Varathron “Genesis of the Unaltered Evil” Regular DLP and Die Hard Triple LP
ANTI-GOTH 204

(Description by J. Campbell)
To understand the defining traits of Greek Black Metal, one need only to listen to “The Tressrising of Nyarthotep” by the mighty Varathron. This track, first appearing on the “genesis of Apocryphal Desire” demo, possesses all of the victorious grandeur and tragic melancholia that are the essence of the early 1990’s Greek Black Metal sound. Along with contemporary releases by Rotting Christ and Necromantia, Varathron’s demo material firmly established a style that is thoroughly Grecian in character. Thick with a damp and heavy Hellenistic darkness, Varathron explored a sound that was infused with the epic and the ancient. As with so much of the most evocative and potent Black Metal, the ancient currents are revealed through the expression of the modern. Varathron’s music is as mystical as it is visceral. The recordings on this compilation comprise the earliest seeds of what would become one of the greatest bands in the history of the genre. This collection contains all of Varathron’s work leading the band toward the creation of their monumental debut LP, “His Majesty at the Swamp.” The two demos, “Procreation of the Unaltered Evil” and “Genesis of Apocryphal Desire” reveal the steps that Varathron took that would later come to fruition on their first album. This collection also contains the more refined tracks that were utilized on their first vinyl releases – the “One Step Beyond Dreams“ EP and “The Everlasting Sins” tracks from the split LP with Necromantia – and three additional bonus tracks recorded during the early years. As with the forthcoming Rotting Christ demo collection that NWN! will soon release, the songs on this compilation of Varathron’s early recordings reveal the painstaking emergence of a band’s identity. Absorbed in the context of early works by Varathron’s Greek contemporaries, one also witnesses the development of a sound uniquely specific to a geographic region, so specific, in fact, that it is impossible to imagine such a multidimensional approach to Black Metal originating anywhere else. Both the Regular and Die Hard editions of this release will feature gatefold jackets with artwork by Manuel Tinnemans and layout by Tilmann Benninghaus as well as a 48 page zine booklet. The Die Hard edition will also come with a separate LP (with jacket) featuring the “Live at the Swamp” demo material. Originally released on tape in 2004, “Live at the Swamp” features a live recording and rehearsal recording from 1991. These recordings have been remastered and cleaned up by James Plotkin and the sound quality on this LP, although still quite raw, is markedly better than the original tape version.

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Varathron “Genesis of the Unaltered Evil” T shirts

Double sided plastisol printed Gildan brand T shirts on black or grey shirts. Available in sizes S to XXL.

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Proclamation “Nether Tombs of Abaddon” Die Hard Pic LP
ANTI-GOTH 209

Die Hard version Picture LP with faux leather back patch of the ghastly cover artwork.

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Proclamation “Nether Tombs of Abaddon” Regular Version LP
ANTI-GOTH 209

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Out now on Nuclear War Now!/Ross Bay Cult

(Description by Daniel Rabadán)
And thus spoke the impious fraternity of the heinous ones. AMEN! And so the blasphemous acrostic was completed, as the fourth wind finally came blowing with razer destructive wrath what once spawned among profaned graves and defiled temples, completing the circle of the ancient and early initiation rites.

Proclamation prophesied their major rituals as four pillars of supreme desecration and unbearable turpitude, being “Nether Tombs of Abaddon” the last one and the vilest of them all.

While some bands evolve expanding their creative horizons intruding further on wider fields, this unholy trio isolates itself on the obsolete, the conservative, the orthodoxy, the tradition and their maniacal idolatry for the authentic underground cult. Paradoxically, such a static creative dirge doesn’t necessarily mean that this new and final tormenting opus of naughty beastliness is a plain violation attack. In fact is their most distinctive and diverse assault. Without denying nor abjuring even a single code of their narrow minded integrity, they’ve evocated a ritualism of slightly less reverberating vociferations but have certainly evoked a hundredfold infernal armageddon on which is their definitive and most unchaste offence.

Just succumb and kneel before the swarm of the possessed chained avernal voices that rape everything in sight throughout its entire length. Feel the grinding punishment of those prehistoric primitive drumming reminiscent of the Brazilian hammering. Follow the mesmerizing and bow to the simplicity of those hurtfulness bass lacerating lashes. Adore the anti liturgic rudeness of their crude riffing and the abyssal shrieks of their unmistakable solos. Adhere to the imagery of their graveyard marauding which is in fact as unique and as much of their very own by decree, as the Ross Bay and Bonfim sects. Surrender to a venomous vocational offering which as the apocalyptic final manifest it is, grows on an in crescendo of truculence which culminates on an orgy of mayhemic onslaughts of unpredictable proportions, due to the total lack and unallowance of niceties, brought mercilessly by this amoral horde.

The cursing conventicle that unchristened their style as Ritualistic Black Death Hecatomb in the initiating stage of their demo days, has surpassed on their climax of vengeance the threshold of the macabre and the unbelievable by far, achieving a sound which is more than music: the deafening muttering roar of hell itself.

Daniel Rabadán

Regular edition is available in both black and red vinyl. All are pressed on 180 gram heavy vinyl and includes 3mm jacket, printed innersleeve, and A2 poster; all printed on uncoated stock.

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Die hard pic disk version will be back on Jan 30th!
CD: Early Feb 2012

Mournful Congregation “Weeping/An Epic Dream of Desires” DLP

Officially released by Order MCM from Italy and distributed in the USA by NWN. Distros get in touch for wholesale rates.

Completely remastered rare demo recordings are not available on double 180 gram vinyl with gatefold jacket.

