Black Metal

Black Metal

A remaster of the 1995 studio debut from boundary-pushing Black Metal purveyors Fleurety.

Following on from the ‘Black Snow’ demo in 1993 and the A Darker Shade of Evil 7” the following year, the band quickly refined their at times chaotic sound and presented their debut masterpiece to the world, in the shape of the full-length release, Min Tid Skal Komme; an exquisite journey through dark and often introspective soundscapes.

Black Metal

‘Høstmørke’, meaning Autumn Darkness, was the second Isengard album, (even though the debut, ‘Vinterskugge’ is a collection of sorts). It was released in 1995 and featured a continuation of Norwegian folk elements mixed with some doom, with all instruments once again performed by Fenriz himself, as well as the now-trademark vocal delivery. The latter part of the album also features a couple of black metal tracks which explore territory a bit more in line with Darkthrone, particularly the track ‘Total Death’. Høstmørke is also notable for featuring a couple of small guest appearances from Aldrahn (Thorns, ex Dødheimsgard) and Vicotnik of Dødheimsgard.

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The original version of ‘Vinterskugge’ consisted of 3 separate recording sessions conducted between 1989 & 1993, and covered a multitude of styles, including doom, rock, folk, death, black & viking metal. ‘Vinterskugge’ also demonstrated Fenriz’s breadth of vocal styles, lending an epic edge to many of the tracks.

This vinyl release contains the second and third chapters of Vinterskugge, with 1989’s cult ‘Spectres Over Gorgoroth’ recordings, followed by tracks made in 1991, and forming the ‘Horizons’ chapter.

Black vinyl edition featuring the original demo cassette cover artwork, plus additional lyrics.

Black / Folk Metal

After a period of 25 long years since Isengard’s last studio output, and having recently unearthed a set of tracks from his own archive of material recorded back in those early glory days, this new series of tracks – which were thought to be lost – follow on from some of the metal last heard on 1994’s ‘Vinterskugge’.

‘Vårjevndøgn’ is a monumental journey of epic heavy metal mixed with a often more sombre doomy rock/metal atmosphere bringing to mind bands like US heavy metal veterans Pentagram, & also includes 2 tracks previously only heard on the limited ‘Traditional Doom Cult’ 7” Peaceville release from 2017.

Black Metal

Katatonia was formed in Stockholm Sweden, in 1991 by Anders Nystrom and Jonas Renkse. Their debut album, ‘Dance of December Souls’, was released in 1993, gaining the band recognition for their eclectic brand of gothic doom/death metal and joining acts such as Paradise Lost and My Dying Bride as one of the genre’s defining bands. On future albums a newer, sleeker Katatonia sound came to the fore, starting with a streamlined and structured collection of melodic dark rock songs which became third album ‘Discouraged Ones’ which is widely regarded as the main evolution point for modern day Katatonia, where a much more progressive style of metallic rock was successfully embraced.

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The earliest raw recordings of the 21st Century titans of Norwegian Black Metal, including three additional tracks. On vinyl (180g) for the first time.
Harking back to the earliest period of the band, Rota Til Ondskap (2007) captures Mork at its most primal during those formative years, with a collection of raw demo tracks fuelled by masters of Norwegian Black Metal such as Mayhem, Darkthrone and Burzum, as well as Eriksen’s own interpretations and expansions of the Black Metal riffing style fused with twisted melodic passages, with a series of recordings draped in a thick layer of hellish, swirling chaos.