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Arcturus (NOR) – Constellation / My Angel DIGI-CD €16.88
Black Metal
Having grown out of the Norwegian Death Metal band MORTEM, ARCTURUS emerged under the irresistible influence of Oslo’s creatively bursting and fast rising underground black metal scene officially with the two-track 7″ “My Angel” (1991). With then-guitarist and formidable keyboard player Sverd and MAYHEM drum-beast Hellhammer at its core, vocals were first contributed by Marius Vold, who also sang on the legendary THORNS demo “The Thule Tape”. While still very much influenced by death metal, the addition of doom-laden slowness and eerie keyboards already pointed into a far blacker cosmos. On the four tracks of the original 1994 “Constellation” EP, ULVER’s Garm had taken over the vocal duties and Samoth from EMPEROR had joined the band on guitar. Yet, ARCTURUS already went off the (in reality quite wide-ranged) black metal norms mainly due to Sverd’s keyboard arrangements that were pre-shadowing the trademark theatrical or circus-like style the Norwegians adopted on their following albums.
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Arcturus (NOR) – Constellation / My Angel LP €32.88
Black Metal
Having grown out of the Norwegian Death Metal band MORTEM, ARCTURUS emerged under the irresistible influence of Oslo’s creatively bursting and fast rising underground black metal scene officially with the two-track 7″ “My Angel” (1991). With then-guitarist and formidable keyboard player Sverd and MAYHEM drum-beast Hellhammer at its core, vocals were first contributed by Marius Vold, who also sang on the legendary THORNS demo “The Thule Tape”. While still very much influenced by death metal, the addition of doom-laden slowness and eerie keyboards already pointed into a far blacker cosmos. On the four tracks of the original 1994 “Constellation” EP, ULVER’s Garm had taken over the vocal duties and Samoth from EMPEROR had joined the band on guitar. Yet, ARCTURUS already went off the (in reality quite wide-ranged) black metal norms mainly due to Sverd’s keyboard arrangements that were pre-shadowing the trademark theatrical or circus-like style the Norwegians adopted on their following albums.
LP (black vinyl) incl. poster, insert, padded inner sleeve and protection sleeve.
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Arcturus (NOR) – La Masquerade Infernale LP €30.88
Black Metal
On their sophomore full-length “La Masquerade Infernale” (1997), ARCTURUS took their musical experimenting three ambitious steps further. The Norwegians succeeded in wedding a devilish concept loosely based on the characters of Faust and Mephistopheles with an eclectic range of surreal sound elements into an album that is rightfully considered a prime example of what later came to be known as avant-garde metal. From quoting Edgar Allan Poe in operatic paraphrases by frontman Garm (ULVER) or the additional high notes from the unmistakable I.C.S. Vortex (BORKNAGAR) via the spaced-out electronic samples, classical instrumentation, and an even increased use of psychedelic guitar riffage alongside more “traditional” black and death metal elements. Brilliant guitarist Knut Magne Valle replaced Carl August Tideman, which brought stability to this position of the band’s line-up. ARCTURUS aimed dangerously high with “La Masquerade Infernale” – but remarkably pulled off the extremely difficult feat of forging such widely differing elements into a wildly fascinating, over the top listening experience that has stood the test of time and surely deserves to be labelled a “masterpiece”.
Gatefold LP (black vinyl) incl. poster, padded inner sleeve and protection sleeve.
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Ares Kingdom (USA) – By the Light of Their Destruction LP €26.88
Death Metal
Conceived between immensity and eternity, echoing from the edge of forever and stirring the dust of ages comes ‘By the Light of Their Destruction,’ the fourth original full-length album by Ares Kingdom.
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Argharus (LT) – Pleištas DIGI-CD €15.88
Black Metal
After two years from first demo-like release, the most promising Lithuanian black metal act Argharus is finally ready to unleash their first full length through “Inferna Profundus Records”. The album contains 7 Black Metal tracks, which vary from very fast to slower ones. All seven tracks are well composed and conceptually balanced. Needless to say that these tracks will satisfy anyone who like high quality black art.
