Nordvargr - Interstellar 2 [2009]

Interstellar 2
01 Transmission 5 / Transmitting Emptiness
02 Transmission 6 / Entering abandoned sector Cosmos 69
03 Transmission 7 / Kvasar
04 Transmission 8 / Ultra Deep Field
05 Transmission 9 / Barrier
06 Transmission 10 / Expanding Matter II
07 Transmission 11 / Song of Saturn (demo pre Interstellar)

Interstellar
08 Transmission 1 / Nothingness Approaching
09 Transmission 2 / Massive Interstellar Darkness
10 Transmission 3 / Expanding Matter
11 Transmission 4 / Returning To A Balanced Existence

" I am the first to admit that the MP3 format is not the best way to enjoy
this music, but I have worked with the mastering quite hard to make the
files sound as good as possible, even though they are compressed.

Spread it as much as you want - seed, copy, burn etc... sharing is caring.

I will not go in to a long rant about free internet and piracy, but to sum
it up:
Support what is good and worth supporting (small independent labels are
always good and should be encouraged and supported).
Put pressure on the system to make it better.

PS

If you would like to give something back to the artist to show
appreciation, please go to www.nordvargr.com and find the contact info.
Paypal donations are welcome. "

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Rudi Arapahoe - Echoes From One To Another [2008]

1 I Close My Eyes And Float To The Ceiling (2:10)
2 To Gather Flowers (4:56)
3 Forest Of Arches (5:38)
4 Dionysian Birds (2:53)
5 Every Time I Sleep (1:14)
6 Echoes From One To Another (5:48)
7 Lunar Semaphore (5:10)
8 Conversation Piece (4:41)
9 Vulture Phantasy (1:30)
10 Pleroma (4:04)
11 Last Words Unspoken (2:18)
12 My Shadow (Vanishes) (9:31)

Born of a shadowy unconscious,

‘Echoes From One To Another’ weaves poetic verse through sleep, dreams and the afterlife.

A strange and beautiful tale,

voiced across the windswept plains and forests of purgatory.

Info

http://www.myspace.com/rudiarapahoe

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Celer - Discourses of The Withered [2008]

1.This Thinking Globe Exploding (14:19)
2.The Carved God Is Gone; Waking Above The Pileus Clouds(12:51)
3.Stargazing Lily Lacks The Flower (10:55)
4.A Crush, A Hero-Worship & Hyperrealism (5:51)
5.The Separation Of The Two-Phased Apple Blossoms (8:50)
6.Delaying The Entropy; In Emptiness, Forms Are Born (14:26)

Celer is a husband (Will) and wife (Danielle) duo from California that use a variety of strings as the basis for their sound. Cello, viola, violin and the sounds are mixed in with field recordings, choir. live theremin and then tape spliced and re-assembled in varying lengths to create a loop base. Those sounds are then sampled, layered and processed. The result is a shimmering orchestra. Periods of silence between the notes only enhance the sound. Though at times very haunting, it's brightly hazy ambient. Initially "Discourses..." was to be 1 full-length CD with a bonus CDR ("The Everything and the Nothing") to accompany the first 100 copies. When Celer presented the bonus material, with field recordings mixed in obtained by Danielle over several months in India, the quality of the material was so high that it was suggested and agreed to instead be a concurrent release of two full-length discs. Edition of 500.

Info

http://www.myspace.com/celersite

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A Wake A Week - Little Black Cloud [2009]

1 Home (4:54)
2 Little Black Cloud (4:12)
3 I'm Always Writing Endings (3:38)
4 Your Rain Isn't My Rain (3:23)
5 Leaves (4:03)
6 One Take Away One (4:13)
7 Faerie Photo (3:05)
8 Beginnings And Endings (5:47)
9 Waking (2:41)
10 A Wake A Week (6:09)

