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ALBUM RELEASE: Omination - NGR

February 5, 2021
Wastelanders, your soundtrack to the apocalypse is here. Today we officially unveil the full suite of hymns to propagandize the inhabitants of the New Golgotha Repvbliq!


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An absolute mammoth of a record, “NGR” (The New Golgotha Repvbliq) contains over an hour of some of the most encapsulating and ominous funeral doom metal to come out in quite some time. Combining abrasive and dissonant riffs with a shroud of atmospheric and monumental church organ and choirs, the instrumental aspect of this record is already massive, which is only enhanced by Fedor’s forceful growls, belted with conviction and strength.

The music and overall atmosphere of Omination is derived from the last cathedral, preached by the prophesying wanderer. Originally started as a solo project from Fedor Kovalevsky (Vielikan, Severe Agony), Omination enters 2021 as a full band with  Nessim Toumi and Zied Kochbati, set to prophesize our downfall.

"NGR" is presented as a 6 panel digipack CD, alongside a bonus patch for the first 100 orders. 
Hoodies, Shirts, and Bundles are also available, and as usual, the full album is available to download in the file format of your choice for no minimum-price!

As always, profits are shared with the bands and the dollar goes a long ways in Tunisia, so please consider donating a few dollars when downloading the album if you are able to.

All CD pre-orders were shipped out this week and bundles will ship next week. Thanks for your support and we hope you enjoy the new record!

AVENGE
FORGIVE
REBUILD

Reviews:
""NGR" is a diverse, unique doom metal album that is a pleasure to listen to for its entire run time. There isn’t any album or any band in doom that sounds like this."
-Metal Temple (9/10)

"Songs like "Necropolis, The Backbone" and "The Sword That Came Out of His Mouth" are about as good as Funeral Doom gets, and they even manage a solid cover of Skepticism's "Nothing" to top it all off. Not to be missed."
-Metal Crypt (4.25/5)

"At no time during this album does anything feel comfortable. The riffs are abrasive, the atmospheric feel tingling the skin and bewitching in equal measure. It’s a difficult listen, but the rewards are worth it. If you can tolerate the sheer intensity of this work, then absorbing oneself into The New Golgotha Repvbliq is an amazing and wondrously blackened experience. "
-Musipedia of Metal (8/10)

"Omination, probably the best metal act coming out of Tunisia, create lumbering, orchestral marches like a medieval mass in a collapsing cathedral in the middle of its implosion. ... goddamn this shit is good. ... Omination have here done things I could have never anticipated. Strongly recommended."
-Deaf Sparrow (4.8/5)

"Omination sounds exactly like no other band, yes there are some influences, but their sound is truly unique and crushing."
-Infernal Masquerade (92/100)

"Grotesque, affecting, and soul-crushing in length ‘NGR’ recalls the very best of classic funeral doom taken to a maddeningly loud extreme and there is some considerable feat in pulling this style out of the shadows and into the post-apocalyptic fallout of mankind."
-Grizzly Butts (7/10)

Tracklist:
1 - Crossing the Burned Wasteland (0:00)
2 - Apocalyptic Ignis Fatuus (3:52)
3 - Last Trisagion (14:06)
4 - Necropolis, the Backbone (18:57)
5 - The Sword that came out of His Mouth (26:58)
6 - Unto the Ages of Ages (34:27)
7 - Death(s), Love and Life (43:14) 
8 - Post-Apocalypticism (50:58)
9 - The New Golgotha Repvbliq (57:21)
10 - Nothing (1:17:39)  (Skepticism Cover - Online bonus)

End: 1:27:55
CD Total: 1:17:39
*The Skepticism cover is exclusively online

Bandcamp Player:

"Apocalyptic Ignis Fatuus" [Music Video]


"The sword that came out of His mouth" [Visualizer]


"Nothing" (Skepticism Cover) [Visualizer]




Additional Links:
Omination Bandcamp
Omination Facebook
 

SONG PREMIERE: a noend of mine - Des chemins crépusculaires (I-III)

February 4, 2021
For something a little bit different today, we have partnered with Invisible Oranges to premiere the opening three tracks (as one stylistic whole) from the forthcoming "a noend of mine" record "Sanctuaires".



