cold spring(UK)リリースCD Drone / Doom / Ritual Created from the solitude of the high and lonely places, Death Has No Companion uses the TenHornedBeast aesthetic to explore the isolation of the inner and outer worlds. Discordant piano chords build to shimmering blizzards of feedback. Drones and tones fall like snow and settle in the frozen landscapes. Strings flutter in the bitter winds. Does the spirit not falter when the Wanderer sees the night fall before him? Lamentation and sorrow. Winter eternal and everlasting. We all must walk the Long Road alone. Death has no companion. 6-panel digipak サンプル https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/tenhornedbeast-the-lamentation-of-their-women-excerpt

cold spring(UK)リリースCD Dark Folk / Ritual / Dark Ambient LA BREICHE ("the witch") features two well-known musicians: Arexis and Lafforgue of Stille Volk - a band best known since 1994 as one of the pioneers of Pagan Folk in Europe - and of Pagan Black French band Sus Scrofa. "Le Mal Des Ardents" ("Holy Fire") is a concept album about fears, terrors, about the balance between folklore and reason, myth and common sense, light and darkness, past and present, modernity and archaism. The album marries minimalism, purity, a fine approach and ancient instruments: traditional music (hurdy gurdy, shawm, polyphonies, percussion, gongs); the gloom of oppressive dark ambient; the slow pace of ritual music, wavering between modernity and archaism. Voices rise towards beauty, lifting it away from some occult mud. Holy Fire takes us back to a forgotten world - a primal, ancient, wild and free world, pervaded by secret dances of sorcerers', unfathomable forests, remote and lifeless places. 6-panel digipak. サンプル https://youtu.be/RnjZ2N8FIM4 https://soundcloud.com/coldspring/sets/la-breiche-le-mal-des-ardents

ウクライナのOld CaptainリリースCD Vidna Obmana is a pseudonym used by Belgian artist Dirk Serries. He has been one of the most significant names in the ambient scene for more than three decades, releasing over more than 50 solo albums and numerous collaborations. Apart from his main ambient colleagues, Vidna Obmana originates from the industrial cassette network scene in early eighties. ‘The Face That Must Die’ was recorded when Vidna Obmana was slowly transforming into his trademark ambient signature. In-between the noise outbursts and his melancholic ambient music Vidna Obmana produced a few albums which are industrial-oriented but more of an orchestral and percussion nature, in the vein of Autopsia. With turntables, shortwave radio, voice and synths Vidna Obmana recorded one of his most underrated albums full of tribalesque, doom-risen and dark ambient atmosphere. Originally released in a limited run on Vidna Obmana’s own Mechanical Orchestration Music and almost around the same time issued by Trev Ward’s The Order Ov Wolves, who also narrates the opening track, this is verily an indisputable masterpiece accompanied with two rare 7” tracks and two unreleased tracks from the same obscure era to turn the edition into a true collector’s precious document. Limited to 300 copies in a 4-panel matte-laminated black & white Digipak. サンプル https://oldcaptain.bandcamp.com/album/vidna-obmana-the-face-that-must-die

フランスのFacthedral's HallリリースCD style : dark ambient,drone,indus noise 13 years later his debut album “Kalonga Incantations”, here the 2nd one by Chalung-Gra. Decomposed in 4 new soundscapes of deep dark industrial ambient, composed winter/spring 2017 during cassette recording sessions. Le K. backs with more darker & claustrophobic ambient than his debut one - which was entirely digitally composed. Still inspired by the industrial environment of the place where he lives, “Mostaferi” explores the same kind of soundscapes but in a different creation process: a computer generates all the composed audio sources, patched to internal & external effects, recorded and assembled on 4 tracks cassette, digitally mixed with no overdubs, and mastered in tube amp by SomniaK. 2-panel digipak CD limited to 300 copies. サンプル https://facthedrals-hall.bandcamp.com/album/mostaferi

