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ARGYRE PLANITIA - 'Tenth Region Of The Night' CD (Winter-Light) - £11.50

Brand new album from German Dark Ambient producer Stefan Voß, following 2018's "The Atomic Age" (Essentia Mundi). Drifting into deep sleep, the night time journeys begin. Images forming behind closed eyes; shaped and sharpened by the senses. Trespassing upon newly created neural pathways; moving ever deeper inwards, flowing effortlessly over magnetic fields and landscapes. Passages of time, vast and unending open before you. Where past, present and future can be one and the same; co-existing all at the same time or even not at all. An inner space to do battle with unimaginable foes, mythological beings and walk shoulder to shoulder with Gods. Night after night, the struggles continue, only ending once the dawn breaks. And break it must... Ltd x 200 copies in a digipak.

ARNICA - 'Ni Beyarnari / Guresar Guaoku' 7" (Gradual Hate Records) - £13

Two Ur-Industrial-Folk offerings recorded back in 2016 during "Cabeza de Lobo" sessions, now finally unleashed. The track 'Guresar Guaoku' features the mighty Trepaneringsritualen, giving the work a Swedish death industrial undertone. The track 'Ni Beyarnari' features Spanish act Apocalypse Projekt (Cruor Martyrium & Scumearth), who give the work a rhythmic, martial feel. Ltd x 200 copies with A6 artcard featuring lyrics, plus download card. Highly recommended!

GNAWED - 'Subterranean Rites' CD (Malignant Records) - £12

The result of over three years of location recordings in sewers, subterranean facilities, and abandoned industrial complexes, Gnawed's latest full length is without question his most focused, and the definitive, benchmark recording of his illustrious discography. Even within Gnawed's heaviest power electronics material, there was always a strong atmospheric undercurrent, and Grant Richardson's work in his other project Atrox Pestis, showed a growing interest in more minimal dark ambience... but nothing will prepare you for lightless chasms and seraphic horror of "Subterranean Rites"; 6 tracks of fetid, catacomb exhalations and slowly unfurling soundscapes possessed with just enough distant industrial clangor and heavily processed vocals to remind you it's still a Gnawed record at its core. Truly a masterwork. Ltd x 250 copies in a 6-panel digisleeve.

KLOOB & ONASANDER - 'Mundus Patet' CD (Winter-Light) - £11.50

Italy's Maurizio Landini and Spain's Dani Kloob join forces for this collaborative release. Dark ambience, drones and atmospherics evoke the ancient rite of "Mundus Patet", the dark esoteric tradition of the ancient Romans. The opening of the mundus put the world of the living and the world of the dead into communication... Three times a year, "Mundus Cereris", an infernal door located in the Roman Forum and still visible to this day, was opened. On these days the infernal deities and spirits came out of the opening and wandered among the world of the living. During these days all temple doors had to remain closed, and it was forbidden to do battle or take a wife. Mundus Cereris is part of the most obscure and ancient traditions of the archaic Roman religion but the ritual itself is probably of Etruscan origin. The rite provided that on 24th August, 5th October and 8th November the mundus was open and therefore those days were marked in the calendar as "Mundus Patet" ("the earth is open"). Ltd x 200 copies in a digipak.

MAURIZIO BIANCHI / FRAG (TUNNELS OF AH) - 'Psychation' CD (4iB Records) - £11.50

A joint release between Italian maestro Maurizio Bianchi and UK brutalist act Frag (aka Stephen Ah Burroughs of Tunnels Of Ah / Head Of David). Containing three lengthy tracks (76+ mins), each an individual entity with a quite different atmosphere, "Psychation" is best appreciated as a thematic progression across the entire album and should be listened to as a whole. The tracks are constantly evolving and mutating pieces of angular geometry: a cascade of electronic shapes that fluctuate and shift in a metamorphosis of Musique Concrete tonal expressionism. At times the unrelenting nature of the album is just about to break your endurance before a snatch of melodic ambience breaks through the tumult and disarray. Where "Psychation" differs from most 'noise' based albums is that it retains its granite density without descending into chaotic nonsensicality. Despite abrasive incisive attacks of sound it retains a sense of weight, almost as if the sound is being layered as one would layer asphalt, layer after layer added and poured, over and over again in ceaseless repetition. "Psychation" is the sound of humanity as it thrashes and drowns beneath the technologic order that it has birthed into being. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.

