HDR 2023

HYPNOTIC DIRGE RELEASES • 2023

Notturno - Inside
Release: October 6, 2023
Style: Depressive Black Metal
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The rich textures and nocturnal mood of the debut remains but on "Inside" the sound is developed further with some elements that weren't present previously, crafting an enveloping soundtrack to despair through the use of buzzsaw guitars, haunting piano, and even orchestral instruments that blend seamlessly and float in and out as required creating droning introspection and emotional crescendos in equal measure.

Kings Rot - At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness
Release: September 22, 2023
Style: Melodic Black Metal
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Expanding upon their debut record, “The Shadow of the Accursed” released in 2021, Kings Rot’s sophomore release carries an onslaught of fast-paced melodic black metal with a rich and warm sound rooted in classic black metal. Kings Rot is not a band that focuses on atmospheric flourishes, but rather emphasizes riffs and melody. Dark, fast, and straight to the point, “At the Gates of Adversarial Darkness” is an album for traditional black metal fans and disciples of the riff.

Subterranean Disposition - Individuation
Release: August 25, 2023
Style: Progressive Doom Metal
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Seven long years on from their sophomore release, Subterranean Disposition returns in 2023 with a new full-length work, Individuation. The latest chapter continues the Doom lineage of the group, albeit at times through Death metal, Black metal and Experimental Lenses to shape long songs moving through dynamically different musical landscapes with ease, prompting the listener lyrically to look to ones inner world for guidance, inspired by the work of Carl Jung.

Claret Ash - Worldtorn: Anemoia
Release: August 11, 2023
Style: Atmospheric Black Metal
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Featuring a mix of both new material and reinterpreted work from their back catalog,'Worldtorn: Anemoia' delivers atmospheric and menacing black metal equally unforgiving, savage, triumphant, and imaginative. At its core, the new material on the EP is Atmospheric Black Metal but uses a wide array of tools to craft that familiar atmosphere, seamlessly shifting from pummeling death metal sections, soaring melodic leads, ethereal folk sections, and more.

Urbain - A Soul Purged
Release: July 28, 2023
Style: Urban Black Metal
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Drawing its somber inspirations from the fallout of a pandemic that stripped cities down to their marrow, Urbain reflects on the despair that lurks beneath the surface of urban life. From our ego's toxic grip on our perceptions, our dwindling connection with the very sustenance we consume, to living in a world where empathy is eclipsed by the self-absorption of the modern denizen, the band brings to the surface the grotesque nature of our everyday reality.

The reclusive NONE return in 2023 with their fourth chapter, their longest and darkest work. “Inevitable” is the culmination of their musical legacy, evoking the signature depressive atmosphere that has struck listeners across the globe. Like the last stage of grief, “Inevitable” is a black, nihilistic acceptance… Surrendering to existential loss and failure, only to whisper a sigh of contempt before an apathetic march toward the inevitable end.

Inherus - Beholden
Release: May 26, 2023
Style: Post-Metal / Doom
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Crossing the realms of post-metal and heavy rock, Beholden mixes black metal, psyche-rock-influenced solos and doomy riffs with male and female clean & harsh vocals. The record spans genres without living in any singular one and yields both a united heartbreaking and feral sound. "Like the Stag Priestess depicted on the cover of the album, there is an otherworldly part of each of us that tames the fire of the unpredictable and approaches the world in spite of it with kindness."

Orphans of Dusk - Spleen
Release: April 28, 2023
Style: Blackened Gothic Doom
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Returning 9 years after the release of their debut EP "Revenant", Orphans of Dusk opens their goth-doom gasket again, coming back to life to present “Spleen,” their haunting new album. Spreading its vice over 8 songs, “Spleen”’s full length duration enables the band, over the course of 50 minutes, to bring listeners further into their sublime dark universe, pushing further all facets that gave its identity in the first place. For fans of Type O Negative, Woods of Ypres, and Unto Others.