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ALBUM RELEASE: NOTTURNO - Obsessions [LP Edition]

ALBUM RELEASE: Notturno - Inside

Right in time for the dying summer, Notturno's second album Inside is official released today!


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It wasn't long ago that Notturno introduced themselves to the world with their grief-striken debut album Obsessions, a worthy debut album from the Italian depressive black metal project headed by Vittorio Sabelli (Dawn of a Dark Age, Incantvm, A.M.E.N). Almost immediately after the release of Obsessions, Notturno began work on their follow-up ef...

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REPRESS: NONE - Life has gone on long enough [CD]

Sold out now for about eighteen months, a new pressing of NONE's second chapter Life has gone on long enough is now available to order! Unlike some recent releases, this CD has already arrived at both our Portuguese and Canadian locations, so there is no pre-order, orders will ship within days!

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Life has gone on long enough takes its haunting shape through eight organic tracks of foggy mountainous atmosphere and bleak music. Moving in and out like the long shadows of an ...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Kings Rot - At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness

Today we are releasing our latest album, the sophomore record from the frozen melodic black metal band out of the canadian rockies KINGS ROT, entitled At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness! In addition to the CD version - available and shipping now - we also put the limited vinyl up for pre-order today, which will be shipping in January 2024 (fuck, the year flies by quick!)



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Album notes:

Formed in 2017...

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SONG PREMIERE: Kings Rot - Beneath the Hunter's Moon

ALBUM RELEASE: Claret Ash - Worldtorn: Anemoia

Today we are excited to officially release the new Claret Ash album "Worldtorn: Anemoia"!

"Worldtorn: Anemoia" is available on CD and on all digital platforms now, including as always as a "name-your-price" download on Bandcamp.

We do however encourage you to go to the Claret Ash bandcamp and support the band directly as well! 

Main Store: "Worldtorn: Anemoia" LP

EU Store: "Worldtorn: Anemoia" LP

Main Store: "Worldtorn: Anemoia" CD

EU Store: "Worldtorn: Anemoia" CD

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PRE-ORDERS: Notturno - Inside [LP]

We are also launching pre-orders for a limited LP edition of the new Notturno album Inside, a "Aokigahara" variant and a "Cold Ash" variant, limited to 100 copies each! We expect these to go pretty fast so grab a copy now before they're gone!



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Europeans - you should order from the EU store to save significantly on shipping!

Side A

1 - Peace (2:38)

2 - Autumn Leaves (9:16)

3 - Obsessions (8:35)

Side B

4 - Once Again (7:32)

5 - No Passion (8:52)

Shipping: December 2023...

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PRE-ORDERS: Notturno - Inside [CD]

Today we are launching preorders for the new Notturno album "Inside" - available in CD / LP / Digital formats!

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It wasn't long ago that Notturno introduced themselves to the world with their grief-striken debut album Obsessions, a worthy debut album from the Italian depressive black metal project headed by Vittorio Sabelli (Dawn of a Dark Age, Incantvm, A.M.E.N). Almost immediately after the release of Obsessions, Notturno began work on their follow-up effort "In...

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PRE-ORDERS: Kings Rot - At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness

Formed in 2017 in the frozen Rockies of Alberta, Canada, Kings Rot is a three piece black metal band that blends blazing melodies with crushing aggression to yield an atmosphere of impending doom. This fall, Kings Rot will release their second full-length album At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness on Hypnotic Dirge Records, first on CD/Digital formats on September 22 and later in the year on LP.

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ALBUM COVER: Notturno - Inside

The followup to Notturno's 2022 debut Obsessions is fast approaching...

On October 6, we will release Notturno's follow-up album, entitled Inside

Today, we present the delectable cover art featuring the beautiful Petra Adranno, and this Friday we will release the first song from the new record and launch pre-orders for the Digipack CD and Limited LP

Album notes:

Notturno is an Italian depressive black metal project headed by Vittorio Sabelli (Dawn of a Dark Age, Incantvm, A.M.E.N).

The rich textur...

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ALBUM RELEASE : Urbain - A Soul Purged

UPCOMING RELEASE: Urbain - A Soul Purged

Once again, we will be premiering a new record using the new Bandcamp Listening Party feature!

Join us at 5:30PM GMT+1 (Lisbon, Portugal time) FRIDAY July 28 as we premiere the urban symphony of Urbain's debut album - A Soul Purged

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"Urbain's debut album A Soul Purged is a cathartic scream into the void, a sonic portrait of a world spiraling into the depths of indifference and ignorance. For those with the stomach to face the unadulterated reality of our urban dysto...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Notturno - Inside

SONG PREMIERE: Claret Ash - Ground Dweller [2023]

Today we premiere the second track from the upcoming Claret Ash EP Worldtorn: Anemoia. Long time listeners of Claret Ash might recognize this track from their first album released 10 years ago, but now it has finally been given the proper treatment and sounds as it should!

Worldtorn: Anemoia comes out on Hypnotic Dirge in less than a month - August 11! 


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VIDEO PREMIERE: URBAIN - No God to Greet Me

ALBUM RELEASE: NONE - Inevitable

Today marks the official release date of NONE's fourth album Inevitable

Main Store : "Inevitable" CD | "Inevitable" DLP

EU Store : "Inevitable" CD | "Inevitable" DLP

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The reclusive NONE return in 2023 with their fourth chapter, their longest and darkest work. “Inevitable” is the culmination of their musical legacy, evoking the signature depressive atmosphere that has struck listeners across the globe. Like the last stage of grief, “Inevitable” is a black, nihil...

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PRE-ORDERS: Urbain - A Soul Purged

Exploring the inner landscapes of modern society, Urbain is set to launch their debut album A Soul Purged on July 28. Today, we have the pleasure of sharing Urbain's sound for the very first time, premiering Unseen - a track about the horrors of human trafficking. 

We are also launching pre-orders for the CD edition A Soul Purged at the links below! Vinyl enthusiasts, not to worry, there will be an LP version of this record as well so keep an eye out for more news on that soon.

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PRE-ORDERS: Claret Ash - Worldtorn: Anemoia

ALBUM COVER : Claret Ash - Worldtorn: Anemoia

The new EP from Australian Progressive Black Metal band Claret Ash will soon be released through Hypnotic Dirge! Late last year, Claret Ash returned with a new single Gateways, commencing a new series that will develop over the coming years, and now a few months later comes Anemoia.

WORLDTORN: Anemoia - the second installment in the "Worldtorn" series features two new songs displaying the band at the pinnacle of their sound, delivering atmospheric and menacing black metal with equal parts unfo...

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ALBUM COVER: Urbain - A Soul Purged

Presenting the album cover from the forthcoming Urbain debut album A Soul Purged

Born from the fallout of the Covid pandemic and the despair riddled streets of the Southwest side of Houston, comes Urbain, an offering of urban black metal pulled from the furthest reaches of metropolitan suffering.

Urbain is a collaboration of dark energy among its five members. Featuring members of Father Rust, Golgothan, Ovnev, and Wills Dissolve, they seek to both channel and humanize the darkness within the l...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Urbain - A Soul Purged

Hypnotic Dirge is pleased to announce its upcoming collaboration with the new Texas-based urban Black Metal collective Urbain.

Born from the fallout of the Covid pandemic and the despair riddled streets of the Southwest side of Houston, comes Urbain, an offering of urban black metal pulled from the furthest reaches of metropolitan suffering.

Urbain is a collaboration of dark energy among its five members. Featuring members of Father Rust, Golgothan, Ovnev, and Wills Dissolve, they seek to both ...

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Hypnotic Dirge Records launches Official EU Store

Finally, after much preparation and some unexpected delays, the Hypnotic Dirge EU Store is online!

