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ANNOUNCEMENT: Dysthymia to release upcoming record "The Morning Darkness" on Hypnotic Dirge and Red Nebula

March 12, 2026

New England depressive black metal band, Dysthymia, was conceived in 2019 by members Grushenka Ødegård and Ray King. Releasing their self-titled debut full length in 2021 and a split with Saeva in 2024, the band crafts music which evokes despondency, isolation, and hopelessness.

The new record, entitlled "The Morning Darkness" will be jointly released by Hypnotic Dirge and Red Nebula in late summer 2026.

In the meantime, the track "Nothing Grows From You" from the debut album has been uploaded to the HDR Youtube Channel to introduce you to the project.

The full debut - as well as a limited edition vinyl and long-sleeve shirt - is available on the Dysthymia Bandcamp page.

More concrete news will follow in the weeks to come.

"This album was written and recorded slowly, over the course of several years, during late nights and early mornings. Through sadness and joy, suffering and relief, life and death, we have returned to share these songs with you. It is our hope that you enjoy them and find them useful in making your way through the days, where even the dawn does not bring light."

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ALBUM RELEASE: Gomma (ڨمَّةْ) - Wailing and Madness (نواح و جنون)

March 9, 2026

Gomma (ڨمَّةْ) - meaning "manhole" in Arabic - is a one man project from Tunisia founded by Gh'ramm in 2024.

Eschewing the common western scales typical in Black Metal in favour of Arabic scales, motifs, and instrumentation, Gomma (ڨمَّةْ) succeeds in crafting a black metal record that is genuine and authentic, a mosaic of a traditional western genre with an uncompromising Arabic influence. Abrasive guitars form the underbelly of Gomma's music but rather than utilizing tremolo-pick...

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Marea signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records for upcoming album

March 5, 2026

Marea — meaning "Tide" in Italian — is the one-man project of Matteo Balzarini from Legnano, in northern Italy. Marea delivers a haunting blend of atmospheric black metal, post-black, dsbm, and doom metal, interwoven with more intimate, dreamy passages featuring acoustic guitar and post-rock sections.

Marea uses these different musical styles to try to convey different feelings, from nostalgia to anguish, from hope to despair and transport the listeners on an introspective and emotional so...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Escaping Aghartha - Lurkers of Languid Waters

March 3, 2026

It is sadly an indisputable fact that we are living through the Holocene extinction - the sixth mass extinction in the history of earth, and one caused entirely by humans. Current extinction rates persist at 100-1000 times higher than background extinction rates due to anthropogenic climate change, deforestation, ocean acidification, and displacement of wildlife from their natural habitats.

Escaping Aghartha is a blackened doom metal project drawing attention to this unfortunate reality. In M...

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ALBUM RELEASE: novæ - Destroying Angels

February 27, 2026

novæ's debut album "Destroying Angels" is officially released!

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Album notes:

With a fresh approach on cosmic black metal, novæ conveys the awe, anxiety, and desolation of empty space through the perspective of the Apollo 11 Mission.

Unfolding like a transmission from the cosmos, discordant guitars clash against ethereal droning synth and authentic samples taken from the Apollo 11 MOCR ACR Collection to craft an immersive atmosphere simultaneously unnerving and tra...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Conjuring - Memento Mori

February 24, 2026

Hypnotic Dirge Records will release the new album from Swiss project Conjuring on May 8.

Conjuring is a one-man Atmospheric Black Metal project founded by Alvar. Blending melancholic tremolo passages, immersive atmospheres, and dynamic songwriting - balancing fragility and intensity - the sound draws inspiration from vast landscapes, shifting seasons, fading light, and the quiet presence of ancient spirits.

The upcoming album, "Memento Mori", marks Conjuring’s most mature work to date. Across...

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PRE-ORDERS LIVE: Foghazer - He Left The Temple

February 24, 2026

Pre-orders are now open for "He Left The Temple", the debut release from Foghazer, a project built on trip-hop rhythm, black-metal texture and lo-fi cinematic atmosphere.

A second track - entitled "And" - is now also available to stream!

Hypnotic Dirge Shop | Bandcamp | "And" Stream

The record began as an accident. Fragments of trip-hop, early-2000s vinyl scratching, and the Black Metal influences I grew up on colliding with the dark, operatic production of Temples of Boom and the haunted stilln...

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UPCOMING VINYL: Tumultuous Ruin - An Abscess on the Heart of the State

February 19, 2026

Rooted in fury and urgency, "An Abscess on the Heart of the State" is a raw onslaught of destructive and dirty black metal filled with aggressive and discordant riffs that invoke the spirit of the second-wave sound with cold soaring tremolo leads brushing against urgent rhythm sections. The occasional hint of death metal and hardcore, the intuition to know when to add a hypnotizing lead or haunting synth line, and the pacing and tempo variations throughout the runtime keeps the album captivat...

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ALBUM RELEASE: De l’Abîme Naît l’Aube - Rituel: Initiation

February 13, 2026

It is a great honour to officially announce the release of De l’Abîme Naît l’Aube's debut record "Rituel: Initiation" this evening! The culmination of years of creation and refinement from the band and months of preparation on my end, the time when we can finally share the album in full and present it as a complete listening experience is something special.

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In collaboration with Atmospheric Black Metal Albums, the album is premiering now on Youtube! You can find it on ...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Nefarious Grime - Death is Immortal

February 9, 2026

Originally self-released by Nefarious Grime on August 1, 2025, now available on Hypnotic Dirge

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• Album Notes •

Harkening back to the sultry, vampiric spirit of 90s black metal, "Death is Immortal" marks Nefarious Grime's first foray into the genre, departing from her previously darkwave/gothic-infused sound.

Reminiscent of Cradle of Filth's early erotic-horror flair, Nefarious Grime's "Death is Immortal" layers hau...

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Dysthymia to release upcoming record "The Morning Darkness" on Hypnotic Dirge and Red Nebula

ALBUM RELEASE: Gomma (ڨمَّةْ) - Wailing and Madness (نواح و جنون)

ANNOUNCEMENT: Marea signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records for upcoming album

UPCOMING RELEASE: Escaping Aghartha - Lurkers of Languid Waters

ALBUM RELEASE: novæ - Destroying Angels

UPCOMING RELEASE: Conjuring - Memento Mori

PRE-ORDERS LIVE: Foghazer - He Left The Temple

UPCOMING VINYL: Tumultuous Ruin - An Abscess on the Heart of the State

ALBUM RELEASE: De l’Abîme Naît l’Aube - Rituel: Initiation

ALBUM RELEASE: Nefarious Grime - Death is Immortal

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