Northern Vantage

Thanks to Jure for pointing out that the next two Paysage d'Hiver digipak releases are out on Kunsthall. This time it's Kerker and Kristall & Isa. Available from Blackscaped and Grau, and probably other distros.

The self titled debut album of NYC's Krallice has been out since late July on Profound Lore. Highly recommended, monumental stuff. Reminds me of Weakling, but with a less chaotic production and very controlled execution. Mick Barr (Orthrelm) handles the vocals and guitars on this album, probably his most accessible release to date.

Orcustus' long awaited first and last album "Transdimensional Holocaust" is according to rumours recorded, mixed and mastered and will be out on Southern Lord within six months. After this, Orcustus will supposedly disband.

A closer inspection of the Dis-order webshop reveals that Xasthur's new albumn "Defective Epitaph" is also set for a September 28th release. I believe this is a co-release (European/American) between Hydrahead and Displeased. As mentioned here before, this album will feature acoustic drums for the first time as well as a cello.

New masterpiece of loathing miserable bleakness !

Tracklist:

1. Souless Elegy 02:42 2. Purgatory Spiral 04:29 3. Cemetery Of Shattered Masks 06:03 4. Malignant Prophecy 05:40 5. Oration Of Ruin 07:23 6. Legacy Of Human Irrelevance 05:36 7. Dehumanizing Procession 04:52 8. Funerals Drenched In Apathy 05:29 9. Warship (The War Against) Yourself 07:34 10. A Memorial To The Waste Of Life 08:44 11. The Only Blood That Pours Is Yours 08:15 12. Unblessed Be 08:13

The CD can be preordered from Dis-order now, and probably soon from Hydrahead.

Update September 19th: Thanks to cja for the heads up in the comments about the 2CD version coming out on Daymare.

XASTHUR / Defective Epitaph　(2CD) DYMC-042 miniature thick cardboard gatefold sleeve Release Date: September 21st (world premiere) with Japan exclusive bonus disc including completely unreleased materials in 38 minutes. There is no plan to be released separately in the future or anywhere else 1.UNTITLED / UNRELEASED (3.24) 2.UNTITLED / UNRELEASED (5.51) 3.MORDER GJENKLANG AV TANKEGANGEN (11.08) 4.FUNERALS DRENCHED IN APATHY / SOULLESS ELEGY (FIRST ATTEMPT) (9.27) 5.AWAKENING TO THE UNKNOWN PERCEPTION OF EVIL (SECOND ATTEMPT) ( 8.02) NEW IDEA SOCIETY / The World Is Bright And Lonely (CD) DYMC-043 Release Date: September 21st including 2 Japan only unreleased bonus tracks (Hope and songs to sing, The leaves won't fall on you)

By the way, "MORDER GJENKLANG AV TANKEGANGEN" is some freaky Norwegian syntax.

Well, the title says it all really. The Southern Lord Blog has the news today that the new Wolves in the Throne Room album is finally available for order from the Southern Lord webshop. The album will be available in stores September 26th.

“The deep woe inside black metal is about the fear that we can never return to the mythic, pastoral world that we crave on a deep subconscious level”

The brand new Wolves In The Throneroom albumis now available directy from Southern Lord. It will be “officially” released in most stores September 25th. You can get it now directly from Southern Lord! Wolves will also be embarking on a long tour of the USA during the month of October!

The new album: “Two Hunters” was recorded on tape, at London Bridge and Aleph Studios by Randall Dunn (Earth, sunn 0)))/Boris, Kinski) in the Pacific Northwest.. The process of the recording was very organic with very minimal use of any digital manipulation or processed effects. Jessica Kinney (previous collaborations with Eyvind Kang and Asva) provides beautifully dark vocals on “Cleansing” and “I Will Lay Down My Bones Among the Rocks and Roots.” Comes packaged in a 5″ mini-gatefold thick cardboard jacket.

Also be sure to check out the dates for the extensive US tour in support of the new album.

