Black Metal

Originally released in 2011 on the Tour de Garde label, Departure Chandelier’s demo recording, “The Black Crest of Death, the Gold Wreath of War,” was recorded in 2010, a year after “Antichirst Rise To Power,” the band’s recently released debut full-length completed in 2009. With slightly heavier production than the album—an intentional act by the band—this demo nevertheless achieves the same atmosphere, one defined by the inherent discord between the visceral body of the songs and the ornate melodies reflected in the poignant interplay of guitars and keyboards, in which one hears the influence of O.T.A.L. and Strid. Musically and conceptually, Departure Chandelier explore the dichotomous relationship connecting unbridled freedom and the concomitant lust for power with tyranny and despotism.

Black Metal

“Skin Stone Blood Bone” consist of 11 tracks of raw, crude, bloody and cutting native American black metal like you never heard before, transporting you in the 666 levels of the mi’kmaq shamanic world of hunting, wild trekking and night dwelling. The Dark Diviner awaits you, at the end of the trail, filled with blood from the wounds of the giant horned serpent. Using very unconventional instruments, and literally beating metal scraps with a moose bone, the music of “Skin Stone Blood Bone” is furious and mysterious dark story-telling metal that will convince the old and harass the new.

Black Metal

“Skin Stone Blood Bone” consist of 11 tracks of raw, crude, bloody and cutting native American black metal like you never heard before, transporting you in the 666 levels of the mi’kmaq shamanic world of hunting, wild trekking and night dwelling. The Dark Diviner awaits you, at the end of the trail, filled with blood from the wounds of the giant horned serpent. Using very unconventional instruments, and literally beating metal scraps with a moose bone, the music of “Skin Stone Blood Bone” is furious and mysterious dark story-telling metal that will convince the old and harass the new.

Black Metal

The mandatory debut full-length by Old Tower, “The Rise of the Specter”, finally repressed on 12″LP under the Tour de Garde banner.

Ancient and dusty dungeon synth in the traditions of the old masters. The untold legend in the unfolding mystique of The Shadow Kingdom rises again. For the coming dark age…

Black Metal

The runes have spoken…
Sanctuaire presents four hymns of pagan black metal praising ancient times when glory stood alongside tradition. Sanctuaire offers its strongest and most powerful effort to date, incorporating war-like kettledrums and chorus chanting featuring other artisans of the Metal Noire québecois circle. An epic journey to a distant time when our ancestors once struggled and fought for their lives. Mixed by Sorcier des Glaces, this release has a simple cardboard booklet and a cover artwork drawn by the talented David Thiérrée.

Black Metal

Includes a double-sided, glossy, 12×12″ insert and an 11×17″ poster.

The tracks are sequentially numbered in Roman numerals on the release.

Taped live on DAT at rehearsal. Produced in Novemebr 1994, in Montreal, Québec, Canada.