Style: Dark Ambient

    Active since the late ‘80s as a member of MZ.412 and Pouppée Fabrikk, few names within the realm of dark industrial and blackened ambient carry more weight and presence than Sweden’s mighty Nordvargr. Though side projects Muskel and Körperwelten have been released on Malignant, The Secret Barbarous Names is the first solo recording done for the label, and Nordvargr’s first physical release since 2013’s The Dromopoda Transmissions on Old Europa Café.

    A vocal based work inspired by the Draconian and Typhonian traditions, the title refers to the hidden meanings of the countless manuscripts that have been kept secret for millennia – their supposed effectiveness resting in their utterance, not their meaning. The words of power, vibrated at the correct frequency and amplitude in the correct setting and time, have the power to manifest anything. As such, these are an incredibly haunting and formidable invocations, built upon richly timbered, incantatory vocals and deep, liturgical chants, and occasionally augmented by ominous orchestral swell and ritual percussion. All of it is endlessly stretched out into lightless passages of primordial malevolence and suffocating dread, completing an album that will stand out as a highlight, even within such a lofty and illustrious discography as Nordvargr’s. Lavishly packaged in a digipak designed by Margaux Renaudin (Anima Nostra).

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    Phragments ‎– All Towers Must Fall

    abril 1, 2017

    Phragments ‎– All Towers Must Fall
    Label: Malignant Records ‎– TumorCD92, Construct.Destroy.Collective ‎– none
    Format: CD, Album
    Released: 01 Feb 2017
    Style: Dark Ambient

    The all new, fifth full-length album of Phragments is unmistakably dark ambient in nature, yet the overall feeling of the songs is more industrial this time. Moving a step further into harsher territory, “All Towers Must Fall” brings together dark ambience, heavily treated field recordings, classical instruments and also analogue synths, all echoing with orchestral grandeur. Phragments still follow a rather abstract and minimalist path, but this time the compositions have a touch of subtle chaos. With the atmosphere ranging from brooding to menacing, “All Towers Must Fall” is a gripping journey through desolate darkness, a gaze into the endless abyss.

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    Anthesteria ‎– Eis

    marzo 8, 2017

    Anthesteria ‎– Eis
    Label: KultFront ‎– KF-XXX, Zhelezobeton ‎– ZHB-LXVI
    Series: Znaki – none
    Format: CD, Compilation, Limited Edition
    Country: Russia
    Released: 29 Dec 2016
    Style: Ambient, Dark Ambient, Modern Classical

    Limited edition of 345 copies.

    1. Eidolon II
      Recorded in 2003. Taken from the multimedia photo album of the “Beyond Nimbostratus” СD (Der Angriff, 2004).
    2. Alone
      Recorded in 2010. Previously unreleased. Inspired by the Sopor Aeternus & The Ensemble Of Shadows work “Alone”. The poem “Alone” by Edgar Allan Poe translated to Russian by Roman Dubrovkin was recorded in 2016 by Sergey Vasilyev (“Insane Pierrot Cabaret”).
    3. Peter Krasnov
      Recorded in 2008. Taken from the “Heilige Feuer 6” compilation CD (Der Angriff, 2009).
    4. I Killed
      Recorded in 2004. Taken from the “I Killed” mini-CD-R (self-released, 2004). The disc featured a bonus video of the same name.
    5. Untitled
      Recorded in 2005. Previously unreleased.
    6. To The Underground
      Recorded in 2006. The initial piano version of the eponymous track recorded for the Majdanek Waltz album “Hamlet’s Childhood” CD (kultFRONT / The Eastern Front, 2007).
    7. Snowflakes
      Recorded in 2004. Previously unreleased.
    8. Everything Will Be As Winter Wishes
      Recorded in 2006. Cover version of the eponymous composition of Majdanek Waltz. Taken from the “Cold” CD EP (kultFRONT, 2006).
    9. Exodus
      Recorded in 2006 before the author’s trip to Pripyat. Dedicated to the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster. Was used in a documentary by the Pripyat.com project.
    10. In Gedanken An Russisches Drone
      Recorded in 2007 featuring Kaj? Taken from the “Muzyka Voln” compilation CD (Muzyka Voln, 2007).
    11. Falling Apart
      Recorded in 2006. Taken from “The Black Square” compilation CD (kultFRONT, 2006). The recording features Anna Akhmatova’s poem “Seaside Sonnet” read by the author.
    12. First Winter Day
      Recorded in 2008. Taken from the “Heilige Feuer 6” compilation CD (Der Angriff, 2009). Dedicated to the memory of Eduard Chernyshov.
    13. We Are So Inspired That We Glow
      Recorded in 2009. Taken from the soundtrack compilation CD to the book of poems “Art of Caring the Dead” by Oleg ‘cmart’ Paschenko illustrated by Yanina Vishnevskaya (Dodozavr, 2009).
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