Orders placed from the EU Store will be shipped directly from Portugal and you can take advantage of cheaper shipping rates as well as receive your order quicker than if you order from the main (Canadian) store.

To begin with, stock on the EU store will be limited and only Hypnotic Dirge CD releases will be available. This is because shipping a lot of stock from Canada to Portugal was and is prohi...

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UPDATE: Hypnotic Dirge North American Store is now open!

The Hypnotic Dirge North American store is finally open again! Very relieved and excited to be sharing this news today after a lengthy hiatus! Although only the North American store is open for the moment, we are accepting international orders like always so there is no change there! 

At some point this Spring, a EU store will open as well but a lot of the HDR stock that was shipped from Canada to Portugal is still stuck in customs and there are still a lot of logistics to take care of so that...

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UPDATE: Hypnotic Dirge North American store re-opening January 20, 2023

The Hypnotic Dirge Records North American store is re-opening this Friday January 20! 

You will be able to order from the main webshop and the Bandcamp page once again.

Thanks everyone for your patience!

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ALBUM RELEASE: Swampborn - Beyond Ratio

Today, we release the debut album of Russian Post-Black Metal band SWAMPBORN, entitled "Beyond Ratio".


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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.

While at the core the band's music is based on moder...

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PRE-ORDERS: Swampborn - Beyond Ratio

We are now taking pre-orders for the release of SWAMPBORN's debut album "Beyond Ratio"!!

You can find two tracks streaming from the album now to give yourself a taste of what the album brings. If you are intrigued by what you hear, we are offering the album presented in digipack format with an accompanying 16 page booklet, as well as two distinct shirt designs, and various bundle options. 

Combining assertive (post) black metal with a powerful and solid, at times almost death metal sound, its m...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Notturno - Obsessions

"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 that take shape within our lives, the psychological torment, and the scourge of madness that takes hold inside the ancient walls of the human psyche, peering around the dark corners within all of us.

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NOTTURNO develops its atmosphe...

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SONG PREMIERE: Swampborn - Sleepingstatic

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

PRE-ORDERS: Notturno - Obsessions

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

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

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

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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BAND ANNOUNCEMENT: NOTTURNO

Hypnotic Dirge is pleased to announce its collaboration with NOTTURNO, a new project founded by multi-instrumentalist Vittorio Sabelli (Dawn of a Dark Age, Suici.De.Pression), and featuring female vocalist Kjiel (Eyelessight), and drummer Sven.

NOTTURNO develops its atmosphere through lengthy songs with strong dynamics and pacing, keeping the listener lost in a reverie and crafting an immersive experience at once melancholic and infectious.

The debut album, entitled "Obsessions" is a meditative...

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NEW MERCH: Moonworshipper - "Summer Vibes" Sand/Natural Colour T-Shirts

As we're nearly sold out of the Moonworshipper shirts we released last month alongside the new track "13 Fullmoon Nights of Doubt",  we decided to print more, although this time in a sand/natural colour as opposed to black!

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Strictly limited to 30 copies, and available in sizes Small-2XL these will be printed once again by Cursed Earth Apparel & Print in the coming weeks.

However, you can pre-order your shirt now to secure your size, and you can expect your shirt to ship out near the ...

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TRACK / VIDEO CLIP RELEASE: Moonworshipper - 13 Fullmoon Nights of Doubt

No fucks given about anything, except being true to what it stands for, Moonworshipper is a dark underground project combining depressive pop and suicidal black metal into long hypnotizing pieces of music.

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Video clip

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The second chapter "13 Fullmoon Nights of Doubt" has now been released and is available for streaming and name-your-price download on Bandcamp.

Additionally, a video clip - encapsulating the aura and atmosphere of the project - has been created fo...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Moonworshipper - 13 Full Moon Nights of Doubt

ALBUM RELEASE: Nordicwinter - Sorrow

Today marks the official release date of the new Nordicwinter record "Sorrow"!

You can order your copy from our webshop or Bandcamp, or directly from the band!

In addition to this, hoodies, shirts, and bundles are also available.

Webshop

Digital [Name-your-price]
Nordicwinter Bandcamp

Album notes:

After a lengthy hiatus, Nordicwinter came back in a big way in 2020, releasing two new full-length albums "Requiem" and "Desolation" and they show no sign of slowing down as they hit us once again with a n...

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TRACK PREMIERE: Kassad - The Maze

VINYL: Feral Light - Life Vapor

We have some copies of Feral Light's Life Vapor on LP available to order now!

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The LP was self-released by the band but international shipping from Canada is cheaper than from the US so we are helping with distribution. 

We only have 10 copies currently, so order quickly if you're interested.

The record itself is a beautiful burgundy/silver merge and the art and design was reworked for the vinyl edition by Unexpected Specter. Mastered for vinyl by James Plotkin.

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PRE-ORDERS: Nordicwinter - Sorrow

Today we launch pre-orders for Nordicwinter's new album "Sorrow", due for release on Friday March 26.

After a lengthy hiatus, Nordicwinter came back in a big way in 2020, releasing two new full-length albums "Requiem" and "Desolation" and they show no sign of slowing down as they hit us once again with a new full-length album, "Sorrow", released amidst the dead of winter. This prolificacy should in no way be a harbinger of doubt as the quality of "Sorrow" surpasses even the heights of the 2020...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Frigoris - Wind [12” Vinyl]

Today is the official release date for the vinyl edition of Frigoris’ 2012 album “Wind”!

All vinyl pre-orders have already been shipped out to you, directly from the plant in Poland. 

Future orders placed through our store will ship from Hypnotic Dirge HQ in Canada.

We still have a limited amount of copies remaining, in both classic black and “evening fields” (beige with black marble) editions. You can order your copy from Hypnotic Dirge here.

If you live in Europe, you should order you...

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Nordicwinter - Somber Winds of Despair (Part I)

ALBUM COVER: Nordicwinter - Sorrow

PRE-ORDERS: Frigoris - Wind [12" Vinyl]

We are now launching pre-orders for the limited vinyl edition of Frigoris’ 2013 album “Wind”! 

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Formed in 2007, Frigoris have released 4 full length albums, cementing their mastery of the Atmospheric/Pagan Black Metal genre. Their second album, "Wind", can be seen as the turning point in their career, marking a bit of a stylistic shift from their early days and bringing them the attention they very much deserve.
 

Specifically re-mastered for vinyl by Nic...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Nordicwinter - Desolation

Nordicwinter's "Desolation" is officially released today!

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Album notes:

Originally released on June 20, 2020, Nordicwinter’s “Desolation” followed the release of “Requiem” in April marking the project’s second full-length release in a span of 3 months after a 13 year gap between the debut album “Threnody” in 2007 and these two new records! The renewal of the Nordicwinter surely did not go unnoticed with “Requiem” and “Desolation” both recei...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Sertraline - The streetlight was all we needed

Sertraline's "The streetlight was all we needed" is officially released today!

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Album notes:

Sertraline (Buffalo, NY) formed in the winter of 2014 as a reimagining of veteran death-doom group Where She Wept. The band, armed with the experience and chemistry of longtime collaboration, began to craft a new sonic legacy, combining atmostpheric black metal with post-rock elements to create a uniquely heavy-hitting trio of EPs: Shade (2017), From Both Our Hands (2019),...

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Maeskyyrn - Gathering Believers Among Sheep [Vocal Playthrough]

RELEASE ANNOUNCEMENT: Frigoris - Wind

We are once again partnering with Viridian Flame Records to bring out this little gem of an album on vinyl! 

