Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, November 14, 2011,
Hello all, Just wanted to let you know that HDR is now three years old!! (or has been for about 3 weeks, or will be in 12 days from now, depending on how you wish to count) As usual on the annual "anniversary" of the label, we will be releasing a free online compilation album from all our artists as well as some guests. This year's edition will be released on November 26th with the following audio tracklisting: I - Ov Hollowness - End in View (7:07) II - Our Last Day on Earth - Omega Vibration (5... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, October 27, 2011,
Hypnotic Dirge Records News Update - October 27th, 2011
Hypnotic Dirge Records signs two new bands!! - Epitimia, and Silent PathHypnotic Dirge Records has signed two new bands onto its artist roster, with both bands planned to have a release in the first half of 2012. The new bands added to the roster are EPITIMIA and SILENT PATH. Silent Path is a one-man funeral doom metal/depressive black metal project from Iran created by Saman Nu. The project's only member is also known as Count de Efrit,...
Posted by Nick Skog on Tuesday, October 11, 2011,
Hypnotic Dirge Records artists Winds of Sorrow and The Foetal Mind have participated in the first annual digital compilation album from the webzine 'Threnodies.' The compilation features 15 tracks from black metal artists around the world including A Forest of Stars, Woods of Desolation, Geist, Bonjour Tristesse, and many more.Threnodies sound in authmn woods - sampler no. 1  I just promised it, and now it’s reality! The “little surprise” I wanted to share – for the absence of new revi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, September 28, 2011,
I am pleased to announce that Hypnotic Dirge Records is now an official distributor of Solitude Productions in North America. All of the currently available Solitude Productions releases, as well as the releases from its side labels, 'BadMoodMan Music', 'Slow Burn Records', and the 'Art of Silence Series' will now be available to order from Hypnotic Dirge Records. Subsequently, all future releases by Solitude Productions and its side labels will also be distributed by Hypnotic Dirge Records. ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, September 1, 2011,
Hello everyone, This note is simply meant to be a reminder to North American customers that we offer free shipping on any orders of 10 or more CD's within North America. This deal applies to both the official releases, and the distribution releases. Basically, this means you have about 225 albums to choose from to take advantage of this ongoing deal! Official Hypnotic Dirge Merchandise can also be counted among the 10 CD's and free shipping rates still apply! With this ongoing deal, you can t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, July 22, 2011,
I recently conducted an interview with Pest Webzine from Romania.
Thanks goes out to Adrian for setting up the interview.
You can read the interview at its original location here: http://pestwebzine.ucoz.com/index/hypnotic_dirge_records/0-413
FULL INTERVIEW POSTED BELOW:
Hypnotic Dirge Records
 Hi there, Skog! Busy Summer, isn't it? Last month you have signed two new acts and this month you have planned 3 new CDs for release...Busy indeed. It's been good though as I had a fairly slow first half of...
Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, June 27, 2011,
Hypnotic Dirge Records signs acoustic project 'Stroszek'
Hypnotic Dirge has added the Italian one man acoustic project Stroszek to its lineup. Stroszek is the brainchild of Claudio Alcara, known for being the bass player in the influential and long standing Italian Black Metal band 'Frostmoon Eclipse'. With Stroszek, Claudio is able to create the music he had always envisioned, stating "I wouldn't call Stroszek a side project as such, it's just really my material, something that's been insid... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, May 19, 2011,
HDR has conducted an interview with the zine 'Zwaremetalen' which is the biggest Dutch speaking metal zine in the world! Thanks to Bart, and the rest of the ZWaremetalen staff for the opportunity!
Obviously the version on their website is in Dutch so is unreadable to the majority of English speakers. Therefore, I have decided to also publish the interview in English. You can read it below:
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Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, May 18, 2011,
HDR recently conducted an interview with Brad from Nocturnal Cult Webzine. You can read it at its original location here: www.nocturnalcult.com Here is a copy of the interview in full ******************************************************************************************************************************
Interview with Skog of Hypnotic Dirge Records By Bradley Smith
 Hells Skog, as the owner of one the most consistent and focused record labels I was wondering what motivated you to start a labe...
