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Kooperace dvou německých black metalových kapel. On "Toteninsel", two of the most distinct names in German black metal join forces to put their own spin on a famous painting: Farsot and ColdWorld. Ever since their 2007 debut, "IIII", succeeding the "suicidal" demo "042103freitod", Thuringia-based Farsot have dodged the genre's common themes and trappings to develop a unique aesthetic for themselves. Steeped in it, the quintet's current, fourth album, "Fail·Lure" is a showcase in stylistic bravery, without being above honouring their roots. A long-time associate of the group, Georg Börner, is and was the sole driving force behind ColdWorld; an at times ambient-oriented projection of black metal whose icy soundscapes have unfolded in a comprehensive discography. The origins of "Toteninsel" lie way back, not least because of its subject matter - Swiss Symbolist artist Arnold Böcklin's most famous and equally mysterious painting of the same name ("Isle of the Dead"), the first...

Velmi pozoruhodný ambient black metal z USA. Album z roku 2012 znovuvydané v reedici v roce 2019 na labelu Prophecy Productions. Digipack. Originators of Cascadian Black Metal, Fauna have made an incredibly deep imprint on the American metal scene. Utilizing both unrelenting black metal alongside periodic acoustic meditations, they stand as a truly unique force, impacting fellow artists Agalloch and directly influencing the development of Wolves in the Throne Room. But while these artists have thrived in the public spotlight, Fauna chose to stay in the shadows, and to remain quietly in the damp, wild forests of the Pacific Northwest. In 2012 “Avifauna” emerged as the latest album released by Fauna. The album explores the connections between bird flight and the human spiritual quest, centering around a dialogue between numinous Others and ourselves in a dance of interwoven meanings. With so much of the sound Fauna fans have loved from the previous two efforts, “Avifauna” is...

Zbrusu nové album amerického black metalového projektu. Digipack. "Ochre & Ash" is the title of the fourth full-length from Cascadian black metal shamans FAUNA. Ochre and ash are also two of the main ingredients used by ancient humans to create paintings in caves. The album cover combines these two aspects by using an image from the Cueva de las Manos ("Cave of the Hands") in Argentina, where the oldest hands stencilled onto the rock date back to about 7,300 BC. FAUNA are animist ministers who take listeners and participants in their live rituals back to the origins of our species, to an age of hunters and gatherers and archaic human spirituality. "Ochre & Ash" is conceived as a shamanic underworld journey, a process of ritual death, harrowing passage through unknown realms, and rebirth into new form. Although "Ochre & Ash" looks like a regular album with six tracks at a superficial glance, it is in fact intended as one whole piece that is divided into three "songs",...

Velmi pozoruhodná americká ambient black metalová kapela. Album z roku 2007 znovuvydané v reedici v roce 2019 na labelu Prophecy Productions. Digipack. In 2004, the drive to explore shamanism and atavism (the reemergence of traits thought to be lost from the human biology and culture) birthed itself in the creation of Olympia black metal fury, Fauna. Originators of the scene we now know as Cascadian Black Metal, Fauna aims at finding antidotes to the woes of the modern age, and a cathartic expression of the contemporary soul longing for the old ways. On “The Hunt” (2007), which is their second album, Fauna particularly took the chance to explore another facet of the human experience - delving into the themes of initiation, hunter and the hunted, life and death, and the need to engage with unseen forces to sustain one’s people with life-giving bounty. “The Hunt” is a collection of soundscapes, blistering black metal, and haunting space. Using carefully crafted sounds recorded from...

Velmi zdařilé debutní album britské viking black metalové kapely z roku 1999 nyní vydané v reedici na CD. Luxusní digibook vydání formátu 17 x 17 cm s bookletem na kvalitním masivním papíru. Ručně dělaná limitovaná edice 100 ks. Artefakt!!

