BELL WITCH - The Clandestine Gate - Movement 2 (Official Visualizer)Profound Lore Records2023-09-18 | Experience the visual live Bell Witch tour North America Oct - Dec 2023 All dates and tickets at bellwitchdoom.net/live
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsMOTHER OF GRAVES - The Periapt Of Absence (full album stream)Profound Lore Records2024-10-17 | 01. Gallows (00:00) 02. Shatter The Visage (05:14) 03. A Scarlet Threnody (11:08) 04. Apparition (17:24) 05. The Periapt Of Absence (22:43) 06. As The Earth Fell Silent (28:05) 07. Upon Burdened Hands (33:44) 08. Like Darkness To A Dying Flame (38:44)
Order "The Periapt Of Absence" here: https://linktr.ee/theperiaptofabsence
Upcoming MOTHER OF GRAVES live actions: 11/15 - Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle (w/Immortal Bird, Huntsmen, Atavistic Decay) 11/23 - Chicago, IL @ Reggies Rock Club (w/Immortal Bird, Apophy, Payasa)
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsCOSMIC PUTREFACTION - Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains (full album stream)Profound Lore Records2024-10-03 | 1. [Entering the Vortex Temporum]: Pre-Mortem Phosphenes (00:00) 2. I Should Greet The Inexorable Darkness (05:56) 3. Eudaemonist Withdrawal (12:21) 4. Hallways Engraved In Aether (16:44) 5. Swirling Madness, Supernal Ordeal (21:46) 6. [Exiting The Vortex Temporum]: The Clearing Path (29:23) 7. Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains (36:22)
Order "Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains" here: https://linktr.ee/cosmicputrefactionMITOCHONDRION - The Protanthrofuge (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-10-01 | Taken from the album VITRISEPTOME, out Nov 01, 2024.
"Vitriseptome", MITOCHONDRION's follow-up full length to 2011's "Parasignosis" is a double album culminating in an 86-minute monstrosity, is an axe head the size of the known universe brought down with frightening force to sever the neck of all creation. Forged and fermented with the blood, sweat, and bile over a decade from conception to completion: This Great Work nearly took the life of all involved, leaving all to question the true meaning of Death.
Vitriseptome was recorded, edited, arranged between 2017 – 2022 by N. Yanchuk and mixed and mastered between Oct 2022 – Mar 2023 by Xavier Berthiaume at Tehom Productions.
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecords10.01Profound Lore Records2024-09-27 | ...MEFITIS - The Untwined One (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-09-26 | Taken from the album "The Skorian // The Greyleer" out Nov 29, 2024.
Pre-order "The Skorian // The Greyleer" here: https://linktr.ee/mefitis
MEFITIS is a dark metal endeavor dedicated to venturing the shadowy depths and desolate expanses of musical expression. Formed by Pendath and Vatha in 2007, Mefitis would from day one embody a metallic maelstrom intruding on the defined boundaries of extreme music. After some fallow years, the duo emerged to realize their dark metal vision with the 2019 full length "Emberdawn". This record put forth their signature style of boundless songwriting across black and death metal, telling parables of degradation and savagery in both lyrics and the very music itself. The kindling now sparked, Mefitis returned in 2021 with their follow up in "Offscourings". Here they would expand further on the possibilities of dark metal, exploring gloomier climes and thornier guitar arrangements. In addition, the band solidified a conceptual framework for the music to occupy, known as Skoria. In this parallel world out of time, the music, themes, and imagery could exist as ideas unto themselves rather than mere simulacra.
And so, Mefitis brings you their newest work: a duology in grey titled "The Skorian // The Greyleer". Initially conceived as an experiment for analog tape, the new record is informed by the constraints and particular character of that medium. Every piece of sound you will hear was initially tracked to tape and then digitized and mixed by Mefitis. The dual title is indicative of the two halves, which were recorded in separate time spans and studio locations. However, "The Skorian" and "The Greyleer" are reflections of each other, and can be appreciated both in parts and in whole. Where past works looked outward to an ashen world, this new release contemplates its own crumbling edifice. It calls into question the very notion of one’s ‘self’ as an entity in thrall to its master. Witness now this loathing gallery, and join the grey.
"The Skorian // The Greyleer" track listing: 1. Vire’s Arc 2. In Halfsight, the Dustplanes 3. The Untwined One 4. Watcher Over His Own 5. ...And the Mason Wept 6. Wanthriven 7. In Gloom’s Gorge 8. The Greyleer
"The Untwined One" single artwork by Paul Kirchner.
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsGOD IS WAR - Boogeyman Inc. (full album stream)Profound Lore Records2024-09-19 | 1. I’m The One You Need To Be Worried About… You Remember That Motherfucker (Featuring BRB_Voicecoil) (00:00) 2. Unlike You Pussy, I’ll With It On My Worst Enemy And Then Some (02:15) 3. With The Snap Of A Finger… Like As If you Were Never Fucking There (Featuring Adam Jennings) (07:47) 4. The Opium Den (Featuring Crawl Of Time) (12:48) 5. Boogeyman Inc. (18:14) 6. Horriblis Maximus (Dedicated To Oso) (23:15) 7. I Remember You Told My Parents That I Was Going To Get Shot But When I Googled You, It Was Just You And Your Cute Little White College Friends (28:17)
Order "Boogeyman Inc." here: https://linktr.ee/godiswar
Upcoming GOD IS WAR 2024 tour dates: (US tour w/Lockstep) 11/01 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge 11/02 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle 11/03 – Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary 11/05 – Toronto, ON @ Monarch Tavern 11/06 – Queens, NY @ Trans Pecos 11/07 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East (upstairs) 11/09 – Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy 11/11 – Washington, DC @ Pie Shop
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsSPECTRAL WOUND - Bloodmoon Oath US TourProfound Lore Records2024-09-17 | SPECTRAL WOUND begin the Bloodmoon Oath West Coast Tour with Hulder and Aridus today.