フランスのFacthedral's HallリリースCD electro rock dark ethnic indus pop After a first album, several EP, clip and residences, the band released their second album on March 17th 2016. Through its research, the Velvetine universe was enriched constructions and sound structures that reinforce the originality of this unusual and creative training. It offers a unique blend onstage written and improvised interludes that take the audience into a world sometimes dark and melancholic but also hopeful. The complicity of Velvetine musicians guide the public in calm atmosphere and tense and powerful. Stef.a : Vocals & guitars. Peache : Guitars, manufactured instruments, drums, jingles. Le K. : Electronic Percussions, ambiences, frame drums, jingles. Lyrics by Stef.a, Music by Velvetine. サンプル https://facthedrals-hall.bandcamp.com/track/maha-mritunjaya-2

5年ぶりの新録作品！ The long awaited new recording full cd of Contgious Orgasm - Ultramarine. it is a very unique sound and strange landscapes of numerous musical styles. but because of the countless noise,electronica,classical and experimental sounds to dark ambient. it is so much more than that . those great twists of sound and color, a wonderful scene description on each track, a true tour through the electronic sound space. and sometimes grim (the ominous background noises), then just beautiful cinematic soundscape. Released in a four-panel cardboard sleeve. https://youtu.be/RNBeeEFIm1g

"In Praise Of Shadows" is a massive collaboration album by Italy's legendary producer Eraldo Bernocchi of Sigillum S and Japanese dark ambient mastermind Manabu Hiramoto of Shinkiro. The music weaves dark electronics and industrial dub with heavy atmosphere. The 8 tracks based on a concept of the traditional Japanese aesthetics inspired by Junichiro Tanizaki's essay, beautifully contrasted light and shadow, stillness and motion with using modern technology and various musical compositions. 4-panel cardboard sleeve. sample https://youtu.be/RE3aZnx6OYE https://soundcloud.com/sssm/eraldo-bernocchi-and-shinkiro-shadow-ghosts

Shinkiro - Cycle Of Rebirth. sssm-114. CD "Cycle Of Rebirth" is a conceptual album inspired by the desire realm in the philosophy of Buddhism. The sound is based on dark ambient soundscapes, blend with hypnotic rhythms with industrial edge and haunting melodies. The elaborately composed pieces create a magical and mystic world. amazing atmosphere! Released in a 4 panel cardboard sleeve. Released:20 Jan 2015 sample http://youtu.be/7VpDrU0WPFw

ドイツのAussaatリリースCD 35 years ago, LE SYNDICAT began sculpting sounds with a particular creative perspective. Although historically affiliated to the nascent musical movements of the 80s (post-punk, Power electronics, Japanoise, the second wave of industrial music), its brutal, fierce, immediate and multifaceted nature has never really been part of any particular "musical" style or genre. Le Syndicat & Entre Vifs continue to create music that cannot be defined by set perimeters, music that goes beyond that which is commonly known as improvisation. This process, which we call "reflex piloting", integrates the loss of control and the surprise of generative errors, creating new unexpected sound forms. Thanks to specialized tools and adequate training, this process creates abstract, free, wildly unpredictable adventures in sound, even for the musicians (operators) themselves. Having produced widely varied musical works of electronic music in the course of several decades, Le Syndicat now begins a new chapter in its development with the debut of a new duo, "Le Syndicat Faction Vivante". While mainly intended for live action, the new group performs in the studio with the same tactics and intense spontaneity . The vast range of our tools, some extremely modern and others totally home-made, allows us to spontaneously develop a multitude of sound forms that exist outside the restrictions of conventionally improvised music. Thanks to this equipment and to the intensive practice, we have undergone through several decades, we can free ourselves of all our inbuilt cultural restrictions and accept what can exist in the flow of sound and silence. The Compact disc "Morceaux de Choix" is a collection of archive performances, culled from numerous sessions, recorded during our intensive sessions. These extracts were carefully selected and remain unedited and void of added effects. They are, in a way, an aural museum of our sound curiosities which have been invented in performance during these last three years. - Le Syndicat 2017 -

