Vinyl

Sentenced
North From Here (silver vinyl) LP
Cosmic Key Creations

Sentenced
Shadows Of Past LP
Cosmic Key Creations

Debut death metal cult album by Finnish metal heroes SENTENCED. Originally released by Thrash Records in 1992. Here's the official and limited re-issue on Cosmic Key Creations. Licensed from Century Media Records. The 2nd repress on Cosmic Key Creations with upgraded artwork, as close to the original pressing as possible. 1000 copies on snow-clear vinyl.


Tracklist:
A1. When The Moment Of Death Arrives
A2. Rot To Dead
A3. Disengagement
A4. Rotting Ways To Misery
A5. The Truth
B1. Suffocated Beginning Of Life
B2. Beyond The Distant Valleys
B3. Under The Suffer
B4. Descending Curtain Of Death

Sepultura
Above The Remains: Official Bootleg LP

Live in Germany '89

Serpentcult
Weight Of Light LP
Rise Above Records

Some bands are heavy and some bands are F***ING HEAVY! Belgium's SerpentCult (as spelt) most definitely fall into the latter. Comprising of various veterans of the Belgian underground Doom Metal scene, they set about battering galaxies with some of the most unorthodox and complex heavy riffs yet known to man during the heady summer of 2006. 'Weight Of Light', was recorded at Priory Studios, Birmingham with the grandmaster of subsonic frequencies, Greg Chandler (Esoteric). Mixing was handled Billy Anderson (High On Fire, Neurosis etc) at his Oakland home studios. The combination of savage material and the weighty pedigree of people involved in the production has resulted in creating one the absolute heaviest metal albums you will hear this year. Defying generic categorization, 'Weight Of Light' transcends beyond standard Doom fare into a maze of uncompromising rifferama. The title track, itself, sounding like a combination of the heaviest Goatsnake offerings mixed with a hint of Celtic Frostiness and (80's Belgian Metal legends) Acid. The all out Doom-odyssey of Akarnum reminds us how monumental and utterly devastating this often-overlooked genre can actually be.


Tracklist:
01. New World Order
02. Screams From The Deep
03. Weight Of Light
04. Awaken The Kraken
05. Arkanum
06. Red Dawn
07. Templar
08. SerpentCult

Set
Upheaval Of Unholy Darkness LP
Nuclear War Now Productions

In 2008, Set released a CDR demo entitled, "Dominus Profanum," that, due to the limited quantity in which it was produced, initially failed to generate the interest that the recording deserved. For the initiated, however, it was immediately apparent that Set would soon be recognized as a powerful current within the U.S. Black Metal underground. Immediately upon hearing the demo, YK contacted the prolific C. Davis/Drathrul, well known for his work with bands such as Hour of 13, Anu, Profane Grace, Demoncy, and Subklinik, to name a few. To further spread the darkness evoked by the "Dominus Profanum" recording, NWN! released a cassette version of the demo. Despite the promising nature of the demo, Set would be unable to record a proper full-length until earlier this year when the band delivered its debut full-length recording, "Upheaval of Unholy Darkness." The five-year interval between the two releases, though it left fans of the band disappointed, only sharpened the edges of Set's sound, and the quality of this debut more than compensates for the delay in its arrival. Like Demoncy, a band with which Davis has been affiliated, Set creates an oppressive atmosphere while still maintaining a delivery that is incisive and violent—a balance rarely achieved as expertly as it is on "Upheaval of Unholy Darkness." Set's atmospheric sensibilities are informed, no doubt, by Davis' noise and industrial work in Subklinik and Torturecide while Davis' excellent songwriting and riff management skills are clear from the Metal portion of his superb and diverse résumé. The accretion of Davis' myriad influences into a stylized yet traditional sound is impressive and culminates, here, in Set's extraordinary debut LP. First pressing of 250 copies on black vinyl. All copies with patch and sticker.


