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ALBUM RELEASE: stroszek - sound graveyard bound [2023]

December 15, 2023
In addition to stroszek's new album about all the bad days in the world, we have also re-issued stroszek's third full-length sound graveyard bound, released all the way back in 2012 and definitely deserving of renewed attention in our opinion! Sold out now for many years, the new edition of sound graveyard bound was re-released in an elegant digisleeve format with brand new artwork from renowned Italian horror author Paolo Di Orazio.

We of course encourage you to pick up the physical CD but for those who prefer to declutter or are on a limited budget, be advised that as always all our albums are on Bandcamp for unlimited stream and "name-your-price" digital download with no minimum! At the end of the day, we want you to hear the music that we worked hard on!

Please be aware that our last shipping day of the year is Wednesday December 20. All orders placed up to Dec 19 will be shipped this year before we take a pause. Shipping will begin again January 2, 2024


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Album notes:
Before the release of 2023's "about all the bad days in the world", the last stroszek album was all the way back in 2012. Long sold out, "sound graveyard bound" was the band's third album - at that time a three piece headed by founder Claudio Alcara [Frostmoon Eclipse]. What better occasion to press a new edition of the long out of print "sound graveyard bound" then alongside the release of the new album.

A confluence of sounds that harken back to Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, and Johnny Cash, stroszek is an atypical dark folk project founded by a black metal musician, and often described by its frontman as "old music for old people". An album for quiet evening drives to wallow in your melancholic mood, "sound graveyard bound" interlaces acoustic rock, american folk music, and neo-folk to craft a somber temperament.

“I wouldn’t call stroszek a ‘side project’ as such, it’s really just my material; something that has been inside me for a long time. A friend asked me to define the style, and when I couldn’t she described it as ‘long drives along deserted highways with just your own thoughts for company’. she nailed the feel exactly”.

Re-mastered for the new pressing, and featuring cover artwork concept and drawing from paolo di orazio

Tracklist:
1. can't make things undone (5:14)
2. Shipwreck (5:13)
3. hope I'll never know (5:00)
4. Leftover (4:43)
5. self closure (4:41)
6. Adrift (4:47)
7. spirits dwell (4:17)
8. Crows (5:28)
9. if the world hadn'd gone insane (4:41)
10. now we're even (2:39)
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ALBUM RELEASE: stroszek - about all the bad days in the world

December 15, 2023
Tonight, on the brink of the winter equinox, stroszek's first new album in 11 years officially releases! Cold bleak music for the cold and bleak days ahead.

As always, this album is available for unlimited streaming and name-your-price digital download - as all our releases are - and for those who are interested in the physical product, we have some very elegant looking digisleeves available!

Please note that the last shipping day of the year is Wednesday Dec 20. Order by Tuesday morning to hav...
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BAND SIGNING: Greek black metal act Dødsferd joins Hypnotic Dirge Records for release of new album in 2024!

December 11, 2023

Active for over 20 years and still sharpening its legacy as one of Greece's premiere underground black metal acts, Dødsferd has joined forces with Hypnotic Dirge Records to release their twelfth studio full-length album entitled "Wrath" in May 2024! Three years removed from Dødsferd's latest full-length "Suicide and the rest of your kind will follow Part II", the new album "Wrath" promises to be a no holds barred, uncompromising onslaught of raw black metal, filled with fury and passion as ...


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PRE-ORDERS: stroszek - about all the bad days in the world

October 27, 2023
Named after the Werner Herzog movie by the same name, last seen by Joy Division’s leader Ian Curtis before committing suicide, stroszek was formed by Frostmoon Eclipse guitarist Claudio Alcara in 2006.

Aiming to go in a country\folk direction after years in the extreme metal world, stroszek could be described as “richly melodic, hauntingly melancholic, and at times, a crushingly sad commentary on innermost thoughts and life experiences”, or ‘long drives along deserted highways with jus...

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PRE-ORDERS: stroszek - sound graveyard bound [2023 Edition]

October 27, 2023
Before the release of 2023's "about all the bad days in the world", the last stroszek album was all the way back in 2012. Long sold out, sound graveyard bound was the band's third album - at that time a three piece headed by founder Claudio Alcara [Frostmoon Eclipse]. What better occasion to press a new edition of the long out of print "sound graveyard bound" then alongside the release of the new album. 

A confluence of sounds that harken back to Tom Waits, Townes Van Zandt, and Johnny Cash, s...

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GENERAL UPDATE

October 26, 2023
Over the past couple of weeks, we've received a lot of demos from people inquiring about joining the label and replacing some of the bands that we've recently dropped. Rest assured that we will find the time to listen to every demo in November and try to respond back to as many of them as possible!

Despite talk of restructuring a lot of things when first relocating to Portugal a few months ago, there are still a lot of things to do on the backend and we've learned a lot of lessons this year ab...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Notturno - Inside

October 5, 2023
Right in time for the dying summer, Notturno's second album Inside is official released today!


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It wasn't long ago that Notturno introduced themselves to the world with their grief-striken debut album Obsessions, a worthy debut album from the Italian depressive black metal project headed by Vittorio Sabelli (Dawn of a Dark Age, Incantvm, A.M.E.N). Almost immediately after the release of Obsessions, Notturno began work on their follow-up ef...

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REPRESS: NONE - Life has gone on long enough [CD]

October 5, 2023
Sold out now for about eighteen months, a new pressing of NONE's second chapter Life has gone on long enough is now available to order! Unlike some recent releases, this CD has already arrived at both our Portuguese and Canadian locations, so there is no pre-order, orders will ship within days!


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Life has gone on long enough takes its haunting shape through eight organic tracks of foggy mountainous atmosphere and bleak music. Moving in and out like the long shadows of an ...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: stroszek - about all the bad days in the world

September 29, 2023
After a lengthy period of silence, stroszek returns this winter with their new album about all the bad days in the world. Formed in 2007 by Claudio Alcara, the guitarist and founder of Frostmoon Eclipse, one of Italy’s original, and longest serving black metal bands, stroszek is a project bringing forth various elements of dark neo-folk, goth rock, and western music blending together seemingly irreconcilable sounds to craft something that is all about feeling and introspection. Contemplatio...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Kings Rot - At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness

September 22, 2023
Today we are releasing our latest album, the sophomore record from the frozen melodic black metal band out of the canadian rockies KINGS ROT, entitled At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness! In addition to the CD version - available and shipping now - we also put the limited vinyl up for pre-order today, which will be shipping in January 2024 (fuck, the year flies by quick!)



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Formed in 2017...

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