• Distribution,  Vinyl

    Alcest ‎– Les Voyages De L’âme (Vinyl, Picture)

    julio 30, 2023

    Alcest ‎– Les Voyages De L’âme (Vinyl, Picture)
    Label: Prophecy Productions ‎– PRO 122 PIC
    Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
    Country: Germany
    Released:2023
    Style: Shoegaze, Black Metal

    The quintessence of Alcest

    «Les voyages de l’âme» («The Journeys of the Soul») is Alcest’s third album and contains the quintessence of the group’s creative work to date. While «Le secret,» the debut EP from 2005, was the key to the world of Alcest, «Les voyages …» unites everything that characterises Alcest in terms of concept and music. While an epic composition such as «Là où naissent les couleurs nouvelles» would have found its place also on «Écailles de lune,» «Beings of Light» with its blazing character reminds of the ground-breaking «Le secret.» On the other hand, «Autre temps» – the album’s first single to which there is also an impressive and visually stunning video clip – is a prime example for the melodic and catchy side of Alcest that initially came to the fore on the band’s debut album «Souvenirs d’un autre monde.» Something that is common to all of the songs, however, is the predominant feeling of euphoria and bliss, always subtly overshadowed by melancholia and yearning.

    Tracklist:
    01. Autre Temps
    02. Là Où Naissent Les Couleurs Nouvelles
    03. Les Voyages De L’ me
    04. Nous Sommes L’Emeraude
    05. Beings Of Light
    06. Faiseurs De Mondes
    07. Havens
    08. Summer’s Glory

    Picture LP in green protection sleeve, printed with gold text (1000 copies available)

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    Alcest – Les Voyages De L’Âme Vinyl LP | Black

    mayo 14, 2020

    Alcest ‎– Les Voyages De L’âme
    Label: Prophecy Productions ‎– PRO 122LP
    Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Reissue
    Country: Germany
    Released: 05 Oct 2018
    Style: Shoegaze, Black Metal

    / / / SOLD OUT / / /

    The quintessence of Alcest

    «Les voyages de l’âme» («The Journeys of the Soul») is Alcest’s third album and contains the quintessence of the group’s creative work to date. While «Le secret,» the debut EP from 2005, was the key to the world of Alcest, «Les voyages …» unites everything that characterises Alcest in terms of concept and music. While an epic composition such as «Là où naissent les couleurs nouvelles» would have found its place also on «Écailles de lune,» «Beings of Light» with its blazing character reminds of the ground-breaking «Le secret.» On the other hand, «Autre temps» – the album’s first single to which there is also an impressive and visually stunning video clip – is a prime example for the melodic and catchy side of Alcest that initially came to the fore on the band’s debut album «Souvenirs d’un autre monde.» Something that is common to all of the songs, however, is the predominant feeling of euphoria and bliss, always subtly overshadowed by melancholia and yearning.

    Gatefold vinyl with original cover by Fursy Teyssier, incl. poster; limited to 500 copies.

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    Alcest ‎– Écailles De Lune

    abril 6, 2018

    Alcest ‎– Écailles De Lune

    Label: Prophecy Productions ‎– PRO 106 LP
    Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition
    Country: Germany
    Released: Mar 2010
    Style: Shoegaze, Black Metal

    The second album by the pioneers of post-black metal

    LP (black vinyl) incl. protection sleeve and poster

    Three years after their genre-defining record “Souvenirs D’un Autre Monde”, Alcest return to the sound of black metal on their sophomore “Écailles De Lune”, but without forgetting any of their trademarks: calm passages, massive slabs of guitars, catchy melodies, and hook-lines going straight to the heart. “This time I was especially inspired by the seaside, the energy and the exaltation you can feel when you sit in front of the sea at night,” Neige tries to describe the album’s atmosphere. “It appears terribly fascinating, full of secrets and scary at the same time.”

    Memories live within us all. We dream of our loved ones, of our experiences, and we even dream of dreams and other worlds. When Neige, the mastermind behind ALCEST, is dreaming his dream, the end result is so much more than fitful sleep. He lets us partake of his “Souvenirs d’un autre monde”, of the innocence of childhood, a personal Elysium – and this Elysium is radiant, emerald green, luscious, and all the fresher the deeper you immerse yourself in it.
    “Écailles de Lune” is different, though, as ALCEST are moulding ambivalences on this album. “This story isn’t really a metaphor of death, as it would seem to be. For me, it is about a man who decides to leave one world for another one, literally. Like a passage to another reality, another state of existence,” Neige says about the album concept. “This time I was especially inspired by the seaside, the energy and the exaltation you can feel when you sit in front of the sea at night. It appears terribly fascinating, full of secrets and scary at the same time.”
    Stylistically, Neige reverts to the sound of Black Metal that once shaped him: a picture of heart-rending, otherworldly screams, collages filled with passion and sadness, and the characteristic clean vocals. These mellow and ageless voices manage to weave a shroud of sorrow around the album. “Écailles de Lune” is like a dream, a manifesto of transience and human inferiority. For all the changes, Neige has kept all of his trademarks: calm passages, massive slabs of guitars, catchy melodies, and hook-lines going straight to the heart – all this once more delivers a convincing articulation of ALCEST’s unique style.
    Close your eyes and dream along. This time, melancholy shall propel and unite us. We immerse ourselves once more in fairyland. This time, it doesn’t seem fresh but fallow. Its pallor and its shadows are unfathomable, and it reveals itself to us through our senses. It is always there when we quest for it.

