Spell - Wretched Heart (CD) (Pre-order)

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Spell - Wretched Heart (CD) (Pre-order)
Releases May 1, 2026

More than half a century into its life, what exactly is heavy metal? Is it a kind of belief system? Is it something to be observed as a relic, or an exhibit in a museum? Or is it, to paraphrase Christopher Lee’s Due de Richeleau in The Devil Rides Out “A living force, which can strike at any moment of the night”?

Needless to say, SPELL, Vancouver’s next-level metal magicians, have plenty of thoughts on the matter. And as far as they’re concerned, heavy metal is something that needs to evolve to stay vibrant and exciting. This has been the fuel for their fifth album, the brashly confident Wretched Heart. What’s more, this relentless evolutionary momentum has led to them creating their strongest record to date - a thunderous celebration of individualism and eccentricity which stalks its nocturnal realm with savage finesse and beguiling charm.

“Heavy metal can often be a regressive genre, almost by definition. But it doesn’t have to be!” emphasises the band’s singer. bassist and co-pilot Cam Mesmer, “I think that getting set in your ways is death. You have to be open to learning from new influences, or you’re washed up and a caricature of yourself. I consider SPELL to be a heavy metal band, and therefore whatever music we make, will therefore be heavy metal, rather than the other way around, where you try to make your band fit into whatever narrow niche you think heavy metal is supposed to sound like”.

Therefore whilst Wretched Heart is possessed of no shortage of stirring harmony guitars, blazing solos and foot-on-monitor bravura, it also delves into fresh psychic terrain, building on the gothic flourishes that emboldened 2022’s Tragic Magic and embracing an emotional resonance that elevates its viciously catchy songs into the stratosphere. Central to this is the chemistry of the new SPELL line-up, which consolidates the duo of Cam and drummer/guitarist/co-vocalist Al Lester with keyboardist/guitarist Gabriel Tenebrae and lead guitarist Jeff Black. Having honed this incarnation through touring with the likes of Green Lung, Wytch Hazel and Angel Witch, they’ve forged a union which throws the band firmly from the realm of retro chic into a new, bolder direction which, in the words of Baudelaire, extracts the eternal from the ephemeral.

“I feel that the core of SPELL is more of a feeling or an atmosphere than a specific sound, and by the time a song goes through our filter it always sounds like us anyhow.” reasons Cam. “I’ve never really cared for happy songs. Excited, maybe. Desperation. adrenaline. melancholy, but in a wild and passionate way”.

All of these attributes and more are to be found herein. Aided and abetted by long-time collaborator Felix Fung on mixing desk and “fifth Beatle” duties, and resplendent in a sleeve by macabre visionary Adam Burke; Wretched Heart is a glorious testimony to a band ready to transcend its influences in search of fresh glory. “Lilac”, the album’s lead single (which also features a guest guitar solo from former Spirit Adrift, Carcass and Angel Witch man Tom Draper) is their most addictive and bittersweet moment to date, channelling both stadium-sized passion and wistful longing. “Take My Life” is an existential mid-paced stomper with a chorus that a Spandex-clad ‘80s warrior would kill for yet an emotional depth that they might be perplexed by.

“Oubliette” meanwhile tackles the feeling of being trapped under the wheels of capitalism with bleak fortitude, and the gloriously stirring finale title track maps out a curious hinterland where Maiden-esque gallantry can share space with Kraftwerk-style vocoder stylings.

Having previously dealt heavily with the mystical and fantastical, Wretched Heart also showcases a new kind of emotional directness, reflecting the band’s own personal lives, as Cam attests “I challenge all lyricists: don’t be a coward! Whatever you’re feeling, have the courage to write about it! Being afraid to be cringe is the worst disaster to befall art”   “I’m always looking for that subconscious, under-the-skin feeling that we all got when listening to our first favourite bands in high school, where it’s just pure and exciting and takes hold of you” he reckons. “I’ll always worship Maiden, Sabbath and Priest, but I’d hate to be that guy who just goes back to putting on the same records every day. There is always new ground to be broken by those willing to risk it. I hope we succeeded in writing a catchy, exciting, personal record, which also pisses off a few of the more rigid traditionalists”.

Wretched Heart, in all its gory glory, thus embodies a very vital paradox - a record made by true believers who yearn for catharsis beyond. The oxymoron of anthems forged from steel, yet with a very human heart. Even the most cynical bystander will likely struggle not to be bewitched.

This album is for anyone going through it” summarises Cam, “Anyone who’s not afraid to lay it all out in the open and feel something real!”.

credits
Cam Mesmer
Vocals, Bass, Rhythm
Guitar, Synthesizers
Al Lester
Vocals, Lead Guitar,
Rhythm Guitar, Drums
Jeff Black
Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gabriel Tenebrae
Lead Guitar, Synthesizers

Additional Musicians:
Alison Black (Backing Vocals)
Tom Draper (Guitar Solo on Lilac)
Nicole "Trish" McDonal (Scream Vocals on "Iron Teeth")
Kalen Baker and Stephanie House (Choir Vocals on "Iron Teeth")

Produced by Felix Fung
Recorded at Little Red Sounds,
New Westminster, BC, March-October 2025

Mastered by Greg Mindorff at Suite Sound Labs
Cover painting by Adam Burke
Photography by Caitlin Delaplace
Graphic Design by Annick Giroux
Logo by Sean Coggins

Spell - Wretched Spawn (Vinyl) LP (Preorder)

Spell - Wretched Spawn (Vinyl) LP (Preorder)

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Spell - Wretched Spawn (Vinyl) LP (Preorder)

Release Date: April 7, 2026

More than half a century into its life, what exactly is heavy metal? Is it a kind of belief system? Is it something to be observed as a relic, or an exhibit in a museum? Or is it, to paraphrase Christopher Lee’s Due de Richeleau in The Devil Rides Out “A living force, which can strike at any moment of the night”?

Needless to say, SPELL, Vancouver’s next-level metal magicians, have plenty of thoughts on the matter. And as far as they’re concerned, heavy metal is something that needs to evolve to stay vibrant and exciting. This has been the fuel for their fifth album, the brashly confident Wretched Heart. What’s more, this relentless evolutionary momentum has led to them creating their strongest record to date - a thunderous celebration of individualism and eccentricity which stalks its nocturnal realm with savage finesse and beguiling charm.

“Heavy metal can often be a regressive genre, almost by definition. But it doesn’t have to be!” emphasises the band’s singer. bassist and co-pilot Cam Mesmer, “I think that getting set in your ways is death. You have to be open to learning from new influences, or you’re washed up and a caricature of yourself. I consider SPELL to be a heavy metal band, and therefore whatever music we make, will therefore be heavy metal, rather than the other way around, where you try to make your band fit into whatever narrow niche you think heavy metal is supposed to sound like”.