For years, we have had requests to release some of Frigoris' back-catalog on vinyl so we're happy to be able to start things off with their 2013 album "Wind"

Formed in 2007, Frigoris have released 4 full length albums, cementing their mastery of the Atmospheric/Pagan Black Metal genre. Their second album, "Wind", can be seen as the turning point in their career, having brought them the a...

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PRE-ORDER: Nordicwinter - Desolation

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Originally released on June 20, 2020, Nordicwinter’s “Desolation” followed the release of “Requiem” in April marking the project’s second full-length release in a span of 3 months after a 13 year gap between the debut album “Threnody” in 2007 and these two new records! The renewal of the Nordicwinter surely did not go unnoticed with “Requiem” and “Desolation” both receiving their fair share of praise, and while “Requiem” was released through Dark Ea...

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PRE-ORDER: Sertraline - The streetlight was all we needed

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Sertraline (Buffalo, NY) formed in the winter of 2014 as a reimagining of veteran death-doom group Where She Wept. The band, armed with the experience and chemistry of longtime collaboration, began to craft a new sonic legacy, combining atmostpheric black metal with post-rock elements to create a uniquely heavy-hitting trio of EPs: Shade (2017), From Both Our Hands (2019), and These Mills Are Oceans (2019), now released as a single compilation for the first time entitled Th...

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ALBUM COVER: Nordicwinter - Desolation

As revealed last week, Hypnotic Dirge Records will be working with the Quebec-based Atmospheric / Depressive Black Metal project "Nordicwinter" to re-release one of their 2020 albums "Desolation" in January 2021. We will follow that up with a brand new release from the project in March entitled "Sorrow."

Pre-orders for the new pressing of "Desolation" - released on a 6 panel digipack for the first time, and including a bonus woven patch - will launch late next week!  

"Desolation" Tracklist: 

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ALBUM RELEASE: Liminal Shroud - Through the False Narrows

As we acclimate for a dark and dreary winter on the pacific coast, there is no better time than now to mark the official release of Liminal Shroud's debut record, "Through the False Narrows"!


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Liminal Shroud is a black metal band based in Victoria, BC. Formed in late 2017, the band takes inspiration from the surging oceans and mist-strewn coast as they explore themes of futility, passage, and individual and metaphysical transformation. With a three-piece format, Liminal Shroud...

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UPCOMING RELEASES: Nordicwinter - Desolation | Nordicwinter - Sorrow

Hypnotic Dirge is pleased to announce a collaboration with the Quebecois Depressive Black Metal project Nordicwinter. Founded by evillair (Umbrarum Tenebrae,  Kalseroth, Graven Dusk) in 2006, Nordicwinter significantly increased their output in 2020 with the full-length releases of “Requiem” in April and “Desolation” in June, as well as a remastered version of their 2007 record “Threnody” in July.

Laden with haunting melodies and cryptic vocals, Nordicwinter creates music that is c...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Sertraline - The streetlight was all we needed

SONG PREMIERE: Liminal Shroud - Tainted Soil

Angry Metal Guy is premiering the third song from Liminal Shroud's upcoming album "Through the False Narrows",
which comes out next Friday Nov 20!

Thanks Angry Metal Guy for hosting the premiere and also for reviewing the album!

"Atmospheric without falling into the trap of relying on extended ambient passages, crushingly heavy without falling back on simple speed and fury, Liminal Shroud have put out the perfect soundtrack to a bleak, dark autumn."

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SONG PREMIERE: Liminal Shroud - Lucidity

It's been a while since we released new music from Liminal Shroud's upcoming album "Through the False Narrows", but today we rectify that with the help of No Clean Singing

They are hosting the premiere of "Lucidity", the epic 11 minute album closer! Check it out here

Pre-order bundles available on our shop or on Bandcamp!

"The musical journey of “Lucidity” begins with a mercurial melodic riff and a vibrant humming bass, joined by tumbling and pummeling drums. That riff really gets its hooks ...

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WEBSHOP ADDITIONS: Vinyl Update

Skagos - Ást 

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We have procured a few of the very last copies remaining of this gorgeous DLP. We have 5 copies in the shop, which are among the final copies available anywhere in the world. 

The legendary debut album by Cascadian black metal innovators, Skagos. The sound of life rising out of the rain soaked forest floors of British Columbia. A cry to the grey heavens by the voice of the human animal.

The standard edition comes on 160gm semi-transparent moss-green vinyl in a heavy stoc...

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PRE-ORDERS: Liminal Shroud - Through the False Narrows

Today, we launch pre-orders for the release of Liminal Shroud's "Through the False Narrows"! 

Hailing from Vancouver island off the North American west coast, Liminal Shroud has been active since late 2017, released a demo in the summer of 2018, and have been crafting their momentous debut full-length album. We are now one step closer to see its imminent release on November 20.

Liminal Shroud takes inspiration from the surging oceans and mist-strewn coast as they explore themes of futility, pas...

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SONG PREMIERE: Liminal Shroud - Sentinel

We've been anticipating this for a few weeks now, and today we're very excited to share the very first Liminal Shroud song from their debut album "Through the False Narrows"

The track, entitled "Sentinel" is streaming now courtesy of Invisible Oranges!!

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"As the titular sentinel contemplates inevitable nothingness, "Sentinel" opens with classic, rhythm-heavy black metal -- every bass drum note is present and accounted for in the pulsating blast beats that fence in the dense tides ...

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COVER REVEAL: Liminal Shroud - Through the False Narrows

As the skies turn grey and dense fogs hang above the shoreline, Liminal Shroud will expel a swirl of melancholia and torment over its moss-strewn forests and perilous waves. 

On Friday November 20, their debut "Through the False Narrows" will be released through Hypnotic Dirge, but before we get ahead of ourselves, let us first reveal the exemplary cover art from Victoria-based artist Alayna Coral Gretton.

"Through the False Narrows" comprises the following tracklist:

1 - A Hollow Visage (11:16)...

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UPCOMING RELEASE : Liminal Shroud - Through the False Narrows

Hypnotic Dirge Records is proud to announce a collaboration with the first local band since relocating to Victoria, BC last winter. As the skies turn grey and dense fogs hang above the shoreline, Liminal Shroud will expel a swirl of melancholia and torment over its moss-strewn forests and perilous waves. Their debut full-length album, entitled "Through the False Narrows" will be released through Hypnotic Dirge Records on Friday November 20, 2020.  

Liminal Shroud is a black metal band based in...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Ov Shadows - I Djävulens Avbild

Today marks the official release date of Ov Shadows' second full-length album "I Djävulens Avbild"

Get yours today:

Merch [Bundles, Shirt, CD's]

Digital [Name-your-price]

All pre-orders were shipped out yesterday - Bundles, shirts, CD's, everything!

However, I will be in Saskatchewan from August 14-30 so all incoming orders from today until August 30 will be mailed out in the first few days of September.

Album notes:

Ov Shadows is a Black Metal band from Gothenberg, Sweden. Rising from the ashes of...

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SONG PREMIERE: Ov Shadows - I Djävulens Avbild (title track)

Today, we reveal a third track from the forthcoming Ov Shadows record "I Djävulens Avbild" - out next Friday! This will be the last premiere before the album release. Thanks to Unstille Magazine for hosting!

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"Ov Shadows take no prisoners on this 43 minutes onslaught of furious and enshrouding black metal. Their approach to songwriting perfectly balances out melody and atmosphere, resulting in a sound that is both extremely dark and epic. There is a strong progressive and forward-th...

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SONG PREMIERE: Ov Shadows - Den Eld Som Tär Och Förvrider

Thanks to Moshpitnation for premiering this and offering their thoughts on the album!!

