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ALBUM RELEASE: Windbruch - No Stars, Only Full Dark

February 1, 2014
New Windbruch album - "No Stars, Only Full Dark" available now!

After releasing a debut album entitled "Collision of the Worlds" on the last day of 2009 on Sun and Moon Records, and a digital split album with Depicting Abysm and Gmork entitled "Silentium!" through Hypnotic Dirge in April 2013, Windbruch presents their second full-length album "No Stars, Only Full Dark" on February 1, 2014 in a physical CD edition as well as a digital download. Previously self-released in early 2013, this album is now available on CD for the first time!



Cold and mesmerizing atmospheric black metal from the Siberian region of Yugra in the city of Nizhnevartovsk, Windbruch presents their second full-length album “No stars, only full dark.” With their new effort, Windbruch succeeds in creating a delicate and emotional soundtrack for the heart of winter with a genuine sound rooted firmly in the original aura and atmosphere of black metal but with a distinct Siberian twist. “No stars, only full dark” has a strong cinematic component to it turning the album into a journey. Dialogue from the Russian film “Stalker” is included in the track “Only Full Dark”, and “Neswa-Pawuk” is based on the novel “Nomads of the North” from the american writer James Oliver Curwood who wrote about two fugitives escaping to the Canadian tundra. An ode to all things cold, bleak, and distressing, “No stars, only full dark” is the perfect soundtrack for lonely cold winter nights. 

Rodion, the sole musician behind Windbruch had this to say about the new album:
“The whole album is something like a message from silent space or another reality. It is а sonic message to humanity to stop the exploitation of our home planet. Hundreds of years of war and over-consumption of the gifts of nature can not last forever. The future is coming. The dark future without stars. This concept finds reflection in the novel “Nomads of the North” by J. O. Curwood in some chapters and the cover itself refers to the same novel”



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Song Premiere: Epitimia - Illusion III - Foretime

January 22, 2014
Song Premiere: Epitimia - Illusion III - Foretime

A new track from the experimental and eclectic Russian Blackened Metal band is now available for free streaming and download, and the long-awaited release of the (Un)reality 2CD is not far behind! The track, entitled "Illusion III - Foretime", from the second disc and "Illusion" side of the album also includes female vocals from "M.", and could be considered one of the more "accesible" tracks on the double-album.  (Un)reality is scheduled for r...

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ALBUM RELEASE: In my Shiver - Delicate Poison

January 18, 2014


The new album from In my Shiver is now officially released! "Delicate Poison" is available in a CD version, or as a digital download for $5.00. As usual, you can stream the full album on Bandcamp!



In my Shiver is an experimental black metal/shoegaze band from Camerino, Italy with conceptual themes about the loneliness and sadness of modern life, cityscapes, and a critique of the dominant culture. In 2009 In my Shiver released their debut album “Black Seasons” through Solitude and Despair M...

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PRE-ORDERS: In my Shiver - Delicate Poison / Windbruch - No Stars, Only Full Dark

January 10, 2014
HDR - 036 : In my Shiver - Delicate Poison
HDR - 037 : Windbruch - No Stars, Only Full Dark 
Available to pre-order now!

Two new albums from Hypnotic Dirge Records are now available to pre-order for a lowered price of $6.00 plus shipping until their release dates, which is January 17 for In my Shiver, and February 1 for Windbruch at which point the price will go back to its regular $8.00 plus shippping, and the full albums will be uploaded online. For the time being, two tracks from each album ...

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Distro Update: 19 new CD's, 3 new Magazines

January 6, 2014
Distro Update

CD's (ships worldwide)
HDR - D - 556 : Mourning Soul - Kisulen
HDR - D - 557 : Psychonaut 4/Unjoy/Eurythemie
HDR - D - 558 : Vranorod - Dreamlike Fading
HDR - D - 559 : Idisenfluch - Vergänglichkeit
HDR - D - 560 : Vérzivatar - Carmina Nocte Mages
HDR - D - 561 : Silent Thoughts - Into Empathy
HDR - D - 562 : Rusting Sin - Far From All Light
HDR - D - 563 : Kröwnn - Hyborian Age
HDR - D - 564 : Nethervoid - In Swarms of Godless Wrath
HDR - D - 565 : Door Into Emptiness - Sviata
HDR - D -...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Ekove Efrits - Nowhere

December 17, 2013
Ekove Efrits releases new album "Nowhere"!

The new album from Ekove Efrits entitled "Nowhere" is now released and available for free download, $5.00 download, and in CD version for $8.00 plus shipping. The CD version comes with a thick sixteen page booklet including information and lyrics.



Ekove Efrits, the atmospheric project of Saman N. hailing from Tehran, Iran returns with a follow-up to the 2011 album “Conceptual Horizon.”With “Nowhere”, the fourth full-length album from Ekove Efri...

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ALBUM RELEASE: stroszek - wild years of remorse and failures 2cd

December 12, 2013
stroszek - wild years of remorse and failures double-album out now!

The new compilation double-album from the dark folk/acoustic project stroszek aptly titled "wild years of remorse and failures" is now available to stream in its entirety for free, download for $5.00, and is also available as a double-CD release with an extensive 16 page booklet complete with all the lyrics and brand new artwork! Within this new release, you will find all 24 songs present in the "songs of remorse", "the wild h...

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FREE DOWNLOADS: Hypnotic Dirge Records 2013/14 Compilations available now!

December 6, 2013
FREE DOWNLOADS: Hypnotic Dirge Records 2013/14 Compilations available now!

Presenting the latest edition(s) in the annual Hypnotic Dirge compilation albums which have always been (and always will be) available for free download. This year, due to the enormous size, we've decided to release two compilation albums simultaneously. 

The compilations are divided into vaguely Black Metal and Doom Metal variations. It's not an exact science due to the diversity of bands and tracks included, but the id...

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PRE-ORDERS: stroszek - wild years of remorse and failures / Ekove Efrits - Nowhere

November 28, 2013
New Hypnotic Dirge Records Releases available to pre-order!

Today marks the start of pre-orders for the last Hypnotic Dirge releases of 2013. We are finishing off the year with new releases from two of our long standing artists which have both released previous albums through HDR! Presented is a special double-album re-release from stroszek of re-worked early material and the followup album of 2011's Conceptual Horizon from Ekove Efrits.

New tracks from both albums have been uploaded to Bandcam...

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netra ft. We'rewolves - Dreading Consciousness EP free download available now!

November 19, 2013
netra ft. We'rewolves - Dreading Consciousness EP free download available now!

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A strange and unexpected collaboration between the black metal/trip-hop hybrid netra and the unconventional rap duo We'rewolves has led to the creation and release of a new digital EP entitled "Dreading Consciousness." After releasing the previous two netra full-length albums on a physical medium, Hypnotic Dirge Records is pleased to release this experimental collaboration as a free digital download!

netra, the proje...

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