Browsing Archive: April, 2025

ALBUM RELEASE: Listless - selftitled

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, In : Listless

Forged in the grey skies of the pacific northwest, LISTLESS evokes a deep sense of foreboding dread on its debut album, transporting the listener to despondency and distress and creating the perfect soundtrack for quiet contemplative evenings. Today marks the official release of Listless' first chapter, so put on some headphones, settle into a dark space (or better yet, a nighttime walk), and let yourself get transported through this record of evocative depressive black metal!

Order "Listless"...

VINYL RE-RELEASE : Hekseblad - Kaer Morhen

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, In : Hekseblad

Last year when we released Hekseblad's debut album "Kaer Morhen", the vinyl sold out in a matter of days which convinced us to add a third variant to the pressing, and that was also sold out by the summer. Since then, many of you asked if we had extra copies lying around or if we would do a repress. We didn't get to it immediately but the latest pressing arrived here about a month ago and we just held off on the release until today - April 19 - which is fittingly the one year anniversary of t...

SONG PREMIERE: Listless - Bloodstained Memories

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, In : Listless

As the release of Listless' self-titled debut fast approaches, we are excited to share another new song from the record today, entitled "Bloodstained Memories".

Streaming now on Youtube, Bandcamp, and various streaming platforms!

The self-titled album comes out Friday April 25!

Pre-orders are live now and if you pre-order the CD, you can expect it to ship out to you a few days prior to release.

Album notes:

Listless is a solo Depressive Black Metal project from Victoria, BC, Canada. The project a...

VIDEO PREMIERE: Norilsk - D'ombre et de glace (l'asphyxie)

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, In : Norilsk

We just premiered the first lyric video from Norilsk's latest album "Antipole" for the track D'ombre et de glace (l'asphyxie)

Video Credits:

Filmed and Edited by: Erik Labossiere and Kristin Wagner

Featuring: Sarah Fiset

This song is about anhedonia: the inability to feel anything, and the feeling that someone or something took something away from you. As if your world’s outside crust gets turned inward and your core becomes one cold place. There is an analogy with the quallupilluk, an in...

UPCOMING VINYL PRESSING: Hekseblad - Kaer Morhen [2025 Edition]

Posted by Hypnotic Dirge Records on Wednesday, April 30, 2025, In : Hekseblad

On April 19, 2024 we released the CD/Digital version of Hekseblad's debut record "Kaer Morhen" followed by the vinyl edition a couple months later which very quickly sold out. We heard your calls for a new pressing so on the one year anniversary of the release date, we will have a fresh pressing of "Kaer Morhen" available on vinyl!