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ALBUM RELEASE: Listless - selftitled

April 30, 2025
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!


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Tracklist:
1 – Devoid (5:41)
2 – Burning Sky (4:00)
3 – Bloodstained Memories (6:21)
4 – Futility (3:31)
5 – Absence (7:41)
6 – Passerine (8:29)
7 – A Final Yearning Breath (3:12)

Album notes:
Listless is a solo Depressive Black Metal project from Victoria, BC, Canada. The project aims to capture an isolated sense of solitude through melancholic introspection. Emotionally resonant guitars, desperate howls, and sorrowful keys aim to hypnotize listeners into a dark, endless oblivion.

The project comes from the mind of Aidan Crossley, the guitarist and vocalist of Victoria-based Atmospheric Black Metal band: Liminal Shroud. Aidan's past musical work includes roles in projects such as Numenorean, Vaaltovashe, and others. This project channels the songwriting, intensity, and surging expansiveness of Liminal Shroud while focusing more on emotive aspects of musical expression.

Listless is inspired by genre-defining depressive acts such as Austere, Woods of Desolation, Coldworld, None, and Gris. The composition also implements depressive rock elements from bands like Lifelover and Psychonaut 4.



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VINYL RE-RELEASE : Hekseblad - Kaer Morhen

April 30, 2025
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...

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SONG PREMIERE: Listless - Bloodstained Memories

April 30, 2025
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...

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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 in...

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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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