Therefore whilst Wretched Heart is possessed of no shortage of stirring harmony guitars, blazing solos and foot-on-monitor bravura, it also delves into fresh psychic terrain, building on the gothic flourishes that emboldened 2022’s Tragic Magic and embracing an emotional resonance that elevates its viciously catchy songs into the stratosphere. Central to this is the chemistry of the new SPELL line-up, which consolidates the duo of Cam and drummer/guitarist/co-vocalist Al Lester with keyboardist/guitarist Gabriel Tenebrae and lead guitarist Jeff Black. Having honed this incarnation through touring with the likes of Green Lung, Wytch Hazel and Angel Witch, they’ve forged a union which throws the band firmly from the realm of retro chic into a new, bolder direction which, in the words of Baudelaire, extracts the eternal from the ephemeral.

“I feel that the core of SPELL is more of a feeling or an atmosphere than a specific sound, and by the time a song goes through our filter it always sounds like us anyhow.” reasons Cam. “I’ve never really cared for happy songs. Excited, maybe. Desperation. adrenaline. melancholy, but in a wild and passionate way”.

All of these attributes and more are to be found herein. Aided and abetted by long-time collaborator Felix Fung on mixing desk and “fifth Beatle” duties, and resplendent in a sleeve by macabre visionary Adam Burke; Wretched Heart is a glorious testimony to a band ready to transcend its influences in search of fresh glory. “Lilac”, the album’s lead single (which also features a guest guitar solo from former Spirit Adrift, Carcass and Angel Witch man Tom Draper) is their most addictive and bittersweet moment to date, channelling both stadium-sized passion and wistful longing. “Take My Life” is an existential mid-paced stomper with a chorus that a Spandex-clad ‘80s warrior would kill for yet an emotional depth that they might be perplexed by.

“Oubliette” meanwhile tackles the feeling of being trapped under the wheels of capitalism with bleak fortitude, and the gloriously stirring finale title track maps out a curious hinterland where Maiden-esque gallantry can share space with Kraftwerk-style vocoder stylings.

Having previously dealt heavily with the mystical and fantastical, Wretched Heart also showcases a new kind of emotional directness, reflecting the band’s own personal lives, as Cam attests “I challenge all lyricists: don’t be a coward! Whatever you’re feeling, have the courage to write about it! Being afraid to be cringe is the worst disaster to befall art”   “I’m always looking for that subconscious, under-the-skin feeling that we all got when listening to our first favourite bands in high school, where it’s just pure and exciting and takes hold of you” he reckons. “I’ll always worship Maiden, Sabbath and Priest, but I’d hate to be that guy who just goes back to putting on the same records every day. There is always new ground to be broken by those willing to risk it. I hope we succeeded in writing a catchy, exciting, personal record, which also pisses off a few of the more rigid traditionalists”.

Wretched Heart, in all its gory glory, thus embodies a very vital paradox - a record made by true believers who yearn for catharsis beyond. The oxymoron of anthems forged from steel, yet with a very human heart. Even the most cynical bystander will likely struggle not to be bewitched.

This album is for anyone going through it” summarises Cam, “Anyone who’s not afraid to lay it all out in the open and feel something real!”.

credits

releases May 1, 2026

Cam Mesmer
Vocals, Bass, Rhythm
Guitar, Synthesizers
Al Lester
Vocals, Lead Guitar,
Rhythm Guitar, Drums
Jeff Black
Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Gabriel Tenebrae
Lead Guitar, Synthesizers

Additional Musicians:
Alison Black (Backing Vocals)
Tom Draper (Guitar Solo on Lilac)
Nicole "Trish" McDonal (Scream Vocals on "Iron Teeth")
Kalen Baker and Stephanie House (Choir Vocals on "Iron Teeth")

Produced by Felix Fung
Recorded at Little Red Sounds,
New Westminster, BC, March-October 2025

Mastered by Greg Mindorff at Suite Sound Labs
Cover painting by Adam Burke
Photography by Caitlin Delaplace
Graphic Design by Annick Giroux
Logo by Sean Coggins

Opera IX - Veneficium - LP (Pre-order)

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THIS IS A PRE-ORDER ITEM. Shipping out on or around 22.05.2026. If you order other items that are already in stock together with a preorder - your order will not be shipped before the preorder-item(s) is available.

180 gram vinyl in following variations:
- red / gold swirl vinyl (lim 100)
- transparent green / black marble vinyl (lim 150)
- black vinyl (lim 250)

All copies comes with high gloss outer sleeve and printed insert.
Vinyls ships outside outer sleeve in a plain black polylined inner sleeve.
PRE ORDER ITEM SHIPS MID MAY 2026.

“Veneficium” is a pilgrimage through the labyrinth of the dark arts, a botanical dominion that only the wisdom of women dared to master. These are the echoes of a primal past that still thrum within our blood and resonate in our souls ensuring that such a legacy shall never be surrendered to oblivion.”

Recorded at Elfo Studios, ADSR Decibel Studio, Occultum Studio and Daemon Star Studio between November 2025 and January 2026.
Mix and mastering by Algol at Daemon Star Studio.

01. Gratidia
02. Saltatio Corvi
03. Saturni Arcanum
04. Hortus Sagae
05. Sagana

01. Vocatio Mortuorum
02. Defixiones
03. Veneficium
04. Asphodelios
05. Veia

Sisyphean - Divergence - LP

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Sisyphean from Vilnius, Lithuania is one the most exciting bands of the genre. So far, they have released two full-length albums – This third album, titled Divergence will be out on all formats on the 3rd of April 2026.

Perfect for the quietness of the winter forest, but also well suited for a walk through the city centre. Earphones on. A bleak drizzle of rain in the city or a hazy mist in the forest. No stars in the sky, or sun in the morning, just gloom and a sense of hopelessness. But there is always a way to retaliate. To stand up to the poison of lies, deceit and oppression. The feeling of the song is both solitude and anger. Still the solitude is by choice and not by force. Is there a plot for revenge in the making?

1. The Tower
2. A Point in the Abyss
3. Occultation
4. Stupor Mundi
5. Hunting for Answers
6. In Divergence
7. Black Bird That Brings No Joy
8. Sangfroid

Sign of Evil - Psychodelic Darkness - LP

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All copies on black vinyl.
High gloss outer sleeve and printed insert.
Vinyl comes in black polylined sleeve.

