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

April 30, 2025

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 inuit mythical creature that takes children away.

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

April 30, 2025

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!

Yrden Trap Variant

Brokilon Boughs Variant

The 2025 pressing is divided into 200 copies; 100 of the Yrden Trap variant, and 100 of the Brokilon Boughs variant. There ...

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PRE-ORDER LAUNCH: LISTLESS - selftitled

March 8, 2025

We are launching pre-orders for the debut album from LISTLESS, a new depressive black metal from the haunted shores of the Canadian west coast.

The opening track from the album, entitled "Devoid" has also been premiered through No Clean Singing:

[Link in our story]

"“Devoid” is like a gradually expanding spell of sorrow, leading the listener deeper and deeper into its dark grasp until there’s no escaping the torment it has revealed. It’s a beautifully crafted and even elegant spell, whos...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Norilsk - Antipole

February 7, 2025

Today - the new Norilsk album Antipole is released! Always an exciting time when we can finally share the full album with you all.

Listen to the album in full at the Bandcamp link below - the album is available for unlimited streaming and name-your-price" download as always, and of course LP's, CD's, bundles and exclusive merch is also available!

Main Store | Canada/US Store | Bandcamp

Album notes:

The quartet has assembled a brand new chapter in the band’s discography, building on the charac...

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SONG PREMIERE : Norilsk - Antipole

January 31, 2025

We are premiering the title track from Norilsk’s new album, ‘Antipole.’ The song opens like a portal to the album, presenting cold melodies, ominous doom riffs, and the haunting atmosphere of a seemingly barren land. The song is about the Shadow People, which have been witnessed by various cultures around the world, including in the Arctic region. The antipole unveils what is hidden to our sight. …A storm is rising.

Antipole is streaming on Bandcamp and Youtube

The album was mixed and m...

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UPCOMING RELEASE/BAND SIGNING: LISTLESS -SELFTITLED

January 29, 2025

Listless is a solo Depressive Black Metal project from Victoria BC, Canada. Crafted in solitude from the ashes of melancholic rumination, Listless channels despair through emotionally resonant guitars, desperate howls, and sorrowful keys. The resulting tracks are reminiscent of acts such as Austere, Woods of Desolation, Coldworld, Lifelover, and Psychonaut 4.

The project comes from Aidan Crossley, the guitarist and vocalist of Liminal Shroud (formerly on Hypnotic Dirge). The debut, self-title...

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PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE: Norilsk - Antipole

December 18, 2024

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE: Norilsk - Antipole

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

Pre orders are now open for NORILSK’s new full length Antipole. The album will be presented in two versions of coloured vinyl: Blood of the North, and classic black. It will also be available in a gorgeous 4-panel CD digipack with a 12 page booklet, and in digital format. Two distinctive limited shirts are also available, one short-sleeve (designed by CLLK) and another long-sleeve (designed by ...

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ALBUM COVER: Norilsk unveils artwork for new album Antipole

December 6, 2024

In anticipation of the new NORILSK studio album, Antipole, we are unveiling the stunning cover art piece, created by Adam Burke / Nightjar Illustration (Loss, Bell Witch, Hooded Menace).

Antipole brings forth the theme of dualism, whether in the form of light and shadow, reality and fiction, or gravity and ethereality. Reflecting on the title track, the artwork depicts a portal connecting different dimensions, and the pole star evokes this alignment between the heavens and earth, or, as the ar...

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Norilsk will release a new studio album on Hypnotic Dirge Records

November 29, 2024

As the cold season is once more upon us, Hypnotic Dirge Records is proud to announce the brand new studio album by Canadian doom-death band NORILSK, scheduled for February 7, 2025.

The quartet known for its unique take on winter doom has assembled a brand new chapter in the band’s discography, building on the characteristics that made NORILSK what it is today while offering something undeniably contemporary. The new album, ‘Antipole,’ picks up where 2022’s EP ‘Beyond the Mountains’...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Notturno - Our

November 29, 2024

(October 6, 2024)

Notturno's third album Our is now officially released!

In addition to Bandcamp, the new record is also streaming in full on your platform of choice!

For physical copies, we are expecting both the LP and CD to arrive from the plant later this week, so shipping of orders will begin in a few days. The poster flags are also already here, and the only thing that is slightly delayed are the t-shirts, which are expected to arrive in about 2 weeks!

Album Notes:

One year to the date of No...

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

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

PRE-ORDER LAUNCH: LISTLESS - selftitled

ALBUM RELEASE: Norilsk - Antipole

SONG PREMIERE : Norilsk - Antipole

UPCOMING RELEASE/BAND SIGNING: LISTLESS -SELFTITLED

PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE: Norilsk - Antipole

ALBUM COVER: Norilsk unveils artwork for new album Antipole

ANNOUNCEMENT: Norilsk will release a new studio album on Hypnotic Dirge Records

ALBUM RELEASE: Notturno - Our

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