V reedici znovuvydané třetí album Forgotten Tomb z roku 2004. Ponurý negativní depresivní black metal. Digipack. Itálie. The remastered and remixed version, including re-vamped layout and original cover, censored back in 2004.  Ferdinando 'Herr Morbid' Marchisio commented on the re-release: "We recently got back to Elfo Studio and reopened the mixing sessions for our classic 3rd album "Love's Burial Ground". The album has been hard to find for quite a while now and we felt it needed a proper re-release as we did with our first 2 albums recently. We were unsatisfied with a few details of the original release so we went there and improved our earlier mix. It retains all the original sessions and mix but we just refined a few things in the sound and remastered it all. Also, we added a few different details to the album title and tracklist and reintegrated the original cover-artwork, which was censored back then. Fans won't be disappointed since it's the best...

Desáté řadové album kultovní italské black metalové kapely. Forgotten Tomb's tenth studio album and follow up to "We Owe You Nothing" (2017). The album's cover artwork is a painting, specifically drawn for this release by artist Paolo Girardi (Power Trip, Bell Witch, Inquisition). It complements the misanthropic and introvert nature of music and lyrics alike. In a comment that encompasses everything from working on the album, to musical expectations and lyrical themes, the band had this to say: "Nihilistic Estrangement is our tenth album and it opens a new chapter of the band and possibly a new trilogy, therefore it sounds different from our previous release, which closed the past trilogy. The whole idea and concept behind the album was to make something detached from all the current trends in terms of style and production so that it would feel timeless and not chained to a particular frame in time. I chose specific vintage microphones from the 60s/70s for the studio sessions...

První nahrávka Forgotten Tomb z roku 2000 znovuvydaná v krásném stylovém digipackovém vydání. Itálie. Long awaited and long time out-of-press re-master of the band’s classic album. Limited edition with unreleased pictures and new liner notes by Herr Morbid himself. A must-have for all the fans of the band as well as for everyone into negative and obscure Black Metal. Includes bonus track.

Precizní symfonický black metal z Velké Británie. British Symphonic Black-Metal. For Fans of Cradle of Filth, Dimmu Borgir & Emperor.

Old school death / black metal ve stylu starých Rotting Christ, Denial of God, Varathron. Itálie.

Debutní album švédské black metalové kapely. Digipack. How often has primeval black metal been announced dead in the last twenty years? With their debut album “Ett Fjärran Kall” (“A Call From Afar”) FORNHEM from Sweden prove those predictions to be pointless. While Vafthrudner and Solbane undoubtedly owe a lot to the aesthetics originally crafted by the pioneers of Scandinavian black metal, they nevertheless achieve to create their own approach by interpreting influences from a broad spectrum of folk (rock) music in a consciously minimalist and almost hypnotizing way. “Our aim is to make music that moves forward, even if it’s minimal and repetitive, and we think that adding something or making slight alterations in a riff or chord progression makes it come alive and breathe”, explains Vafthrudner the proven method of FORNHEM. “Black metal in general is quite beautiful music behind all the layers of noise, and we want to enhance that by using minimalism. Also,...

Zbrusu nové album švédské black metalové kapely. Digipack. FORNHEM are living proof that the dark underground in Norrköping at the centre of Sweden’s historic province of Östergötland, which has spawned such ground-breaking acts as MARDUK and OFERMOD, is still fertile. The Swedes' sophomore full-length "Stämman från Berget" ("The Voice from the Mountain") is clearly more than a continuation from FORNHEM's acclaimed 2017 debut album "Ett Fjärran Kall" (“A Call from Afar"). While the trio remains firmly rooted in Nordic black metal with its mesmerising, repetitive phrasing, pounding ritualistic percussion, and fierce vocals, they have expanded the range of their eclectic influences even further. At the core of the band's audible musical development apart from added years of experience is the addition of guitarist Thuleman to the original founding duo of FORNHEM. Thuleman is a veteran musician, who comes with a solid background in blues rock and just for the fun of it also composes...

