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ALBUM RELEASE: NOTTURNO - Obsessions [LP Edition]

April 30, 2024
Two years ago today, Italian atmospheric black metal band Notturno released their debut album "Obsessions" on Hypnotic Dirge. Since then, many have asked for a LP edition of the album, especially since their second album "Inside" was released last autumn on both CD and LP. Today, on the anniversary of Obsessions, we are glad to be able to rectify that with the official LP edition of the album! The LP edition is presented in an edition of 200 copies, split between two variants - a "Golden Skull" variant, and a "Frozen Stars" variant, available to pre-order now!

Shipping is scheduled for June 2024 but it is likely we will be able to begin shipping copies out a bit earlier!




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Album notes:
"Obsessions" is the debut album of the newest project of multi-instrumentalist Vittorio Sabelli (Dawn of a Dark Age, Incantvm) called NOTTURNO. A melancholic trip into the obsessive compulsions that take shape within our lives, the psychological torment, and the scourge of madness that takes hold inside the ancient walls of the human psyche, peering around the dark corners within all of us.

NOTTURNO develops its atmosphere through lengthy songs with strong dynamics and pacing, keeping the listener lost in a reverie and crafting an immersive experience at once melancholic and infectious, floating between Atmospheric and Depressive Black Metal, Doom, and Chamber music - intimate and possessing a strong character highlighted by the unique and singular expressiveness of female vocalist Kjiel (Eyelessight) and organically driven drum work of Sven.

Obssesions LP Tracklist:
Side A
Fear (12:49)
Darkness (9:06)

Side B
Falling (14:55)

Record Details:
Shipping: June 2024
Release Type: LP
Playing Time: 36:50
Genre: Atmospheric Black Metal
Quantity: 200 Copies

Record Specs:
- LP Sleeve; with 30cm x 30cm insert
First pressing limited to 200 copies, divided into 2 different variants
--- 100 in "Golden Skull" edition
--- 100 in "Frozen Stars" edition
- 140g vinyl at 33 rpm in black poly-lined inner sleeves
- packed in a plastic sleeve

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ALBUM RELEASE: HEKSEBLAD - Kaer Morhen

April 30, 2024
It is almost an exciting day for us when all the preparing that goes into a release culminates in the day when we can finally share the full album with you all, and today is no different! Hekseblad's debut full-length album, Kaer Morhen, coming off the heels of 2022's split album "Abattoir Dust Vol. 2" (with Vér / Nachtheir) and 2021's EP "The Fall of Cintra", releases today on Bandcamp, Youtube, and all digital platforms!



As for physical media, "Kaer Morhen" is available as a limited LP rele...

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Hypnotic Dirge Tote Bags Available!

March 23, 2024
We have a small run of Hypnotic Dirge totebags available to order now! 
Featuring the artwork of Moonroot art, these are high-quality totes in a reasonable size (39cm x 35cm). 


EU Store | North America Store

Honestly no idea if there's any interest in this sort of thing so we just did a short run of 50 - and some will be given away to bands and friends, so quantity is pretty limited, but if there seems to be sufficient demand, we'll print more!

These will start shipping on Monday to everywhere ex...

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PRE-ORDERS: Dødsferd - Wrath

March 14, 2024
We are now taking pre-orders for the latest musical onslaught from Greek legions Dødsferd, their twelfth full-length entitled "Wrath"



"Wrath" is presented as a DLP Gatefold, a massive new effort from one of Greece's longest running black metal bands. The vinyl release is limited to 300 copies, in 3 separate variants - a Lava variant, a Womb of God variant and a classic black variant. The DLP edition also comes with a vinyl exclusive track on Side D - the nearly 14 minute mammoth "Back to My H...

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PRE-ORDERS: Hekseblad - Kaer Morhen

March 7, 2024
We are now taking pre-orders for the debut Hekseblad album Kaer Morhen, in both CD and LP formats!



The CD edition is presented in a 4 panel digipack from Hypnotic Dirge, and as per the band's request, they will also be selling a Jewel Case edition of the CD.
CD / Digital release date is scheduled for April 19.


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The LP edition is presented in a sleeve, with an accompanying 60cm x30cm foldout poster. The LP is an edition of 200 copies, divided into two...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Ov Shadows - Heresiarch

March 6, 2024
Ov Shadows returns this summer with their third full-length album "Heresiarch", the follow-up record to 2020's "I Djävulens Avbild"


Hailing from Gothenberg, Sweden, Ov Shadows was formed in 2016 rising from the ashes of previous musical projects and has thus far released two full-length albums and an EP delivering vigorous and energetic Black Metal that serves as an all-out auditory assault of powerful and relentless riffs, pummeling drums and impassioned vocals! "Heresiarch" promises to buil...

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Dødsferd - Restoration of Justice

March 6, 2024
We have been teasing this for a while so it's quite exciting to finally premiere the music video for the song "Restoration of Justice" from Dødsferd's upcoming twelfth full-length album "Wrath".



Crafted by Mick Alexandrakis (Black Screen – Graphic Arts), the video for "Restoration of Justice" also serves as the first full taste of the forthcoming "Wrath", out May 10 on Hypnotic Dirge!

As we've mentioned previously "Restoration of Justice" deals with the ineptitude and corruption of the G...

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VIDEO PREMIERE: HEKSEBLAD - Sodden

February 21, 2024
A new video from Hekseblad's upcoming album "Kaer Morhen" is now online!
You can watch the full video here: 



It is also available on the HDR Bandcamp as well as the Hekseblad Bandcamp page, Transmissions from the Dark Youtube Channel, and Spotify, etc.

From Transmissions from the Dark:
"A new chapter of the band is about to unfold, under the auspices of Hypnotic Dirge Records and full album Kaer Morhen, with this single setting out an imperiously assertive statement of intent, icy winds and ...

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HEKSEBLAD signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records for release of debut full-length "Kaer Morhen"

February 9, 2024
Hypnotic Dirge is excited to announce a new collaboration with the Melodic Black Metal band HEKSEBLAD for the release of their debut album Kaer Morhen, a two-man black metal project from Michigan and Massachusetts, USA.

In the waning months of the cursed year 2020, as the seasons changed to the cold, dark months of winter, two long time friends joined forces to create HEKSEBLAD, a Melodic Black metal band who would soon take the underground by storm. Bruxa, a vocalist and songwriter from Michi...

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TEASER: DØDSFERD - “Restoration of Justice” video…coming soon

February 9, 2024
As the twelfth album from Greek underground black metal legions Dødsferd fast approaches, we are thrilled to announce the upcoming release of a video clip for the opening track “Restoration of Justice”, created by Mick Alexandrakis (Black Screen - Graphic Arts). 



“Restoration of Justice” deals with the ineptitude and corruption of the Greek state while dealing with catastrophic natural disasters, police brutality, and its backing of colonial geo-political projects. All of this wil...

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