A Wake A Week...do we never tire of these endless reruns of our grief? With this debut release from his new project, Dave Dando-Moore (Detritus) offers us an intensely composed symphony of unending sorrow. If Detritus is the debris of emotion, A Wake A Week is the tar-black residue still clinging like a parasite, clawing away at old wounds. Like ashes on celluloid, Little Black Cloud opens up a widescreen vista of sound, albeit sullied and decaying. Eschewing the polish and sterility that digital production can entail, the album embodies the crackle and spark of embers of a once-consuming fire, giving us an album that feels organic and alive. From the opening waves of House, the listener will submerged in cascades of suffocating, drowning synthesis. Capturing the very essence of heartache, each rumble and pulse pulls us deeper into a heart of darkness. Yet, there is beauty and hope shattering through this black firmament. Opening up the the instrumentation to such diverse timbres as neo-classical pianos, tranquilized guitar and the perfumed atmospherics of ethnic vocals, expectant warmth rises through the swathes of oppressive intensity. No artistic hubris is attempted here. This is as raw, open and confessional as music can get. Drawing comparisons with Max Richter, Deaf Center, Johann Johannsson and The Protagonist, A Wake A Wake will evoke cathartic exorcisms of woe in even the most glacial of hearts.

Info

http://www.myspace.com/awakeaweek

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Maeror Tri - Ambiguitas [1995]

A1 Death Surrounds You (15:41)
A2 Fusion Of Segmentary Intelligence (5:59)
A3 Furtive Menace (3:24)
A4 Caligo (4:58)
B1 Amplexari (5:54)
B2 Magical Attraction (5:58)
B3 Pulchritudo (4:38)
B4 Delphic Oracle (6:39)
B5 Northern Lights (4:50)

This tape is dedicated to the never understandable ambiguity of life!

Limited edition of 149 numbered copies.

Info

http://www.myspace.com/maerortri

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Maeror Tri - Peak Experience (CDr) [2005]

1 My Electrocution (9:12)
2 Sneaking Movement (2:32)
3 Sensory Deprivation (4:16)
4 Cursed Colours (2:42)
5 Boundary To Insanity 5 (White Noise In My Head) (10:32)
6 Talita Kum! (5:05)
7 Translucent Vault (5:56)
8 Wovoka (4:04)
9 The Threat (5:18)
10 Endless Space (4:05)
11 The Last Perception (4:16)

Limited to 150 hand numbered copies in a special wooden package.
An edition of 50 hand numbered copies also exists. It is packaged only in the laminated paper sleeve, and the '1' in '150' has been covered with black ink. It is unclear if this is a second edition or a promo edition.

"Peak Experience" was the very first widely available Maeror Tri cassette, it was released in 1989 in two versions: the first was released by the american cassette label Harsh Reality Music, the second appearead later on the german label Bestattungsinstitut.

Info

http://www.myspace.com/maerortri

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Miasma and the Carousel of Headless Horses - Manfauna (EP, 2007)

"Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses are a British instrumental quintet that plays dark, antiquated sounding music encompassing elements of Eastern European folk, avant-rock, broken-down calliope music, and neo-classical film composition. More a trip to an anachronistic world of neo-baroque psychedelia than a simple study in diced-up ecclecticism, the music on Perils sways between lush chamber orientated melancholia, apocalyptic bombast, and epic ghost train high-drama. Featuring members of Guapo, Aethenor, Chrome Hoof and Cathedral."

Label: Latitudes

Line-up:

Daniel O'Sullivan
Orlando Harrison
Sara Hubrich
Leo Smee
David Smith

Tracklist:

1 Manticore
2 Taus
3 Garp Gadriel

www.myspace.com/headlesshorses

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This Morn' Omina - Momentum of Singular Clarity (EP) [2009]

1 Momentum I (5:41)
2 Nuraghi (6:54)
3 Ananda (7:59)
4 Tellurian (7:02)
5 Momentum II (4:22)

Five years have passed since the self-contained 'drake equation'. this ep is also a stand-alone release - a stop between the second and the third part of the nyan trilogy. sal-ocin joined t.m.o. as a full member a few years ago and now the project is a trio with the inclusion of the live concert drummer spike.

this morn' omina created five tracks which combine rhythmic complexity with impulsive power and tuneful depth to aurally express mass and velocity of an object (=momentum). framed by the fast, pulsating floor burners momentum I and II, you will discover the melodic beauty of nuraghi, the tribal, symphonic darkness of ananda, and the slow, melancholic flow of tellurian. synthetic beats, acoustic percussion, sub-basses, atmospheric electronics and energetic vocals result in the uniqueness that this morn' omina stands for.

Info

http://www.myspace.com/thismornomina

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Wormsblood - In the Stars (2008)

Absolutely insane band. Describing this release is beyond me, so I refer you to the press release for the vinyl version below.

