Although they made their public debut in 2020 with the full-length ...gedenken wir der Finsternis, EISENKULT have quickly become a flagship band for PURITY THROUGH FIRE. Perhaps it's not surprising given that they include members of labelmates MAVORIM and TOTENWACHE, but EISENKULT's swift ascent was built on the back of that first full-length and the successive ...von Himmel, hoch herab album and a split with new labelmates ATRONOS, these collective recordings displaying the purest Teutonic BLACK METAL steel: proudly and unapologetically traditional, forged in the fire of the mid '90s but by no means blinkered by the past - and of course,
Striking while the iron's white-hot, EISENKULT now unleash their fourth recording in as many years, Vulgäre, deutsche Hassmusik. For those with even a faint familiarity with German, the title to EISENKULT's third album should roughly & rudely say everything it needs to - indeed, a steel-toed assertion of the trio's core values. But whereas the preceding full-length upped the folkloristic side of their second-wave classicism, EISENKULT further finesse that side with their latent hooliganism: instantly catchy, almost major-chorded in its triumphant surge, but still a tragic element coursing through their medieval surge. And whereas the band employed evocative 8-bit-styled intros on their preceding records, here on Vulgäre, deutsche Hassmusik do they integrate those baroque textures across the whole album, thereby making the 40-minute work that much more stunning as well as unique. Again, very much BLACK METAL in all caps, but also respectful enough of the artform to gird it with stouter and arguably more stunning chainmail.
No other words are necessary: ancient-days Teutonic black metal continues to be on the rise, and EISENKULT are leading the charge with Vulgäre, deutsche Hassmusik!
Tracklisting 1. Anrufung 2. Der Teufel hat´s gesandt 3. Bizarr und erbärmlich 4. Da ist nichts 5. Tränensäufer 6. Wer schlug deinen Abel tot? 7. Te Deum 8. Niederes Gewürm 9. Gnadenwille 10. Sendung und Segen
Grauen erhebt sich erneut aus den Schatten und führt sein Projekt MORDBERG zurück ins Licht der eisigen Dämmerung. Unter einem neu geschmiedeten Banner und einem veränderten Logo erscheint nun eine neue Veröffentlichung: eine vierteilige EP mit dem Titel „Winter Solitude“. Vier Kapitel, die wie kalte Winde durch verlassene Landschaften ziehen und die Stille der Berge in düsteren Klang bannen.
At times tragic, at times folkloric, melancholy giving way to bloodlust, Ab Amitia Pulsae proves once again that MAVORIM are uniquely adept at fully coloring within the lines of black metal with the boldest and bravest hues.
A/B side black/white 12" in a white poly-lined innersleeve, poster A2 one-sided full-color printed on 150gsm art-paper, download card, gatefold full-color printed on 350g carton with matt lamination + UV partial lacquer, all assembled in a plastic overbag.
Originally released in various limited editions since early 2019, Burning Banners of the Funereal War began the saga that is WARMOON LORD. Arguably the best-kept secret of the ever-fertile Finnish black metal underground, the band is the sole work of one Lord Vrajitor, a prolific figure in the wider Finnish music underground, but also concurrently the mainman of Old Sorcery. But whereas that band largely/mostly works within the dungeon synth genre, WARMOON LORD is pure & proud black metal of a most fantastical nature - equally medieval, maybe even more so, but burning with icy-hot passion that so fired the second wave during the mythical 1990s.
180g smoked amber vinyl, ltd. 300, Solid cover, interior print, black inner-sleeve with poly lining, 8-page booklet, and a designed download card for the digital album. Prepare for an infernal journey into the depths of madness with Krater's latest masterpiece, "Phrenesis."