HYPNOTIC DIRGE RELEASES • 2022

Swampborn - Beyond Ratio
Release: June 17, 2022
Style: Avant-garde Black Metal
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"Beyond Ratio" is the debut album of Russian band Swampborn. Combining (post) black metal with a powerful, at times almost death metal sound, its music comes as a massive flow of energy, consisting of a flurry of drums, multi-layered guitar canvases, piercing melodies and expressive vocals, rusty and ominous like an apocalyptic sermon. Beyond Ratio will penetrate into the human soul, exposing its bleeding wounds and cleansing it in the merciless flame of the Absolute.

Tishina - Uvod...
Release: May 30, 2022
Style: Melodic Doom-Death Metal
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Tishina (Тишина) is best described as a Melodic Doom/Death Metal project which was initially born as a side-project to explore slower, deeper and more emotional side of music. The inspiration for the first album, Uvod... ('Увод...') came mainly from the book of poems 'Nad Vodama Aheronta', written by Serbian author Predrag Rava. Uvod... combines a exquisite blend of mid-paced melodic riffs, blackened sections, and various shifts in atmosphere and tone throughout its playtime.

Notturno - Obsessions
Release: April 29, 2022
Style: Depressive/Atmospheric Black Metal
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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.

NONE - Damp Chill of Life [12" vinyl]
Release: January 8, 2022
Style: Depressive Black Metal
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The second pressing of the "Damp Chill of Life" vinyl, limited to 300 copies in this pressing and presented in gatefold packaging. "Damp Chill of Life" was originally released in CD format on April 11, 2019.  “Damp Chill Of Life” will gnaw at your bones like dying alone in an ice-bound wilderness. Haunting piano keys 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.

NONE - Life has gone on long enough [12" vinyl]
Release: January 8, 2022
Style: Depressive Black Metal
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The second pressing of the "Life has gone on long enough" vinyl edition. "Life has gone on long enough" was originally released in CD format on April 11, 2018. Limited to 300 copies in this pressing and presented in a single sleeve with a double-sided poster. Moving in and out like the long shadows of an ancient forest, the harsh musical passages of Life Has Gone On Long Enough entertwine and die through forlorn atmospheres, devouring and nourishing a hopeless life.

NONE - selftitled [12" vinyl]
Release: January 8, 2022
Style: Depressive Black Metal
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The second pressing of NONE's selftitled album on vinyl. NONE's selftitled album\ was originally released in CD format on April 11, 2017. Limited to 300 copies in this pressing and includes the bonus track "Where Life Should Be". The piercing guitar tone interwoven with haunting and depressing synth pads and piano melodies result in a sound that is constantly plodding forward, marching in despair towards an empty void.

Norilsk - Beyond the Mountains
Release: May 13, 2022
Style: Death-Doom Metal
Format: Digital Only
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Released on the tipping point at the end of the world, Beyond the Mountains is a death-doom offering that speaks to the fragile overlap between the nostalgic old world and a dark new chapter in history. It is released in 2022 both as a tribute to the doom-death scene and an omen of things to come.