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Vargrav (FIN) – The Nighthold GOLD DLP €36.88
Black Metal
From the dawn of the classic debut album, Netherstorm, in 2018, Finland’s VARGRAV have almost single-handedly reinvigorated the oft-maligned symphonic black metal subgenre. Forged in fires from the ancients – founder V-Khaoz’s credentials are vast and stretch back decades – and stoking the embers last left by Obtained Enslavement and Norway’s Covenant and Odium, VARGRAV’s two albums to date stand as proud pillars of shimmering, classics-based obsidian.
As momentous as those two full-lengths have been, VARGRAV arguably eclipse both with their third album, The Nighthold. With a lineup that now includes the notorious Graf Werwolf von Armageddon on vocals and Moonsorrow members Trollhorn of the Black Harvest on guitars/bass and Baron M. Tarwonen on drums, VARGRAV’s swirling, cosmic surge has never been more potent; their attack is both sharper and dreamier, crystal-clear and opaque simultaneously. That added clarity creates more immediacy as The Nighthold kicks in, for the aggression of old is kicked into overdrive here and the synths take on a truly orchestral aspect. It’s not for nothing that the album is a full hour in length: everything here sounds (and feels) HUGE, one massive velvety purple landscape of stained-glass visions as far as the third eye can see. And all 12 tracks are threaded together in a plausibly cinematic manner; while each is mighty in its own respective right, VARGRAV sequence every song with artistic flair and high drama, concluding the immersive experience with a daresay-soulful guitar solo during the coda of “Creator of the True Realm” that then segues into the nearly-10-minute big-screen instrumental “Ghostlands.” What film or filmic realm one enters into (or leaves) is entirely up to the listener…The Nighthold is boundless!
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Vargrav (FIN) – The Nighthold PURPLE DLP €36.88
Black Metal
From the dawn of the classic debut album, Netherstorm, in 2018, Finland’s VARGRAV have almost single-handedly reinvigorated the oft-maligned symphonic black metal subgenre. Forged in fires from the ancients – founder V-Khaoz’s credentials are vast and stretch back decades – and stoking the embers last left by Obtained Enslavement and Norway’s Covenant and Odium, VARGRAV’s two albums to date stand as proud pillars of shimmering, classics-based obsidian.
As momentous as those two full-lengths have been, VARGRAV arguably eclipse both with their third album, The Nighthold. With a lineup that now includes the notorious Graf Werwolf von Armageddon on vocals and Moonsorrow members Trollhorn of the Black Harvest on guitars/bass and Baron M. Tarwonen on drums, VARGRAV’s swirling, cosmic surge has never been more potent; their attack is both sharper and dreamier, crystal-clear and opaque simultaneously. That added clarity creates more immediacy as The Nighthold kicks in, for the aggression of old is kicked into overdrive here and the synths take on a truly orchestral aspect. It’s not for nothing that the album is a full hour in length: everything here sounds (and feels) HUGE, one massive velvety purple landscape of stained-glass visions as far as the third eye can see. And all 12 tracks are threaded together in a plausibly cinematic manner; while each is mighty in its own respective right, VARGRAV sequence every song with artistic flair and high drama, concluding the immersive experience with a daresay-soulful guitar solo during the coda of “Creator of the True Realm” that then segues into the nearly-10-minute big-screen instrumental “Ghostlands.” What film or filmic realm one enters into (or leaves) is entirely up to the listener…The Nighthold is boundless!
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Vatican Shadow (USA) – Atta’s Apartment Slated For Demolition LP €34.88
Techno / Experimental
Despite being created over a decade ago for a controversial limited double cassette and then compiled on ‘it stands to conceal’ this is patient esoteric cold industrial perfectly suitable for our end times.
Fully remastered version.
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Vatican Shadow (USA) – Ghosts of Chechnya LP €34.88
Techno / Experimental
What the artist may consider the most formative years for the project and what clubbers may have heard in numerous live sets with the ‘encryption nets’ classic dub track.
Despite being created over a decade ago for limited double cassette and then compiled on ‘it stands to conceal’ this is widescreen esoteric cold industrial perfectly suitable for our collapsing world.
Fully remastered version.
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Vatican Shadow (USA) – Jordanian Descent LP €34.88
Techno / Experimental
A cult was built around these this truly ominous original tape with slowed down mega-apocalyptic drone drum contemplations.
Despite being created over a decade ago for limited double cassette and then compiled on ‘it stands to conceal’ this is long form esoteric cold industrial perfectly suitable for our accelerating global amnesia.