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Posted by Nick Skog on Tuesday, May 17, 2011,
Hello everyone,
First of all, I'd like to thank everyone who participated in the Hypnotic Dirge Records Hypnotizing Spring Sale, where the entire distro and all of the official releases were on sale for $5.00 ($8.00 for deluxe albums) plus shipping. It was a massive success, and helped raised about $1100 for the label which will go into the forthcoming releases from Hypnotic Dirge Records.
Speaking of which, the next HDR releases were ordered from the manfacturing plant today and now the proces... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, May 11, 2011,
An official website for Hypnotic Dirge Photography has been created and is now online!
The main purpose of the website is to feature a sort of online portfolio, or "gallery".
However, a store to buy physical prints of the photos, and a section for bands to receive
artwork for their CD artwork is also on the new website.
Click on the link below to browse photos, and find out more information
Link: http://hypnoticdirgephotography.weebly.com
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Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, May 2, 2011,
Hypnotic Dirge Records Presents: Hypnotizing Spring Sale
$5.00 CD's
Monday May 2nd to Monday May 16th, 2011MORE INFO BELOW:
Hypnotic Dirge Records will be having a $5.00 CD sale from May 2nd - May 16th 2011!
All official Hypnotic Dirge releases, and all CD's available in the distribution are included in this sale!
Regular CD's are $5.00 each.Deluxe CD's are $8.00 each. (double-albums, DVD's, etc.)
Shipping charges are extra!
Hypnotic Dirge Records Official Releases: http://www.hypnoticdirgereco... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, March 9, 2011,
Just a quick note to let it be known that the issues with Promopays - the original shirt printing company for the re-stock of the Exiled From Light shirts has been resolved. The refund was originally processed on February 25th, and just took a few days longer than expected to process through their system. As of today, the $405.11 has been refunded. I got a call from the owner of the company today apologizing for the whole situation, and the length that the problem went on for, so I do apprecia... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, February 24, 2011,
Below is an interview I conducted with Bjørn Tunsberg, a staff writer at 'The Inarguable Webzine' as well as a friend of mine. Thank you to Jon and Bjørn for setting this up. You can read the interview at its original location here:
http://theinarguable.blogspot.com/2011/02/interview-with-hypnotic-dirge-records.htmlHere is the full interview: How are you? It is an honor to have you speak with us! Hi Bjørn, It's nice to talk to you again as well.
What made you want to start this label? I star... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, February 21, 2011,
02/21/11 Ekove Efrits - Hypermnesia album is now available as a free download! Ekove Efrits' 2010 Full-length album which was originally self-released last year is now available to download for free on the Hypnotic Dirge Records 'Downloads' section. The album shows Ekove Efrits' experimental vision of a neo-classical, trip-hop, black metal fusion, and in fact this was part of the reason that the album was self-released last year, as most labels did not want to take a chance on releasing the al... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, February 2, 2011,
Hypnotic Dirge Records signs Iranian project 'Ekove Efrits' - New full-length album will follow in Summer 2011!
| Hypnotic Dirge Records has reached a deal with the project 'Ekove Efrits' based out of Tehran, Iran. Ekove Erfits is a one man project which has a history dating back to 2001, releasing demos and a split release before their first full-length album was released in 2008 by Possesion Productions, and a second full-length album was self-released in 2010. Over the years, Ekove Efrits ha... |
Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, January 24, 2011,
Hypnotic Dirge Records News Update - January 22nd, 2011
Hello everyone,
This is the first news update of 2011, and there are quite a few things happening with HDR as of late, that deserves to be brought to your attention:
~HDR Sale - Buy 20 CD's!
~Astral Luminous - Lunaric Tide Free Download now available!