Tracklist:
01. Accursed Goathead Son 09:03
02. The Frozen Throne of Heaven 05:08
03. Mary, Mother of Disgust 03:12
04. Defilement of the Trinity 04:17
05. Blasphemy of Zion 04:32
06. Blood of Apostles - The Eyes of... 04:59
07. Upheaval of Unholy Darkness 12:25

Setherial
Lords Of The Nightrealm LP
Funeral Industries

Severe Torture
Misanthropic Carnage LP
Hammerheart Records

Sex Drive
Urban Predator EP
Snackboy Records


Tracklist:
01. Dissolve & Reform
02. Another World
03. White Death
04. Last Breath
05. Urban Predator

Sheer Terror
Pall In The Family (brown vinyl) LP
Strength Records

Sheer Terror
Spite EP
Reaper Records

Making their intentions clear since 1984, New York City's Sheer Terror has a long, ugly and proud tradition of playing by their own rules and working at their own pace. "Spite" is the first new Sheer Terror recording since 1995. The EP contains two new songs and one cover track, with album art by famed NYHC artist Sean Taggart. 7" includes digital download.


Tracklist:
01. Heresy On The Monkeybars
02. Blue Shadows Will Fall
03. Salome

Shining
8 1-2 - Feberdrommar I Vaket Tillstand LP
Karisma Records

Niklas Kvarforth and his band, Shining, have never done things the usual way. The latest offering from Shining is a remarkable new take on their old songs: Re-imagining their original sound and creating a whole host of beastly new versions, featuring a variety of vocalists. The tracks on "8 ½ - Feberdrommar I Vaket Tillstand" dates back to the "Livets Andhallplats" and "Angst" era in their original pre-production versions, with newly recorded bass and guitars on top and the malevolent brilliance of Lars Fredrik Froslie's keyboard magic. Six inspiring and other-worldly vocalists have blessed the album with their madness, some of them even in their native languages. The vocalists are Famine, Attila Csihar, Pehr Larsson, Gaahl, Maniac and "Ghoul" Kvarforth himself. "8 ½ - Feberdrommar I Vaket Tillstand" is a retrospective, but at the same time it also brings new life and new elements to these classic songs. With a documentary cataloguing the rise and influence of Shining due for release in 2014 "8 ½" is a must have for any Shining fan.


Tracklist:
1. Terres Des Anonymes
2. Szabadulj Meg Onmagatol
3. Ett Liv Utan Mening
4. Selvdestruktivitetens Emissarie
5. Black Industrial Misery
6. Through Corridors Of Oppression

Shining
I - Within Deep Dark Chambers LP
Osmose Productions

Shining
II - Livets Andhallplats LP
Osmose Productions

SHIT
i EP
La Vida Es Un Mus Records

S.H.I.T. have been one of the best bands doing it live and on record for a few years now and here on their fourth 7" (and first since 2014) they reassert their place as mainstays of Toronto's killer scene by serving up four more tracks of total hardcore moving forward through chaos. Insidiation blowing a wild storm hung around an unstoppable chugging riff, panic and terror building as the song pounds onwards. Incorporation shifting from warped siren blare to terrible tear. Barks of frustration, howls of anger, emerging from the bruising punk squall, anguished and disgusted. A record that careers with breakneck verve from sinister pulse to blazing hardcore bombardment. S.H.I.T.S's new EP artwork was designed by the greatest Teodoro Hernández and comes with a download code.

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The Shitty Limits
Beware The Limits LP
La Vida Es Un Mus Records

For the last two years THE SHITTY LIMITS from Reading and High Wycombe have easily been the most active, prolific and best punk band in the UK. They have released five untouchable 7' singles and now it's time for the debut album. Their myspace says their influences are 60's garage, 70's punk and 80's hardcore and that's exactly what you get inside this 23 minute album. It has attitude, tunes to kill for and that something special. Think a garage version of MINOR THREAT or 'Pink Flag' era WIRE mixed with the L.A. punk scene of the late 70's. Each song is short, sharp and a fireball of energy. Hands down - the best UK punk album in years.