In the shadow of the gallows, in the burning fields of next year’s crop, in the minds of every maggot ridden corpse – We can only hope for the return of the SIGN OF EVIL. And now the Chilean maniacs are back with PSYCHODELIC DARKNESS. Following up their 2022 album Psychodelic Death shouldn´t be easy, but the noose is now tightening in an even more satisfying way.
Unpredictable, dangerous and extremely free of the limitations that what normal people call normal people suffer from. This Chilean band is like a Venom on acid using distortion and chorus effects without limitations, simply because it sounds awesome. You could find them performing a late-night gig at an drugs and alcohol-heavy occult gathering of suicidal satanist vampires who got together for a proper feast of flesh and blood before the suns first cold rays.

01. Witches Dance
02. Sulfur Smell
03. The Sun of the Fallen Pt I
04. Satanics and Bastards
05. The Sun of the Fallen Pt II
06. Nightmares
07. Psychodelic Darkness
08. Incubus
09. The Flame of Deception
10. The Black Demons Returns

JPT Scare Band - Live at Crosstown Station(vinyl) (pre-order)

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Releases May 22, 2026

Ripple Music proudly announces the first-ever official live recordings from US proto-heavy and psych pioneers JPT Scare Band this May 22nd, capturing the elusive Kansas City outfit in rare live form.

For decades, JPT Scare Band has existed as one of heavy music’s most enigmatic cult secrets—a band formed in the early 1970s whose thunderous acid rock and proto-metal fury remained largely undocumented on official releases… until now.

Live at Crosstown Station captures a 2011 concert put together by KKFI 90.1 FM in Kansas City. The show was largely improvised and rehearsed just enough to confirm starts and stops. As frontman Terry Swope told the crowd that night after playing "Sleeping Sickness": "We played that song once, in 1975. This was the second time."

This is a vital piece of underground rock history finally seeing the light of day. Despite forming in Kansas City, Missouri over five decades ago, JPT Scare Band didn’t properly issue studio albums until the 1990s and beyond, leaving their legendary live energy mostly to word-of-mouth and battered bootlegs. This live set changes that and offers the clearest sonic snapshot yet of their heavy psych/acid rock hybrid in a raw, room-shaking setting. The release will appeal strongly to collectors of obscure heavy psych and early metal, and anyone who worships at the altar of Sabbath, Blue Cheer, and Leaf Hound.

The multitrack recordings were helmed by local engineer Dave Brock. Sound was run by Rocky Rude, whose resume includes Deep Purple, Mountain, and The Who. Psychedelic visuals by Paul Grigsby's son John Paul (now bassist for Gregory Alan Isakov) flanked the stage. Paul later mixed and mastered the tracks at Kung Bomar Studios. The result is raw, spontaneous, and historically vital: a cult band's live debut, five decades in the making.

TRACKLIST:
1. Hungry For Your Love
2. Sleeping Sickness
3. Amazons
4. Acid Blues
5. I've Been Waiting

Formed in early 1970s Kansas City, JPT Scare Band have spent decades graduating from totally unknown to painfully obscure. And yet—original lineup still intact. Still making meaningful music. Still proud of the twisted analogue insanity they've been recording since the days of reel-to-reel.

About the band's genesis, guitarist and vocalist Terry Swope recalls: "The JPT Scare Band had no official beginning. The kind hand of fate brought Jeff, Paul and I together in 1973 and left us to sort it out. We moved into a house and set up our gear in the basement. As we jammed away the days and nights, an odd organic process was set in motion. Jeff, Paul and I discovered that we could make a mighty noise. Rather than question this remarkable development, the three of us simply accepted it as fact. We rarely discussed chords or arrangements; those things were beside the point. All that concerned us was combining our energy and using it to create a habitable musical world. Once we made that happen, our travels began.”

Over the years, word has crept into odd corners of the world. In 2007, Classic Rock Magazine named them among the "Lost Pioneers of Heavy Metal" alongside Iron Butterfly, Bloodrock, and Leafhound. The band will take it, even if they never quite called themselves metal. Their first two albums Acid Acetate Excursion and Rape of Titan's Sirens were issued on vinyl only and vanished fast. Their first CD release, Sleeping Sickness, was swallowed when the label Monster Records imploded amid tragedy. For years, JPT existed mostly as rumor and out-of-print artifacts.

Then came Ripple Music. In 2010, guitarist Jeff Littrell reached out to Todd Severin of The Ripple Effect website, asking him to produce an album. Todd instead founded the now world-renowned label Ripple Music and released Acid Blues Is The White Man's Burden as a double gatefold vinyl. Success followed. Fifteen years later, these two forces of nature team up once again to present this essential live work to the masses, with the exclusive release of JPT Scare Band's Live at Crosstown Station in the spring of 2026.

JPT Scare Band is
Terry Swope — Guitar, Lead Vocals
Paul Grigsby — Bass, Vocals
Jeff Littrell — Drums, Vocals

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Bong Voyage - Hedonistic Hard Rock (vinyl) (pre-order)

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Releases May 8, 2026

1.	Saturday Rite Special
	2.	Large and in Charge
	3.	UFOria
	4.	One Hundred Million Billion Beers
	5.	Escapte Prison Planet Earth
	6.	Outer Space Freebase
	7.	Enabler
	8.	Wizard of Oslo
	9.	In Possession

Fireball Ministry - The Second Great Awakening Vinyl (pre-order)

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Releases May 22, 2026

Awakening" album on May 22nd via Ripple Music!
Los Angeles heavy rock heavyweights FIREBALL MINISTRY announce the special vinyl reissue of their 2003 classic "The Second Great Awakening" this May 22nd, as part of Ripple Music's "Beneath The Desert Floor" reissue series.

"LA's Fireball Ministry have been of the most dependent, if not exactly prolific, acts to come out of the late 90's stoner rock movement." — Metal Injection

Fireball Ministry has truth and rock n’ roll valor imprinted in their DNA, with a mixture of East Coast and Midwestern roots stirred into their California melting pot. From the outset, the band has aggressively steered clear of pretension. They move ever forward with a clear focus on bottom-heavy tunes, channeling timeless hard rock without falling into the traps of mere imitation or novelty. As such, they have earned the respect of many fellow artists and a legion of dedicated fans has built in their wake.

Listen to the album on all streaming services
Watch the videos for King // Master of None // Flatline

Their sophomore album, 2003’s "The Second Great Awakening" was produced by Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains) and initially released on Nuclear Blast Records. The album lineup is James A Rota II on guitars and vocals, Emily J Burton on guitars, Janis Tanaka (former L7) on bass and backing vocals, and John Oreshnick on drums. It features an exclusive artwork created by cult comic artist Dan Brebreton of "Nocturnals" fame. The album is now seeing an exclusive LP reissue through Californian label Ripple Music, which features the European bonus track "Dark Descend" for the first time on a vinyl reissue.

