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Song Premiere: stroszek - "bury the bottle with me" and "the unlucky ones" [From the upcoming album: "wild years of remorse and failures"]

October 10, 2013
stroszek to re-release a compilation of first two albums and EP in December!
New Dick Curless cover "Bury the Bottle with Me"  and "the unlucky ones" available for streaming/download now.

The dark folk/acoustic project stroszek is preparing to re-release their first two full-lengths and EP in a new compilation double-album aptly titled "wild years of remorse and failures" which will feature all 24 songs present in the "songs of remorse", "the wild hunt" and "life failures made music" albums as well as two additional new cover songs. 


All of the music has been re-mastered and the vocals on the original "songs of remorse" album have been rerecorded as the vocals on the original recordings were one aspect that vocalist and songwriter c. felt were not up to par with stroszek's later recordings. 

Two songs from the double-album are now available for streaming and download on the Band and Label's Bandcamp pages. "bury the bottle with me" - a Dick Curless Cover song originally released in 1968 which will appear on the "remorse" side (Disc I) and "the unlucky ones" the opening track from the "failures" side (Disc II). 



The tracklist for the double-album is as follows:

remorse - disc I
With carefully strummed minor key acoustic guitars, deliberate yet restrained piano lines, bursts of heaviness added for texture and deep, lush clean sung vocals that relay a sense of dread lurking beneath the surface, "songs of remorse" is perhaps at once one of the most melancholic yet accessible albums of 2007.

1 - a nightwalk in partille
2 - color of the street
3 - the night porter
4 - the house told me
5 - stones in my throat
6 - bury the bottle with me (Dick Curless Cover)
7 - the railroad track
8 - not even the half
9 - slow sleep
10 - was it worth the wait
11 - wheels to rust
12 - sand

failures - disc II
stroszek returns with their second opus, the follow-up to 'songs of remorse', with the aptly titled 'life failures made music'; and with song titles like 'the unlucky ones', 'gone by the fall', and 'land of silence and darkness' its no secret that this album is filled with crushing sadness. Take equal parts Neofolk, the fatalist mentality of Black Metal, the darkness of older Alice in Chains, the beautiful acoustics of latter-day Antimatter and the painfully soft, whispered vocals of Tom Waits and it is easy to see precisely why this crushing sadness is what makes this record so damn special.

1 - the unlucky ones
2 - gone by the fall
3 - undead hotel
4 - turn the sky to winter
5 - nighthawks and underdogs
6 - I'll keep everything
7 - the devil's chair
8 - a life failure
9 - land of silence and darkness
10 - tecumseh valley (Townes Van Zandt Cover)
11 - secret of the earth
12 - from mound to mound
13 - green jade
14 - autumnal


c. in studio rerecording vocals for the "songs of remorse" tracks

The album release is scheduled for release on December 7, 2013 on Hypnotic Dirge Records with brand new album artwork featuring photography from label owner n. skog and edited by the graphic designer Saman N. - better known for his music projects Ekove Efrits, Silent Path, and Inner Trip.

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In my Shiver signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records

October 2, 2013
In my Shiver signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records
New album "Delicate Poison" to be released in December 2013.




In my Shiver, an experimental black metal/shoegaze band from Camerino, Italy has signed with Hypnotic Dirge Records for the release of their upcoming second album "Delicate Poison" which is scheduled to be released in December 2013. The opening track from the album, "Closed View" is now available for free streaming and download on the label's Bandcamp, Soundcloud, and Youtube pages and is...

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Hypnotic Dirge Records Interview with Black Phoenix Rising Forum [September 20, 2013]

September 20, 2013
Recently, I was asked to answer some questions for the Forum "Black Phoenix Rising" 
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You may have already seen Hypnotic Dirge Records featured in the labels forum on here, an excellent underground label which operates on a non profit basis and is dedicated to putting out high quality music from some incredibly talented bands. Here's an interview with Nick Skog, founder of Hypnotic Dirge which hopefully will give you some insight into how things operate from the perspective of an u...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Vin de Mia Trix - Once Hidden From Sight

August 27, 2013
Vin de Mia Trix - 'Once Hidden From Sight'
Available now in CD edition or FREE digital download!

The debut album from the Ukrainian doom metal band Vin de Mia Trix entitled "Once Hidden From Sight" is now officially released and available in both CD format in a luxurious 12 page booklet with full lyrics and as a name-your-price (free) download from Bandcamp!! 



"After numerous gigs (including Doom Over Kiev, Moscow Doom Fest, and supporting Saturnus, Mourning Beloveth and Autumnia among others), ...

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Vin de Mia Trix - Once Hidden From Sight available to pre-order, new song streaming

August 16, 2013
Vin de Mia Trix - Once Hidden From Sight available to pre-order now!
New song "A Study in Scarlet" now streaming and available to download!


The debut album from the Ukrainian Doom band Vin de Mia Trix entitled "Once Hidden From Sight" is now available to pre-order with the official CD release following soon on August 26, 2013.

After a long wait, finally a new track is available online as well to mark this occasion -  "A Study in Scarlet", the opening track from the upcoming album!

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Solitude Productions Update [08/14/2013]

August 14, 2013
New titles from Solitude Productions, BadMoodMan Music, and Slow Burn Records have arrived from Russia including the new album from When Nothing Remains (ft. Johan Ericson of Draconian, and Doom:VS), Wine From Tears, Helllight, and more.

SP - 073 : When Nothing Remains - Thy Dark Serenity
SP - 074 : Station Dysthymia - Overhead, without any fuss, the stars were going out
SP - 075 : Helllight - No God Above, No Devil Below
Webstore: Solitude Releases

BMM - 061 : Wine From Tears - Glad to be Dead
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ALBUM RELEASE: Obsidian Tongue - A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time

July 31, 2013
Obsidian Tongue - A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time available now!  
CD order, $5 download, free streaming

The latest album from the massachusetts-based atmospheric black metal duo Obsidian Tongue entitled "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" is now available to order from Hypnotic Dirge Records. As usual, the album is available to order in both CD and digital version and is also available for free streaming in its entirety on both Bandcamp and Youtube.
We are also giving away Obsidian ...

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Obsidian Tongue - "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" available to pre-order, new song streaming!

July 22, 2013
Obsidian Tongue - A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time pre-orders begin today!
New track "My Hands were made to hold the wind" available to stream and download!



Today, pre-orders start on the new Obsidian Tongue album "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time"! As well as this, a new track from the album, "My Hands were Made to Hold the Wind" has been made available to stream and download. 



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Obsidian Tongue - Volume I : Subradiant Architecture available on CD and digital format!

July 22, 2013

Obsidian Tongue's debut full-length album "Volume I: Subradiant Architecture" self-released last summer by the band is now available from Hypnotic Dirge as well. The CD version is available to order by itself or as a combo with the new album "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" for a lower price. ($21 in North America, $24 Elsewhere) As well, the album has been uploaded to the HDR bandcamp page where it's available for streaming for free or to download for $5.



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Distro Update: 22 new releases!

July 6, 2013
22 new titles have been added to the distro shop.
Lots of really good classic black metal from Moribund Records, new releases from Misanthropic Art Productions, Some inaugural releases from Nine Gates Records, and the new Ov Hollowness album, The World Ends.

Here is the full list:

HDR - D - 484 : Aphotic Starfield - Of Score and Promise
HDR - D - 485 : Appalachian Winter - Ghosts of the Mountains
HDR - D - 486 : Ov Hollowness - The World Ends
HDR - D - 487 : From the Vastlands - Darkness vs Light: ...
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