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Limited 2CD edition in deluxe 6-panel Digipak on rough-coated reverse-board paper, with 16-page deluxe booklet on rough-coated offset paper. CD1: 'Codex Omega' CD2: 3 orchestral versions as bonus tracks for 25 minutes of exclusive music Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Death Metal

SEPTICFLESH are painting an apocalyptic vision and make full use of their impressive musical palette consisting of death metal and orchestral colours on their tenth full-length, 'Codex Omega'. Although the biblical omega marks the end, SEPTICFLESH on the contrary are reaching their current peak with 'Codex Omega', an album that clearly witnesses the Greek visionaries having come to maturity and expert craftsmanship in every sense. SEPTICFLESH are the undisputable masters of symphonic death metal and 'Codex Omega' is the perfect proof for this bold statement. Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Death Metal

Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Black Metal

Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Metal

Founded by Adversor in 2014 and with the later addition of D.H. on vocals the same year, they hit the studio to record the “Progenitor of all Aberrations” EP transforming the project into an international act. Now, with a full line-up, the band is embarking on a mission to spread contagion across the continents. Salve Carnifex! Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Metal

“Thill Smitts Terror”continue where “Von Rov Shelter”, the band's critically acclaimed 2009 album, left off, delving more and more deeply into the disturbing world that SLAGMAUR conjures up by combining modern and classical instruments with children’s nursery rhymes and fairy tales. It is a world where classically constructed melodies blend seamlessly with aggressive black metal to create a nightmare scenario straight from the pit of hell. Art, as well as music, is an integral part of the whole that is SLAGMAUR - from the sinister masks and costumes the band wears on stage, to the disturbing images used in the artwork for the albums. Mysterious and secretive, SLAGMAUR was formed in the remote reaches of North Western Norway, in 2006. The band have never revealed their true identities and always appear heavily disguised, often as characters from their own songs. Nor have they ever revealed how they create the sinister music that invades the listeners mind with layer upon layer of sound that reveals a different facet each time you hear it, depending on your current state of mind. Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Metal

2017 limited edition of 1000 copies 4-track CD EP, exclusively released for Record Store Day 2017. Four excellently recorded tracks show the American sludge rock torchbearers at their best. The recording took place on February 11th, 2014 under the stewardship of Daniel P. Carter, host of the fabulous Rock Show on BBC Radio One. Recommended if you like: Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Metal

Osmose Productions and 20 Buck Spin are two of the most exciting labels going today, they are labels of the sort where if they put their names behind something I know right off the bat that I'm going to like it and that I should probably give it at the very least a handful of listens. So the fact that these two veritable titans of the underground are coming together to put out the debut record for a relatively unknown band from Portugal should be a sign that The Ominous Circle are on to something. A band who wear tight fitting veils and long flowing robes, who jealously guide their identities and who seem to revel in the darkness of their image, The Ominous Circle present an incredibly well developed sound for a group that has only been around for a few years. Their premier offering Appalling Ascension is seven tracks (And an overly long intro) of punishing death metal that effortlessly ebbs and flows and pushes the envelope time and time again. There is something utterly mesmerizing about this band, the weird flows, the pumping rhythm of the bass and the searing guitars. The overwhelming and wonderfully brutal vocals only act as the icing on the cake – the voice of a demon torn out of hell and now forced to deal with the cruel machinations of this unforgiving world. The Ominous Circle make no effort to embrace the uninitiated and their punishing sounds cater to only a very specific subset of death metal maniac. You get the sense though that that is just the way they like it, dense, uncaring, and beautifully nihilistic. The touches of doom and black metal that sneak in here and there are more testaments to the bands songwriting prowess than they are to any attempt to broaden the genre. In fact, I think this is where The Ominous Circle really shine, though they play straight up death metal their songwriting really shines. As opaque as their music might seem it is their no frills approach to songwriting that draws me in. Every note has meaning, and every sonic exploration pulls the listener ever deeper into the murk. Though Appalling Ascension is not without its fault (Again: that intro!) The Ominous Circle are one of the most exciting bands in their genre to come up in years. They invoke the true darkness of the music and give it a sense of breadth that none of their peers could match. They remain cold, calculating and wonderfully alienating – making the end product all the more fascinating. There is so much to pick apart here, but when it comes down to it the general concept behind the music is surprisingly straightforward. This is a group who have the developed sound that titans in the genre long for and this is their first goddamn album. If that doesn't tell you that The Ominous Circle are onto something special then I don't know what will. In an age that is ever more focused on that next great release, I get the impression that The Ominous Circle will be making some huge moves in the next year. Score: 9.5/10 Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Death Metal