~Press Release: Funeral Fornication - Pandemic Transgression
~Press Release: Old Forgotten Lands - Primal
~Hypnotic Dirge Records, Funeral Fornication, and netra T-Shirts coming in 2011!
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Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, November 21, 2010,
Here are a couple reviews we have received from the press for our second compilation release 'Melancholic Epiphany' (The Trance Formation is Shattered) If you have not yet downloaded this album, you can go here: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com/download015-hdrcomp2.php Okay, onwards to the reviews: METAL REVIEWS:
Link: http://www.metalreviews.com/reviews/detail.php3?id=6799This is a compilation released to celebrate the two year anniversary of Hypnotic Dirge records, a small Canadian outfit s... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, October 14, 2010,
10/22/10
HDR Compilation #2 - Melancholic Epiphany (The Trance Formation is Shattered) FREE DOWNLOAD soon!
To celebrate two-years of activity for Hypnotic Dirge Records we are releasing an extensive compilation album on November 7th, 2010 which will include audio, video, text, and visual components. The entire album has been created with a strong attention to detail and a working theme throughout. Within the compilation comes audio tracks exclusive to the compilation by some high-pro... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, October 14, 2010,
A new Hypnotic Dirge Records feature has been posted on the webzine Hierophant-Nox based in Scotland. Ellen Simpson, the writer of Hierophant-Nox conducted an interview with Hypnotic Dirge Records back in June 2010 but it was not published until yesturday due to her being on vacation. Besides the new interview, there is also a feature, and detailed information about all of the bands on the Hypnotic Dirge Recods roster in her own words, and also two new album reviews for:
HDR - 012 : Symbiosis/... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, October 3, 2010,
Hello, First of all, we have revamped and upgraded our downloads section on the official website substancially. You can view the new and improved downloads page HERE.
Also, we have added some 'Donate' buttons onto each album download, in case anyone wants to donate money to Hypnotic Dirge for these free album downloads. However, this is not required or expected, but is just an option out there incase anyone out there feels inclined to do so.
Anyway, the two new digital downloads added to the ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, September 17, 2010,
Hypnotic Dirge Records now has official digital distribution through metalhit.com for our Metal-related titles:
The following albums are digitally distributed through metalhit.com:
HDR - 004 : Astral Luminous - Lunaric Tide
HDR - 005 : Neige et Noirceur - Crepuscule Hivernal Sans Fin sur les Terres de la Guerre
HDR - 007 : Funeral Fornication - Solitude and Suicide
HDR - 008 : Exiled From Light - Descending Further into Nothingness
HDR - 010 : Neige et Noirceur - L'Abime des Jours, l'ecume des nu...
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Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, September 15, 2010,
Hypnotic Dirge Records artists will now be featured on the regular rotation of Nuclear Holocaust Radio's playlists as well as during specific DJ broadcasts.
You can read more on the station or listen in at: www.nhradio.ca Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, August 12, 2010,
This interview was originally written in early June 2010 and has not been published yet, so I have decided to make it available to read through the Hypnotic Dirge Myspace Page:
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Hypnotic Dirge – Hierophant Nox
Hail Skog, how are you doing?
Not too bad. As I write this, I am enjoying a couple days off from work, but really all that means is that it's time to catch up on some label things. haha At ...
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Posted by Nick Skog on Saturday, August 7, 2010,
Hello everyone,
I am now offering up a package deal featuring all of the available Hypnotic Dirge Records CD's, Shirts, and Posters/Flyers for a very discounted price.
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Included in the package is the following:
CD's
HDR - 002 : Ancient Tundra - Requiems of a World Lost
HDR - 003 : Echoes of Silence - Beyond the Crimson Gates
HDR - 004 : Astral Luminous - Lunaric Tide
HDR - 005 : Neige et Noirceur - Crepuscule Hivernal Sans Fin sur les Terr...
