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PRE-ORDERS: Maeskyyrn - Interlude

October 4, 2019
We are now accepting pre-orders for "Interlude", the debut album from the Atmospheric Black Metal band Maeskyyrn, hailing from Québec.



"Interlude" will be presented in a 6 panel digipack with an accompanying 8 page booklet featuring the album's lyrics.

In addition, a limited Maeskyyrn long-sleeve shirt is also available with front, back, and sleeve prints featuring the "Interlude" album cover in addition to the Maeskyyrn logo on the back, and their impressively detailed sigil as the sleeve print. Artwork for the shirt was created by Bharaduur (cover art) and Luciana Nedelea (logo and sigil)

Additionally, we have also made a Maeskyyrn bundle available which includes the digipack CD and long-sleeve shirt in addition to a postcard signed by the band, a magnet, and an all-weather sticker!

Here is a breakdown of the contents of the bundle and more details on the CD and shirt:

Maeskyyrn - Interlude Bundle

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($C40 + shiping)
1 - “Interlude” Long-Sleeve Shirt; Artwork by Bharaduur and Luciana Nedelea , Printed by Cursed Earth
2 - “Interlude” CD [6 Panel Digipack; 12 page booklet; 2019]
3 - Maeskyyrn Signed Postcard [15cm x 10cm; featuring artwork by Luciana Nedelea]
4 - Maeskyyrn Magnet [7.5cm; Sigil Design]
5 - Maeskkyrn Sticker [11cm x 7cm; all-weather; Logo Design]

Maeskyyrn - Interlude Long-sleeve Shirt [Includes Front, Back, and Sleeve prints]

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($C25 + shipping)

Maeskyyrn - Interlude CD [6 Panel Digipack; 12 Page Booklet]

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($C12 + shipping)

Album notes:

Maeskyyrn is a black metal entity born of Montreal, Quebec, in 2017. It released a first demo, “Thoughts Of Shattered Dreams,” in January 2018, and assembled as a live band. On October 17, 2019, the sky will turn black as Maeskyyrn prepares to reveal Interludes, their first full length, to the mortal world via Hypnotic Dirge Records.

With its raw guitars and tortured screams, the full band’s aesthetic is reminiscent of the second wave of black metal. But deep under its charcoaled skin, Maeskyyrn takes advantage of modern technologies, as can be seen in the drum recording, overall production, and layers of discrete background synth. Indeed, as the album title suggests, Maeskyyrn brings forth a number of atmospheric interludes, thus pacing the album with brief uncomfortable moments of respite, before dragging you into the darkest pits with a series of long, punishing tracks. The end result is a traditional but highly unorthodox black metal album, with hints of eclecticism that reveal themselves and grows on you upon each listen, slowly rotting you to the core.

This album will appeal to fans of black metal in general, but also to those who have been following Hypnotic Dirge Records since its very first inception. The label is proud to add Maeskyyrn’s Interlude to a long tradition that also includes classic black metal albums from bands like Silent Path, Neige et Noirceur, Funeral Fornication, and Obsidian Tongue.

“Interlude” is presented in a 6 panel digipack with an accompanying 8 page booklet featuring the album’s lyrics and artwork from Bharaduur and Luciana Nedelea.

Tracklist: 
1 - Introduction. The Artificial Light (5:13)
2 - Gathering Believers Among Sheep (7:33)
3 - Interlude I (2:45)
4 - These Battlefields, Where None Walk Twice (7:45)
5 - Interlude II (1:10)
6 - The Slow Death of the Years And Other Omens (9:26)
7 - Interlude III (0:57)
8 - Of Forests and Troubled Pasts (9:21)
9 - The End (2:04)

Total Playing Time: 46:00
 

SONG PREMIERE: Maeskyyrn - These Battlefields, Where None Walk Twice

October 4, 2019
A second track from Maeskyyrn's debut album "Interlude" entitled "These Battlefields, Where None Walk Twice" is now streaming on Black Metal Promotion's Youtube Channel.



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Album notes:
Maeskyyrn is a black metal entity born of Montreal, Quebec, in 2017. It released a first demo, “Thoughts Of Shattered Dreams,” in January 2018, and assembled as a live band. On October 17, 2019, the sky will turn black as Maeskyyrn prepares to reveal Interludes, t...