METADEVICE - 'Ubiquitarchia' Cassette (Malignant Records) - £9

The follow-up to 2019's "Studies For a Vortex", composed during the quarantine months in Portugal. Gone are many of the "warmer" elements and the obvious human touches that comprised the full length debut, with no scrap metal, no drums, and no vocals outside of the occasional samples. In its place, we're confronted with 8 tracks of cold, synthesized throb and terminally doomed electronic currents, threaded with crackling skuzz, shuffling debris, and ominous interference. It's a stripped down and despondent recording, about the loss of what we have as human beings, our capability to feel, experience and create, and most certainly appropriate and befitting of current times. Metadevice is Andre Coelho - a founding member of Sektor 304 and a major contributor to Beyond Enclosure. Ltd x 75 copies with 5 panel J-card.

MURDER CORPORATION • DEDALI - 'Bleeding Images' CD (4iB Records) - £11.50

"Bleeding Images" is a split release featuring unreleased recordings from the personal archives of Dedali (Alessandro Bosello, 1/2 of Italian label Menstrual Recordings) and experimental noise artist Murder Corporation (Moreno Daldosso). A meditative soundscape combining harsh sounding drones overlaid by a growling ambience of chanting prayers that seems to emanate from an echo chamber. "Bleeding Images" is heavy on tape sampling, short wave noises, radio frequency interference, treated electronics and distorted voices. The overall Armageddon-like atmosphere is one that is bleak and depressing. The forlorn environment of loss and despair is accentuated by the low frequency atmospheric loops of siren-like hums, fragmented conversations, fragile crackling of radio frequency channels and eerie striking of piano keys. These trance inducing noisescapes consisting of high pitched shrills, low frequency vibrations and whisper of distant voices weave in and out of your subconscious like the unsettling experience of hypnagogia. Features a collaborative track between Maurizio Bianchi and Dedali. Ltd x 300 copies in a digipak.

THEME - 'Sacral Blood Warning' CD (Fourth Dimension / Idioblast) - £12

On their sixth album, "Sacral Blood Warning", Theme returns to the core duo of Richard Johnson (Splintered, Slugbait) and Stuart Carter (Heroin, The Fields Of Hay) in order to expand on the largely brutal and less compromising approach their work has been imbued with since the very beginning in 2000. Partly designed as a reflection on modern times and all the inherent confusion as unrest appears to reign heavier than ever in an almost illusory realm, the music that constitutes this album explores notions of a self without moorings violently torn in several directions. Whilst it might seem deliberately dystopian for the most part, the rich layers of often organic sound reveal a gamut of other delphic shades besides the confusion. There are moments when one can snatch another gulp of air before succumbing to the undertow itself initially inspired by all from sci-fi soundtracks to the confrontational assaults of Suicide and the ravaged voice manipulations of Robert Ashley. "...an impressive release that journeys from the more noise based tracks of the first half through darkened drone via improvised and noise rhythms to the final expansive piece that co-opts Coil-like electronics with their ongoing penchant for psychedelics" (Compulsion Online). Mastered by Sion Orgon. Digipak.

THROAT - 'Bareback (Stripped & Remasked)' 2 x CD (Kaos Kontrol) - £16

A double remix of Throat's 2018 album (Svart Records), with select artists from the noise / industrial scene invited to deconstruct / destroy / rearrange the raw studio tracks. The result is a wild ride ranging from brutal harsh noise to experimental industrial sounds and everything in between. Simultaneously presenting completely new material from the artists involved and Throat paying homage to influential genres of sound not necessarily so obvious in their usual material. Features: Government Alpha, Himukalt, Deison, Black Leather Jesus (Richard Ramirez), Sshe Retina Stimulants, Jaakko Vanhala (Zoät-Aon, I. Corax), Heat Signature, Like Weeds, Linekraft, Lasse Marhaug (Jazkamer, Origami Replika, DEL), Concrete Mascara, Erratix, Niku Daruma (Shame Hole), Kazuma Kubota (Bloody Letter), Jarl (Skin Area, IRM) and Tommi Keränen (Testicle Hazard). "Final word of warning: if you are looking for straight-up noise rock or new Throat material and can't stand to have your head pierced by harsh noise power tools, this release may not be for you". Mastered by Pentti Dassum. Presented in a 6-panel ecopak with artwork by Inari Raaterova.

