Caustic - Industrial Music

2015-11-16 (News)

Caustic‘s Matt Fanale has always been hard to nail down as an electronic artist. Whether blasting sonic chaos in his first incarnation as a rhythmic noise punk or his later, broadening arch as more dancefloor-friendly, yet still confounding people with the wild variety of styles on his albums. There’s one thing that can easily be said about Caustic’s output: it’s never boring. And while the styles may change, the creative curiosity remains constant, as does Fanale’s steadfast DIY ethos. After three years, Fanale is finally releasing his seventh full-length Caustic album, appropriately titled ‘Industrial Music’. Returning more to his original raw, visceral sound, ‘Industrial Music’ is in many ways Caustic coming full circle, but still moving forward. Gone is the shiny studio polish, as Fanale’s eye was on dragging you into back the pit with him and giving you the jagged, pounding industrial energy that originally put him on the map, inspired by the gritty late 80s American industrial scene.

Dvar - Piirrah

2015-11-15 (News)

Occult, ecstatic and possessed record. Really dark, scaring and obscure sound. Sick and hysterical, extramundane and howling cantation in unknown language by medium singer. 
First and cult album of  Russian project from early 2000-s. Milestone of Russian dark scene first time on vinyl. 211 copies on black vinyl, special analog mastering especially for this release and minimalistic artwork made closely to fist edition from 2002 year.

Necro Stellar - Saturating Cemetery

2015-11-15 (News)

The cult album of one of the oldest Russian gothic band "Saturating Cemetery" is, in a sense, some kind of rarity and experiment in which wide spectrum of different instruments is presented, from Soviet synthesizers to percussions made of human bones. The stylistics varies from dark ambient and psychedelic rock to electro and cyber dark space. The mild synthetic beat that moves to dance rhythm, the classical contrast between low male vocal and ethereal female one. The occult mystic atmosphere gives the special dark mood to the album. Special vinyl mastering made by Necro Stellar's mistermind Yuri Zvezdniy. First time on vinyl - limited to 250 copies.

Hati - Metanous

2015-11-14 (News)

"Metanous" is a third CD in group's history, but a debut studio album labeled Hati released by Zoharum. After two years the band comes back with a new release, which is a summary of 2011-2012, when musicians played as a trio: Rafał Iwański, Rafał Kołacki and Robert Darowski. In case of "Metanous" weight of rhythmical percussions is balanced by sound of didgeridoo, which became not an addition, but a full-fledged instrument. As usual you can find here various instruments that create the Hati sound from their very beginning. Music in the new interaction is rich, tracks structures are extended, often based on a dialogue of characteristic gong rhythm with the didgeridoo sound and many other instruments, played by R. Darowski. There are also acoustic drone explorations, equally important in the group's sound. 
"Metanous" is a change (of mind). For Hati it is also a closure of certain period of activity. The band will never play again in such configuration. This album is a proof of interesting time, set in seven compositions, recorded especially for this release. Artwork is made by Tomek Mirt, mastering is done by Łukasz Miernik.

Echoes of Yul - The Healing

2015-11-14 (News)

After two albums, split and critically acclaimed EP 'Tether', Echoes of Yul comes back with a third LP and own vision of slow-motion music. Weight and intensity of previous releases give a way to atmospheric journey throughout unique conception of soundtracks, krautrock, dub and minimal-rock. Less literal and more musically abstractive, it is the Echoes of Yul with their characteristic elements, but exploring new territories and not copying already existing ideas. Michał Śliwa is not trying to move through used, checked and safe paths, but creates new, coherent masterpiece in the form of 'The Healing'. Material is produced by Michał Śliwa. Mastering of recordings is made by James Plotkin (OLD, Khanate). Artwork is made by Maciej Mehring and Michał Śliwa. Album is released in the form of digipak by Zoharum.

Celldöd - Mekaniskt Gransland

2015-11-13 (News)

"Mekaniskt Gränsland" is the debut full-length release by Sweden’s Celldöd. Celldöd’s Anders Karlsson is not a young techno producer, but a seasoned EBM musician and fanatic, a member of bands including The Pain Machinery and Bunkersex. "Mekaniskt Gränsland" (translation: Mechanical Twilight) is dirty, electronic dance floor music, hardware driven, mostly instrumental, and stripped to the bare bone. The album was made during long, late-night sessions, working with semi-functioning gear from the past (analogue synths and drum machines) as well as new, small and inexpensive machines. Karlsson’s modus operandi for Celldöd is to keep the grit and the rough edges in the production, submitting to the beauty and power of imperfection. The album was originally submitted as a collection of relentless, pounding EBM slammers, equal parts rigid and funky, but consistently geared to the dance floor… however, Celldöd decided to explore his ambient and experimental side as well, and the resulting interludes give "Mekaniskt Gränsland" a more ominous and storylike pace, an uncommon achievement in an album geared to the dance floor. From Celldöd: "Even though you exist in this mechanical twilight, you must try to move forward. Always. Never stand still. Just living is not enough. Do whatever it takes. If you stop you’ll drown."