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Sertraline announces new EP "These Mills Are Oceans" to be released November12, 2019

September 28, 2019

It wasn't long ago that Sertraline- usa released their EP "From Both Our Hands" and already they are going to spoil us with a new EP. Their new EP "These Mills Are Oceans" will be released through the the Sertraline and Hypnotic Dirge Bandcamp pages on November 12.



Physical copies will follow in the future.


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Marche Funèbre festival apperance in Russia

September 28, 2019
Marche Funèbre will be in Moscow and Saint-Petersburg this weekend for Moscow Funeral League Vol 5 and Doom Over Saint-Petersburg!





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PRE-ORDERS: Nachtterror - Judgement

September 23, 2019
We are now accepting pre-orders for”Judgement”, the debut album from Nachtterror, an album over ten years in the making from Saskatchewan’s premiere Symphonic Black Metal band!

“Judgement” will be presented in a 6 panel digipack with an accompanying 12 page booklet featuring the album’s lyrics as well as 9 distinct tarot cards, one for each track on the album. Featuring art from vocalist / guitarist Lord Maelkleth. 
A limited Nachtterror long-sleeve shirt is also available, with pri...

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SONG PREMIERE: Maeskyyrn - Of Forests and Troubled Pasts

September 11, 2019
We are pleased to premiere the first track from the forthcoming debut album from the Montréal based Atmospheric Black Metal band Maeskyyrn today, which you can find on our Youtube channel! The album, "Interlude" will be released on Hypnotic Dirge on October 17!



Cover artwork and tracklist has also been unveiled:



Tracklist:
1 - Introduction. The Artificial Light
2 - Gathering Believers Among Sheep
3 - Interlude I
4 - These Battlefields, Where None Walk Twice
5 - Interlude II
6 - The Slow Death of the...

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SONG PREMIERE: Nachtterror - Sea of Dread

September 4, 2019
Today is the day we finally premiere a track from Nachtterror's upcoming album "Judgement"! The track, entitled "Sea of Dread" is being hosted through No Clean Singing who have also shared their thoughts on the track, and the Judgement album as a whole.

We are very pleased to unveil the album cover and tracklisting today as well.



Tracklist:
1- Behold the Terror
2 - Sea of Dread
3 - To Beckon the Weak
4 - Beneath the Crimson Moon
5 - A Forest At Night
6 - The Beauty of the Withering Flower
7 - Judgemen...

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BAND SIGNING: Maeskyyrn signs with Hypnotic Dirge for the release of debut full-length "Interlude"

August 23, 2019
Based in Montréal, Québec, Maeskyyrn is crafting introspective atmospheric black metal. Formed in 2017 by Harslingoth and Saemyaza, Maeskyyrn quickly began to write and record what was to become their first offering, the self-released EP "Thoughts of Shattered Dreams" releasing in January 2018. A second guitarist, "Noctis" was added to their lineup during the writing process of the album.

Not long after this, Maeskyyrn took their dynamic and authoritative vision to the stage as they continue...

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BAND SIGNING: Marche Funèbre signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records and Solitude Productions for release of upcoming fourth full-length album

August 21, 2019
Among the most definitive and diligent Doom groups in the underground European scene, Marche Funèbre are currently putting the finishing touches on the writing process for their as-of-now untitled fourth full-length album. As Marche Funèbre enters its second decade, this five member group, hailing from Mechelen, Belgium continues to raise the stakes with sets scheduled at multiple festivals throughout the remainder of 2019 including Darken the Moon, Moscow Funeral League, Doom Over Saint-Pe...

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BAND SIGNING / UPCOMING RELEASE: Nachtterror - Judgement

August 19, 2019
Nachtterror is a Symphonic Black Metal band formed in 2006 in Regina, Saskatchewan. 

Since their founding, Nachtterror has always been a band focused on telling a story of tragedy and empowerment - the tragedy of life and the suffering that can accompany it, as well as the empowerment of embracing your own negativity and using it to evolve and grow. Nachtterror attempts to convey acceptance of the inevitable and the ability to use it and overcome it.



“We want our listeners leaving our album u...

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