09/17 – Seattle, WA @ Substation 09/18 – Boise, ID @ The Knitting Factory 09/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @Urban Lounge 09/21 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater 09/22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar 09/24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom 09/25 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick 09/26 – Garden Grove, CA @ The Locker Room 09/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room 09/28 – Oaklaned, CA @ Eli’sMOTHER OF GRAVES - Shatter the Visage (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-09-13 | Taken from the album "The Periapt Of Absence" out Oct 18th, 2024.
Pre-order "The Periapt Of Absence": https://linktr.ee/theperiaptofabsence
Video directed and edited by David Jaggar.
Upcoming MOTHER OF GRAVES live actions: 11/15 - Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle (w/Immortal Bird, Huntsmen, Atavistic Decay) 11/23 - Chicago, IL @ Reggies Rock Club (w/Immortal Bird, Apophy, Payasa)
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsCOSMIC PUTREFACTION - Swirling Madness, Supernal Ordeal (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-09-09 | Taken from the album "Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains" out Oct 04, 2024.
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsGODTHRYMM - The Light (full EP stream)Profound Lore Records2024-09-06 | 01. The Light (00:00) 02. A Promise (06:30)
"The Light" EP consists of two new exclusive GODTHRYMM tracks, the title track and "A Promise", following the release of last year's acclaimed "Distortions" LP. "The Light" EP is also available to stream on all other platforms and Bandcamp likewise.
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsGOD IS WAR - I Remember You Told My Parents That I Was Going To Get Shot But When I Googled You...Profound Lore Records2024-09-06 | ...It Was Just You And Your Cute Little White College Friends (official audio).
Taken from the album "Boogeyman Inc." out Sept 20th, 2024.
Upcoming GOD IS WAR tour dates: (w/Lockstep) 11/01 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge 11/02 – Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle 11/03 – Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary 11/05 – Toronto, ON @ Monarch Tavern 11/06 – Queens, NY @ Trans Pecos 11/07 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East (upstairs) 11/09 – Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy 11/11 – Washington, DC @ Pie Shop
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsFERAL SEASON - Live Aug 15, 2022 @ Cafe Colonial, Sacramento CAProfound Lore Records2024-09-04 | Upcoming Fall 2024 FERAL SEASON live dates: 09/26 – Portland, OR @ High Water Mark 09/27 – Olympia, WA @ Samaritan Press 09/28 – Seattle, WA @ Substation 09/29 – Eugene, OR @ John Henry’s
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsLOCRIAN - After Extinction (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-08-27 | Video by Michael Bird.
The trio of LOCRIAN, comprised of André Foisy (Albany), Terence Hannum (Baltimore), and Steven Hess (Chicago), has garnered critical acclaim for their innovative approach to heavy music. As Marc Masters of Pitchfork noted, “Plenty of bands play music that sounds dark, but few can make every note bleed black and breathe smoke. Count Locrian as part of that select circle.” Lars Gotrich of NPR praised the group stating that “Locrian always wants to show us something new – or at least rearrange the context of what heavy means, or even what sound means,” and Jamie Ludwig of Noisey applauded the group for “masterfully conjuring and destroying alternate universes through music” with each of their releases providing “challenging sonic adventures and evocative perspectives on the physical state of the world around us.”
“End Terrain” is the group’s most direct and concise work to date. More complex and layered than anything in the prolific trio’s catalog, “End Terrain” is a concept album exposing a vision of a future earth consumed by waste. An apocalyptic landscape, inhabited by a generation who despise their parentage and a dying breed fully aware of the wasteland they have left. Mountains of trash and an uninhabitable planet, endless and dead. End Terrain is about inertia and regret, about the future and a mirror to the present, about mourning and extinction. A seamless and harrowing blend of experimental, post-rock, and post-metal, “End Terrain” is the perfect manifestation of modern, forward-thinking experimental music pushed to a maximalist conclusion.
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsGOD IS WAR - The Opium Den (official visualizer)Profound Lore Records2024-08-26 | Featuring Crawl Of Time.
Visualizer by Andrew Grant.
Taken from the album "Boogeyman Inc." out Sept 20th.
"Boogeyman Inc." Track listing: 1. I’m The One You Need To Be Worried About… You Remember That Motherfucker (Featuring BRB_Voicecoil) 2. Unlike You Pussy, I’ll With It On My Worst Enemy And Then Some 3. With The Snap Of A Finger… Like As If you Were Never Fucking There (Featuring Adam Jennings) 4. The Opium Den (Featuring Crawl Of Time) 5. Boogeyman Inc. 6. Horriblis Maximus (Dedicated To Oso) 7. I Remember You Told My Parents That I Was Going To Get Shot But When I Googled You, It Was Just You And Your Cute Little White College Friends
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsSPECTRAL WOUND - Songs of Blood and Mire (full album stream)Profound Lore Records2024-08-22 | 01. Fevers and Suffering (00:00) 02. At Wine-Dark Midnight in the Mouldering Halls (06:18) 03. Aristocratic Suicidal Black Metal (12:43) 04. The Horn Marauding (18:44) 05. Less and Less Human, O Savage Spirit (24:35) 06. A Coin Upon the Tongue (31:27) 07. Twelve Moons in Hell (37:02)
Order "Songs of Blood and Mire" on all formats here: https://linktr.ee/songsofbloodandmire
Updates SPECTRAL WOUND 2024 live dates: 08/30 – 09/01 – Edmonton, AB @ Infest Festival 09/07 – Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus (w/Yerglas, Vesperal, Skumstrike) (West Cost Tour w/Hulder, Aridus) 09/17 – Seattle, WA @ Substation 09/18 – Boise, ID @ The Knitting Factory 09/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @Urban Lounge 09/21 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater 09/22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar 09/24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom 09/25 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick 09/26 – Garden Grove, CA @ The Locker Room 09/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room 09/28 – Oaklaned, CA @ Eli’s (Exclusive 2024 EU dates) 10/24 – London, UK @ The Dome (w/Pagan Altar, Ante Inferno) 10/25 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuest (w/Imha Tarikat, Abyssinia) 10/26 – Leipzig, DE @ Institut fur Zukunft 10/27 – Maastricht, NL @ Samhain Festival
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsMOTHER OF GRAVES - Upon Burdened Hands (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-08-19 | Taken from the album "The Periapt of Absence" out Oct 18th, 2024.
