Phurpa – Ya Tog Rid Pa’i Gyer Label: Zoharum – ZOHAR 145-2 Format: 2 × CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Poland Released: 03 Jul 2017 Style: Overtone Singing, Drone, Experimental
This double album is the successor to the previous release entitled “Chöd” from nearly a year ago. The new release shows how Phurpa constantly transforms itself through their own musical exploration as well as personal spiritual development. Apart from intensive concerts, its members are famous for their long meditation trainings/sessions. This constant movement, the exploration of various techniques and discovering new inspirations in eastern culture makes Phurpa musicians more and more eager to use traditional instruments in addition to their distinctive “rgyud-skad” singing, thus enriching the already familiar formula. By emphasizing the sacred and spiritual nature of their activity, they seek to enrich it in such a way that the listener can find the novum, bearing in mind that not only the aesthetic but very spiritual world of the ancient deities of the Bön tradition is particularly important. The title, referring to the magical quest for the universe, should set the direction for the interpretation, or be merely a pretext or an invitation to this mystical journey.
hibalba / Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Yang Trol Lé Label: Nihilward Productions – NAUGHT27 Format: CD, Limited Edition Country: Ukraine Released: 05 Apr 2017 Style: Ambient, Dark Ambient, Experimental
«Yang Trol Lé» is merging the primordial energies of Shibalba / Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-khar into the physical manifestation of a limited digipack CD edition, featuring new artwork & three songs from each act, with a total play time of 50 minutes.
Tracklist:
1. Shibalba – Mantras of the Lotus-Eyed God 2. Shibalba ft. Of Earth And Sun – Anantashesha 3. Shibalba – Hymn To The Climbing Scarab 4. Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Samantabhadra 5. Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Shama 6. Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar – Sangye Menla
Having its inspiration in tibetan spirituality & other ancient aesthetics, the union between Alone In The Hollow Garden & Nam-Khar offers a transcendent ritual experience for supporting the path to the natural liberation of the soul.
Alone In The Hollow Garden: chanting, throat singing, amplified strings, kantele, metal percussion, kangling, mey ney & pungi flutes, damaru, rol-mo, tibetan bells & gongs.
Shibalba – Nekrologie Sinistrae (Orchestra Noise Opus I) Label: Agonia Records – ARCD212 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Poland Released: 02 Oct 2020 Style: Industrial
Shibalba is a project whose main focus is set on expressing shamanic, trance-like music, by the use of ethnic instruments and musical technics peculiar to religious rituals. The new album «Nekrologie Sinistrae (Orchestral Noise Opus I)» for the first time introduces industrial elements to the band’s sound.
The new album was recorded, mixed and mastered by George Emmanuel (Lucifer’s Child/ex-Rotting Christ) at Pentagram Studio in Greece. Giacome Del Po’s painting «At The Gates Of Hell» graces the cover artwork.
Alongside traditional instruments (such as Tibetan horns & singing bowls, bone & horne trumpets, darbukas, ceremonial bells & gongs or percussion instruments made of bones and skulls) the band incorporates contemporary synthesizers and guitar drones. The music is richly detailed and multidimensional, while its outcome is deep, unsettling and subconscious, offering an otherworldly voyage.
El fuego como catalizador en la Noche de Los candiles, la música como vehículo de invocación. Ritualización con Fuego y Música la comunión de los elementos, después del apagón simbólico y el encendido de antorchas y candiles, nos sumergirá en la verdadera esencia de La Noche de los Candiles
Falç de Metzinera ( @falcdemetzinera ) es un proyecto único. Una rara avis en el panorama musical estatal que entremezcla y fusiona magistralmente diferentes disciplinas artísticas y que se inspiran en las vivencias personales de cada una de sus integrantes alrededor de la brujería tradicional y la figura de la “bruixa” en Catalunya y Bretaña.
El proyecto artístico formado por Anna de Mas (bailarina de fuego, crótalos, tambor chamánico), Martha Wood (voz, bajo, flauta) y Claudia Haze (voz, batería, flauta) se basa en el estudio de la tradición, la historia y el origen de la “metzineria” (el ocultismo y la simbología). Falç de Metzinera transmiten a través de la danza y la música un umbral de emociones y espiritualidad, como muy pocas otras bandas consiguen hacerlo. En sus actuaciones consiguen adentrar al espectador en un mundo onírico que se funde con riffs pesados y melodías medievales, interpretadas por movimientos imposibles de Tribal Fusión y abanicos de fuego.
