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Browsing Archive: October, 2023

PRE-ORDERS: stroszek - about all the bad days in the world

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Friday, October 27, 2023, In : stroszek 
Named after the Werner Herzog movie by the same name, last seen by Joy Division’s leader Ian Curtis before committing suicide, stroszek was formed by Frostmoon Eclipse guitarist Claudio Alcara in 2006.

Aiming to go in a country\folk direction after years in the extreme metal world, stroszek could be described as “richly melodic, hauntingly melancholic, and at times, a crushingly sad commentary on innermost thoughts and life experiences”, or ‘long drives along deserted highways with jus...

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PRE-ORDERS: stroszek - sound graveyard bound [2023 Edition]

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Friday, October 27, 2023, In : stroszek 
Before the release of 2023's "about all the bad days in the world", the last stroszek album was all the way back in 2012. Long sold out, sound graveyard bound was the band's third album - at that time a three piece headed by founder Claudio Alcara [Frostmoon Eclipse]. What better occasion to press a new edition of the long out of print "sound graveyard bound" then alongside the release of the new album. 

A confluence of sounds that harken back to Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, and Johnny Cash, s...

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GENERAL UPDATE

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Thursday, October 26, 2023, In : Hypnotic Dirge Records 
Over the past couple of weeks, we've received a lot of demos from people inquiring about joining the label and replacing some of the bands that we've recently dropped. Rest assured that we will find the time to listen to every demo in November and try to respond back to as many of them as possible!

Despite talk of restructuring a lot of things when first relocating to Portugal a few months ago, there are still a lot of things to do on the backend and we've learned a lot of lessons this year ab...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Notturno - Inside

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Thursday, October 5, 2023, In : Notturno 
Right in time for the dying summer, Notturno's second album Inside is official released today!


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It wasn't long ago that Notturno introduced themselves to the world with their grief-striken debut album Obsessions, a worthy debut album from the Italian depressive black metal project headed by Vittorio Sabelli (Dawn of a Dark Age, Incantvm, A.M.E.N). Almost immediately after the release of Obsessions, Notturno began work on their follow-up ef...

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REPRESS: NONE - Life has gone on long enough [CD]

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Thursday, October 5, 2023, In : NONE 
Sold out now for about eighteen months, a new pressing of NONE's second chapter Life has gone on long enough is now available to order! Unlike some recent releases, this CD has already arrived at both our Portuguese and Canadian locations, so there is no pre-order, orders will ship within days!


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Life has gone on long enough takes its haunting shape through eight organic tracks of foggy mountainous atmosphere and bleak music. Moving in and out like the long shadows of an ...

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