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White Rune (FIN) – Dawn of the White Rune CD €16.88
Black Metal
Although a brand-new entity, WHITE RUNE are a duo of SIELUNVIHOLLINEN frontman Ruttokieli on vocals, guitar, bass, and keyboards and his drummer brother Soldau, also currently of Ehre. In 2021, they exploded into being with two shockingly accomplished demos, The Spell of Winter Holocaust and The Eternal Fires of Cleansing, showing a new face to Finnish black metal by, paradoxically, harkening back to old times. And now that face is fully revealed with the full-length Dawn of the White Rune. Indeed consolidating WHITE RUNE’s considerable strengths, the band’s aptly titled debut album bursts forth with an effervescence that’s undeniable – and undeniably unique, within the wider sphere of Finnish black metal. With vampiric organ to the fore but thankfully eluding the mawkish excess of “vampiric black metal,” WHITE RUNE proceed to wind and wend through an ever-surging storm of mysticism and malevolence. Their violence is real and the passion palpable, but there’s a deft touch to their dynamics here; nightsky splendor and astral awe are always present, no matter the tempo, and actual lead guitar plays an equally central role in conveying the emotions coursing through Dawn of the White Rune. And while comparisons to contemporaneous countrymen Faustian Pact, Vargrav, and Mooncitadel are certainly valid, more accurately could WHITE RUNE here harken back to the late ’90s works of Darkwoods My Betrothed, Thyrane, Alghazanth, Trollheims Grott, and even …And Oceans, thereby bringing the lineage full circle like the Ouroboros itself. To celebrate this momentous occasion, HAMMER OF HATE will also release a compilation titled The Spell of Eternal Fire, bringing together both WHITE RUNE demos. In the meantime, open thine eyes and witness the Dawn of the White Rune!
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White Rune (FIN) – The Spell of Eternal Fire CD €16.88
Black Metal
Although a brand-new entity, WHITE RUNE are a duo of SIELUNVIHOLLINEN frontman Ruttokieli on vocals, guitar, bass, and keyboards and his drummer brother Soldau, also currently of Ehre. In 2021, they exploded into being with two shockingly accomplished demos, The Spell of Winter Holocaust and The Eternal Fires of Cleansing, showing a new face to Finnish black metal by, paradoxically, harkening back to old times. And now that face is fully revealed with the full-length Dawn of the White Rune. Indeed consolidating WHITE RUNE’s considerable strengths, the band’s aptly titled debut album bursts forth with an effervescence that’s undeniable – and undeniably unique, within the wider sphere of Finnish black metal. With vampiric organ to the fore but thankfully eluding the mawkish excess of “vampiric black metal,” WHITE RUNE proceed to wind and wend through an ever-surging storm of mysticism and malevolence. Their violence is real and the passion palpable, but there’s a deft touch to their dynamics here; nightsky splendor and astral awe are always present, no matter the tempo, and actual lead guitar plays an equally central role in conveying the emotions coursing through Dawn of the White Rune. And while comparisons to contemporaneous countrymen Faustian Pact, Vargrav, and Mooncitadel are certainly valid, more accurately could WHITE RUNE here harken back to the late ’90s works of Darkwoods My Betrothed, Thyrane, Alghazanth, Trollheims Grott, and even …And Oceans, thereby bringing the lineage full circle like the Ouroboros itself. To celebrate this momentous occasion, HAMMER OF HATE will also release a compilation titled The Spell of Eternal Fire, bringing together both WHITE RUNE demos. In the meantime, open thine eyes and witness the Dawn of the White Rune!
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Winter Eternal (GRE) – Echoes of Primordial Gnosis CD €16.88
Black Metal
WINTER ETERNAL return with their boldest record yet: Echoes of Primordial Gnosis. While immediately recognizable as the same WINTER ETERNAL that delivered the preceding modern classic, Echoes of Primordial Gnosis just-as-prominently displays a greater usage of dynamics, particularly those revolving around acoustic and clean-stringed instruments such as cello.