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Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, June 13, 2010,
Immundus has signed a deal with the Ambient/Experimental label Quartier 23 , and has thus left Hypnotic Dirge Records. I would like to thank Bruno Duarte - solo member of the project Immundus and a founding member of the original Hypnotic Dirge lineup for his cooperation and partnership over the past 18 months. We have successfully released the acclaimed "Haunted Memories" album together which was the first pro-CD Digipack release on HDR back in April 2009, as well as two digital albums sin... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, April 30, 2010,
Greeeeeetings everyone! Here is some brand new news from Hypnotic Dirge: 04/30/10 One Dark Curse signs deal with Hypnotic Dirge Records!I am pleased to announce that we have signed the experimental horror rock project 'One Dark Curse' onto the Hypnotic Dirge Records roster. Since the beginning of the label, I have always stated that we are not confined to genre restrictions, and that we aim to push the boundaries of what we can release and promote, and this signing marks the first sign of this ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Saturday, April 17, 2010,
 Het Vagevuur - Extreme Metal Radio ShowEvery Thursday night, we obliterate the airwaves with an hour of extreme metal ranging from funeral doom through thrash and death to black, all of them in carefully selected portions with a good slice of info on the side. We're on local Radio Scorpio (Leuven, Belgium) which is the longest running non-commercial radio station in Belgium, meaning we play what WE want, not what any sponsor tells us to. And it shows; we go far beyond the mainstream. If you wan... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, March 31, 2010,
Hello all, Well... due to the need to raise money for some of our upcoming releases - namely the 2CD Exiled From Light - There is no beauty left here..., and the upcoming The Foetal Mind Digipack, as well as interesting new music from Astral Luminous and Neige et Noirceur plus T-Shirts etc. (you get the idea), and the fact that over the past 10 days, there has not been a single sale at HDR, and generally low sales for all of 2010 so far, I need to give people incentive to buy, and hopefully a... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, March 15, 2010,
Nick Skog is the owner of Canadian-based Hypnotic Dirge Records, as well as the man behind the neoclassical / black ambient project Ancient Tundra. Hailing from the often forgotten province of Saskatchewan (which is nestled firmly between Alberta and Manitoba), the project and label get little local attention, however have managed a well-placed international foothold in their mere 3 years of existence. Hypnotic Dirge Records, for the time being, focuses primarily on Dark Ambient / Black... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, March 5, 2010,
Hypnotic Dirge Records has submitted 11 tracks by Ancient Tundra, Immundus, Echoes Therein Gale, Astral Luminous, and Old Forgotten Lands to be played on Warfare Radio Station based in Portugal. The songs are set to play on the program 'Escape' which focuses on Dark Ambient, Drone, and Experimental music and will be on air on Mondays between 8:00-10:00PM local time (Portugal)  The submitted tracks are:
Ancient Tundra - Triumphant Nature
Ancient Tundra - The Feeble Sickness and Depressive Rot
Anc... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, February 1, 2010,
Interview with Voltage Media 01/30/2010 - You can view the interview at its original location at this location. - Voltage Media - A Conversation with Nick Skog
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Hypnotic Dirge Records is a Canadian label specialising in the release of Depressive Black Metal, Dark Ambient, Funeral Doom, Down-tempo and Experimental music. Starting its operations in October of 2008, HDR already works with an amazing roster of ambient and experimental proje... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Tuesday, November 17, 2009,
Hypnotic Dirge Photography Hypnotic Dirge Photography has been created as an official chapter of Hypnotic Dirge Records. It will remain interconnected with Hypnotic Dirge Records, while att he same time being its own entity. It serves as an outlet for myself - Nick Skog to take photographs of some of the landscapes around the area where I live in all season - Winter, Spring, Summer, and Authmn.
With Hypnotic Dirge Photography, I will showcase all of my photographs on a myspace page whildst of... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hypnotic-Dirge-Records/289020060460
So...
