Black Metal

Classic.Cult.Legendary.Mandatory. Words cannot describe the meaning of Gorgoroth’s debut album to the second wave of Norwegian black metal, and the permanent black mark it left behind.

Re-issued via Soulseller Records, presented with the original classic cover art + picture-disc.

Dungeon Synth

When Depressive Silence split up and RAL & B.S. created their individual Dungeon Synth projects, B.S. founded Solanum and RAL founded Gothmog. So these were the follow-up projects of Depressive Silence back in the 90s, and their releases are also being reissued by Northern Silence in remastered form and with new, exclusive artwork by master artist David Thiérée.

Gothmog only ever released one demo, entitled “Medieval Journeys”, back in 1998. It featured 7 songs of old school Dungeon Synth that will no doubt appeal to fans of Depressive Silence as well. This re-release also includes an intro that was not part of the original release.

Wasting no time with this enviable momentum, GRABUNHOLD return little more than a year later with more medieval madness: Heldentod, their full-length debut. Just as spellbinding as the preceding EP but even more expansive, Heldentod immediately creates a compelling canvas that’s simultaneously tied to tradition and pushing that tradition further. Its songwriting and attendant soundfield suggest strong second-wave vibes – silent citadels, sequestered keeps, dark dungeons – but never whiff of retro posturing or ham-fisted revisionism; rather, their invocation runs parallel to the Old Ways, fluently speaking the ancient dialect instead of stunted pidgin. In other, more telling ways, Heldentod strikes upon braver and less-travelled territory, bristling with a sparkling sort of production that’s palatable in its almost-crystalline sheen and befitting the album’s contents. Here, GRABUNHOLD maintain a more solemn aspect – more “pagan,” if you will – that’s given spectral flight through cascading melodicism and an integration of choral vocals, perhaps most stirringly encapsulated in the Spartan hymn “Trommeln in der Tiefe.” Elsewhere, the fire of old burns hotter than ever, with the band’s bravado amplified by the powerful ‘n’ pro production.

Black Metal

Originally released as a 7” EP by WOOD-NYMPH RECORDS (Flanders) in 1996 after the vampire purge and introduction of The Black Lourde of Crucifixion, The Marauder, and Lilith to the line up. This version includes the full ep which did not fit onto the limited 7″ vinyl version.

Black Metal

Tracks 1-1 to 1-5 are taken from the “Goat Of A Thousand Young” Demo, recorded in Gehenna on April 12th, 1992.
Track 1-6 is an alternative intro, which after all was not used for the “Goat Of A Thousand Young” Demo.
Track 1-7 is the first ever instrumental version of the track “Goat Of A Thousand Young”.
Tracks 1-8 to 1-12 are taken from the “Triumph of the Hordes” Demo, recorded summer solstice 1994 at The Dungeon, Arlington, Virginia, USA and originally released on December 13th, 1994

Black Metal

3rd album of epic & symphonic Hellenic Black Metal from the Netherlands.

The band’s Magnum Opus laced in atmospheric keyboards.