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Hailing from Germany, GRABUNHOLD are ’90s black metal classicism incarnate. The quartet showed boundless promise with their first demo, Auf den Hügelgräberhöhen, in 2017, but it’s with their debut EP, Unter dem Banner der Toten, where GRABUNHOLD really come into their own – and quickly. Comprising three central black metal tracks and a solemn instrumental, this swift ‘n’ spellbinding short-length references a whole host of timeless influences – beyond the wandering moon, an arising realm upon a shadowthrone, dark waters stirring at the dawn of the dying sun – but processes them in such an undeniably Teutonic, swords-drawn way that’s wholly their own, and wholly refreshing. It’s medieval madness run riot, and it’s riotously compelling.

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Like an ancient curse being unleashed upon the masses, this third album of rotten yet majestic and melancholic Black Metal keeps the black flame of old burning while forever being a sword to the throat of this modern world.
Don’t mistake this as being part of the current “raw core” trend created by humanists, parasites and children, this is Abyssic triumph and an Antikosmic Death Rite for the initiated.

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Since before its birth the vile rot that is Harvest, was given its death sentence.
Its fate was sealed in 2013 with the album “Forgotten Vampyres of the Melancholic Night”, since then it has been forgotten by many, just like the vampyres of old who once ruled under the moon & stars…
However, sometimes the dead don’t remain in the dirt, sometimes the scratching on the coffin lid can’t be ignored.
Now once again poisoning the wellspring of life… Harvest is reborn with this album of Medieval Satanic Poison!

Rotten, melancholic, medieval & vampyric Black Metal!

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The compilation of early demos available again on LP.

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Just like debut albums properly should, Godslastering Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry straddles both HULDER’s past as well as unearthing new paths. Within the eight songs comprising the 40-minute record, Hulder spans myriad generations and idioms of black metal, but all deeply rooted in ’90s classicism: from the paganisms of earliest Enslaved, Ulver, Isvind, and Kampfar to the hypnotizing grit of classic Judas Iscariot and Grand Belial’s Key, on to the mystical majesty of unsung Greeks like Zemial and Kawir and even over to the woodland wonder of old Opera IX. Which is all to say that HULDER here not so much mimic their forebears so much as meld the idiosyncrasies inherent to each into a masterclass in all-caps BLACK METAL songwriting: dynamic, engaging, nuanced, and transportive, but undeniably physical in its pulsing vistas of darkness and mystery. Likewise, Godslastering Hymns of a Forlorn Peasantry is structured like a true album, with Side 1 kicking in an utterly feral manner and cresting along to vicious wanderlust and ending on the eerily restrained near-ambient hymn “De Dijle,” and then Side 2 furthering the synth mysticism and maintaining a more triumphant aspect, with the closing magickal march of “From Whence an Ancient Evil Once Reigned” sounding not unlike a lost relic from Grieghallen circa 1994. And all this is encased in a production that’s rich, robust, and rounded; only the rawness of the performances bleed into the soundfield, a clear division from HULDER’s earlier demo days.

LP size booklet + poster

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First EP available on vinyl.

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Formed in 2019, LUNAR CHALICE comprise prolific veterans of the German metal underground. Under the alluring moniker LUNAR CHALICE, the band quickly set upon a slew of releases, first with the Walpurgis Dance demo in 2019 and the Night Poetry EP right after, exhibiting a subtly refreshing approach to classics-minded black metal. The next year came the even-stronger Medieval Cults of Heresy EP, thus setting the stage for the band’s debut full-length.

Taking a relatively longer time given their feverish creativity, LUNAR CHALICE now deliver the grand statement of their so-far-undiscovered powers, Transcendentia: The Shadow Pilgrimage. With one steel-toed boot planted under a funeral moon and the other in a world without end, LUNAR CHALICE give a masterclass in stripped-down
songwriting rich in nuance and dynamics. Their black metal is like a boulder gathering momentum down a mountain and rumbling across valleys; the movement is inexorable, and portends doom, and simply cannot be stopped. LUNAR CHALICE, in effect, extend a spectrum of black metal sonics that’s feral and unhinged on one hand and mercilessly martial on the other; that their almost-overwhelmingly physical onslaught is deliberately (and eerily) clipped betrays both a depth of vision and a rare grace in a landscape usually laden with filth. Which isn’t to say that Transcendentia doesn’t sound “dirty” (it does), but rather that that’s not the overarching thematic – that there’s a sense of ceremony or even regality at play here. Credit due to the absolutely madman vocals of bassist E.I.-M., who more often than not channels a clean tenor that’s more disturbing than most “black metal” vocals.

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“Triumphant Fall of the Malignant Christ” is our declaration and commitment to death, despair and the revenge of The Archangel. May you rot, your souls twisted in agony for eternity.

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Stellar Black Metal split release.

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Moonblood’s unofficial 8th Rehearsal, recorded in April and June 1996, professionally restored from the master tape and specially mastered for LP with a length of 90 minutes, spread on 2 LPs.

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Moonblood’s Reh/Demo 12, recorded from January-April 1998, professionally restored from the original tape and specially mastered for LP with a length of almost 90 minutes, spread on 2x LP’s. Limited to 500 copies. Released as Volume IV of The Demo Series.

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Moonblood’s unofficial 3rd Rehearsal, recorded March and April 1995, professionally restored from the master tape and specially mastered for LP.