Zbrusu nové album islandské black metalové kapely. Digipack. With their seventh full-length entitled "Narkissos", FORTÍÐ have finally delivered a masterpiece that should easily make it into the top part of those end of the year lists. The Icelandic trio has not even changed much, they are just doing everything even better than before. FORTÍÐ forge melodic riffing from black, death, thrash, and heavy metal threads into one sharp weapon. The Icelanders don't care about any particular genre, but focus entirely on writing excellent songs. As a result "Narkissos" features nine catchy and fiery metal anthems. FORTÍÐ determined the musical coordinates of their long journey with the ambitious "Völuspá" album trilogy, which was released from 2003 to 2010. Their early combination of harsh black and death metal riffing with a pinch of thrash and a penchant for epic melodies, versatile vocals as well as a heavy dose of "Icelandic sound" was continuously refined on the acclaimed "Pagan...

První tří alba Fortíð tvořící trilogii nyní vychází v reedici v krásném balení ve formátu knihy28x28 cm, 60 stránek, pevná vazba. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Fortíð's debut album, the release of "Völuspá" as a 3CD large-format artbook unites the band's first three albums: "Völuspá Part I: Thor's Anger" (2003), "Völuspa Part II: The Arrival Of Fenris" (2007) and "Völuspá Part III: Fall Of The Ages" (2010). These albums, forming a conceptual trilogy, are herewith brought together on one release for the first time. Three bonus tracks were added to each album, and in addition the first two albums were remastered by Einar "Eldur" Thorberg Guðmundsson. The artbook contains 60 pages and impresses at first glance with its hardcover, which is finished with golden hotfoil. The content of the artbook includes introductions by Kári Pálsson and Einar "Eldur" Thorberg Guðmundsson, all lyrics in original language and in English translation, essays on the band's history and numerous...

Black metal z rumunské Bukurešti. The second full-length by Bucharest, Romania based Black Metal entity FUNERAL BAPTISM, a bold and introspective journey through themes of solitude, transcendence, and self-destruction, built upon a foundation of harsh riffing, cold atmospheres, and piercing screams. credits released May 30, 2025 Funeral Baptism is: Damian (Guitars, Bass, Keyboards) Stege (Vocals & Lyrics) Drums by: Filip Gaddnos - track 3 Mika Kallio - tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 Mixed and mastered by Andrei Scoarta at Black Engine Productions Artwork & design by Irina Chirita Vocals recorded by Andrei Spataru at Osimetric Productions

Dvě minialba polské black metalové kapely nyní vydaná jako 1 CD. CD version of Furia's two experimental, improvised mini-albums. “Stara Polska Księżycowa”, contains two brand new tracks; while the second part, “Ubrdy cz. 1”, showcases three improvised tracks. Both parts recorded entirety live, 320 metres underground in old coal mine Guido in Zabrze, PL on April 16th, 2016. Jewelcase.

Black metal. Minialbum. Polsko.

Nové album kultovní polské black metalové kapely. Following on from their 2016 critically acclaimed album “Księżyc Milczy Luty”, Polish nekrofolk act Furia have announced their next material. Entitled “W Śnialni” (which roughly translates to “the dream room”) the musical work, which draws comparisons to a musical drama in style, is released on 21 February 2021 via Pagan Records. „Our goal was something on the border of a radio play / theater of imagination and a music album...” - says Nihil. Get ready to get lost in the labyrinth, the apocalypse is already going on...

Ponurý depresivní funeral doom - black metal se ženským vokálem. Lahůdka pro příznivce starých Unholy. Rusko.

Debutní album norské black metalové kapely. Digipack. Gaahls WYRD, lead by the infamous Gaahl (ex-GORGOROTH, WARDRUNA), is a full-strength assault of pure Norwegian black metal malevolence and majesty. In mid 2018 the band teamed up with producer Iver Sandøy (ENSLAVED, EMMERHOFF & THE MELANCHOLY BABIES) to record their first full-length album 'GastiR – Ghosts Invited'. The highly anticipated debut album from Gaahls WYRD will see the band chart territories within the extreme metal genre no one has ever walked before.