Frigoris - Wind available now!
The new album from the atmospheric black metal band Frigoris entitled "Wind" is now available from Hypnotic Dirge Records. In addition to the regular CD edition which was co-released by Hypnotic Dirge and Misanthropic Art Productions, the album has also been uploaded to Bandcamp and Youtube for free streaming in its entirety, and is also available as a $5 digital download.
Although founded as a Pagan/Black Metal band, Frigoris has steadily developed their sound since its foundation around head Dominik Winter in 2007 and now stands as a high-level atmospheric, melodic Black Metal band. The new record Wind is the current peak of this development and highlights Frigoris' ability in mixing ferocious black metal with acoustic guitars and folk sensibilities. The over fifty minute piece is filled with a surpassing emotional intensity that creates a bond between pure aggression and deep melancholy.
Co-released by Hypnotic Dirge Records and Misanthropic Art Productions, Frigoris' Wind should appeal to fans of Agalloch, (old) Woods of Ypres, Wolves in the Throne Room, Fen, and Imperium Dekadenz.
"Wind" has received a lot of nice feedback from the press so far, including the following from these 'zines:
"Wind is a swirling contrast of elegance and intensity, culminating in a spectacular display of musical ingenuity combined with a higher sense of melancholy, which gives life to the atmospheric black metal genre by relying on the genre’s most natural elements. If there was one album released in a modern setting that would surpass the genre’s fathers, Frigoris have created it. Crafting folk-y melodies and acoustic sections with crushing chords and furious, yet even paced double bass drum work might not seem that much out of the ordinary these days, yet Frigoris’ 2013 record pushes past the stereotypes, giving life to these ‘apparently’ done before soundscapes." -Melting Album Review
"If you want me cut to the chase and spare you a read the two best words to describe the album Wind are EPIC and MAJESTIC! Seriously never have I heard so much effort, heart, and emotion put into one album but this is it. And I am not talking about three or four tracks, I am talking about it all. There are just so many elements proposed that can attract any extreme metal fan. From the heathens, to those more of the melancholic nature, or to those who enjoy a strong and intense black metal sound, this is all for you into one stellar album. From the beginning sounds of the acoustic, Windgeflüster, and all the way down to the path of the end, Wenn die Maske bricht, it will have you at grasp the whole time." -Desolation Infinite Blogpost
Wind is such a perfect, beautiful and strong album that it makes your skin crawl. Very emotional, making all your feelings come out, good and bad feelings, as they mix perfectly the aggressiveness with the painful melodic tones and tunes. Really a very good experience, memorable journey. Really, one of the best albums of 2013 for Lachryma Christi. Highly recommended. Go for it. -Lachryma Christi Webzine
On Saturday June 7, Frigoris will play their CD release show at Helvete Club in Oberhausen, Germany, so if you're in that area go out and support some great music!
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Wind is such a perfect, beautiful and strong album that it makes your skin crawl. Very emotional, making all your feelings come out, good and bad feelings, as they mix perfectly the aggressiveness with the painful melodic tones and tunes. Really a very good experience, memorable journey. Really, one of the best albums of 2013 for Lachryma Christi. Highly recommended. Go for it. -Lachryma Christi Webzine
On Saturday June 7, Frigoris will play their CD release show at Helvete Club in Oberhausen, Germany, so if you're in that area go out and support some great music!
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Hypnotic Dirge Records' Summer Black/Doom Releases - Pre-order now! Hypnotic Dirge Records has three album releases upcoming in June 2013 that will surely breathe life into the mid-season aural spectrum. Frigoris will bring forth catchy and atmospheric black metal with folk sensibilities, Nethermost will provide a short debut EP of masterful early 90's early death-doom, and Galaktik Cancer Squad will push your mind to the cosmos with some trippy and aggressive mind-bending post-black metal! Because we believe in all three releases, we've created a special Summer 2013 black/doom metal pre-order pack in which you can order all three albums together for a lower price!
