HYPNOTIC DIRGE RELEASES • 2009

The Foetal Mind - Supreme Cheminement
Release: December 19, 2009
Style: Depressive Black Metal 
Format: Jewel Case / 4 Page Booklet [CD-r release]
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After releasing five self-released demos between July 2007 and April 2009, The Foetal Mind unleashes their first full-length album "Supreme Cheminement." The Foetal Mind has created a soundscape with beautiful atmosphere and raw emotion expressed so strongly. "Supreme Cheminement" is loaded with memorable hypnotizing riffs that ride the wave of sorrow and despair. 
Neige et Noirceur - L'Abime des jours, L'ecume des nuits
Release: December 19, 2009
Style: Ambient Black Metal 
Format: Jewel Case / 12 Page Booklet [CD-r release]
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The songs feautred on this double-disc album were released as 2 separate demos. The tracks on CD I were previously released on Demo III: "L’Abîme des jours, l’écume des nuits" and the tracks on CD II were released on demo IV: "Court séjour au royaume des morts." All of these songs were recorded in the same time period, so the idea to combine these pieces came to us naturally.
Old Forgotten Lands / Ancient Tundra - Equinox
Release: September 2, 2009
Style: Dark Ambient, Neo-Classical, Soundtrack
Format: Jewel Case / 8 Page Booklet [CD-r release]
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Old Forgotten Lands combines synergistic field recordings with dreamy and nostalgic synth tones that captures the essence of the natural world, while Ancient Tundra creates a colder sound that carry forlorn and melancholic melodies across barren landscapes. This album shows both artists continue to evolve from their earlier works and add new dynamics to their sound. The Equinox is Upon us!
Exiled From Light - Descending Further into Nothingness
Release: July 11, 2009
Style: Depressive Black Metal 
Format: Jewel Case / 8 Page Booklet [CD-r release]
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New Zealand's most prolific black metal musician Mort (Winds of Sorrow, When Mine Eyes Blacken) has created a mesmerizing, truly expressive piece of musical art in the form of an intelligent depressive-black metal album that feels both genuine and musically-accomplished. Six great tracks of pure melancholy across 50 minutes of music. Highly recommended for all fans of Depressive Black Metal art!
Funeral Fornication - Solitude and Suicide
Release: June 18, 2009
Style: Ambient Black Metal 
Format: Jewel Case / 12 Page Booklet [CD-r release]
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Funeral Fornication's third full-length album 'Solitude and Suicide' is a new approach for this canadian project which has traditionally followed a pagan/thrash black metal musical identity. On "Solitude and Suicide" we are presented with a grim and powerful yet at times contemplative album that defines the beginning of a new, darker era in the legacy that is Funeral Fornication.
Immundus - Haunted Memories
Release: April 28, 2009
Style: Dark / Horror Ambient
Format: 4 Panel Digipack
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Neige et Noirceur - Crepuscule Hivernal sans fin sur les Terres de la Guere
Release: March 6, 2009
Style: Atmospheric Ambient Black Metal 
Format: Jewel Case / 4 Page Booklet [CD-r release]
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Total dark art and blackness from Québec! Fans of Darkspace and Atmospheric Cosmic Black Metal will enjoy this Métal noir québécois! 
Astral Luminous - Lunaric Tide
Release: April 27, 2009
Style: Atmospheric Black Metal
Format: Jewel Case / 12 Page Booklet [CD-r release]
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Astral Luminous is a one man Black Metal project from Texas. Inspired by the cosmos, astral projection, and human philosophy, this is an album filled with hypnotic riffs and trance-inducing ambience. Physical edition includes a beautiful 8 page booklet designed by Ba'al Graphics.