Old Captain (ウクライナ)リリースCD he first CD collection of the true North Queensland Power Electronics project Ebola Disco that spans its 20-year history. Industrial Australia's potent duo at their absolute best: static analogue tension, feedback squeals and pitched rhythm in studio-to-live-in-yer-face extravaganza. A 300 black/white matte-laminated Digipak edition with a great design by Mauro Berchi (Eibon Records). サンプル https://oldcaptain.bandcamp.com/album/ebola-disco-discography-1997-2017

Old Captain & Malignant RecordsリリースCD Old Captain (Ukraine) and Malignant Records (USA) offer a great collaboration of two famous musicians: Satori (UK) and Lorenzo Abattoir (Italy). "Aether" is the globe made of infinite tiny components: small cogs of shining gold, cobwebs of the finest platinum wires, balances and fulcrums made of wood and precious stones sprinkled like rose petals throughout; densely packed machinery regulating and controlling every small detail, creating cause and influencing effect. The sounds of chaos and order, ritual and redemption filled the sphere of the album like a mist, the Aether, hung over the surface accumulating sparks of fire and swirls of darkness underneath to roil and tumble like an approaching cataclysmic storm. Formed in 1982 and saturated in the industrial and power electronics culture Satori released music on the legendary Broken Flag and Tesco Org Germany in the '90's, toured with Justin Mitchell (Cold Spring) and Neil Chaney (Pessary). "Aether" is its new statement of intent of the original member Dave Kirby. Lorenzo Abattoir is an Italian-based noise artist and sound engineer whose work takes shape in a context of underground extreme music to become accessible through various projects related to contemporary art including Psicopompo with German composer Hermann Kopp (4IB Records), Mare Di Dirac, an electro-acoustic collective (Dusktone Records) and a collaboration with Phurpa. A 300 b/w glossy Digipak edition with a great front cover by Seals of Blackening. サンプル https://oldcaptain.bandcamp.com/album/abattoir-satori-aether

malignant records(USA)リリースCD Following a recent appearance on Drone Mind Vol 5, Ukranian act Monocube makes his way into the halls of Malignant for his second, full length recording, featuring nine tracks and just over an hour worth of material ensconced in shadowy, enveloping atmospheres, intact with all the hallmarks of classic dark ambient: arcing, cinematic textures, elegiac melody, and timestretched drift. As The Rituals progresses, it becomes increasingly populated by something even more ominous and bleak; undertones of ancient tribalism and fiery invocations arise, mixed with the blackened soot of distant factory churn and the burning remnants of an ashen wasteland. Featuring collaborative tracks with Treha Sektori, Apocryphos, and Asmorod, The Rituals is an immersive and compelling work, seamlessly tied together by a binding embrace of darkness.Tracklisting: Visiones III, Drowned Sun, Downwards (feat. Apocryphos), Totem Incantation, Fires Shifting – Nocturnal Motion, Through Our Blood, Father Fenris, Anthracite Glow (feat. Treha Sektori), Initiation (feat. Asmorod). サンプル https://youtu.be/O0FIQ5InztI https://soundcloud.com/malignantrecords/anthracite-glow-by-monocube-feat-treha-sektor