"Hailing from grim Wisconsin, WORMSBLOOD have honed their craft since 2002 on solstice and eclipse. They create "BLOOD SORCERY = Progressive Blackened Stenchcore". "In the stars" is a tumultous sonic cauldron overflowing with elements of true metal, noise, black metal, field recordings, free folk and eye of newt. Littered with occult references and clearly a work of some intelligence, "In the stars" baffles the listener as it drags them through the bleak Oshkosh woods in a lysergic Wild Hunt: from the ritual / field recording sounds of primitive percussion and the united voices of animal and man that give way to epic riffing and the deranged vocals of opener "Thundercall", its clear that these kids didn't have a lot of friends at school.

Sabbath-esque riffs, putrid thrashing, animal howls, primitive blast beats, cheap keyboards, broken throat vocals, necro production, guitar solos, abyssic noise, and a theatrical sensibility for the epic make WORMSBLOOD defy attempts to pigeon hole. Nay, they take the pigeon, sacrifice it on a primitive wooden altar to the spirits unknown and stuff the corpse in your hole. "Outsider Black Metal" seems to be the best match, but "In the stars" is so much more." - Aurora Borealis

Label: 23 Productions / Faunasabbatha / Aurora Borealis

Line-up:

Zodiac "Wyrdskull" Widdershins
Crimson Maaritkitaka
Apaculus
Vragknacht the Two-Handed

Tracklist:

1 Thundercall (Intro)
2 Ritual Use Of The Athame
3 Inheritor
4 The Marriage (Eclipse)
5 The First Dim Shinings (Of Those About To Awaken)
6 Street Jammer (Manilla Road Cover, Live Rehearsal)
7 The Axis of Apator
8 Tolling Beyond Our Lunar Trance
9 Fyrnsidu
10 Siege (Live Rehearsal)
11 In The Stars
12 From These Dark Fields (We Can See The Stars...)
13 Ritual Of Bone And Horn / A Houndish Child Arise

http://www.myspace.com/wormsblood
Buy Cassette/LP:
http://www.myspace.com/faunasabbatha
http://www.aurora-b.com/

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Xela - The Illuminated (Cassette + Vinyl) [2008/2009]

A Black Scripture (19:57)
B Gilted Rose (19:57)

"The Illuminated" was originally released on cassette, a format very fitting to the gloomy, waterlogged sounds; but having sold out in a matter of days it now recieves the much needed deluxe re-issue treatment. Taking cues from the cracked black metal of Burzum and Striborg and fusing this with heavy, synthesized noise "The Illuminated" is possibly Xela's darkest, most spine-chilling work to date. We are taken through chiming Nurse With Wound-inspired soundscapes into Middle Eastern marketplaces and through caverns of thick, buzzing synthesized noise on the album's first piece. Entitled "Black Scripture" this takes the dank religious themes of "In Bocca Al Lupo" and goes even deeper into the Church dungeons, digging up lost artifacts and the angry spirits that accompany them. The flipside extends this heresy with a throaty vocal and distorted electric guitar, leaving blackened corpses and the traces of a sleepy village in its wake. Devastating and dark material, listen if you dare...

"In this the signs shall be those of Set triumphant and of Baphomet. Also shall Set appear in the circle. Let him drink of the sacrament and let him communicate the same."

Cassette Info
Vinly Info


http://www.myspace.com/learnwithxela

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SEVEN PINES - The Garden of Fand [2001]

1- Fand
2- La Rumeur
3- Le Jardin Des Mensonges
4- Abandonné
5- Tintagel
6- L´île Des Morts
7- Dorian
8- Le Rêve De Fand
9- Les Jardins De Fand
10- Le Danseur De L´ombre
11- Le Vieil Homme
12- Rêverie
13- Ma Reine
14- Sirènes

The Garden of Fand" is the first album of Seven Pines, a project from Eric Roger, well know for his schizophrenic alter ego Gaë Bolg. This mysterious and onirical album full of rich musical textures somewhere between troubadoresque, militaristic and medieval music that reflects romantic and folk influences tinted by psychedelia and is essentially built around the piano, strings (guitars, violin) and wind instruments such as recorders, oboes and trumpets with the superb voice of Gaë Bolg, which illuminates marvellously the beautiful compositions of this album. The listener is invited to explore the different secret nooks and crannies of this enchanting garden dreamt by Fand...