FIREBALL MINISTRY "The Second Great Awakening" (LP reissue)
Out May 22nd on Ripple Music - PREORDER

TRACKLIST:
1. The Second Great Awakening (intro)
2. King
3. The Sinner
4. Master of None
5. Daughter of the Damned
6. Flatline
7. In the Mourning
8. He Who Kills
9. Rollin’ On
10. Choker
11. Maidens of Venus
12. Dark Descend (Bonus Track)

Sabbath-soaked rhythms, Priest-worshipping melodies, and no-nonsense Thin Lizzy mayhem collide in the Hollywood, California band, a group that has humbly but confidently flown the flag for rock authenticity since the hard-partying year of 1999. The list of legendary icons that have invited Fireball Ministry to share their stages reads like a crucial discography of desert island riffs: Blue Oyster Cult, Uriah Heap, Alice Cooper, Judas Priest, Slayer, Danzig, Anthrax, Rob Zombie, Motörhead, Dio, and Zakk Wylde’s tribute trio, Zakk Sabbath. They’re an essential part of the festival landscape, regularly appearing at crucial events like Psycho Las Vegas and Motörhead’s Motörboat cruise. The WWE and the people who made Sons of Anarchy are among the true believers who’ve adopted Fireball Ministry anthems as battle cries in their programming.

For nearly two decades, a subversive clandestine cadre of true believers from all walks of life has spread the good word about the band. Fireball Ministry asked an important question with their debut in 1999: Ou Est La Rock? In 2001 they released an EP on Small Stone Records, FMEP. Four years later, the rumble rang louder from the underground, with MTV News taking notice of The Second Great Awakening (Nuclear Blast).

Their Rock Is Not Our Rock (Century Media), released in 2005, was recorded at Dave Grohl’s 606 West studios, and like their previous album, produced by genre legend Nick Raskulinecz (Rush, Foo Fighters, Alice In Chains). In 2010, Fireball Ministry released their self-titled fourth studio album Fireball Ministry (Restricted), produced by Andrew Alekel (Clutch, Fu Manchu), followed by Remember the Story in 2017 (Cleopatra Records). The band remains determined to define success on their own terms, forging ahead with lives free from artistic compromise. Never forget to Remember the Story.

Album lineup
James A. Rota II – Guitar, vocals
Emily J. Burton – Guitar
Janis Tanaka - Bass, Backing Vocals
John Oreshnick – Drums

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MUERTO – Eclipsed Realms (Jewel Case CD)

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There is something about the rawness of emotions expressed in their pure, undiluted form and that’s probably what’s most appealing about this release. Against the backdrop of harrowing, plaintive music are the hollow echoes of an aggrieved, possessed-sounding woman, adding more malice to the music than anything possibly contrived. Over here is something dark, unseemly, insidious if only by being so naturally real and relatable. The intriguing doom-laden black metal music throbs and twists with a firm grip of the atmosphere pressing down on the listener like a hand to the throat. Muerto’s disarmingly direct delivery, masterful juggling of various emotions in an aura of suffocating darkness, and their refreshing rawness in a time of overly processed music make them a band worthy of your attention.

Genre – Black metal with doom metal elements

For fans of – Amenra, Emptiness, Opera IX, Deathspell Omega

Official Release Date: April 17th, 2026

Line up:
Penelope Matamoros – Vocals & Bass
Juan Mondragon – Guitars
Eddel Jared – Drums

Artwork by Ricardo González

2026 Transcending Obscurity Records

Depravity - Bestial Possession (Jewel Case CD)

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The jewel case CD with a transparent tray comes with a full colour 12-page booklet containing complete lyrics and info with gnarly artwork by Paolo Girardi. This edition is limited to 500 copies and each CD comes with a hand-numbered card, metallic sticker,

Apolaustic - No Plenitude Without Suffering (Vinyl)

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Apolaustic was formed by the former Stortregn vocalist/guitarist Romain Negro as an outlet for him to express his personal vision. At once scathing and stirring, the sharp, insistent riffs go hand in hand with elegant melodies that never outstay their welcome. The aggression and poignancy is beautifully managed with plenty of variations provided to highlight those emotions at the right times. After experiencing the turmoil of life, the aching pain in the melodies is all too palpable. “No Plenitude Without Suffering” is a heartfelt, meticulously put together, pristine-sounding debut from a veteran musician that is bound to stand the test of time if only on the basis of the sheer quality of melodies contained within.

Genre – Melodic black/death metal

For fans of – Dissection, Naglfar, Sacramentum, Unanimated, Thulcandra, Stortregn, Dyssebeia

Line up –
Romain Negro (ex-Stortregn) – Vocals, Songwriting
Merlin Bogado (Dyssebeia) – Session Guitars & Bass
Nicolas Muller – Session Drums

Cover artwork by Romain Negro

2026 Transcending Obscurity Records

Mirror of My Soul - October is Rising (Vinyl) (Pre-order)

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Album releases on May 22nd.

Mirror of My Soul is a project album by Patrik Andersson Winberg (Dun Ringill, Ex The Order of Israfel, among many bands). It's raw, deeply personal singer-songwriter album that carries the emotional weight and intensity of gothic and hard rock — without copying their sounds. Only the darkness, honesty, and power remain.

Born from a five-year journey of letting go of all rules, this solo debut pours out real life: joy and pain, strength and vulnerability, in unfiltered storytelling. No compromises, no filters — just emotion turned into music. Inspired by Nick Cave, Johnny Cash, and Fields of the Nephilim.

Featuring an outstanding lineup of musicians including:
• Drums: Pete Campbell (ex-Pentagram)
• Guitars: Patric Grammann (Dun Ringill)
• Bass & more: Patrik Andersson Winberg
• Vocals: Terry Slesser (ex-Beckett), Niklas Sjöberg (ex-Graviators), and others!

The album 'October is Rising' is an album. that simply had to exist. Now it’s ready — dark, atmospheric, and alive!

October is Rising vinyl comes in
Transparent orange + black + white marbled vinyl
Gatefold sleeve
Vinyl ships outside the sleeve
Only 100 availabe at MMR

Please note that the photos are mockups and the final result may differ slightly from the images.

Goddess - Ritual of The Cloven Hoof (cd) (pre-order)

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Album releases on May 22nd.

Goddess is the powerful new incarnation of Sweden’s revered stoner/doom outfit Goatess.

After founding guitarist Niklas departed, the remaining members chose to step into a fresh chapter and rebrand as Goddess — a name that better captures the divine, hypnotic, and majestic spirit of their music. The soul of the band remains untouched: crushing, riff-heavy traditional doom with thick, fuzzy stoner grooves, soaring vocals, and a dark, psychedelic edge that pays homage to the greats while carving out their own heavy legacy.