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"Today, we have the distinct honor of premiering the track Den Eld Som Tär Och Förvrider by Ov Shadows. The torturous nightmare of a track is the opener from the upcoming sophomore full length release I Djävulens Avbild coming soon from the Swedish band in collaboration with Hypnotic Dirge Records.

I love dissonant black metal, well dissonant metal in general. On I Djävulens Avbild,...

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PRE-ORDERS: Ov Shadows - I Djävulens Avbild

DIGITAL RELEASE: Moonworshipper - 13 Fullmoon Nights of Loneliness

UPCOMING RELEASE: Ov Shadows - "I Djävulens Avbild" to be released on August 14, 2020

Ov Shadows is a Black Metal band from Gothenberg, Sweden. Rising from the ashes of "Waning", a band that all four members previously played in, Ov Shadows introduced their sound with the 2016 self-released EP "Monologues" before releasing its first full-length album "The Darkness Between Stars" in 2018.

This summer, Ov Shadows returns with their second full-length and first release on Hypnotic Dirge Records. Entitled "I Djävulens Avbild" (In the Devil's Image), the new record presents Ov Shad...

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WEBSHOP UPDATE: Vendetta Records titles added

VINYL RELEASE: NONE - Life has gone on long enough

VIDEO RELEASE: Maeskyyrn - Of Forests and Troubled Pasts

VIDEO CLIP TEASER: Maeskyyrn - Of Forests And Troubled Pasts

VINYL RELEASE: NONE - selftitled

*February 21, 2020

Today marks the official release of NONE's selftitled debut album on vinyl!

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The vinyl - as most of you must know by now - was printed in three editions - winter sky, dirty snow, and classic black - in co-operation with Viridian Flame Records. The winter sky and dirty snow editions sold out extremely quickly but we still have roughly 30 copies of the record in classic black before they are gone forever so order quickly if you want this for your collection as a repres...

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Webshop Additions: February 2020

RELEASE NEWS: Chiral - Hope

MERCH: netra - "urban black metal" shirts available again!

*January 28, 2020*

Originally printed with the "Ingrats" release, this shirt sold out quickly so we've decided to do a second pressing for anyone who missed out the first time.


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Shirt available in sizes S- XXL

Printed on Gildan Heavy Cotton by Cursed Earth Apparel

Pre-orders available now.

Bundles and shirts will begin shipping in late February.

There is also a bundle option available which includes the following:

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ALBUM RELEASE: Frigoris - ...in Stille

PRE-ORDERS: NONE - selftitled + bonus track [12” vinyl]

SONG PREMIERE: Frigoris - Funkenflug

ALBUM RELEASE: Kassad - London Orbital

PRE-ORDERS : Frigoris - ...in Stille

Hypnotic Dirge is pleased to launch pre-orders for Frigoris’ fourth album, entitled “...in Stille” (in Silence), the conclusion to the concept that began on 2016’s “Nur ein Moment” album!

The two opuses share a number of stylistic similarities; both are driven by soaring, melodic leads and roaring, tormented vocals over a backdrop of heavily saturated, melancholic chord riffing and mid-paced, thundering double bass and blast beats. However, ...In Stille builds on the foundation lai...

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SONG PREMIERE: Frigoris - Aurora Stirbt

PRE-ORDERS: Kassad - London Orbital

Hypnotic Dirge is pleased to launch pre-orders for our first release of 2020. As we enter a new decade, no album release could better encapsulate the disconnection, disassociation, and perpetual anxiety that defines the modern world. “London Orbital” is the soundtrack of urban decay, monolithic megacities, and the mass surveillance that seems to be a foregone conclusion despite the public’s unease.

In addition to the “London Orbital” CD - presented in an eco-pack with an accompanying...

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VINYL RELEASE: NONE - selftitled

UPCOMING RELEASE: Kassad - London Orbital

Hypnotic Dirge Records will be releasing the new album from Kassad on January 10, 2020. Today, we are pleased to reveal the album cover and tracklist from the album!



1 - The Boundary (7:27)

2 - The Concrete (5:26)

3 - The Hope (8:14)

4 - The Hopeless (8:54)

5 - The Hollow (8:42)

Total: 38:46

Kassad conveys an all-encompassing sense of existential terror and claustrophobic anxiety that hits you and builds to a crescendo before everything descends into dread and finally nothingness. The misery, futili...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Frigoris - ...in Stille

The long-awaited follow-up to the double-album concept beginning with Frigoris' 2016 album "Nur ein moment..." is now recorded, mixed, and ready for release!

"...in Stille" (In Silence) will be released on January 24, 2020 through Hypnotic Dirge Records

Frigoris will also celebrate the release of "in Stille..." on this date with a special show with Waldgeflüster, Außerwelt and Asator at Helvete Metal Club in Oberhausen, Germany.

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Nachtterror Tarot Cards are here...orders shipping soon

Nachtterror tarot cards are in...finally!!

These original drawings by guitarist Lord Maelkleth will be included in every CD order of "Judgement".







You can place your order for "Judgement" on our official webshop.

Shipping will begin this weekend.

Thanks everyone for your patience!

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DIGITAL RELEASE: Sertraline - These Mills Are Oceans

UPCOMING DIGITAL EP: Sertraline - These Mills Are Oceans

Next Tuesday, we will be releasing Sertraline's new EP "These Mills Are Oceans" on digital platforms such as Bandcamp, Youtube, Spotify, Google Play, etc.

Bandcamp

Youtube

This EP is set to $3.00 for the duration of pre-orders.

75% of donations will go to Sertraline, 25% will go to Hypnotic Dirge.

The album will be set as a "Name-your-price" download starting on its release date.

No preview tracks will be shared ahead of time, but the full EP will be released in 6 days.

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ALBUM RELEASE: Maeskyyrn - Interlude

Today, we are pleased to reveal Maeskyyrn's debut album "Interlude" in full!

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The physical manifestation of "Interlude" is presented in a 6 panel digipack with an accompanying 8 page booklet featuring the album's lyrics.

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 pri...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Nachtterror - Judgement

Today (October 10) marks the official release day of Nachtterror's Judgement album! Judgement has been in the works for many years, so it is with great collective relief and pleasure that we are able to finally make this colossal Symphonic Black Metal album available to the public. You can now stream the album in full on our Bandcamp page or Youtube Channel, in addition to streaming services such as Spotify.


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PRE-ORDERS: Maeskyyrn - Interlude

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 pri...

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

Sertraline announces new EP "These Mills Are Oceans" to be released November12, 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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PRE-ORDERS: Nachtterror - Judgement

SONG PREMIERE: Maeskyyrn - Of Forests and Troubled Pasts

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

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"

BAND SIGNING / UPCOMING RELEASE: Nachtterror - Judgement

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.

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DIGITAL RELEASE: Sertraline - From Both Our Hands

VIDEO PREMIERE: Kassad - The Boundary

ALBUM RELEASE: Mavradoxa - Nightmarrow

PRE-ORDERS: Kval - Laho

SONG PREMIERE: Mavradoxa - Nightmarrow

No Clean Singing is premiering the title track from Mavradoxa's upcoming album "Nightmarrow"

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"Musically, these dire musings and dreadful warnings are voiced in emotionally powerful music, through gloomy yet gleaming riffs accented by fretless bass, by the crack and clatter of vibrant drumming, and by scorching vocal fury. The music is atmospheric, in the sense that it generates pervasive moods of beleaguered futility as well as glimpses of the wonder that is relentlessly ...

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Mavradoxa - Nightmarrow [Teaser]

ALBUM RELEASE: NONE - Damp Chill of Life

SONG PREMIERE: NONE - It's Painless To Let Go

Invisible Oranges is premiering a "new" NONE track "It's Painless to Let Go" today!