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Disharmony - Malignant Shields [2007]

1 Drops Of Dust (5:39)
2 Vanity (4:17)
3 Spiritual Tribe (2:43)
4 Human Deadline (4:02)
5 Gone In Silence (4:09)
6 Virus (2:55)
7 Confused (3:18)
8 Oblivions (7:58)
9 Parasite (4:35)
10 Storm (3:29)
11 Twilight Zone (4:39)
12 Ridiculous (6:44)
13 Out Of Time (3:56)

Endless transformations and experimenting with sound is natural phase that brings Disharmony in their next work. This time fifth stop and mapping of their territory, Disharmony opens their next phase and with their new album opens the gates into the space of electro underground. Combining industrial elements and idm puts Disharmony into the modern, electro revolution and with this opens next phase and possibility to look into the ambiental waters covered into hybrid structures that seconds cinematic moods and lived vocals. Destructive and at the same time beautiful listening. Those who listen to Disharmony from their beginnings will hear a primary root that has put their electrodes into the time depths. Electronic vibrations are pulsating between organic frequencies and beautiful moods. Disharmony has moved one level higher. Intelligent and modern work!!!

Limited to 550 copies.
Comes in a mini DVD package.

Info

http://www.myspace.com/disharmonydarkelectro

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Svarte Greiner - Penpals Forever [2008]

A1 Untitled (11:02)
A2 Silence (5:12)
A3 Untitled (8:54)
B Untitled (13:59)

*STRICTLY LIMITED EDITION - 150 COPIES ONLY FOR THE WORLD!!!* Deaf Center sound sculptor Erik K. Skodvin caps off his recent bout of activity with this now sold-out-at-source cassette from Digitalis' limited edition series. Don't let that oddly cheery title fool you: Penpals Forever is an auditory grimoire of disturbing soundscapes and blurred dissonances. As we've come to expect from such a skilled electronic composer as Skodvin there's an intangibility and fluidity that hides the seams of this music's construction, burying just about any clearly defined instrumental element and casting it into a pool of analogue hiss. As with any music this mysterious and furtive it's bound to carry all manner of subconscious connotations, suggestive of nocturnal spaces, coastal, wave-like motions and cavernous depths, you feel as though you're being taken on a tour of dark corners and abandoned, desolate locales. Although not nearly as explicitly intricate as his Knive debut album, Penpals Forever maintains the gloomy brilliance of Svarte Greiner's career to date, and delivers a piece of music that aligns wonderfully with the characterful, lo-fi eeriness the cassette format can so aptly lend itself to. Amazing stuff - A real collectors item. - Boomkat

Info

http://www.myspace.com/svartegreiner

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Dornenreich - In Luft geritzt (2CD Special Edition, 2008)

This time it's acoustic, just Inve and his violin and Eviga with an acoustic guitar and his unique vocals. The second CD is an instrumental version of the album.

Label: Prophecy Productions

line-up:

Eviga - Guitar, Vocals
Inve - Violin

Tracklist:

1 Drang
2 Unruhe
3 Jagd
4 Freitanz
5 Sehnlauf
6 Flügel in Fels
7 Meer
8 Aufbruch
9 Dem Wind Geboren
10 Zauberzeichen

http://www.dornenreich.com/
http://www.myspace.com/mehralsdasein

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Cities Last Broadcast - The Cancelled Earth [2009]

1 Cornerstone (5:55)
2 Antenna (6:40)
3 Bascule Bridge (5:53)
4 Railroom (5:43)
5 Deadpost (3:48)
6 Cella (9:55)
7 Architecton (9:47)

Pär Boström, the man behind the acclaimed project KAMMARHEIT offers us a new and unexpected entity under the name Cities Last Broadcast. The Cancelled Earth album is the result of almost a decade of sporadic field recordings mainly recorded in airports, train stations, various tunnels and under numerous bridges all greatly polished and turned into a refined mass of desolate ambience and subtle hypnosis all engulfed in Pär's legendary signature sound. Uniquely packaged in a gatefold book like format with rich and singular artwork made by Boström himself. Through Cities Last Broadcast the buildings themselves will gather to whisper about their inscrutable story.
Edition of 1000 copies In gatefold A5 cardboard sleeve.