Hailing from Stockholm, Goddess features seasoned musicians with a rich history in the Swedish underground (including members and alumni tied to acts like Crucifyre). Their sound builds on the foundation laid across Goatess’s three acclaimed albums — Goatess (2013), II: Purgatory Under New Management (2016), and Blood and Wine (2019) — delivering slow-burning, monolithic riffs, atmospheric weight, and that unmistakable Swedish doom swagger.

Now signed to Majestic Mountain Records, Goddess is preparing to release their debut album 'Ritual of the Cloven Hoof' ,under the new banner — a record that promises to enchant fans of Electric Wizard, Sleep, Saint Vitus, Count Raven, and classic Black Sabbath.

If you’re looking for a band that delivers pure, unadulterated heavy doom with renewed energy and vision, Goddess is ready to cast its spell.

Goddess - Ritual of The Cloven Hoof (pre-order) (Vinyl)

Goddess - Ritual of The Cloven Hoof (pre-order) (Vinyl)

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Goddess is the powerful new incarnation of Sweden’s revered stoner/doom outfit Goatess.

After founding guitarist Niklas departed, the remaining members chose to step into a fresh chapter and rebrand as Goddess — a name that better captures the divine, hypnotic, and majestic spirit of their music. The soul of the band remains untouched: crushing, riff-heavy traditional doom with thick, fuzzy stoner grooves, soaring vocals, and a dark, psychedelic edge that pays homage to the greats while carving out their own heavy legacy.

Hailing from Stockholm, Goddess features seasoned musicians with a rich history in the Swedish underground (including members and alumni tied to acts like Crucifyre). Their sound builds on the foundation laid across Goatess’s three acclaimed albums — Goatess (2013), II: Purgatory Under New Management (2016), and Blood and Wine (2019) — delivering slow-burning, monolithic riffs, atmospheric weight, and that unmistakable Swedish doom swagger.

Now signed to Majestic Mountain Records, Goddess is preparing to release their debut album 'Ritual of the Cloven Hoof' ,under the new banner — a record that promises to enchant fans of Electric Wizard, Sleep, Saint Vitus, Count Raven, and classic Black Sabbath.

If you’re looking for a band that delivers pure, unadulterated heavy doom with renewed energy and vision, Goddess is ready to cast its spell.

Ritual of the Cloven Hoof comes in 2 edition!

Majestic Mountain Edition

Orange + silver merge
It comes in a standard sleeve
Full color insert (60x30cm!)
Poly-lined innersleeves
Vinyl ships outside the sleeve

Goddess Edition
Grey black mabled with orange splatter
It comes in a standard sleeve
Full color insert (60x30cm!)
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Cnoc An Tursa - A Cry For The Slain (Vinyl)

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Eight years on from their last album, The Forty Five, Scotland’s Cnoc An Tursa have returned with an evocative tribute to the history, the folklore, the unique magic of their homeland. With their characteristic blend of fierce black metal and traditional melodies they have conjured up a set of songs that bring together mourning and defiance, mystery and fear, pride and passion. It is rare for a band to return from years of silence with an album that represents a new creative peak in their story, but with A Cry For The Slain that is exactly what Cnoc An Tursa have achieved. Speaking about their aims with this album, the band have said,

"With this new album we feel like we are going back to our roots with a more guitar driven style and bringing back some of the folk elements musically and lyrically which was the original inspiration for the band."
And by looking back they have found the way forward, reigniting their fire and forging an album that will resonate through the years to come.

‘Na Fir Ghorma’ with its haunting guitar notes and sense of dignity and sorrow opens the door to A Cry For The Slain, ushering you into the furious opening blast of ‘The Caoineag’. Steeped in bardic tradition and storytelling this majestic track introduces the listener to a highland banshee who foretells death and tragedy and sings her laments beside the deep lochs and chill waterfalls. With the Caoineag’s song atmosphere rises like mountain mists, enshrouding and transporting while the captivating melodies conjured by Cnoc An Tursa lead us into a different world. ‘Cailleach And The Guardians Of The Seven Stones’ is a magnificent, sweeping tribute to the goddess of winter who shapes the landscape with her hammer, the ghost of Thin Lizzy’s ‘Emerald’ dancing in its Gaelic reels. A stunning guitar solo adorns the multifaceted track that captures the power, allure, mystery and terror of the blood thirsty ‘Baobhan Sith’, while the thundering energy of ‘Am Fear Liath Mòr’ takes you to the mountain passes of the Cairngorms, haunted by a giant presence…“I can hear the footsteps behind me, I can see the Big Grey Man”… And nestled amongst all the stories and ‘Address To The Devil’s epic dark poetry, we find first single, ‘Alba In My Heart’ – a pledge of allegiance, a song of devotion to Cnoc An Tursa’s beloved Scotland. There’s a raised fist and a strength of spirit in the blood stirring melodies and the rolling rhythms, in the riffs tumbling down like mountain streams. The authenticity of emotion in this song is undeniable. By the time ‘The Nine Maidens Of Dundee’ leads us down from the peaks once more, with a head full of dreams and a belief that magic may still exist in the less travelled glens of the northlands, the sheer power of Cnoc An Tursa’s return has become abundantly clear. A Cry For The Slain is a breathtaking album, a beacon burning in the night of mundane modernity, calling to those of us who want more than we’ve been sold.

With the intuitive mastering of Jaime Gomez Arellano (Paradise Lost, Primordial, Hexvessel etc) bringing depth and vigour to every note, A Cry For The Slain smoulders with sonic intensity and all the emotion and secrets of its narrative are captured in the evocative artwork of Olga Kann (Winteria, Withered Land, Ruadh etc) that adorns its cover. Apocalyptic Witchcraft will release this monumental album on April 24th and the defiant cry of Cnoc An Tursa will echo through the landscape once more.

Nirvana - Smiley T-Shirt

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YEW "IV" Black Vinyl

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Obscurant Visions is proud to present "IV" the second album of YEW on vinyl.

YEW return with their second album, the darkest, fiercest, and most uncompromising work in their catalog to date. Blending black metal, doom, folk, ambient, and americana, the band crafts an atmosphere where primal aggression coexists with spectral melancholy and funerary grandeur.
Inspired by the American Victorian era, mourning traditions, spiritism, themes of death, liberty, and memory, the album unfolds as a journey through ashes, grief, and purifying fire.
A powerful and deeply cinematic work, it further cements Yew’s singular place at the crossroads of American folk heritage and extreme music.
FFO: Ennio Morricone, Volahn, Arizmenda

- 100 Ash (black)
- Pressed on 180g vinyl
- Insert
- Printed labels
- OBI strip

Drah'kæl "At the Forgotten Altars of Depravity" Black Vinyl

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Obscurant Visions is proud to present "At the Forgotten Altars of Depravity" the debut album of Drah'kæl on vinyl.

