Фирма Svart Records (Cargo Records)

Artist: Hexvessel Label: Svart

Style: Metal

Style: Metal

Style: Metal

Gatefold, booklet, black vinyl. Ltd to 400. Lotto, released in 1996, was a turning point in Xysma's career in the sense that, apart from being the last "proper" album for the band, it was the 1st with no shreds of death metal on it. Lotto is instead a perfectly crafted, catchy stoner rock album. Style: Metal

Style: Metal

Style: Metal

Style: Metal

Ltd to 500, with original insert. 1982 was a busy year for Tampere's hardcore punk combo Kohu-63. Having just released their debut 7" "Pelimannimusaa" in late 1981 the band soon returned with the mini album "Valtaa ei loistoa" and then topped the year off with first full length "Lisää verta historiaan". The Svart reissue of "Valtaa ei loistoa" presents the mini album in its original format for the first time since the original issue. Mastered for vinyl from the original tapes. Style: Metal

Anna palaa, Frank!! was Karanteeni's sole full lenght album, released in late 1980 after the successful singles "Kaljupäinen gangsteri", "Sid Vicious" and "Haluan toimintaa". The Svart reissue is mastered for vinyl from the original master tapes and is limited to 500. Style: Metal

Style: Metal

Double gatefold vinyl with etched D-side, white vinyl ltd to 400 Candlemass' debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is a genre-defining classic if there ever was one - the starting point of modern epic doom metal, even. In 2010 and 2011 Candlemass invited the original Epicus vocalist Johan Längqvist back into the fold for a few select shows celebrating the album's 25th birthday. This vinyl only release captures the band performing Epicus live at the sold out Roadburn Festival in Holland, April 2011. Mixed from a professional 32-track recording and mastered vinyl under the supervision of Leif Edling, this is the ultimate live version of the classic. The Svart release has the album spread over three sides of vinyl and an etching on side D. The two LPs are wrapped in a gatefold jacket, and the set is available on black or white vinyl. Both versions are limited to 400. Style: Metal

Double gatefold vinyl with etched D-side, white vinyl ltd to 400 Candlemass' debut album Epicus Doomicus Metallicus is a genre-defining classic if there ever was one - the starting point of modern epic doom metal, even. In 2010 and 2011 Candlemass invited the original Epicus vocalist Johan Längqvist back into the fold for a few select shows celebrating the album's 25th birthday. This vinyl only release captures the band performing Epicus live at the sold out Roadburn Festival in Holland, April 2011. Mixed from a professional 32-track recording and mastered vinyl under the supervision of Leif Edling, this is the ultimate live version of the classic. The Svart release has the album spread over three sides of vinyl and an etching on side D. The two LPs are wrapped in a gatefold jacket, and the set is available on black or white vinyl. Both versions are limited to 400. Style: Metal

Orange vinyl, ltd to 400 / BRUTUS are a Scandinavian quintet - part Swede, part Norwegian - who subscribe to the Witchcraft school of throwback hard rock. Meaning that their brand of psychedelic hard rock is 100% ProTools-free, groovy, butterfingered and is guaranteed to make you flush down the toilets all those so-called 'modern' bands, grow your beard and listen only to Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Pentagram and Grand Funk Railroad - as if it was the 70's all over again! Two years ago, BRUTUS' self-titled debut album was already a good kick in the nuts. And the band's first full-length for SVART RECORDS 'Behind the Mountains' is exactly what the doctor ordered. No gimmicks, no tricks but just nine tracks (including the butt-shaking "Big Fat Boogie") of pure, bluesy and soulful music that comes straight from the heart of those retro-rockers, enhanced by Maarten Donders mind-bending artwork Style: Stoner Rock

