Abortarium/Mangler - Split
Split release of completely brutal Death Metal vs. brutal Death/Grindcore. Did I mention that it was brutal?

Absentia Lunae - In Umbrarum Imperii Gloria
Raw and emotional Italian Black Metal featuring a member of Melencolia Estatica. A solid debut.

Absonus Noctis - Penumbral Inorgantia
Excellent release of raw and atmospheric Black Metal from the US.

Abyssmal Sorrow - Lament
Depressive, atmospheric Black Funeral Doom Metal. A sonic representation of life ending misery. Amazingly deep, heavy, hypnotic, cutting, dissonant and distant music to devour your soul.

Across Tundras - Dark Songs Of The Prairie
Eight portraits of heavy majesty carved out of massive riffs and spacious melodies. As weighty as the melodic heaviness coming from the from the whole "post-metal" camp, i.e. Pelican, Mouth Of The Architect, Isis, etc., but coming from a different place altogether with their dreamlike vocals and forays into blasted country/folk, Packaged in cool, stark photos of old Midwestern life and printed in a combination of grey/black images and metallic silver ink spot color.

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Ad Hominem - Theory 0
Mini-CD including 4 songs and 1 video clip. It gives an idea of the musical evolution of the band, which is nothing but a return to its own roots (drum machine, fuzzy guitars, distorted vocals). Eeleased by Avantgarde Music limited to 1000 copies.
$8 US/Canada        $11 World

Ad Hominem - Climax of Hatred
Ad Hominem, by definition, is appealing to a person's physical and emotional urges, rather than her or his intellect. In Black Metal it relates to an excellent French project that specializes in high caliber, straightforward mayhem that is sure to please fans of all corners of the genre.

Aeon - An Extravagance Of Norm
Contains 44 minutes of extreme yet modern Polish Black Metal.

Age of Agony - War, Hate, Blasphemy
Death Metal as it must be played: in a hateful, blasphemous, war-like way with dark and rotting atmosphere. This is True Blasphemous Death Metal WAR!! These 9 tracks in almost 45 minutes of True Death Metal Warfare are a must for every Death Metal fanatic! WAR, HATE, BLASPHEMY!
Limited to 500 copies.

Agmen - Dethroned
Powerful, grim Black Metal with melodic and technical riffs, peculiar musical procedures and apocalyptic texts. Fourth album. Limited to 1000 copies.

Agmen - Eternal
Third album from Agmen! Recorded before years in Hellsound studio. Now official released! Anti-Christianity, technical, Raw Black Metal! One from deep Czech respected band in the old traditions!!! Support evil dispatch of Agmen!

Ahnenstahl - Zwischen Tod und Leben
Epic Pagan Black Metal featuring Falagar from Rivendell.

Aidan Baker - Exoskeleton Heart
Baker once again taps into his visions of the bodycage using only his electric guitar, performed and recorded live; the result is an evocative feedback-heavy dronescape...Exoskeleton Heart delivers some of his most massive, meditative, crushing, and beautiful subterranean drift yet. The disc comes in a full-color signature Crucial Bliss foldover sleeve with the disc affixed to a plastic hub on the interior of the sleeve, and has been pressed in a limited edition of 300 copies.
$8 US/Canada        $11 World

Alatyr - Alatyr
Depressive Ambient Pagan Black Metal from Slovakia.

Allegiance of The Profane Pack - Split
Three way split featuring four tracks of pounding blackened death metal by RUINA, three tracks of anti-Christian hymns from TUNDRA and three tracks of blackened death metal war songs by OPERATION WINTER MIST.

Aluk Todolo - Descension
The first full length from these mysterious French post Black Metal krautrock alchemists. An offshoot of Black Metal horde Diamatregon, this trio, just guitar, bass and drums, are working some sort of ancient magic, turning the simplest of rock band instrumentation, into something massive and mysterious, heavy and haunting, brutal and mesmerizing, repetitive and motorized. Like Black Metal but without all the buzz and howl, stripped down to its very essence, to just mood and rhythm, ambience and propulsion. Ritualistic sounds, both black and brilliant, pulled from the void, a mysterious and sonic netherworld.