Of course, if you're only interested in one or two albums you can buy them individually as well.
All pre-orders of the album will receive the full album download immediately via email while they wait for their CD and therefore will be among the first to listen to the full albums since they will not be made public online until the official release dates! The CD's themselves will be shipping about a week prior to their release dates and are all shipped via airmail.
PRE-ORDER ALL THREE SUMMER 2013 RELEASES
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Some of these releases represent something quite new for Hypnotic Dirge, so it's exciting to maybe do something a little bit unexpected and also revert back a little bit to the black metal releases which have been absent on Hypnotic Dirge in a similar style since the Ov Hollowness album in Summer 2011 which shares some tendencies with Frigoris and Galaktik Cancer Squad in some respects.
Embrace Summer Black/Doom Metal!
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HDR - 029 : FRIGORIS - WIND
FRIGORIS' NEW RECORD 'WIND' IS THE CURRENT PEAK OF DEVELOPMENT AND HIGHLIGHTS FRIGORIS' ABILITY IN MIXING FEROCIOUS ATMOSPHERIC BLACK METAL WITH ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND FOLK SENSIBILITIES. THE OVER FIFTY MINUTE PIECE IS FILLED WITH A SURPASSING EMOTIONAL INTENSITY THAT CREATES A BOND BETWEEN PURE AGGRESSION AND DEEP MELANCHOLY.
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HDR - 030 : NETHERMOST - ALPHA
MID-PACED MELODIC DOOM METAL WITH AN EMPHASIS ON ATMOSPHERE, A THICK BASS SOUND, AND DEEP GUTTURAL VOCALS CONJURE UP AN HONEST AND ORGANIC SOUND ROOTED IN MID-90'S DEATH-DOOM. ALPHA, WHILE PROVIDING AN INTRODUCTION TO A NEW AND PROMISING DOOM BAND SHOULD ALSO APPEAL TO FANS OF ESTABLISHED BANDS, KATATONIA (CIRCA BRAVE MURDER DAY), OCTOBER TIDE, AND DAYLIGHT DIES.
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HDR - 031 : GALAKTIK CANCER SQUAD - GHOST LIGHT
FROM THE VACUOUS DEPTHS OF SPACE, THE GREAT PATHOGENIC FORCE OF GALAKTIK CANCER SQUAD WILL ONCE AGAIN RETURN TO HAUNT THE AURAL REALMS OF THE EARTH WITH THEIR FIRST-EVER PHYSICAL RELEASE, 'GHOST LIGHT' AGGRESSIVE AND EXPERIMENTAL POST-BLACK METAL WITH CACOPHONOUS DISCORDANT VOCALS COMBINE WITH MOMENTS OF SOARING POST-ROCK MELANCHOLY THAT MAKE YOU SOAR TO OTHER DIMENSIONS.
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Australasia - Sin4tr4 available for free download from Hypnotic Dirge Records!