Pre-order "The Periapt of Absence" here: https://linktr.ee/theperiaptofabsence
After the success and lasting impact of their debut 2022 full-length, "Where the Shadows Adorn", Indianapolis melodic death-doom purveyors MOTHER OF GRAVES return to the surface with a new and prolific dose of melancholy.
"The Periapt of Absence", set to be unleashed by the esteemed Profound Lore Records, serves as a testament to Mother of Graves' evolutionary journey and steadfast dedication to crafting their profoundly personal and enthralling rendition of death-doom metal.
Highlighted by Brandon Howe's soul crushing and poetic vocals, this offering transcends boundaries, delving even deeper into realms of melancholy and introspection than their past offerings. The album expands on Mother of Graves' engrossing atmospheres, crushing passages that shine light on their death metal roots, monumental hooks, and melodies that will resonate for years to come. The crushing production, provided by the band's Ben Sandman with dynamic mastering by the legend Dan Swanö, amplifies the monumental rhythm section anchored by Don Curtis on drums and Corey Clark on bass, while illuminating the intricate guitar harmonies skillfully woven by guitarists Sandman and Chris Morrison.
"The Periapt of Absence" is without a doubt their most in depth and significant material to date. Each song provides a poignant exploration of the human experience, where moments of despair are illuminated by glimmers of hope and fleeting beauty. Through eight cathartic tales of heartache, love, and loss, Mother of Graves beckons you to delve deep into the recesses of their dark and gloomy world.
1. Gallows 2. Shatter The Visage 3. A Scarlet Threnody 4. Apparition 5. The Periapt Of Absence 6. As The Earth Fell Silent 7. Upon Burdened Hands 8. Like Darkness To A Dying Flame
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsMANS GIN - One Man Down (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-08-12 | Taken from the album "The Reprobate" out on limited edition CD/Digital on Sept 6, 2024.
MAN’S GIN is the COBALT-adjacent solo project of mastermind Erik Wunder and with “The Reprobate”, Wunder continues in the musical throes of wasteland Americana heavy folk-goth through eleven tracks that tell a vagabond journey of desperation, despair, and dejection.
Recorded and produced by Sanford Parker in the spring of 2018 and co-produced by Charlie Fell (Cobalt, Lord Mantis) who accompanies Wunder on this pilgrimage as his co-conspirator, “The Reprobate” also features guest appearances by Bruce Lamont (Yakuza), Will Lindsay (Indian), and Jarboe to name a few. Art by Les McGinnis.
1. Nihilism 2. Fought The Cough 3. Swine 4. In Ohio 5. Hooks and Chains 6. Farewell To Arms 7. Into Madness 8. One Man Down 9. Show Me The Sun 10. Hello Old Boy 11. Dead Friends Don’t Say Hello
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsCOSMIC PUTREFACTION - Hallways Engraved In Aether (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-08-08 | Taken from the album "Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains" out Oct 04, 2024.
Pre-order "Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains" here: https://linktr.ee/cosmicputrefaction
Gabriele Gramaglia is back with his main solo output COSMIC PUTREFACTION for another chapter of his own tale under the banner of his new LP “Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains” set for release on Oct 4th, 2024.
Taking place right after “Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones”, “Emerald Fires...” takes us to an even deeper and ineluctable journey. Now that the empyrean inhabitants have fallen down for good and all the debris of physical worlds are scattered around, the main character of the tale has in-fact to walk his very last path counting only of his very last strengths to face eternal solitude and death; a path exploring both the widest astral distances imaginable and the most twisted labyrinths of the inmost self.
Musically speaking, the concept is depicted through an even broader palette of influences compared with its predecessor, ranging from the most hammering death metal riffs, to progressive veins and even shades of symphonic black metal, embraced through an almost omnipresent wide atmosphere and multilayered arrangements of distant guitars, cellos and synths. Giulio Galati (ex-Hideous Divinity, Nero di Marte), once again teamed up with Gramaglia as a session drummer, to complete his effort through an extremely powerful and dynamic performance behind the kit.
COSMIC PUTREFACTION was formed in 2018 as the death metal sonic incarnation of the multi-instrumentalist Gabriele Gramaglia (also behind The Clearing Path and part of Turris Eburnea, Vertebra Atlantis and Hadit), which summoned the aforementioned musical entity to re-arrange and complete the unreleased album of his first band Oaken/Throne, which begun in 2012 but was left uncompleted because the combo disbanded. This album was completed and released in 2019 under the name of “At the Threshold of the Greatest Chasm”, which comprehended six-and-a-half tracks taken from the unreleased Oaken/ Throne album. He later refined his formula through the second album “The Horizons Towards Which Splendour Withers” and Crepuscular Dirge for the Blessed Ones” which expanded the death metal roots with the multifaceted range of influences Gramaglia has developed throughout the years.
