Hypnotic Dirge Updates and News

PRE-ORDER: Atten Ash - The Hourglass

January 9, 2015
"Atten Ash - The Hourglass" release date revealed; Accepting pre-orders now!
The song "Born" from the album is now available for streaming/download!
January 8, 2015

Hypnotic Dirge Records is pleased to announce the official release date of the forthcoming 'Atten Ash - The Hourglass' album - an album which has been awaiting release for a long time, as well as the label's first full-length release in a calender year! “The Hourglass” will be released on February 19, 2015 in a 4 panel digipack with a 12 page booklet and the first 100 orders of the CD will come with a free 11cm x 7cm Atten Ash sticker! 



Accepting pre-orders now!
Until February 19, the album will be available for $8.00 (+shipping) instead of $10.00  (+shipping)!
Pre-orders will ship approximately 10 days before the official release date!
Pre-order 'The Hourglass' here

"A three-piece atmospheric/melodic death-doom band from North Carolina, Atten Ash is the creation of founding member James Greene who wrote the foundations of the songs which would later become “The Hourglass.” In 2011 James began collaborating with Barre Gambling (founding guitarist of Daylight Dies) and Archie Hunt (vocalist/guitarist of Legion of the Fallen) and the trio continued the musical work: arranging songs, establishing vocal patterns, writing lyrics and guitar solos. 

Recorded in 2012, an intricate and encapsulating death-doom portrait permeates Atten Ash’s first full-length recording. Rich in atmosphere, swaying through infectious melodies and razorsharp solos while displaying both melancholy and aggression with conviction and force, “The Hourglass” is the result of a band with considerable maturity and experience, already at the top of their craft, and with a defined vision for their sound placing them among the classic death-doom giants of the genre.

Those pining for genuine melodic/atmospheric death-doom for the dark and cold days ahead, and especially fans and listeners of bands such as Daylight Dies, Slumber, Katatonia, Woccon, Doom:vs, October Tide, and Helevorn (among others) would be wise to heed attention."



The tracklist for 'The Hourglass' is:
1 - City in the Sea
2 - See You...Never
3 - Not as Others Were
4 - Song for the Dead
5 - Born
6 - First Day
7 - Waves of Siloam
8 - The Hourglass

Links:
Pre-order album
Stream / Download the track "Born"
Atten Ash Profile
Atten Ash Facebook
 

Webshop Update - January 2015

January 4, 2015
Webshop Update - January 2015

Virtually everything in this January 2015 update comes from the impressive and prolific Zero Dimensional Records from Japan, as well as its affliliated labels Maa Productions and Hidden Marly Productions. There are 26 new albums available in the webshop in this update, and many of which are rare Japanese black metal bands that have flourished under the radar.

One of the side labels Maa Productions tends to focus more on the depressive black metal and post-rock soun...

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Norilsk announces signing with Hypnotic Dirge Records for the release of its debut full-length album!

December 12, 2014
Norilsk announces signing with Hypnotic Dirge Records for the release of its debut full-length album!
December 12, 2014



Named after Siberia’s northernmost city, home of a famous heavy metal smelting complex, Norilsk is a doom-death band from Gatineau (Québec), Canada, who self-released their debut EP “Japetus” this past summer. Characterized by slow and crushing riffs, death growls, and atmospheric arrangements, its music draws comparison with doom-death bands such as My Dying Bride, Mor...

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Pre-order begins: HDR - V - 001 : Lycanthia / Atten Ash [Split 7" Vinyl]

December 6, 2014

Lycanthia and Atten Ash announce release of split 7" Vinyl December 6, 2014


Doom bands Lycanthia and Atten Ash have collaborated to deliver a new limited split 7" this winter. Featuring “The Harbinger” for Lycanthia, and “City in the Sea” for Atten Ash, this split will serve as a prelude to each band's forthcoming full-length albums as well as present a very first vinyl release for everyone involved! There will only be 300 copies printed with 140 available for sale through Hypnotic Dir...


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Webshop Update - December 2014

December 3, 2014
Webshop Update - December 2014

Short and to the point this time. We have some new titles available in the webshop this month though it's a quite small amount because currently our focus is on preparing our upcoming releases. Nonetheless, there's some nice music here and especially recommended is the latest release from Sorcier des Glaces (though it's already been out since the start of 2014)

-All albums listed below are in this section

HDR - D - 703 : Atra Hora - Via Comb...

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Webshop Update - November 2014

November 2, 2014
Webshop Update -  November 2014

A rather small update this time around, but a few things worthy of your time. 
We brought in the debut Nethermost full-length 'Noetic' released in September 2014 on Horror Pain Gore Death Productions, as well as a handful of CD's from Nova Scotia based Death / Black Metal label Blast Head Records. 

Perhaps the most exciting items in the update though are the Convivial Hermit Magazines, from Issue 4 back in 2008 through to Issue 7 which was released last month. A f...

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Hypnotic Dirge General Update

October 1, 2014
After a calm past few months, work is now being undertaken regarding plans for 2015 album releases! Asides from providing for a little more down time than usual, the last few months have also been used to reorganize the website as well as to refine our intentions and objectives for the months to come.

Finally, a thorough and detailed Manifesto has been completed giving an overview of our operations as well as information on a variety of subjects. 

For the sake of some consistency, webshop updat...

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Webshop Update: October 2014

October 1, 2014
Webshop Update - October 2014

There a lot of fine new additions to the webshop this October including new albums from The Morningside, Helevorn, Doom:VS, and When Bitter Spring Sleeps among others, as well as the debut album from Saskatchewan's newest death-doom band Altars of Grief!

From now on, all webshop updates will occur monthly at the beginning of each month to create a more consistent and reliable pattern. New Solitude Productions releases will also be included in the monthly webshop up...

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Distro Update: 33 New Titles added!

August 16, 2014
Distro Update: 33 new titles

It has been a fairly slow summer for new additions to the webshop but finally here is an update with 33 new albums added to the shop! There are a lot of really good gems in this list so look carefully! As usual, you can find music from each of these albums on their pages in the webshop. 

HDR - D - 645 : Kozeljnik - Null: The Acheron Of Mutiform Negation
HDR - D - 646 : Permanent Midnight - Under The Blood Moon 
HDR - D - 647 : Root - Kargeras 
HDR - D - 648 : Elderbloo...

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Hypnotic Dirge Records will be at Metal Wizard Open Air 2014

July 6, 2014
Hypnotic Dirge Records will once again be present for the second annual Metal Wizard Open Air Festival on Saturday July 12, 2014. We will have a merch stand set up with a fine selection of CD's and shirts from our own releases and from the distro including a box of 50 dedicated to Black Metal, a box of 50 dedicated to Doom Metal, and 50 of our specific recommendations! 

This year, all CD's will be $5.00 and all shirts will be $10.00, a very special low price for Metal Wizard only! 

You can also...

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