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Witchflame (FIN) – Omen CD €16.88
Black Metal
One of the most notorious names in the still-thriving Finnish black metal scene, GOATMOON has been an uber-prolific force of iron will since the band’s creation in 2002, all guided by the monomaniacal hand of BlackGoat Gravedesecrator. The band’s earliest efforts were extremely raw and punk-oriented, but it was with 2007’s Finnish Steel Stormwhere GOATMOON truly came into its own, exhibiting a sense of refinement rarely heard in such hateful-yet-epic black metal whilst retaining its core identity, and a title by which BlackGoat Gravedesecrator has fulfilled on all successive recordings. Of them, the subsequent third and fourth albums – 2011’s Varjotand 2014’s Voitto tai Valhalla, respectively – saw GOATMOON continue that refinement with equally compelling results, and in the process garner a more fanatic fanbase…and further infamy.
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Wodulf (GRE) – Venom from the Mouth of the Dead CD €16.88
Black Metal
Finally, the old dusty coffin lids are crushed and the second full-length album of WODULF is unearthed from the crypts.
The catacomb gates of the macabre underworld swing wide open as Necromantic Black Metal spills forth like the venom from the mouth of the dead.In stock
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Wodulf (GRE) – Wargus Esto CD €16.88
Black Metal
All tracks composed during the years 1997 and 2002.
Tracks 8 – 9 recorded in 2005.
Track 10 originally released on “The Night and the Fog Part II” in 2003.In stock
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Wolfnacht (GRE) – Ypervoreia CD €16.88
Black Metal
The 2017 full-length reissued on CD, with new cover art.
12 pages booklet, jewel case.
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Wolfnacht (GRE) – Dawn of Heathens CD €17.88
Black Metal
Repress of the classic album.
Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. In stock
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Wolfnacht (GRE) – Project Ordensburg CD €16.88
Black Metal
The 2011 full-length available again on CD.
New layout, 12 pages booklet.
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Wolfnacht (GRE) – Zeit der Cherusker CD €17.88
Black Metal
Repress of the classic album.
Limited to 500 hand-numbered copies. In stock
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Wolfnacht (GRE) / Goatmoon (FIN) / Thy Serpent (FIN) – Split CD €16.88
Black Metal
A split between the most known acts in the underground scene.
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Wolfsburg (DEU)– Ein Verlorener, Vergessener, Grausamer Werwolf CD €15.88
Black Metal
Housed in single panel digipak.
Recorded between 2013/2015
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Wolfsmond (DEU) – Des Düsterwaldes Reigen CD €13.88
Black Metal
The full-length from 2002 available on CD.
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Wolfswut (USA) – Highest Honor DIGI-CD €14.88
Black Metal
Debut release from the inimitable Astral Serpent, who is behind other acts including Crucifixion Bell, Fåvnesbane, Horrid Litany etc.
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Wolftower (FIN) – Throne of Nightfall’s Wrath CD €16.88
Black Metsl
WOLFTOWER makes its triumphant return to the ruins of humanity. Waving the flag of hate, the chariots of death bring upon the long awaited first full-length album from this hateful Finnish Black Metal act, containing 9 passages of raw hate, from which no soul will be safe. Prepare to make the journey to the underworld, for it is certain that this journey will be your last!
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Wolftower (FIN) – Funeral Swords CD €15.88
Black Metal
Recorded between September 2021 & March 2022.
Limited to 380 copies.
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Wolftower (FIN) – The Gathering of Forlorn Souls CD €16.88
Black Metal
Compilation of various CDs and EPs.
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Wooden Throne (FIN) – Eternal Wanderer of the Night Sky DIGI-CD €16.88
Black Metal
Now, as summer’s heat inevitably fades away amid soon-to-be-falling leaves, Wooden Throne returns with an equally mighty successor: Eternal Wanderer of the Night Sky. Almost too perfectly titled, Eternal Wanderer of the Night Sky highlights the nostalgia hinted at by its full-length predecessor while also expanding Lehto’s gaze as high as that night sky AND down to the mossy depths of the forest floor. Much of what made Wooden Throne‘s first album such a classic is still intact – acute sense of space (often literally), impassioned performance, kaleidoscopic production – but Eternal Wanderer of the Night Sky is every inch a counterpart / counterpoint. The real development is the prominent usage of piano: never busy but always front and center, sublimely bittersweet notes lead the onward-and-skyward charge, pulling heartstrings as handily as they send chills down the spine. In this sense, and when coupled with Lehto’s more overtly lead-oriented guitar work here, Wooden Throne‘s second album is not so much a strictly “black metal” record as it is an atmospheric metal one – and, once again, paradoxically uplifting no matter what appellation you apply to it.
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