TSIDMZ - 'The Aeon Of ThuleSehnsucht' CD (Gradual Hate Records / Twilight Records) - £12

A journey through the best songs of TSIDMZ, revisited tracks and new songs... a panorama of the different collaborations carried out and the different styles touched over the years. This record, as well as the soul of the project, is a vision that blends futurism and tradition, Eurasian/Hyperborean visions and Post-Atomic scenarios. T.S.I.D.M.Z. (ThuleSehnsucht In Der MaschinenZeit), born and conceived between 2002 and 2007 (the year when it was first produced), is an Italian project of Electronic music with Futuristic, Hyperborean and Martial attitude that takes inspiration from various genres within the field of Industrial, Popular and Traditional Music. In both music and themes, the purpose is to be as eclectic as possible while remaining faithful to the aim of the project. For this reason the project has always been involved in collaborations with other musicians, including splits, guest musicians, shared projects and collaborations. Features: Rose Rovine E Amanti, Gregorio Bardini, Horologium, L'Effet C'Est Moi, Svart1, The Wyrm, Barbarossa Umtrunk, Gnomonclast, Suverana, Strydwolf, Porta Vittoria, and more. Mastered by Peter Andersson (Raison D'etre). Ltd x 300 copies.

URSCHMERZ - 'Misery Plan' Cassette (Malignant Records) - £9

With its negative tremors, nihilistic vibes, and monochromatic darkness, "Misery Plan" could easily have been torn from the same mid '90s Death Industrial era that spawned early Slaughter Production releases, Megaptera, Drape Excrement, and more. Seven tracks of devouring machine exhalations, muted shadowy drift, factory ambience, and shambling, black dirgescapes united in a total rejection of humanity and life. Ltd x 100 copies on pro-Ferric tape with 3 panel J-Card and slip cover. Sold out from the label!

VARIOUS ARTISTS - '...Of Devil's Art & Magick' CD (Zazen Sounds) - £12

All the members of the Drakonian Secret Society of Acherontas have conjured the demons of their own musical entities, bringing six unique offerings to form a blood pact between this inner circle and the Devil Himself. "A sacrifice offered, in praise of His eternal Arts! Wise is the Adversarial Man for he can reverse the Wheels of Destiny... Blessed is the One who shall drink from the Cup of Life... Cursed is the hollow one for walking blind by the falsehood of Deathists. Chosen is the One who shall rise by His sole and utter Triumph, and live and breathe by His Sword as an avatar of completion, an insignia of reverberated Majesty. Eternal Thou shall be, for Thou shall drink the flowing nectar, the stream of His thousand Names and Acts... For Great and unrivaled shall be His Opus that feasts in our Orgy of Blood... Forever...". Features: Acherontas, Shibalba, Blood Moon, Devathorn, Haxandraok, and Wampyrinacht. 48 mins of ritual black metal / black ambient. 6-panel digipak. Already sold out from the label!

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AN INNOCENT YOUNG THROAT-CUTTER & THE RITA - 'Wide-Eyed In The Dark' CD (4iB Records) - £11.50

This is an immersive collaboration between 2 heavyweight practitioners of the noise sub-genre Harsh Noise Wall: AIYTC (An Innocent Young Throat-Cutter) and The Rita. Wide-Eyed In The Dark features the ever prolific American noisemaker Richard Ramirez (Werewolf Jerusalem, Black Leather Jesus) with one of his HNW projects An Innocent Young Throat-Cutter, comprising partners in harsh noise, Sean E. Matzus, Sarada Holt, James Tallis and Monica Isabel Sanchez. Formed in 1994, Giallo horror-slasher theme takes centre stage in this noise project. With the cooperative inputs of prolific Canadian The Rita (aka Sam McKinlay of Black To Comm, Vice Wears Black Hose), expect nothing less than the double dose of relentless textural noise intensities as they put you through the aural abuse of pure abrasive harshness. Ltd x 250 copies in a digipak.