Fully remastered version.
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Ved Buens Ende (NOR) – Those Who Caress The Pale LP €22.88
Experimental Black Metal
The early nineties Norwegian black metal demo “Those who caress the pale” (originally released 1994 on cassette format) has had a cult status for many years. After a few re-issues in the distant past now is the time to honor this pioneering material by making it available again on cd and vinyl including bonus tracks and liner notes by all 3 members!
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Ved Buens Ende (NOR) – Written In Waters CD €13.88
Experimental Black Metal
The ultimate re-issue of avant-garde Norwegian obscurity.
Comes with original artwork and pressed from the original 1995 glassmaster.
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Veles (POL) – The Black Ravens Flew Again CD €15.88
Black Metal
The last Veles album available again on CD.
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Veles (POL) – The Black Ravens Flew Again WHITE LP €30.88
Black Metal
The last Veles album available on LP.
180gr WHITE vinyl limited to 100 copies
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Veles (POL) / Legion (POL) – Blood on My Knife CD €15.88
Black Metal
The infamous split available again on CD.
The Veles tracks were originally released as the The Triumph Of Pagan Beliefs demo cassette.
The Legion tracks were originally released as the “Blood On My Knife” demo cassette and are also available on their split cassette with Perunwit.
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Veles (POL) / Legion (POL) – Blood on My Knife LP €28.88
Black Metal
The Veles tracks were originally released as the The Triumph Of Pagan Beliefs demo cassette.
The Legion tracks were originally released as the “Blood On My Knife” demo cassette and are also available on their split cassette with Perunwit.
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Veles (POL)- Black Hateful Metal CD €15.88
Black Metal
The full-length from 1997 available again on CD.
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Vemod (NOR) – The Deepening DIGI-CD €16.88
Black Metal
VEMOD are by no means an average band. The Norwegians exist in the liminal spaces and the crossroads of places. The trio has chiselled their sophomore full-length “The Deepening” from the same sonic granite that its predecessor “Venter på stormene” came from over a decade ago. This bedrock is found in Namsos, where VEMOD were conceived as a lifelong passion project at the turn of the century by then 12-year old Jan Even Åsli. The nearest big city is Trondheim where the fiercely individual local Nidrosian black metal scene, which refers to the city’s original name, provided VEMOD with its first point of musical reference as embodied by the first demo “Kringom fjell og skog” (2004).
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Vemod (NOR) – The Deepening LP €32.88
Black Metal
VEMOD are by no means an average band. The Norwegians exist in the liminal spaces and the crossroads of places. The trio has chiselled their sophomore full-length “The Deepening” from the same sonic granite that its predecessor “Venter på stormene” came from over a decade ago. This bedrock is found in Namsos, where VEMOD were conceived as a lifelong passion project at the turn of the century by then 12-year old Jan Even Åsli. The nearest big city is Trondheim where the fiercely individual local Nidrosian black metal scene, which refers to the city’s original name, provided VEMOD with its first point of musical reference as embodied by the first demo “Kringom fjell og skog” (2004).
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Vemod (NOR) – Venter På Stormene CLEAR LP €32.88
Black Metal
“Venter på stormene” was recorded on eight analogue tracks in Red Cave between 2008 and 2011.
“Å stige blant stjerner” is dedicated to our brother in spirit, Steingrim Torson.
You never fell! We sing for eternity.Includes a printed inner sleeve, a 16-page booklet and a poster.
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Vemod (NOR) – Venter På Stormene DIGI-CD €16.88
Black Metal
“Venter på stormene” was recorded on eight analogue tracks in Red Cave between 2008 and 2011.
“Å stige blant stjerner” is dedicated to our brother in spirit, Steingrim Torson.
You never fell! We sing for eternity.
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Vemod (NOR) – Venter På Stormene GOLD LP €34.88
Black Metal
“Venter på stormene” was recorded on eight analogue tracks in Red Cave between 2008 and 2011.
“Å stige blant stjerner” is dedicated to our brother in spirit, Steingrim Torson.
You never fell! We sing for eternity.Includes a printed inner sleeve, a 16-page booklet and a poster.
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Vemod (NOR) – Venter På Stormene LP €30.88
Black Metal
“Venter på stormene” was recorded on eight analogue tracks in Red Cave between 2008 and 2011.
“Å stige blant stjerner” is dedicated to our brother in spirit, Steingrim Torson.
You never fell! We sing for eternity.Includes a printed inner sleeve, a 16-page booklet and a poster.
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