Black Metal

The coalescence of two raw Black Metal entities, both born from the same bleeding source yet separated by an inscrutable divide, forms a covenant that brings forth aggression, obscurity, and a hateful display of relentless sonic torment, the very essence of the abyss is given voice.

Black Metal

One of the most accomplished newcomers Signal Rex has come across in recent years, the shadowy entity of Valais burst from the voidal womb fully formed in the middle of 2021 with their self-titled debut album. Despite existing in the vast (and vastly inconsistent) wilderness of Bandcamp, Valais in fact imparted a power and poignancy that takes most bands at least a couple records to reach, if at all. Both classically composed and forward-thinking, Valais understood right from the start the core tenets of true black metal, but equally understood how to inject their own personality and poise into such to create something that adds to the language of BLACK METAL rather than mimics its speech patterns (and sloppily so).

No, Valais as a work is a towering monument of tension and release, skillful contours and subtle dynamics, richly malevolent melody and slipstreaming violence. Aesthetic touchstones include the likes of Slidhr, latter-day Leviathan, and even Blut Aus Nord at their wiliest, but Valais also exhibit an understated sense of the pagan – perhaps stemming from their native Ireland, or perhaps from some strange cosmos far beyond our comprehension… Either way, all of this coalesces into a whilrlwinding five-song/37-minute experience that feels far vaster than that succinct runtime otherwise suggests. As such, Signal Rex is honored to rightfully release this tome in all physical formats.

Black Metal

The Lord of Shadows returns!
Vampyric Blood rises from the crypt!
Once again casting sonic spells that encapsulate his nightside visions and dark desires laden with sorrow in this brand new EP entitled “Watching the Nights Rot in Eternal Melancholy”.
Vampyric Black Metal from this Finnish blood fiend filled with medieval melancholy!

Black Metal

Beginning in the early 1990s, a handful of musicians in Greece established one of the most distinctive and compelling regional sounds associated with the Second Wave of Black Metal. Rotting Christ laid the foundation for this particular sound, and other acts immediately followed suit helping to define the Greek Black Metal sound and bring it to prominence within the international scene. The importance of Varathron’s contribution cannot be overstated. After releasing what is arguably the greatest Greek Black Metal album of all time, 1993’s “His Majesty at the Swamp,” Varathron recorded and released the superb follow-up, “Walpurgisnacht” two years later. Since that time, the overwhelming brilliance of the former has often overshadowed the fact that “Walpurgisnacht” is a classic album in its own right. From the outset, with the opening track, “Tleilaxu (The Unborn Child),” it is clear that “Walpurgisnacht” contains all of the characteristic traits of Greek Black Metal. The riffs are somber and melancholy, yet driven by a sense of mania, often suddenly giving way to slower, majestic passages firmly set in the Hellenic tradition. Reminiscent of the early recordings of Monumentum, on “Walpurgisnacht,” Varathron skillfully weave into the fabric of the album a slightly gothic influence producing an unearthly effect in which transient, morose interludes and subtle keyboard flourishes accentuate the album’s mystical feel.

Black Metal

From the earthen tomb the sepulchral shadows of the Varcolaci cultus, reaches with wolfish claws and burning eyes towards the moon. Storm-clouds darken and envelop the sky, bringing the shadows and nightmarish spirits of night.
Varcolaci is Vampyric Magick woven in sound, obscure black metal and ambient waves of the tomb and darkened skies.
Varcolaci is a conceptual manifestation of the deep knowledge and ancient powers associated with Vampyrism from Slavic and Pagan magical practices and religion. The depths of meaning are as the vast green vines and snakes which enter the dark earth to find balance between the chthonic and the skies of both storm and night.

Varcolaci is an entity created by Akhtya Nachttoter & Azgorh, both are well known for their work together in Black Funeral & Strigoii, as well as their various other entities such as Valefor, Darkness Enshroud, Akhtya, Drowning the Light, Harvest, Ghosts of Oceania, Forgotten Kingdoms – to name a few.

Majestic Black Metal

Finally available on LP, originally released in 2000.

With a fully restored layout, including handwritten lyrics and totally re-mastered for LP.

CLEAR LP, Lim. 88 copies.

Officially released by Ragnarok Records, and distributed worldwide by ASRAR.

180g 12” LP, 3,5mm spine, 350g cardboard jacket, UV SPOT, BLACK FLOOD, thick INSERT

Majestic Black Metal

Finally available on LP, originally released in 2000.

With a fully restored layout, including handwritten lyrics and totally re-mastered for LP.

RED LP, Lim. 88 copies.

Officially released by Ragnarok Records, and distributed worldwide by ASRAR.

180g 12” LP, 3,5mm spine, 350g cardboard jacket, UV SPOT, BLACK FLOOD, thick INSERT

Black Metal

Majestic Black Metal

Finally available again on LP, originally released in 2001.
With a fully restored layout, including handwritten lyrics and totally re-mastered for LP.
Officially released by Ragnarok Records, and distributed worldwide by ASRAR.

CLEAR LP, Lim. 88 copies.

180gr LP, 3.5mm spine printed on 350gsm cardstock jacket with BLACK FLOOD, UV SPOT and INSERT.

Black Metal

Majestic Black Metal

Finally available again on LP, originally released in 2001.
With a fully restored layout, including handwritten lyrics and totally re-mastered for LP.
Officially released by Ragnarok Records, and distributed worldwide by ASRAR.

180gr LP, 3.5mm spine printed on 350gsm cardstock jacket with BLACK FLOOD, UV SPOT and INSERT.

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 first two albums stand as proud pillars of shimmering, classics-based obsidian. However, it was 2023’s literally MASSIVE The Nighthold where VARGRAV eclipsed all prior achievements. With a lineup that included 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 hit a fever pitch of potency – and the filmic elements latent to their sound became a movie unto themselves. It was not unjust to liken this third album to Covenant’s classic Nexus Polaris.