ANIMA NOSTRA - 'Atraments' CD (Malignant Records) - £12

Initially the name of a collaborative CD between Henrik Nordvargr Björkk and Margaux Renaudin released on Cold Spring in 2016 (CSR216CD), the duo have now relabelled and solidified themselves under the Anima Nostra moniker, and in turn, broadly expanded their sonic palette, taking the more intimate ritual ambient aspects of the debut, and incorporating them as part of towering constructs that blur the line between death industrial, doom metal, and neo-classical. With its upward swells of foreboding brass, fearsome tribal percussion, and hammering, bass heavy dirge, "Atraments" is the unleashing of something truly monumental and cataclysmic, eclipsing nearly everything Nordvargr has ever been associated with in of scope and grandeur. Integral and prominent in the mix are heavily serrated and imperious vocals, employed to drag the listener inexorably into an inferno of apocalyptic proportions, while adding a more structured "song" element and trumpeting the arrival of an inevitable doom. "Atraments" stands firmly as a vision complete and the perfect soundtrack for times of great tumult. Completed with artwork by Thomas Ekelund (Trepaneringsritualen) and Portuguese occult calligrapher Gordoletters, in 6 panel, heavy stock digipak with spot varnish finish and 8 page booklet.

CONTRASTATE - 'Recorded Evidence II' CD (Black Rose Recordings) - £12

Collection of rare and unreleased tracks by the influential English experimental group Contrastate. This follows on from the sold-out compilation "False fangs For Old Werewolves" showcasing a dark ambient realm of spoken and sung soliloquies, driven machinery, evolving drones and electronic minimalism to create juxtaposing imagery and dreamlike landscapes. Active from the late 1980s through to the present day Contrastate provide a sonic soundtrack to a hypnotic world full of dynamic sounds and emotional shifts. Their sound insinuates itself somewhere inside the dark ritual ambience of the electronic avant-garde shot through with a vein of experimental noise and sarcophetic vocals strewn amongst industrial surrealism. Includes a remix by Ralf Wehowsky. "Contrastate achieve an amazing equilibrium between organic sound and brooding electronics" (Heathen Harvest). Gatefold oversized mini-LP sleeve with a four-page booklet containing detailed (mis)information on the history of each of the tracks.

DEMONOLOGISTS - 'Dissociative Themes' CD (4iB Records) - £11.50

On "Dissociative Themes", the Indiana based experimental blackened noise / horror electronics duo Demonologists disconnect and detach even further into their own world of bleak and horror fuelled psychological soundscapes. Demonologists have reached out to several comrades to help fully realize their vision for this release: Matt Finney (Clawing), Maurice de Jong (Gnaw Their Tongues), Rachel Entartet, Wyatt Howland (Skin Graft), and Blackfrost (Zoloft Evra). "Such an engaging and enthralling listen, a complete descent into an abyss... brooding black ambience, eerie sickened spoken-sung vocals, piercing shards of noise-distortion and manipulated electronics are used as source materials for well-composed and thought-out pieces" (Posercorpse). Ltd x 300 copies.

K2 - 'Rainy Tritium 2' CD (4iB Records) - £11.50

K2 (Kimihide Kusafuka) is one of Japan's most significant harsh noise protagonists dealing in raw junk metal noise works since the 80's. "Rainy Tritium 2" is the follow up release to 2007's "Rainy Tritium 1" (Oxen Records). Kimihide continues to relay his social message regarding the impact of climate change through his unique rendition of aural carnage. K2's use of analogue and semi modular synths and pedals continue to shatter sonic barriers with heavily processed and distorted metallic industrial noise. The aggressive manipulation of analogue electronics and deconstruction of sound sources display jarring intensities of abrasive screeching, scraping, buzzing and droning mayhem. An hour of harsh noise extremes that is guaranteed to test the limits of your aural threshold. Ltd x 200 copies in a digipak.

THE NEW BLOCKADERS & INCAPACITANTS - 'As Anti As Possible' CD (4iB Records) - £11.50

Two pioneering and prominent extreme harsh noise stalwarts, both of whom have been active since the early '80s, come head-to-head in a much-anticipated collaboration where the mastery of both artists is skillfully woven into a chaotic symphony. The pairs (Rupenus & Gillham and Mikawa & Kosakai) worked with each other's material producing two collaborations (appropriately titled 'Blockading Of Incapacitants' / 'Incapacitation Of TNB') comprising relentless metal abuse, screaming feedback, gut-churning rumbles and deranged vocals. As the title suggests, "As Anti As Possible" is certainly no easy listen and will be a challenge for all but the most die-hard of Noise fans. Includes new artworks by Rupenus (TNB). Ltd x 300 copies.