Despite the way many people view Social Networking sites such as
facebook, it is really no different than myspace, except it seems it
has become more acceptable for bands and lables to have Myspace
profiles than Facebook profiles when in reality it is essentially the
same thing.
I am fairly sure that Facebook is becoming much
more popular than myspace overall and people with regular profiles are
on facebook more often than... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, October 22, 2009,
Coming SOON - (Apprx. 1 Week)
Hypnotic Dirge Records - Wherein Beauty Lies in Depression FREE DOWNLOAD COMPILATION ALBUM
Tracklistings and further info will be revealed soon
Spread the news!
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This
compilation album has been created for the purpose of celebrating the
one-year aniversery of 'Hypnotic Dirge Records.' It serves as the first
complete audio representation of the lable as a whole featuring a track
from each of the Hypnotic Dirge Artist... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Thursday, September 17, 2009,
Hello! *This is a open letter to everybody - Feel free to post this anywhere!I would like to discuss with you all some inevitable changes concerning 'Hypnotic Dirge Records' and myself and what this will mean to everyone involved with the lable including its artists/projects. musicians, customers, reviewers, promoters, and fellow lables. As of last week, I have began taking classes at the college in Swift Current, SK, Canada in order to upgrade my high school marks to reach a 75% average so th... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Friday, September 4, 2009,
***NOTE: This is old news by now, but I figured I would post a blog about it for archieve purposes!
I am pleased to announce that after about a week of good discussions with two separate projects, we have secured a deal with both of these projects. __________________________________________________ The Foetal Mind - Depressive Black Metal (France)( www.myspace.com/thefoetalmind) The Foetal Mind is a depressive black metal project from France. They formed in 2007 and have released 5 demos thus fa... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Wednesday, July 1, 2009,
I would like to inform everyone about a great Printed magazine called 'Meridian 9' based in Colorado, USA. They have just recently started up and typically release a new issue every 2-3 months.
Ever since I unexpectingly got a copy of Issue 1 in the mail back in January, I have supported this great zine and worked closely with the owner/main editor 'Owen Wears'
Reviews of both the Winds of Sorrow and Echoes of Silence albums have since appeared inside Issue #2
And now, Issue #3 is available as ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Sunday, June 7, 2009,
Dark Ambient Package Deal
8 CD's for $58 (Worldwide Shipping included)
-Ancient Tundra - The Desolation of an Arctic Landscape
-Ancient Tundra - Requiems of a World Lost
-Immundus - Torments
-Immundus - Haunted Memories
-Symbiosis - Slavine
-Old Forgotten Lands - From Ethereal Forests to Mystic Mountains
-Ancestor - Phase I:Silence
-Bosse - Echoes of the Forgotten
*If you would like to make a revision to this list, and take off some items which you already own, let me know and we can work something o... Continue reading ...
Posted by Nick Skog on Monday, June 1, 2009,
Brutal Existance Radio will be playing some tracks from Hypnotic Dirge Records artists on their Black Metal Warfare' Radio Show Tuesday June 2nd at 11p.m. EDT
The HDR songs that will appear on the playlist are:
Exiled From Light - Further Descending into Nothingness
Funeral Fornication - The Weeping Tree
Astral Luminous - Astral Luminous
Immundus - Whispering Walls
Ancient Tundra - And Silence Finally Prevails...
http://www.myspace.com/brutalexistencegrave
Going to this page, you will find ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Ledning Ghoul on Friday, May 15, 2009,
First of all, I wanted to mainly write this update to explain my disapearance in the past week, and also the general inactivity that has occured ranging back for almost two weeks now.
I had reached a time in which I felt generally uninspired and did not have much motivation to do anything - record lable wise or any other interests of mine. I pretty much just went to work, came home, slept and than drank the rest of the day/night. Afterwards between May 10th - 13th , I went to Edmonton, AB, Ca... Continue reading ...
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