1. [Entering The Vortex Temporum] Pre-Mortem Phosphenes 2. I Should Greet The Inexorable Darkness 3. Eudaemonist Withdrawl 4. Hallways Engraved In Aether 5. Swirling Madness, Supernal Ordeal 6. [Exiting The Vortex Temporum] – The Clearing Path 7. Emerald Fires Atop The Farewell Mountains
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsGOD IS WAR - Unlike You Pussy, Ill Wish It On My Worst Enemy And Then Some (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-08-05 | Taken from the album "Boogeyman Inc." out Sept 20, 2024
“There is room on stage for one beast and one beast only.” -Cormac McCarthy
Track listing: 1. I'm The One You Need To Be Worried About... You Remember That Motherfucker (Featuring BRB_Voicecoil) 2. Unlike You Pussy, I'll Wish It On My Worst Enemy And Then Some 3. With The Snap Of A Finger... Like As If You Were Never Fucking There (Featuring Adam Jennings) 4. The Opium Den (Featuring Crawl Of Time) 5. Boogeyman Inc. 6. Horriblis Maximus (Dedicated To Oso) 7. I Remember You Told My Parents That I Was Going To Get Shot But When I Googled You, It Was Just You And Your Little White College Friends
GOD IS WAR is the solo endeavor of Lebanese American artist Mack Chami. Formed in 2018, GIW set out to compose a much more aggressive, bright, glitchy and colorful approach to noise and industrial. Quickly gaining ground with sold out releases on No Rent, Industrial Coast, Phage Tapes, and Deathbed Tapes, it was clear the heavy impression the act had on the various noise and industrial scenes worldwide. It would be in 2022 when both “I Have No Enemies, I Permit No Such Thing” (Federal Prisoner) and “Predation Perfected” (Closed Casket Activities) would really catch the attention of all. Continuing to showcase the strength and diversity of the project’s ability to shift between both electronic music and noise/industrial, GIW started touring. In 2022, GIW opened for Blood Incantation, Full Of Hell, Vermin Womb, and Mortuous on a full USA tour. In 2023, GIW/Andy Nolan released the collaboration album “The Hunt” (Closed Casket Activities) showcasing more dub and hip-hop influences then previous releases, including a full hip-hop track with Toronto-based rapper New Villain. That year GIW toured the UK as well as another full month USA/Canada tour supporting Knoll. Now in 2024 GIW will release “Boogeyman Inc.” on Profound Lore Records, marking another strong full length album that consists of glitchy-IDM type beats across 7 tracks. GIW continues to break more boundaries, more stereotypes, and more rules with every release. Never allowing an audience to dictate or influence, one could consider GIW an ever evolving chameleon or octopus blending into its surroundings yet still remaining itself. Catch GIW on tour very soon.
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsSPECTRAL WOUND - The Horn Marauding (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-07-22 | Taken from the album "Songs of Blood and Mire" out Aug 23, 2024.
Pre-order "Songs of Blood and Mire" here: https://linktr.ee/songsofbloodandmire
Upcoming SPECTRAL WOUND live dates: 08/30 – 09/01 – Edmonton, AB @ Infest Festival 09/07 – Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus (w/Yerglas, Vesperal, Skumstrike) (West Cost Tour w/Hulder, Aridus) 09/17 – Seattle, WA @ Substation 09/18 – Boise, ID @ The Knitting Factory 09/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @Urban Lounge 09/21 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater 09/22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar 09/24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom 09/25 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick 09/26 – Garden Grove, CA @ The Locker Room 09/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room 09/28 – Oaklaned, CA @ Eli’s (Exclusive 2024 EU dates) 10/24 – London, UK @ The Dome (w/Pagan Altar, Ante Inferno) 10/25 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuest (w/Imha Tarikat, Abyssinia) 10/26 – Leipzig, DE @ Institut fur Zukunft 10/27 – Maastricht, NL @ Samhain Festival
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsWORMWITCH - Godmaegen (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-07-10 | Taken from the album "Wormwitch" out July 26, 2024.
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsSPECTRAL WOUND - Aristocratic Suicidal Black Metal (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-06-24 | Taken from the album "Songs of Blood and Mire" out Aug 23, 2024.
Pre-order SOBAM on all formats here: https://linktr.ee/songsofbloodandmire
SPECTRAL WOUND play black metal. Furious and visceral, untrammelled by esoteric posture or grasping idealism. It is music for the poisoned, the futile, the debauched and profane. The blooming of a flower of corruption, torn by cold winds.
Following the raw early offering of Terra Nullius (Arcane Angels/Out of Season 2015) Spectral Wound continued their path of creeping, opulent decay and searing melody, weaving strands of Métal noir Québécois with the weft of the Scandinavian canon. Refining its sound over Infernal Decadence (Vendetta, 2018) and the towering, exultant melancholy of A Diabolic Thirst (Profound Lore, 2021), with Songs of Blood and Mire (Profound Lore 2024) the band delivers an elegy of the void, seething with the venom and clamour of an ever-emptying world.
Songs of Blood and Mire track listing:
1. Fevers and Suffering 2. At Wine-Dark Midnight in Mouldering Halls 3. Aristocratic Suicidal Black Metal 4. The Horn Marauding 5. Less and Less Human, O Savage Spirit 6. A Coin Upon the Tongue 7. Twelve Moons in Hell
Upcoming SPECTRAL WOUND live dates: 08/30 – 09/01 – Edmonton, AB @ Infest Festival 09/07 – Montreal, QC @ Petit Campus (w/Yerglas, Vesperal, Skumstrike) (West Cost Tour w/Hulder, Aridus) 09/17 – Seattle, WA @ Substation 09/18 – Boise, ID @ The Knitting Factory 09/19 – Salt Lake City, UT @Urban Lounge 09/21 – Denver, CO @ Bluebird Theater 09/22 – Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar 09/24 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom 09/25 – San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick 09/26 – Garden Grove, CA @ The Locker Room 09/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lodge Room 09/28 – Oaklaned, CA @ Eli’s (Exclusive 2024 EU dates) 10/24 – London, UK @ The Dome (w/Pagan Altar, Ante Inferno) 10/25 – Copenhagen, DK @ Pumpehuest (w/Imha Tarikat, Abyssinia) 10/26 – Leipzig, DE @ Institut fur Zukunft 10/27 – Maastricht, NL @ Samhain Festival
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsWORMWITCH - Draconick Sorcerous Canadian Witchknights (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-06-20 | Taken from the album "Wormwitch" out July 26, 2024.
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsBALWEZO WESTIJIZ - Tower of Famine (full album stream)Profound Lore Records2024-06-12 | 01. The Foul Carcass of God (00:00) 02. Flesh in the Funeral Pyre (04:33) 03. No Reason to Exist (18:35) 04. Calling From the Ashes (19:48) 05. (Vermin…) of Broken Memories (31:50) 06. Endless Black Nightmares (33:39) 07. …of the Rotting Soul (42:01) 08. Drown in Bleak Blood (44:16) 09. Tower of Famine… (The Past Returns) (58:45)
Order "Tower of Famine" on CD/2LP/Digital here: https://linktr.ee/balwezowestijiz
Recorded in desolate hate and misery during a forgotten time.