Drah'kæl's debut release delivers a raw and immersive vision of black metal, forged in the frozen solitude of the north. Blending caustic aggression with subtle atmospheric depth, the album explores themes of decay, isolation, and spiritual transcendence. A powerful first statement, it embraces ruin not as an ending, but as a higher truth.
FFO: Trha, Lamp Of Murmuur

- 100 black
- Pressed on 140g vinyl
- Printed labels

Autumn Strife "Romance" Black Vinyl

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Obscurant Visions is proud to present "Romance" the third full-length album of Autumn Strife on vinyl.

Another great record of triumphant and melancholic Midwestern Black Metal. Maybe the project's best to date with more daring and varied songwriting, with strong basslines, tracks that range from solar blitzkriegs in praise of kin and land to slower more melancholic dwellings into autumnal pastures.

- 200 black
- Pressed on 180g vinyl
- Insert
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Wergild "Ravagers Of The Borderlands" Black Vinyl

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Obscurant Visions is proud to present "Ravagers Of The Borderlands" the debut album of Wergild on vinyl.

Wergild conjures tales of conquest and loss, of men swallowed by history's relentless tide, telling the eternal dance of expansion and retribution that shaped the Texan frontier, yet beneath this fury lies a nostalgic melancholy for something irretrievably gone, hinted at in the melodic tenderness that seeps through the cracks of death metal's aggression.

- 100 black
- Pressed on 180g vinyl
- Poster A2
- Printed labels

Khan - Creatures Vinyl Burn Inside Edition

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Khan's third studio album 'Creatures' pressed onto standard 140g vinyl. Released in 2023.

Originally pressed onto 3 variants, limited to:

- 357 copies of 'Bestial Triad'

- 337 copies of 'Barren Lands'

- 314 copies of 'Spectral Meadow'

Second pressing limited to:

- 518 copies of 'Burn Inside' (Transparent)

When purchasing this product, we're also offering a complimentary Bandcamp download code for this release so that you can enjoy the album in a variety of digital formats. Get in touch with your order form and we'll send you the code.

Track Listing:

Slow
How Old
Follow
Eyes, Lungs, Arms & Mind
Confusion
Creatures

Khan - That Fair and Warlike Form // Return to Dust - Vinyl Remnants Edition

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Khan's fourth studio album 'That Fair and Warlike Form // Return to Dust' pressed onto standard 140g vinyl. Released in 2025.

Originally pressed onto 2 variants, limited to:

- 469 copies of 'Erlik'

- 509 copies of 'Ülgen'

Second pressing limited to:

- 517 copies of 'Remnants' (Transparent)

When purchasing this product, we're also offering a complimentary Bandcamp download code for this release so that you can enjoy the album in a variety of digital formats. Get in touch with your order form and we'll send you the code.

Track Listing:

That Fair and Warlike Form
Return to Dust

Taake - En Skog av Nidstang - LP

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Having balanced tradition and innovation for over three decades, Taake remains fiercely independent while continually pushing its own creative boundaries. That uncompromising vision finds new expression on the ninth full-length album, En Skog av Nidstang.

Past years of increasing isolation, detached from contemporary trends and largely removed from the influence of other music, the creative drive of songwriter Hoest has only intensified, resulting in four expansive compositions that flow naturally from the inspired mindset behind 2023's critically acclaimed Et Hav av Avstand.

The recordings for En Skog av Nidstang were completed south of Bergen, in the moss-covered forests around the island of Borgøy. In the surroundings depicted by the ill-fated Norwegian painter Lars Hertervig, Taake embraced the focused seclusion of the landscape, relying less on modern technology or studio excess, but on intuition, confinement, creativity, and a mastery of the rudimentary tools of the trade.

And it sounds unmistakably like Taake. Reckless thrashing riffs mix with brooding gloom, chilling melodies emerge from violent intensity, and moments of desolate reflection give way to untamed aggression.
The result is an album that celebrates the enduring power of an unyielding artistic vision; proof that, after 33 years, Taake remains as vital, distinctive and relevant as ever.

Tracklist:
1. Einstoeingen og Eg
2. Et Dyr tok min Hud
3. Engler
4. Av Guds ville Naade

Maȟpíya Lúta "Wówalitake" Black Vinyl

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Obscurant Visions is proud to present "Wówalitake" of Maȟpíya Lúta on vinyl.

After two profound journeys into the depths of darkness, Maȟpíya Lúta returns with its third full-length album, Wówalitake — a record that is not only heard, but deeply felt.

Wówalitake is the echo of ancestral voices; the whisper of the wind across ancient plains, the memory of sacred lands, and a powerful expression rising from the heart of Lakota identity. It is the meeting point of fury and beauty, where the darkness of black metal merges with history, spirituality, and cultural heritage.

This music is more than riffs and sound; it is a story of survival, roots, and an unbroken spirit that refuses to fade. Maȟpíya Lúta proves once again that black metal can be more than a genre — it can be a ritual, a memory, and the voice of generations carried through time.

With Wówalitake, the third chapter begins — a journey into the darkness, toward ancestral heritage.

- 50 splatter
- 50 swirl
- 100 black
- A2 poster
- Pressed on 180g vinyl
- Printed labels

Dysgnostic - End Whispers (Vinyl)

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Dysgnostic continue to refine their hypnotic dissonant death metal sound by adding more nuance and structure to it. The music on this album is dense and complex while retaining the cover of darkness. The impassioned, seething riffs light up the proceedings like fireflies buzzing around in an underground cave. The hypnotic quality of the music induces a state of pleasurable numbness where you witness an otherwise harrowing maze of constantly shifting tunes and it all seems perfectly logical and in place. With all this cacophony, which eventually feels like orchestrated symphony, varying dark shades of emotions start becoming apparent. It’s clear that “End Whispers” is only as impenetrable as it is multifaceted, an album that starts making sense after a few listens and one that will make you keep coming back to it to unravel more of its intricacies.

Genre – Dissonant death metal
For fans of – Ulcerate, Evilyn, Gorguts, Crown of Madness, Undersave

Line up –
Thomas Fischer (Elitist, Apparatus, ex-Defilementory) – Bass, vocals, composition
Simon Kannegard (Denial of God, ex-Defilementory) – Lead guitar
Richardt Olsen (Carbon Tomb, ex-Defilementory)- Drums
Mads Bertram H Gath (Crocell, Heaven’s Damnation) – Guitar

Artwork by Belial NecroArts

2026 Transcending Obscurity Records

Verdun - Abyssal Womb (Vinyl)

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Verdun from France emerge after a prolonged gap of seven years, armed with a sound more potent and lethal than ever before. They’ve evolved to play a form of blackened sludge with a dissonant edge. Their music on the new album is riff-driven through and through; without wasting time on ambience or buildup, they go straight for the jugular and leave things filthy. The music is mind-numbingly heavy yet catchy and direct, making it highly effective and memorable. To balance the blackened spite dripping from the well-enunciated vocals, the music includes atmospheric elements and possesses emotional depth. The album doesn’t drag on and seems to end sooner than later but only after exploring various aspects of their sound that keep it engrossing and thoroughly satisfying. “Abyssal Womb” is a fine representation of the style, having a sublime sound and faultless execution, and more importantly, it will stay with you long after the album is over.