The Synarchy of Molten Bones" builds on a long legacy of excellence and emerges six years after "Paracletus", the previous full-length, and four years after "Drought", the final installment of a series of records that span over a decade of fanatic work. The band keeps pushing the boundaries of uncanny violence using their very own musical language, the language of spiritual perdition and dying hope: "Thou shalt reap lush reward for taking that solemn oath...thy heart shall breed the larvae of plagues and depletion will complement dearth in thy hapless pursuit of a merciful void. See ? Thy faith is not void of wonders!" Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Black Metal

Matron Thorn, artist-creator of the bestial AEVANGELIST, and drummer G. Nefarious (PANZERGOD), now unleash their most striking work to date: "Clandestine Sacrament", the all-encompassing debut album from DEATH FETISHIST - a nightmarishly addictive sonic netherworld. In keeping with a singular modus operandi, this alchemical creation revels in catharsis through hauntology: sickeningly uncanny extremity built upon sublimated beauty, chaos, dissonance and an ever-present, near-palpable, almost overwhelming sense of existential desperation. DEATH FETISHIST enmesh cascades of swirling, alienating phrases inside claustrophobic song-craft to inspire grim hypnosis. Guesting vocalists D.G. (MISþYRMING) and Doug Moore (PYRRHON) bring immense guttural and lyrical power, hammering home the violence of self-preservation. Synth orchestration of twisted profundity is provided by Jürgen Bartsch (BETHLEHEM) and Mories (GNAW THEIR TONGUES). DEATH FETISHIST meld the spirit of USBM pioneers and the vivacious Icelandic scene with raw, punk-infused death metal, dark ambient, ecstatic noise and equal measures of Pornography, Mort and In the Nightside Eclipse... "Clandestine Sacrament" is another mind-bending incursion by a unique voice defusing the boundaries of Blackened Death Metal – a hallucinatory gem. Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Metal

The remarkable ARKONA - pioneers of second wave Polish Black Metal since 1993 – commence partnership with Debemur Morti Productions in style via the magnificent "Lunaris", the most fully realised expression of their singular vision. Consolidating and updating the earthen grandiosity perfected on classic 1996 debut "Imperium", ARKONA have created the perfect synthesis of forward-reaching Pagan Black Metal, dark neo-classical melodicism, corrupted romanticism and raging existential power. Meticulous, harmonious tremolo riffs and reverberant leads are wistful and strident in equal proportion, dovetailing seamlessly with layered orchestration to converge in emotive climatic revelation. Water-tight rhythms cascade in rolling waves of authority; potent hyper-blasts performed on natural snare effect a ritualistic offering to the infinite. Slower movements expose the weight of the players, the gravitas, the import of the message. The spectre of folk music fortifies the melodies, subtly informing robust song-structures which reawaken the collective unconscious to past and future majesties just out of reach. "Lunaris" is a palimpsest of haunted modernity with an underlying raw howl straight from primitive lifeblood. With this emphatic new record, ARKONA trigger a free-fall deep into the metaphysical dream logic of the genre Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Metal

Unexpected new album release ten years after their latest full length (“Blood Libels” on NoEvDia – home of Deathspell Omega, Teitanblood and many respected bands within the black metal scene), Antaeus is among the bands turning violence into sounds and not compromising its trademark since its early days. Last years, the band got to perform in numerous festivals over the world (USA, Germany, Finland, France…) and went on a West coast tour in the USA. The initial duo composing the core of the band remains the same, while session members got recruited either for live performance or studio recordings. Those waiting a new album will find what they were looking for: raw, violent and sinister black metal with an ominous presence. Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Metal

Darkness comes crushing down like an avalanche of despair, misery, and pain. While an undercurrent of harsh brutality is tangible within each note, there is also a black void clawing at sanity and trying to drag all emotion into the lurking abyss. Blending sludge, punk, black and death metal into a unique style, HIEROPHANT conjure a bleak sonic landscape on their fourth full-length 'Mass Grave'. Side A: Hymn of Perdition / Execution of Mankind / Forever Crucified / Mass Grave / Crematorium / In Decay Side B: Sentenced to Death / The Great Hoax / Trauma / Eternal Void Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Death Metal