The new album "Damp Chill of Life" drops next Thursday April 11, and all pre-orders will be packed and shipped during the latter part of that week (April 10-14 or so).

Hoodies, Shirts, CD's, Patches, Buttons, Stickers etc available at the Hypnotic Dirge shop.

Invisible Oranges Premiere Link

From the article:

Plodding but seamless, the album captures a picture of meandering around daily life with that pesky dark sha...

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SONG PREMIERE: Kval - Laho

PRE-ORDERS: Mavradoxa - Nightmarrow

We are now accepting pre-orders for “Nightmarrow” from the Rochester, NY based Atmospheric Black Metal band Mavradoxa. In addition to the new album “Nightmarrow” presented in a light-weight but sturdy 6 panel eco-sleeve, a Nightmarrow bundle, which includes the CD, the official album t-shirt, a new sticker, button, and signed postcard is also available, as well as the Nightmarrow shirt and a CD bundle which includes 2017’s “Lethean Lament”.

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PRE-ORDERS: NONE - Damp Chill of Life

The third chapter in NONE's arrestingly reclusive legacy, "Damp Chill of Life" is now available to pre-order, alongside limited new merch, printed exclusively for this release!!

Weaving visionary soundscapes with depressive black metal, “Damp Chill Of Life” will gnaw at your bones like dying alone in an ice-bound wilderness. Haunting piano keys and retching voices flicker through harsh walls of instruments, ebbing and flowing through the lengthy tracks as NONE take their time to pick apart...

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WEBSHOP ADDITIONS: March 2019

A very small new list this month, due to our focus on our upcoming releases! However, here are a few gems from India's finest, Transcending Obscurity Records!!

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Veilburner -  A Sire To The Ghouls Of Lunacy

Dødsferd - Diseased Remnants Of A Dying World 

Nattravnen - Kult Of The Raven 

LifelostL - Dialogues From Beyond 

Imperialist - Cipher 

Gaerea - Unsettling Whispers

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SONG PREMIERE: Mavradoxa - Maple

UPCOMING RELEASE: Kval - Laho

Two summers ago, Finnish Black Metal project Kval released their debut self-titled album, an album which was originally released under the moniker Khaossos in 2015. Kval has spent the past few months writing and refining the tracks for the second Kval album, entitled Laho, the first album to be written for Kval from the start.

Compared to the previous album, Laho ("Rotten" in English) has a brighter and more colorful atmosphere musically while the lyrical themes on Laho references the decay an...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Mavradoxa - Nightmarrow

After hunkering down to record this winter, Laurentian Black Metal band Mavradoxa has completed work on their third album, Nightmarrow, following 2016's Sojourners and 2017's Lethean Lament. Mavradoxa's third album, although related to the tonal atmosphere and character of previous albums sees the band developing and intensifying their song-writing ability crafting simultaneously cohesive yet unpredictable songs with a progressive hue that is still rooted in Atmospheric Black Metal. 

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UPCOMING RELEASE: NONE - Damp Chill of Life

WEBSHOP ADDITIONS: February 2019

DIGITAL RELEASE: Eave - Banners to the Moonswept

Weaving black metal riffs over a phantasmagorical blackgaze shroud, "Banners to the Moonswept" serves as a perfect introduction to the sound of Eave, a post-black metal band from Portland. Maine.

Having previously released a demo, a full-length and a split album, Eave returns with a new EP marking a turning point in the band's sound and acting as a prelude to their forthcoming full-length album.

Sometimes aggressive, other times pensive, but always hypnotic, "Banners to the Moonswept" is chock ...

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MERCH: NONE Toques available now!

Embrace solitude, accept self-loathing.
You are no one, nowhere, and NOTHING.

Warm up the existential void with this new embroidered NONE toque!!




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Limited to 30 pieces. 

15 gray logo | 15 white logo.

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Il Vuoto - Vastness

Il Vuoto is the noise of sorrow and distress…a solo Funeral Doom / Drone project hailing from Piacenza, Italy, created by the same mastermind behind the excellent Black Metal project Chiral. In addition to some demo albums, Il Vuoto released a debut album, entitled “Weakness” in the summer of 2015, and we will soon present the second observation, entitled “Vastness”.

“Vastness” is an album about sorrow. Each song on the album discusses it from a different perspective and point of...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Omgeving - Wijde wijdte

Omgeving’s debut album “Wijde wijdte” is officially released today! “Wijde wijdte” is available in a 6 panel digipack alongside a 10cm x 10cm sticker of the cover art.

You can also go to Bandcamp, where the album is now streaming in full. If you enjoy it, the album is available as a “name-your-price” digital download, just like the rest of HDR’s releases!

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MUSIC VIDEO: Omgeving - VI - Eenzaamheid in Extase

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE: Omgeving - Wijde Wijdte

Pre-orders are now available at Hypnotic Dirge Records for Omgeving's debut album, entitled "Wijde wijdte"

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Digital / Stream the track “VII - Stille vernietiging”

“Omgeving” is an experimental musical project from Dutch musician Franck Johanson (Distillator) where the listener is meant to interpret the sound as auditory landscapes, every texture part of a broader perception that has been created. The first Omgeving album crosses the boundaries of black metal, space rock, ambi...

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NONE - "Where Life Should Be" available now!!

"Where Life Should Be" is an emotionally devastating journey, drenched in atmosphere and hopelessness from this mysterious project from the pacific northwest. This is an exclusive NONE song, a stand-alone release separate from the next full-length album scheduled for a release in spring 2019.

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SONG PREMIERE: Omgeving - VII - Stille vernietiging

DIGITAL SINGLE: NONE - "Where Life Should Be" coming soon...

A new misery from the enigmatic pacific northwest.
"Where Life Should Be" is an emotionally devastating journey, drenched in atmosphere and hopelessness.

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Hypnotic Dirge Records turns 10 years old today!

In a small, chaotic and unorganized shared apartment ten years ago, I decided to embark on a journey to launch a record label to release music from my project Ancient Tundra and perhaps some other related projects. Never did I imagine that HDR would still be active ten years later nor that we would have the opportunity to release music from the caliber of artists we've worked with over the years!

To mark this occasion, we had plans to print some new Hypnotic Dirge merch, but unfortunately we'r...

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BAND SIGNING: Experimental Project “Omgeving” to release debut album “Wijde Wijdte” on Hypnotic Dirge

ALBUM NEWS: Obsidian Tongue - “A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time” to be re-released this winter!

Originally released through Hypnotic Dirge in the summer of 2013, Obsidian Tongue's stellar second opus “A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time” will finally be repressed again this winter. In what can only be considered a testament to the duo’s power and authenticity, the original pressing sold out within a year, and remained one of Hypnotic Dirge's most defining release.

“A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time” is an introspective journey through the collective unconscious of Man a...

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VIDEO RELEASE: Hypnotic Dirge Records - A Black / Doom Metal Label; est. 2008

ALBUM RELEASE: NONE - Life Has Gone On Long Enough

NONE's new album "Life Has Gone On Long Enough" is officially released today!

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Written and recorded throughout the latter half of 2017, NONE's new album Life Has Gone On Long Enough takes its haunting shape through eight organic tracks of foggy mountainous atmosphere and bleak music. On this new chapter, NONE delves deeper into the blackest woods to find abandonment, and developing its tortured personality further. Moving in and out like the long shadows of an ancient forest, ...