malignant records(USA)リリースCD Bär vittnesbörd: Ee, the cut is open; lick the flames gushing forth Moktah framat enekaat morash Your mind will color your vision in deepest red Intona tosaa mori, sakiata hu lamo As we blend into one in the exchange of elixirs Sheko ard bahavaan khetta morash We transcend the mundane and awaken the Word Eschef haie shofara, el korshima ikishmo Active since the late '80s as a member of MZ.412 and Pouppée Fabrikk, few names within the realm of dark industrial and blackened ambient carry more weight and presence than Sweden's mighty Nordvargr. Though side projects Muskel and Koerperwelten have been released on Malignant, The Secret Barbarous Names is the first solo recording done for the label, and Nordvargr's first physical release since 2013's The Dromopoda Transmissions on Old Europa Café .A vocal based work inspired by the Draconian and Typhonian traditions, the title refers to the hidden meanings of the countless manuscripts that have been kept secret for millennia - their supposed effectiveness resting in their utterance, not their meaning. The words of power, vibrated at the correct frequency and amplitude in the correct setting and time, have the power to manifest anything. As such, these are an incredibly haunting and formidable invocations, built upon richly timbered, incantatory vocals and deep, liturgical chants, and occasionally augmented by ominous orchestral swell and ritual percussion. All of it is endlessly stretched out into lightless passages of primordial malevolence and suffocating dread, completing an album that will stand out as a highlight, even within such a lofty and illustrious discography as Nordvargrs. Lavishly packaged in a digipak designed by Margaux Renaudin (Anima Nostra). サンプル https://youtu.be/TcqgJRXaDP0 https://soundcloud.com/malignantrecords/chandrakala-by-nordvargr

ロシアのMuzykaリリースCD The Russian project Closing The Eternity hardly needs an introduction. Since the beginning of its activity 15 years ago, in 2001, it has released a good amount of recordings on various respected labels both in Russia and abroad. In its music the project aims to digress from everything earthly and mundane, bringing attention to the phenomena and processes lying outside of the realm of human existence. The material of this album was recorded back in 2004 and has long been awaiting the right moment for manifestation. It seems as if this work was specially created for the Muzyka Voln label (the title of which translates as "music of waves") as these two words describe it best. Three long tracks flowing one into another dissolve the listener's attention in endless tides of gentle electronic ambience. An absolutely pacifying and tranquil work imbued with a majestic contemplative atmosphere. The artwork of the album features a series of photographs by Arseniy Vinovarov made literally on the edge of the Earth - at the shore of the Arctic Ocean, where one unwillingly faces the inhuman flow of time, where eternity meets infinity… サンプル https://muzykavoln.bandcamp.com/album/forever-and-a-day

デンマークのMoral Defeatリリース カセット (C30) mdef37 A split between two of the strongest contemporary harsh noise projects from Copenhagen, Cold Choice brings us a more atmospheric experience in several shorter tracks, while Stupor hits us with 13 minutes of pure junkyard mayhem. サンプル https://soundcloud.com/moral-defeat/cold-choice-stupor-no-beyond-excerpts?in=moral-defeat/sets/december-batch-2016

デンマークのMoral Defeatリリース カセット (C26) mdef38 Long distance noise duo with members from USA and Denmark, Ferric nightmares through muddy soundscapes, malfunctioning tape decks and disintegrating cassettes. サンプル https://soundcloud.com/moral-defeat/original-trauma-bizarre-world-excerpts

デンマークのMoral Defeatリリース カセット (C27) mdef36 Debut release by a new Danish industrial project, two monumental synth-driven tracks of a truly bleak and overwhelming brilliance. サンプル https://soundcloud.com/moral-defeat/the-harm-of-coming-into-existence-excerpts?in=moral-defeat/sets/december-batch-2016

スウェーデンのReverse AlignmentリリースCD As a means of giving music an expression unbound to narrowly defined genres, Michael Page created Sky Burial in 2006. Mainly dealing with noisy power electronics with project Fire in the Head, Sky Burial entered the realms of dark ambient and sonic experimentalism. Since it's start this outfit has released several albums and we're proud to have the opportunity to release it's new opus "Corranach". The three mesmerizing tracks which comprise "Corranach" play a dichotomous dirge both grounded and ethereal. Sky Burial takes us unto a journey through internal structures and outer spaces, immersed in the Kosmische ethos. With "Corranach" Michael presents his most focused and refined work so far with a unique blend of industrial and ambient elements. Limited edition of 300 copies in 4-panel digipack. サンプル https://reversealignment.bandcamp.com/album/corranach