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CD and promo 7″ at press now. Vinyl going to press in the next few weeks.

All mastering is nearing completion. Tentative release date is set for winter 2011.

(Original press statement)
Canadian Doom Division Revenge has signed to Nuclear war Now! Productions for the American CD release as well as a world wide LP and Pic disc version of the fourth full length Revenge album Scum.Collapse.Eradication. Osmose Productions will be releasing the European cd version as well as an alternate LP version to be available world wide. A split 7 ep with bestial war command maniacs Black Witchery is also in the works. Expect nothing less than total hatred backed by the wall of noise that is Revenge.More details as they become available.

SCUM.COLLAPSE.ERADICATION

1 Us And Them (High Power)
2Retaliation (Fallout Prayer)
3.Parasite Gallows (In Line)
4.Filth Solution (Intolerance)
5.Banner Degradation (Exile Or Death)
6.Burden eradication (Nailed Down)
7.Pride Ruination (Division Collapse)
8.Scorned Detractor (Trust No One)

Reprint with the logo, title and cross in red. All discharge ink printed on Gildan brand T shirts. Available in sizes S to XXL.

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Out now on Buried by Time and Dust Records from Danville CA:

Pagan Altar “The Time Lord” LP
DUST024

The Time Lord 12″ vinyl features five previously unreleased, and for anyone outside of the band previously unheard, songs dating back to the very beginning of Pagan Altar’s existence in 1978. Originally released as self released cassette limited to 500 copies. This is the second official Re-release by Buried by Time and Dust with gatefold jacket, army green vinyl with new artwork by Andrei Bouzikov. Includes photos of the 1978 lineup and lyric sheet.

Tracks 1 and 2 recorded in New Cross studios in 1978. Tracks 3, 4 and 5 were recorded in late 1980 or early 1981. Les Moody and Ivor Harper only feature on tracks 1 and 2. Mark Elliot only features on tracks 3, 4 and 5.

1. Highway Cavalier 02:46 Show lyrics
2. The Time Lord 08:10 Show lyrics
3. Judgement of the Dead 06:58 Show lyrics
4. The Black Mass 05:52 Show lyrics
5. Reincarnation 09:03 Show lyrics
32:49

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All of these are 12″ wide and embroidered on faux leather material.

Blasphemophagher “Logo” back patch

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Embrace of Thorns “Praying for Absolution” back patch
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Ross Bay Cult back patch
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Pseudogod logo back patch
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NWN and Neseblod Records is pround to present:

Carpathian Forest “Bloodlust and Perversion” DLP
ANTI-GOTH 207

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(Description by J. Campbell)
Throughout their long history, Carpathian Forest have covered a wide range of sonic territory. This double LP collects the earliest demo material that the band released, and it is easily among their best output. Despite the fact that they were all released nearly contemporaneously, the two demo recordings and a studio rehearsal on this compilation – “Bloodlust and Perversion” (1992), Rehearsal (1992), and “Journey Through the Cold Moors of Svartjern” (1993) – cover a vast spectrum within the Black Metal genre. The tracks on the “Bloodlust and Perversion” demo are predominantly mid-paced and, at times, even doomy evoking a sound more akin to Samael, Hellhammer or even Goatlord. The atmosphere that Carpathian Forest attains with this sound is distinct from those or any other band’s output, however. While more sludgy and visceral than much of the Norwegian Black Metal of that era, Carpathian Forest still manage to create the sense of isolation and solitude characteristic of the Norwegian landscape that is so often associated with that region’s output in the early 1990’s. The “Journey Through the Cold Black Moors of Svartjern” is even more atmospheric in that it eschews most of the traditional elements of metal in favor of a pure descent into the sensory realms. The first track is a keyboard-laden, militant dirge that, but for the vocals, could nearly be characterized as dark industrial or neofolk. The two tracks that follow are even more folkloric. This sound, while uncharacteristic of most of Carpathian Forest’s work before or since, is arguably some of their darkest and most melancholic work. This demo recording reveals that much of what is relevant and intriguing about Black Metal is the atmosphere of the music rather than the aggression that is often associated with it. The last tracks on this compilation, however, show that Carpathian Forest were equally adept at channeling the aforementioned aggression inherent in Black Metal. These tracks, taken from the obscure rehearsal recording from 1992, are predominantly primitive Black Metal as one would expect. More furious and raw than the other two demos, these tracks are a step closer to the sound evolving in Norway during the rise of the second wave of Back Metal. Carpathian Forest’s style on this recording is not quite fully realized, however, and the band seems to rely heavily upon the first wave bands that inspired them. Indeed, this demo features cover tracks by both Bathory and Venom as well as stylistic nods to Hellhammer/Celtic Frost. Overall, these early recordings capture not only a band in the process of defining its own style, but of the emergence of an entire genre of music and the diverse potential inherent within it.

Die hard red vinyl version includes a huge 12″ wide embroidered logo back patch and vinyl sticker. Photo of the patch will be added tomorrow afternoon.

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Official distribution in Germany by High Roller Records
They will have both regulars and die hards in stock in the next week. Europeans are encouraged to order from them to save on postage and VAT.

Blasphemophagher “Nuclear Empire of Apocalypse” TS
Full color plastisol ink printing on the front and one color on the back. Printed on 100% cotton Gildan brand T shirts. Available in sizes Small to XXL.

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Blasphemophagher “…For Chaos, Obscurity and Desolation…” TS
Full color plastisol ink printing on the front and one color on the back. Printed on 100% cotton Gildan brand T shirts. Available in sizes Small to XXL.

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