Info

http://www.myspace.com/citieslastbroadcast

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Stratvm Terror - This Is My Own Hell [2008]

1 ...
2 In Oblivion
3 Unveiled Is My Skin
4 In God We Do Not Trust
5 Walk With Fire
6 No Redemption No Remorse
7 My Hell
8 Now Ever Sleep

Welcoming the return of Peter Andersson (Raison D'etre, Necrophorous) and Tobias Larsson (Ocean chief), Existence Establishment and Reverse Alignment present "This is My Own Hell" with over
an hour's worth of the darkest, bleakest industrial soundscapes these artists have delivered. Spanning minimalist dark ambience to doomed industrial passages Stratvm Terror portrays an absolutely hopeless atmosphere of pure desolation. With artwork featuring the paintings of Mia Mäkilä, "This is My Own Hell" may just be your own pleasure.

Limited Edition Of 1000 Copies.

Info

http://raisondetre.coldmeat.se/

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Iszoloscope - Les Gorges Des Limbes [2004]

1 Les Manuscrits De L'Invisible [Chapitre Un] (13:56)
2 Your Dark And Ghostly Guidance (5:22)
3 Les Manuscrits De L'Invisible [Chapitre Deux] (18:22)
4 Reaching Out From His Watery Grave (7:28)
5 Les Manuscrits De L'Invisible [Chapitre Trois] (14:59)

Info

http://www.myspace.com/iszoloscope

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Lustmord - The Dark Places of the Earth [2009]

1 Fallen (16:00)
2 Atom (13:37)
3 Ashen (13:43)
4 Eon (8:34)
5 Primal (9:56)
6 The Last Days (6:37)

In the previous two Lustmord releases, "Juggernaut" and "[ O T H E R ]", Brian Williams decided to take a new approach and intermix guitar with his erie sound-scapes. Similar to his release with the Melvins, these albums embodied more than his usual dark ambient releases. But while this experimentation was highly acclaimed by most fans, it left some listeners wanting a more "traditional" record.

"The Dark Places of the Earth" is just that. After his release of "[ O T H E R ]", Lustmord decided to strip all of the guitar from the album and remix it down to something more sinister. The end result was a "reduced" version of the album that will leave you with visions of monstrous things dancing in your head. "The Dark Places of the Earth" is a true return to form for Lustmord, not seen since his "Rising" album back in 2006.

This is a limited edition album of only 1000 copies.

Info

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Various Artists - Walking With Ghosts (2006)

Interesting compilation concept album from Paradigms.

"Presented in dvd box packaging with beautiful photography from Alexandre Rito...featuring an eclectic yet balanced collection of nocturnal music...an epic collection of mist frosted ambient, through spectral modern classical and haunting vocal composition to sorrowful slo-core and heavy atmospheric astral prog." - Label

Label: Paradigms Recordings

Tracklist:

1 And Machine Said...Behold - The Contortionist
2 Catonium - Speaking With The Dead
3 Selaxon Lutberg - Remember Or Forget (Dissolti I)
4 Escape The Day - Hallways
5 Throne Of Galaktus - Bloodcloud
6 Paul Mercer - Ghosts
7 Monarkh - Devore Par L'hiver
8 Le'Rue Delashay - Death & Rebirth
9 The Victim's Shudder - Silent When You Scream
10 The Waking Cold - Independence
11 Catonium - Marching Into Metropolis
12 Vulf Sentient - Suffer In Ignorance
13 Annastatsea - Welcome Butterfly
14 Throne Of Galaktus - Sirens
15 Visions - Vortex

Buy CD - http://www.paradigms-recordings.com/store.html

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In the Woods... - Heart of the Ages (1995)

A classic of the black metal genre, with ambient and doom influences. No big introduction needed here; this was one of the most experimental and progressive black metal releases of the second wave, and one of my favourites of that period. Mandatory for anyone interested in the genesis of the post-black metal subgenre.

Label: Misanthropy Records

Line-up:

X. Botteri - Guitar
Ovl. Swithjod - Vocals
Oddvar A:M - Guitar
C.M. Botteri - Bass
Anders Kobro - Drums
Synne Larsen - Female Vocals

Tracklist:

1 Yearning the Seeds of a New Dimension
2 Heart of the Ages
3 ... In the Woods
4 Mourning the Death of Aase
5 Wotan's Return
6 Pigeon
7 The Divinity of Wisdom

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