Mixed and mastered at Clintworks Studios by D.
https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsWORMWITCH - The Helm and the Bow (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-05-23 | Taken from the album Wormwitch out July 26, 2024.
Like black wings from an obsidian sky, WORMWITCH descended from the darkness in 2015, somewhere upon the rain-soaked woodlands of coastal British Columbia. Animated from the bones of several local punk and metal bands, the new entity set out to combine a melodic blackened death assault with the ferocity and attitude of crust punk and classic rock and roll, jettisoning the burdens of ceremony and pomp that dominate the genre today.
WORMWITCH released their first demo, 'The Long Defeat' in 2015, and shortly after signed to Prosthetic Records, under whom they released 'Strike Mortal Soil' (2017), 'Heaven that Dwells Within' (2019), and 'Wolf Hex' (2021). During that time the band toured with the likes of The Black Dahlia Murder, Suffocation, Midnight, Necrot, Uada, Bewitcher, and many others, earning themselves a dedicated cult following and international critical praise. In 2022, WORMWITCH struck out to independently release a string of singles and embark upon several tours of North America. After a busy festival season, 2024 saw the release of a six-song split with Atlanta black-thrashers Sadistic Ritual.
Now, with blades meticulously honed and tempered under the light of a feral Canadian moon, WORMWITCH emerges once more to offer their fourth full length record. Simply self-titled, “Wormwitch” is a statement of a band coming into it’s own - a revelrous celebration of devilish speed, searing melody and diabolical intensity.
Wormwitch track listing: 1. Fugitive Serpent 2. Envenomed 3. The Helm and the Bow 4. Inner War 5. Godmaegen 6. Salamander 7. Wormsblood Necromancy 8. Bright and Poisonous 9. Draconick Sorcerous Canadian Witchknights
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsNOCTURNUS AD - Hod, The Stellar Light (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-05-16 | Taken from the album "Unicursal" out May 17, 2024.
CG video animation by Pieter Hardeman (aka Crassitudes) of Toystorylab.
Order "Unicursal" in all its formats here: https://linktr.ee/nocturnusad666
Lyrics: As I hold the symbol, of The Yesodian Sphere I am now transported, to the Planet Mercury
Swirling through the portal, spinning uncontrollably Knowing not what is up or down, lost in a vacuous void Travelling The Path of Resh, connecting Yesod and Hod The Intellectual Path of The Sun, the Higher Level of Intelligence The Path of Personality, to the Higher Self
Splendour of the Material World, Seat of the Human Intellect Perfect integration of the Active Realm, that forms the Individual Mind
Initiation of the Personality, The Great Source of The Inner Light Gathering and collecting intelligence, as the energies are symbolized
The Contact Point of The Masters, at the Base of The Pillar of Binah The Operation of Kokab, The Sphere of The Stellar Light Thoth, Hermes and Mercury, Messengers of The Mysteries Teachers of The Secret Words of Power The Force of Vibration, on The Inner Planes Learning to pronounce The Name of God Y H V H As I vibrate the Words of Power, The True Secret of The Ancient Mysteries Bestowing upon me, the Wisdom and Glory of Science and The Magickal Arts. Using the Forces of Hod, immersing myself intellectually Turning my consciousness inward, connecting with The Great Universal Mind In The Sphere of Mercury, bathed in an Orange Light I now receive the sigil, of The Sphere of Hod The Wisdom of The Ages, from The Book of Thoth The Symbol of The Builder, Craftsman of The Mysteries Uniting opposing forces, Architect of The Mind Using material tools, Carrier of The Idea I am The Chosen Disciple, To Master The Universe.
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsBALWEZO WESTIJIZ - Endless Black Nightmares (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-05-14 | Taken from the album "Tower of Famine" out June 14, 2024.
Pre-order "Tower of Famine" here: https://linktr.ee/balwezowestijiz
1. The Foul Carcass of God 2. Flesh in the Funeral Pyre 3. No Reason to Exist 4. Calling From the Ashes 5. (Vermin…) of Broken Memories 6. Endless Black Nightmares 7. …of the Rotting Soul 8. Drown in Bleak Blood 9. Tower of Famine… (The Past Returns)
Recorded in desolate hate and misery during a forgotten time.
Mixed and mastered at Clintworks Studios by D.
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINE - Vengeance Of Eternal Fire (full album stream)Profound Lore Records2024-04-18 | 1. Son Of Man (00:00) 2. Only Evil (03:12) 3. Piled Swine (06:07) 4. Sisera (08:44) 5. Cowering Lamb (10:37) 6. Prey Upon Them (12:41) 7. Vanquishing Spirit (15:34) 8. Scalding Enmity (18:31) 9. Lysergic War Psychosis (20:42) 10. Abyssal Hate (23:18)
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Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsNOCTURNUS AD - Yesod, The Dark Side of the Moon (official visualizer)Profound Lore Records2024-04-17 | Taken from the album "Unicursal" out 05.17.24
Visualizer created by Dead Man (IG: @0dead666man0)
Lyrics: They sent me back through the portal, to the Earth's moon To find the second symbol, on The Dark Side of The Moon
Travelling through the portal, through black holes in space Faster than the speed of light, to take me to the place To find the next symbol, what challenge will I face Will I now encounter, another ancient race?
I find myself in a crater, deep as an ocean floor Where I see a tunnel, that I must explore
Following it's pathway, deep inside the cave Will it now lead me, to my early grave Or will I find, the symbol that I crave Or find an elder race, that I can enslave
Descending down the tunnel, I began to hear Sounds of something evil, ringing in my ears An opening to a cavern, is within my sight Then I see an altar, lit by violet light
Then I see a creature, facing to the East What I can only describe, as a hideous Moon Beast
It is worshipping a symbol, the one I am looking for I must now obtain it, a fate I can't ignore
There's no time, to, ponder, what I should do Using my powers, that, were, given to me I spring into action, very, quickly, and slay the Beast Once it is dead, I, must, grab the sigil I jump on the creature, putting, my hands, around it's neck It's tentacles grab me, wrapping, around, crushing my body I strangle the Beast, with all, my might, and twist off it's head I then grab the sigil, off of, the altar, and make my escape.