Australasia is the place where unusual soundscapes come to life: ethereal guitars mix with blast beat drums and black metal riffing, giving birth to strange and fast-flowing tunes.Here subterranean streams alternate with tidal waves, turning into cinematic pictures that can last just the blink of an eye. Their debut EP 'Sin4tra' combines post-rock, black metal, and electronic music quite masterfully "Echoes and Dust" Webzine had this to say about the album:
"Australasia's debut album Sin4tr4 is quite a musical and evocative journey. The Italian duo blend punishing drums, both gentle and seething guitar, synth and some subtle samples to achieve an engaging and diverse assortment of soundscapes for the mind to digest. Australasia's Sin4tr4 impresses. While the album is a mere 22 minutes; it is 22 minutes of awesome. The production quality is very sharp and Sin4tr4 flows quite well song to song... I continuously found I had the album on repeat for hours. The many textures, aggressive rises, delicate falls and changing fast and slow sections always keeping me engaged. There may not be enough sustained 'metal' for some listeners but fans of post-rock who appreciate the occasional heavier gust of sound will like Australasia. Sin4tr4 takes you on a sonic trip to the edge of madness one moment then plunks you down in a quiet green forest the next. Colourfully evocative and exquisitely actualized with compelling musicianship throughout, Sin4tr4 should not be missed. Previously self-released by the band as a free digital download, this album is now also distributed digitally for free by Hypnotic Dirge Records. _____________________________________________________________________________________
HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS / SOLITUDE PRODUCTIONS TO CO-RELEASE
VIN DE MIA TRIX - ONCE HIDDEN FROM SIGHT IN SEPTEMBER 2013 Vin de Mia Trix is a band from Kyiv, Ukraine. Its music is a blend of different doom metal subgenres, also including various elements of other styles. Lengthy mid-tempo opuses with crushing funeral riffs morphing into melancholic acoustic passages create mysterious and dark atmosphere. Rooted between Funeral and Death/Doom Metal, initially the band’s songs leaned towards Dark Metal and mid-90’s Scandinavian scene. However, the idea of creating intelligent and touching, yet uncompromisingly heavy and dark music fueled further progress. As a result, VdMT’s sound is still evolving, incorporating bits of Black Metal, Post-Rock, Progressive Metal, Blues and some other genres. Slowly overcoming various obstacles, the band finished their debut album in 2013. ‘Once Hidden From Sight’ summarizes first five years of Vin de Mia Trix’s existence, documenting what was said and done during the band's formative years. 'Once Hidden from Sight' will be the first co-release between Hypnotic Dirge Records and Solitude Productions, an amazing and prolific label from Russia which has undoubtedly released some absolute doom classics over the past few years!
MORE NEWS | VIN DE MIA TRIX WEBSITE | VIN DE MIA TRIX PROFILE
VIN DE MIA TRIX - - मातृ (mātṛ) - LIVE (APRIL 6, 2013)
VIN DE MIA TRIX - ONCE HIDDEN IN SIGHT
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HDR - 031 : GALAKTIK CANCER SQUAD - GHOST LIGHT
HDR - 030 : NETHERMOST - ALPHA EP
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AURAL EMINENCE: WEEK: JUNE 10-16, 2013
FALLS OF RAUROS - THE LIGHT THAT DWELLS IN ROTTEN WOOD
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PRIMORDIAL FOLK-ISH BLACK METAL WITH A VERY ATMOSPHERIC TOUCH. FALLS OF RAUROS' LATEST ALBUM IS A STIRRING COLLECTION OF MAJESTIC MELODIES AND BEAUTIFUL FOLK/CLASSICAL COMPOSITIONS. ORGANIC BLACK METAL AT ITS BEST!
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FUNERAL DOOM EPICS WITH LATIN LYRICS. CRUSHING, ATMOSPHERIC HYMNS TO ENJOY WITH A GLASS OF WINE AND YOUR OTHER FAVOURITE "SUBSTANCES" A RITUAL TO TAKE YOU TO THE OTHER SIDE.
THE HOWLING VOID - THE WOMB BEYOND THE WORLD
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THIRD ALBUM OF THE HOWLING VOID IS ANOTHER OVERWHELMING SYMPHONIC FUNERAL DOOM CLASSIC. HEAVY GUITARS COMBINE WITH ATMOSPHERIC KEYBOARD TO BRING GLOOM, DESPAIR, AND DESOLATION.
STROSZEK - SOUND GRAVEYARD BOUND INFO / BUY
MELANCHOLIC ACOUSTIC ROCK WITH INFLUENCES FROM AMERICAN COUNTRY AND FOLK MUSIC, STROSZEK'S THIRD ALBUM COMBINING A BLEAK ATMOSPHERE WITH BEAUTIFUL MELODIES TO DRIFT AWAY TO, STROSZEK IS A BAND TO ENJOY DURING QUIET EVENINGS AND MOMENTS OF INTROSPECTION.
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