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SONG PREMIERE: Echoes and Dust streams 'Desiderate' from NONE's new album Life Has Gone On Long Enough

PRE-ORDERS: "NONE - Life has gone on long enough" packages available

SONG/VIDEO PREMIERE: No Clean Singing streams 'Corroded' from NONE's new album Life Has Gone On Long Enough

SONG PREMIERE: Invisible Oranges is streaming a first song from NONE's new album Life has gone on long enough

A first track from NONE’s upcoming album Life Has Gone On Long Enough is now streaming exclusively on Invisible Oranges. The track - entitled “Bed the cold earth” - captures the rotten marrow of the album. The album cover for Life has gone on long enough is now also live (in the article link) and the album’s tracklisting is posted below.

From the article: “There are few methods more effective in achieving music’s potential as an emotional conduit than knighting it as a protectorate...

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ALBUM NEWS: NONE to release second full-length album Life Has Gone On Long Enough on April 11

DIGITAL ALBUM RELEASE: Mavradoxa / Deafest [Split]

Mavradoxa and Deafest present a new autumnal themed split album from two sides of North America!!

Digital Album

Mavradoxa is an atmospheric black metal band rooted in the Laurentian region of upstate New York. The music of Mavradoxa is expansive, atmospheric, and melancholic. Music made for dreary and rain-soaked days during solitary walks, or in any moment of introspection. Long progressive songs that flow with purpose where the atmosphere dictates and paints vivid stories in its movement and ...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Ah Ciliz / Chiral - Origins

The digital version of the Ah Ciliz / Chiral - Origins split album is available now on our Bandcamp page. 

If you missed the album premiere stream on No Clean Singing last week, take the time to listen to this great split album, with entirely new material from both bands.

Due to production delays, the 6 panel digipack will not be shipping until early-mid December. However, you can place your order anytime and we will ship your copy as soon as they arrive!

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ALBUM PREMIERE: Ah Ciliz / Chiral - Origins

Courtesy of the always amazing "No Clean Singing" the full "Origins" album is now available to stream in its entirety!

Have a listen at the link below and if you like it, be sure to order a copy of the 6 panel digipack!

"Origins" Full Album Stream on "No Clean Singing"
Pre-order "Origins" Digipack CD
Pre-order "Origins" Digital

"As the seasons change, and the colors of autumn leaves briefly flare like blood and fire, only to be sapped of life and scattered by cold winter winds, it’s not uncommon...

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PRE-ORDER: Ah Ciliz / Chiral - Origins Split available for pre-order

SONG PREMIERE : Chiral - The Feeble Glare of Autumn

SONG PREMIERE: Ah Ciliz - Cascadia

Webshop Update: September 15, 2017

RELEASE NEWS: Ah CIliz / Chiral - Origins

Hypnotic Dirge and Throats Productions are pleased to announce the release of an intense nature-themed atmospheric Black Metal split record entitled "Origins" between two great atmospheric bands - Ah Ciliz and Chiral. 

Ah Ciliz started as a solo project in 2008 with original member Elmer handling all instruments and releasing the first demo in 2009. In 2009 session drummer Cadavre (Grimlair) joined the band to provide drums for 2 tracks on the first full-length album "Reawakening Ancient Sorro...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Kval - Kval

SONG PREMIERE: Kval - Kuolonkuu

*News from July 18

No Clean Singing is now streaming the track "Kuolonkuu" from the upcoming self-titled album from Kval!

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"Gloom shrouds “Kuolonkuu” like the seeping of weeping northern skies dampens the grey eminence of mountain timbers. The chill sinks into the listener’s skin from the first moments, as deep abrading riffs begin their work over the stalking gait of a mid-paced beat.

The tormented, rasping howls through which the words are exclaimed manifest anguish and em...

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PRE-ORDERS : Kval - Kval

ALBUM RELEASE: Kassad - Faces Turn Away

ALBUM RELEASE: Mavradoxa - Lethean Lament

Laurentian Black Metal band Mavradoxa releases their second full-length album today through Hypnotic Dirge!

We've been quite excited about this release for some time now. 

Head over to our shop to buy a copy of the digipack and / or the limited Lethean Lament Shirt - printed by Forest Passage Printing on Tultex shirts. Alternatively, go to the bandcamp page to stream the album in full or download the full album, which is available on a name-your-price donation basis! 

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ALBUM PREMIERE : Mavradoxa - Lethean Lament

Mavradoxa's album "Lethean Lament" can be streamed in full thanks to Invisible Oranges! 

Too often atmospheric metal exists as glorified background noise. Maybe some bands intend for their records to serve that purpose, and maybe turning riffs into soundtracks is entirely the point. Either way, though, I don’t like it. Riffs, screaming and fast drums demand attention. Too much of this style exists for a new release to not command some kind of authority.

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PRE-ORDERS: Kassad - Faces Turn Away

The upcoming Kassad album "Faces Turn Away" is now available to pre-order!
CD's Shirts and Strickers available!

Option 1: Faces Turn Away Combo Pack: $C30 + shipping
PRE-ORDER

-Faces Turn Away CD - presented in 4 panel digipack with an 8 page booklet (lyrics included)

-Kassad Shirt: - Printed on "Tultex" shirts, available in S- XXL

-Kassad Sticker - 11cm x 7cm - all-weather, and superdurable. Will last for years.

Option 2: Kassad Shirt: $C20 + shipping
PRE-ORDER

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Hypnotic Dirge Interview with 'Another Metal Review Blog and Podcast' [June 12, 2017]

PRE-ORDERS: Mavradoxa - Lethean Lament

The upcoming Mavradoxa album "Lethean Lament" is now available to pre-order!
CD's Shirts and Strickers available!

Option 1: Lethean Lament Combo Pack: $C30 + shipping

PRE-ORDER

-Lethean Lament CD - presented in 4 panel digipack 

with an 8 page booklet (lyrics included)

-Lethean Lament official shirt. Double-sided, red/white print on black shirt,
printed on "Tultex" shirts, available in S- XXL

-Mavradoxa Sticker - 11cm x 7cm - all-weather, and 

superdurable. Will last for years.

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UPCOMING RELEASE / SONG PREMIERE: Kval - "Harhainen"

UPCOMING RELEASE: Kassad - Faces Turn Away | SONG PREMIERE: "Void"

UPCOMING RELEASE / SONG PREMIERE : Mavradoxa - Lethean Lament

UPCOMING RELEASE: Mavradoxa - Lethean Lament 

SONG PREMIERE: Mavradoxa - Crimson Waves of Autumnal Flame

April 27, 2017

Laurentian Black Metal band Mavradoxa returns with their second album “Lethean Lament” - an introspective and majestic album that is expansive, atmospheric, and melancholic. 

The seventeen minute long track "Crimson Waves of Autumnal Waves" is now premiering on Pure Grain Audio.

Releasing “Soujourners” last September, Mavradoxa’s two members Nival and Lux have quickly r...

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ALBUM RELEASE: NONE - selftitled

Today officially marks the release of this despondent debut album from the Pacific Northwest entity known as NONE. Enjoy this first offering of the band, and prepare for more as a follow-up is already in process!

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Here is some clips of what reviewers have said about the album so far.

"There’s more than just harrowing bleakness on this album; this is where the atmospheric black metal influence comes in. The band’s clear depressive edge is augmented ...

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ALBUM PREMIERE: NONE - selftitled

PRE-ORDERS : Debut album from Atmospheric / Depressive Black Metal band “NONE” available to pre-order

ALBUM RELEASE: netra - Ingrats

ALBUM PREMIERE : netra - Ingrats

News from March 6, 2017

The new netra album "Ingrats" is premiering on Metal Trenches along with a review.



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Webshop Update - March 2017

PRE-ORDERS: netra - Ingrats Packs available now!

ALBUM RELEASE: Obitus - Slaves of the Vast Machine

THE BOOT IS FIRMLY ON YOUR FACE NOW.