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Verdun - Abyssal Womb CD

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Verdun from France emerge after a prolonged gap of seven years, armed with a sound more potent and lethal than ever before. They’ve evolved to play a form of blackened sludge with a dissonant edge. Their music on the new album is riff-driven through and through; without wasting time on ambience or buildup, they go straight for the jugular and leave things filthy. The music is mind-numbingly heavy yet catchy and direct, making it highly effective and memorable. To balance the blackened spite dripping from the well-enunciated vocals, the music includes atmospheric elements and possesses emotional depth. The album doesn’t drag on and seems to end sooner than later but only after exploring various aspects of their sound that keep it engrossing and thoroughly satisfying. “Abyssal Womb” is a fine representation of the style, having a sublime sound and faultless execution, and more importantly, it will stay with you long after the album is over.

2026 Transcending Obscurity Records

Dysgnostic - End Whispers CD

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Dysgnostic continue to refine their hypnotic dissonant death metal sound by adding more nuance and structure to it. The music on this album is dense and complex while retaining the cover of darkness. The impassioned, seething riffs light up the proceedings like fireflies buzzing around in an underground cave. The hypnotic quality of the music induces a state of pleasurable numbness where you witness an otherwise harrowing maze of constantly shifting tunes and it all seems perfectly logical and in place. With all this cacophony, which eventually feels like orchestrated symphony, varying dark shades of emotions start becoming apparent. It’s clear that “End Whispers” is only as impenetrable as it is multifaceted, an album that starts making sense after a few listens and one that will make you keep coming back to it to unravel more of its intricacies.

Genre – Dissonant death metal
For fans of – Ulcerate, Evilyn, Gorguts, Crown of Madness, Undersave

Line up –
Thomas Fischer (Elitist, Apparatus, ex-Defilementory) – Bass, vocals, composition
Simon Kannegard (Denial of God, ex-Defilementory) – Lead guitar
Richardt Olsen (Carbon Tomb, ex-Defilementory)- Drums
Mads Bertram H Gath (Crocell, Heaven’s Damnation) – Guitar

Artwork by Belial NecroArts

2026 Transcending Obscurity Records

Hällas Excerpts From A Future Past CD Digipak

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Completely NEW, never played Hällas Excerpts From A Future Past CD Digipak

Hällas Hällas CD

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Completely NEW, never played Hällas Hällas CD

MCC - The Demon King Black LP

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Black LP. Completely NEW, never played, in original plastic sleeve and hyper sticker.

MCC - The Demon King CD

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Completely NEW, never played MCC - The Demon King CD

Monument aux morts by VIANDE gray transparent marble vinyl

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French band Viande do more than create scarring, wholesome dark and doomy death metal - they delve into the more atmospheric side of things that messes with your consciousness and has potential psychological implications. There's an all too palpable menace in the sound - the aggressive, militaristic approach, the ominous, dread-filled music aided by a combination of abyssal growls and tormented screams, and ultimately, a haunting, eerie atmosphere touched by dissonance that wouldn't be out of place in a horror movie. Viande's music sounds chaotic even during the slower, doomier parts. It exerts a kind of control over you making you more susceptible to the imagery they intend to project with their sound. When this carefully devised album ends, the feeling is akin to stumbling out of a horrific catacomb in an enhanced spiritual state, with the cries of a thousand dead souls still ringing in your head. "Monument aux morts" is an exceptional album in the style and definitely not one for the faint of heart.

Genre - Dark, doomy, atmospheric death metal

For fans of - Incantation, Teitanblood, Cruciamentum, Dwelling Below, Dead Congregation

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released July 31, 2026

Line up -
B - Guitar, synths
J - Vocals
O - Bass
I - Drums

Artwork by JB Godefroy

Relics of Great Ash by ABYSSAL RIFT purple splatter vinyl

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Abyssal Rift create gut-wrenching, pulverizing death/doom metal that embodies the best aspects of those two styles. The integration is thorough and the marked oscillation between the two happens naturally rather than it being a forced process. For a band of this ilk, the music is far more intricate and involved than it seems, with moments of it being fleshed out or slowed down if only to emphasize the unfathomable heaviness. At other times, the music builds in intensity until it reaches a crescendo, to be followed by a filthy, chugging part, a ripping solo, or a transcendental or industrial-tinged atmospheric passage. They manage to mix it all up without losing coherency or their asphyxiating grip on the listener. This is an engrossing, diligent album rife with downright wicked riffs, an ominous atmosphere, and some insane structuring, more so than most others in the vein.

Genre - Death/doom metal

For fans of - Incantation, Disembowelment, Cruciamentum, Dead Congregation, Saevus Finis

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released August 14, 2026

Line up -
Matt Auxier - Guitars, lead vocals, synths , programming
Mike Sliclen - Bass, vocals
Brandon Smith - Drums, percussion, vocals

Art/Drawings by Brandon Smith
Cover Photo by Mike Sliclen

October By Name by Kavus Torabi Transparent Yellow Vinyl

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With its name inspired by a dream, 'October By Name' marks out a new chapter in the career of Kavus Torabi. - a psychedelic polymath increasing stretching out his creativity via co-ordinates entirely of his own. This has been a decade so far in which his prolific artistry has only been matched by an equally turbulent period in his personal life. Yet the alchemical charge that has resulted matches the mystical origins of the album’s title with six songs that inhabit a similarly surreal and transcendental landscape. As Kavus reckons "If you can’t trust your subconscious, who can you trust?”

Not merely a more optimistic and beatific sounding record than its cathartic and intense predecessor ‘The Banishing’, 'October By Name' sees Kavus evolving as an artist in ways he maybe didn’t even predict himself. Both inspired by his recent work with Gong and Cardiacs, and inhabiting a serious change of modus operandi via his work to date with the improvisational project The Utopia Strong, he created a new method of writing where all styles converge and overlap "As with the first time I heard Cardiacs at the age of sixteen and thinking ‘Oh! You can make stuff like this’, so I had a similar epiphany three decades on"

"Water Into Wine”, a particularly striking example of his current headspace, is a disarmingly catchy ditty with a philosophical stance inspired by friends and acquaintances., somewhat in the great lineage of British psychedelic pathfinders through the ages (the triumvirate of Syd Barrett, Robyn Hitchcock and Julian Cope being an example) It’s at heart a bittersweet yet optimistic reverie that is pure Torabi. "Perhaps there is no free will and we’re all just playing out the consequences of our genes, insecurities and childhood damage" he reflects on the fundamentals of this song "But I have to believe change is possible because, honestly, what’s the point in anything if it isn’t?”

