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SONG PREMIERE: Swampborn - Sleepingstatic

April 27, 2022
Finally, after having mentioned Swampborn and its forthcoming album "Beyond Ratio" numerous times over the preceding months, the first taste of that record is now online for your delectation!

Presenting the track "Sleepingstatic", rich in texture, unique in its approach, and including many of the avantgarde flourishes that are found throughout the record. That said, do not consider this track to necessarily be representative of the album as a whole, as every track carries its own distinctive flavour.

 

Russian Post-Black Metal band SWAMPBORN reveals “Beyond Ratio” album cover!

April 22, 2022
The release of "Beyond Ratio", the debut album of Russian band Swampborn draws ever closer! Combining assertive (post) black metal with a powerful and solid, at times almost death metal sound, its music comes as a massive flow of energy, consisting of a flurry of drums, multi-layered guitar canvases, piercing melodies and expressive vocals, rusty and ominous like an apocalyptic sermon.

Today, we are pleased to be sharing the "Beyond Ratio" album cover, illustrated by Yag Mort and further refin...

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PRE-ORDERS : Tishina - Uvod…

April 15, 2022
We are now taking pre-orders for the release of Tishina - Uvod… [Тишина - Увод…]




Founded by Serbian musician Branislav Panić (known best for the Blackened Death Metal band Bane), Tishina (Тишина) is a new project preparing to release its debut album Uvod... (Увод...) this spring.

Tishina (Тишина) is best described as a Melodic Doom/Death Metal project which was initially born as a side-project to explore slower, deeper and more emotional s...

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NEW PROJECT: Тишина (Silence)

April 7, 2022
Founded by Serbian musician Branislav Panić, Тишина (Silence) is a new melodic death-doom project preparing to release its debut album 'Увод...' ('Introduction...') this spring.



Unlike Panić's Blackened Death Metal project Bane, Тишина is at its core a death-doom metal project, initially born as a side-project to explore the slower, deeper and more emotional side of music, and influenced by giants such as Saturnus, October Tide, Mourning Beloveth, and Doom:vs, among others. '...

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PRE-ORDERS: Notturno - Obsessions

April 1, 2022
We are launching pre-orders for NOTTURNO's "Obsessions" today!



In addition to the CD's, we also have shirts and bundles available, which includes the following:

NOTTURNO - Obsessions Shirt [Printed on Gildan Softstyles; Available in sizes S - XXL]
NOTTURNO - Obsessions [CD; Digipack; 2022]
NOTTURNO Embroidered Logo Patch [5" x 3" (12.5cm x 7.5cm)]
NOTTURNO Signed Postcard [4" x 6" (10cm x 15cm)]
NOTTURNO Magnet [3" x 3" (7.5cm x 7.5cm)]
NOTTURNO Logo Sticker [3.5" x 2" (8.5cm x 5cm)]

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SONG PREMIERE: Notturno - Falling

March 31, 2022
After announcing the signing of Notturno and imminent release of their debut album "Obsessions", we made you all wait quite a while before giving you a taste of the record. That ends today with Toilet ov Hell premiering the track "Falling", which you can listen to at this link.



Speaking about the song, Notturno founder offered the following perspective: 

“Falling” is the first song revealed from the debut album of Notturno, titled obsessions.
[it is] a song that embodies the sweetness of the...

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BAND/RELEASE ANNOUCEMENT: Swampborn

February 23, 2022
Swampborn is an experimental/post-black metal band from Russia, founded in 2011 by Rgrd (all instruments) and Sur (vocals). Originally based in a depressive industrial city, the band later relocated to Saint-Petersburg where it continued working on its debut full-length album “Beyond Ratio”.



Swampborn incorporates a myriad of black metal styles and influences into a sound that is still cohesive and purposeful, driven forward with blazing riffs, blast beats, and an aggressive raspy vocal pe...

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ALBUM COVER: Notturno - Obsessions

February 21, 2022
A few days ago we announced our collaboration with NOTTURNO, the latest addition to our roster, and today, we are pleased to reveal the exquisite album cover for their upcoming album "Obsessions", shot and conceptualized by photographer Riccardo Ziosi and featuring the model Michela Suffritti.


"Obsessions" is the debut album of the newest project of multi-instrumentalist Vittorio Sabelli (Dawn of a Dark Age, Suici.De.Pression) called NOTTURNO. A melancholic trip into the obsessive compulsions ...

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WEBSHOP ADDITIONS: Black Lion Records

February 18, 2022
I've been trying to stay more consistent with regular distro updates, so here are another bundle of new additions to the shop, this time from Sweden's Black Lion Records!

We also have the new Kvaen album in stock as well, although the release date isn't until March 25 so we will only be taking pre-orders on those for now.



New additions:
Mist of Misery - Absence
Frowning - Extinct
Meadows End - Sojourn
Meadows End - The Grand Antiquation
Mist of Misery - Unalterable
Bleeding Utopia - Where ...

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WEBSHOP ADDITIONS: Transcending Obscurity Records

February 13, 2022
The mighty Transcending Obscurity needs no introduction, and we're pleased to announce that we've massively expanded upon our distribution of their titles! Last night, we added 29 new Transcending Obscurity titles to our shop, released between 2019-2021 and spanning the gamut of genres from dissonant Black Metal, atmospheric funeral doom, melodic Doom Metal and a lot more.


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If there seems to be enough interest in these Transcending Obscurity releases, we'll be sure to continue to imp...

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