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsLOCRIAN - End Terrain (full album stream)Profound Lore Records2024-04-04 | 01. Chronoscapes (00:00) 02. Utopias (03:38) 03. Umwelt (11:53) 04. The World Is Gone, There Is No World (14:19) 05. Excarnate Light (19:23) 06. Black Prisms Of Our Dead Age (25:33) 07. Innewelt (30:46) 08. In The Throes Of Petrification (33:19) 09. After Extinction (36:45)
Order "End Terrain" here: https://linktr.ee/endterrain
Summer 2024 tour dates: 07/19 – Baltimore, MD @ Metro Gallery 07/20 – Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie 07/21 – TBA 07/22 – New York, NY @ TV Eye 07/23 – Providence, RI @ Alchemy 07/24 – Boston, MA @ O’Briens 07/25 – Portland, ME @ Geno’s Rock Club 07/26 – Montreal, QC @ Cabaret Foufs 07/27 – Toronto, ON @ The Baby G 07/28 – Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary 07/29 – TBA 07/30 – TBA 07/31 – Chicago, IL @ Cobra Lounge
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsGREY SKIES FALLEN - I Can Hear Your Voice (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-03-26 | Taken from the album "Molded By Broken Hands" out now.
Stream/obtain "Molded By Broken Hands" here: https://linktr.ee/greyskiesfallendoom
Shot at Bulletproof Studios, NJ by Franco Frassetti. Edited by Craig Rossi (craignrossi@gmail.com)
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsLOCRIAN - After Extinction (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-03-21 | Taken from the album "End Terrain" out 04.05.24
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Lyrics: There is life after extinction Silence in the sediment When does the future begin Lattices cast through poisoned earth There is life after extinction
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINE - Vanquishing Spirit (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-03-19 | Taken from the album "Vengeance Of Eternal Fire" out April 19, 2024.
Video directed and edited by Dan Wagner.
Pre-order "Vengeance Of Eternal Fire" here: https://linktr.ee/asmeternal
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsNOCTURNUS AD - CephaloGod (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-03-18 | Taken from the album "Unicursal" out May 17, 2024.
Pre-order "Unicursal" in all formats here: https://linktr.ee/nocturnusad666
Video created by @Wizardhead: wizardhead.com Band performance footage shot by Thomas Riley
The new NOCTURNUS AD album “Unicursal” will see its release on May 17th, the anticipated follow-up to 2019’s “Paradox” landing on said debut album’s fifth anniversary AND on the anniversary of Profound Lore Records year XX.
With “Paradox”, Nocturnus founder/sci-fi death metal godfather Mike Browning (also Morbid Angel co-founder) would resurrect Nocturnus lore under its new alteration NOCTURNUS AD which gave Browning the opportunity to finally continue the mythos that came before with the legendary album “The Key” almost 30 years after the release of one of the most influential death metal albums of all time. The result being NOCTURNUS AD’s debut album “Paradox” being the proper follow-up to “The Key” (musically and thematically) where the story of Dr. Magus would finally see its sequel three decades later.
The new NOCTURNUS AD album “Unicursal” sees Browning, along with guitarists Belial Koblak and Demian Heftel, keyboardist Josh Holdren, and new bassist Kyle Sokol (bass on “Unicursal” was performed by now-ex bassist Daniel Tucker), continue the journey of Dr. Magus following the events of “Paradox”. Now armed with his bio suit, on “Unicursal” Dr. Magus is sent on a mission to traverse through the Spheres of the the Kabbalistic Tree Of Life to conquer each sphere and collect its respective sigil/symbol. “Unicursal” will see Dr. Magus specifically travel to Malkuth, Yesod, Hod, and Netzach, the Tree’s lower realm, its roots (the story of Dr. Magus is featured on the album’s second half where the album’s first half will continue to explore ancient occult themes and mysteries from the unknown, separate from Dr. Magus’ story).
Evidently “Unicursal” is not only one of the most ambitious undertakings Browning has been involved with, but it is a formidable display of progressive occult metal wizardry that materializes NOCTURNUS AD as one of the most singular forces in extreme metal today; there truly is no other entity akin and “Unicursal” is another monolith that honours and continues the tradition and lore laid down with “The Key” and continued with “Paradox”. With blistering guitar manifestations courtesy of Koblak and Heftel, Holdren’s grand and epic synth passages and Browning holding down the rhythm with his calculated battery along with his unique commanding chants, “Unicursal” is a towering aeonic manifestation, extraordinary sci-fi otherworldly death metal forging itself through time and space.
“Unicursal” was produced/engineered/mastered by Jarrett Pritchard at New Constellation Audio in Orlando, Florida, and features artwork by Uwe Jarling with design by Chimere Noire.
