Once again Xtreem Records surprises the worldwide audience with a great release. 2014 truly was a top-year for this Spanish label; check the many positive reviews undersigned did for them full of wonder and respect. Transcending Obscurity is part of that trend too by doing great promotional work for this label by Dave Rotten. This Stormvold-release will just continue that great nice trend…
One of the vinyl-EP’s within a new series, kindly provided by Hells Headbangers Records, is Sovereign Of The Desolate by, well, I dare to call it a top-act: Perdition Temple. Actually, the members were or still are involved with acts none less than Immolation, Angelcorpse, Black Witchery or Acheron. Perdition Temple is about to release their second album, which will be called The Tempter’s Victorious.
Kurnugia are a new band with some extremely experienced members in its ranks, currently or formerly active in the likes of Decrepit, Incantation or The Spawn Of Satan, amongst many others. The quartet wrote and recorded two tracks, compiled as Tribulations Of The Abyss, and originally released independently in May 2013 (actually on CD). Of course the Blood Harvest crew had the intelligence to re-release this stuff on vinyl.
One of the many excellent releases on Spanish label Xtreem Music, run by Christ Denied / Avulsed’s Dave Rotten, is the EP Morbid Black Oath by Hungarian five-piece Gravecrusher, an experienced act that was formed in 2012 (the members are or were involved with the likes of Necrosodomy, Nebron [one of my faves!] or Goblin Gore).
Hailing from Ukraine, one of the leading countries when talking about heathen, pagan or epic Black metal (cf. the convinced Vacula-roster!), Erih return with their second full length, smartly called II, after 2012’s Erih. Like many bands from out there, the lyrics are in their mother tongue, so don’t ask me what they are all about specifically, but believe me if I say that is has nothing to do with joy and happiness… The ‘Music’ speaks for itself…
Devilish Impression did surprise the Netherworlds a lot with their 2012-album Simulacra (it was their third full length recording), being compared as some mixture of Behemoth and Septic Flesh (or is it Septicflesh?). Now they return with a two-track LP which shamelessly continues that very same path. The band released it independently in May 2014, i.e. two newly written pieces and, as bonus, three demo-tracks.
In quite an impressive series of majestic albums, Germany’s Castellum Stoufenburc release a fantastic four-way split, consisting of (new) hymns by all projects involved (three compositions each), as well as some collaborative compositions. Great Aural Art once again, but the visual aspect is at least as impressive (once again done by Cold Sun Arts). One sad remark, however: the limitation to 200 copies only; as a matter of fact, that’s a sad thing for you, for I have mine ;-) (indeed, undersigned did add a smiley…)…
In quite an impressive series of majestic albums, Germany’s Castellum Stoufenburc release a fantastic four-way split, consisting of (new) hymns by all projects involved (three compositions each), as well as some collaborative compositions. Great Aural Art once again, but the visual aspect is at least as impressive (once again done by Cold Sun Arts). One sad remark, however: the limitation to 200 copies only; as a matter of fact, that’s a sad thing for you, for I have mine ;-) (indeed, undersigned did add a smiley…)…
In quite an impressive series of majestic albums, Germany’s Castellum Stoufenburc release a fantastic four-way split, consisting of (new) hymns by all projects involved (three compositions each), as well as some collaborative compositions. Great Aural Art once again, but the visual aspect is at least as impressive (once again done by Cold Sun Arts). One sad remark, however: the limitation to 200 copies only; as a matter of fact, that’s a sad thing for you, for I have mine ;-) (indeed, undersigned did add a smiley…)…
UK-based label is quite an ‘old’ label, yet pretty modest in releases. There was some material during the nineties, followed by a period of relative silence, yet the label continued releasing new stuff as from half of last decade again, though still limited in number.