    Buy: http://gh-records.com/shoegazer/1909-alcest-ecailles-de-lune.html

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    octubre 18, 2016

    Alcest – Kodama

    Label: Prophecy Productions ‎– PRO 190
    Format: CD, Album , Digipack
    Country: Germany
    Released: 30 Sep 2016
    Style: Shoegaze, Post Rock, Black Metal

    “Kodama” the fifth album from Blackgaze pioneers, Alcest, marks the French duo’s ferocious return to the stylistic maximalism of its early albums while continuing the band’s relentless pursuit for new sounds and fresh ideas.
    “Kodama” is the Japanese word for ‘tree spirit’ and ‘echo’ and from the album’s structure and dynamics to its cinematic sound, “Kodama” indeed ‘echoes’ Alcest’s 2010 classic, “Écailles De Lune”. But this is no simple back-to-the-roots album: the band has more punch, rhythm and organic feel than ever before. While clearly influenced by bands like The Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, Dinosaur Jr, Grimes and The Cure, “Kodama” ultimately reveals itself as Alcest’s ‘Japanese album’, drawing substantial inspiration from Japanese art and culture.

    Originally triggered by Hayao Miyazaki’s anime film “Princess Mononoke”, “Kodama” picks up on the fate of its protagonist and, at its core, deals with the sensation of not belonging; of living in between worlds, be it city and nature or the physical and spiritual one. Duality is also crucial for the visual approach of the album, realized by French graphic designer duo Førtifem. Paying tribute to Japanese illustrators like Takato Yamamoto, the visuals portray contrasting elements like nature/urbanity, youth/death, femininity/animality and combine poetic elements with darker ones that were not present in Alcest’s earlier works.

    By giving the album a cultural, stylistic and compositional narrative, Neige and Winterhalter keep “Kodama” from just being the latest improvement on the Alcest sound and instead make the album a most rare and exciting thing: a vital, relevant record from a pioneer that not only upholds the band’s trailblazing legacy but actually makes you want to see where they go next.

    Buy: 13 € http://www.gh-records.com/1267-alcest-kodama.html

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    julio 13, 2016

    Germ ‎– Grief

    Label: Prophecy Productions ‎– PRO 159 LP
    Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition
    Format: 2 × CD, Limited Edition
    Country: Germany
    Released: 21 Aug 2015

    Germ’s third work as re-release

    Germ’s “Grief” was released in 2013 and is a young classic of the Post Black Metal genre. The album is now being released again as 2CD Digipak and for the first time on vinyl.The new edition also includes liner notes and the yet unpublished song lyrics.

    Available editions:
    – 2CD Digipak incl. 2 bonus tracks
    – Gatefold-2LP (180g vinyl, black) incl. poster and PVC protection sleeve (500 copies)

    Tracklist:
    1. Intro
    2. Butterfly
    3. The Stain Of Past Regrets
    4. Departures
    5. Memorial Address
    6. An End
    7. Beneath The Cliffs
    8. Blue As The Sky, Powerful As The Waves
    9. How Can I?
    10. I Can See It In The Stars
    11. It’s Over
    12. Withering In Hell
    13. Ghost Tree Pt. 3

    Bonus CD:
    1. Ghost Tree Pt. 1
    2. Ghost Tree Pt. 2 

    Buy LP: 25 € http://gh-records.com/1167-germ-grief-0884388715929.html

    Buy CD: 16 € http://gh-records.com/1166-germ-grief-0884388715929.html

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  • GH Records

    junio 14, 2016

    Helel ‎– The French Industrial Cursed Tape [Unreleased demos from 2006 to 2008]

    Label: Necrocosm ‎– NECRO007-MC
    Format: Cassette, Compilation, ltd 200
    Country: France
    Released: 22 Dec 2014
    Style: Black Metal, Industrial

    Embrace the Light by discovering the dream previous to the Divine Burst (A Sigil Burnt Deep into the Flesh):
    “The French Industrial Cursed Tape” is a 52 minutes long compilation of 7 demo-tracks from 2006 to 2008, restored, and masterized.
    This Industrial Black Metal tape is limited to 200 copies and will be available as of December 22nd 2014 through Necrocosm and the HELEL entity.

    Before the Luminous Word, there existed a hostile precursory dream; a dream to precede all action, all motion.
    Time has come to (re)discover these roots of steel and rust concealed in that dream, buried deep in the past years, yet not forgotten.

    Seven restored, unreleased tracks.
    Limited to 200 copies.

