The idea Misantrof should form the subject of a special feature is as old as Hierophant Nox itself- ever since I was pointed in the direction of this unique and radical organisation I felt that it should be represented to more like-minded souls, but hell – where to start? It’s hard even to know what [...]
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2009 Yearlists
On December - 31 - 2009 Comments Off
Before we’d even got fully into the swing of the yearlist game, the cheating began. Paul sent me a very strict Top 10 of the year, and then tacked on his ‘but also…’ section. Sneaky. Satanic Muttley messaged me in the dead of night (ok, about 10pm, I go to bed early) to ask whether [...]
Label Focus – Dark Essence Records
On January - 1 - 2009 Comments Off
DARK ESSENCE RECORDS Website: www.darkessencerecords.no Myspace: www.myspace.com/darkessencerecords Specialism: All types of metal (Dark Essence), rock, pop, electronica and alternative (Karisma). Releases: 50+ since 2004. Now entering its fifth year of trading, Norway’s Dark Essence Records is one of those labels equipped with a roster capable of sending your average extreme metal fan into paroxysms of [...]
Label Focus – Femme Metal Records
On February - 28 - 2009 Comments Off
FEMME METAL RECORDS Hometown: London, UK Website: www.femmemetalrecords.com Myspace: www.myspace.com/femmemetalrecordsuk Specialism: Female-fronted rock and metal acts of all varieties Releases: Currently working to release both forthcoming and past albums from all of their artists. A number of compilations have also been created. There has been a new and budding label chipping away at our consciousness [...]
Label Focus – Hypnotic Dirge Records
On October - 1 - 2010 Comments Off
HYPNOTIC DIRGE RECORDS Website: http://www.hypnoticdirgerecords.com Myspace: http://www.myspace.com/hypnoticdirgerecords Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hypnotic-Dirge-Records/289020060460 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/hypnoticdirgerecords Specialism: Black metal/dark ambient – “quality music by quality artists in a variety of music genres possessing thoughtful, emotional, creative and hypnotic sounds.” Releases: 20 since 2008 It would have been truly wonderful if I could have had a mental breakdown when I was [...]
Label Focus: FracturedSpaces Records
On January - 15 - 2009 Comments Off
FRACTUREDSPACES RECORDS Hometown: Milton Keynes, UK Website: www.fracturedspaces.co.uk Myspace: www.myspace.com/fracturedspacesrecords Specialism: Industrial, ethno-, ritual- and dark ambient, noise, drone, experimental, avant-garde, power electronics, martial, neofolk Releases: 5 so far with more in production. FracturedSpaces is a very young label; very young and yet already sharp of tooth and canny of wit. Founded by long-time scene [...]
Promoter Focus – Astrum Argentum
On May - 4 - 2009 Comments Off
ASTRUM ARGENTUM Hometown: Somewhere mysterious, United Kingdom Myspace: www.myspace.com/endlessinfernum Specialism: Black Metal, particularly those acts which fall under the ‘Religious’ tag, although genre is of secondary importance to outlook and lyrical themes. With the massive explosion of internet use and social networking over the past decade and a half, bands, even from the reclusive extreme [...]
Promoter Focus – Kalpamantra
On May - 27 - 2010 Comments Off
A year ago, we took a walk on the ritualistic side with the founder of independent promoters Astrum Argentum, an outfit that deals with black metal acts of the ‘religious’ flavour, and which had such a great volume and variety of projects under its banner it nearly exhausted my brain just to catalogue them. I’m [...]