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ALBUM RELEASE: Frigoris - Wind

June 7, 2013
Frigoris - Wind available now for free streaming, $5 download, and CD order!

The new album from the atmospheric black metal band Frigoris entitled "Wind" is now available from Hypnotic Dirge Records. In addition to the regular CD edition which was co-released by Hypnotic Dirge and Misanthropic Art Productions, the album has also been uploaded to Bandcamp and Youtube for free streaming in its entirety, and is also available as a $5 digital download.



Although founded as a Pagan/Black Metal band, Frigoris has steadily developed their sound since its foundation around head Dominik Winter in 2007 and now stands as a high-level atmospheric, melodic Black Metal band. The new record Wind is the current peak of this development and highlights Frigoris' ability in mixing ferocious black metal with acoustic guitars and folk sensibilities. The over fifty minute piece is filled with a surpassing emotional intensity that creates a bond between pure aggression and deep melancholy. 

Co-released by Hypnotic Dirge Records and Misanthropic Art Productions, Frigoris' Wind should appeal to fans of Agalloch, (old) Woods of Ypres, Wolves in the Throne Room, Fen, and Imperium Dekadenz.



"Wind" has received a lot of nice feedback from the press so far, including the following from these 'zines:

"Wind is a swirling contrast of elegance and intensity, culminating in a spectacular display of musical ingenuity combined with a higher sense of melancholy, which gives life to the atmospheric black metal genre by relying on the genre’s most natural elements. If there was one album released in a modern setting that would surpass the genre’s fathers, Frigoris have created it. Crafting folk-y melodies and acoustic sections with crushing chords and furious, yet even paced double bass drum work might not seem that much out of the ordinary these days, yet Frigoris’ 2013 record pushes past the stereotypes, giving life to these ‘apparently’ done before soundscapes."
-Melting Album Review

"If you want me cut to the chase and spare you a read the two best words to describe the album Wind are EPIC and MAJESTIC!  Seriously never have I heard so much effort, heart, and emotion put into one album but this is it.  And I am not talking about three or four tracks, I am talking about it all. There are just so many elements proposed that can attract any extreme metal fan.  From the heathens, to those more of the melancholic nature, or to those who enjoy a strong and intense black metal sound, this is all for you into one stellar album.  From the beginning sounds of the acoustic, Windgeflüster, and all the way down to the path of the end, Wenn die Maske bricht, it will have you at grasp the whole time."
-Desolation Infinite Blogpost

Wind is such a perfect, beautiful and strong album that it makes your skin crawl. Very emotional, making all your feelings come out, good and bad feelings, as they mix perfectly the aggressiveness with the painful melodic tones and tunes. Really a very good experience, memorable journey.
Really, one of the best albums of 2013 for Lachryma Christi. Highly recommended. Go for it. 
-Lachryma Christi Webzine

On Saturday June 7, Frigoris will play their CD release show at Helvete Club in Oberhausen, Germany, so if you're in that area go out and support some great music!

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Galaktik Cancer Squad releases track 'In Lichterlosen Weiten'

June 1, 2013
Galaktik Cancer Squad releases track 'In Licherlosen Weiten'

The track 'In Lichterlosen Weiten' from the upcoming Galaktik Cancer Squad album "Ghost Light"' has now been made available for streaming and free download on the Hypnotic Dirge Records bandcamp page! 



From the vacuous depths of space, the great pathogenic force of Galaktik Cancer Squad will once again return to haunt the aural realms of the earth with their first ever physical release, ‘Ghost Light.’ An ambitious one-man project ...

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Hypnotic Dirge Records' Summer Black/Doom Releases - Pre-order now!

May 14, 2013
Hypnotic Dirge Records has three album releases upcoming in June 2013 that will surely breathe life into the mid-season aural spectrum. Frigoris will bring forth catchy and atmospheric black metal with folk sensibilities, Nethermost will provide a short debut EP of early 90's early death-doom, and Galaktik Cancer Squad will push your mind to the cosmos with some trippy and aggressive mind-bending post-black metal! Because we believe in all three releases, we've created a special Summer 2013 b...

