HDR 2019

HYPNOTIC DIRGE RELEASES • 2019

Maeskyyrn - Interlude
Release: October 17, 2019
Style: Atmospheric / Depressive Black Metal
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Maeskyyrn is a black metal entity born of Montreal, Quebec, in 2017. With its raw guitars and tortured screams, the full band’s aesthetic is reminiscent of the second wave of black metal. Indeed, as the album title suggests, Maeskyyrn brings forth a number of atmospheric interludes, thus pacing the album with brief uncomfortable moments of respite, before dragging you into the darkest pits with a series of long, punishing tracks.

Nachtterror - Judgement
Release: October 10, 2019
Style: Symphonic Black Metal
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Nachtterror is a Symphonic Black Metal band formed in 2006 in Regina, SK. Since their founding, Nachtterror has always been a band focused on telling a story of tragedy and empowerment - the tragedy of life and the suffering that can accompany it, as well as the empowerment of embracing your own negativity and using it to evolve and grow. A powerful and hard-hitting album firmly rooted in the tradition of symphonic / melodic black metal.

Wills Dissolve - The Heavens Are Not On Fire...
Release: July 29, 2019
Style: Progressive Blackened Death Metal
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“The Heavens Are Not On Fire...is the debut album from Wills Dissolve. Equally atmospheric and aggressive, this album weaves its concept (“a meditation on religion, violence, and cosmic chaos”) through seamless, satisfying transitions between ambient and bold passages. Led by masterfully executed drum grooves and finished with blazing, melodic leads and crushing vocals, Heavens… is progressive, but never wandering.

Kval - Laho
Release: May 23, 2019
Style: Atmospheric Black Metal
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Compared to the previous album, Laho ("Rotten") has a brighter and more colorful atmosphere musically while the lyrical themes references the decay and rot of the forest floor, applied as a metaphor for the human mind. Our inability to live in the moment, the loss of innocence, and the ever-present corrosion of our optimism and descent into cynicism encompass the themes of Laho, wrapped in captivating and entrancing Atmospheric Black Metal.

Mavradoxa - Nightmarrow
Release: May 2, 2019
Style: Atmospheric / Progressive Black Metal
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Nightmarrow is a meditation on the isolation and hopelessness of our age and the consequences of technology and voracious consumption of resources. “Nightmarrow” sees Mavradoxa developing and intensifying their song-writing ability crafting simultaneously cohesive yet unpredictable songs that is still rooted in Atmospheric Black Metal. An intense onslaught of momentous energy and a visceral spirit that covers you in a shroud of atmosphere.

Like clockwork, NONE returns this spring to destroy your seasonal optimism with their oppressively bleak atmosphere. Weaving visionary soundscapes with depressive black metal, “Damp Chill Of Life” will gnaw at your bones like dying alone in an ice-bound wilderness. Haunting piano and retching voices flicker through harsh walls of instruments, ebbing and flowing through the lengthy tracks as NONE take their time to pick apart your psyche.

The Haunting Green - Natural Extinctions
Release: March 5, 2019
Style: Doom Metal / Post-Metal
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The Haunting Green are a doom metal duo based in Italy that builds on a doom foundation with post-metal, drone, and percussive elements to create a unique and quintessential sound. Their debut album“Natural Extinctions” explores the inability of human beings to preserve their innocence and bond with nature during their existence. Recorded Mixed, and Mastered at El Fish Recording Studio. Cover art illustrated by Jessica Rassi.

Il Vuoto - Vastness
Release: February 12, 2019
Style: Funeral Doom / Melancholic Doom
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Il Vuoto is the noise of sorrow and distress…a solo Funeral Doom / Drone project hailing from Piacenza, Italy.

Each song on the album discusses the theme of sorrow from a different perspective and point of view. From slow pulsing Funeral Doom, galloping Black Metal, dreamy Post-rock, and melancholic acoustic sections, “Vastness” is expansive and exploratory, exploring real life stories of suicide, illness, and psychological disorders.

Sertraline - These Mills Are Oceans
Release: November 12, 2019
Style: Post-Black Metal
Format: Digital Only
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Fresh off the release of "From Both Our Hands" and their eastern North American tour this summer, Sertraline returns with "These Mills Are Oceans", another sublime collection of songs that will conjure up a plethora of emotion through its fantastic use of dynamics and juxtaposition between delicate and ominous atmospheres and vibrant crescendos of lush and mesmerizing sections that feel deeply cathartic.

Sertraline - From Both Our Hands
Release: July 20, 2019
Style: Post-Black Metal
Format: Digital Only
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Sertraline is the most aurally decadent post-black metal band to hit the scene in the last few years. Their impact comes primarily from a combination of melodic saturation and individual expertise. The vocals are passionate and laden with emotion; the three-guitar choir creates an impenetrable wall of sound; the bass is unique, expressive, and vibrant; and the drums are clearly jazz-influenced, groovy, and, when called for, unrelenting.

Hypnotic Dirge Records - The Depths of the Abyss Knows No Bounds [2019 Compilation]
Release: April 8, 2019
Style: Multiple genres
Format: Digital Only
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Hypnotic Dirge presents its latest compilation album, entitled "The Depth of the Abyss Knows No Bounds". This is our first compilation album since the Subarctic Nocturnes Trilogy and includes tracks from both recent and upcoming releases. 100% of donations from this compilation will go to 350.org!! This is a small gesture to offset some of the environmental impact associated with running a record label.

Omination - The New Golgotha Repvbliq
Release: February 1, 2019
Style: Atmospheric / Funeral Doom Metal
Format: Digital Only
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Omination is an Apocalyptic Funeral Doom band from Tunisia, headed by Fedor Kovalevsky of Vielikan. In 2018, Omination released an enormous debut double-album "Followers of the Apocalypse" already showing their depth and maturity in songwriting and the ability to conjure ominous atmospheres.Omination returns with a new single entitled "The New Golgotha Repvbliq", the eponymous track from their upcoming album.

Eave - Banners to the Moonswept
Release: January 31, 2019
Style: Post-Black Metal / Blackgaze
Format: Digital Only
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Weaving black metal riffs over a phantasmagorical blackgaze shroud, "Banners to the Moonswept" serves as a perfect introduction to the sound of Eave, a post-black metal band from Portland. Maine. Sometimes aggressive, other times pensive, but always hypnotic, "Banners to the Moonswept" is chock full of monumental riffs over its short run time, well-mixed with engaging drums, audible bass, and melancholic synth lines.