1. Intro 2. The Ascension Throne of Osiris 3. CephaloGod 4. Mesolithic 5. Organism 46B 6. Mission Malkuth 7. Yesod, The Dark Side of the Moon, 8. Hod, The Stellar Light 9. Netzach, The Fire of Victory 10. Outro
CephaloGod lyrics:
It's the CephaloGod Ancient being from space Coming to the Earth To destroy the human race
CephaloGod, Ancient One, mighty beast, from beyond
Coming from the spaces in-between Terror unlike you've never seen Tentacles squirming from his face Horrific being from outer space
As he sleeps and awaits For mankinds final fate He will awaken when the stars align Breaking the Seal of The Elder Sign Dreaming in an ancient slumber For aeons of countless numbers He awaits till the stars are right To stretch his wings into flight
Agents of chaos, calling him forth Chanting his name Spilling the blood
CephaloGod, Ancient One, mighty beast, from beyond
As they chant the ancient hymns To bring him forth through the gate A portal opens in the sky Like a giant Evil Eye
From a whirling abyss above Comes a sound like never heard A roaring thunder shakes the Earth A giant womb giving birth
As he emerges from the portal Creature of death that's immortal A monstrous shadow in the sky, no one can look him in the eye As he claims his throne again From a time way back when Ancient One now takes his place The CephaloGod with No Face
CephaloGod, Ancient One, mighty beast, from beyond
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsGREY SKIES FALLEN - Molded by Broken Hands (full album stream)Profound Lore Records2024-03-07 | 01. A Twisted Place In Time (00:00) 02. Molded by Broken Hands (07:59) 03. No Place For Sorrow (15:05) 04. I Can Hear Your Voice (22:35) 05. Cracks In Time (29:12) 06. Save Us (33:53) 07. Knowing That You’re There (40:57)
Order "Molded By Broken Hands" here: https://linktr.ee/greyskiesfallendoom
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsLOCRIAN - Excarnate Light (official visualizer)Profound Lore Records2024-03-04 | Taken from the album "End Terrain", out April 05, 2024.
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsAPPARITION - Imminent Expanse of Silence and Not (or Not)Profound Lore Records2024-02-22 | Taken from the album "Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State" out March 22, 2024.
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINE - Sisera (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-02-19 | Taken from the album "Vengeance Of Eternal Fire" out April 19, 2024.
Pre-order "Vengeance Of Eternal Fire" here: https://linktr.ee/asmeternal
Video shot and edited by Gaberealhell.
As the mighty Evil has come to man, so has ANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINE summoning the darkness with their third LP “Vengeance Of Eternal Fire” set for release on April 19th. Expanding upon the latent evil in their hearts and inspired by the prophecies of Old, ANTICHRIST SIEGE MACHINE cast their lot with the demons of Hell. Each track on “Vengeance Of Eternal Fire” bearing the banner of violence and chaos, furthering the duo’s commitment to utter brutality.
"Vengeance Of Eternal Fire" track listing: 1. Son Of Man 2. Only Evil 3. Piled Swine 4. Sisera 5. Cowering Lamb 6. Prey Upon Them 7. Vanquishing Spirit 8. Scalding Enmity 9. Lysergic War Psychosis 10. Abyssal Hate
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsTHEOPHONOS - Ashes in the Huron River (full album stream)Profound Lore Records2024-02-08 | 01. The Built World (00:00) 02. No Reprieve (01:30) 03. Curse Envy (07:01) 04. Willing Power (08:28) 05. Grid Of Sorrows (13:40) 06. An Elegy (17:03) 07. Ashes In The Huron River (21:12) 08. Empty Gardens (26:07) 09. Still You Haunt Me (29:33) 10. As Long As Forever (35:46)
Order "Ashes in the Huron River" here: https://linktr.ee/theophonos/
https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsGREY SKIES FALLEN - Cracks in Time (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-02-06 | Video created by Craig Rossi (craignrossi@gmail.com).
Taken from the album "Molded By Broken Hands" out March 08, 2024.
Pre-order "Molded By Broken Hands" here: https://linktr.ee/greyskiesfallendoom/
The new album from American doomed dark metal veterans GREY SKIES FALLEN “Molded By Broken Hands” will see its release on March 8th. This release date will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the band’s debut album “The Fate of Angels”.
“Molded By Broken Hands” will see the long-running contingent deliver their most triumphant work yet and is an album that carries that feeling of the underappreciated and underrated dark metal scene that was culminating in the US during the late ‘90s, an era where GREY SKIES FALLEN grew from.
Through soaring, emotionally searing melodies, glorious epic harmonics, and with an overall conquering aura, “Molded By Broken Hands” will finally deliver the recognition GREY SKIES FALLEN are worthy of.
“Modled By Broken Hands” was recorded and engineered with all keyboards provided by Colin Marston in the Thousand Caves and was mixed and mastered by legendary Swedish producer Dan Swano. It also features artwork and design by Travis Smith (Opeth, Katatonia).
1. A Twisted Place in Time 2. Molded by Broken Hands 3. No Place For Sorrow 4. I Can Hear Your Voice 5. Cracks in Time 6. Save Us 7. Knowing That You’re There
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsLOCRIAN - Chronoscapes (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-02-05 | Taken from the album "End Terrain" out April 05, 2024.
Seeker: Caroline Lee Video: John Bradburn (jbradburn.com)
Experimental metal trio LOCRIAN are a prophetic voice of decline and a pioneering force in the world of metal. LOCRIAN’s sonic tapestry weaves elements of black metal, ambient, and experimental music, creating a genre-defying experience that pushes the boundaries of conventional metal norms.
The new LP “End Terrain” is the proper follow-up to 2015’s “Infinite Dissolution” (Relapse Records) and continues in the vein of LOCRIAN’s distinguishable sonic blueprint brought forth from said release along with their “Return To Annihilation” and “The Clearing/The Final Epoch” LPs.
“End Terrain” is the group’s most direct and concise work to date. More complex and layered than anything in the prolific trio’s catalog, “End Terrain” is a concept album exposing a vision of a future earth consumed by waste. An apocalyptic landscape, inhabited by a generation who despise their parentage and a dying breed fully aware of the wasteland they have left. Mountains of trash and an uninhabitable planet, endless and dead. End Terrain is about inertia and regret, about the future and a mirror to the present, about mourning and extinction.
A seamless and harrowing blend of experimental, post-rock, and post-metal, “End Terrain” is the perfect manifestation of modern, forward-thinking experimental music pushed to a maximalist conclusion.
Track listing: 1. Chronoscapes 2. Utopias 3. Umwelt 4. The World Is Gone, There is no World 5. Excarnate Light 6. Black Prisms of Our Dead Age 7. Innenwelt
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsAPPARITION - Asphyxcreation (official audio)Profound Lore Records2024-01-22 | Taken from the album "Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State" out March 22, 2024.
California death metal force APPARITION will release their new album “Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” on March 22. The follow-up to 2021’s lauded “Feel” sees the band traverse further into the realms of otherworldly doomy progressive dark death metal.