Sat 9/22 Calgary, Alberta - Noctis Valkyrie Fest
Thu 9/27 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe w/Kinski
Sat 9/29 Portland, OR - Holocene w/Danava, Thrones, The Better to See You With
Sun 9/30 Eureka, CA - The Visa w/Lord’s Burning Rain
Tue 10/02 San Francisoc, CA - Slim’s w/Ludicra, Graves At Sea
Wed 10/03 Santa Cruz, CA - somewhere in the woods w/Ludicra
Thu 10/04 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
Fri 10/05 Los Angeles, CA - TBA w/Ludicra, Manslaughter
Sat 10/06 The Sets Tempe AZ w/Jesu
Sun 10/07 Launchpad Albuquerque NM w/Jesu
Tue 10/09 Hailey’s Denton TX w/Jesu
Wed 10/10 The Mohawk Austin TX w/Jesu
Thu 10/11 Walters Houston TX w/Jesu
Fri 10/12 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge LA w/Jesu
Sat 10/13 Club Downunder Tallahassee FL w/Jesu
Mon 10/15 The Social Orlando FL w/Jesu
Tue 10/16 THE EARL Atlanta GA w/Jesu
Wed 10/17 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro NC w/Jesu
Sat 10/20 Athens, OH - TBA w/Skeletonwitch
Mon 10/22 Empty Bottle w/Lair of the Minotaur, Indian
Fri 10/26 Salt Lake City, UT - Broken Record Bar - zombie prom night!
Sun 10/28 Portland, OR - Ground Kontrol w/Walken, Floating Goat, Dj Nate C

Hungary's Marblebog have a new split tape out on Brazilian label Hammer of Damnation. I suppose you'll have to contact Marblebog directly to get details on the purchase. Some shirts are available as well. Try mailing Vorgrov.

LASCOWIEC / MARBLEBOG / VÉRZIVATAR - Deep Horizons Of Eternity split tape

45 minutes of underground black metal from a US and two Hungarian bands, including previously unreleased songs.

Nuclear War Now is set to rerelease a couple of Nifelheim albums.

I bought the rights for these albums directly from Necropolis. The first two classic black metal albums will be reissued under the banner of Nuclear War Now! Productions. I’m currently waiting for the band to send me more layout material.

By the way, I got to see Nifelheim live this summer, very pleasant experience.

Another undigital release from Bone Awl is available. Cheap and cool artifact of primitive brutality. Can be had from Klaxon and Northern Sky.

New cassette version of the limited 7" vinyl that came out last year on Northern Sky Productions. This time resurfacing as a collaboration release between Klaxon and NSP. The cassette itself comes in black with professionally printed artwork on the shell sides. It also comes packaged in a 4"x6" ziplock with oversized cover. Musically, these songs are some of BONE AWL's crudest and most powerful. The songs here focus on the lower arm of the swastika as it swings down, away from life.

Already a couple of months out, let's blame the summer daze for the slack in update on Paysage D'Hiver. Anyway, the third in the series of demo rereleases from Switzerland's best is out on Aurora Borealis.

I also forgot to mention the limited (300 copies) tape of new material that was released in late April, another fine ambient tape/album called Einsamkeit. Long gone now I'm afraid, but I am sure Google can help in tracking down a digital version.

More reissues on the way as well, here is the release schedule for 2007 and 2008, as stated by Kunsthall:

'07
Paysage d'Hiver - Paysage d'Hiver DLP
Paysage d'Hiver - Kerker A5 Digipack/LP
Paysage d'Hiver/Nordlicht - Split LP
Paysage d'Hiver - Kristall & Isa A5 Digipack/LP

'08
Paysage d'Hiver - Winterkaelte A5 Digipack/3LP
Paysage d'Hiver - Nacht A5 Digipack/DLP
Paysage d'Hiver - Schnee A5 Digipack
Paysage d'Hiver - Einsamkeit A5 Digipack/DLP

Thanks to Jay for pointing me in the direction of this thread on the FMP forum. According to Blake at Battle Kommand, the only upcoming Leviathan releases are the already announced splits.

Leviathan stuff for this is finally finished (Nachtmystium's shit has been done since January of this year....) We should be putting this in the hands of SL and Candlelight by mid-September ready to go to press. I'll update when its going to be released.

As for the Leviathan record...let it be a mystery for now. I have nothing to do with whatever is happening between Leviathan and Moribund. Just doing the new LoC record. Perhaps he decided to make the new Leviathan a LoC record for artistic/personal reasons....not sure, not my business. Await the new LoC because its fucking great!!

Both Moribund Cult and Debemur Morti still mention the album on their websites anyway...

A hellish pact between Moribund Records and Debemur Morti / Blasphemous Underground Productions has been sealed. We'll be unleashing the upcoming LEVIATHAN full length, "Massive Conspiracy Against All Life", on vinyl format for the European territory. Release date will be announced at a later time. Let it be known that this agreement also includes European vinyl versions of LEVIATHAN's previous works "The Tenth Sub Level Of Suicide", "Tentacles Of Whorror" and "Howl Mockery At The Cross"...

Big bummer if there will not be another Leviathan album. We'll just have to wait and see until the confusion settles.