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“The Ghostly Tyrants of Ancestral Shadows return from the crypt… “Eldritch Illuminations” incorporates the New England native’s tragic history and dark folklore of Witchcraft into a new opus of Bone Chilling Black Me-tal! A departure from previous feature full length releases… With a strong focus on elite craftsmanship of memo-rable compositions and melodic riffing supremacy! Once again featuring grim artwork by A.W.S. The Emissaries of Elite Darkness perform the cursed act of witch immolation, releasing a nightmare of eldritch entities upon the world…”

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Although “Wolven Mysteries of Ancient Lore” is shorter; the lore, style and essence remain untouched, with a little variation in terms of the atmosphere, using some Dungeon Synth passages and interludes.
Production-wise is maybe a bit “dirtier” (so to speak) than its predecessors; vocals in here are more in the back-ground, resembling more to an echo rather than an actual voice, and function more as an complementary atmos-pheric element. Other than that, all the instruments are well differenciated and easy to isolate, but they also come as a whole. The harmony and consonance between all the songs is very solid.
Eight songs, half of them being instrumental interludes and the other half consisting of four long passages, which I am unable to highlight one of them. “Stronghold of the Black Abyss” is their most generic (with a good conno-tation obviously) in terms of style, with a remarkable second half; “Black Autumn Silence” is their most saddest and melancholic song to date, with more than half of it being instrumental and with feminine voices/chants (which has become a trademark of this band since day 1) and griefing riffs. The homonymous song if the most complex of them four, with a Dungeon Synth bridge functioning as a tempo changer.
“Wolven Mysteries of Ancient Lore” is another highly remarkable piece of Black Metal by the New Hampshire fellas. Captivating, full of identity and atmospheric melancholy.

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The 1997 full-length available again on LP.

Gatefold jacket, insert.

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Old black metal darkness.

The complete early works; the 1992 demo, 1993 demo, 1994 7″ep and 1994 pre-prod. All the recordings are the raw versions from the demos, with no re-mastering or editing done. We chose to keep the recordings in their pure form, to keep the old raw feeling they had back in the days. These recordings were the very roots of Ancient, what got them noticed in the underground scene worldwide back in 1993/ 1994. Includes early images and liner notes by Aphazel & Grimm.

Available as cd digipack + booklet and on various limited gatefold double vinyls including 2 double sided inner sleeves.

Black Metal

Old black metal darkness.

The complete early works; the 1992 demo, 1993 demo, 1994 7″ep and 1994 pre-prod. All the recordings are the raw versions from the demos, with no re-mastering or editing done. We chose to keep the recordings in their pure form, to keep the old raw feeling they had back in the days. These recordings were the very roots of Ancient, what got them noticed in the underground scene worldwide back in 1993/ 1994. Includes early images and liner notes by Aphazel & Grimm.

Available as cd digipack + booklet and on various limited gatefold double vinyls including 2 double sided inner sleeves.

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The debut album of the most important black metal band from Belgium finally re-issued! Noble gatefold lp (various colors) with double sided insert and 6-panel digipack with 12 page booklet including previously unseen pictures and exclusive liner notes by founding member Gunther Theys. An essential masterpiece of Morbid Glory!

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‘For Snow Covered the Northland’ was the first full-length album from the Swedish Black/Doom Metal band Ancient Wisdom, which was formed in 1992 by Markus Norman (also of the band Throne of Ahaz & Bewitched), then under the moniker of Pain, then Ancient.

Ancient Wisdom’s career began with the 1993 cassette ‘In the Eye of the Serpent’ before going on to release 4 albums with the Italian label, Avantgarde Music. Though recorded in 1994, the debut album eventually saw release in 1996 and was notable for its highly atmospheric compositions & melodic slow-mid tempo riffing – a large departure from the all-out speed of many of their contemporaries at the time – and other sounds such as acoustic guitar & keyboards were effectively utilised to heighten the atmosphere.

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Synth lines lament the moon and court the dance of its silvery light across the pine scented snow; melodies spear the night with a forlorn majesty, and this mysterious entity bellows his curdled sermons to the stars.