Since the conception of the band, APPARITION has been about creating an individualized version of death metal, all the while paying homage to its ancestors. “Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” offers a dynamic range, from the brutal to the beautiful. A still expanding glimpse into the APPARITION cannon. A lathe of infinite death remaking itself—horrific and pristine.
“Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” was produced by APPARITION bassist Taylor Young (Twitching Tongues, Deadbody) in The Pit Recording Studio and Electrical Audio respectively and mastered by Nick Townsend at Infrasonic Sound.
Album artwork courtesy of Vama Marga.
1. Asphyxcreation 2. Imminent Expanse of Silence and Not (or Not) 3. Paradoxysm 4. Excruciating Refuge in Reoccurring Torment 5. Inner Altitudes, Light Transference 6. Circulacate
APPARITION on “Disgraced Emanations From A Tranquil State” are: Andrew Morgan – vocals, drums Andrew Solis – guitars Miles McIntosh – guitars, synthesizers Taylor Young - bassTHEOPHONOS - Ashes in the Huron River (official visualizer)Profound Lore Records2024-01-09 | Taken from the album "Ashes in the Huron River" out Feb 09, 2024.
Visualizer by Hafsteinn Viðar Ársælsson.
Pre-order "Ashes in the Huron River" here: https://linktr.ee/theophonos
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsGREY SKIES FALLEN - Knowing That You’re There (official video)Profound Lore Records2024-01-04 | Taken from the album "Molded By Broken Hands" out March 8, 2024.
Video created and directed by Craig Rossi (craignrossi@gmail.com).
Pre-order "Molded By Broken Hands" here: https://linktr.ee/greyskiesfallendoom
The new album from American doomed dark metal veterans GREY SKIES FALLEN “Molded By Broken Hands” will see its release on March 8th. This release date will coincide with the 25th anniversary of the band’s debut album “The Fate of Angels”.
“Molded By Broken Hands” will see the long-running contingent deliver their most triumphant work yet and is an album that carries that feeling of the underappreciated and underrated dark metal scene that was culminating in the US during the late ‘90s, an era where GREY SKIES FALLEN grew from.
Through soaring, emotionally searing melodies, glorious epic harmonics, and with an overall conquering aura, “Molded By Broken Hands” will finally deliver the recognition GREY SKIES FALLEN are worthy of.
“Modled By Broken Hands” was recorded and engineered with all keyboards provided by Colin Marston in the Thousand Caves and was mixed and mastered by legendary Swedish producer Dan Swano. It also features artwork and design by Travis Smith (Opeth, Katatonia).
1. A Twisted Place in Time 2. Molded by Broken Hands 3. No Place For Sorrow 4. I Can Hear Your Voice 5. Cracks in Time 6. Save Us 7. Knowing That You’re There
PROFOUND LORE RECORDS online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsLOCRIAN - Solar Lodge (official video)Profound Lore Records2023-12-08 | Video created by Nicol Eltzroth Rosendorf.
Live footage by Pascal Dubois.
Stream the LOCRIAN "Solar Lodge" EP here: https://linktr.ee/solarlodge
Profound Lore Records online: https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsTHEOPHONOS - No Reprieve (official video)Profound Lore Records2023-12-07 | Taken from the album "Ashes in the Huron River" out Feb 09, 2024.
Video directed/edited by Hafsteinn Viðar Ársælsson.
Pre-order "Ashes in the Huron River" here: https://linktr.ee/theophonos
"Ashes In The Huron River" is named in honor of the local woods and riverlands that continue to inspire the studio project. This record is an account of a life spent in the rotten heartlands of neoliberal capitalism and a tribute to the vibrant underground music cultures that thrived before the second half of the last decade.
Expanding on the directness of “Nightmare Visions”, “Ashes” is grander in scope, and is internally regarded as a more focused analogue to 2019’s “Mirror in Darkness”. Hafsteinn Viðar Ársælsson’s dark and intricate illustrations once again accompany the music with striking depictions of abandoned landscapes, arranged to invoke a sense of catastrophe and unwilling transformation.
Contributions include reamping and additional mixing by longtime collaborator Maya Chun (of screamo prodigies Heavenly Blue and countless solo projects) in the frigid spaces of Detroit’s Telescope Vision Studio.
1. The Built World 2. No Reprieve 3. Curse Envy 4. Willing Power 5. Grid of Sorrows 6. An Elegy 7. Ashes in the Huron River 8. Empty Gardens 9. Still You Haunt Me 10. As Long as Forever
https://linktr.ee/profoundlorerecordsLOCRIAN - Solar Lodge (full EP stream)Profound Lore Records2023-12-01 | 1. Solar Lodge (00:00) 2. Solar Lodge (TV-CRIMES Remix) (04:28) 3. Solar Lodge (Jonathan Canady Remix) (07:29) 4. Solar Lodge (Paul Riedl Remix) (12:05)
https://linktr.ee/solarlodge
LOCRIAN have announced the release of a new EP, “Solar Lodge". The EP consists of LOCRIAN’s reimagination of Coil’s “Solar Lodge” along with remixes of LOCRIAN's version of the track by Paul Riedl (Blood Incantation), TV-CRIMES, and Jonathan Canady (Deathpile/Shadow Structure).
André Foisy of LOCRIAN commented:
“In 2022, we started looking back to the roots of our project, specifically our mutual interest in experimental, avant-garde, and ambient music. This examination of our foundation as a group led us back to our shared respect for Coil in how they expanded sonic boundaries and explored unconventional themes. From 2014 through the last time we played live in 2016, we closed our live sets with a cover version of “Solar Lodge.” Last year, we recorded our take on that track, a song that alludes to the Coil’s interest in exploring hidden dimensions of consciousness.”
Artwork by Elijah Burgher, an artist who works at the crossroads of representation and language, figuration and abstraction, and the real and imagined. All of his works, whether figurative and representational or symbol-based and abstract, merge personal narrative with magic, the occult, and queer aesthetics.