The openers "Signals Shine” and “In Her Radiance'', meanwhile, in all their luminous glory, see him writing love songs. "No big deal in the wider pantheon of music, but a very big deal to me in that I’ve never written this way before." he notes. "There’s a different energy in writing romantic verse from the position of a man of my age and experience as opposed to when I was in my twenties. I was far too self-conscious and critical to even attempt anything like this back then and genuinely didn’t feel the pull of the love song like I do now. Writing about being on acid made much more sense".   Crucial to ‘October By Name’ - which Kavus sees as the third part of a trilogy of solo albums is its very specific way of working. “This wasn’t necessarily a contrived plan when I started making solo records but the model I used on my debut Hip To The Jag; performing and recording everything using only instruments available to me, writing songs of an autobiographical and personal nature and drawing and lettering everything by hand seemed to be the right way to go” he notes “This was a way to put all of myself into something, allowing my shortcomings to define the outcome. I’m not a great drummer or letterer, for example, but the way I play drums or hand-letter, sing, or mix becomes the thing”.

“Increasingly, I’m becoming more solipsistic, going further into my own world creatively. As long as the bubble I’m in keeps giving me songs, I’m OK with that. Honestly, every one I get over the line, that still excites, thrills and engages me is a blessing”.

"I want to make something that feels celestial, otherworldly, mystical and transformative" elucidates Kavus, to which one would tend to say: mission accomplished. ."I think this is probably what I’ve always been trying to do but there was perhaps some insecurity or need to prove something that made me want to be deliberately obtuse or complex when I was younger. I do think music has a - for want of a better word - supernatural quality".

releases October 2, 2026

October By Name by Kavus Torabi Transparent Blue Vinyl

€27,00

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With its name inspired by a dream, 'October By Name' marks out a new chapter in the career of Kavus Torabi. - a psychedelic polymath increasing stretching out his creativity via co-ordinates entirely of his own. This has been a decade so far in which his prolific artistry has only been matched by an equally turbulent period in his personal life. Yet the alchemical charge that has resulted matches the mystical origins of the album’s title with six songs that inhabit a similarly surreal and transcendental landscape. As Kavus reckons "If you can’t trust your subconscious, who can you trust?”

Not merely a more optimistic and beatific sounding record than its cathartic and intense predecessor ‘The Banishing’, 'October By Name' sees Kavus evolving as an artist in ways he maybe didn’t even predict himself. Both inspired by his recent work with Gong and Cardiacs, and inhabiting a serious change of modus operandi via his work to date with the improvisational project The Utopia Strong, he created a new method of writing where all styles converge and overlap "As with the first time I heard Cardiacs at the age of sixteen and thinking ‘Oh! You can make stuff like this’, so I had a similar epiphany three decades on"

"Water Into Wine”, a particularly striking example of his current headspace, is a disarmingly catchy ditty with a philosophical stance inspired by friends and acquaintances., somewhat in the great lineage of British psychedelic pathfinders through the ages (the triumvirate of Syd Barrett, Robyn Hitchcock and Julian Cope being an example) It’s at heart a bittersweet yet optimistic reverie that is pure Torabi. "Perhaps there is no free will and we’re all just playing out the consequences of our genes, insecurities and childhood damage" he reflects on the fundamentals of this song "But I have to believe change is possible because, honestly, what’s the point in anything if it isn’t?”

The openers "Signals Shine” and “In Her Radiance'', meanwhile, in all their luminous glory, see him writing love songs. "No big deal in the wider pantheon of music, but a very big deal to me in that I’ve never written this way before." he notes. "There’s a different energy in writing romantic verse from the position of a man of my age and experience as opposed to when I was in my twenties. I was far too self-conscious and critical to even attempt anything like this back then and genuinely didn’t feel the pull of the love song like I do now. Writing about being on acid made much more sense".   Crucial to ‘October By Name’ - which Kavus sees as the third part of a trilogy of solo albums is its very specific way of working. “This wasn’t necessarily a contrived plan when I started making solo records but the model I used on my debut Hip To The Jag; performing and recording everything using only instruments available to me, writing songs of an autobiographical and personal nature and drawing and lettering everything by hand seemed to be the right way to go” he notes “This was a way to put all of myself into something, allowing my shortcomings to define the outcome. I’m not a great drummer or letterer, for example, but the way I play drums or hand-letter, sing, or mix becomes the thing”.

“Increasingly, I’m becoming more solipsistic, going further into my own world creatively. As long as the bubble I’m in keeps giving me songs, I’m OK with that. Honestly, every one I get over the line, that still excites, thrills and engages me is a blessing”.

"I want to make something that feels celestial, otherworldly, mystical and transformative" elucidates Kavus, to which one would tend to say: mission accomplished. ."I think this is probably what I’ve always been trying to do but there was perhaps some insecurity or need to prove something that made me want to be deliberately obtuse or complex when I was younger. I do think music has a - for want of a better word - supernatural quality".

releases October 2, 2026

Woorms - Twitching As Prey Vinyl

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WOORMS “Twitching, as prey”
Written by WOORMS.
Recorded at god/on/crutches in Baton Rouge, May-July 2019.
Additional recording at The Hospital in BR, September.
Engineered by Brian Domingue, Joey Carbo, and Seth Martin.
Produced by Seth Martin, Joey Carbo, and Brian Domingue.
Mastered by Carl Saff.
Art by Benny Nero.
Layout and color by Joshua Wilkinson.
Legal: Mike “GPS” Horne
All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is punishable by John riding your face, reverse cowgirl, and, singing “Puttin’ on the Ritz” in falsetto. In a beautiful and haunting falsetto.

WOORMS
JOEY CARBO guitars, vocals, keys, samples, etc.
JOHN ROBINSON basses, backing vocals
AARON POLK drums, percussion

PREORDER Twitching, as Prey THIRD PRESSING 4 COLOR SPLATTER
NEW ART INSERT AVAILABLE ON THIS PRESSING ONLY.

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JPT CROSSTOWN LAGUNA BLUE MARBELED LIMITED EDITION VINYL

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LIMITED EDITION GOLDEN SHOW HEDONISTIC HARD ROCK VINYL EDITION

FIREBALL "GOLDEN FIREBALL" LIMITED EDITION VINYL

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