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Arghoslent (USA) – Galloping Through the Battleruins CD €16.88
Black Metal
Official WELTENFEIND release WFP009.
Released in 2022.
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Arghoslent (USA) – Galloping Through the Battleruins DLP €36.88
Black Metal
Official WELTENFEIND release WFP009.
Released in 2022.
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Arghoslent (USA) – Hornets Of The Pogrom CD €16.88
Black Metal
Totalitarian Death Metal from USA. 2022 Re-edition
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Arghoslent (USA) – Resuscitation Of The Revanchists CD €17.88
Black Metal
The album features 9 new and hostile death metal hymns clocking in at roughly 50 minutes. Don’t expect anything less than the habitual heavy-duty finger-picked bass lines, triumphant dueling guitars, hoarse vocals, and engrossing leitmotifs.
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Arjen (BiH) – Lice čovjeka koji je rekao Ne LP €26.88
Black Metal
Dense and massive Bosnian Black Metal, part of the Black Plague Circle (Obskuritatem, Sulphuric Night, Void Prayer etc).
Black 12″ LP + insert, limited to 150.
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Arkhaeon (CH) – Dreamscapes of Illusion CD €13.88
Black Metal
Dreamscapes of Illusion captures the volatile and uncontrollable essence of a dream. The album is a journey into landscapes that are hidden from our sight and conceptually revolves around the many illusions incorporated into our reality.
The third studio album. Pure experience in an absorption of ecstasy.
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Arkona (POL) – An Eternal Curse Of The Pagan Gods LP €26.88
Black Metal
Formed in that fateful, fiery year of 1993, Poland’s ARKONA heard the call from the North and took up torches of their own. While an often-overlooked name, alongside Graveland and very early Behemoth, ARKONA helped shaped the Polish black metal sound during the ’90s, and continue to this day honoring their ancient vision.
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Arkona (POL)- Zeta Reticuli WHITE LP €28.88
Plish Black Metal
Cult album, originally released in 2001.
Official 2023 re-release by The Devil’s Elixirs.
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Armagedda (SWE) – Only True Believers LP €26.88
Black Metal
Pillars of the early 2000s black metal underground, Sweden’s ARMAGEDDA exuded an authentically ancient air despite their youthful years. The black metal underground back then was a purer, more traditionalist iteration of what it is today, and within that staunchly ideological landscape did ARMAGEDDA prove their fiery intent with their 2001 debut album, The Final War Approaching, and more so with its follow-up in 2003, Only True Believers – the title itself a statement of intent, naturally. Alas, as many passionate young men are wont to do, the duo of A. and Graav became restless with the shackles of supposedly “true” black metal and began plotting their next move, one that would drive deeper into the true heart of “black metal” whilst exhibiting the unorthodoxy of approach that once endeared the genre to sonic revolutionaries. And while that would manifest in the band’s third and final album, the shockingly mature Ond Spiritism, it is with Only True Believers where ARMAGEDDA found the perfect synthesis of ideology and imagination.
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Armatus (DEU) – Armee Der Schwarzen Stiefel DIGI-CD €14.88
Black Metal
Cult material available on digipack CD.
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Armatus (DEU) / Akitsa (CAN) – Me Ne Frego 7” EP €14.88
Black Metal
Split 7” between 2 underground acts.
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Arna (SPA) – Dragged To A Lunar Grave A5 DIGI-CD €16.88
Black Metal
This is a debut coming from the Catalan duo ARNA, and a powerful first release as well.
Coming in strong with its modern day and quality production, yet still keeping a raw and unfiltered sound.
Impressive and atmospheric guitar riffs along side dark and beautiful lyrics that tell wicked tales.
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Arna (SPA) – Dragged To A Lunar Grave RED LP €26.88
Black Metal
This is a debut coming from the Catalan duo ARNA, and a powerful first release as well.
Coming in strong with its modern day and quality production, yet still keeping a raw and unfiltered sound.
Impressive and atmospheric guitar riffs along side dark and beautiful lyrics that tell wicked tales.
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Aryan Kampf 88 (BEL) – Dernière Salve CD €18.88
Black Metal
This masterpiece of Heathen Black Metal available on CD.
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