So, today's the day, the release of our first album of 2017. The first of many to come in this very busy time! Over the coming weeks, there will be a lot more revealed about our upcoming releases, but for today, the focus is on absolute hopelessness and dystopia.

"In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay."

Obitus packages available:

Shirt M-XXL) + CD Combo - $C23 

Shirt (M - XXL) - $C16

CD - $C10

Digital - Name Your Price

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"A visio...

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RELEASE NEWS / SONG PREMIERE: NONE - selftitled [Atmospheric / Depressive Black Metal]

Atmospheric / DSBM band "NONE" to release debut self-titled album on Hypnotic Dirge on April 11, 2017

Chilling and despondent music from the Pacific Northwest is what you’ll hear on NONE’s impressive debut album. The piercing guitar tone interwoven with haunting and depressing synth pads and piano melodies result in a sound that is constantly plodding forward, marching in despair towards an empty void. The solid blasting on this album provides a constant pulse and momentum while desperate ...

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PRE-ORDERS: Obitus - Slaves of the Vast Machine CD, Merch, and Digital packages available!

SONG PREMIERE / RELEASE NEWS: netra premieres track "Everything's Fine" from upcoming "Ingrats" album!

RELEASE NEWS: Obitus to release new album “Slaves of the Vast Machine” in Mid -February.

PRE-ORDER: Harrow - Fragments of a Fallen Star

The re-release of Harrow’s 2013 album “Fragments of a Fallen Star” is available to pre-order from Hypnotic Dirge Records! Previously released independently on cassette by Harrow, this is the first edition of the album on CD format - housed in a beautiful 4 panel digipack with new artwork from Jeremy Hannigan, and including liner notes and lyrics. This edition is strictly limited to 300 copies and will come with Harrow Logo stickers while stock lasts.

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HDR is going to Black Mourning Light Festival in Edmonton - October 21-23, 2016

Western Canadians who will be going to Black Mourning Light Metal Festival in Edmonton next weekend, I should let you know that Hypnotic Dirge Records will have a merch table at this year's festival!



We'll be bringing along an assortment of our releases and favourite items from the distro, as well as some shirts! Everything - CD's, and shirts - will be $10 a piece, or 5 CD's for $40.

Since we obviously won't be bringing everything we have available, you can also take a look through our webshop...

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Webshop Update : October 2016

BAND SIGNING / RELEASE NEWS: Harrow to release "Fragments of a Fallen Star" on CD through Hypnotic Dirge Records

Harrow to release “Fragments of a Fallen Star” on CD through Hypnotic Dirge Records

September 22, 2016

Harrow, an excellent and underrated band from Victoria, BC will be re-releasing their second album, “Fragments of a Fallen Star” on digipack CD through Hypnotic Dirge Records this November! 

Crafting a cathartic experience through introspective yet raw music, “Fragments of a Fallen Star” explores space by combining psychedelic drone, acoustic passages, and energetic atmospheric b...

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Webshop Update : September 2016

ALBUM RELEASE: Frigoris - Nur ein Moment...

ALBUM PREMIERE: Frigoris premieres new album "Nur ein Moment..." on No Clean Singing!

One of our favourite zines, "No Clean Singing" is hosting the exclusive premiere of the brand new Frigoris album "Nur ein Moment..." in its entirety! 

The official release of this album is still a couple of days away (Thursday), but now that you're able to hear the album from start to finish, as it was meant to be listened, why not go check it out on NCS!

Besides hosting the premiere of the album, No Clean Singing also wrote their thoughts about the album.

Here is an excerpt from that article:
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PRE-ORDERS : Frigoris - Nur ein Moment... | SONG PREMIERE: Frigoris - Himeros

SONG PREMIERE: Frigoris debuts new track “Trúwen” from upcoming album “Nur ein Moment…”

Atmospheric Post-Black Metal band Frigoris  has spent the better part of the past two years preparing their follow-up album to the well-received “Wind” album from 2013. The new album is entitled “Nur ein Moment…” (Just one moment…), the first album in a two part concept series, and we are now premiering a track from the album, entitled “Trúwen.” You can head to the Hypnotic Dirge Records Bandcamp page to stream and download the first new Frigoris track in three years!

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ALBUM RELEASE: Nachtterror / Altars of Grief - Of Ash and Dying Light

ALBUM RELEASE: Nachtterror / Altars of Grief - Of Ash and Dying Light

July 10, 2015

Today is the official release date of the Blackened Doom Metal masterpiece split album "Of Ash and Dying Light" from Nachtterror and Altars of Grief! Head over to our Bandcamp page now to hear the split in its entirety, and be sure to also download it to receive the digital-only bonus songs that are not streaming on the page!

Those who pre-ordered the vinyl should also head over to the Bandcamp page to download t...

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Hypnotic Dirge Records Interview [July 2, 2015]

Webshop Update - June 2015

Webshop Update - June 1, 2015

A few very worthy highlights in this webshop update including the classic 1999 Worship album rerelease  "Last CD Before Doomsday" (previously Last Tape Before Doomsday) as well as essential Funeral Doom albums from Profetus, Ataraxie, Funeralium, and Funeral Moth from the high-quality acclaimed Japenese Funeral Doom label Weird Truth Productions​!

Also added to the shop is some crushing Australian Black Metal from Erebus Enthroned, and the latest album from Pesti...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Verlies - Le Domaine des Hommes

ALBUM RELEASE: Verlies - Le Domaine des Hommes

May 28, 2015

The worldwide digipack CD release of Verlies' debut album "Le Domaine des Hommes" has arrived and the album is available through a multiple of sources: Hypnotic Dirge Records, Throats Productions, and directly from the band. Hypnotic Dirge Records is selling the album worldwide with an emphasis on North America and Europe, Throats Productions is selling the album worldwide with an emphasis on Mexico, Central America, and South America,...

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PRE-ORDER: Verlies - Le Domaine des Hommes

May 12, 2015

 We are now accepting pre-orders for Verlies’s debut album “Le Domaine des Hommes” which will be officially released on May 28, 2015 in digipack format with a carefully designed 12 page booklet and 11cm x 7cm sticker! Pre-order the CD to receive a discount on the regular price until the release date! Alternatively, you may also pre-order the digital version for and receive the album in your email address on the release date.

Heavy Blog is Heavy is premiering the track "Maladi...

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Webshop Update - May 2015

Altars of Grief and Nachtterror to release split 10" vinyl "Of Ash and Dying Light" on Hypnotic Dirge Records!

Verlies signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records / Throats Productions

NEWS: Verlies signs with Hypnotic Dirge / Throats Productions;
Digipack CD release of “Le Domaine des Hommes” coming on May 28, 2015
April 9, 2015 Avant-garde Black Metal band Verlies’s debut album “Le Domaine des Hommes” will be released on May 28, 2015 in a digipack CD and digitally through Hypnotic Dirge Records and Throats Productions T. - Bass guitar | N. - Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Compositions, Programming | Psycho - Drums | V. - Lead Guitar Based out of the French city Lille...
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Free digital compilation album "Subarctic Nocturnes: Within the Ice" [Volume II] released now!

A few weeks ago, we released a Doom Metal collection under the Subarctic Nocturnes banner. As we stated at that time, it was meant to be the first of a three-part trilogy series of compilation albums that we would be releasing. Now, we present to you "Subarctic Nocturnes: Within the Ice[Volume II]", a collection of Black Metal and associated genres!

Free stream / download

Within this volume, a few different variations of Black Metal is included. The start of the album includes more fast-paced, ...

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Webshop Update - April 2015

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Hypnotic Dirge General Update

Distro Update: 33 New Titles added!

Distro Update: 24 New Titles, 2 New Shirts

All digital downloads on Bandcamp now set to free download!‏

Distro Update: 46 New Titles!

