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UPCOMING RELEASE: Stellar Rot - Where the Formless Ones Dwell

July 24, 2026
Stellar Rot is an atmospheric black metal duo who are determined to change the way you perceive the genre - through punishing yet tranquil tracks, which showcase the duality of life itself.  The duo was formed in 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland in the United States by two members of US Black Metal band Unendlich, united under the band's motto, All Shall Wither And Fade. "Where the Formless Ones Dwell" involves a five-track descent through the faces of cosmic corruption and draws inspiration from the Grimdark Universe - a sea of blood and the drums of endless war, the maggot-bliss of rot and filth, an insatiable thirst and lust that corrupts all, the scheming architect behind a mask of a thousand faces, and anarchy in its purest form. The album hosts vast choral and keyboard atmospherics over a cold black-metal spine. Ornate, blasphemous, and unrepentant - this is Stellar Rot.


"Where the Formless Ones Dwell" will be released September 25 on Hypnotic Dirge Records!
In the days ahead, we will reveal more about the record including its magnificent cover art.
Preorders will also launch soon alongside the premiere of the first track from Stellar Rot!

 • Tracklist • 
1 - Through the Eternity Stairs
2 - Behold, The Crimson Path
3 - Where Pestilence Mocks the Mortal
4 - Miasmic Dipsomania
5 - Eternal Rites of the Lost
 

UPCOMING RELEASE: Epitimia - Тяготение

July 24, 2026
Long-time followers of Hypnotic Dirge will remember Epitimia, the Russian post-black metal band we collaborated with in the label’s early years. 


Teaser

Founded in 2008 in Saint Petersburg, Epitimia has released six full-length albums, including Faces of Insanity(2012) and the ambitious double-album (Un)reality (2014) on Hypnotic Dirge. This September, the band returns with the two-track EP Тяготение (Atraction), their first new recording since 2020’s Allusion. Clocking in at under...

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SONG PREMIERE : Dysthymia - Until I Was Nothing

July 24, 2026
A new track from DYSTHYMIA's upcoming record "The Morning Darkness" is premiering now!
You can stream "Until I Was Nothing" on Bandcamp, Ampwall, and Youtube!

"The Morning Darkness" will be jointly released by Hypnotic Dirge and Red Nebula on August 21!
Available on LP, CD, and Digital.

 • Album Notes • 
Conceived in 2019 by members Grushenka Ødegård and Ray King, New England depressive black metal band Dysthymia crafts music steeped in despondency, isolation, and hopelessness. Following...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Niveous - Cult of the Void Star

July 24, 2026
The debut album from black metal trio NIVEOUS is out today!



"Cult of the Void Star" is available in various formats:

 • Deluxe LP - Includes a bonus 16 page full-size vinyl booklet with original artwork from Will Kramer (@earthcurves) & Niveous drummer Nortaath alongside detailed chapter by chapter lore behind the concept album. Limited to 50 copies through Hypnotic Dirge / 50 copies through Void Star

 • Standard LP - Presented in a vinyl sleeve with a double-sided insert. Includes all lyric...

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PRE-ORDERS LIVE: DYSTHYMIA - The Morning Darkness

July 3, 2026
Depressive Black Metal band Dysthymia returns with "The Morning Darkness", the follow-up to their 2021 self-titled debut. 

Jointly released by Hypnotic Dirge (Europe) and Red Nebula (North America), "The Morning Darkness" is available on CD and LP with pre-orders launching for both formats today! The CD is presented in a 6 panel digipack in an edition of 300, while the LP is a limited to 200, divided into two colour variants, 100 in "Fallen Leaves", and 100 in "Woodland Soil"

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SONG PREMIERE : Dysthymia - We Can Never Go Back

July 3, 2026
We are premiering a new track from Dysthymia's upcoming album "The Morning Darkness" available to pre-order now!
"We Can Never Go Back" is streaming now on Bandcamp, Ampwall, and Youtube.

 
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ALBUM RELEASE: Gomma - ڨمَّةْ - Experiment 4.4

June 26, 2026
Tunisian Avant-garde Black Metal project Gomma (ڨمَّةْ), the solo entity founded by Gh'ramm in 2024, presents its new stand-alone single "Experiment 4.4".


"Experiment 4.4" marks the first track created by Armai'kh, the second persona residing alongside Gh'ramm within the same vessel. Whereas Gh'ramm channels a misanthropic, sewer-dwelling darkness that crafts a raw and unforgiving Black Metal albeit enhanced with Arabic folk influences, Armai'kh emerges with a different presence - cooler...

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ALBUM RELEASE: Lumen Ad Mortem - A Grave Ascent

June 26, 2026
*News from June 19*

"A Grave Ascent", the second full-length from the Australian Black Metal band LUMEN AD MORTEM is officially out today! In collaboration with Black Metal Promotions, the album is premiering in full on Youtube, and as always, the album is also availble on Bandcamp, Ampwall, and all the usual platforms.


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CD's are also available, albeit very slightly delayed. I spoke with the plant yesterday and they are expected to be here next Wednesday so CD orders will ...

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UPCOMING RELEASE: Dysthymia - The Morning Darkness

June 26, 2026
Conceived in 2019 by members Grushenka Ødegård and Ray King, New England depressive black metal band Dysthymia crafts music steeped in despondency, isolation, and hopelessness. Following their self-titled full-length in 2021 and a split with Saeva in 2024, the band returns with their sophomore album "The Morning Darkness", an expressive and immersive record that immediately draws the listener into its poignant, heavy atmosphere.


"This album was written and recorded slowly, over the course of...

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NIVEOUS - "Cult of the Void Star" LP

June 15, 2026
NIVEOUS - "Cult of the Void Star" LP
Releasing: July 17, 2026

With the release of Niveous' debut full-length "Cult of the Void Star" just a little over a month away, we wanted to share additional details about the LP!

Contrary to the initial mockup shown when pre-orders were launched, the record itself is not black. Every record was actually pressed in a unique colour, similar to each other but not identical.
The LP production finished last week and we took photos of the actual records themselves...

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