Kazeria – Nihilist MilitantLabel: Gradual Hate Records – GH 133 CDFormat: CD, Album, Limited Edition DigipackCountry: SpainReleased: 10 June 2017Style: Industrial, Martial, Dark Ambient, Neoclassic Sold Out With this new album, Kazeria gathers a retrospective and very personal material. All tracks (or “explorations”) are unedited and they were recorded between 2003-2007, pretty earlier to the formation of the project and on “a troubled personal time; one of militant nihilism” according to [S] own words. Neither hi-tech nor hi-fi were used in here. Back at that time [S] employed worn and minimal gear, using primitive recording technics (hand-manipulation, mostly) in order to create “old school” and minimalistic industrial, black / dark…
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Nordvargr – The Secret Barbarous Names
Nordvargr – The Secret Barbarous NamesLabel: Malignant Records – TUMORCD102Format: CD, EP, ReissueCountry: USReleased: 20 Jan 2017Style: 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…
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Phragments – All Towers Must Fall
Phragments – All Towers Must FallLabel: Malignant Records – TumorCD92, Construct.Destroy.Collective – noneFormat: CD, AlbumReleased: 01 Feb 2017Style: 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…
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Anthesteria – Eis
Anthesteria – EisLabel: KultFront – KF-XXX, Zhelezobeton – ZHB-LXVISeries: Znaki – noneFormat: CD, Compilation, Limited EditionCountry: RussiaReleased: 29 Dec 2016Style: Ambient, Dark Ambient, Modern Classical Limited edition of 345 copies.