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New Digital Release: Australasia - Sin4tr4

May 12, 2013
Australasia - Sin4tr4 available for free download from Hypnotic Dirge Records!

Australasia is the place where unusual soundscapes come to life: ethereal guitars mix with blast beat drums and black metal riffing, giving birth to strange and fast-flowing tunes.



Here subterranean streams alternate with tidal waves, turning into cinematic pictures that can last just the blink of an eye.
Their debut EP 'Sin4tra' combines post-rock, black metal, and electronic music quite masterfully 
"Echoes and Dust"...

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Vin de Mia Trix - Once Hidden in Sight to be co-released by Hypnotic Dirge/Solitude Prod.

April 30, 2013

Doom band Vin de Mia Trix signs with Hypnotic Dirge/Solitude Productions for co-release in September!


 
The first co-release between Hypnotic Dirge Records (Canada) and Solitude Productions (Russia) will see the light of day in September 2013 and it will be doom band Vin de Mia Trix's debut full-length album "Once Hidden in Sight" which the band has been preparing and perfecting for quite some time.

Vin de Mia Trix is a band from Kyiv, Ukraine. Its music is a blend of different doom metal subgen...
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Solitude Productions Update [04/25/2013]

April 25, 2013
Much overdue but here it is. Another batch of fresh doom metal from the cold barren lands of our eastern european friends at Solitude Productions/BadMoodMan Music and the great bands on its roster. This time, we have some new releases from Doomed, Evoke Thy Lords, Mental Torment, the re-press of Ea II, as well as some other new albums.

SP - 026 : Ea - Ea II
SP - 067 : Amily - To all in graves
SP - 068 : Doomed - In my own abyss
SP - 069 : Who Dies in Siberian Slush - We have been dead since long ...
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Frigoris signs to Hypnotic Dirge / Misanthropic Art Prod. for co-release!

April 20, 2013

Hypnotic Dirge will be doing its first ever co-release with the South Korean label Misanthropic Art Productions! Together, we'll be bringing you the second album entitled "Wind" from the atmospheric melodic black metal band from Germany called Frigoris! 


 
Although founded as a Pagan/Black Metal band, Frigoris steadily developed further since its foundation around head Dominik Winter in 2007 and stands for atmospheric, melodic Black Metal at the highest level today. The new record Wind is the c...
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Distribution Update: 30 New Titles added!

April 17, 2013
A new selection of releases have been added to the distribution section including albums by Funeral, Pantheist, Mourning Beloveth, Paganland, Thy Catafalque, Panopticon, Obsidian Tongue and a lot more! Some essential doom and black metal in these new additions for sure.

Here's the full list:

HDR - D - 454 : Marche Funèbre - Norizon EP
HDR - D - 455 : Myrkvar - As en bloed
HDR - D - 456 : The Reckoning - Counterblast
HDR - D - 457 : Mrykvar - Als een Woeste Horde
HDR - D - 458 : Ascend-ency - Regre...
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Depecting Abysm/Windbruch/Gmork - "Silentium!" Free Download available now!

April 11, 2013

Hypnotic Dirge Records is pleased to announce the release of a free digital download split album between three atmospheric black metal bands from Russia - Depicting Abysm, Windbruch, and Gmork. The album is entitled "Silentium!" and features three brand new tracks from each of the bands! 


 
"Silentium!" is now available for free streaming and download from the Hypnotic Dirge bandcamp page, youtube channel, and HDR Downloads' section. Since this is a free digital release, we are also encouraging...
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ALBUM RELEASE: Lycanthia - Oligarchy

April 11, 2013
Lycanthia - Oligarchy
Available for free streaming, $5 digital download, as well as digipack, and jewelcase physical editions!



 Around this time last year, the doom stalwarts Lycanthia released their new full-length album Oligarchy independently in Australia, and now the album will get a worldwide release through Hypnotic Dirge Records. The new full-length album is available in both digipack and jewelcase formats, as well as digitally through the label's bandcamp page for $5. The Oligarchy phys...
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