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PRE-ORDERS LIVE: Conjuring - Memento Mori

April 2, 2026

We are now taking pre-orders for the upcoming record from Conjuring, entitled "Memento Mori"

Conjuring is a one-man atmospheric black metal project from the Swiss mountains. The music combines melancholic tremolo passages, immersive atmospheres, and dynamic songwriting that balances fragility and intensity. The project draws inspiration from vast landscapes, shifting seasons, fading light, and the quiet presence of ancient spirits.

The upcoming fourth album, "Memento Mori", - is Conjuring’s most mature work to date. Across six carefully crafted compositions, the album explores themes of mortality, transience, and spiritual awakening, embracing darkness and reverence as interconnected aspects of existence.

"Memento Mori" was mixed and mastered at Klangschmiede Studio E, achieving greater clarity while preserving its raw emotional depth and atmospheric quality.

Conjuring stands as a reflection of devotion — to Black Metal, to nature, and to the eternal cycle of life and death.

"Memento Mori" will be released on CD / Digital formats on May 8.

An LP edition may follow later this year depending on demand.

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VIDEO PREMIERE: Conjuring - Aura

April 2, 2026

The first advance track and music video from the forthcoming Conjuring album "Memento Mori" is streaming on Youtube now.

“Aura” is a manifestation of inner visions shaped by nature, silence, and the unseen forces that dwell beyond human perception. This piece captures fragments of solitude, decay, and transcendence — a reflection of the eternal cycle between life and dissolution. Through “Aura”, I attempt to channel the spirit of nature — its haunting presence, its silent stren...

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ALBUM RELEASE : Foghazer - He Left The Temple

March 27, 2026

The debut record from Foghazer, entitled "He Left The Temple" is officially released!

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Foghazer is a project built on trip-hop rhythm, black-metal texture and lo-fi cinematic atmosphere.

"The record began as an accident. Fragments of trip-hop, early-2000s vinyl scratching, and the Black Metal influences I grew up on colliding with the dark, operatic production of Temples of Boom and the haunted stillness of Portishead’s self-titled album. The result felt nostalgi...

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Lumen Ad Mortem to release upcoming record "A Grave Ascent" on Hypnotic Dirge

March 25, 2026

South Australia’s Lumen Ad Mortem was formed in 2019, reawakening the fires of the night sky in the name of anthemic black metal.

From cold ashes, the band was forged through smoke and flame, drawing inspiration from primeval times — an era when grim melodies rose from the forest floor and blasting rhythms carried embers into a raging inferno, igniting the spirit of all that is black metal.

After releasing their acclaimed debut album Upon the Edge of Darkness in 2023 via Bitter Loss Records...

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PRE-ORDERS LIVE: Tumultuous Ruin - An Abscess on the Heart of the State

March 25, 2026

In collaboration with Fiadh Productions, we are launching pre-orders for Tumultuous Ruin's "An Abscess on the Heart of the State", released on LP for the very first time!

• Pre-order LP •

Eurasia (Hypnotic Dirge) | North & South America (Fiadh)

*Those from other regions of the world should order from whoever they choose

• Album notes •

Rooted in fury and urgency, "An Abscess on the Heart of the State" is a raw onslaught of destructive and dirty black metal filled with aggressive and disc...

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SONG PREMIERE: Dysthymia - You Are Here With Me [Woods of Ypres Cover]

March 18, 2026

A collaborative effort between Grushenka Ødegård (Dysthymia, Mourn the Stars) and Nicolas FS (Ancient Tundra, Phantasmagoria), this is our tribute to Woods of Ypres.

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Woods of Ypres original released November 13, 2009 on Woods 4: The Green Album

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SONG PREMIERE: Foghazer - Fog

March 13, 2026

Aptly titled "Fog", Foghazer presents their third and final advance track from their forthcoming debut album "He Left The Temple"

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"The record began as an accident. Fragments of trip-hop, early-2000s vinyl scratching, and the Black Metal influences I grew up on colliding with the dark, operatic production of Temples of Boom and the haunted stillness of Portishead’s self-titled album. The result felt nostalgic but unfamiliar, like something remembered wrong."

"He Left Th...

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Dysthymia to release upcoming record "The Morning Darkness" on Hypnotic Dirge and Red Nebula

March 12, 2026

New England depressive black metal band, Dysthymia, was conceived in 2019 by members Grushenka Ødegård and Ray King. Releasing their self-titled debut full length in 2021 and a split with Saeva in 2024, the band crafts music which evokes despondency, isolation, and hopelessness.

The new record, entitlled "The Morning Darkness" will be jointly released by Hypnotic Dirge and Red Nebula in late summer 2026.

In the meantime, the track "Nothing Grows From You" from the debut album has been upload...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Gomma (ڨمَّةْ) - Wailing and Madness (نواح و جنون)

March 9, 2026

Gomma (ڨمَّةْ) - meaning "manhole" in Arabic - is a one man project from Tunisia founded by Gh'ramm in 2024.

Eschewing the common western scales typical in Black Metal in favour of Arabic scales, motifs, and instrumentation, Gomma (ڨمَّةْ) succeeds in crafting a black metal record that is genuine and authentic, a mosaic of a traditional western genre with an uncompromising Arabic influence. Abrasive guitars form the underbelly of Gomma's music but rather than utilizing tremolo-pick...

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ANNOUNCEMENT: Marea signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records for upcoming album

March 5, 2026

Marea — meaning "Tide" in Italian — is the one-man project of Matteo Balzarini from Legnano, in northern Italy. Marea delivers a haunting blend of atmospheric black metal, post-black, dsbm, and doom metal, interwoven with more intimate, dreamy passages featuring acoustic guitar and post-rock sections.

Marea uses these different musical styles to try to convey different feelings, from nostalgia to anguish, from hope to despair and transport the listeners on an introspective and emotional so...

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PRE-ORDERS LIVE: Conjuring - Memento Mori

VIDEO PREMIERE: Conjuring - Aura

ALBUM RELEASE : Foghazer - He Left The Temple

ANNOUNCEMENT: Lumen Ad Mortem to release upcoming record "A Grave Ascent" on Hypnotic Dirge

PRE-ORDERS LIVE: Tumultuous Ruin - An Abscess on the Heart of the State

SONG PREMIERE: Dysthymia - You Are Here With Me [Woods of Ypres Cover]

SONG PREMIERE: Foghazer - Fog

ANNOUNCEMENT: Dysthymia to release upcoming record "The Morning Darkness" on Hypnotic Dirge and Red Nebula

ALBUM RELEASE: Gomma (ڨمَّةْ) - Wailing and Madness (نواح و جنون)

ANNOUNCEMENT: Marea signs with Hypnotic Dirge Records for upcoming album

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