スウェーデンのReverse AlignmentリリースCD Since it's first release Milk of Amnesia in 2010, canadian Red Fog has entered the stage as a high quality drone act combining experimental and minimalistic elements with swarming soundscapes, always taking good care of the details to make listening a pleasureable experience. Red Fog has already released eight opuses but Buried on Vanth is the first release that actually takes physical form and it's a bit of a mystery to us why Red Fog hasn't been released as CD or vinyl yet. Previous releases has solely been devoted to the digital format but maybe it's intentional, 'cause who's actually behind Red Fog?. The artwork is clean from traces...still...Buried on Vanth is a splendid work of art. Limited edition of 500 copies in 4-panel digisleeve cover. サンプル https://reversealignment.bandcamp.com/album/buried-on-vanth

スウェーデンのReverse AlignmentリリースCD Being a part of the alternative scene since more than 15 years past, Magnus Zetterberg's Manifesto has created a trademark of bleak and dark electronica, industrial textures and blackened ambient that satisfies a diverse taste of listening with it's manifold expression. Catching up with this act in 2008, in connection with the release of the album Core, the label found it only natural to get in touch again. Since then, Manifesto has released material on such labels as Silken Tofu and Bone Structure (to mention a few) and played live across northern Europe. Exit is the finalization of four years of transformative work where turbulence, creation and re-creation sets the thematics. The entering track unfolds existence as elusive and impermanent and onwards the harsh sides of reality push us towards entropy. Limited edition of 300 copies in 4-panel digisleeve cover. サンプル https://reversealignment.bandcamp.com/album/exit

スウェーデンのReverse AlignmentリリースCD Arne Weinberg has been devoted to electronical music since the beginning of this millenia. As an explorer in sound he's been active in different constellations, under different styles, labels and alias. His latest projects is the dark ambient label Cromlech Records and solo act Solemn Embrace. Reverse Alignment now proudly present Weinberg's latest opus with his experimental act Valanx, "Ouroboros". This album really smolder with adventurous creativism making a narrow categorisation in genre impossible. The base elements are deep dark but also carry sonical marks of downtempo, dub and spacious ambient. All in all making the listening experience more interesting than ever. Welcome to the world of Valanx. Limited edition of 200 copies in 4-panel ecopack. サンプル https://reversealignment.bandcamp.com/album/ouroboros

Zhelezobeton(ロシア)リリースCD "Thresholds" is the first Sal Solaris solo album in 15 years marked by a variety of collaborations, splits and minor releases. From a musical point of view this is probably the most complex and certainly the most rhythmic work of the duo which opens a new chapter in its history サンプル https://youtu.be/InJYGvFRkIM http://zhelezobeton.bandcamp.com/album/thresholds

国内では希有な完成度の高いハーシュインダストリアル! Harsh Industrial Music For Harsh Industrial People. https://youtu.be/Q2ubHUdP1BU

Auf Abwegen(ドイツ)リリースCD Contemporary, Post-Modern, Experimental, Free Improvisation Two years in the making, aufabwegen presents the first ever studio album of Bremen-based MusikAktionsEnsemble KLANK. Co-produced by Radio Bremen’s contemporary music department and featuring singer Friederike Menz on various tracks, KLANK left its accustomed territory of energetic yet intimate performative stage action to enter the fine historic recording arena of Sendesaal Bremen. For this release the four members of KLANK focused on acoustic spaces and auditive situations recording hours and hours of material. While the opener RÅE N presents an almost architectural approach to the dense microtonal logics of noise and drone the three piece set of CONTAMINECHNO is a neat and surprising exploration of radioplayeske atmospheres and contemporary electronic music alike. The mono-ridden Der PRODUKTIVE KONSUMENT links the bobostertaglike assembling of ensembles at the computer with thoughts about various fields of consumerist homerecording while DIE MECHANISCHE CD for a moment neglects the data sound carriers and storage systems usually are used for, perceiving CDs, MDs and the like as sonic objects with their own musical quality. Closed by a brief passage through possible constellations within an improvising quartet, ÄÇEX, the release is, after all, linked to KLANK’s musical – live – practice.