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• Black tape with white onbody print
• 8 panel J-Card on gloss paper
• Limited to 100 copies

The second full lenght from 1995 for the first time on vinyl!
Limited to 300 copies on classic black vinyl.
Leftover copies will be made available through our shop.

• 350gsm Jacket with inside flooded in black and matt varnish
• 140g Black or Silver/Blue Splatter Vinyl
• 250gsm Insert on 250gsm Art Paper
• Vinyl mastering by Krucyator Studio
• Layout restoration by Dan Fried
• Licensed from Audioplatter Ltd.
• Limited to 300 copies (200x Black & 100x Splatter Vinyl)

• 350gsm Jacket with inside flooded in black and matt varnish
• 140g Brown/Black Splatter Vinyl
• 250gsm Insert on 250gsm Art Paper
• Limited to 300 copies

• 350gsm Gatefold Jacket with inside flooded in yellow and matt varnish
• 140g Black or 4 color Splatter Vinyl
• Limited to 500 copies (300x Black and 200x Splatter Vinyl)

• 350gsm Gatefold Jacket with inside flooded in yellow and matt varnish
• 140g Black or Red/Black Splatter Vinyl
• Limited to 500 copies (300x Black and 200x Red/Black Vinyl)

• 350gsm Jacket with inside flooded in black and matt varnish
• 140g Black or Clear/Black Marble Vinyl
• 250gsm Art Paper Insert
• Limited to 300 copies (200x Black & 100x Marble)

Azathoth’s Dream are a brand-new entity hailing from the United States. On one hand, the one-man band’s sound is undeniably late ’90s French vintage, maintaining a similarly necrotic-yet-aristocratic mysticism not unlike Osculum Infame, Bekhira, Winter Funeral, and very early Seth. On the other, one could liken Azathoth’s Dream to the uprising of raw vampiric black metal in the U.S., spearheaded by Sanguine Relic, Vampirska, early Lamp of Murmuur, and Geist of Ouachita among others. Either way, one listen to the aptly titled Nocturnal Vampyric Bewitchment and one will be indeed bewitched by the band’s melancholic-yet-feral spell…or duly repulsed by it. There’s no other way; just like those stratifying days of the 1990s, you either understand this as BLACK METAL – and stand with it – or you stand against it. It matters not to Azathoth’s Dream: the empty castle’s drawbridge is down, and one need only enter if the spirits are willing.

In the meantime, hear the brand-new track “A Millennia Perished” here…

(1) Azathoth’s Dream – A Millennia Perished – YouTube

• 350gsm Jacket with inside flooded in black and matt varnish
• 140g Black or White Vinyl
• 250gsm Insert on 250gsm Art Paper
• Limited to 300 copies (200x Black & 100x White Vinyl)

• 350gsm Jacket with inside flooded in black and matt varnish
• 140g Black or White Vinyl
• 250gsm Insert on 250gsm Art Paper
• Limited to 300 copies (200x Black & 100x White Vinyl)

Bringing together two black metal hordes from the Olde World, Lamentationen features three exclusive tracks each from Germany’s Grabunhold and Austria’s Circle of Shadows. Those who follow the evil deeds of Iron Bonehead should be well aware of Grabunhold by now, having released an EP in 2019 and the successive Heldentod debut full-length in 2021 (and, most recently, a reissue of the band’s first demo). Keeping their swords aloft, the Germans continue to mine their medieval black metal with care, craft, and charisma. But the plaintive lament “Lebewol” should induce chills as their half comes to a close.

Circle of Shadows, for their part, comprise a member from the well-respected Transilvania, and although they’ve been around a decade, their discography to date includes all short-lengths. Nevertheless, with their trio of tracks here do they whip forth a rustic style of black metal that’s equal parts icy surge and triumphant march – pagan by proxy rather than “pagan black metal” by cliche.