    1. Une Nouvelle Garde
    2. Dixi (Deuxième tentative industrielle)
    3. Malgnose Deux Zéro
    4. Le Poison de la Conscience
    5. Dans la Chambre 101…
    6. RADIANT SATVRNA REGNA
    7. La Foi est l’Ennemie du Vide

    Buy: 5 € http://www.gh-records.com/1146-helel-the-french-industrial-cursed-tape-unreleased-demos-from-2006-to-2008-.html

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    Agalloch – The Mantle (Vinyl, LP, Album)

    mayo 23, 2016

    Agalloch – The Mantle

    Label: Grau – Grau 001 LP
    Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Repress, Clear
    Country: Germany
    Released: 2011
    Style: Black Metal, Experimental, Neofolk

    /// SOLD OUT ///

    “The Mantle” is a grand multi-dimensional opus of 70 minutes featuring their dark melancholic metal with post rock and neo-folk elements. References range from Pink Floyd, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Sol Invictus, Ulver, Dissection, Fields Of The Nephilim and a lot more.

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    Agalloch – Ashes Against The Grain

    abril 18, 2016

    Agalloch – Ashes Against The Grain

    Label: Grau – Grau 006 LP
    Format: 2 × Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Repress, Unofficial Release, Clear
    Country: Germany
    Released: 2011
    Style: Black Metal, Experimental, Neofolk

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    Agalloch’s ‘Ashes Against The Grain’ is an impressive follow-up to 2002’s ‘The Mantle,’ their groundbreaking sophomore album that fused the emotional struggles of dark metal, folk music and melodic harmonies. The album as well served as an influentialbase for a lot of younger bands who have since surfaced, yet few have been able to capture the dark beauty that coats the emotional wounds sculpting Agalloch’s work.

    On ‘Ashes Against The Grain’ the band continues their sonic journey, always progressing but never losing touch with their dark metal roots, as the band’s third album unites elements of black metal, Scandinavian prog and post-rock with the band’s signature brooding style.

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  • Cassette,  Distribution,  GH Records

    Scythe – Blades of Forgiveness

    febrero 1, 2016

    Scythe – Blades of Forgiveness
    Label: Bestiarie – vol. XI
    Format: Cassette, Limited edition
    Country: Spain
    Released: 08 May 2015
    Style: Industrial, Dark Ambient, Experimental

    Scythe is doom, Scythe is fate.
    Scythe is the unavoidable gnarl that tighten up your neck until brokes.
    Endless razors that cut you into nothing.
    The hands that throttle you until asphyxia.
    The hands that enjoy your death rattle with quasi-sexual sadism.
    Light will burn us all.

    Limited edition cassette with 300gr cardboard slipcase.
    Numbered edition of 60.

    Artowrk by Miguel Sueiro.

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  • GH Records

    diciembre 5, 2015

    A Forest of Stars – Beware The Sword You Cannot See

    Label: Prophecy
    Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Digipak
    Country: Germany
    Released: 2 Decem 2015
    Style: Black Metal, Post Rock, Avantgarde

    It is the year 1895. The mysterious Gentlemen Club A Forest Of Stars publicises its fourth opus in the current format of a phonograph cylinder: “Beware The Sword You Cannot See”.

    With this offering, A Forest Of Stars make good on the promise given on the predecessor “A Shadowplay For Yesterdays” (2012). The compositions are more adventurous and bold, more eccentric and progressive, yet still melodic and accessible like never before. Conceptually, A Forest Of Stars likewise hark back to older issues and develop them further. Whereas “A Shadowplay…” depicted moral decay based on an individual fate, “Beware The Sword…” transfers the topics of demise and insanity into metaphysical spheres. Accordingly, the sound alchemists’ music becomes more universal.

    The effect of A Forest Of Stars’ new album is similar to what the first mechanical reproductions of music at the end of the 19th century achieved: The aural experience leaves the audience equally stumped and euphoric. Be it the compelling nine minutes of opener “Drawing Down The Rain” (which is accompanied by an animated music video that considerably dwarfs even the impressive clip for “Gatherer Of The Pure”), the sprawling “Virtus Sola Invicta”, which comes close to Scandinavian Progressive Rock’s finest moments due to its folkloristic-acoustic interludes, or the sexpartite “Pawn On The Universal Chessboard”, which sums up and transcends the group’s contextual essence – “Beware The Sword You Cannot See” both maintains tradition and innovates, elaborating on an unmistakable style in the light of a complex yet still approachable concept … and eventually a new yardstick for other purveyors of allegedly visionary, extreme Metal to be measured by.

    Tracklist:
    1. Drawing Down The Rain
    2. Hive Mindless
    3. A Blaze of Hammers
    4. Virtus Sola Invicta
    5. Proboscis Master Versus The Powdered Seraphs
    Pawn on the Universal Chessboard
    6. Part I: Mindslide
    7. Part II: Have You Got A Light, Boy?
    8. Part III: Perdurabo
    9. Part IV: An Automaton Adrift
    10. Part V: Lowly Worm
    11. Part VI: Let There Be No Light

    Buy: 15 € http://www.gh-records.com/678-a-forest-of-stars-beware-the-sword-you-cannot-see.html

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