"Carrying echoes of the early-1990s English experimental rock scene, the delicate but electronics-heavy pulsations found on upcoming album Sanctuaires redefines this project. Reflecting memories of the specific albums which defined the use of then-new genre tag "post-rock," Sanctuaires' so...

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Nordicwinter - Somber Winds of Despair (Part I)

February 4, 2021
With the help of No Clean Singing, we are delighted to premiere the opening track from Nordicwinter's upcoming fourth full-length album "Sorrow", which follows in the heals of the project's 2020 releases - "Requiem" and "Desolation". The track in question "Somber Winds of Despair (Part I)" is the opening track on the album and first taste of music from the new album, due for release on Friday March 26.

You can watch the lyric video, created by Wikked Twist Films, exclusively on No Clean Singin...

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Omination - "Apocalyptic Ignis Fatuus"

February 4, 2021
(Originally posted Friday January 29)

Another video/track from the forthcoming Omination album "NGR" has surfaced, this time for the track "Apocalyptic Ignis Fatuus", the second track on the album.



Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a lifetime.
Detach yourself from the madness of our domestic behavioral patterns and embrace the wild wasteland.
Kill the tamed for the rebirth.
Know the rules of this world, become masters of these rules to break ...

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ALBUM COVER: Nordicwinter - Sorrow

January 26, 2021

After the releases of the "Requiem" and "Desolation" full-length albums in 2020, Nordicwinter returns with "Sorrow" this spring, marking its third release in two years and continuing a very prolific period for the project.

As with its previous records, "Sorrow" examines the darker side of the human condition through somber and melancholic music. Sticking at a mostly mid-tempo pace, the tracks on "Sorrow" (with the exception of the outro) are all between 7-10 minutes in length, and flow with se...

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ALBUM COVER : a noend of mine - Sanctuaires

January 26, 2021
As we initially mentioned last week, Hypnotic Dirge will be working with a noend of mine to release their second full-length album "Sanctuaires". 

Today, we are unveiling the album art crafted by contemporary Ukrainian artist Katya Buchatska, as well as the more insight into the record and the full tracklist.



Sanctuaires is a second album by a noend of mine, a project by Les Vynogradov (Vin de Mia Trix, Kauan). Sanctuaires marks a departure from the mellow proggy vignettes found on anom’s deb...

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PRE-ORDERS: Frigoris - Wind [12" Vinyl]

January 21, 2021
We are now launching pre-orders for the limited vinyl edition of Frigoris’ 2013 album “Wind”! 



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Formed in 2007, Frigoris have released 4 full length albums, cementing their mastery of the Atmospheric/Pagan Black Metal genre. Their second album, "Wind", can be seen as the turning point in their career, marking a bit of a stylistic shift from their early days and bringing them the attention they very much deserve.
 
Specifically re-mastered for vinyl by Nic...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Nordicwinter - Desolation

January 18, 2021
Nordicwinter's "Desolation" is officially released today!


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Album notes:
Originally released on June 20, 2020, Nordicwinter’s “Desolation” followed the release of “Requiem” in April marking the project’s second full-length release in a span of 3 months after a 13 year gap between the debut album “Threnody” in 2007 and these two new records! The renewal of the Nordicwinter surely did not go unnoticed with “Requiem” and “Desolation” both recei...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Sertraline - The streetlight was all we needed

January 18, 2021
Sertraline's "The streetlight was all we needed" is officially released today!


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Album notes:
Sertraline (Buffalo, NY) formed in the winter of 2014 as a reimagining of veteran death-doom group Where She Wept. The band, armed with the experience and chemistry of longtime collaboration, began to craft a new sonic legacy, combining atmostpheric black metal with post-rock elements to create a uniquely heavy-hitting trio of EPs: Shade (2017), From Both Our Hands (2019),...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: a noend of mine - Sanctuaires

January 13, 2021
a noend of mine (anom) is a project by Les Vynogradov (Vin de Mia Trix, Kauan) based in Kyiv, Ukraine. The genre of anom can be loosely described as melancholic post-prog. 



The debut album The Serenity's Eve, created with heavy support from Anton Belov (Kauan, Helengard), was released in 2016 through Pest Productions. This was followed by several European gigs, supporting Antimatter and Krobak, among others, as well as a tour of China. One concert was filmed and released as Live Serenity in 20...

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