Bear, The Storyteller ( @bear_thestoryteller) en la @lanochedeloscandiles ! Seguimos con nuestra vocación de dar voz a propuestas muy alternativas con una línea temática marcada en el amor a la naturaleza, la tierra…
Bear, The Storyteller es un proyecto Neofolk Dark Folk instrumental, con espíritu experimental debido a las diversas influencias musicales, los temas se caracterizan por compartir un denominador común, la naturaleza y cultura asturiana como mayor fuente de inspiración con su música.
«Te adentras en un brillo y frondoso bosque, la sombra de los robles refresca tu cuerpo y los pájaros cantan distintas melodías que te llevan a un claro inimaginable…·
Ritual Duir nació en 2018 Caminando por el sendero de los druidas, para consagrar respetuosas ofrendas al gran y viejo roble, al que a través del tiempo hemos dedicado nuestros rituales ancestrales. Una hoguera bajo el cielo nocturno, gaitas, flautas, guitarras y tambores resuenan entre los árboles. Sobre el escenario recreado nuestro «Nemeton» donde los rituales, las leyendas, la historia y el conocimiento druídico nos envuelven de de espiritualidad y festividad. Una vez invocados a nuestros guias ancestros, si hay paz al este, al sur, al oeste y al norte queda abierte el circulo sabrado y con la bendicion del universo presentamos nuestro show. Con dos albums publicados «The Path of the the Druids» 2019, nominado a mejor álbum debut de los «Celtcast Fantasy Awards» 2020 y «Nemetonia» 2022 y despues de tocar dos años consecutivos 2022 & 2023 en el famoso festivale Holandes Castlefest seguimos trabajando en nuestro show para seguir ofreciendo lo mejor de nosotros. Ritual Duir. Emociones, espiritualidad, risas y mucha fiesta pagana sobre el escenario.
¡Victor Santal! vuelve a La Noche de los Candiles 2024
Victor Santal pone banda sonora a la Plaza de Oriente con su arpa celta desde hace años.
Entre los paseantes de la zona de Ópera el músico es conocido como “El Arpista del Palacio Real” y es habitual encontrarlo rodeado de gente que se para y se sienta, incluso en el suelo, para escucharle. Tiene un disco editado bajo el título de Arpa Celta a colaborado con proyectos conocidos por todos nosotros como Trobar de Morte o Cuélebre.
La Danza de los 4 Elementos en @lanochedeloscandiles 2024 un espectáculo mágico que fusiona la danza con la esencia misma de la naturaleza. Los movimientos elegantes y apasionados reflejan la tierra sólida bajo nuestros pies, la fluidez del agua que nos rodea, la intensidad del fuego que arde en nuestros corazones y la libertad del aire que respiramos.
Su performance será el punto de salida a la Noche de los Candiles
Munknörr is a project of Nordic and Celtic music with shamanic elements. In our compositions we seek for a pagan sound with a dark ,mystic , and primitive atmosphere.
«With our soundscapes we also try to make people feel in contact with ancient times»
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Munknörr es un proyecto de música Nórdica , Celta, con elementos chamánicos. En nuestras composiciones buscamos un sonido pagano con una atmósfera mística, oscura , y primitiva.
Munknör «Tratamos de llevar a la gente a paisajes sonoros que tienen que ver con tiempos ancestrales»
Aeoga – Obsidian Outlander Label: Aural Hypnox – [AH16] Series: Sublunar Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Finland Released: May 2017 Style: Dark Ambient
‘Obsidian Outlander’ slowly weaves together droning fabric of guitars and analog synths that melt together with abstract sounds and field recordings. Whereas earlier works have been more holistic in nature, ‘Obsidian Outlander’ is maybe the most narrow-focused thus far – bound to only certain frame and concept. The album exhales its nocturnal essence upon the listener and inhales this sensory experience back into Aeoga’s mythopoetical dimension, crystallizing into a vision of a vigil standing before a slowly throbbing corpsecloth, while the black loom weaves the fabric of UN-inverse-OM. Total running time: 29:08.