Arkenstone - Arkenstone
The cd version of the debut! Totally re-mixed with a new layout and three bonus tracks. Excellent raw Black Metal!

Arkhon Infaustus - Orthodoxyn
An album of eerie Black/Death with mind blowing style.
"With Orthodoxyn, the French quartet take their cold 'n' caustic recasting of classic, Craig Pillard-era Incantation to its fullest, most frightening extent, melding ominous march, molten chaos and swarming sound manipulation with more malefic efficacy than ever before." — Metal Maniacs

Arkhon Infaustus - Perdition Insanabilis
Arkhon Infaustus delivers a hectic and unique mix of Death and Black Metal with a malevolent feeling. Perdition Insanabilis is an album essentially based on insanity and spiritual deconstruction; a fall of hysterical obsessions - cries and disgust under psychotropic influences. A new page is turned but not read yet. This highly controversial band has been censored in some countries due to their extreme lyrics and artwork.

Arkona / Moontower - W Szponach Wojennej Bestii
Excellent split from two of the undergrounds most respected bands. Be prepared for a new war!

Ars Goetia - Anachoreta
Occult, hateful Black Metal from Italy.

Aryadeva - Kshatra
Aryadeva upholds the banner of Balto-Slavic-Vedic paganism - Indo-European Paganism expressed in Black Metal form. Experimental Pagan/Black Metal featuring Malaysian band members.

Ashes - Nihilist
CDr limited to 150 hand-numbered copies, each containing real ashes in its case. Influences can be drawn from areas as varied as Burzum, Wormphlegm, Black Bile, and Trist.
$7 US/Canada        $10 World

Askuror/Vargshelske - Kirchenbrand split
Released by Nordsturm Productions. For fans of Moonblood, Taake, Godless North and the like.

Astrofaes - Idea. Form. Essence
Sixth album. Fast and harsh, yet still semi-melodic, Black Metal from the Ukraine, featuring Thurios of HATE FOREST, BLOOD OF KINGU, and DRUKDH. Pure quality and rigid orthodoxy.

Astrofaes - Those Whose Past is Immortal
Radical, fast, atmospheric Ukrainian Black Metal.

Athos - The Awakening of Athos
Hellenic Black Metal influenced by the likes of Naer Mataron, Kawir, Burzum, Gorgoroth, and early Dark Funeral. "The Awakening of Athos" is a concept album based in tribute to Titanomahia, the "War Of Titans".

Athos - Crossing the River of Charon
Athos is a one man band created by Kerveros during 2003. Taking influence from bands like Gorgoroth, Naer Mataron and Burzum. Athos speak against the judeo-christian destroyer of cultures, history, and civilizations.
 

Atomtrakt – Schutt & Asche Digipak
Debut digipak with dark, martial, militant & ambient in the vein of Der Blutharsch, Vinterriket and Puissance.

Auriga - Chains of Despair
Raw German Black Metal.

Aurvandil/Halla - Horizons - Split
Aurvandil, master of lo-fi atmospheric black metal from France joins with two-demon genocide machine Halla from Iran for this split. Each artist submits four tracks for the disapproval of all religious filth, sure to make every true black metal terrorist proud! The material on this split is NOT to be missed! Pro CDr limited to 120 hand-numbered copies.

Autumn Tears - The Hallowing
After a decade evolving, the band has finally shed its shell of neoclassical, darkwave and gothic sound, in place of a more traditional classical and chamber music style. Drawing influences from such masters as Bach, Brahms, Hayden, Mahler and a host of others, Autumn Tears boasts rich and diverse musical arrangements based on music theory. In place of the usual keyboards and samples, "The Hallowing" employs fully live, authentic classical instrumentation including a live string section, woodwinds, oboe, french horn and haunting, operatic vocals.

Autumnia - In Loneliness Of Two Souls
Extreme doom metal from the Ukraine.