EXECUTIONER’S MASK – Despair Anthems
EXECUTIONER’S MASK announce their debut album “Despair Anthems” set for release on CD/LP/Digital on July 10 (pre-orders early June). EXECUTIONER’S MASK is the dark post punk child of three unlikely suspects: Jay Gambit of the noise metal unit Crowhurst providing vocals, Ryan Wilson from the legendary Intestinal Disgorge lending both guitar and drum programming and LACE and Cop Warmth’s Craig Mickle handles even more guitar. Offering a modern take on the classic blueprints set by bands like AFI, The Sisters Of Mercy and Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry.
Hailing from equal parts Texas and Philadelphia, 2018’s ‘True Blue’ demo was…
BELL WITCH and AERIAL RUIN Complete Work On Debut Collaboration Album “STYGIAN BOUGH Volume I”
BELL WITCH and AERIAL RUIN have completed work on their first collaborative release “Stygian Bough Volume I” set for release on CD/2xLP/Digital on June 26. Pre-order the album HERE.
With STYGIAN BOUGH, Bell Witch duo Dylan Desmond (bass/vocals) and Jesse Shreibman (drums/vocals/synthesizers) didn’t just team up (again) with dark folk elegist Erik Moggridge (guitars/vocals) of Aerial Ruin, they fully integrated the two outfits. While Moggridge has been a part of Bell Witch’s sonic fingerprint on all their prior records, perhaps most notably for his vocals on their previous full-length, “Mirror Reaper”, he’s now part of the very fabric that…
CAUSTIC WOUND “Death Posture” Out Now
The most devastating death-grind album of the year has landed and can be streamed everywhere. Featuring members from MORTIFERUM, Cerebral Rot, Fetid, and Magrudergrind, CAUSTIC WOUND’s debut LP resurrects the old-school death-grind spirit of the early ’90s (not exceeding 1992) and is a prime example of how such artisrty should be properly executed. CD/Digital now available along with the vinyl edition in the EU. Because of COVID-19, there has been a shipping delay from the plant for the vinyl headed to North America. All vinyl pre-orders through Merchtable will ship late April and vinyl through our webstore for Canadian customers late April as well.
WARP CHAMBER “Implements Of Excruciation” Out Now
The debut LP from Pacific Northwest death metal oddity WARP CHAMBER is now available on limited edition CD/LP/Digital and can be streamed through all digital outlets (please note, LPs ordered through our Merchtable store will be delayed in shipping until mid-late April because of stay at home county order due to virus). WARP CHAMBER create a raw, nightmarish and twisted sonicscape of otherworldly cosmic death metal horror that attends to the likes of the old school Finnish, Swedish, and American death metal scenes while creating a putrid and celestial atmosphere through its abominable vision. Listen below.
OLD MAN GLOOM – Seminar IX: Darkness Of Being
The new OLD MAN GLOOM album “Seminar IX: Darkness Of Being”, the follow up to the recently announced “Seminar VIII: Light OF Meaning”, is now available to stream in full through all digital channels. Listen to it in its entirety on Youtube (below), Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music. Pre-orders for the CD/LP (shipping late May alongside the pre-orders for Seminar VIII) are also live HERE.
Seminar IX: Darkess Of Being:
1. Procession Of The Wounded
2. Heel To Toe
3. The Bleeding Sun
4. Canto de Santos
5. Death Rhymes
6. In Your Name…
OLD MAN GLOOM – Seminar VIII: Light Of Meaning
OLD MAN GLOOM “Seminar VIII: Light Of Meaning” out May 22nd. Pre-order on CD/LP/Digital HERE.
Recorded and mixed by Matt Bayles, Kurt Ballou, and Randall Dunn.
Art and design by Aaron Turner.
Track listing: 1. EMF 2. Wrath Of The Weary 3. True Volcano 4. Final Defeat 5. Calling You Home 6. By Love All Is Healed
OLD MAN GLOOM are: Caleb Scofield (bass/vocals) Nate Newton (guitars/vocals) Santos (drums) Stephen Brodsky (bass/guitars/vocals) Aaron Turner (guitars/vocals/electronics)
FOTOCRIME “South Of Heaven” Out Now
The new FOTOCRIME album “South Of Heaven” is out now, during such times of uncertainty and desperation, and can be streamed everywhere (Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music etc). A deeply personal, honest fiction, an exposed nerve pulsing in a blanket of fog. A record for late night drives, a soundtrack for headlights illuminating the horizon.
INSECT ARK “The Vanishing” Out Now / EU Tour Impending
The new INSECT ARK album “The Vanishing” is out now on CD/LP/Digital and can be streamed everywhere. Listen to it on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, and Youtube. “The Vanishing” sees new drummer Andy Patterson (SUBROSA) join INSECT ARK founder Dana Schechter (Swans) in creating the most engrossing and enveloping INSECT ARK album to date. The duo are currently preparing to embark on a EU tour which begins March 6th in Athens, Greece. Full tour dates HERE.
WARP CHAMBER “Implements Of Excruciation”
Pacific Northwest abnormal death metal oddity WARP CHAMBER will see their debut album “Implements Of Excruciation” released and available to order on limited edition CD/LP (each format ltd to 500 units) and Digital on its March 27 release date.
WARP CHAMBER create a raw, nightmarish and twisted sonicscape of otherworldly cosmic death metal horror that attends to the likes of the old school Finnish, Swedish, and American death metal scenes while creating a putrid and celestial atmosphere through its abominable vision. Their 2018 demo tape “Abdication Of The Mind” made its impression in channeling WARP CHAMBER through the consciousness of…
GODTHRYMM “Reflections” Out Now
The debut GODTHRYMM LP “Reflections” is out today on CD/2xLP/Digital and available to stream through Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, Youtube and all other streaming outlets. Founded by vocalist/guitarist Hamish Glencross (ex-My Dying Bride/Vallenfyre/Solstice), and featuring drummer Shaun Taylor-Steeles (ex-My Dying Bride/Anathema), “Reflections” sees Glencross return to his doom metal roots in creating an album that captures the essence of early-to-mid-nineties era UK doom metal and is an album that revitalizes the glory days of said classic era.
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