ALBUM RELEASE: Epitimia - "(Un)reality" double-album 6 panel digipack

PRE-ORDER: Epitimia - (Un)reality 2CD

Epitimia - "(Un)reality" double-album digipack available to pre-order!

Epitimia's new double-album "(Un)reality" is a culmination of over a year's hard work for the Saint-Petersburg based band which has been working on an expansive and ambitious follow-up to their last album "Faces of Insanity" released in the summer of 2012. "(Un)reality" includes lots of new innovations and interesting ideas on both the musical and conceptual sides and could easily be considered their most accomplished effor...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Windbruch - No Stars, Only Full Dark

Song Premiere: Epitimia - Illusion III - Foretime

ALBUM RELEASE: In my Shiver - Delicate Poison

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

ALBUM RELEASE: Ekove Efrits - Nowhere

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

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

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

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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Hypnotic Dirge Records launches new Webstore

Distro Update: 49 New Releases

netra releases "crawling" Music Video

Windbruch signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records; Release of second full-length album "No stars, only full dark" in February 2014.

Windbruch signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records; 

Release of second full-length album"No stars, only full dark" in February 2014.



The atmospheric Black Metal project "Windbruch" has signed with Hypnotic Dirge Records for the release of their second full-length album "No stars, only full dark"

Cold and mesmerizing atmospheric black metal from the Siberian region of Yugra in the city of Nizhnevartovsk, Windbruch was formed by Mikhailov Rodion in 2009. It combines elements of post black metal, ambient ...

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In my Shiver signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records

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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ALBUM RELEASE: Obsidian Tongue - A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time

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

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. 

PRE-ORDER CD
LISTEN TO NEW TRACK: "MY HANDS WERE MADE TO HOLD THE WIND"

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

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!

Obsidian Tongue signs with HDR, New album on the way!

Obsidian Tongue signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records

Second album "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" to be released: July 29, 2013

The track "Individuation" now available for streaming/download

The Massachusetts-based Black Metal duo Obsidian Tongue has signed with Hypnotic Dirge Records for the release of their forthcoming second album "A Nest of Ravens in the Throat of Time" which will be released in late July 2013 on Hypnotic Dirge Records as well as the band's own imprint Dissociation Re...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Galaktik Cancer Squad - Ghost Light

Galaktik Cancer Squad - Ghost Light available now!  

CD order, $5 download, free streaming

The latest album from Germany's one-man progressive black metal force Galaktik Cancer Squad, entitled Ghost Light is now available to order from Hypnotic Dirge Records. As usual, the album is available in CD or digital version and is also available for free streaming in its entirety!

From the vacuous depths of space, the great pathogenic force of Galaktik Cancer Squad will once again return to haunt the au...

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Solitude Productions update [06/09/2013]

ALBUM RELEASE: Frigoris - Wind

Frigoris - Wind available now for free streaming, $5 download, and CD order!

The new album from the atmospheric black metal band Frigoris entitled "Wind" is now available from Hypnotic Dirge Records. In addition to the regular CD edition which was co-released by Hypnotic Dirge and Misanthropic Art Productions, the album has also been uploaded to Bandcamp and Youtube for free streaming in its entirety, and is also available as a $5 digital download.

Although founded as a Pagan/Black Metal band, ...

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Galaktik Cancer Squad releases track 'In Lichterlosen Weiten'

Galaktik Cancer Squad releases track 'In Licherlosen Weiten'

The track 'In Lichterlosen Weiten' from the upcoming Galaktik Cancer Squad album "Ghost Light"' has now been made available for streaming and free download on the Hypnotic Dirge Records bandcamp page! 

From the vacuous depths of space, the great pathogenic force of Galaktik Cancer Squad will once again return to haunt the aural realms of the earth with their first ever physical release, ‘Ghost Light.’ An ambitious one-man project ...

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Hypnotic Dirge Records' Summer Black/Doom Releases - Pre-order now!

New Digital Release: Australasia - Sin4tr4

Australasia - Sin4tr4 available for free download from Hypnotic Dirge Records!

Australasia is the place where unusual soundscapes come to life: ethereal guitars mix with blast beat drums and black metal riffing, giving birth to strange and fast-flowing tunes.

Here subterranean streams alternate with tidal waves, turning into cinematic pictures that can last just the blink of an eye.

Their debut EP 'Sin4tra' combines post-rock, black metal, and electronic music quite masterfully 

"Echoes and Dust"...

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Frigoris signs to Hypnotic Dirge / Misanthropic Art Prod. for co-release!

Hypnotic Dirge will be doing its first ever co-release with the South Korean label Misanthropic Art Productions! Together, we'll be bringing you the second album entitled "Wind" from the atmospheric melodic black metal band from Germany called Frigoris! 


 
Although founded as a Pagan/Black Metal band, Frigoris steadily developed further since its foundation around head Dominik Winter in 2007 and stands for atmospheric, melodic Black Metal at the highest level today. The new record Wind is the c...
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Distribution Update: 30 New Titles added!

Depecting Abysm/Windbruch/Gmork - "Silentium!" Free Download available now!

Hypnotic Dirge Records is pleased to announce the release of a free digital download split album between three atmospheric black metal bands from Russia - Depicting Abysm, Windbruch, and Gmork. The album is entitled "Silentium!" and features three brand new tracks from each of the bands! 


 
"Silentium!" is now available for free streaming and download from the Hypnotic Dirge bandcamp page, youtube channel, and HDR Downloads' section. Since this is a free digital release, we are also encouraging...
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Depicting Abysm/Windbruch/Gmork digital split coming soon! (Ft. members of Epitimia)

On April 11, Hypnotic Dirge Records will be releasing a 3-way atmospheric black metal split from three Russian bands: Windbruch, Gmork and the side project of our very own Epitimia called Depicting Abysm. This will be a FREE DIGITAL RELEASE with the name “Silentium!” consisting of 9 untitled tracks titled with numbers and will be available from the HDR Downloads section and the bandcamp page.


 

Silence – it is a pause between two emotional strikes, but even there a “scream” can take p...
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Ekove Efrits releases two new official t-shirts! [Raven/Eclipse]

ALBUM RELEASE: netra - Sørbyen

*Originally posted September 29, 2012
 
Sørbyen, the second album from the experimental black metal project netra is now officially released! from their label In addition to the CD version, a digital version of the album is also available for free streaming or $5 downloads on bandcamp.
 


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FREE STREAMING/DOWNLOAD




 
At first, there was nothing but these memories of a cold and grey urbanism. It is meanwhile walking down the streets of Kemper, France, that netra was first thought of, back in 2003...
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ALBUM RELEASE: Silent Path - Mourner Portraits

*Originally posted July 28, 2012
 
Silent Path's new album 'Mourner Portraits' available now!


 

The long-awaited debut Silent Path album, 'Mourner Portraits' is now officially released! You can order the CD for $10.00 (plus shipping) from the Hypnotic Dirge Records website or download the digital album for $5.00 from bandcamp where it is also available for free streaming in its entirety! For those who are unfamiliar with the project, it is the other major project from Saman N., the Iranian musici...
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ALBUM RELEASE: Epitimia - Faces of Insanity

*Originally posted July 14, 2012

Epitimia's new album 'Faces of Insanity' is now available!



The latest album from the three piece atmospheric black metal/post-rock band from Epitimia is now officially released and available to order from their label Hypnotic Dirge Records. In addition to the CD version which is available for the label's website, the full album, entitled Faces of Insanity has also been made available for free streaming in its entirety at Hypnotic Dirge's bandcamp page where yo...
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Ekove Efrits - Hypermnesia album is now available as a free download!