The CD version of the album is enclosed in a customised and screen printed Sublunar series cardboard covers, including three two-sided insert cards. Limited to 500 copies
Arktau Aon – Ikuisuus Näkyy Luiden Läpi Label: Aural Hypnox – [AHUE01] Series: Underworld Editions – [AHUE01] Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Finland Released: 10 Sep 2013 Style: Dark Ambient, Tribal
Thought lost and subsequently forgotten, a complete album by AIH & AIL of ARKTAU EOS and JKV of ZOÄT-AON was recently rediscovered. This unknown chapter in the evolution of the classic Finnish ritual sound originates from sessions held in May 2005, when Arktau Eos was still unnamed, beginning work on their seminal opus ‘Mirrorion’ and Zoät-Aon had just released the equally influential ‘Star Autopsy’ CD.
The album retains the original title of the sessions: ‘Ikuisuus näkyy luiden läpi’, Finnish for ‘Eternity Shines Through the Bones’, and for purposes of this release the group is named simply ARKTAU AON. ‘Ikuisuus näkyy luiden läpi’ is enthusiastic, youthfully vigorous and decidedly ominous ritual music with a total running time of 31:53. Instead of songs, it is divided into different ‘movements’ or phases: it resembles a field recording of some obscure ceremony from a far-off corner of the world. Boasting a raw but good, clear sound, ‘INLL’ remains unaltered save for the mastering done in 2013 at Katajan Kaiku studio.
Lunar Abyss Deus Organum – Khara-Khoto Label: Zhelezobeton – ZHB-LXXV Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition, Numbered Country: Russia Released: 22 Feb 2019 Style: Ambient, Drone, Experimental, Tribal
We gladly present the new Lunar Abyss Deus Organum full-length album «Khara-Khoto»! In fact, this is the first big studio work of the project after «Atimudra» (2012, BioSonar^Labyrint) and a long series of split-releases, collaborations, live recordings and various small editions.
Khara-Khoto was the name of a Tangut city with Buddhist culture which existed in the XI-XIV centuries before it was captured by the troops of the Chinese Ming dynasty (nowadays it’s geographically located in the Chinese Inner Mongolia). The idea of creating this album appeared after visiting a special exhibition at the Hermitage, which presented a lot of original artifacts from this ancient settlement buried in the sands. Special inspiration came from a deep understanding of the ephemeral and impermanent nature of existence – even prosperous cultures can die in one moment because of the blind greed of invaders.
From the musical point of view, here one can hear the full sound palette typical for Lunar Abyss. This includes multilayered ambiental sketches with flowing chains of samples, voice loops and acoustic instruments; rhythmic percussive tracks with vigorous pulsating energy; abstract collages made of analogue electronics, radio noises and fragments of television programs; semi-static enveloping drones spiced up with field recordings. The psychedelic kaleidoscope of aural images continues its work – the fans of the albums «Snovidenie», «Tuntury» and «Atimudra» won’t be disappointed!
The physical edition of the album is made in two versions: a CD limited to 300 copies in a matte 4-panel foldout digisleeve.
Label: Gradual Hate Records – GH 140CD
Format: CD, Digipack
Country: Spain
Released: 19 Nov 2018
Style: Drone Experimental, Psychedelic, Doom, Dark Ambient…
These are the “Demos” that started the legend. 2012-2013.
The material belonging to ORÝGENES was invoked throughout the twelfth and third year of the third millennium of the common era of the unknown territories of the atlantes in the megalithic temple of the three pillars engraved by Bar-Gal and transmuted, edited and mastered in the studies of Knockturne by the Lamb Noctivago 7 days before the equinox of the spring of the year 2018
Shibalba / Black Seas Of Infinity – Mahakala Label: Nihilward Productions – NAUGHT24 Format: CD, Album, Limited Edition Country: Ukraine Released: 21 Oct 2015 Style: Dark Ambient, Ambient
The conjoined work of the order of Shibalba and Black Seas of Infinity, constitutes an undertaking and exploration of the supreme Kala, through musical, visual and literary transmissions and receptions an adoration unto Kali. She is the adored and the adorer, our blood shall be as her venom, our skull as her ornamentation.