Black vinyl, ltd to 600 / BRUTUS are a Scandinavian quintet - part Swede, part Norwegian - who subscribe to the Witchcraft school of throwback hard rock. Meaning that their brand of psychedelic hard rock is 100% ProTools-free, groovy, butterfingered and is guaranteed to make you flush down the toilets all those so-called 'modern' bands, grow your beard and listen only to Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Pentagram and Grand Funk Railroad - as if it was the 70's all over again! Two years ago, BRUTUS' self-titled debut album was already a good kick in the nuts. And the band's first full-length for SVART RECORDS 'Behind the Mountains' is exactly what the doctor ordered. No gimmicks, no tricks but just nine tracks (including the butt-shaking "Big Fat Boogie") of pure, bluesy and soulful music that comes straight from the heart of those retro-rockers, enhanced by Maarten Donders mind-bending artwork Style: Stoner Rock

BRUTUS are a Scandinavian quintet – part Swede, part Norwegian – who subscribe to the Witchcraft school of throwback hard rock. Meaning that their brand of psychedelic hard rock is 100% ProTools-free, groovy, butterfingered and is guaranteed to make you flush down the toilets all those so-called ‘modern’ bands, grow your beard and listen only to Blue Cheer, Black Sabbath, Pentagram and Grand Funk Railroad – as if it was the 70’s all over again! Two years ago, BRUTUS‘ self-titled debut album was already a good kick in the nuts. And the band’s first full-length for Svart Records ‘Behind The Mountains’ is exactly what the doctor ordered. No gimmicks, no tricks but just nine tracks (including the butt-shaking “Big Fat Boogie”) of pure, bluesy and soulful music that comes straight from the heart of those retro-rockers, enhanced by Maarten Donders mind-bending artwork Style: Hard Rock

While this Finnish occult/doom band’s third release Abyssolute Transfinite saw great expectations from me, I do think that Dark Buddha Rising might now be suffering from some sort of odd identity crisis. When I viewed an image of the band, I was shown a dark and ghoulish sort of thing; complete with a frontman who looks like he had somehow gotten lost in Abbath’s attic and walked out with whatever he could find after stumbling around in the dark. This ritualistic black metal image did however make me interested in what the future might hold for the band on this album, but I sadly found myself quite bored and unintentionally zoning out during most of the listening process for this release. Two discs and six long tracks accompany the album which I believe is intended to be listened to as a whole, but I don’t believe than an almost thirteen minute long intro entitled “D” is truly necessary. I completely understand that the point of drone (or dark drone metal) in this case is to create an atmosphere, but I don’t feel that most of this album succeeds in that factor. It might depend on who you are, but the doom riffs and slight vocal noises here and there accompanied by sound effects just wasn’t enough to truly bring me into the atmosphere. I wanted to escape into the world that they were creating, a world where Lovecraftian beings might rise as tall as gods brimming the surface of the heavens; but very few of these pieces allowed me access into that world. The second disc of the set is much stronger however, with “M” standing as the disc’s strongest construct and I feel that if more work were put into creating the kinds of hypnotic and otherworldly chatterings featured on that piece, then this album might have fared much better. Plus, the prog elements were a nice touch. “N” sees things escaping into total chaos for a couple of minutes, which is refreshing after a great deal of monotony; with the album itself ending on “L” which I can only describe as a believable ritual to dark and unknown gods filled with chanting and all manner of blackened revelry. Additionally, some harsh vocals are to be found in places on the album as well as a clean vocal approach that strangely reminds me a bit of Glen Danzig. While Dakhmandal is not as strong as the band’s last release, it’s still got enough going for it to make it worth a listen. If you’re in the mood for soul-searing symphonies to things that we dare not speak of, then this might be what you’re looking for. Be warned though, that first disc is going to be a little dry. You might want to get a glass of water first. Style: Black Metal

Style: Rock

Ltd. Edition 500 copies Iron Marsh is a Companion piece EP to the award-winning album No Holier Temple from 2012. It features Alia from Blood Ceremony on flute on 'Don't Break The Curse' and Rosie from Purson on guest vocals on the Yoko Ono cover track 'Woman of Salem' Style: Rock

Iron Marsh is a Companion piece EP to the award-winning album No Holier Temple from 2012. It features Alia from Blood Ceremony on flute on 'Don't Break The Curse' and Rosie from Purson on guest vocals on the Yoko Ono cover track 'Woman of Salem' Style: Rock