The English via Berlin post-rock trio ESBEN AND THE WITCH return anew with 'Older Terrors', their latest album and first with Season of Mist. Led by the captivating voice of Rachel Davies, the trio cut a wide swath of sound ranging from the dark and subtle to the triumphal, glorious roar of loud guitars. As the stunning "Sylvan" illustrates, they also find home in the shadows between the light and dark. 'Older Terrors' is nothing short of a stunning and poignant album. Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Post-Rock

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Darkness comes crushing down like an avalanche of despair, misery, and pain. While an undercurrent of harsh brutality is tangible within each note, there is also a black void clawing at sanity and trying to drag all emotion into the lurking abyss. Blending sludge, punk, black and death metal into a unique style, HIEROPHANT conjure a bleak sonic landscape on their fourth full-length 'Mass Grave'. Side A: Hymn of Perdition / Execution of Mankind / Forever Crucified / Mass Grave / Crematorium / In Decay Side B: Sentenced to Death / The Great Hoax / Trauma / Eternal Void Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Death Metal

The English via Berlin post-rock trio ESBEN AND THE WITCH return anew with 'Older Terrors', their latest album and first with Season of Mist. Led by the captivating voice of Rachel Davies, the trio cut a wide swath of sound ranging from the dark and subtle to the triumphal, glorious roar of loud guitars. As the stunning "Sylvan" illustrates, they also find home in the shadows between the light and dark. 'Older Terrors' is nothing short of a stunning and poignant album. Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Post-Rock

Limited Digipak edition including 2 bonus tracks and 8-page booklet, housed in a deluxe slipcase. The Digipak and the slipcase are both adorned with UV spot varnish and matte lamination. Just like the alloy this album is named after, CRIPPLED BLACK PHOENIX's music is made of metal and non-metal elements. Dark rock forms the base ingredient in the musical amalgamation process, but it is the addition of metal, progressive influences, gothic, wave, even pop, and many other elements as well as a changing cast of musicians that result in each song shining with its own individual hue and tone. Yet a deep sense of anguish, despair, longing, loss, melancholy, and nostalgia forms a binding force that holds 'Bronze' together and formulates an encompassing theme. Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Hard Rock

With the new album 'Meta', the ever-evolving THY CATAFALQUE transforms once again. The Hungarian progressive/experimental metal project, helmed by composer, lyricist, and multi-instrumentalist Tamás Kátai, takes a heavier, more direct tack than on last years sprawling 'Sgùrr'. Katai effortlessly weaves idiosyncratic progressive passages and folk melodies through this [much] heavier and more metallic album. THY CATAFALQUE's enduring unpredictability makes it one of metal's most unique bands, and 'Meta' is yet another distinct and indispensable piece of their integral catalog of albums. Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Prog Metal

From the very first guitar chords, that unmistakable frying, sizzling, and wailing signature sound of Dave Chandler as well as the trademark deeply resonant vocals of Scott "Wino" Weinrich, any adherent of classic doom metal will immediately know: this is SAINT VITUS. Despite having been around for more than 35 years, the American heavy legends are only now getting ready to release their second official live album after the 1990 seminal "Live" record. SAINT VITUS taped "Live Vol. 2" during the tour for their acclaimed comeback album, "Lillie: F-65" (2012), on March 19, 2013 at the Kulturfabrik in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. The album and tour marked the return of Weinrich. Out of respect for their vintage heritage, SAINT VITUS chose to preserve the raw and pure live sound without cleaning up and patching with overdubs. As a result, "Live Vol. 2" is a true live document. Formed in 1979, SAINT VITUS were largely influenced by BLACK SABBATH, whose song "Saint Vitus Dance" obviously inspired the moniker. Since their debut album, "Saint Vitus", came out in 1984, the Americans have released seven more full-lengths and two EPs that are summarily considered to be classics of their genre. "Live Vol. 2" recording lineup: Dave Chandler: guitar Scott "Wino" Weinrich: vocals Mark Adams: bass Henry Vasquez: drums Record Label: Season Of Mist Style: Metal